OpenClaw Update Command Crashes Gateway, Disconnects Feishu, and Deletes All Cron Jobs

Running openclaw update triggers three cascading failures: gateway crash requiring manual restart, Feishu channel disconnection with corrupted config, and complete loss of all cron jobs (jobs.json deleted). Root cause: npm install -g runs without stopping LaunchAgent service first. 100% reproducible.

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A CLI tool that snapshots your OpenClaw state before updates, runs the upgrade in a sandboxed dry-run against your live config, and auto-rolls back if any health check fails

OpenClaw ships updates every 2-3 days and each one risks breaking exec permissions, crashing the gateway, saturating CPU with plugin loading bugs, or silently deleting cron jobs. Four separate regressions in April 2026 alone (v2026.4.1 sandbox, v2026.4.5 CPU, v2026.4.14 memory timeouts, update command wiping Feishu and crons) hit thousands of self-hosters with no rollback path. The built-in openclaw doctor only validates config schema after the fact. This tool wraps the entire update lifecycle: snapshot state, dry-run the upgrade against your actual agent/cron/channel config, diff the before/after, and block or auto-rollback if anything regresses.

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