#Bots wont execute commands after update and have been added to allowlist

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rough shellBOT
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grim hamletBOT
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That symptom (“it prints the command as text instead of doing it”) almost always means the agent no longer has the relevant tool enabled (so it can only suggest commands), usually because of a tools.profile / tools.allow change after the update, or because you’re now running those chats in a sandbox that has a stricter tool policy.

A few quick checks:

  1. What version did you update to?
openclaw --version
  1. Paste output of (safe; tokens redacted):
openclaw status --all
  1. Sanity-check your tool policy in ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json:
  • If you have any tools.profile / tools.allow, make sure it includes the tool(s) you expect to “execute commands” with:
    • shell exec = exec (or group:runtime)