OpenClaw v2026.10.4

OpenClaw 2026.10.4 is a stability patch with no new features: the Gateway now survives sleep and clock jumps, shutdown no longer hangs on stalled workers, and a Tlon group-DM owner-impersonation path is closed.

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Free (open source)MITTypeScript★ 392,339 (as of 2026-10-18)by OpenClaw

Why it matters

For people running OpenClaw as an always-on personal agent. This patch targets the Gateway restarts and hangs that interrupt long-running sessions, plus one security fix.

What's new

The Gateway keeps running after the computer sleeps or the clock jumps instead of restarting on a stale ownership heartbeat.
Gateway shutdown and restart no longer hang on a stalled transcript worker or in-flight session events.
Tlon group DMs no longer treat other participants as the owner, closing an owner-impersonation path.
Manual /compact now settles the active run instead of aborting it; headless browser pages stay clickable while a site waits for a passkey.
Fixes for OpenAI reasoning-model tool turns (400 errors), MCP OAuth loopback redirects, Telegram, Discord, Feishu and IRC.

Taken from the project's own release notes. Claims about speed or accuracy are the maker's unless stated otherwise.

Try it if: You run OpenClaw on a laptop that sleeps or restarts and have seen the Gateway restart or hang.

Quick facts

Pricing	Free and open source; you supply your own model provider accounts
Free or paid	Free (open source)
License	MIT
Language	TypeScript
Platform	macOS, Linux (and other OSes per the project); chat channels such as Telegram, Discord, IRCnot verified
GitHub stars	★ 392,339 (as of 2026-10-18)
Maker	OpenClaw

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