OpenClaw 2026.2.23 — Security-First Upgrade Meets Expanded Multi‑Model AI Support
OpenClaw’s 2026.2.23 release is one of those updates that signals the project maturing from a fast-moving, feature-first AI assistant into a hardened platform ready for production gateways and privacy-conscious deployments. Tagged by steipete and contributed to by dozens of maintainers, this version balances pragmatic security hardening with meaningful AI improvements: support for Claude Opus 4.6 via the Kilo gateway, improved media and provider integrations, and a set of defensive changes…