Fixing Stale OpenClaw Plugin Entries | Generated by AI
Two ways to fix this:
Option 1 — Auto-clean with doctor (recommended):
openclaw doctor --fix
This removes the stale brave entries from config (plugins.entries.brave + plugins.installs.brave). It won’t reinstall, just cleans up.
Option 2 — Reinstall:
openclaw plugins install @openclaw/brave-plugin
Use this if you actually want the Brave plugin back. If the package doesn’t exist on npm, this will fail — in which case Option 1 is the right path.
Root cause: The brave plugin’s package directory (/home/lzw/.openclaw/npm/node_modules/@openclaw/brave-plugin) was missing when the update tried to verify it. OpenClaw attempted auto-recovery but it failed (likely the package doesn’t exist on npm). The config still holds the stale entry, hence the repeated warning.
After running doctor --fix, also remove the redundant plugins.load.paths entry it warns about — that can be done in the same run.