Is OpenClaw v2026.5.18 stable?
-137/100Fact score: -137/100 · evidence-based, not a YES/NO verdict
“🔴 2026.5.18 backfill found fresh receipts. The score bucket stays flat; the blast radius map gets sharper.”
Stability Score
-137Base
80
Evidence
-137
Votes
-0
Survived
ignored
Curated
ignored
-137 evidence debt=-137
Affected components
codexcompactioncron-runtimediscordfeishugatewayheartbeatmacosmigrationnode-surfaceopenwebuiprovider-integrationruntimeservice-managementstatustelegramtool-registrationtoolstrajectoryvoicewhatsappwindowswindows-runtime
Install this version
npm install openclaw@2026.5.18openclaw update --tag 2026.5.18Score Evidence
| Issue | Area | Type | Penalty | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| openclaw/openclaw issue 83968 → | gateway | kernel | -5 | macOS gateway crash: uncaught AssertionError assert(!this.paused); restart loop after upgrade from 2026.5.12 ⭐⭐⭐ |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 83972 → | discord | channel-specific | -5 | Discord channel silently not initialized after upgrade to 2026.5.18; channels.list reports disabled despite enabled=true; 100% reproducible ⭐⭐⭐ |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 83964 → | codex | runtime | -4 | @openclaw/codex 2026.5.18 missing runtime dependency on openclaw package; ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND unless manually installed ⭐⭐ |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 83963 → | runtime | runtime | -3 | Control UI startup RPC latency regression: 5-10s (commands.list, models.list, etc.); event-loop degraded util=1 ⭐⭐ |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 83744 → | discord | channel-specific | -3 | Discord progress failed state persists across runs; stale failed delivery blocks new final replies ⭐⭐ |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 83808 → | service-management | runtime | -2 | macOS managed update handoff crashes with uv_cwd after LaunchAgent stop; update appears to fail ⭐ |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 84139 → | compaction | kernel | -3 | Compaction safeguard causes duplicate messages on sessions_send interactions (macOS, regression in 2026.5.18) ⭐⭐ |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 84141 → | cron-runtime | kernel | -4 | Isolated cron agent turns omit requested exec tool despite toolsAllow; intermittent (Linux, regression in 2026.5.18) ⭐⭐⭐ |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 84129 → | telegram | channel-specific | -3 | Telegram plain-text outbound dispatch silently fails after memory-pressure event; survives docker restart (VPS) ⭐⭐ |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 84249 → | discord | channel-specific | -3 | Discord bot goes offline when SSH session disconnects (regression in 2026.5.18) ⭐⭐ |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 84001 → | runtime | tool | -2 | Windows: openclaw status / status --json hangs in 2026.5.18 while status --all succeeds ⭐ |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 84092 → | channel-specific | -3 | WhatsApp channel silently drops long/complex agent responses; regression from 2026.5.12 (markdown tables, multi-line fail) ⭐⭐ | |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 83934 → | gateway | kernel | -5 | 2026.5.19-beta.1: gateway becomes unresponsive, memory exceeded, respawns every ~2 min on 2026.5.18 setup (KERNEL REGRESSION) ⭐⭐⭐ |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 84256 → | tool-registration | tool | -2 | openclaw plugins update --all downgrades manually-updated npm plugins to originally-recorded version (regression in 2026.5.18) ⭐ |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 84222 → | runtime | kernel | -5 | Embedded runtime detected as third-party harness after upgrade 2026.5.7→2026.5.18; re-regression of #82344; Telegram/Dashboard fail, CLI works ⭐⭐⭐ |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 84203 → | runtime | runtime | -3 | Windows: models.authStatus cold latency 10-24s per CLI session (2026.5.18 + Codex), every session 27-45s (regression) ⭐⭐ |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 84144 → | node-surface | runtime | -4 | openclaw nodes approve requires operator.admin after node surface gate (2026.5.18); breaks automation, permanent breakage ⭐⭐⭐ |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 83958 → | node-surface | runtime | -3 | macOS app node regresses in 2026.5.18: flaps online/offline, gateway invokes timeout (regression from working 2026.5.12) ⭐⭐ |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 83966 → | codex | tool | -4 | Codex dynamic tool timeout non-configurable at 30s (hardcoded CODEX_DYNAMIC_TOOL_TIMEOUT_MS); kills long-running tools (2026.5.18) ⭐⭐⭐ |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 83935 → | runtime | runtime | -2 | Post-update stale openai-codex missing-key errors until openclaw doctor runs (regression in 2026.5.18 post-upgrade) ⭐ |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 84022 → | discord | channel-specific | -3 | Discord room events can suppress final assistant replies into transcript-only mode (regression in 2026.5.18) ⭐⭐ |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 84365 → | codex | runtime | -4 | Windows Codex harness startup failures; app-server command handling broken (2026-05-20, NEW) |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 84413 → | codex | kernel | -3 | Codex Chrome DevTools MCP sidecars accumulate; cgroup memory leak unchecked (2026-05-20, NEW) |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 84783 → | runtime | provider-integration | -3 | Native Moonshot Discord ~30s model-resolution delay; also affects 2026.5.19 (2026-05-21, NEW) |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 84820 → | gateway | kernel | -5 | Unclosed FileHandle on session JSONL lock crashes gateway Node ≥24 every ~2h under load; affects 2026.5.18+ (2026-05-21, NEW CRITICAL) |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 84698 → | status | tool | -3 | openclaw status hangs/timeouts on regression range including 2026.5.18 (2026-05-20) |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 84659 → | tools | tool | -2 | read tool output truncated for medium-sized files in 2026.5.18 regression (2026-05-20) |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 84644 → | windows-runtime | kernel | -3 | Windows node-host connects but reports no commands on 2026.5.18 (2026-05-20) |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 84081 → | runtime | kernel | -3 | Updating to 2026.5.18 prompts Agent failed before reply (2026-05-19) |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 84918 → | openwebui | channel-specific | -2 | OpenWebUI image uploads reach image tool as empty image on 2026.5.18 (2026-05-21) |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 84825 → | heartbeat | kernel | -3 | heartbeat.model override not honored by follow-up runs within heartbeat session on 2026.5.18 (2026-05-21) |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 84983 → | gateway | kernel | -4 | Native cron agent-turn fire saturates gateway event loop, affecting 2026.5.18 range (2026-05-21) |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 85550 → | trajectory | runtime | -4 | Trajectory files fed back as context cause unbounded token consumption and unexpected API billing on 2026.5.18 (2026-05-22) |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 84604 → | migration | runtime | -3 | 4.x → 5.18 upgrade leaves claude-cli harness unregistered (auth-profile mapping not migrated) (2026-05-20) |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 85458 → | runtime | runtime | -2 | Potential resource leak in runBoundTurnWithMissingThreadRecovery retry path on 2026.5.18 (2026-05-22) |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 84026 → | feishu | channel-specific | -1 | Feishu message tool fails with xlsx files on 2026.5.18 (2026-05-19) |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 85419 → | telegram | channel-specific | -3 | Telegram group reply silent-drop regression range includes 2026.5.18 (2026-05-22) |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 86780 → | status | tool | -4 | openclaw status --json enters an infinite statx loop / 100% CPU on 2026.5.18 |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 84672 → | heartbeat | kernel | -5 | HEARTBEAT gets stuck on OpenClaw 2026.5.18 |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 84976 → | cron-runtime | kernel | -4 | Scheduled non-Codex cron runs get re-executed on Codex primary model, duplicating side effects on 2026.5.18 |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 83960 → | provider-integration | tool | -2 | xAI OAuth login fails with unknown scope in 2026.5.18 auth profile flow |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 83822 → | voice | tool | -2 | Control UI Talk OpenAI WebRTC returns 403 model_not_found around 2026.5.18 |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 84600 → | windows-runtime | tool | -1 | Windows heartbeat command window remains visible on 2026.5.18 |