[Release] openclaw/openclaw v2026.5.12-beta.6: openclaw 2026.5.12-beta.6

OpenClaw v2026.5.12-beta.6 is a comprehensive bug-fix and security-hardening release addressing 50+ issues across messaging channels, agent sessions, gateway protocols, plugin management, and authentication. Key improvements include fixing iMessage media handling, agent-to-agent messaging reliability, OAuth token exchange for GitHub Copilot, plugin dependency management, and enforcing stricter security controls for device pairing and proxy access. The release prioritizes stability in multi-agent communication, transcript redaction consistency, and dependency isolation while maintaining backward compatibility.

Key Points

• •Fixed iMessage media-only sends to eliminate visible placeholder text while preserving internal echo prevention mechanisms
• •Resolved agent-to-agent messaging failures by creating configured agent sessions before first send operations
• •Enhanced GitHub Copilot integration with proper OAuth token exchange and Gemini image payload routing through Chat Completions
• •Implemented stricter security controls requiring explicit approval for device pairing (setup-code, browser, Control UI) and hardened trusted-proxy validation
• •Improved plugin dependency management by preserving peer dependencies, limiting install-time code scans to plugin entrypoints, and pruning orphaned dependencies after removal
• •Standardized session transcript redaction across CLI, gateway, mirrors, and tool results using centralized configuration
• •Fixed agent idle watchdog timeouts through profile rotation and model fallback to prevent stuck turns on silent model streams
• •Enhanced gateway protocol with explicit chat deltaText/replace frames for SDK clients and improved Node pairing visibility controls
• •Resolved Telegram polling stalls by detecting liveness from getUpdates only and handling token rotation with legacy offset cleanup
• •Strengthened Docker security by pinning container paths to prevent host .env leaks and mounting auth-profile secret directories for OAuth persistence

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