# OpenClaw explains how new models work without waiting for app updates

> Original title: A new model shouldn't mean waiting for a new OpenClaw release

- Source: OpenClaw
- Published: 2026-11-06T18:08:27.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/y33wgz3ygogzszyc01fy73b2s
- Original: https://x.com/openclaw/status/2118767484144857342

## Summary

OpenClaw says new models can be used without waiting for a new OpenClaw release, and its engineering post explains the work behind model catalogs, account-based discovery, and Codex versioning. The author, @obviyus, walks through these systems in the linked engineering series post.

## Post

A new model shouldn't mean waiting for a new OpenClaw release

@obviyus  goes inside his work on model catalogs, account-based discovery, and Codex versioning

From our engineering series: https://openclaw.ai/blog/use-new-models-in-openclaw-without-an-update

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