OpenClaw by OpenClaw
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2026-10-16 · 107 changes · release
- The Gateway keeps running after the computer sleeps or the system clock jumps, instead of restarting itself because its ownership heartbeat looked stale. (#170790) Thanks @AnvinaLI, @sgh6688, @waynega
- Gateway shutdown and restart no longer hang on a stalled transcript worker or in-flight session lifecycle events. (#170493, #170555) Thanks @Oldrich333.
- Tlon group DMs no longer treat other participants as the owner, closing an owner-impersonation path. (#165801) Thanks @eleqtrizit.
2026-10-15 · 113 changes · release
- Faster, steadier Gateway: chat turns, session lists, startup, and idle Gateways do far less SQLite and main-thread work, with more database work moved onto worker threads, so busy hosts and large agen
- Updates that finish: upgrades from 2026.10.1 and earlier betas complete, busy Gateways and slow Doctor steps no longer refuse or roll back a good update, failed updates no longer leave a half-installe
- Restart-safe replies: interrupted and unfinished replies resume after a Gateway restart, and watched child results, queued turns, accepted agent updates, and operator tasks survive restarts instead of
2026-10-15 · 99 changes · release
- This is a gateway-only extended-stable release, which is our current equivalent to LTS. This release is OpenClaw from the end of September 2026, plus critical security updates, reliability and perform
- Safer September upgrades: updates on the 2026.9 line keep state, plugin data, service ownership, and Windows state paths intact, and refuse automatic restore over unattributed Doctor writes. (#160167,
- Updates that finish on pnpm, npm, and Windows: pnpm 12 Gateway services and launchers survive native updates, retained updater runtimes no longer block npm recovery, and Windows updates no longer roll
2026-10-15 · 88 changes · release
- Updates finish more reliably: macOS updates no longer time out on aliased temporary directories, systemd user installs reclaim abandoned runtimes, pacman and FreeBSD package installs are left to their
- ChatGPT models work on the default Codex runtime: ChatGPT-listed models no longer fail before sending any request. (#168033) Thanks @obviyus.
- Headless browser sign-ins stay usable: headless pages keep accepting clicks and key presses while a site waits for a passkey. (#170857) Thanks @trukhinyuri.
2026-10-13 · 16 changes · release
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- OpenClaw v2026.10.3
- commits · 79 pull requests · 99 contributors
2026-10-13 · 111 changes · release
- Updates leave the Gateway running: pnpm 12 installs keep their Gateway service and openclaw launcher on the durable install path, Windows updates accept qualified Scheduled Task accounts and their own
- Stuck updates recover: updates settle package-activation journals after filesystem remounts or device-number drift, ride out a briefly locked state database, stop reporting false post-install failures
- Doctor keeps credentials and data: Doctor no longer deletes an OAuth profile when the legacy auth store is unreadable, refuses retired state before migrating the database, imports retained ACP metadat
2026-10-12 · 145 changes · release
- Updates finish and recover: openclaw update settles stale handoff leases, completed receipts, and legacy 2026.9.8 recovery records instead of stopping on update-recovery-pending, keeps the service hea
- Doctor keeps your plugins and data: Doctor preserves installed plugins' configuration when path safety checks block them, leaves malformed UTF-8 root memory files untouched, and recovery copies captur
- Approved tool calls stay as approved: hooks can no longer change tool arguments after a trusted inline approval; plugins that transform arguments must request approval for their final arguments. (#142
2026-10-12 · 123 changes · release
- Updates from 2026.10.1: the first upgrade from stable 2026.10.1 now completes cleanly, successful in-place updates no longer end in errors, and Windows, cloned-filesystem, and private-Node update path
- Doctor and update recovery: Doctor no longer stops on residual legacy imports, stale Gateway locks, slow state inspection, memory reindex locks, or allowlists for removed channel accounts, and stale-r
- Provider-native compaction: OpenAI and Anthropic API-key routes now default to provider-native compaction, and compaction recovers when the primary auth profile is cooling down. (#168164, #166459) Tha
2026-10-11 · 2155 changes · release
- Safer updates: updates finish across devices, filesystems, Windows elevation, and interrupted activations, and recover from stale leases or changed evidence instead of stranding the install or blockin
- Restart-safe conversations: interrupted turns, first messages during worktree preparation, and deferred tasks resume after a Gateway restart, and user input and committed session data survive restarts
- Faster, steadier Gateway: session, transcript, history, and metadata reads move onto worker threads with far less SQLite work per turn, and startup maintenance runs after readiness so busy Gateways st
2026-10-10 · 16 changes · release
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- OpenClaw v2026.10.1
- ,055 commits · 2,425 pull requests · 402 contributors
2026-10-08 · 16 changes · release
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- OpenClaw v2026.9.9
- commits · 112 pull requests · 92 contributors
2026-10-08 · 56 changes · release
- Changes since 2026.10.1-beta.1, the previous npm beta-channel version. This is a hotfix beta covering 40 intervening commits, not a repeat of the cumulative October notes.
- Updates and Doctor: recover archive migrations and interrupted updates without leaving managed Gateways stopped, and restore Gateway lifecycle commands on macOS 12 and disabled Windows tasks. (#165854
- Replies and messaging: preserve completed answers after silent follow-ups, let Discord corrections pass deferred messages, and restore Telegram sends and buttons after channel-routed handoffs. (#16477
2026-10-05 · 2452 changes · release
- Changes since 2026.9.8, the version selected by the npm beta channel before this release. Already-shipped contributions from that stable release are excluded from the record below.
- Code Mode can keep small session-scoped values across cells, replies, and Gateway restarts with store and load (#164086).
- Control UI adds click-to-play YouTube cards, nested Workboards in the sidebar, and automatic pinning for boards you create (#164576, #164604).
2026-10-03 · 16 changes · release
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- OpenClaw v2026.9.8
- commits · 43 pull requests · 21 contributors
2026-10-02 · 75 changes · release
- This is a gateway-only extended-stable release, which is our current equivalent to LTS. This release is OpenClaw from the end of August 2026, plus critical security updates, reliability and performanc
- GPT-6.1 Sol support: add the current Sol model across OpenAI routing, discovery, reasoning, harness, and Reef guard-model boundaries. (#161400, #162955)
- Safer updates and recovery: preserve plugin settings, prevent duplicate Gateways, handle pnpm package updates without terminal failures, and retain plugin inventory through migration. (#160344, #16019
2026-10-02 · 129 changes · release
- This is a gateway-only extended-stable release, which is our current equivalent to LTS. This release is OpenClaw from the end of August 2026, plus critical security updates, reliability and performanc
- Extended-stable correctness rollup: backport 113 audit-selected fix units across upgrades, Doctor, authentication, sessions, channels, plugins, sandboxing, filesystem safety, model runtimes, and relea
- Complete rescan: re-evaluate the full 2026.8.33 discovery range, large mixed-purpose pull requests, and the 2026.7.35 lineage instead of advancing only from the previous backport cursor.
2026-09-30 · 16 changes · release
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- OpenClaw v2026.9.7
- direct commits · 2,818 pull requests · 334 contributors
2026-09-29 · 15 changes · release
- This is a gateway-only extended-stable release, which is our current equivalent to LTS. This release is OpenClaw from the end of August 2026, plus critical security updates, reliability and performanc
- Current flagship models: add Meta Muse Spark 1.3, Anthropic Fable 5.1, OpenAI GPT-6 Astra, and OpenAI/fal GPT Image 2.5 support to the extended-stable line. (#135638, #136553, #137550, #143068, #14306
- Complete GPT-5.6 family support: preserve Sol, Terra, and Luna catalog, routing, migration, image, vision, and thinking behavior, including Ultra reasoning across model-runtime boundaries and Bedrock
2026-09-23 · 18 changes · release
- macOS app rebuilt 2026-09-24: the original 2026.9.6 macOS build crashed at launch (#156861) and was replaced at 09:52 UTC by a rebuilt, notarized 2026.9.6 build with the fix (#156881). Download the DM
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- OpenClaw v2026.9.6
2026-09-21 · 150 changes · release
- This is a gateway-only extended-stable release, which is our current equivalent to LTS. This release is OpenClaw from the end of July 2026, plus critical security updates, reliability and performance
- Doctor plugin registry: preserve the complete bundled plugin inventory when Doctor creates or repairs registry state, so default Browser, Canvas, pairing, file-transfer, phone-control, Talk voice, and
- Complete contribution record
2026-09-19 · 2 changes · release
- Latest published Linux companion: v2026.10.4
- Debian package
2026-09-19 · 16 changes · release
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- OpenClaw v2026.9.5
- direct commits · 4,179 pull requests · 503 contributors
2026-09-11 · 13 changes · release
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- OpenClaw v2026.9.4
- direct commits · 1,558 pull requests · 294 contributors
2026-09-10 · 175 changes · release
- This is the final June 2026 Extended Stable (LTS) release.
- Safer provider and channel boundaries: bundled providers and channel adapters now bound untrusted response bodies, reject oversized inputs before expensive work, and preserve safe recovery when transp
- More reliable long-running delivery: agent, gateway, retry, and channel paths now handle cancellation, retries, partial sends, and process-stream failures without losing work or replaying unsafe opera
2026-09-08 · 2060 changes · release
- Safer updates: rehearse core and plugin changes in isolated candidate state before activation, support eligible 2026.9.2 migrations, and recover abandoned update records without stopping a healthy mat
- Performance: preserve warm prompt caches, reduce unnecessary work during cold session updates and memory search, and reuse worker builds between sessions. Related #140681. (#140449, #140730, #140799,
- Skill Workshop: keep skills in one persistent agent-owned collection across workspaces, compare complete skill instructions, and retire missing-draft suggestions safely through Doctor. Related #135291
2026-09-05 · 1332 changes · release
- Faster, more responsive chat: keep chat, dashboards, and session interactions responsive while long transcripts and disk usage are processed, with direct dashboard lookup, less cold-load work, and dur
- Reliable upgrades and recovery: keep active settings, enabled skills, and default-agent ownership in automatic updates, restore Gateway restarts after Git updates, and report outcomes with actionable
- GPT-6 Astra support: select openai/gpt-6-astra with an OpenAI API-key profile or an eligible ChatGPT/Codex account, with text and image input, Responses tool calls, and supported reasoning controls; s
2026-09-03 · 1285 changes · release
- Diagrams in every chat: Mermaid blocks now render as diagrams in the Control UI and in the native macOS, iOS, and Android apps, with enlarge previews and a retry when a diagram fails to render on mobi
- From install to chat in one prompt: fresh installs (including npx openclaw@latest) get a quick-start lane that detects existing Claude Code or Codex logins and API keys, verifies them live, and opens
- Personal skill libraries on shared Gateways: keep your own skills beside the workspace set with openclaw skills library, import them from ZIP archives, and share or publish them per identity on team G
2026-09-01 · 142 changes · release
- Your Home agent, beside your work: open Home in a right or bottom dock with Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+H, keep your current page in view, and preview or remove its work-context snapshot or attach selected text to
- A desktop companion for Linux: install the .deb or AppImage on x86-64 Linux, connect to a local or remote Gateway, and open Quick Chat from the system tray or an X11 keyboard shortcut. AppImage update
- Start work without switching pages: create and run a background session from New Session, keep its selected local, cloud, or paired-device placement, and open it from the completion notice. Related #1
v2026.8.1breakingsecuritydeprecatedmodelpricing
2026-08-31 · 514 changes · release
- 2026.8.1 release notes
- Update help: If the automatic update fails, use a local coding harness to help complete the update, diagnose any migration errors, and verify that the Gateway starts correctly. Back up your configurat
- Find past conversations: search visible conversation text by exact words or phrases and reopen the surrounding messages from a matching result. (#105057, #105635, #105585) Thanks @hercial61.
2026-08-28 · 1551 changes · release
- beta.4 (mistakenly published as 2026.9.1-beta.1)
- This package was mistakenly published under the version 2026.9.1-beta.1. It is actually 2026.8.1-beta.4 and should not be interpreted as newer than stable 2026.8.1. Stable users should install or upda
- Gateway restart recovery: preserve admitted turns across repeated Gateway restarts so restart-safe runs continue through each checkpoint and deliver their final response. (#130491) Thanks @jalehman.