OpenClaw 2026.9.36 released
An extended-stable release with security updates, reliability fixes, and improved handling of failed updates and untrusted input.
What changed in 2026.9.36
- Failed npm updates no longer leave packages missing; Doctor recovery guidance and migration state handling improved.
- Gateway-built tools now enforce workspace restrictions with
tools.fs.workspaceOnlyand media tools stay confined. - Microsoft Teams allowlists that do not resolve now grant no access instead of opening to all teams or groups.
- Malformed media metadata, mail addresses, TOML, URIs, and oversized schema collections no longer cause unbounded processing.
- Reply text after emoji and astral characters is preserved in outbound messages; xAI
offoption works with older models.
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; 2026.9.36 came the same day as 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 | 2.6M down 34.4% |
| Gid Score | 74 #6 in General-purpose AI agents |
