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#releases
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<@&1471741366311583785> https://x.com/openclaw/status/2022530044434825310?s=46
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<@&1471741366311583785> https://x.com/openclaw/status/2022880208664301599?s=46
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<@&1471741366311583785> https://x.com/openclaw/status/2023257934017294806
https://x.com/4shad0wed/status/2023259490129199317
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<@&1471741366311583785> https://x.com/openclaw/status/2023961490970026163
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<@&1471741366311583785> https://x.com/openclaw/status/2024541607240904934
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<@&1471741366311583785> https://x.com/openclaw/status/2025270903437717745
https://x.com/4shad0wed/status/2025271332884357345
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<@&1471741366311583785> https://x.com/openclaw/status/2025785584241844727?s=20
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<@&1471741366311583785> https://x.com/openclaw/status/2026176117401424226?s=46 I fell asleep while typing this
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<@&1471741366311583785> https://x.com/openclaw/status/2026503611514069173?s=46
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<@&1471741366311583785> https://x.com/openclaw/status/2026875846737138174?s=46
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<@&1471741366311583785> https://x.com/openclaw/status/2028337080959426953?s=46
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<@&1471741366311583785> https://x.com/openclaw/status/2028338035390140883 https://x.com/openclaw/status/2028339357598240816
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<@&1471741366311583785> https://x.com/openclaw/status/2028693804266496230
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<@&1471741366311583785> https://x.com/openclaw/status/2030522386894946620 https://x.com/openclaw/status/2030522692147830966
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<@&1471741366311583785> https://x.com/openclaw/status/2030924089024471045?s=46
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<@&1471741366311583785> https://x.com/openclaw/status/2031965133405073823?s=46
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<@&1471741366311583785> https://x.com/openclaw/status/2032693636119302396
https://x.com/openclaw/status/2032694261993427260
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<@&1471741366311583785> https://x.com/openclaw/status/2036043904949330407?s=46
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<@&1471741366311583785> https://x.com/openclaw/status/2036293335007264807?s=46
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<@&1471741366311583785> https://x.com/openclaw/status/2036857428273487903?s=46
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<@&1471741366311583785> https://x.com/openclaw/status/2038084923517796839
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<@&1471741366311583785> https://x.com/openclaw/status/2039095081215672584
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<@&1471741366311583785> https://x.com/openclaw/status/2039409616950542351?s=46
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<@&1471741366311583785> https://x.com/openclaw/status/2039789061154685323?s=46
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<@&1471741366311583785> https://x.com/openclaw/status/2041759063428460762?s=46
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This one is for you @foggy lion
<@&1471741366311583785> https://x.com/openclaw/status/2042072722902077938
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<@&1471741366311583785> https://x.com/openclaw/status/2042811598058742012?s=46
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<@&1471741366311583785> https://x.com/openclaw/status/2043132528094036332
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<@&1471741366311583785> https://x.com/vincent_koc/status/2043674485878907345?s=46
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<@&1471741366311583785> this feels worth it (its the same release not a new one)
https://fixupx.com/cherry_mx_reds/status/2043711641716494392
FixupX
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<@&1471741366311583785> https://x.com/openclaw/status/2044042546976883063?s=46
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<@&1471741366311583785> https://x.com/openclaw/status/2044919054402752638?s=20
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<@&1471741366311583785> https://x.com/openclaw/status/2046686809367708123
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Hi folks, messed up an update path on .20 release. Workaround for OpenClaw 2026.4.20 bundled channel dependency failure:
Telegram:
pkg="$(npm root -g)/openclaw"
npm --prefix "$pkg/dist/extensions/telegram" install --ignore-scripts --package-lock=false --no-save --no-fund --no-audit
openclaw doctor --non-interactive
openclaw gateway restart
WhatsApp:
pkg="$(npm root -g)/openclaw"
npm --prefix "$pkg/dist/extensions/whatsapp" install --ignore-scripts --package-lock=false --no-save --no-fund --no-audit
openclaw doctor --non-interactive
openclaw gateway restart
Windows PowerShell Telegram:
$pkg = Join-Path (npm root -g) openclaw
npm --prefix (Join-Path $pkg "dist/extensions/telegram") install --ignore-scripts --package-lock=false --no-save --no-fund --no-audit
openclaw doctor --non-interactive
openclaw gateway restart
<@&1471741366311583785> https://x.com/openclaw/status/2046807838459125990?s=46
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<@&1471741366311583785> https://x.com/openclaw/status/2047346918888755307?s=46
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https://x.com/openclaw/status/2048950588948230568
https://x.com/openclaw/status/2048950615301046462
<@&1471741366311583785> Talk mode now has a proper Google Live browser path: constrained ephemeral credentials when available, Gateway relay when the provider has to stay backend-only.
https://docs.openclaw.ai/providers/google
Local model users get a lot of boring-good fixes: @ollama context handling, thinking controls, timeouts, local auth, discovery, and OpenAI-compatible proxy behavior.
https://docs.openclaw.ai/providers/ollama
openclaw migrate can list, plan, dry-run, JSON-report, back up, and apply imports. First bundled importers: Claude Desktop/Claude Code and Hermes.
https://docs.openclaw.ai/cli/migrate
Matrix E2EE setup is now one command: enable encryption, bootstrap recovery, and print verification status without spelunking through config by hand.
https://docs.openclaw.ai/channels/matrix
Cerebras joins the bundled provider set with onboarding, static catalog metadata, and manifest-owned endpoint config. Fast models, less config archaeology.
https://docs.openclaw.ai/providers/cerebras
Compaction can now trigger on active transcript byte size, then rotate onto a smaller successor transcript after a successful local compaction.
https://docs.openclaw.ai/concepts/compaction
Plugin installs got less fragile: profile-aware destinations, symlink handling, runtime dependency staging, safer scans, and clearer doctor repair paths.
https://docs.openclaw.ai/cli/plugins
Docker and update paths got real hardening: verified temp-prefix npm swaps, CA certs in slim images, host.docker.internal defaults, and first-run volume permissions.
https://docs.openclaw.ai/install/docker
Tencent-side channels got clearer too: QQBot is the Tencent QQ bot integration for QQ groups, while Yuanbao is Tencent’s AI assistant bot platform for bot DMs and group chats.
https://docs.openclaw.ai/channels/qqbot
https://docs.openclaw.ai/channels/yuanbao
<@&1471741366311583785> https://x.com/openclaw/status/2048950588948230568
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- Group chats now feel more natural: the agent can think, use tools, then deliberately send or edit the visible message instead of having the chat loop post the final assistant text. https://docs.openclaw.ai/channels/groups
- Follow-up commitments are opt-in: OpenClaw can infer lightweight “check back on this later” items from conversation context, then heartbeat delivers them when due. https://docs.openclaw.ai/concepts/commitments
- Exec and pairing controls got less squishy: restrictive profiles stay restrictive, owner checks are tighter, and startup warnings call out risky configs early. https://docs.openclaw.ai/tools/exec-approvals
- Model setup got smoother too: NVIDIA joins as a first-class provider with catalog-backed picks for Nemotron, Kimi, MiniMax, GLM, and friends. https://docs.openclaw.ai/providers/nvidia
- Startup and plugin installs should feel less haunted: better slow-host diagnostics, event-loop readiness signals, runtime-dependency repair, and a broad Slack/Telegram/Discord/WhatsApp reliability pass. https://docs.openclaw.ai/cli/gateway
- Memory got more useful in real conversations: people/wiki metadata, provenance, aliases, relationship graphs, scoped recall, and partial results when recall times out. https://docs.openclaw.ai/plugins/memory-wiki
- Busy chats got calmer: follow-ups can steer the active run at the next model boundary instead of spawning duplicate work or waiting for the loop to finish first. https://docs.openclaw.ai/concepts/queue
<@&1471741366311583785> https://x.com/openclaw/status/2049986075221692678
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OpenClaw 2026.5.2 🦞
xAI gets Grok 4.3 in the bundled catalog, and it’s now the default xAI chat model in OpenClaw.
Small line item, very useful default.
Plugins got the big plumbing pass: npm-first installs, beta fallback, doctor repair, dependency
state, ClawHub metadata, and fewer runtime loads on hot paths.
Gateway + agent hot paths got leaner: faster startup, lighter session listing, cached tool
descriptors, less broad plugin loading, and fewer stalls on large configs.
Provider + media edges got cleaned up: OpenAI-compatible TTS/Realtime, OpenRouter DeepSeek
replay, Anthropic-style streams, LM Studio reasoning, web search, music, and voice calls.
Control UI and WebChat got the boring-good stuff: steadier Sessions, Cron fixes, long-running
WebSockets, iOS PWA bounds, slash-command feedback, and clearer Talk diagnostics.
Codex got smoother in OpenClaw: native-first app-server tools, better visible replies through
message, clearer ChatGPT/Codex setup docs, and prompt snapshots to catch drift.
Google Meet + Voice Call got more debuggable: live caption health, listen tests, Twilio join
phase logs, DTMF handling, and clearer stale-call state.
WhatsApp got real Channel/Newsletter targets now, so @ newsletter outbound messages keep channel
session metadata instead of quietly routing like DMs.
Web search got sturdier across Brave, SearXNG, Firecrawl, Gemini, DuckDuckGo, Exa, MiniMax, and
Kimi: better setup, base URLs, SSRF guards, freshness, and clearer failures.
Slack got a pile of practical fixes: better DMs, routing, missing-scope errors, multi-workspace
sends, file uploads, user-group mentions, and exact message reads.
Discord got fewer sharp edges: restart-safe interactions, better delivery/media handling, thread
fixes, voice cleanup, rate-limit handling, and less invisible “success”.
Telegram forum topics should behave better now: native commands get the right session files,
command menus cover group scopes, timeouts are saner, and long sends get chunked.
Voice paths got less mysterious: explicit TTS blocks work, Realtime errors surface in Talk, local
audio survives Telegram delivery, and voice calls get better routing/state.
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2026.5.4
Plugin installs got less fussy: official packages recover cleaner across npm/ClawHub, beta-channel updates behave better, and doctor points stale config at the install you actually need. https://docs.openclaw.ai/cli/plugins
Gateway startup and hot control-plane paths got lighter: fewer cold plugin scans, less lazy-load churn, and more useful phase diagnostics when something still feels slow. https://docs.openclaw.ai/cli/gateway
Doctor keeps getting sharper: SecretRefs survive cleanup, stale plugin config gets repaired instead of misread, and update failures are more likely to tell you the real next command. https://docs.openclaw.ai/cli/doctor
Windows got a calmer localhost story: loopback binds avoid the ::1/libuv trap, temp/media writes land in the right place, and Discord startup/status now reports degraded transport more honestly. https://docs.openclaw.ai/cli/status
Chat channels got a lot of paper-cut fixes: Slack threads stay threaded, Telegram previews clean up better, WhatsApp Newsletter targets work explicitly, and Discord final-send failures no longer pretend success. https://docs.openclaw.ai/channels
Meet and phone calls got snappier too: Twilio dial-ins can speak through the realtime Gemini voice bridge, with paced audio, bounded queues, and barge-in clearing. https://docs.openclaw.ai/plugins/google-meet
Model auth is easier to inspect now: openclaw models auth list shows saved per-agent profiles without dumping secrets or forcing live provider calls. https://docs.openclaw.ai/cli/models
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OpenClaw 2026.5.5 and 2026.5.6 🦞
Channel fixes landed across Feishu, LINE, Telegram, Discord, Matrix, Slack, and WhatsApp: better topic routing, safer DM config validation, cleaner progress drafts, and fewer reconnect false alarms.
Plugin update paths got sturdier: official npm and ClawHub plugins stay synced across host updates, SDK peer links are reasserted after installs, and diagnostics now explain source-only package failures clearly.
Gateway diagnostics got more useful: deep status now shows recent supervisor restart handoffs, token-shadowing warnings are quieter and sharper, and quick restarts stop leaving background timers behind.
Reminder: OpenClaw has plugins now. Install the integrations you want, keep noisy ones disabled, and enable/disable them from the CLI as your setup changes. Less bundled mystery, more deliberate claws.
If 5.5 changed your Codex OAuth routing, switch the default agent back with:
openclaw models set openai-codex/gpt-5.5
https://x.com/openclaw/status/2051952017900265634?s=20
https://x.com/openclaw/status/2052096219233587451?s=20
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OpenClaw 2026.5.7 🦞
Telegram access groups got stricter and more useful: accessGroup:* allowlists now apply across DMs, groups, native commands, and callbacks before numeric sender checks. Good for shared bot ops without config spaghetti.
Native commands and memory controls got tighter in 2026.5.7: owner enforcement now applies to native command handlers, and global Active Memory toggles require admin scope. Less spooky action at a distance.
openclaw channels list is channel-only now, with --all for bundled/catalog channels and clear installed/configured/enabled state. Cron JSON also gets computed status, so scripts stop guessing.
Plugin installs and updates got a bunch of unglamorous hardening: managed npm mutations now use the same stable lifecycle shell as package updates, and rollback/repair paths behave more predictably. The best plugin bug is the one you never meet.
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OpenClaw 2026.5.12 🦞
OpenAI setup now starts with ChatGPT/Codex login by default. Codex runs also picked up OAuth/profile reuse, source replies in WebChat/TUI, MCP server projection, and fewer raw auth-refresh failures.
Agent runs got better at recovering instead of just stopping: ACP can try fallback runtimes before emitting output, provider stalls advance through fallback/profile rotation, and silent backend failures now surface visible errors.
Telegram got a sturdier inbox path: Bot API polling now runs in an isolated worker with a durable local spool, stall detection keys off getUpdates, HTML replies keep formatting, and ignored group media stays quiet.
WebChat is less twitchy: pick near-bottom follow, always-follow, or manual scroll mode, then use New messages when you want control. Control UI also got a recovery panel for blank app loads.
Plugin installs and startup got leaner. Bedrock, Bedrock Mantle, Slack, OpenShell, Anthropic Vertex, and WhatsApp now keep their dependency cones out of core until installed. Plugin/help paths avoid heavy discovery too.
Security pass: Windows home roots are blocked in sandbox binds, provider credentials now resolve through structured SecretRefs, setup/browser/control UI pairing got stricter, and transcript/tool-result redaction is more consistent.
Gateway clients got cleaner streams: v4 chat deltas carry explicit delta/replace frames, SDK clients do not need local diffing, and OpenAI-compatible requests now preserve max_tokens / max_completion_tokens upstream.
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<@&1471741366311583785> https://x.com/openclaw/status/2056504927795437826?s=46
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<@&1471741366311583785> https://x.com/openclaw/status/2057202955581809093
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OpenClaw 2026.5.20 🦞
Discord voice sessions can now follow configured users into voice channels, handle multi-user handoff, keep allowed-channel checks, and preserve DAVE recovery.
Doctor now warns when openclaw.json stores plaintext secrets like provider API keys or sensitive headers, so config cleanup is visible before it becomes a bad day.
Status is clearer when a session is pinned to a different model than your default: it shows the configured default, selected model, reason, clear hint, and docs link.
xAI login is easier on headless and remote machines: device-code OAuth lets you authorize without depending on a localhost browser callback.
Windows installs no longer visibly freeze at Starting setup..., and managed updates keep using the Gateway service Node instead of silently switching Node binaries.
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OpenClaw 2026.5.22 🦞
OpenClaw 2026.5.22 also tightens release/install trust.
Root and OpenClaw-owned npm plugin packages now ship generated shrinkwraps, package acceptance runs earlier, and docs/assets stay out of runtime tarballs.
OpenClaw 2026.5.22 hardens Windows installs and updates.
Native Windows runs now use safer npm/pnpm shims, portable Git/Node bootstrap paths, and rollback when git-backed updates fail install/build/doctor repair.
OpenClaw 2026.5.22 makes older chats easier to reach.
The Control UI chat session picker now has search and Load More pagination, so initial loads stay bounded without hiding older conversations.
OpenClaw 2026.5.22 makes channel replies easier to debug.
/verbose on now works across direct chats, groups, channels, and forum topics, so tool/progress summaries are available when you ask for them.
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OpenClaw 2026.5.26 🦞
Replies should feel snappier because the Gateway does less rediscovery on hot paths: plugin metadata, channel/session lookups, model costs, warnings, and scheduled-service imports now get reused instead of repeatedly rebuilt.
OpenClaw now has transcript-backed meeting notes.
Summaries use the same cleaned transcript path as WebChat, CLI/TUI replay, Codex mirrors, media provenance, and source-provider chunks.
A better memory trail.
Channels got less fragile: Telegram keeps typing/progress and forum-topic context, iMessage handles local attachment roots and duplicate sources better, WhatsApp group/media behavior is steadier, and Discord voice/model picking got sharper.
Provider and safety edges got tightened too: browser snapshots honor SSRF policy, fetched file text is wrapped as external content, dynamic tool schemas are guarded, Codex app-server timeouts stay in their lane, and usage-limit errors are clearer.
Install/update paths got more boring in the best way: Alpine installs, Windows Scheduled Tasks, npm min-release-age configs, Docker/package timeouts, Parallels update checks, and macOS runner bootstraps all got hardened.
Already installed? Update with:
openclaw update
New install, same command as the website:
curl -fsSL openclaw.ai/install | bash