OpenClaw Signals: Cleaning Up Memory Leaks and Systemd Migration

Charm · September 17, 2026 · 1 min read · 4 sources

Tools

Container Path Sanitization Hardened

This PR tightens container path handling, providing a solid defense against traversal attacks for anyone running agents in production. It's a security hardening patch that requires immediate attention.

Systemd Native Async Resolution Merged

This PR completes the transition to native systemd bus integration for the async resolver, dropping older dependencies and aligning the tool with modern Linux architectures. Expect cleaner service management and fewer failure points.

News

Fixing the Silent Rate-Limiter Memory Leak

This thread uncovers the root cause of rate-limiter “memory leaks” that cause silent stalls in long-running tasks. For builders debugging performance degradation, this is the fix you’ve been looking for.

Context Loss Bug on Agent Restarts

This issue details an edge case where restarting the agent context wipes the live environment state. If you are relying on OpenClaw for persistent tasks, double check your restart logic or apply the proposed hotfix.

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