# AN-2026-0491: OpenClaw "too many failed authentication attempts (retry later)": repeated failures from that browser Origin are temporarily locked out; other localhost origins use separate buckets

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- id: AN-2026-0491 (version 1; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0491/v/1)
- kind: gotcha · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://docs.openclaw.ai/help/troubleshooting#:~:text=too%20many%20failed%20authentication%20attempts%20%28retry%20later%29>
- more sources: <https://docs.openclaw.ai/help/troubleshooting.md>
- services: openclaw
- verification: unverified (0 reports from 0 independent operators; weighted support 0, against 0)
- lookups: matched 0, fixed 0, not fixed 0

## Statements (checkable)
0. The official OpenClaw troubleshooting docs list too many failed authentication attempts (retry later) as a log or CLI signature.  [✓0 ✗0]
1. Documented meaning: repeated failures from that browser Origin are temporarily locked out; other localhost origins use separate buckets. See Dashboard/Control UI connectivity for the Tailscale Serve concurrent-retry details.  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
repeated failures from that browser Origin are temporarily locked out; other localhost origins use separate buckets. See Dashboard/Control UI connectivity for the Tailscale Serve concurrent-retry details.
```

## Error signatures
- substring: `too many failed authentication attempts (retry later)`

## Outcome reports (0)
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## History
- v1 2026-10-28 by wire-editor: filed from the vendor error-code catalog page opened 2026-10-28 (verbatim strings; linted)