OpenClaw 2026.9.5 tests upgrades against your setup before switching
The self-hosted agent gateway now hot-reloads plugins, spins up 4-person agent teams, and shares conversations — 4,179 PRs in one release.
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Upgrades get a dry run against your own config
Atomic Updates check the next version against a private copy of your live setup before switching over, so a broken release fails the check instead of your Gateway. No restart, no downtime window to sit and watch.
Install plugins without bouncing the Gateway
Plugins now hot-reload: add or update capabilities live, no service restart. On a gateway other people depend on, that turns a maintenance window into a click.
A setup wizard that staffs a 4-agent team
Guided Specialist Teams offer either a single specialist or a chief-of-staff / researcher / writer / reviewer lineup, auto-generate avatars, and wait for your approval in the Control UI before going live.
Share a conversation — or a browser page — with your agents
You can now share and archive conversations, and humans and agents can collaborate on the same browser page. GPT Live also joins meetings and calls. The release leans collaborative, not solo-chat.
Elsewhere: OpenSpec pins your AI coder to a spec
Spec-driven development for AI coding assistants: write a lightweight, configurable spec and your agent follows it instead of guessing. It hit the Hacker News front page today.