[NemoClaw][Ubuntu 24.04.3] openclaw tui shows unknown in the footer before the first prompt is sent

[JoyceChenNV]

Description

In openclaw tui, before the user sends the first prompt, the footer shows unknown even though the gateway is connected and the session is idle. This is misleading because it looks like a model/configuration error rather than a placeholder or pending state.

Reproduction Steps

1. On Linux, install and initialize NemoClaw via curl -fsSL https://www.nvidia.com/nemoclaw.sh | bash
2. Create a new sandbox (e.g. joyce-second) and, in the creation flow, explicitly select the moonshotai/kimi-k2.5 model as the base model.
3. After creation completes, run nemoclaw joyce-secondconnect and inside the sandbox run: openclaw tui

Environment

• Device: Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS
• Node.js: v22.22.0
• Docker: Docker Engine 29.1.3
• OpenShell CLI: 0.0.11
• NemoClaw: v0.1.0 (c55a309)
• OpenClaw: 2026.3.11 (29dc654)

Debug Output

Logs

sandbox@joyce-second:~$ openclaw tui
(node:4982) [UNDICI-EHPA] Warning: EnvHttpProxyAgent is experimental, expect them to change at any time.
(Use `node --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)
(node:4990) [UNDICI-EHPA] Warning: EnvHttpProxyAgent is experimental, expect them to change at any time.
(Use `node --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)

🦞 OpenClaw 2026.3.11 (29dc654) — Open source means you can see exactly how I judge your config.

 openclaw tui - ws://127.0.0.1:18789 - agent main - session main                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
 connecting | idle                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 agent main | session main | unknown | tokens ?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

 session agent:main:main                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
 gateway connected | idle                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
 agent main | session main | unknown | tokens ?/131k

Checklist

• I confirmed this bug is reproducible
• I searched existing issues and this is not a duplicate

[NVB#6008691]

[wscurran]

✨
Possibly related open PRs:
#381 fix: start OpenClaw gateway and port forwarding in nemoclaw start,
#310 feat: auto-start OpenClaw gateway and port forwarding in nemoclaw start,
#880 chore(docker, openclaw): Updating openclaw to 2026.3.13 as per https:…

[yanyunl1991]

Issue repro on my Ubuntu 2404 with model aws/anthropic/bedrock-claude-sonnet-4-6
will look into fixing this issue

[yanyunl1991]

It need to fix on OpenClaw, so remove my assignment