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Question: Why is OpenClaw stuck/showing warnings about the duplicate nextcloud-talk plugin ID?

Answer:

Your OpenClaw is not truly “stuck” — the warnings are cosmetic/startup noise, but there are two real problems causing the freeze/stall behavior you’re seeing:

Problem 1: Duplicate nextcloud-talk Plugin (The Main Warning)

You have the plugin registered in two places simultaneously:

This is a known issue — if you installed nextcloud-talk manually and it also appears in plugins.entries in the config, OpenClaw detects two plugins with the same ID and shows the “duplicate plugin id detected; later plugin may be overridden” warning.

Fix: Remove the manually installed copy:

rm -rf ~/.openclaw/extensions/nextcloud-talk

Then restart the service:

systemctl restart openclaw-gateway.service

Problem 2: Telegram Group Messages Being Silently Dropped

Your config has channels.telegram.groupPolicy = "allowlist" but groupAllowFrom is empty. This means:

All group messages will be silently dropped.

Fix — either set the policy to open, or add allowed sender IDs in openclaw.json:

"telegram": {
  "groupPolicy": "open"
}

Or add specific Telegram user/group IDs:

"telegram": {
  "groupPolicy": "allowlist",
  "groupAllowFrom": ["123456789"]
}

Problem 3: plugins.allow is Empty

If plugins.allow is empty and non-bundled plugins are discoverable, OpenClaw logs a startup warning with plugin IDs and sources.

Fix — explicitly whitelist the nextcloud-talk plugin in your config:

"plugins": {
  "allow": ["nextcloud-talk", "telegram"]
}

Summary Table

Warning Root Cause Fix
duplicate plugin id detected Plugin installed + also in plugins.entries Delete ~/.openclaw/extensions/nextcloud-talk
Telegram group messages dropped groupPolicy=allowlist but no allowed IDs Set groupPolicy: "open" or add IDs
plugins.allow is empty No explicit plugin trust list Add plugins.allow array to config

After fixing all three, restart with:

systemctl restart openclaw-gateway.service

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