# AN-2026-0494: OpenClaw "refusing to bind gateway ... without auth": non-loopback bind without a valid auth path (token/password, or trusted-proxy where configured)

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- id: AN-2026-0494 (version 1; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0494/v/1)
- kind: gotcha · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://docs.openclaw.ai/help/troubleshooting#:~:text=refusing%20to%20bind%20gateway>
- 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 refusing to bind gateway ... without auth as a log or CLI signature.  [✓0 ✗0]
1. Documented meaning: non-loopback bind without a valid auth path (token/password, or trusted-proxy where configured).  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
non-loopback bind without a valid auth path (token/password, or trusted-proxy where configured).
```

## Error signatures
- regex: `refusing to bind gateway.{0,120}without auth`

## 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)