OpenClaw SQLite backup: create, verify, and restore agent state
OpenClaw SQLite backup commands create verified global or per-agent database artifacts. Use this release-aware workflow to test recovery without overwriting a live agent.
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AI agent SSRF protection for browser automation
AI agent SSRF protection keeps browser automation from reaching private services by default. Use a narrow hostname allowlist, explicit exceptions, and network egress controls.
OpenClaw extended-stable: how to update a production agent
OpenClaw extended-stable is a monthly package channel for backported security and reliability fixes. Use this guide to choose it, preview the change, and verify the Gateway after updating.
Local AI agent setup: choose the right OpenClaw inference path
Local AI agent setup starts with a routing decision: fully local, hybrid, or node-local inference. Compare the OpenClaw paths before downloading a model.
OpenClaw plugins: update official extensions without losing control
OpenClaw plugins need a restart, runtime verification, and a clear source trail after an update. Use this safe workflow for official correction releases.
OpenClaw Control UI setup: pair a browser without weakening Gateway security
OpenClaw Control UI setup should keep the Gateway private: open the local dashboard, authenticate the browser, approve only the requested device scope, and use a protected route for remote access.
AI agent dead-letter queues: recover messages after failure
AI agent dead-letter queues give failed messages a visible recovery path: preserve the event, capture why it failed, review it safely, and replay only after the cause is fixed.
AI agent onboarding: a practical operating checklist
AI agent onboarding turns a promising assistant into accountable work: define its job, grant narrow access, test real tasks, and make escalation visible before you rely on it.
AI agent scheduling: when dynamic cadence beats fixed cron
AI agent scheduling needs more than a fixed cron expression when work arrives unevenly. Use dynamic cadence, durable job state, and explicit delivery rules to control cost and timing.
OpenClaw local models: when node-local Ollama inference makes sense
OpenClaw local models can run short tasks on a paired node's Ollama runtime. Learn when node-local inference fits, what it isolates, and how to test it safely.
OpenClaw Wear OS companion: what an agent on your wrist is for
OpenClaw Wear OS companion support brings agent, session, model, and realtime Talk controls to a phone-proxied watch surface. Learn the practical boundary between fast control and full agent work.
OpenClaw iOS app: offline chat, queued sends, and safer reconnects
OpenClaw iOS app users can read cached chats offline and queue text for the right Gateway, then reconnect without losing the session context or sending a message twice.
AI agent data recovery: protect state before a restart turns into loss
AI agent data recovery protects durable sessions, schedules, and configuration when a database or publish step fails. Use a quarantine, recoverable snapshots, and a controlled restore path.
OpenClaw Android: pair the official app with your Gateway
OpenClaw Android is a companion app, not a phone-hosted Gateway. Learn the safe pairing sequence, what the app can control, and how to keep mobile access private.
OpenClaw mobile app: pair iOS or Android with your Gateway
OpenClaw mobile app pairing connects an iOS or Android companion to your Gateway with a short-lived setup code, explicit scopes, and a private network path.
OpenClaw skills: choose per-agent, shared, or workspace scope
OpenClaw skills can live in a workspace, a personal agent directory, or a shared managed directory. Learn how precedence and allowlists shape the right scope.
AI agent crash loops: how to stop restarts before they drain a run
AI agent crash loops turn a transient failure into lost work and runaway restarts. Learn how bounded restart policies, repair states, and observability keep self-hosted agents recoverable.
OpenClaw Control UI: a practical workspace for parallel agent work
OpenClaw Control UI turns an agent gateway into a browser workspace for sessions, live tasks, usage, approvals, and safe device pairing without juggling terminal windows.
OpenClaw onboarding: set up a self-hosted agent with a verified model
OpenClaw onboarding verifies that a model can complete a real turn before it saves credentials or configures your workspace, Gateway, channels, and agents.
AI agent crash recovery: stop restart loops before they become outages
AI agent crash recovery keeps a bad restart from becoming a wider outage. See how OpenClaw's Gateway safe mode separates diagnosis from automatic recovery.
What is an AI gateway? A practical guide for self-hosted agents on macOS
What an AI gateway actually does, how it differs from a normal API gateway, and why a local gateway matters when you run self-hosted AI agents on macOS.
OpenClaw Attach: resume Claude Code on an existing Gateway session
OpenClaw Attach in v2026.7.1-beta.1 lets you launch Claude Code against an existing Gateway session with a scoped temporary MCP grant, making interrupted coding workflows easier to resume.
AI agent reliability at the provider-response boundary
AI agent reliability often breaks at the provider-response boundary: an error payload, an oversized body, or an out-of-credits message. How the runtime reads that response decides whether the agent recovers or hangs.
AI agent update safety starts with downgrade-safe release checks
AI agent update safety means treating version checks, release tags and dependency patches as control-plane decisions, not background maintenance noise.
Anthropic extended thinking needs session recovery, not manual transcript surgery
Anthropic extended thinking can fail after cache expiry or Gateway restarts. OpenClaw's beta fix shows how agents should recover without deleting session history.
Interrupted tool calls are the recovery test for production AI agents
Interrupted tool calls expose whether an AI agent can preserve state, resume safely and report failure clearly instead of leaving a user-facing run half-finished.
AI agent timeouts: why provider requests need bounded failure paths
AI agent timeouts prevent stuck provider, plugin and tool calls from freezing a run; OpenClaw 2026.6.1 turns more wait states into bounded recovery.
Windows AI agent nodes are becoming first-class infrastructure
Windows AI agent hosting is moving from browser tabs to native nodes. Here is what OpenClaw 2026.6.1 changes for self-hosted Windows automation.
AI agent tool call errors: how OpenClaw recovers malformed tool arguments
AI agent tool call errors usually come from malformed arguments, not bad reasoning. Here is how OpenClaw v2026.5.28 repairs smart-quoted edit arrays and quarantines unsupported tool schemas instead of failing the turn.
AI agent rate limits: keeping scheduled jobs alive through 429s
AI agent rate limits break scheduled jobs when a 429 lands mid-run. Here's how retry budgets, exponential backoff with jitter, and preflight model fallback keep cron automations finishing instead of silently skipping.
Codex app-server reliability in OpenClaw 2026.5.27: how the runtime survives crashes
Codex app-server reliability is the quiet half of OpenClaw 2026.5.27. Here is how shared clients survive startup failures, hook relays live through restarts, and workspace memory routes through tools.
AI agent auth profiles: separate model logins without breaking agent runs
AI agent auth profiles separate model credentials by provider, runtime, and operator so self-hosted agents can migrate logins, recover cleanly, and reduce credential blast radius.
Meeting notes agent: why transcript-backed summaries matter for self-hosted AI
A meeting notes agent is only useful when its summaries trace back to clean transcripts, source chunks and replayable context. OpenClaw 2026.5.26 moves that path into the core runtime.
OpenClaw gateway performance in 2026.5.22: faster startup paths without hiding risk
OpenClaw gateway performance improved in 2026.5.22 through cached model metadata, leaner startup paths, locked npm packages, and sharper operator diagnostics.
On-device Android AI agent: what X-OmniClaw changes for personal assistants
On-device Android AI agent architectures like X-OmniClaw move perception, memory, and app control onto the phone. Here is what that means for self-hosted assistants.
xAI device code OAuth for headless AI agents
xAI device code OAuth lets headless AI agents authorize from SSH, containers, and remote hosts without a localhost browser callback or pasted API key.
OpenClaw plugin SDK: typed tool plugins for self-hosted agents
OpenClaw plugin SDK lets teams ship typed tool plugins without loading runtime code for discovery; this guide explains the build flow and where it fits beside MCP.
Agent provider plugins: why OpenClaw 2026.5.12 made installs leaner
Agent provider plugins keep self-hosted AI agents lighter by moving heavy channel and model dependencies out of the core install until operators need them.
AI agent tool policies: sender-scoped permissions for dangerous tools
AI agent tool policies should vary by sender, channel, and action risk. OpenClaw 2026.5.12 adds sender-scoped controls for safer self-hosted agents.
Provider plugins: how OpenClaw 2026.5.12 makes self-hosted agent installs leaner
Provider plugins in OpenClaw 2026.5.12 move heavy Slack, Bedrock, Anthropic Vertex, and sandbox dependency cones out of core installs so operators only pull what they use.
LLM idle watchdog: escalating silent model streams through profile rotation and model fallback
An LLM idle watchdog catches silent model streams before they hang an agent turn. The 2026.5.12 fix escalates through profile rotation and configured model fallback instead of leaving the turn stuck.
Agent runtime fallbacks: configuring backend failover for ACP turns
Agent runtime fallbacks let an ACP turn try a backup model or runtime when the primary is unavailable, so a single dead backend stops killing user-facing replies.
Telegram bot reliability: durable spooling for always-on AI agents
Telegram bot reliability improves when polling, queueing and reply delivery are isolated from the main agent loop instead of sharing one fragile event path.
Run a Discord voice agent with OpenClaw: permissions, capture, and STT tuning
How to run a self-hosted Discord voice agent on OpenClaw v2026.5.7: permission audit via channels capabilities, the new 2.5s capture silence grace default, and STT tuning that stops the bot interrupting people.
The /steer command in OpenClaw: redirect an active agent run without starting a new turn
How /steer and active-run steering work in OpenClaw v2026.5.3+: send guidance to a running session without queuing a new turn, with worked examples and the safer queue defaults from v2026.4.29.
AI Agent Prompt Injection Is Now an Execution Boundary
Microsoft's Semantic Kernel RCE research shows why prompt injection in AI agents is no longer just a text problem. Here's how self-hosted agent builders should think about tool boundaries.
Browser agents vs chat agents: why the prompt-injection attack surface looks so different
OpenAI now says prompt injection may never be fully solved for browser agents like ChatGPT Atlas. Here is what that means for chat-channel agents and self-hosted setups.