fix: gate diagnostics timeline by flag

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Shakker
2026-04-29 19:37:57 +01:00
parent 097eed8cd8
commit d001c3436b
4 changed files with 36 additions and 4 deletions

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@@ -50,6 +50,28 @@ Disable all flags:
OPENCLAW_DIAGNOSTICS=0
```
## Timeline artifacts
The `timeline` flag writes structured startup and runtime timing events for
external QA harnesses:
```bash
OPENCLAW_DIAGNOSTICS=timeline \
OPENCLAW_DIAGNOSTICS_TIMELINE_PATH=/tmp/openclaw-timeline.jsonl \
openclaw gateway run
```
`OPENCLAW_DIAGNOSTICS=1`, `OPENCLAW_DIAGNOSTICS=all`, and
`OPENCLAW_DIAGNOSTICS=*` also enable the timeline because they enable every
diagnostics flag. Prefer `timeline` when you only want the JSONL timing
artifact.
Timeline records use the `openclaw.diagnostics.v1` envelope. Events can include
process ids, phase names, span names, durations, plugin ids, dependency counts,
event-loop delay samples, provider operation names, child-process exit state,
and startup error names/messages. Treat timeline files as local diagnostics
artifacts; review them before sharing outside your machine.
## Where logs go
Flags emit logs into the standard diagnostics log file. By default: