What is OpenClaw v2026.5.6?

An emergency patch released May 6, 2026 that reverts a Doctor change in v2026.5.5 that broke Codex OAuth routes.

How do I recover if v2026.5.5 already changed my model?

Run: openclaw models set openai-codex/gpt-5.5 && openclaw config validate

Who signed v2026.5.6?

Peter Steinberger (steipete) on May 6, 2026 at 17:51.

Does v2026.5.6 include other fixes?

Yes. Debug proxy now normalizes captured fetch header dictionaries before replaying requests.

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OpenClaw v2026.5.6 Emergency Revert: Doctor Broke Codex OAuth Routes in v2026.5.5

Q: What broke in v2026.5.5 that v2026.5.6 fixes?

Doctor rewrote valid openai-codex/* ChatGPT/Codex OAuth routes to openai/*, breaking OAuth-only GPT-5.5 setups or moving users onto the API-key route.

OpenClaw v2026.5.6 released May 6 2026 reverts a Doctor/OpenAI Codex change from v2026.5.5 that rewritten valid openai-codex/* OAuth routes to openai/*, breaking OAuth-only GPT-5.5 setups. Also fixes debug proxy header normalization.

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A CLI tool that validates OpenClaw updates against your running config, plugins, and channels before you deploy them, catching regressions like the v2026.4.26 and v2026.5.5 disasters automatically

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OpenClaw ships 13+ point releases per month and the community has established that roughly 25% of updates break response delivery for heartbeat messages, cron jobs, and webhooks. The v2026.4.26 update destroyed gateways and Discord integrations for days. The v2026.5.5 patch silently rewrote Codex OAuth routes, requiring an emergency v2026.5.6 the next day. The top r/openclaw complaint (305 upvotes) says it directly: every update ships more bugs than before. This tool runs a pre-update validation suite against your specific OpenClaw instance, checking plugin compatibility, channel health, gateway startup, model routing, and config integrity before you commit to the upgrade.

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