[Release] openclaw/openclaw v2026.7.1-beta.1: openclaw 2026.7.1-beta.1

OpenClaw v2026.7.1-beta.1 introduces GPT-5.6 model support, external harness attachment via `openclaw attach`, Telegram Codex workflow integration, event-driven cron scheduling with `on-exit` triggers, and native app modernization across iOS and Android. The release includes enhanced messaging capabilities (iMessage polls, Telegram pairing), safer scoped conversations with capability profiles, and extensive reliability fixes across Telegram durability, agent context, provider safety, and memory recovery. Over 100 contributors improved diagnostics, channel routing, Windows execution, and mobile UI stability.

Key Points

• •GPT-5.6 model family now recognized across catalog, capability, and runtime selection paths for expanded LLM support
• •External harness attachment via `openclaw attach` enables resuming and inspecting interactive Codex-style workflows against existing Gateway sessions
• •Telegram Codex workflows support `/login` pairing, active run steering, and transient API failure recovery for improved chat integration
• •Event-driven cron scheduling with `on-exit` trigger wakes agents when watched commands exit; session-targeted runs detach cleanly
• •iOS adopts iOS 26 visual system with clearer navigation, settings, Chat, Talk flows; native app localization expands across Apple and Android
• •iMessage gains native poll creation/voting and built-in usage footers for per-turn accounting; Telegram messaging enhanced
• •Scoped conversation capability profiles prepare per-conversation tool and access boundaries without weakening default security profiles
• •Extensive reliability fixes: Telegram durability (stalled ingress, media retry, poison updates), agent context preservation, provider response bounding, and channel routing corrections
• •Memory and session recovery improvements: unindexed transcript detection, note preservation through wiki reads, cross-directory resume prevention, and wiki index disambiguation
• •Windows execution enhancements: allowlisted path validation, PATHEXT propagation, case-insensitive path normalization, and cleanup crash prevention

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