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openclaw - 💡(How to fix) Fix [Bug]: openclaw plugins update --all downgrades manually-updated npm plugins to their originally-recorded install version [1 comments, 2 participants]

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openclaw/openclaw#84256•Fetched 2026-05-20 03:42:05
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openclaw plugins update --all uses the internally-recorded install version from the plugin index instead of fetching the latest from npm. This actively downgrades plugins that have been manually updated via npm.

Root Cause

openclaw plugins update --all uses the internally-recorded install version from the plugin index instead of fetching the latest from npm. This actively downgrades plugins that have been manually updated via npm.

Code Example

Installing @openclaw/codex@2026.5.12 into /home/felix/.openclaw/npm...
Updated codex: 2026.5.18 -> 2026.5.12.
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Description

openclaw plugins update --all uses the internally-recorded install version from the plugin index instead of fetching the latest from npm. This actively downgrades plugins that have been manually updated via npm.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Install Codex plugin — OpenClaw records version 2026.5.12 in its plugin index
  2. Manually update it to latest: npm install --prefix ~/.openclaw/npm @openclaw/codex@latest — now on 2026.5.18
  3. Run openclaw plugins update --all
  4. Codex is silently downgraded back to 2026.5.12

Actual output

Installing @openclaw/[email protected] into /home/felix/.openclaw/npm...
Updated codex: 2026.5.18 -> 2026.5.12.

Expected behavior

openclaw plugins update --all should resolve the latest npm version and update to it, not reinstall the originally-recorded install version.

Environment

  • OpenClaw: 2026.5.18 (50a2481)
  • Node: v24.2.0
  • OS: Ubuntu Linux

Related

Related to #40912 (redundant reinstall on already up-to-date plugins) but this is a more severe variant — it causes an actual version downgrade, not just a wasteful no-op reinstall.

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openclaw plugins update --all should resolve the latest npm version and update to it, not reinstall the originally-recorded install version.

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