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final spruce Apr 8, 2026, 4:12 AM

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“Stuck on 2026.2.19 on Mac. Tried npm install @latest, curl installer, rm + reinstall — always falls back to old version. Config was touched by 4.5+. Help?”

ruby pumiceBOT Apr 8, 2026, 4:12 AM

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spice eagleBOT Apr 8, 2026, 4:13 AM

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Yep — this usually means the launchd service is still pinned to an old Node/nvm global path, so reinstalling the package doesn’t change what the background gateway runs.

Run this exact checklist and paste output:

openclaw --version
which -a openclaw
openclaw gateway status
openclaw doctor

Then do the common fix:

openclaw gateway uninstall
openclaw gateway install --force

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openclaw gateway restart
openclaw --version
openclaw gateway status

If it still snaps back to 2026.2.19 and you use nvm, do this (stale nvm Node-global install case on macOS):

nvm exec 24 npm uninstall -g openclaw || true
nvm exec 22 npm install -g openclaw@latest
nvm exec 22 openclaw gateway uninstall
nvm exec 22 openclaw gateway install --force
nvm exec 22 openclaw gateway restart
nvm exec 22 openclaw --version

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