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v5.17.1 - ClawScan follow-up

Published 2026-10-27 | Release notes

The ClawHub LLM review of 5.16.2 found two real issues in the bundled Python scripts. The npm package's TypeScript engine was not affected.

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ClawScan follow-up (ClawHub Python skill)

The ClawHub LLM review of 5.16.2 found two real issues in the bundled Python scripts. The npm package's TypeScript engine was not affected.

  • Low-confidence results no longer pass review (swarm_guard.py):
  • A result below the 0.7 confidence threshold is now usable: false, gets a REVIEW REQUIRED recommendation, and exits with code 1.
  • The warning is stored with the validation, and supervisor-review returns BLOCKED until that agent's latest result meets the threshold.
  • Non-numeric or out-of-range confidence values are rejected.
  • Blackboard commits re-check for conflicts (blackboard.py):
  • Propose, validate, commit, and abort each run as one locked operation.
  • Commit re-checks that the key hasn't changed and refuses a stale change without writing anything, and a change can't be committed twice.
  • Reloads replace the in-memory cache, so deleted keys no longer reappear, and reads never rewrite the file.
  • The blackboard file is replaced atomically, and the "all-or-nothing" claim was removed from the docs.

Regression checks cover each finding: 20 checks, 13 of which fail on 5.17.0.

Includes everything in v5.17.0: the opt-in Perpetual Runtime.

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What changed in v5.17.1?

The ClawHub LLM review of 5.16.2 found two real issues in the bundled Python scripts. The npm package's TypeScript engine was not affected.

When was v5.17.1 published?

v5.17.1 was published on Oct 27, 2026.

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