How to Approve Telegram Pairing & Use OpenClaw CLI in Moltworker?

[pssebastian]

Hi! I’m testing Moltworker using the official Cloudflare repo (forked privately). I was able to deploy successfully using the one-click option and connect the Telegram channel, but I’m currently stuck on device/user pairing approval.

When I start the bot in Telegram, I receive a pairing code with this instruction:

clawdbot pairing approve telegram [code]

However, I’m not sure where or how this command is supposed to be run in a Moltworker setup.

I also can't find the device in admin and control UI's.

I would also like to know how we can use openclaw cli commands.

Thanks for the great project, and apologies if I missed something obvious — I’m still learning 🙂

[cedricfontaine]

I have the same issue. Didn't find how to pair. And loes like TELEGRAM_DM_ALLOW_FROM is not supported, that might have been easier.

[sergeydorofeev1999-debug]

I'm experiencing the same issue with Telegram pairing in Moltworker deployed to Cloudflare Workers.

Setup:

• Deployed moltworker to Cloudflare Workers successfully
• Web chat works perfectly with Claude Sonnet 4
• Telegram bot connects but requires pairing approval

Problem:
When I set channels.telegram.dmPolicy: "open" and channels.telegram.allowFrom: ["*"] in the config, the changes don't persist after gateway restart. The config always reverts to dmPolicy: "pairing".

What I tried:

1. Editing config via web UI (both Form and Raw modes) - changes revert after Update
2. Setting via CLI: openclaw config set channels.telegram.dmPolicy "open" - same issue
3. Adding environment variable OPENCLAW_TELEGRAM_DM_POLICY=open in Cloudflare Dashboard - no effect
4. The pairing approval command openclaw pairing approve telegram [code] doesn't work in Cloudflare setup (only for local gateway)

It seems the config changes aren't persisting to R2 storage, or there's an issue with syncing local config to Cloudflare.

Would appreciate any guidance on how to properly configure Telegram dmPolicy: "open" in a Cloudflare Workers deployment. Thanks!

[hinsxd]

start-openclaw.sh

if (process.env.TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN) {
    const dmPolicy = process.env.TELEGRAM_DM_POLICY || 'pairing';
    config.channels.telegram = {
        botToken: process.env.TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN,
        enabled: true,
        dmPolicy: dmPolicy,
    };
    if (process.env.TELEGRAM_DM_ALLOW_FROM) {
        config.channels.telegram.allowFrom = process.env.TELEGRAM_DM_ALLOW_FROM.split(',');
    } else if (dmPolicy === 'open') {
        config.channels.telegram.allowFrom = ['*'];
    }
}

I think the problem comes from here. But from the code TELEGRAM_DM_ALLOW_FROM should explicitly set allowFrom. I am not sure why it's not working