From b9b94715fa0b0bc0fff1ecf5e8e4665c1084ad9c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2026 12:02:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: avoid stderr backpressure in macOS discovery (#3304)
 (thanks @abhijeet117)

---
 CHANGELOG.md                                                    | 1 +
 .../Sources/OpenClawDiscovery/WideAreaGatewayDiscovery.swift    | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f65d464bf..060eed776 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Security: restrict local path extraction in media parser to prevent LFI. (#4880)
 - Gateway: prevent token defaults from becoming the literal "undefined". (#4873) Thanks @Hisleren.
 - Control UI: fix assets resolution for npm global installs. (#4909) Thanks @YuriNachos.
+- macOS: avoid stderr pipe backpressure in gateway discovery. (#3304) Thanks @abhijeet117.
 - Telegram: normalize account token lookup for non-normalized IDs. (#5055) Thanks @jasonsschin.
 - Telegram: preserve delivery thread fallback and fix threadId handling in delivery context.
 - Telegram: fix HTML nesting for overlapping styles/links. (#4578) Thanks @ThanhNguyxn.
diff --git a/apps/macos/Sources/OpenClawDiscovery/WideAreaGatewayDiscovery.swift b/apps/macos/Sources/OpenClawDiscovery/WideAreaGatewayDiscovery.swift
index f38eb994a..bacff45d6 100644
--- a/apps/macos/Sources/OpenClawDiscovery/WideAreaGatewayDiscovery.swift
+++ b/apps/macos/Sources/OpenClawDiscovery/WideAreaGatewayDiscovery.swift
@@ -223,9 +223,9 @@ enum WideAreaGatewayDiscovery {
         process.arguments = args
         let outPipe = Pipe()
         process.standardOutput = outPipe
+        // Avoid stderr pipe backpressure; we don't consume it.
         process.standardError = FileHandle.nullDevice
 
-
         do {
             try process.run()
         } catch {