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---
summary: "CLI reference for `openclaw qr` (generate mobile pairing QR + setup code)"
read_when:
- You want to pair a mobile node app with a gateway quickly
- You need setup-code output for remote/manual sharing
title: "QR"
---
# `openclaw qr`
Generate a mobile pairing QR and setup code from your current Gateway configuration.
```bash
openclaw qr
openclaw qr --setup-code-only
openclaw qr --json
openclaw qr --remote
openclaw qr --url wss://gateway.example/ws
```
Official OpenClaw iOS and Android apps connect automatically when their
setup-code metadata matches. If a request remains pending (for example, for a
non-official client or mismatched metadata), review and approve it:
```bash
openclaw devices list
openclaw devices approve <requestId>
```
## Options
- `--remote`: prefer `gateway.remote.url`; falls back to `gateway.tailscale.mode=serve|funnel` if that URL is unset. Ignores `device-pair` plugin `publicUrl`.
- `--url <url>`: override the gateway URL used in the payload
- `--public-url <url>`: override the public URL used in the payload
- `--token <token>`: override the gateway token the bootstrap flow authenticates against
- `--password <password>`: override the gateway password the bootstrap flow authenticates against
- `--setup-code-only`: print only the setup code
- `--no-ascii`: skip ASCII QR rendering
- `--json`: emit JSON (`setupCode`, `gatewayUrl`, optional `gatewayUrls`, `auth`, `urlSource`)
`--token` and `--password` are mutually exclusive.
## Setup code contents
The setup code carries an opaque, short-lived `bootstrapToken`, not the shared gateway token/password. The built-in bootstrap flow issues:
- a primary `node` token with `scopes: []`
- a bounded `operator` handoff token limited to `operator.approvals`, `operator.read`, `operator.talk.secrets`, and `operator.write`
Pairing-mutation scopes and `operator.admin` still require a separate approved operator pairing or token flow.
## Gateway URL resolution
Mobile pairing fails closed for Tailscale/public `ws://` gateway URLs: use Tailscale Serve/Funnel or a `wss://` gateway URL for those. Private LAN addresses and `.local` Bonjour hosts remain supported over plain `ws://`.
When the selected Gateway URL comes from `gateway.bind=lan`, OpenClaw also checks persistent `tailscale serve status --json` routes. Any HTTPS Serve root that proxies the active Gateway's loopback port is included as a fallback. Specific-interface `custom` and `tailnet` binds do not receive that fallback because a loopback Serve proxy cannot reach those listeners. Current iOS clients probe the advertised routes in order and save the first reachable one; the legacy `url` field remains unchanged for older clients.
With `--remote`, one of `gateway.remote.url` or `gateway.tailscale.mode=serve|funnel` is required.
## Auth resolution (no `--remote`)
When no CLI auth override is passed, local gateway auth SecretRefs resolve as follows:
| Condition | Resolves |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| `gateway.auth.mode="token"`, or inferred mode with no winning password source | `gateway.auth.token` |
| `gateway.auth.mode="password"`, or inferred mode with no winning token from auth/env | `gateway.auth.password` |
| Both `gateway.auth.token` and `gateway.auth.password` are configured (including SecretRefs) and `gateway.auth.mode` is unset | fails; set `gateway.auth.mode` explicitly |
## Auth resolution (`--remote`)
If effectively active remote credentials are configured as SecretRefs and neither `--token` nor `--password` is passed, the command resolves them from the active gateway snapshot. If the gateway is unavailable, the command fails fast.
<Note>
This command path requires a gateway that supports the `secrets.resolve` RPC method. Older gateways return an unknown-method error.
</Note>
## Related
- [CLI reference](/cli)
- [Devices](/cli/devices)
- [Pairing](/cli/pairing)