Evidence record / openclaw
A dated record of one change, kept so the writing that cites it can be checked. Compiled from the sources listed below by the research run, not written for reading. The judgment lives in the issues that cite it, below.
2026-09-21-openclaw-defaults-widened-agent-reach-several-times-each-on-a-named-stable
Defaults widened agent reach several times, each on a named stable. An upgrade from 2026.7.1-2 to 2026.9.5 turns on several things by default: agents read and message other agents’ sessions, spawn swarms and recursive sub-sessions, message across providers, and apply self-authored skills without a prompt. Each note says sandbox and explicit restrictions “remain enforced”.
Channel: tagged-release. Half: both. Date: 2026-08-31 to 2026-09-19.
Operator consequence: Re-audit shared or multi-agent Gateways after upgrading. Set tools.sessions.visibility to agent or self, and set skills.workshop.approvalPolicy: "pending" if you relied on the old gates. On single-owner installs, these defaults remove setup steps. That is the capability half.
Receipt
Finding metadata
Run: 2026-09-21-weekly-digest-2026-08-20_2026-09-21-frontier-v0
Finding ID: 2026-09-21-openclaw-defaults-widened-agent-reach-several-times-each-on-a-named-stable
Profile citations
- OpenClaw / claim / defaults-widened-reach
Source links
Primary links, including exact changelog lines when available.
- github release2026-09-21-openclaw-defaults-widened-agent-reach-several-times-each-on-a-named-stableopenclaw/openclaw / v2026.9.2github release2026-09-21-openclaw-defaults-widened-agent-reach-several-times-each-on-a-named-stableopenclaw/openclaw / v2026.9.3tagged commit file2026-09-21-openclaw-defaults-widened-agent-reach-several-times-each-on-a-named-stableopenclaw/openclaw / CHANGELOG/2026.9.5.md
Versioned source: run artifact