Ecosystem

OpenClaw v2026.7.1-beta.5 introduces major features including conversational AI-guided onboarding through Crestodian, a new ClawRouter provider for dynamic model discovery and quota management, redesigned Control UI with session-first navigation, offline/spoken capabilities for mobile platforms, and support for GPT-5.6 models. The release emphasizes improved user experience across web, iOS, Android, macOS, and Apple Watch with features like auto-generated session titles, external harness attachment via Claude Code, and Telegram workflow enhancements.

OpenClaw v2026.7.1-beta.2 introduces GPT-5.6 support, external harness attachment via `openclaw attach`, Telegram Codex workflows with login and steering, event-driven cron runs with `on-exit` scheduling, and native app improvements including iOS 26 visual system adoption. The release also adds ClawRouter for dynamic model discovery with credential-scoped routing, richer iMessage messaging with native polls, safer scoped conversations via capability profiles, and enhanced Control UI navigation with reasoning-effort controls. Extensive fixes address Telegram durability, agent reliability, provider safety, channel delivery, cron correctness, and memory recovery across multiple platforms.

OpenClaw v2026.6.11-beta.1 introduces enhanced channel control with Slack relay mode and Mattermost native commands, richer operator workflows via file-driven message handling and remote wake-up paths, safer plugin distribution with externalized plugins and icon metadata, stronger mobile operations with improved Android settings, and more reliable agent turns through Codex partial deltas and prompt-cache stability. The release includes 305 merged PRs addressing channel delivery reliability, WhatsApp message identity preservation, gateway session safety, agent fallback behavior, provider model edge cases, and configuration guardrails across Telegram, WhatsApp, Slack, Mattermost, and other integrations.

OpenClaw v2026.6.9 is a major release featuring enhanced Telegram delivery with rich HTML and markdown support, improved agent recovery through better retry and session history handling, stronger Codex integration with automatic plugin approvals and OAuth routing, standalone official provider plugins as npm packages, and more capable web and native clients with new UI features. The release includes 422 merged PRs addressing security, runtime stability, channel reliability, storage optimization, and operational improvements across the platform.

OpenClaw v2026.6.9-beta.1 introduces significant improvements across Telegram delivery with rich HTML support, more dependable agent recovery with enhanced retry mechanisms, stronger Codex integration with automatic plugin approvals, standalone official provider plugins as npm packages, and more capable web/native clients with new UI features. The release includes 375 merged PRs addressing security, runtime stability, channel reliability, storage optimization, and provider behavior. Key fixes enhance session recovery, plugin management, and cross-platform client functionality.

OpenClaw v2026.6.8 is a major release focusing on improved channel delivery (Telegram/WhatsApp), enhanced agent and gateway recovery mechanisms, expanded provider/model support (GLM-5.2, Claude Haiku 4.5), better usage hooks with native footer rendering, and UI/mobile stability improvements. The release includes fixes for memory management, state handling, diagnostics, and numerous edge cases across channels, agents, and runtime systems.

OpenClaw v2026.6.8-beta.1 introduces significant improvements to channel delivery (Telegram rich text, WhatsApp ACP bindings), agent and gateway recovery mechanisms, expanded provider/model support (GLM-5.2, Claude Haiku 4.5), enhanced usage hooks with footer rendering, and UI/mobile stability fixes. The release addresses 50+ issues across messaging, runtime reliability, authentication, memory management, and user interface components, with contributions from 30+ developers.

OpenClaw v2026.6.6-beta.1 is a security-focused release that substantially tightens security boundaries across transcripts, sandbox binds, and multiple integration points while improving Telegram delivery reliability, iMessage recovery, and browser/MCP connectivity. The release also enhances Control UI performance through cached metadata and lazy loading, expands provider support with OpenRouter OAuth and Claude Fable 5, and includes numerous fixes for agent recovery, channel delivery, and authentication. Key improvements span CLI progress reporting, observability, plugin management, memory optimization, and mobile channel support.

OpenClaw v2026.5.28 delivers major stability and safety improvements across agent runtime recovery, channel delivery, mobile/chat surfaces, and provider coverage. Key enhancements include steadier subagent workspace separation, safer session identity handling across multiple channels (Matrix, Slack, Discord, Teams, etc.), broader mobile UI refresh with state preservation, stricter input validation, and expanded provider support (Claude Opus 4.8, Fal Krea, NVIDIA models). The release also improves CLI/auth paths, reduces repeated work in plugin hot paths, and strengthens E2E validation.

OpenClaw v2026.5.28-beta.1 delivers major stability and safety improvements across agent runtime recovery, channel delivery, mobile/chat surfaces, CLI/auth tooling, and performance optimization. Key enhancements include steadier subagent workspace separation, safer session identity handling across plugins and messaging platforms, broader mobile UI refresh with state preservation, faster CLI failure modes with clearer recovery guidance, and reduced repeated work in hot paths through improved caching. The release also expands documentation, adds ClawHub plugin features, and strengthens QA/E2E validation with bounded logging and cross-OS artifact handling.

OpenClaw v2026.5.26-beta.1 delivers significant performance improvements through reply optimization and metadata caching, enhances voice and multi-channel capabilities with realtime Talk inspection and improved channel support (Telegram, iMessage, WhatsApp, Discord, Signal), strengthens agent safety with better auth and sandbox handling, and introduces new observability features including Activity tabs and OpenTelemetry LLM spans. The release also replaces Sharp with Rastermill for image processing, adds transcript capture support, and hardens installation/update reliability across Windows, macOS, and Docker platforms.

OpenClaw v2026.5.24-beta.2 introduces significant performance optimizations across Gateway, caching, and lazy-loading mechanisms, while expanding real-time capabilities for Discord voice and WebUI interactions. New features include iMessage thumb-approval reactions, adaptive image compression, a Meeting Notes plugin for Discord voice capture, and enhanced CLI/onboarding workflows. The release also includes extensive documentation improvements, diagnostics enhancements for observability, and Plugin SDK modernization with deprecated target helpers.

OpenClaw v2026.5.24-beta.1 introduces significant performance optimizations across the Gateway layer through caching and lazy-loading strategies, adds real-time collaboration features for WebUI and Discord voice callers, expands the Meeting Notes plugin with Discord integration, and includes extensive documentation improvements and CLI enhancements. Key additions include adaptive image compression, improved diagnostics with sanitized telemetry, and refined sub-agent bootstrap context management. The release also modernizes the Plugin SDK with updated messaging APIs and adds new maintainer tooling for bug-sweep workflows.

OpenClaw v2026.5.20-beta.1 introduces Discord voice session improvements with user following and profile context, adds a bundled Policy plugin for channel conformance checks, enables per-agent local model configuration, and implements device-code OAuth for xAI. The release includes 40+ bug fixes spanning WhatsApp, browser image handling, cron scheduling, agent messaging, plugin performance, and platform-specific improvements across Discord, Mattermost, Matrix, and Windows.

OpenClaw v2026.5.19 is a major release focusing on agent architecture improvements, dependency updates, and enhanced QA testing capabilities. Key updates include refined plugin SDK deprecation paths, Docker/Podman build argument standardization, Gateway startup optimization, new skills (meme-maker, Python debugging, node inspector), and comprehensive runtime parity testing through QA-Lab. The release also improves Mac app UI consistency, browser modal dialog handling, and adds typed tool plugin support via `defineToolPlugin`.

OpenClaw v2026.5.16-beta.3 introduces xAI Grok OAuth authentication, enhanced cron scheduling with wait controls, multilingual onboarding support, and significant performance improvements through skill caching. The release includes numerous fixes for gateway diagnostics, session management, channel integrations (Telegram, Discord, Matrix, Slack), and context handling to improve reliability and security across the platform.

OpenClaw v2026.5.16-beta.2 introduces xAI Grok OAuth authentication, enhanced cron scheduling with wait/timeout controls, multilingual CLI onboarding (English, Simplified/Traditional Chinese), skill caching optimizations, and Telegram ambient chat handling. The release includes 40+ fixes addressing media MIME validation, plugin metadata integrity, session persistence, MCP tool cancellation, and config repair workflows to improve stability and reliability.

OpenClaw v2026.5.14-beta.2 introduces significant enhancements to agent configuration, channel integrations, and platform stability. Key improvements include per-agent bootstrap profile overrides, WhatsApp status reactions, voice call support via Telnyx, lazy-loading of Canvas modules for faster startup, and comprehensive dependency management. The release also strengthens maintainer tooling, adds Docker-based release validation, and fixes critical issues in provider routing, media handling, and protocol compilation.

OpenClaw v2026.5.4 is a performance and stability release featuring improved Google Meet/Voice Call integration with Twilio's realtime Gemini voice bridge, enhanced plugin metadata caching to reduce cold scans, better Windows gateway binding, and numerous UI/UX improvements in the control dashboard. The release includes dependency updates, diagnostic enhancements, and fixes for plugin resolution, secrets management, and channel configuration. Key improvements focus on reducing startup latency, improving voice agent responsiveness, and streamlining operator workflows.

OpenClaw v2026.4.25 delivers major upgrades across voice synthesis, plugin architecture, observability, and browser automation. TTS now supports multiple providers (Azure Speech, Xiaomi, ElevenLabs v3, etc.) with chat-scoped controls and per-agent overrides. Plugin startup paths move to a cold persisted registry for deterministic operations and reduced manifest scanning. OpenTelemetry coverage expands across model calls, token usage, and tool loops with bounded attributes. Browser automation gains safer tab URLs, iframe-aware snapshots, and improved CDP readiness. Control UI adds PWA/Web Push support and enhanced setup flows.