`openclaw sessions`

List stored conversation sessions. The command reads the per-agent sessions.json store file and (when session metadata includes a transcript path) may read transcript content. With a database session backend (session.storage.backend: "sqlite" | "postgres"), transcript content is served from the configured database; with backend: "fs-jsonl", transcripts are read from local JSONL files. See Session Management / External session storage.

openclaw sessions
openclaw sessions --agent work
openclaw sessions --all-agents
openclaw sessions --active 120
openclaw sessions --json

Scope selection:

default: configured default agent store
--agent <id>: one configured agent store
--all-agents: aggregate all configured agent stores
--store <path>: explicit store path (cannot be combined with --agent or --all-agents)

JSON examples: openclaw sessions --all-agents --json:

{
  "path": null,
  "stores": [
    { "agentId": "main", "path": "/home/user/.openclaw/agents/main/sessions/sessions.json" },
    { "agentId": "work", "path": "/home/user/.openclaw/agents/work/sessions/sessions.json" }
  ],
  "allAgents": true,
  "count": 2,
  "activeMinutes": null,
  "sessions": [
    { "agentId": "main", "key": "agent:main:main", "model": "gpt-5" },
    { "agentId": "work", "key": "agent:work:main", "model": "claude-opus-4-5" }
  ]
}

Cleanup maintenance

Run maintenance now (instead of waiting for the next write cycle):

openclaw sessions cleanup --dry-run
openclaw sessions cleanup --agent work --dry-run
openclaw sessions cleanup --all-agents --dry-run
openclaw sessions cleanup --enforce
openclaw sessions cleanup --enforce --active-key "agent:main:telegram:dm:123"
openclaw sessions cleanup --json

openclaw sessions cleanup uses session.maintenance settings from config:

Scope note: openclaw sessions cleanup maintains session stores/transcripts only. It does not prune cron run logs (cron/runs/<jobId>.jsonl), which are managed by cron.runLog.maxBytes and cron.runLog.keepLines in Cron configuration and explained in Cron maintenance.
--dry-run: preview how many entries would be pruned/capped without writing.
- In text mode, dry-run prints a per-session action table (Action, Key, Age, Model, Flags) so you can see what would be kept vs removed.
--enforce: apply maintenance even when session.maintenance.mode is warn.
--active-key <key>: protect a specific active key from disk-budget eviction.
--agent <id>: run cleanup for one configured agent store.
--all-agents: run cleanup for all configured agent stores.
--store <path>: run against a specific sessions.json file.
--json: print a JSON summary. With --all-agents, output includes one summary per store.

openclaw sessions cleanup --all-agents --dry-run --json:

{
  "allAgents": true,
  "mode": "warn",
  "dryRun": true,
  "stores": [
    {
      "agentId": "main",
      "storePath": "/home/user/.openclaw/agents/main/sessions/sessions.json",
      "beforeCount": 120,
      "afterCount": 80,
      "pruned": 40,
      "capped": 0
    },
    {
      "agentId": "work",
      "storePath": "/home/user/.openclaw/agents/work/sessions/sessions.json",
      "beforeCount": 18,
      "afterCount": 18,
      "pruned": 0,
      "capped": 0
    }
  ]
}

Claims status

View session consumer claim ledger status — what work is owed, stalled, or dead-lettered:

openclaw sessions claims status
openclaw sessions claims status --agent work
openclaw sessions claims status --json

The command calls the gateway RPC sessions.claims.status. Text output shows:

Consumers table: consumer ID, lane, effect kind, enabled flag, and counts by status (pending, claimed, processing, dlq, processed).
Stalled leases table: expired claims still in claimed/processing state.
Last sweep timestamp (when the reconciler last ran).
Recent events table: last diagnostic events from the in-memory ring buffer (event type, consumer ID, reason, count, timestamp).

--json outputs the raw RPC response:

{
  "consumers": [
    {
      "consumerId": "learning-core:session.end",
      "lane": "main",
      "effectKind": "session.end",
      "enabled": true,
      "agentId": "main",
      "counts": { "pending": 3, "claimed": 0, "processing": 0, "dlq": 1, "processed": 120 }
    }
  ],
  "stalledLeases": [
    {
      "sessionId": "abc123",
      "consumerId": "learning-core:session.end",
      "lane": "main",
      "consumedMs": 45000,
      "attemptCount": 2
    }
  ],
  "lastSweepTs": 1751821200000,
  "recentEvents": [
    {
      "event": "skipped_backlog",
      "consumerId": "old-plugin:session.end",
      "reason": "backstop release, consumer disabled",
      "count": 3,
      "timestamp": 1751820900000
    }
  ]
}

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