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title: "Gateway Process States"
description: "Understanding KiloClaw gateway process states"
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# Gateway Process States

The Gateway Process tab shows the current state of the OpenClaw process inside your machine:

- **Running** — The process is up and handling requests
- **Stopped** — The process is not running
- **Starting** — The process is booting up
- **Stopping** — The process is shutting down gracefully
- **Crashed** — The process exited unexpectedly and will be automatically restarted
- **Shutting Down** — The process is stopping as part of a machine stop or redeploy
