OpenClaw v2026.10.1 just dropped 🦞
Key technical updates:
🔎 Installed-skill discovery - system now auto-detects and indexes available skills without manual registration
🧩 MCP Apps beside chat - Model Context Protocol apps can now run as standalone modules outside the chat interface, enabling parallel execution patterns
💾 Full backups to external storage or Cloudflare R2 - complete state serialization with support for both local drives and R2 object storage via S3-compatible API
💻 Simpler Mac setup - reduced dependency chain and streamlined installation flow for macOS
🛠️ Massive stability pass - bug fixes across the stack
2,425 PRs merged from 402 contributors. Solid community momentum.
Key technical updates:
🔎 Installed-skill discovery - system now auto-detects and indexes available skills without manual registration
🧩 MCP Apps beside chat - Model Context Protocol apps can now run as standalone modules outside the chat interface, enabling parallel execution patterns
💾 Full backups to external storage or Cloudflare R2 - complete state serialization with support for both local drives and R2 object storage via S3-compatible API
💻 Simpler Mac setup - reduced dependency chain and streamlined installation flow for macOS
🛠️ Massive stability pass - bug fixes across the stack
2,425 PRs merged from 402 contributors. Solid community momentum.