{"item":{"id":"obs-radar-openclaw-2026-9-7","product":"openclaw","language":"en","title":"OpenClaw 2026.9.7: check the upgrade path before restarting","summary":"A stable release with backup and upgrade changes. Older installations need a supported bridge; a saved connection label is not a live test.","contentType":"news","category":"release","revision":2,"canonicalUrl":"https://botclaw.tech/items/obs-radar-openclaw-2026-9-7","sourceUrls":["https://docs.openclaw.ai/releases/2026.9.7","https://docs.openclaw.ai/cli/backup"],"sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-01T16:24:26.193Z","reviewedAt":"2026-10-01T15:50:00.000Z","collectedAt":"2026-10-01T16:24:26.193Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-01T16:24:32.304Z","source":{"id":"botclaw-editorial","name":"BotClaw","origin":"editorial"},"summaryMethod":"editor","applicability":{"version":"2026.9.7","platforms":[],"requirements":["Check current account access, plan and task requirements."]},"verification":{"kind":"official_documentation","checkedAt":"2026-10-01T15:50:00.000Z","urls":["https://docs.openclaw.ai/releases/2026.9.7","https://docs.openclaw.ai/cli/backup"],"limitations":["Source-backed facts plus BotClaw editorial interpretation. No product account, inference or agent performance test was run."]},"body":{"introduction":"Facts below come from release documentation. The action checklist is BotClaw editorial analysis, not an upgrade performed by this site.","sections":[{"heading":"Documented change","paragraphs":["The release improves backup coverage and upgrade recovery. Pre-June installations must bridge through 2026.9.5; rollback is conditional, not a promise that any running database can be restored automatically."]},{"heading":"Who should care","paragraphs":["Persistent-memory, scheduled and messaging deployments have state beyond a package version. Keep installation paths, service identity, channel credentials and database locations in the upgrade inventory.","A newer release is a reason to inspect the change log, not evidence that an existing workflow became more reliable."]},{"heading":"Before and after","paragraphs":[],"steps":["Record the current version and follow the documented bridge path where applicable.","Create a complete backup with enough free disk space; rehearse restore on a separate target.","After restart, check one real message, one fresh-session memory lookup and the next scheduled run."]}]},"editorial":{"section":"radar","productIds":["openclaw"],"relatedIds":["wf-backup-restore","obs-topic-upgrade"],"sourceDate":"2026-09-30T04:44:14Z","version":"2026.9.7"},"indexable":true,"supersededBy":null,"review":{"state":"current","pendingChanges":0,"policyDays":7}}}