[Release] openclaw/openclaw v2026.5.4-beta.2: openclaw 2026.5.4-beta.2

OpenClaw v2026.5.4-beta.2 introduces significant improvements to voice call integration with Google Meet/Twilio, enhanced plugin management with better migration hints and metadata caching, and substantial performance optimizations across the gateway and control UI. Key updates include Gemini voice bridge streaming for Meet participants, plugin auto-enablement refinements, secrets handling improvements, and comprehensive performance enhancements reducing startup overhead. The release also adds diagnostic tooling for QA testing and improves developer experience with better error handling and logging.

Key Points

• •Google Meet/Twilio voice calls now use realtime Gemini voice bridge with paced audio streaming and backpressure-aware buffering for snappier agent responses
• •Plugin migration system emits install hints pointing to `openclaw plugins install` instead of removal instructions for missing official plugins
• •Performance optimization: workspace metadata snapshots are reused across agent operations and plugin readers to eliminate repeated cold metadata scans
• •Plugin auto-enablement now prefers claiming plugin manifest IDs over built-in channel aliases for proper WeCom/Yuanbao-style resolution
• •Secrets handling preserves `keyRef` and `tokenRef` fields during scrubbing, maintaining canonical SecretRef metadata without plaintext values
• •Fixed session-store channel resolution to skip scoped conversation IDs (e.g., QQ c2c agents) preventing validation crashes
• •External channel plugin contracts now resolve from `dist/` directories for npm-published plugins like @openclaw/discord
• •New `openclaw models auth list` command allows inspection of per-agent auth profiles without exposing secrets
• •Gateway startup performance improved by deferring non-readiness sidecars and avoiding hot-path imports of jiti and TypeBox utilities
• •Control UI enhancements include collapsible job sidebar, agent-first chat filter, responsive chat controls, and long task/animation frame tracking for debugging

Workflow Diagram

Concepts

Artifacts (6)

openclaw plugins install <spec>

openclaw models auth list [--provider <id>] [--json]

streaming:
  progress:
    render: "rich"

agents:
  defaults:
    toolProgressDetail: "raw"

pnpm openclaw qa mantis slack-desktop-smoke

pnpm gateway:watch