OpenClaw rolls out system-wide overhaul, updates security controls across agent platform
Brief
OpenClaw has released what it describes as the largest update in its history, introducing a system-wide overhaul spanning runtime behavior, plugins, and security controls, as enterprises increasingly evaluate how such agent-based systems operate across connected environments.
“This update touches every part of OpenClaw, including installation, messaging, memory, skills, models, automations, the browser and native apps, plugins, security, and a very long tail of fixes,” the company said in a release note for version 2026.
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The project said that the scope of the release expanded during development, extending beyond initial usability changes.
“We started by simplifying installation and rebuilding the browser app… but doing that properly meant carrying the cleanup through the rest of OpenClaw until it became OpenClaw 2.0,” it said in a separate blog post describing the update.