Schema versions are global v6 and agent v17 (src/state/openclaw-state-db-contract.ts:6; src/state/openclaw-agent-db-contract.ts:22). State v5/v6 provenance comes from 7a7d6bb and 509a5f0, matching the current contract comments at src/state/openclaw-state-db-contract.ts:4.
QMD is retired and Doctor migrates its paths to builtin memory (src/commands/doctor/shared/legacy-config-migrations.runtime.retired-memory-qmd.ts:94). Device auth is SQLite-backed in TypeScript and Swift while Android remains SecurePrefs-backed (src/infra/device-auth-store.ts:115; apps/shared/OpenClawKit/Sources/OpenClawKit/DeviceAuthStore.swift:26; apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/gateway/DeviceAuthStore.kt:55).
Opt-in cache, payload, raw-stream, timeline, and macOS diagnostics remain JSONL artifacts (src/agents/cache-trace.ts:93; src/agents/anthropic-payload-log.ts:46; src/agents/embedded-agent-subscribe.raw-stream.ts:16; src/infra/diagnostics-timeline.ts:96; apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/DiagnosticsFileLog.swift:3).
The canonical agent schema currently has cache_entries but no VFS/tool/run artifact tables, and subagent attachments materialize in child workspaces (src/state/openclaw-agent-schema.sql:398; src/agents/subagents/spawn/subagent-attachments.ts:308). Current Doctor/session owners replace deleted prototype paths (src/infra/state-migrations.doctor.ts:66; src/config/sessions/session-accessor.sqlite-entry.ts:165; src/config/sessions/paths.ts:320).
* fix(state): name the refusing install in schema and exec-approval refusals
The newer-schema refusal told operators not to downgrade and to upgrade
OpenClaw, neither of which is actionable when two builds share one release
version string. It now names the install root that refused, both schema
versions, and warns that a linked source checkout reports its git HEAD even
when its built dist is older.
The exec-approvals gate told operators to run `openclaw doctor --fix` without
naming the state directory, so a bare invocation repaired the default root
while the scoped install stayed blocked. Both the TypeScript gate and its
Swift sibling now scope the command to the blocked state directory.
Refs #115008
* fix(gateway): name the refusing install in the startup schema refusal
* fix(mac): keep the exec-approvals gate message buildable on iOS
* fix(exec-approvals): shell-quote the state directory in the repair command
* fix(exec-approvals): state the repair directory in prose so every shell can follow it
* perf(sqlite): gate schema version before integrity scans and quarantine terminal open failures
* feat(gateway): refuse incompatible database schemas at boot and verify integrity in the background
* feat(update): refuse installing builds that cannot open the current databases
* docs: add database schema reference with version history and downgrade guidance
* test(update): tolerate optional runner options in git-mutation mocks
* refactor(update): split npm package-target metadata out of update-check
* chore: model verifier internals for knip and regenerate docs map
* chore(i18n): resync stale iOS localization catalog
* chore: allowlist read-only preflight and verifier raw SQLite access
Peter Steinberger