openclaw/openclaw · error · Error

Claude CLI is unavailable

Error message

Claude CLI is unavailable

What it means

Error "Claude CLI is unavailable" thrown in openclaw/openclaw.

Source

Thrown at extensions/anthropic/session-catalog-node-commands.ts:75

  return JSON.stringify(await listLocalClaudeSessionPage(parseNodeParams(paramsJSON)));
}

export async function readClaudeSession(paramsJSON?: string | null): Promise<string> {
  return JSON.stringify(await readLocalClaudeTranscriptPage(parseNodeParams(paramsJSON)));
}

export async function resumeClaudeSession(
  paramsJSON: string | null | undefined,
  io: OpenClawPluginNodeHostCommandIo | undefined,
): Promise<string> {
  if (!io) {
    throw new Error("Claude terminal command requires duplex transport");
  }
  const params = decodeNodePtyResumeParams(paramsJSON, validateClaudeSessionId);
  const record = await requireLocalResumableClaudeSession(params.threadId);
  const resolution = resolveClaudeTerminalExecutable();
  if (!resolution) {
    throw new Error("Claude CLI is unavailable");
  }
  return JSON.stringify(
    await runNodePtyCommand(
      {
        file: resolution.executable,
        args: ["--resume", params.threadId],
        cwd: record.cwd,
        ...(resolution.pathEnv ? { pathEnv: resolution.pathEnv } : {}),
        cols: params.cols,
        rows: params.rows,
      },
      io,
    ),
  );
}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at extensions/anthropic/session-catalog-node-commands.ts:75 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of openclaw/openclaw@01804a7531 (2026-08-12). Data as JSON: /api/errors/2b58dfaa6ea0a4f3. Report an issue: GitHub.