openclaw-mission-control/docs/troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

Activity feed is blank / frontend API calls fail

Symptoms

• Activity feed shows no items.
• The browser console/network tab shows failed requests to /api/v1/*.

Cause

• NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL is missing/blank/incorrect. The frontend uses this variable to build API URLs.

Fix

• Local dev: set NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL=http://localhost:8000 in frontend/.env.local.
• Docker Compose (self-host): set NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL=http://localhost:8000 in the root .env used by compose (or update it to match your actual backend host/port).

Notes:

• NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL must be reachable from the browser. If you're using Docker Compose, don't set it to an internal service name like http://backend:8000 unless the browser can resolve it.