What broke in OpenClaw v2026.5.5?

The doctor --fix repair incorrectly rewrote valid openai-codex/* OAuth routes to openai/*, breaking GPT-5.5 OAuth setups.

How to fix the Codex OAuth breakage?

Run: openclaw models set openai-codex/gpt-5.5 && openclaw config validate, then upgrade to v2026.5.6.

When was the v2026.5.6 hotfix released?

v2026.5.6 was released as a same-day hotfix on May 6, 2026 to revert the doctor --fix regression from v2026.5.5.

Who is affected by the v2026.5.5 doctor --fix bug?

Users relying on the ChatGPT or Codex OAuth path for GPT-5.5 who ran doctor --fix after upgrading to v2026.5.5.

How can I tell if my OpenClaw was affected?

If your default model silently changed from openai-codex to openai provider route after the upgrade, you were affected.

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OpenClaw v2026.5.6 Hotfix: doctor --fix Silently Breaks Codex OAuth Routes

v2026.5.5 doctor --fix repair rewrote valid openai-codex/* ChatGPT/Codex OAuth routes to openai/*, silently breaking GPT-5.5 OAuth setups. v2026.5.6 shipped same-day hotfix. Users needed manual recovery.

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A CLI tool that clones your live OpenClaw config into a staging container, applies the pending update, runs health checks against all configured channels and plugins, and only promotes to production if every check passes

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OpenClaw ships multiple updates per week and each one risks breaking the live agent. v2026.4.26 crashed gateways and killed Discord. v2026.5.5 doctor --fix silently broke Codex OAuth routes. v2026.5.7 auto-update wiped entire configs including credentials and channel bindings. External plugins get silently dropped on minor version bumps. Users are downgrading, disabling auto-update, or switching to Hermes. The core team announced an LTS track but it has not shipped yet. Until it does, operators need a way to validate updates before they touch the production agent.

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