Start, stop, or restart the gateway service
gateway & service
// what it does
These control the installed service. Most config edits hot-apply without a restart (gateway.reload.mode defaults to hybrid), but server-level changes — port, auth, TLS, bind — need a full openclaw gateway restart to take effect.
// shell
$ openclaw gateway start$ openclaw gateway stop$ openclaw gateway restart// gotcha
Change gateway.port or gateway.auth and expect it live? Those are restart-required. hybrid mode restarts automatically for them; hot mode only logs a warning and keeps the old value.