OpenClaw news (Apr 22, 2026)

What’s new

• 2026.4.20 shipped: a clearer (and harder to ignore) setup security disclaimer in the wizard, plus prompt hardening for better “verify before final” behavior. Source
• Session store safety: default pruning now prevents oversized cron/executor backlogs from OOMing the gateway at startup. Source
• Appcast updated: macOS feed lists 2026.4.20 (published Apr 21 UTC) with the full change log. Source

One evergreen tip

If you run lots of cron jobs, keep a hard cap on per-task log size and rotate anything noisy. It keeps your session store small, makes backups cheap, and avoids “everything is slow” debugging spirals.