Migration

If OpenClaw is throwing 403 permission_error when it tries to call Claude, your OAuth session has been revoked by Anthropic. This is not a bug you can wait out — it’s a deliberate policy change. Here’s exactly what to do. Time estimate: 10–20 minutes Difficulty: Easy Who this affects: OpenClaw users who signed in with Claude Pro or Max subscription credentials (OAuth flow) rather than a direct API key First: Confirm You’re Affected Check your OpenClaw logs. If you see something like: ...

If you’ve been using OpenClaw with a Claude Pro or Max subscription via OAuth and suddenly started seeing 403 permission_error responses, you’re not alone — and the cause is not a bug you can wait out. Anthropic is actively and deliberately revoking OAuth token access for Claude Pro and Max subscriptions in third-party applications. OpenClaw is among the affected platforms. This isn’t just a version regression or a temporary outage. Multiple independent sources — a Medium post documenting a full migration away from Claude, an analysis on daveswift.com, and a GitHub commit trail — all confirm this is a deliberate policy shift. ...