[Release] openclaw/openclaw v2026.3.13-beta.1: openclaw 2026.3.13-beta.1

OpenClaw v2026.3.13-beta.1 is a pre-release featuring significant UI/UX improvements across Android and iOS onboarding, enhanced browser automation with Chrome DevTools MCP support, and numerous stability fixes. Key improvements include redesigned chat settings, first-run welcome flows, batched browser actions, and critical security patches for device pairing and webhook authentication. The release maintains macOS app version compatibility for future non-beta releases.

Key Points

• •Android chat settings redesigned with grouped device/media sections and denser mobile layout for improved UX
• •iOS onboarding enhanced with first-run welcome pager, QR scanner improvements, and `/pair qr` instructions
• •Chrome DevTools MCP attach mode added for signed-in live Chrome sessions with official documentation and setup guides
• •Browser agents now support built-in profiles (`user` for logged-in host, `chrome-relay` for extension relay) without extra selectors
• •Batched browser actions, selector targeting, and delayed clicks implemented for normalized batch dispatch in browser automation
• •Docker timezone override via `OPENCLAW_TZ` environment variable allows pinning gateway/CLI containers to specific IANA timezones
• •Dashboard chat UI optimized to prevent full history reloads on tool results, eliminating UI freeze/re-render storms
• •Ollama reasoning models fixed to prevent internal `thinking`/`reasoning` fields from leaking into final assistant text
• •Android QR scanning switched to Google Code Scanner for improved reliability over legacy ZXing
• •Critical security fixes: single-use bootstrap setup codes for device pairing, webhook secret validation, and shell metacharacter injection prevention in iMessage attachments

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Concepts

Artifacts (4)

OPENCLAW_TZ=America/New_York
# or any IANA timezone identifier
# Usage in docker-setup.sh to pin gateway and CLI containers

# Enable Chrome remote debugging for MCP attach mode
# Visit: chrome://inspect/#remote-debugging
# Configure port forwarding and enable remote debugging protocol
# Reference: Chrome's official setup guides linked in documentation

# Built-in profiles for browser agents
profile="user"           # Logged-in host browser (real signed-in session)
profile="chrome-relay"   # Extension relay (no extra browserSession selector needed)

openclaw gateway status --require-rpc
# Fails hard on probe misses for automation
# Clearer Linux non-interactive daemon-install failure reporting