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OpenClaw Releases OpenClaw 2.0: Guided Model Setup, 575 ms Control UI Startup, and One Trust Boundary Per Gateway

Foundation has released v2026.8.1, which the project calls OpenClaw 2.0: 933 contributors, 569 first-timers, and more than 16,000 pull requests, roughly half of every PR ever merged into the repo. Shared cloud sessions add real multiplayer, though the docs are explicit that they are not a security boundary.

OpenClaw Releases OpenClaw 2.0: Guided Model Setup, 575 ms Control UI Startup, and One Trust Boundary Per Gateway

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Foundation has released v2026.8.1, which the project calls OpenClaw 2.0: 933 contributors, 569 first-timers, and more than 16,000 pull requests, roughly half of every PR ever merged into the repo.

Setup now reuses existing subscriptions, API keys and local models.

Shared cloud sessions add real multiplayer, though the docs are explicit that they are not a security boundary.

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Foundation has released v2026.8.1, which the project calls OpenClaw 2.0: 933 contributors, 569 first-timers, and more than 16,000 pull requests, roughly half of every PR ever merged into the repo. Shared cloud sessions add real multiplayer, though the docs are explicit that they are not a security boundary. Setup now reuses existing subscriptions, API keys and local models.

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Setup now reuses existing subscriptions, API keys and local models.

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