Is OpenClaw v2026.7.1 stable?
-163/100Fact score: -163/100 · evidence-based, not a YES/NO verdict
“v2026.7.1 now has fresh score dents on top of the existing pile: Codex turns can end mid-promise, update can strand gateway startup, ACP ordering trips apps, and the UI still has little 3am deploy gremlins.”
Stability Score
-163Base
80
Evidence
-163
Votes
-0
Survived
ignored
Curated
ignored
-163 evidence debt=-163
Affected components
acpacpx-updatebrowser-proxychannel-configcodexcodex-plugincodex-plugin-installcompactioncontext-privacycore-plugin-driftcron-model-routingcron-tool-schemadesktop-uidocs-commanddoctordreamingexecfeishugatewaygateway-servicegateway-startupharnessinstall-syncinstallerios-appllm-request-schemalocal-modelmacos-updatermanaged-installmemorymemory-corememory-migrationmemorysearchmodel-routingnode-authnode-runtimenotion-mcppackage-manager-detectionplugin-installplugin-loaderplugin-metadataplugin-update-metadataprovider-authprovider-routingreasoningsandbox-routingsession-fencingsession-identitysession-stateslacksqlitestartup-migrationstatussubagent-registrysystem-prompttalk-modetelegramtool-callinguiupdateupgradeusage-accountingwebchatwhatsappwsl2-startup
Install this version
npm install openclaw@2026.7.1openclaw update --tag 2026.7.1Score Evidence
| Issue | Area | Type | Penalty | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| openclaw/openclaw issue 107220 → | gateway/memory migration | kernel | -5 | Legacy memory sidecar meta/chunks conflicts can crash-loop the gateway on 2026.7.1 upgrades. Gate: include — explicit 2026.7.1 upgrade reports. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 107227 → | startup migration/doctor | kernel | -5 | Fatal startup-migration gate leaves gateway crash-looping and doctor does not resolve the conflict. Gate: include — explicit 2026.7.1 reproduction. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 107133 → | memory | kernel | -5 | Memory Core embedding_cache conflict repeatedly blocks gateway startup. Gate: include — OpenClaw version field reports 2026.7.1. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 106920 → | gateway service/node runtime | runtime | -5 | Gateway restart can fail after upgrade due service runtime/Node floor mismatch. Gate: include — OpenClaw version field reports 2026.7.1. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 107074 → | macOS updater | runtime | -4 | macOS Homebrew update can split CLI/gateway/plugin roots and leave a stale owning package. Gate: include — affected range includes 2026.7.1. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 107222 → | plugin update metadata | tool | -4 | npm view array metadata breaks plugin updates and can auto-disable npm plugins. Gate: include — explicit 2026.7.1 reproduction. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 107226 → | codex plugin/harness | runtime | -4 | doctor/update can drop codex allowlist after externalization, making Codex-backed agents fail every turn while health looks green. Gate: include — explicit 2026.7.1 upgrade report. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 107467 → | plugin install/update | tool | -3 | plugin install/update can hit ENOTDIR after stale install path removal, blocking follow-up plugin repair. Gate: include — explicit 2026.7.1 environment. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 107341 → | provider auth | tool | -2 | anthropic-vertex-provider 2026.7.1 breaks Claude auth via dependency regression. Gate: include — OpenClaw version field reports 2026.7.1. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 107244 → | channel-specific | -2 | WhatsApp group messages fail to reach inbound handling after 2026.7.1 upgrade/relink. Gate: include — reproduced on 2026.7.1 gateway and plugin. | |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 107449 → | cron tool schema/local model | tool | -2 | cron tool JSON Schema pattern breaks llama.cpp/OpenAI-compatible parser after upgrade. Gate: include — OpenClaw version field reports 2026.7.1. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 106779 → | local model/tool calling | tool | -2 | Qwen/GPT-OSS local tool-calling failures reported after 2026.7.1 upgrade and gone after downgrade. Gate: include — explicit 2026.7.1 context. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 107281 → | compaction/provider routing | runtime | -2 | memsearch-summarize sub-session compaction fails to see native Ollama provider while main compaction works. Gate: include — explicit 2026.7.1 reproduction. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 107324 → | usage accounting/status | tool | -1 | Codex run totalTokens aggregate stays stale, making /status oscillate after compaction. Gate: include — explicit 2026.7.1 report. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 107292 → | desktop UI | tool | -1 | Control UI user avatar selector silently does nothing. Gate: include — OpenClaw version field reports 2026.7.1. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 108075 → | llm request schema | runtime | -5 | Agent can fail before replying because provider rejects request schema/tool payload on 2026.7.1. Gate: include — OpenClaw version field explicitly reports 2026.7.1. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 107607 → | gateway startup/sqlite | kernel | -5 | Gateway can fail to start on Ubuntu due an impossible sqlite version/runtime mismatch. Gate: include — OpenClaw version field explicitly reports 2026.7.1. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 108299 → | upgrade/channel config | runtime | -5 | Upgrade from 2026.5.22 to 2026.7.1 can drop channel config and leave old plugin blocks that stop gateway startup. Gate: include — affected version range includes 2026.7.1. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 108284 → | telegram/context privacy | channel-specific | -5 | Telegram can expose internal runtime context markers in every turn, a channel privacy/trust boundary leak. Gate: include — explicit 2026.7.1 context. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 107761 → | session identity/system prompt | kernel | -5 | Stale systemSent state after restart can spawn sessions without the agent system prompt, causing identity loss. Gate: include — explicit 2026.7.1 context. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 107920 → | gateway/plugin metadata | runtime | -4 | npm 12 array metadata can crash-loop the gateway by breaking plugin metadata parsing. Gate: include — explicit 2026.7.1/npm 12 context. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 107842 → | gateway/codex plugin install | runtime | -4 | Gateway startup can block when @openclaw/codex installation fails on incomplete package metadata. Gate: include — OpenClaw version field explicitly reports 2026.7.1. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 107659 → | acpx update/core-plugin drift | runtime | -4 | ACPX update can expand to 2.1 GiB; OOM leaves core/plugin drift that startup does not repair. Gate: include — OpenClaw version field explicitly reports 2026.7.1. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 108250 → | wsl2 startup/subagent registry | runtime | -4 | WSL2 gateway startup can fail on EROFS chmod in subagent-registry state setup. Gate: include — explicit 2026.7.1 context. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 107228 → | plugin loader/install sync | tool | -3 | Plugin loader resolves inconsistently between flat project dirs and generation dirs, so plugin install/sync can silently not take effect. Gate: include — explicit 2026.7.1 context. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 107207 → | managed install/whatsapp | runtime | -3 | Update can leave managed install and WhatsApp plugin linked to an old embedded Node runtime. Gate: include — affected version range includes 2026.7.1. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 108255 → | reasoning/model routing | runtime | -3 | runtime.llm.complete cannot pass reasoning effort, which can hard-fail reasoning-mandatory models. Gate: include — explicit 2026.7.1 context. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 108068 → | memory_search | tool | -2 | memory_search can intermittently return “database is not open” despite a healthy index. Gate: include — OpenClaw version field explicitly reports 2026.7.1. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 107815 → | memory-core/dreaming | runtime | -2 | Memory-core dreaming can fail with surrogate-pair truncation API 400; fix is on main but missing from v2026.7.1. Gate: include — explicit 2026.7.1 affected context. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 107746 → | update/package-manager detection | tool | -2 | openclaw update can misidentify pnpm 11 global installs as npm, risking wrong update path. Gate: include — explicit 2026.7.1 context. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 108265 → | feishu | channel-specific | -1 | Feishu streaming mode can render extremely slowly after upgrading to v2026.7.1. Gate: include — affected version range includes 2026.7.1. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 107648 → | notion mcp | tool | -1 | Notion number property write is rejected through gateway MCP while the same local MCP call succeeds. Gate: include — affected version range includes 2026.7.1. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 108435 → | gateway-startup | kernel | -5 | Gateway fails to start after update to 2026.7.1. Gate: include — title/body explicitly report 2026.7.1 update failure. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 108520 → | ios-app/talk-mode | runtime | -4 | iOS app update leaves Talk Mode/chat unusable while gateway stays connected. Gate: include — report confirms gateway 2026.7.1 and post-update mobile breakage. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 108951 → | browser-proxy/node-auth | kernel | -4 | Node browser.proxy calls request operator.write but gateway requires operator.admin, blocking read-only browser proxy operations. Gate: include — OpenClaw version field reports 2026.7.1. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 108705 → | codex-plugin/harness | runtime | -5 | Codex plugin fails to load because agent-harness-runtime export is missing. Gate: include — title explicitly marks 2026.7.1. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 108580 → | cron-tool-schema/local-model | runtime | -4 | Cron tool schema breaks llama.cpp grammar-constrained tool calling on 2026.7.1. Gate: include — title explicitly calls it a 2026.7.1 regression. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 108236 → | exec/sandbox-routing | kernel | -5 | New 2026.7.1-created agent routes exec to the gateway host while an equivalent older agent routes into sandbox. Gate: include — report compares 2026.7.1 to 2026.6.11. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 108769 → | codex/session-fencing | runtime | -4 | Codex generation fencing breaks sequential runEmbeddedAgent callers that reuse a stable logical session key. Gate: include — report says reproduced on OpenClaw 2026.7.1. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 108975 → | slack | channel-specific | -1 | Slack DM threads still serialize in 2026.7.1, blocking per-thread session scope. Gate: include — title explicitly references 2026.7.1. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 108695 → | local-model/llm-request-schema | runtime | -3 | After upgrading to 2026.7.1, local llama.cpp chats fail before reply with provider schema validation errors. Gate: include — OpenClaw version field reports 2026.7.1. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 107787 → | telegram/reasoning | channel-specific | -1 | Thinking blocks leak into Telegram after 2026.7.1 and confuse the agent. Gate: include — search/body explicitly reference 2026.7.1 context. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 107658 → | docs/release archive | tool | -1 | Release archive documentation/content issue reported against OpenClaw-2026.7.1.zip. Gate: include — explicit 2026.7.1 artifact report. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 109490 → | codex app-server/message tool | runtime | -5 | App-delegated message tool result can terminate the turn early, so promised follow-up work never executes. Gate: include — explicit since-2026.7.1 regression. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 107223 → | gateway startup migration | kernel | -5 | openclaw update can leave the new gateway unable to start until schema_meta is manually patched. Gate: include — explicit 2026.7.1 upgrade reproduction. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 107958 → | installer/classic setup | tool | -1 | Classic install flow no longer provides skip options, making setup harder to recover/configure manually. Gate: include — explicit version 2026.7.1 report. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 106960 → | macOS WebChat sessions UI | tool | -1 | Session rename/delete controls in the macOS WebChat sidebar are non-functional. Gate: include — OpenClaw 2026.7.1 stable report. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 109961 → | ACP bridge/session ordering | runtime | -3 | ACP bridge emits session_info_update before session/new result, breaking app assertions on stock 2026.7.1. Gate: include — OpenClaw version field reports 2026.7.1. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 107922 → | cron model routing | runtime | -4 | Isolated cron payload.model override can leak back to the parent/main session model. Gate: include — explicit 2026.7.1 regression range. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 107853 → | Control UI avatar rendering | tool | -1 | Control UI Personal card uses workspace-relative assistant avatar paths as img URLs. Gate: include — OpenClaw version field reports 2026.7.1. |
| openclaw/openclaw issue 107571 → | Control UI Firefox markdown scroll | tool | -1 | Firefox cannot scroll long Markdown content in the right chat sidebar. Gate: include — explicit OpenClaw 2026.7.1 shipped-asset report. |