OpenClaw v2026.10.8

OpenClaw v2026.10.8 is a reliability and security release of the self-hosted AI assistant: updates now recover instead of leaving the Gateway stopped, conversations keep accepting messages after restarts, and exec, proxy and API-key handling are hardened.

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Free (open source)MITTypeScript (Node.js 24.22.1+ or 26.12.1+)★ 393,191 (as of 2026-10-27)by OpenClaw Foundation

Why it matters

For people who run OpenClaw as a personal assistant connected to their chat apps. It fixes the update and restart failures that can quietly take an assistant offline, and closes several security gaps.

What's new

Failed post-update Doctor checks now restart the Gateway instead of leaving it stopped, and updates no longer abort on ACL filesystems, Windows pnpm links or pnpm 10 global installs.
Gateway service installs recover on macOS (deleted launchd plist), Linux (Ubuntu default umask) and during macOS updates.
Interrupted and newly accepted child sessions recover after a Gateway restart, and inbound messages stop retrying forever when the reply runtime can't publish.
Security hardening: exec allowlist mode asks for approval on `test -v` operand expansion, sandboxed children can't run host CLI backends, and Fish Audio and Gradium errors no longer expose API keys.
Provider fixes for Codex turn budgets, OpenAI OAuth with stale catalogs, and Anthropic PDF analysis with setup-token OAuth.

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

Try it if: Your self-hosted OpenClaw assistant has gone quiet after an update or restart.

Worth knowing: OpenClaw holds credentials for the chat apps and model providers you connect, so keep it updated.

Quick facts

Pricing	Free; you pay your chosen model provider
Free or paid	Free (open source)
License	MIT
Language	TypeScript (Node.js 24.22.1+ or 26.12.1+)
Platform	macOS, Linux, Windows (incl. WSL2), Docker; apps for macOS, iOS, Android, Windows and Linuxnot verified
GitHub stars	★ 393,191 (as of 2026-10-27)
Maker	OpenClaw Foundation

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