**OpenClaw v2026.3.1 Upgrade Feedback** (macOS 15.7.3, manual-start `.nop` config)
✅Solved
Issue 1: CLI error message suggests wrong plist for
When gateway service isn't loaded and using
Should detect
Impact: Cosmetic/usability - causes confusion for manual-start setups
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Issue 2:
Tried:
Result: No restart
Required:
Impact: Supervised restart feature (from release notes) didn't work for
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What worked well:
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- Backward compatibility - existing configs/cron jobs continued working
- WhatsApp reconnected seamlessly
- npm update recovery worked after initial
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Upgrade stats:
- Duration: ~36 min (including troubleshooting)
- Package: 700MB, +837 -345 packages
- Method:
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Suggestion: Add pre-flight checks for
.nopWhen gateway service isn't loaded and using
ai.openclaw.gateway.nop.plistShould detect
.nopai.openclaw.gateway.nop.plistImpact: Cosmetic/usability - causes confusion for manual-start setups
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Issue 2:
launchctl kickstart -kTried:
launchctl kickstart -k gui/$(id -u)/ai.openclaw.gateway.nop.plistResult: No restart
Required:
bootoutbootstrapImpact: Supervised restart feature (from release notes) didn't work for
.nop---
What worked well:-
openclaw secrets audit-
--light-context- Backward compatibility - existing configs/cron jobs continued working
- WhatsApp reconnected seamlessly
- npm update recovery worked after initial
openclaw update---
Upgrade stats:
- Duration: ~36 min (including troubleshooting)
- Package: 700MB, +837 -345 packages
- Method:
npm update -g openclawopenclaw update---
Suggestion: Add pre-flight checks for
openclaw updateSolution
Awesome — thanks for pushing the comment patches onto the issues. That should make it much easier for maintainers to act on them.
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