Chrome Extension Relay Authentication Failing with 401 - Valid HMAC Token Rejected
Symptom When attempting to connect the OpenClaw Chrome extension to the browser control server, authentication fails with HTTP 401 Unauthorized errors despite using correctly derived HMAC-SHA256 tokens. Specific symptoms include: Extension options page displays error: “Gateway token rejected. Check token and save again.” Server consistently returns 401 Unauthorized for all relay requests, including: Direct curl requests with derived HMAC tokens Extension-initiated API calls to /json/version Bearer token authentication attempts Observed HTTP responses: ...