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OpenClaw

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The open personal assistant that runs on your own machine, and its own releases and documentation. Primary for what it does and what it requires; it runs with the keys and permissions its owner gives it, so what it can reach is a matter of setup, not of the project's promises.

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OpenClaw 2026.9.2 turns Swarm on by default and makes sessions visible to other agents

The open personal assistant shipped 2026.9.2 on September 5, 2026, and two of its lines describe defaults rather than features. Swarm, which runs several sub-agents at once, is now on unless it is switched off, and session tools now show every session instead of only the calling agent's. The same release makes GPT-6 Astra selectable, applies most settings changes without restarting the Gateway, and moves plugin icons into the package. Plugin authors get a date: the deprecated prompt-context aliases become eligible for removal on or after September 8, 2026.

OpenClawSeptember 6verified

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OpenClaw 2026.9.1 rolls back a failed update and adds a host blocklist to its SSRF policy

The September release of the open personal assistant reworks the part that breaks machines. The update command now restores the previous npm candidate when the Doctor run that follows the upgrade fails, and it keeps configuration and secret references through that failure. The same release gives the SSRF policy an explicit list of hostnames to refuse, stops systemd unit backups from carrying Gateway tokens, and draws Mermaid blocks as diagrams inside the chat. One group has to act: anyone on 2026.8.2 without a service manager should run the update once with restarts disabled.

OpenClawSeptember 4verified

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OpenClaw 2026.8.2 adds a Linux desktop app and widens what sessions see by default

OpenClaw 2026.8.2 was published on September 1, 2026. Two entries in a long set of release notes matter more than the rest: a desktop application for Linux, and a change to what a session may reach by default. Sessions that do not run in a sandbox can now work with other sessions of the same agent unless an operator narrows that. The release also raises the managed Sharp dependency to 0.35.4 with libheif 1.23.2, fixing vulnerabilities in image decoding.

OpenClawSeptember 2verified

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OpenClaw 2026.8.1 turns memory on by default and drops the bundled OpenProse plugin

The August release of the agent runtime enables three behaviors on its own: recall of earlier private conversations, background memory consolidation, and automatic application of skills its own scanner has approved. It also removes the bundled OpenProse plugin and the /prose command, and moves model routes named codex over to openai. Plugin authors face an SDK import gate on September 1, 2026.

OpenClawAugust 31verified