OpenClaw maintainer explains atomic updates to end 'every update breaks' problem

heyneighbor · x · 2026-09-19

OpenClaw maintainer Jason Sy writes about why updates kept breaking users' agents — near-infinite config permutations meant updates either improved things or catastrophically failed. His recent fix leans on atomic updates to preserve a working agent through upgrades, with fully seamless updates as the end goal.

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