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OpenClaw Production Safety Checklist

A practical readiness guide for operators who want to tighten memory, approvals, retrieval quality, exception handling, rollback, and delivery evidence before widening OpenClaw into production.

Memory ReadinessApproval GatesException OpsRollback

What To Check First

  1. Confirm the runtime version and tool-capable profiles are correct.
  2. Confirm native memory is enabled intentionally and retrieval returns current operational artifacts.
  3. Confirm broad retrieval does not surface archived session noise before durable notes.
  4. Confirm public-action workflows are draft-first or human-approved.
  5. Confirm deterministic pre-gates exist where unchanged inputs should return NOOP.
  6. Confirm rollback paths are documented before widening agents, memory, or external actions.

7-Day Rollout

  • Day 1: inventory agents, workflows, schedulers, model paths, and rollback gaps.
  • Day 2: verify runtime and memory baseline.
  • Day 3: clean corpus noise and rerun retrieval probes.
  • Day 4: classify approvals and action boundaries.
  • Day 5: add or review deterministic gates.
  • Day 6: score candidate agents before any widening.
  • Day 7: record pass, pass with caution, or hold.

Checklist Areas

AreaQuestion
RuntimeDoes the running OpenClaw service match the dashboard version and execution model?
MemoryAre backend, provider, exact probes, broad-noise checks, and dirty-state handling all documented?
Agent ExpansionHas the next candidate agent been scored for workload need, workspace fit, retrieval risk, and rollback?
ApprovalsAre read-only, draft-only, and execute/publish permissions separated?
Exception OpsDo failures route by severity, owner, first action, and deterministic pre-gate status?
Audit EvidenceDo reports, logs, and normalized state snapshots live in canonical paths?
RecoveryCan the risky feature be disabled cleanly and verified with one exact probe or smoke test?

This resource is a readiness guide. It does not guarantee outcomes, eliminate risk, or replace legal, tax, security, or compliance advice.

See the Native Memory Activation Kit See the Memory Architecture Bundle