Missing 'hasown' dependency - openclaw command fails to run

[renaissancebro]

Description:

Description

After successfully installing nix-openclaw via home-manager, the openclaw command fails with a missing module error.

Error

Error: Cannot find module 'hasown'
Require stack:

• /nix/store/.../openclaw-gateway-2026.1.8-2/lib/openclaw/node_modules/.pnpm/form-data@2.5.4/node_modules/form-data/lib/form_data.js

Steps to Reproduce

1. Set up flake.nix using the agent-first template
2. Run nix run home-manager/master -- switch --flake .#<username>
3. Installation completes successfully
4. Run openclaw --version
5. Error occurs

System Info

• NixOS 25.05
• nix-openclaw commit: 1c70ed9
• openclaw-gateway version: 2026.1.8-2
• Node.js: v22.22.0

Expected Behavior

openclaw --version should display the version number.

Actual Behavior

Command fails with MODULE_NOT_FOUND error for 'hasown' package.

[ZarredFelicite]

form-data@2.5.4 requires hasown but only declares has-own. In Nix/pnpm that means hasown never gets linked, so require("hasown") fails.

Quick local fix: add a tiny overlay that symlinks hasown into the gateway output during install:

(final: prev: {
  openclaw-gateway = prev.openclaw-gateway.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: {
    installPhase = ''
      ${oldAttrs.installPhase}
      echo "Linking hasown for form-data..."
      hasown_src=""
      for candidate in "$out/lib/openclaw/node_modules/.pnpm/hasown@"*/node_modules/hasown; do
        if [ -e "$candidate" ]; then
          hasown_src="$candidate"
          break
        fi
      done
      if [ -n "$hasown_src" ] && [ ! -e "$out/lib/openclaw/node_modules/hasown" ]; then
        mkdir -p "$out/lib/openclaw/node_modules"
        ln -s "$hasown_src" "$out/lib/openclaw/node_modules/hasown"
      fi
    '';
  });

  # make sure the openclaw bundle picks up the patched gateway
  openclaw = prev.openclaw.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: {
    paths = builtins.map
      (p: if p == prev.openclaw-gateway then final.openclaw-gateway else p)
      (oldAttrs.paths or []);
  });
})

If you run a custom user service, point it at pkgs.openclaw-gateway instead of pkgs.openclaw so it uses the patched gateway.

Proper fix: bump form-data to 2.5.5 or add a pnpm override/packageExtension so form-data@2.5.4 depends on hasown.

[joshp123]

[🤖 this message brought to you by codex] should be fixed in d9bf68a (link hasown for form-data). Closing for now — come and yell at me in #golden-path-deployments on discord if you're still having issues! Stability work continues; we are making this better every week.