OpenClaw 2026.10.6 released
A stability patch addressing security requirements and fixing reliability issues across updates, data handling, messaging, and agent operations.
What changed in 2026.10.6
- Node.js runtime now requires version 24.22.1 or later on the 24 line, or 26.12.1 or later on the 26 line for security patches; updates refuse to proceed on older versions with recovery instructions.
- Fixed message delivery and task handling so queued exchanges, monitored results, and streaming replies persist correctly through restarts without loss or duplication.
- Improved data migration and backup safety by rejecting malformed imports, preserving corrupted content where possible, and protecting deeply nested backups during restore operations.
- Enhanced Windows and macOS startup stability by handling platform-specific update failures, fixing credential storage issues, and correcting permission detection in all locales.
- Fixed tool execution timeouts, context overflow handling, message ordering on messaging platforms, and worker resource recovery after system reboots.
Summarised by AgentGid from OpenClaw Foundation (nonprofit); created by Peter Steinberger's official release notes on GitHub, as reported there; read the original before relying on it. Price, status and release dates come from our daily data.
OpenClaw at a glance
| What it is | Open-source personal AI assistant that runs on the user's own machine as a gateway and works through chat apps such as WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord and iMessage, with a skills system and swappable model plugins. I… |
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| Latest version | 2026.10.10, Nov 3, 2026. This page is about an earlier release. |
| Release pace | 15 stable releases in the last 30 days; 2026.10.6 came 4 days after the previous one |
| Price | Free (OSS). Free and open source (MIT) with no paid tier, hosted service or token; users pay their chosen model providers. Official pricing ↗ (checked Oct 5, 2026) |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 2.4M down 36.4% |
| Gid Score | 72 #6 in General-purpose AI agents |