Auto update killing openclaw

[dreamy summit]

There’s a plugin version mismatch error that’s killing openclaw every time it auto updates - how are other people handling thisv

[smoky hill]

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[fallen bobcat]

First thing, can you paste openclaw --version? Version mismatch stuff is super version-sensitive.

Short answer: the safer pattern is usually not to let plugin-heavy setups auto-apply updates blindly.

A lot of people handle it by:

• staying on stable
• doing manual openclaw update
• then updating plugins in the same window: openclaw plugins update --all
• or pinning the core/plugin version until the plugin catches up

That lines up with the docs too:

• the auto-updater is off by default: https://docs.openclaw.ai/install/updating
• channel changes also sync plugin sources, and npm plugins update after core: https://docs.openclaw.ai/install/development-channels
• plugin commands: https://docs.openclaw.ai/tools/plugin

So if auto-update is upgrading core first and a plugin is lagging, I’d honestly disable auto-apply for now and update intentionally.