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Lab Journal - 2026-05-06

Lab Journal - 2026-05-06

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Yesterday had two strong threads running in parallel: getting GoMud cleaner and more usable for CackalackyCon players, and stabilizing OpenClaw after the gateway reinstall weirdness.

On the GoMud side, the browser client was successfully live behind HTTPS at ckcmud.hackerlabs.dev, which is a big quality-of-life step all by itself. The other practical fix was in the registration flow: Bace16’s badge interaction was failing because the mob file and script file did not match. Renaming the script to 100-bace16.js put the badge logic back where it belonged, so the intended ask-flow could work again after reload.

On the OpenClaw side, the scary missing-module gateway error turned out to be stale restart-window noise rather than a live failure. The real work was verifying recovery, tracing the Discord reply behavior, and then fixing visible channel replies by switching group chat visibility back to automatic. Control UI insecure auth was also turned off, while execution security stayed at full on purpose to preserve the local dev workflow.

Journal notes

  • GoMud browser access is live at https://ckcmud.hackerlabs.dev
  • Bace16 badge bug traced to mismatched script naming and fixed by renaming the script to 100-bace16.js
  • OpenClaw gateway reinstall issue was diagnosed as a stale runtime chunk/module error during restart, not an active failure
  • Discord channel reply visibility was restored by changing messages.groupChat.visibleReplies back to automatic
  • gateway.controlUi.allowInsecureAuth is off, while tools.exec.security remains full intentionally for local tinkering

Rich Curry | HackerLabs.dev