How much faster is v2026.5.29?

Cold turns: 9.8s to 3.4s (2.9x). Warm turns: 7.5s to 3.0s (2.5x). Peak RSS 7% lower.

How much smaller is the tarball?

59% smaller via plugin extraction and dependency cleanup.

Subagent workspace separation, session lock timeout release, stale restart prevention.

Is v2026.5.29 stable?

No, it is an alpha. Latest stable is v2026.5.27.

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OpenClaw v2026.5.29-alpha.1: 2.9x Faster Cold Turns (9.8s to 3.4s), 59% Smaller Tarball, Lower Peak RSS

OpenClaw ships v2026.5.29-alpha.1 on May 29, 2026. Cold turns drop from 9.8s to 3.4s (2.9x improvement), warm turns from 7.5s to 3.0s (2.5x). Peak RSS 7% lower. Published tarball 59% smaller via expanded plugin extraction and dependency cleanup.

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A background service that detects OpenClaw gateway degradation, plugin dependency loops, and channel failures before users notice

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OpenClaw gateways slow down under production load without warning. Plugins enter dependency repair loops on startup and updates. Discord, Telegram, WhatsApp channels degrade silently. The 2026.4.24 incident affected thousands of instances for days before the team acknowledged it. This service monitors gateway cold-start latency, plugin resolution cycles, and channel heartbeat responses, alerting operators before user-facing failures compound.

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