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OpenClaw4 min read

The Hidden Cost of OpenClaw's Heartbeat: How Default Settings Can Silently Drain Your Credits

OpenClaw heartbeats can quietly burn credits when defaults are left in place, and one 2026 upstream regression made empty HEARTBEAT.md files much less protective than the docs suggested.