OpenClaw Ships Three Major Releases in 3 Days: File Transfer, Perf Overhaul, 50+ Fixes

Three releases in rapid succession: v2026.5.3 (May 4) file transfer plugin with 16MB limit, v2026.5.4 (May 5) gateway startup perf via lazy-loading, v2026.5.5 (May 6) 50+ fixes plus Docker security hardening. Same-day hotfix v2026.5.6 followed for Codex OAuth regression.

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A CLI tool that snapshots your full OpenClaw config, credentials, and agent state before every update and rolls back automatically if the update breaks anything

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OpenClaw v2026.4.24 through v2026.5.7 shipped five updates that broke gateway stability, wiped config files, or deleted credentials. The built-in backup command (since v2026.3.8) requires manual invocation and the .bak files created during v2026.5.7 already contained the wiped config, not the original. This tool runs as a pre-update hook, captures a verified snapshot of openclaw.json, credentials directory, agent configs, and channel state, then monitors the post-update gateway for crash loops or missing config keys and auto-rolls back within 60 seconds if the update fails health checks.

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