> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.openclaw.kr/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Release Policy

# 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

* [`.github/workflows/openclaw-npm-release.yml`](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/blob/main/.github/workflows/openclaw-npm-release.yml)
* [`scripts/openclaw-npm-release-check.ts`](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/blob/main/scripts/openclaw-npm-release-check.ts)

Maintainers use the private release docs in
[`openclaw/maintainers/release/README.md`](https://github.com/openclaw/maintainers/blob/main/release/README.md)
for the actual runbook.