# OpenHands v1.34.0 adds a per-conversation Docker runtime and a Runtime settings page

Canonical: https://theagenticweekly.com/news/openhands-v1-34-0 · Evidence: Reported · First seen: 2026-10-27 14:37 UTC · Source published: 2026-10-27 14:35 UTC · Brief published: 2026-10-27 15:11 UTC · Updated: 2026-10-27 15:11 UTC · Author: Agentic Weekly

> OpenHands v1.34.0 (October 27, 2026) adds a per-conversation Docker runtime with a new Settings → Runtime page, lets you filter and edit automation tags, lets custom-script automations choose their LLM, and raises the minimum agent server to 1.57.0.

## What changed

- Agent Canvas gets a per-conversation Docker runtime and a new Settings → Runtime page, according to the v1.34.0 release notes.
- Automations: tags can now be filtered and edited, and custom-script automations can choose their own LLM.
- Security-related fixes: the session API key is passed to the static server via an environment variable instead of the command line, and untrusted markdown can no longer set rel="opener" or an arbitrary link target.
- In team orgs the conversation share toggle is now labelled "Share with Org users", and a new conversation can be started in a sidebar row's existing sandbox.
- Compatibility: the release raises minimumAgentServer to 1.57.0 and bumps @openhands/extensions to 0.36.0 and automation to 1.26.0.
- The macOS app is still not signed with an Apple Developer ID; the notes give an xattr command to clear Gatekeeper's quarantine flag.

## In the source's words

> "pass session API key to static-server via env instead of argv"
> (OpenHands v1.34.0 release notes, https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/releases/tag/v1.34.0)

## Early verdict

Worth upgrading if you run OpenHands Agent Canvas with Docker or use automations; self-hosters should check their agent server is at 1.57.0 or later first. (Basis: Based only on the v1.34.0 release notes; we have not run this version.)

## What we have not verified

- We did not install v1.34.0 or try the per-conversation Docker runtime.
- The release notes do not say whether the session API key change fixes a reported vulnerability.

## Timeline

- Source published: 2026-10-27 14:35 UTC
- First seen by our watcher: 2026-10-27 14:37 UTC (via GitHub releases: All-Hands-AI/OpenHands), 2 minutes after the source's timestamp
- Brief published: 2026-10-27 15:11 UTC

## Sources

- [GitHub release: OpenHands v1.34.0](https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/releases/tag/v1.34.0) (primary source) (fetched 2026-10-27)

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## How to cite

Agentic Weekly, "OpenHands v1.34.0 adds a per-conversation Docker runtime and a Runtime settings page", published 2026-10-27 15:11 UTC, https://theagenticweekly.com/news/openhands-v1-34-0