# OpenClaw April Release Introduces Fail-Closed Regression Blocking Absolute-Path Commands

- slug: openclaw-april-release-introduces-fail-closed-regression-blocking-absolute-path-commands
- date: 2026-04-15
- category: Agentics

Three security fixes appeared in an OpenClaw feature release, not a security advisory. The hardening that was supposed to make deployments safer broke every absolute-path shell command at the same time — and March showed why the authorization layer keeps failing in the same ways.

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