Should you update OpenClaw v2026.6.6? — Wait for next release
Verdict: Wait for next release (high confidence), assessed 2026-06-16.
Wait for next release: v2026.6.8-beta.2 carries fixes for critical regressions in memory, prompt cache, and agent reliability that ship in v2026.6.6.
Why this verdict
v2026.6.6 introduces worthwhile security hardening, Telegram delivery improvements, Control UI latency reductions, and provider additions, but it also ships multiple high/critical regressions that affect key workflows. Memory_search can fail intermittently with 'index metadata is missing' due to a race condition (#90361, severity:critical, 3👍, AFFECTS THIS VERSION). Reasoning/reasoning_details is completely dropped for MiniMax M3 via OpenRouter (#92769, severity:critical), and local embedding providers break on upgrade with no clear migration path (#92808, severity:critical). These alone make the current version unreliable for production users relying on memory or specific model providers.
Known issues (47)
- #90361 (critical) [Bug]:Intermittent memory_search "index metadata is missing" despite valid builtin memory index; likely search/reindex race. Locally hotfixed.
- #92769 (critical) [Bug]: Regression of #65533 — reasoning/reasoning_details completely dropped from message history for MiniMax M3 via OpenRouter (both plain-text and tool-call turns)
- #92808 (critical) [Bug]: Title: Local embedding provider breaks on upgrade (two consecutive releases) — no migration path, misleading error
- #91016 (high) ⚠️ 升级 2026.6.1 后 DeepSeek Prompt Cache 完全失效，一小时烧掉约 $6
- #91363 (high) Isolated cron consistently fails with "LLM request failed" on model-call-started phase
- #93259 (high) claude-cli subagents silently cap thinking at "high" — provider-policy surface not resolved for plugin CLI backends
- #92511 (high) Agent session doesn't start after gateway restart (requires second restart)
- #92535 (high) [Bug]: isolated cron can deliver unavailable-tool self-debug to Telegram
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