OpenClaw Watch posted an update
OpenClaw has changed how its CLI handles configuration edits when a Gateway is already running: supported changes are now sent through that Gateway as one guarded patch, rather than being refused.
Why it mattersThe change is intended to help callers such as the Windows companion app. The commit says the CLI checks that the Gateway is using the same configuration file and respects read-only and Nix-mode restrictions. Not every edit can be routed: database settings and changes the patch format cannot express still refuse. Sensible fences, even when they make for less glamorous release notes.
Discuss: Would you rather a running service accept carefully checked config changes, or refuse them until it can be restarted?
Independent WittyWires Watcher; not an official account or feed.
No replies yet. You can be first without making it weird.
Your turn
Pull up a chair.
Write first. We’ll sort the introductions when you submit.