OpenClaw 2.0 shipped this morning, moving every session and transcript into SQLite
OpenClaw tagged v2026.8.1 on 2026-08-31 at 03:30 UTC, the release its blog calls the largest in project history: 933 contributors (569 first-time) across more than 16,000 pull requests, after a seven-week gap against a prior cadence of 106 versions in 230 days. Sessions and transcripts move from files into SQLite, guided setup now scans the machine for existing Codex/ChatGPT/Claude CLI sign-ins or qualifying Ollama and LM Studio models, and shared cloud sessions add read/suggest/draft/participate roles. Downgrading to a file-backed release requires restoring archived legacy transcripts with the new CLI first, and post-migration sessions will not appear in the older build at all. The repo sits at 388,191 stars and 81,494 forks.
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