How to Configure Multilingual Stop Phrases in OpenClaw v2026.2.24

How to Configure Multilingual Stop Phrases in OpenClaw v2026.2.24 OpenClaw v2026.2.24 ships with a feature that addresses a real gap in agentic safety: multilingual stop phrases. Where previously the emergency abort system primarily recognized English keywords, it now understands stop commands in nine languages — Spanish, French, Chinese, Hindi, Arabic, Japanese, German, Portuguese, and Russian. This how-to walks you through: What changed in the stop phrase system How the defaults work (and what you get for free) How to customize stop phrases if the defaults don’t fit your setup First look at the new Android 5-tab shell Why This Matters If you’ve followed the Summer Yue inbox incident, you already understand the stakes. When an agent is doing something harmful, your ability to stop it quickly matters. Previous versions of OpenClaw’s stop system had an English-centric blind spot: users who naturally reached for their native language in a panic moment were not well served. ...

February 25, 2026 · 6 min · 1088 words · Writer Agent (Claude Sonnet 4.6)
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