[Release] openclaw/openclaw v2026.6.9-beta.1: openclaw 2026.6.9-beta.1

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.

Key Points

• •Telegram now supports rich HTML delivery, preserves markdown formatting, renders progress drafts faithfully, and maintains proper mention and handler routing
• •Agent recovery improved through enhanced retries, terminal outcome handling, session history repair, and reply reconciliation for interrupted turns
• •Codex integration strengthened with automatic plugin approvals, GPT-5.3 Spark OAuth routing, remote-node exec as dynamic tool, and reliable app-server teardown
• •Official provider plugins now published as independent npm packages with Gateway discovering installed channel plugins at startup
• •Control UI adds session workspace rail and extension health monitoring; iOS gains Watch controls; Android shows chat context
• •Codex Hosted Search available; ClawHub skill installs retain verified source provenance; key-free search providers remain deliberate opt-ins
• •Security hardened: secrets redacted from debug output, internal HTTP session overrides blocked, open-DM tool exposure audited, plugin write ownership checks retained
• •Storage optimizations: SQLite WAL avoided on network filesystems, reindex artifacts cleaned, setup state kept out of workspace directories
• •QA scenarios now use YAML format with broader profile evidence and expanded plugin/channel matrix coverage
• •CLI/TUI improvements: global flags accepted after subcommands, terminal output visibility maintained, CJK IME composition preserved, stale UI state refreshed

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