openclaw/docs/reference/RELEASING.md

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Release Policy

OpenClaw has three public release lanes:

  • stable: tagged releases that publish to npm latest
  • beta: prerelease tags that publish to npm beta
  • dev: the moving head of main

Version naming

  • Stable release version: YYYY.M.D
    • Git tag: vYYYY.M.D
  • Beta prerelease version: YYYY.M.D-beta.N
    • Git tag: vYYYY.M.D-beta.N
  • Do not zero-pad month or day
  • latest means the current stable npm release
  • beta means the current prerelease npm release
  • Beta releases may ship before the macOS app catches up

Release cadence

  • Releases move beta-first
  • Stable follows only after the latest beta is validated
  • Detailed release procedure, approvals, credentials, and recovery notes are maintainer-only

Public references

Maintainers use the private release docs in openclaw/maintainers/release/README.md for the actual runbook.