[NemoClaw][Ubuntu 24.04.3] openclaw tui shows unknown in the footer before the first prompt is sent #707
Description
Description
In openclaw tui, before the user sends the first prompt, the footer shows unknown even though the gateway is connected and the session is idle. This is misleading because it looks like a model/configuration error rather than a placeholder or pending state.
Reproduction Steps
- On Linux, install and initialize NemoClaw via curl -fsSL https://www.nvidia.com/nemoclaw.sh | bash
- Create a new sandbox (e.g. joyce-second) and, in the creation flow, explicitly select the moonshotai/kimi-k2.5 model as the base model.
- After creation completes, run nemoclaw joyce-secondconnect and inside the sandbox run: openclaw tui
Environment
- Device: Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS
- Node.js: v22.22.0
- Docker: Docker Engine 29.1.3
- OpenShell CLI: 0.0.11
- NemoClaw: v0.1.0 (c55a309)
- OpenClaw: 2026.3.11 (29dc654)
Debug Output
Logs
sandbox@joyce-second:~$ openclaw tui
(node:4982) [UNDICI-EHPA] Warning: EnvHttpProxyAgent is experimental, expect them to change at any time.
(Use `node --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)
(node:4990) [UNDICI-EHPA] Warning: EnvHttpProxyAgent is experimental, expect them to change at any time.
(Use `node --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)
🦞 OpenClaw 2026.3.11 (29dc654) — Open source means you can see exactly how I judge your config.
openclaw tui - ws://127.0.0.1:18789 - agent main - session main
connecting | idle
agent main | session main | unknown | tokens ?
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
session agent:main:main
gateway connected | idle
agent main | session main | unknown | tokens ?/131kChecklist
- I confirmed this bug is reproducible
- I searched existing issues and this is not a duplicate