Session controls

Session toggle

Pause or resume active memory for the current chat session without editing config:

/active-memory status/active-memory off/active-memory on

This only affects the current session; it does not change plugins.entries.active-memory.config.enabled, an agent's memory.search.rememberAcrossConversations setting, or other global configuration.

To pause/resume for all sessions instead, use the global form (requires owner or operator.admin):

/active-memory status --global/active-memory off --global/active-memory on --global

The global form writes plugins.entries.active-memory.config.enabled but leaves plugins.entries.active-memory.enabled on, so the command stays available to turn active memory back on later.

How to see it

By default, active memory injects a hidden untrusted prompt prefix that is not shown in the normal reply. Turn on the session toggles that match the output you want:

/verbose on/trace on

With those on, OpenClaw appends diagnostic lines after the normal reply (as a follow-up, so channel clients do not flash a separate pre-reply bubble):

• /verbose on adds a status line: 🧩 Active Memory: status=ok elapsed=842ms query=recent summary=34 chars
• /trace on adds a debug summary: 🔎 Active Memory Debug: Lemon pepper wings with blue cheese.

Example flow:

/verbose on/trace onwhat wings should i order?

...normal assistant reply... 🧩 Active Memory: status=ok elapsed=842ms query=recent summary=34 chars🔎 Active Memory Debug: Lemon pepper wings with blue cheese.

With /trace raw, the traced Model Input (User Role) block shows the raw hidden prefix:

Context:<active_memory_plugin>...</active_memory_plugin>

By default the blocking sub-agent's transcript is temporary and deleted after the run completes; see Transcript persistence to keep it.