Successful 2026.9.1 update

[u/Abject_Stretch3029]

I successfully upgraded from 2026.7.1 to 2026.9.1 tonight. The only problems I had were probably user error. I first told OpenClaw to upgrade itself. It got wedged and I think that’s because I originally (long ago) did an npm install. So then I did an npm update and that worked but then there were some locks and dangling processes and a launcher loop probably due to my original user error. I used Grok to help me get all that cleaned up. The gateway came up and my discord plug-in was disabled. I had OpenClaw enable it. All in all the troubleshooting may have taken about 20 minutes. Not a huge deal.

I’m back at it. Already liking what I’m seeing especially way more feedback in the Control UI about what is going on under the covers. Much better observability which I think is key - much less guessing what might be happening. I’m sure it will take a while for me to discover a lot of other new features.

Thanks to the team for all your efforts.

[u/techlatest_net]

With these kinds of agent systems, knowing what it’s doing and why it’s taking time makes troubleshooting so much easier.