Regenerate incomplete OpenClaw config before startup

start.sh

@@ -131,11 +131,47 @@ generate_openclaw_config() {
 JSONEOF
 }
 
-if [ ! -f /root/.openclaw/openclaw.json ] || ! python3 -c 'import json; json.load(open("/root/.openclaw/openclaw.json"))' 2>/dev/null; then
-  echo "Generating default /root/.openclaw/openclaw.json..."
+config_is_complete() {
+  python3 - <<'PY'
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+
+path = Path('/root/.openclaw/openclaw.json')
+if not path.exists():
+    raise SystemExit(1)
+
+try:
+    data = json.loads(path.read_text())
+except Exception:
+    raise SystemExit(1)
+
+required_paths = [
+    ('models', 'providers'),
+    ('models', 'providers', 'kilo_gateway'),
+    ('models', 'providers', 'nvidia'),
+    ('agents', 'defaults'),
+    ('browser',),
+    ('gateway',),
+    ('gateway', 'controlUi'),
+    ('channels', 'telegram'),
+]
+
+for parts in required_paths:
+    cur = data
+    for part in parts:
+        if not isinstance(cur, dict) or part not in cur:
+            raise SystemExit(1)
+        cur = cur[part]
+
+raise SystemExit(0)
+PY
+}
+
+if ! config_is_complete; then
+  echo "Generating full /root/.openclaw/openclaw.json before OpenClaw startup..."
   generate_openclaw_config
 else
-  echo "Existing /root/.openclaw/openclaw.json found; keeping it."
+  echo "Complete /root/.openclaw/openclaw.json found; keeping it."
 fi
 
 python3 - <<'PY'
@@ -165,6 +201,8 @@ else:
     print(f'Telegram apiRoot already set to {api_root}')
 PY
 
+/app/sync-root-data.sh persist
+
 /app/sync-root-data.sh loop &
 
 run_openclaw() {