Session Persistence
- Category
- Rogue Agent
- Confidence
- 80% confidence
- Finding
Skill establishes unauthorized persistence across sessions via cron jobs, startup scripts, or state files. Session persistence allows an attacker to maintain access beyond the current interaction.
- Content
md /remote connection mode, App-managed Gateway LaunchAgent install/restart/uninstall, CLI install detection, Attach-to-existing local Gateway compatibility, Gateway endpoint, gateway.mode=local configuration, Loopback bind, Local app endpoint resolution, Bonjour discovery - Remote Gateway Mode: macOS app "Remote over SSH", SSH tunnel setup, Tailscale MagicDNS, Remote endpoint token/password/TLS fingerprint, Local node host startup - Gateway Service Lifecycle: Per-user Gateway LaunchAgent install, launchctl bootstrap, LaunchAgent labels, Gateway token/env handling, App-managed LaunchAgent handoff, openclaw update package/git handoff, Managed service refresh, Stale updater launchd job detection, openclaw uninstall, Stranded service recovery - Diagnostics and Observability: LaunchAgent log paths, openclaw gateway status --deep, Gateway silently stops responding, Stale updater jobs - Permissions and Native Capabilities: macOS TCC permission prompts/status, Native node capability exposure, sy
