UPDATES • OpenClaw Nugget of the Day

Keep OpenClaw updated without losing bot access

Nightly updates reduce drift, but only if you can recover fast when an update breaks connectivity or bot access.

Checklist

Option A (recommended): enable OpenClaw auto-updates.

Paste into ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json

{
  "update": {
    "auto": {
      "enabled": true,
      "mode": "silent",
      "schedule": "02:00"
    }
  }
}

Option B: if you prefer a system-level nightly update, ask OpenClaw (or Claude Code) to install this cron job for you.

Ask OpenClaw (or Claude Code) to add this as a nightly cron job

# Edit with crontab -e
0 3 * * * openclaw update --quiet >> ~/.openclaw/logs/update.log 2>&1

If you lose bot access after an update: restore last known-good ~/.openclaw snapshot → restart gateway → re-run a smoke test.

Success looks like

• The scheduled update runs and the gateway/bot still responds normally.

• If an update breaks connectivity, restoring the snapshot restores bot access within minutes.

Source: Operator practice