Exec: restore approval-first host defaults

* fix(agents): pin subagent gateway calls to admin scope to prevent scope-upgrade pairing failures

callSubagentGateway forwards params to callGateway without explicit scopes,
so callGatewayLeastPrivilege negotiates the minimum scope per method
independently.  The first connection pairs the device at a lower tier and
every subsequent higher-tier call triggers a scope-upgrade handshake that
headless gateway-client connections cannot complete interactively
(close 1008 "pairing required").

Pin callSubagentGateway to operator.admin so the device is paired at the
ceiling scope on the very first (silent, local-loopback) handshake, avoiding
any subsequent scope-upgrade negotiation entirely.

Fixes #59428

* fix: pin admin-only subagent gateway scopes (#59555) (thanks @openperf)

---------

Co-authored-by: Ayaan Zaidi <hi@obviy.us>

.agent/workflows/update_clawdbot.md

@@ -1,380 +0,0 @@
----
-description: Update OpenClaw from upstream when branch has diverged (ahead/behind)
----
-
-# OpenClaw Upstream Sync Workflow
-
-Use this workflow when your fork has diverged from upstream (e.g., "18 commits ahead, 29 commits behind").
-
-## Quick Reference
-
-```bash
-# Check divergence status
-git fetch upstream && git rev-list --left-right --count main...upstream/main
-
-# Full sync (rebase preferred)
-git fetch upstream && git rebase upstream/main && pnpm install && pnpm build && ./scripts/restart-mac.sh
-
-# Check for Swift 6.2 issues after sync
-grep -r "FileManager\.default\|Thread\.isMainThread" src/ apps/ --include="*.swift"
-```
-
----
-
-## Step 1: Assess Divergence
-
-```bash
-git fetch upstream
-git log --oneline --left-right main...upstream/main | head -20
-```
-
-This shows:
-
-- `<` = your local commits (ahead)
-- `>` = upstream commits you're missing (behind)
-
-**Decision point:**
-
-- Few local commits, many upstream → **Rebase** (cleaner history)
-- Many local commits or shared branch → **Merge** (preserves history)
-
----
-
-## Step 2A: Rebase Strategy (Preferred)
-
-Replays your commits on top of upstream. Results in linear history.
-
-```bash
-# Ensure working tree is clean
-git status
-
-# Rebase onto upstream
-git rebase upstream/main
-```
-
-### Handling Rebase Conflicts
-
-```bash
-# When conflicts occur:
-# 1. Fix conflicts in the listed files
-# 2. Stage resolved files
-git add <resolved-files>
-
-# 3. Continue rebase
-git rebase --continue
-
-# If a commit is no longer needed (already in upstream):
-git rebase --skip
-
-# To abort and return to original state:
-git rebase --abort
-```
-
-### Common Conflict Patterns
-
-| File             | Resolution                                       |
-| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
-| `package.json`   | Take upstream deps, keep local scripts if needed |
-| `pnpm-lock.yaml` | Accept upstream, regenerate with `pnpm install`  |
-| `*.patch` files  | Usually take upstream version                    |
-| Source files     | Merge logic carefully, prefer upstream structure |
-
----
-
-## Step 2B: Merge Strategy (Alternative)
-
-Preserves all history with a merge commit.
-
-```bash
-git merge upstream/main --no-edit
-```
-
-Resolve conflicts same as rebase, then:
-
-```bash
-git add <resolved-files>
-git commit
-```
-
----
-
-## Step 3: Rebuild Everything
-
-After sync completes:
-
-```bash
-# Install dependencies (regenerates lock if needed)
-pnpm install
-
-# Build TypeScript
-pnpm build
-
-# Build UI assets
-pnpm ui:build
-
-# Run diagnostics
-pnpm clawdbot doctor
-```
-
----
-
-## Step 4: Rebuild macOS App
-
-```bash
-# Full rebuild, sign, and launch
-./scripts/restart-mac.sh
-
-# Or just package without restart
-pnpm mac:package
-```
-
-### Install to /Applications
-
-```bash
-# Kill running app
-pkill -x "OpenClaw" || true
-
-# Move old version
-mv /Applications/OpenClaw.app /tmp/OpenClaw-backup.app
-
-# Install new build
-cp -R dist/OpenClaw.app /Applications/
-
-# Launch
-open /Applications/OpenClaw.app
-```
-
----
-
-## Step 4A: Verify macOS App & Agent
-
-After rebuilding the macOS app, always verify it works correctly:
-
-```bash
-# Check gateway health
-pnpm clawdbot health
-
-# Verify no zombie processes
-ps aux | grep -E "(clawdbot|gateway)" | grep -v grep
-
-# Test agent functionality by sending a verification message
-pnpm clawdbot agent --message "Verification: macOS app rebuild successful - agent is responding." --session-id YOUR_TELEGRAM_SESSION_ID
-
-# Confirm the message was received on Telegram
-# (Check your Telegram chat with the bot)
-```
-
-**Important:** Always wait for the Telegram verification message before proceeding. If the agent doesn't respond, troubleshoot the gateway or model configuration before pushing.
-
----
-
-## Step 5: Handle Swift/macOS Build Issues (Common After Upstream Sync)
-
-Upstream updates may introduce Swift 6.2 / macOS 26 SDK incompatibilities. Use analyze-mode for systematic debugging:
-
-### Analyze-Mode Investigation
-
-```bash
-# Gather context with parallel agents
-morph-mcp_warpgrep_codebase_search search_string="Find deprecated FileManager.default and Thread.isMainThread usages in Swift files" repo_path="/Volumes/Main SSD/Developer/clawdis"
-morph-mcp_warpgrep_codebase_search search_string="Locate Peekaboo submodule and macOS app Swift files with concurrency issues" repo_path="/Volumes/Main SSD/Developer/clawdis"
-```
-
-### Common Swift 6.2 Fixes
-
-**FileManager.default Deprecation:**
-
-```bash
-# Search for deprecated usage
-grep -r "FileManager\.default" src/ apps/ --include="*.swift"
-
-# Replace with proper initialization
-# OLD: FileManager.default
-# NEW: FileManager()
-```
-
-**Thread.isMainThread Deprecation:**
-
-```bash
-# Search for deprecated usage
-grep -r "Thread\.isMainThread" src/ apps/ --include="*.swift"
-
-# Replace with modern concurrency check
-# OLD: Thread.isMainThread
-# NEW: await MainActor.run { ... } or DispatchQueue.main.sync { ... }
-```
-
-### Peekaboo Submodule Fixes
-
-```bash
-# Check Peekaboo for concurrency issues
-cd src/canvas-host/a2ui
-grep -r "Thread\.isMainThread\|FileManager\.default" . --include="*.swift"
-
-# Fix and rebuild submodule
-cd /Volumes/Main SSD/Developer/clawdis
-pnpm canvas:a2ui:bundle
-```
-
-### macOS App Concurrency Fixes
-
-```bash
-# Check macOS app for issues
-grep -r "Thread\.isMainThread\|FileManager\.default" apps/macos/ --include="*.swift"
-
-# Clean and rebuild after fixes
-cd apps/macos && rm -rf .build .swiftpm
-./scripts/restart-mac.sh
-```
-
-### Model Configuration Updates
-
-If upstream introduced new model configurations:
-
-```bash
-# Check for OpenRouter API key requirements
-grep -r "openrouter\|OPENROUTER" src/ --include="*.ts" --include="*.js"
-
-# Update openclaw.json with fallback chains
-# Add model fallback configurations as needed
-```
-
----
-
-## Step 6: Verify & Push
-
-```bash
-# Verify everything works
-pnpm clawdbot health
-pnpm test
-
-# Push (force required after rebase)
-git push origin main --force-with-lease
-
-# Or regular push after merge
-git push origin main
-```
-
----
-
-## Troubleshooting
-
-### Build Fails After Sync
-
-```bash
-# Clean and rebuild
-rm -rf node_modules dist
-pnpm install
-pnpm build
-```
-
-### Type Errors (Bun/Node Incompatibility)
-
-Common issue: `fetch.preconnect` type mismatch. Fix by using `FetchLike` type instead of `typeof fetch`.
-
-### macOS App Crashes on Launch
-
-Usually resource bundle mismatch. Full rebuild required:
-
-```bash
-cd apps/macos && rm -rf .build .swiftpm
-./scripts/restart-mac.sh
-```
-
-### Patch Failures
-
-```bash
-# Check patch status
-pnpm install 2>&1 | grep -i patch
-
-# If patches fail, they may need updating for new dep versions
-# Check patches/ directory against package.json patchedDependencies
-```
-
-### Swift 6.2 / macOS 26 SDK Build Failures
-
-**Symptoms:** Build fails with deprecation warnings about `FileManager.default` or `Thread.isMainThread`
-
-**Search-Mode Investigation:**
-
-```bash
-# Exhaustive search for deprecated APIs
-morph-mcp_warpgrep_codebase_search search_string="Find all Swift files using deprecated FileManager.default or Thread.isMainThread" repo_path="/Volumes/Main SSD/Developer/clawdis"
-```
-
-**Quick Fix Commands:**
-
-```bash
-# Find all affected files
-find . -name "*.swift" -exec grep -l "FileManager\.default\|Thread\.isMainThread" {} \;
-
-# Replace FileManager.default with FileManager()
-find . -name "*.swift" -exec sed -i '' 's/FileManager\.default/FileManager()/g' {} \;
-
-# For Thread.isMainThread, need manual review of each usage
-grep -rn "Thread\.isMainThread" --include="*.swift" .
-```
-
-**Rebuild After Fixes:**
-
-```bash
-# Clean all build artifacts
-rm -rf apps/macos/.build apps/macos/.swiftpm
-rm -rf src/canvas-host/a2ui/.build
-
-# Rebuild Peekaboo bundle
-pnpm canvas:a2ui:bundle
-
-# Full macOS rebuild
-./scripts/restart-mac.sh
-```
-
----
-
-## Automation Script
-
-Save as `scripts/sync-upstream.sh`:
-
-```bash
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -euo pipefail
-
-echo "==> Fetching upstream..."
-git fetch upstream
-
-echo "==> Current divergence:"
-git rev-list --left-right --count main...upstream/main
-
-echo "==> Rebasing onto upstream/main..."
-git rebase upstream/main
-
-echo "==> Installing dependencies..."
-pnpm install
-
-echo "==> Building..."
-pnpm build
-pnpm ui:build
-
-echo "==> Running doctor..."
-pnpm clawdbot doctor
-
-echo "==> Rebuilding macOS app..."
-./scripts/restart-mac.sh
-
-echo "==> Verifying gateway health..."
-pnpm clawdbot health
-
-echo "==> Checking for Swift 6.2 compatibility issues..."
-if grep -r "FileManager\.default\|Thread\.isMainThread" src/ apps/ --include="*.swift" --quiet; then
-    echo "⚠️  Found potential Swift 6.2 deprecated API usage"
-    echo "   Run manual fixes or use analyze-mode investigation"
-else
-    echo "✅ No obvious Swift deprecation issues found"
-fi
-
-echo "==> Testing agent functionality..."
-# Note: Update YOUR_TELEGRAM_SESSION_ID with actual session ID
-pnpm clawdbot agent --message "Verification: Upstream sync and macOS rebuild completed successfully." --session-id YOUR_TELEGRAM_SESSION_ID || echo "Warning: Agent test failed - check Telegram for verification message"
-
-echo "==> Done! Check Telegram for verification message, then run 'git push --force-with-lease' when ready."
-```

.agents/skills/openclaw-parallels-smoke/SKILL.md

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Use this skill for Parallels guest workflows and smoke interpretation. Do not lo
 - Pass `--json` for machine-readable summaries.
 - Per-phase logs land under `/tmp/openclaw-parallels-*`.
 - Do not run local and gateway agent turns in parallel on the same fresh workspace or session.
+- If `main` is moving under active multi-agent work, prefer a detached worktree pinned to one commit for long Parallels suites. The smoke scripts now verify the packed tgz commit instead of live `git rev-parse HEAD`, but a pinned worktree still avoids noisy rebuild/version drift during reruns.
 - For `prlctl exec`, pass the VM name before `--current-user` (`prlctl exec "$VM" --current-user ...`), not the other way around.
 - If the workflow installs OpenClaw from a repo checkout instead of the site installer/npm release, finish by installing a real guest CLI shim and verifying it in a fresh guest shell. `pnpm openclaw ...` inside the repo is not enough for handoff parity.
 - On macOS guests, prefer a user-global install plus a stable PATH-visible shim:
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@ Use this skill for Parallels guest workflows and smoke interpretation. Do not lo
 - On Windows same-guest update checks, restart the gateway after the npm upgrade before `gateway status` / `agent`; in-place global npm updates can otherwise leave stale hashed `dist/*` module imports alive in the running service.
 - For Windows same-guest update checks, prefer the done-file/log-drain PowerShell runner pattern over one long-lived `prlctl exec ... powershell -EncodedCommand ...` transport. The guest can finish successfully while the outer `prlctl exec` still hangs.
 - Linux same-guest update verification should also export `HOME=/root`, pass `OPENAI_API_KEY` via `prlctl exec ... /usr/bin/env`, and use `openclaw agent --local`; the fresh Linux baseline does not rely on persisted gateway credentials.
+- The npm-update wrapper now prints per-lane progress from the nested log files. If a lane still looks stuck, inspect the nested logs in `runDir` first (`macos-fresh.log`, `windows-fresh.log`, `linux-fresh.log`, `macos-update.log`, `windows-update.log`, `linux-update.log`) instead of assuming the outer wrapper hung.
+- If the wrapper fails a lane, read the auto-dumped tail first, then the full nested lane log under `/tmp/openclaw-parallels-npm-update.*`.
 
 ## CLI invocation footgun
 
@@ -43,6 +46,7 @@ Use this skill for Parallels guest workflows and smoke interpretation. Do not lo
 - Default to the snapshot closest to `macOS 26.3.1 latest`.
 - On Peter's Tahoe VM, `fresh-latest-march-2026` can hang in `prlctl snapshot-switch`; if restore times out there, rerun with `--snapshot-hint 'macOS 26.3.1 latest'` before blaming auth or the harness.
 - The macOS smoke should include a dashboard load phase after gateway health: resolve the tokenized URL with `openclaw dashboard --no-open`, verify the served HTML contains the Control UI title/root shell, then open Safari and require an established localhost TCP connection from Safari to the gateway port.
+- If a packaged install regresses with `500` on `/`, `/healthz`, or `__openclaw/control-ui-config.json` after `fresh.install-main` or `upgrade.install-main`, suspect bundled plugin runtime deps resolving from the package root `node_modules` rather than `dist/extensions/*/node_modules`. Repro quickly with a real `npm pack`/global install lane before blaming dashboard auth or Safari.
 - `prlctl exec` is fine for deterministic repo commands, but use the guest Terminal or `prlctl enter` when installer parity or shell-sensitive behavior matters.
 - Multi-word `openclaw agent --message ...` checks should go through a guest shell wrapper (`guest_current_user_sh` / `guest_current_user_cli` or `/bin/sh -lc ...`), not raw `prlctl exec ... node openclaw.mjs ...`, or the message can be split into extra argv tokens and Commander reports `too many arguments for 'agent'`.
 - When ref-mode onboarding stores `OPENAI_API_KEY` as an env secret ref, the post-onboard agent verification should also export `OPENAI_API_KEY` for the guest command. The gateway can still reject with pairing-required and fall back to embedded execution, and that fallback needs the env-backed credential available in the shell.
@@ -62,7 +66,8 @@ Use this skill for Parallels guest workflows and smoke interpretation. Do not lo
 - Windows global `npm install -g` phases can stay quiet for a minute or more even when healthy; inspect the phase log before calling it hung, and only treat it as a regression once the retry wrapper or timeout trips.
 - Fresh Windows ref-mode onboard should use the same background PowerShell runner plus done-file/log-drain pattern as the npm-update helper, including startup materialization checks, host-side timeouts on short poll `prlctl exec` calls, and retry-on-poll-failure behavior for transient transport flakes.
 - Fresh Windows ref-mode agent verification should set `OPENAI_API_KEY` in the PowerShell environment before invoking `openclaw.cmd agent`, for the same pairing-required fallback reason as macOS.
-- The Windows upgrade smoke lane should restart the managed gateway after `upgrade.install-main` and before `upgrade.onboard-ref`, or the old process can keep the previous gateway token and fail `gateway-health` with `unauthorized: gateway token mismatch`.
+- The standalone Windows upgrade smoke lane should stop the managed gateway after `upgrade.install-main` and before `upgrade.onboard-ref`. Restarting before onboard can leave the old process alive on the pre-onboard token while onboard rewrites `~/.openclaw/openclaw.json`, which then fails `gateway-health` with `unauthorized: gateway token mismatch`.
+- If standalone Windows upgrade fails with a gateway token mismatch but `pnpm test:parallels:npm-update` passes, trust the mismatch as a standalone ref-onboard ordering bug first; the npm-update helper does not re-run ref-mode onboard on the same guest.
 - Keep onboarding and status output ASCII-clean in logs; fancy punctuation becomes mojibake in current capture paths.
 - If you hit an older run with `rc=255` plus an empty `fresh.install-main.log` or `upgrade.install-main.log`, treat it as a likely `prlctl exec` transport drop after guest start-up, not immediate proof of an npm/package failure.
 
@@ -75,8 +80,8 @@ Use this skill for Parallels guest workflows and smoke interpretation. Do not lo
 - Fresh snapshots may be missing `curl`, and `apt-get update` can fail on clock skew. Bootstrap with `apt-get -o Acquire::Check-Date=false update` and install `curl ca-certificates`.
 - Fresh `main` tgz smoke still needs the latest-release installer first because the snapshot has no Node or npm before bootstrap.
 - This snapshot does not have a usable `systemd --user` session; managed daemon install is unsupported.
-- `prlctl exec` reaps detached Linux child processes on this snapshot, so detached background gateway runs are not trustworthy smoke signals.
-- Treat `gateway=skipped-no-detached-linux-gateway` plus `daemon=systemd-user-unavailable` as baseline on that Linux lane, not a regression.
+- The Linux smoke now falls back to a manual `setsid openclaw gateway run --bind loopback --port 18789 --force` launch with `HOME=/root` and the provider secret exported, then verifies `gateway status --deep --require-rpc` when available.
+- If Linux gateway bring-up fails, inspect `/tmp/openclaw-parallels-linux-gateway.log` in the guest phase logs first; the common failure mode is a missing provider secret in the launched gateway environment.
 
 ## Discord roundtrip
 

.agents/skills/openclaw-release-maintainer/SKILL.md

@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ Use this skill for release and publish-time workflow. Keep ordinary development
 Before tagging or publishing, run:
 
 ```bash
-node --import tsx scripts/release-check.ts
+pnpm build
+pnpm ui:build
 pnpm release:check
 pnpm test:install:smoke
 ```
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ node --import tsx scripts/openclaw-npm-postpublish-verify.ts <published-version>
 - Default release checks:
   - `pnpm check`
   - `pnpm build`
-  - `node --import tsx scripts/release-check.ts`
+  - `pnpm ui:build`
   - `pnpm release:check`
   - `OPENCLAW_INSTALL_SMOKE_SKIP_NONROOT=1 pnpm test:install:smoke`
 - Check all release-related build surfaces touched by the release, not only the npm package.
@@ -119,6 +120,11 @@ node --import tsx scripts/openclaw-npm-postpublish-verify.ts <published-version>
 - The npm workflow and the private mac publish workflow accept
   `preflight_only=true` to run validation/build/package steps without uploading
   public release assets.
+- Real npm publish requires a prior successful npm preflight run id so the
+  publish job promotes the prepared tarball instead of rebuilding it.
+- Real private mac publish requires a prior successful private mac preflight
+  run id so the publish job promotes the prepared artifacts instead of
+  rebuilding or renotarizing them again.
 - The private mac workflow also accepts `smoke_test_only=true` for branch-safe
   workflow smoke tests that use ad-hoc signing, skip notarization, skip shared
   appcast generation, and do not prove release readiness.
@@ -129,17 +135,23 @@ node --import tsx scripts/openclaw-npm-postpublish-verify.ts <published-version>
   workflow change before merge.
 - `.github/workflows/macos-release.yml` in `openclaw/openclaw` is now a
   public validation-only handoff. It validates the tag/release state and points
-  operators to the private repo; it does not build or publish macOS artifacts.
+  operators to the private repo. It still rebuilds the JS outputs needed for
+  release validation, but it does not sign, notarize, or publish macOS
+  artifacts.
+- `openclaw/releases-private/.github/workflows/openclaw-macos-validate.yml`
+  is the required private mac validation lane for `swift test`; keep it green
+  before any real mac publish run starts.
 - Real mac preflight and real mac publish both use
   `openclaw/releases-private/.github/workflows/openclaw-macos-publish.yml`.
-- The private mac workflow runs on GitHub's xlarge macOS runner and uses a
-  SwiftPM cache because the Swift build/test/package path is CPU-heavy.
+- The private mac validation lane runs on GitHub's standard macOS runner.
+- The private mac preflight path runs on GitHub's xlarge macOS runner and uses
+  a SwiftPM cache because the build/sign/notarize/package path is CPU-heavy.
 - Private mac preflight uploads notarized build artifacts as workflow artifacts
   instead of uploading public GitHub release assets.
 - Private smoke-test runs upload ad-hoc, non-notarized build artifacts as
   workflow artifacts and intentionally skip stable `appcast.xml` generation.
-- npm preflight, public mac validation, and private mac preflight must all pass
-  before any real publish run starts.
+- npm preflight, public mac validation, private mac validation, and private mac
+  preflight must all pass before any real publish run starts.
 - Real publish runs must be dispatched from `main`; branch-dispatched publish
   attempts should fail before the protected environment is reached.
 - The release workflows stay tag-based; rely on the documented release sequence
@@ -147,8 +159,8 @@ node --import tsx scripts/openclaw-npm-postpublish-verify.ts <published-version>
 - The `npm-release` environment must be approved by `@openclaw/openclaw-release-managers` before publish continues.
 - Mac publish uses
   `openclaw/releases-private/.github/workflows/openclaw-macos-publish.yml` for
-  build, signing, notarization, packaged mac artifact generation, and
-  stable-feed `appcast.xml` artifact generation.
+  private mac preflight artifact preparation and real publish artifact
+  promotion.
 - Real private mac publish uploads the packaged `.zip`, `.dmg`, and
   `.dSYM.zip` assets to the existing GitHub release in `openclaw/openclaw`
   automatically when `OPENCLAW_PUBLIC_REPO_RELEASE_TOKEN` is present in the
@@ -206,31 +218,37 @@ node --import tsx scripts/openclaw-npm-postpublish-verify.ts <published-version>
 7. Create and push the git tag.
 8. Create or refresh the matching GitHub release.
 9. Start `.github/workflows/openclaw-npm-release.yml` with `preflight_only=true`
-   and wait for it to pass.
+   and wait for it to pass. Save that run id because the real publish requires
+   it to reuse the prepared npm tarball.
 10. Start `.github/workflows/macos-release.yml` in `openclaw/openclaw` and wait
     for the public validation-only run to pass.
 11. Start
+    `openclaw/releases-private/.github/workflows/openclaw-macos-validate.yml`
+    with the same tag and wait for the private mac validation lane to pass.
+12. Start
     `openclaw/releases-private/.github/workflows/openclaw-macos-publish.yml`
-    with `preflight_only=true` and wait for it to pass.
-12. If any preflight or validation run fails, fix the issue on a new commit,
+    with `preflight_only=true` and wait for it to pass. Save that run id because
+    the real publish requires it to reuse the notarized mac artifacts.
+13. If any preflight or validation run fails, fix the issue on a new commit,
     delete the tag and matching GitHub release, recreate them from the fixed
     commit, and rerun all relevant preflights from scratch before continuing.
     Never reuse old preflight results after the commit changes.
-13. Start `.github/workflows/openclaw-npm-release.yml` with the same tag for
-    the real publish.
-14. Wait for `npm-release` approval from `@openclaw/openclaw-release-managers`.
-15. Start
+14. Start `.github/workflows/openclaw-npm-release.yml` with the same tag for
+    the real publish and pass the successful npm `preflight_run_id`.
+15. Wait for `npm-release` approval from `@openclaw/openclaw-release-managers`.
+16. Start
     `openclaw/releases-private/.github/workflows/openclaw-macos-publish.yml`
-    for the real publish and wait for success.
-16. Verify the successful real private mac run uploaded the `.zip`, `.dmg`,
+    for the real publish with the successful private mac `preflight_run_id` and
+    wait for success.
+17. Verify the successful real private mac run uploaded the `.zip`, `.dmg`,
     and `.dSYM.zip` artifacts to the existing GitHub release in
     `openclaw/openclaw`.
-17. For stable releases, download `macos-appcast-<tag>` from the successful
+18. For stable releases, download `macos-appcast-<tag>` from the successful
     private mac run, update `appcast.xml` on `main`, and verify the feed.
-18. For beta releases, publish the mac assets but expect no shared production
+19. For beta releases, publish the mac assets but expect no shared production
     `appcast.xml` artifact and do not update the shared production feed unless a
     separate beta feed exists.
-19. After publish, verify npm and the attached release artifacts.
+20. After publish, verify npm and the attached release artifacts.
 
 ## GHSA advisory work
 

.agents/skills/openclaw-test-heap-leaks/SKILL.md

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 ---
 name: openclaw-test-heap-leaks
-description: Investigate `pnpm test` memory growth, Vitest worker OOMs, and suspicious RSS increases in OpenClaw using the `scripts/test-parallel.mjs` heap snapshot tooling. Use when Codex needs to reproduce test-lane memory growth, collect repeated `.heapsnapshot` files, compare snapshots from the same worker PID, distinguish transformed-module retention from real data leaks, and fix or reduce the impact by patching cleanup logic or isolating hotspot tests.
+description: Investigate `pnpm test` memory growth, Vitest worker OOMs, and suspicious RSS increases in OpenClaw using the `scripts/test-parallel.mjs` heap snapshot tooling. Use when Codex needs to reproduce test-lane memory growth, collect repeated `.heapsnapshot` files, compare snapshots from the same worker PID, triage likely transformed-module retention versus likely runtime leaks, and fix or reduce the impact by patching cleanup logic or isolating hotspot tests.
 ---
 
 # OpenClaw Test Heap Leaks
 
-Use this skill for test-memory investigations. Do not guess from RSS alone when heap snapshots are available.
+Use this skill for test-memory investigations. Do not guess from RSS alone when heap snapshots are available. Treat snapshot-name deltas as triage evidence, not proof, until retainers or dominators support the call.
 
 ## Workflow
 
@@ -14,19 +14,23 @@ Use this skill for test-memory investigations. Do not guess from RSS alone when
    - `pnpm canvas:a2ui:bundle && OPENCLAW_TEST_MEMORY_TRACE=1 OPENCLAW_TEST_HEAPSNAPSHOT_INTERVAL_MS=60000 OPENCLAW_TEST_HEAPSNAPSHOT_DIR=.tmp/heapsnap OPENCLAW_TEST_WORKERS=2 OPENCLAW_TEST_MAX_OLD_SPACE_SIZE_MB=6144 pnpm test`
    - Keep `OPENCLAW_TEST_MEMORY_TRACE=1` enabled so the wrapper prints per-file RSS summaries alongside the snapshots.
    - If the report is about a specific shard or worker budget, preserve that shape.
+   - Before you analyze snapshots, identify the real lane names from `[test-parallel] start ...` lines or `pnpm test --plan`. Do not assume a single `unit-fast` lane; local plans often split into `unit-fast-batch-*`.
 
 2. Wait for repeated snapshots before concluding anything.
    - Take at least two intervals from the same lane.
-   - Compare snapshots from the same PID inside one lane directory such as `.tmp/heapsnap/unit-fast/`.
-   - Use `scripts/heapsnapshot-delta.mjs` to compare either two files directly or the earliest/latest pair per PID in one lane directory.
+   - Compare snapshots from the same PID inside the real lane directory such as `.tmp/heapsnap/unit-fast-batch-2/`.
+   - Use `.agents/skills/openclaw-test-heap-leaks/scripts/heapsnapshot-delta.mjs` to compare either two files directly or the earliest/latest pair per PID in one lane directory.
+   - If the helper suggests transformed-module retention, confirm the top entries in DevTools retainers/dominators before calling it solved.
 
 3. Classify the growth before choosing a fix.
-   - If growth is dominated by Vite/Vitest transformed source strings, `Module`, `system / Context`, bytecode, descriptor arrays, or property maps, treat it as retained module graph growth in long-lived workers.
+   - If growth is dominated by Vite/Vitest transformed source strings, `Module`, `system / Context`, bytecode, descriptor arrays, or property maps, treat it as likely retained module graph growth in long-lived workers.
    - If growth is dominated by app objects, caches, buffers, server handles, timers, mock state, sqlite state, or similar runtime objects, treat it as a likely cleanup or lifecycle leak.
+   - If the names are ambiguous, stop short of a confident label and inspect retainers/dominators in DevTools for the top deltas.
 
 4. Fix the right layer.
-   - For retained transformed-module growth in shared workers:
-   - Move hotspot files out of `unit-fast` by updating `test/fixtures/test-parallel.behavior.json`.
+   - For likely retained transformed-module growth in shared workers:
+   - Prefer timing and hotspot-driven scheduling fixes first. Check whether the file is already represented in `test/fixtures/test-timings.unit.json` and whether `scripts/test-update-memory-hotspots.mjs` should refresh the measured hotspot manifest before hand-editing behavior overrides.
+   - Move hotspot files out of the real shared lane by updating `test/fixtures/test-parallel.behavior.json` only when timing-driven peeling is insufficient.
    - Prefer `singletonIsolated` for files that are safe alone but inflate shared worker heaps.
    - If the file should already have been peeled out by timings but is absent from `test/fixtures/test-timings.unit.json`, call that out explicitly. Missing timings are a scheduling blind spot.
    - For real leaks:
@@ -40,24 +44,24 @@ Use this skill for test-memory investigations. Do not guess from RSS alone when
 
 ## Heuristics
 
-- Do not call everything a leak. In this repo, large `unit-fast` growth can be a worker-lifetime problem rather than an application object leak.
+- Do not call everything a leak. In this repo, large `unit-fast` or `unit-fast-batch-*` growth can be a worker-lifetime problem rather than an application object leak.
 - `scripts/test-parallel.mjs` and `scripts/test-parallel-memory.mjs` are the primary control points for wrapper diagnostics.
 - The lane names printed by `[test-parallel] start ...` and `[test-parallel][mem] summary ...` tell you where to focus.
 - When one or two files account for most of the delta and they are missing from timings, reducing impact by isolating them is usually the first pragmatic fix.
-- When the same retained object families grow across multiple intervals in the same worker PID, trust the snapshots over intuition.
+- When the same retained object families grow across multiple intervals in the same worker PID, trust the snapshots over intuition, then confirm ambiguous calls with retainer evidence.
 
 ## Snapshot Comparison
 
 - Direct comparison:
   - `node .agents/skills/openclaw-test-heap-leaks/scripts/heapsnapshot-delta.mjs before.heapsnapshot after.heapsnapshot`
 - Auto-select earliest/latest snapshots per PID within one lane:
-  - `node .agents/skills/openclaw-test-heap-leaks/scripts/heapsnapshot-delta.mjs --lane-dir .tmp/heapsnap/unit-fast`
+  - `node .agents/skills/openclaw-test-heap-leaks/scripts/heapsnapshot-delta.mjs --lane-dir .tmp/heapsnap/unit-fast-batch-2`
 - Useful flags:
   - `--top 40`
   - `--min-kb 32`
   - `--pid 16133`
 
-Read the top positive deltas first. Large positive growth in module-transform artifacts suggests lane isolation; large positive growth in runtime objects suggests a real leak.
+Read the top positive deltas first. Large positive growth in module-transform artifacts suggests lane isolation; large positive growth in runtime objects suggests a real leak. If the names alone do not settle it, open the same snapshot pair in DevTools and inspect retainers/dominators for the top rows before declaring root cause.
 
 ## Output Expectations
 
@@ -66,6 +70,6 @@ When using this skill, report:
 - The exact reproduce command.
 - Which lane and PID were compared.
 - The dominant retained object families from the snapshot delta.
-- Whether the issue is a real leak or shared-worker retained module growth.
+- Whether the issue is a likely real leak or likely shared-worker retained module growth, plus whether retainers/dominators confirmed it.
 - The concrete fix or impact-reduction patch.
 - What you verified, and what snapshot overhead prevented you from verifying.

.agents/skills/openclaw-test-heap-leaks/scripts/heapsnapshot-delta.mjs

@@ -64,6 +64,243 @@ function parseArgs(argv) {
   return options;
 }
 
+class JsonStreamScanner {
+  constructor(filePath) {
+    this.stream = fs.createReadStream(filePath, {
+      encoding: "utf8",
+      highWaterMark: 1024 * 1024,
+    });
+    this.iterator = this.stream[Symbol.asyncIterator]();
+    this.buffer = "";
+    this.offset = 0;
+    this.done = false;
+  }
+
+  compactBuffer() {
+    if (this.offset > 65536) {
+      this.buffer = this.buffer.slice(this.offset);
+      this.offset = 0;
+    }
+  }
+
+  async ensureAvailable(count = 1) {
+    while (!this.done && this.buffer.length - this.offset < count) {
+      const next = await this.iterator.next();
+      if (next.done) {
+        this.done = true;
+        break;
+      }
+      this.buffer += next.value;
+    }
+  }
+
+  async peek() {
+    await this.ensureAvailable(1);
+    return this.buffer[this.offset] ?? null;
+  }
+
+  async next() {
+    await this.ensureAvailable(1);
+    if (this.offset >= this.buffer.length) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    const char = this.buffer[this.offset];
+    this.offset += 1;
+    this.compactBuffer();
+    return char;
+  }
+
+  async skipWhitespace() {
+    while (true) {
+      const char = await this.peek();
+      if (char === null || !/\s/u.test(char)) {
+        return;
+      }
+      await this.next();
+    }
+  }
+
+  async expectChar(expected) {
+    const char = await this.next();
+    if (char !== expected) {
+      fail(`Expected ${expected} but found ${char ?? "<eof>"}`);
+    }
+  }
+
+  async find(sequence) {
+    let matched = 0;
+    while (true) {
+      const char = await this.next();
+      if (char === null) {
+        fail(`Could not find ${sequence}`);
+      }
+      if (char === sequence[matched]) {
+        matched += 1;
+        if (matched === sequence.length) {
+          return;
+        }
+        continue;
+      }
+      matched = char === sequence[0] ? 1 : 0;
+      if (matched === sequence.length) {
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  async readBalancedObject() {
+    const start = await this.next();
+    if (start !== "{") {
+      fail(`Expected { but found ${start ?? "<eof>"}`);
+    }
+    let text = "{";
+    let depth = 1;
+    let inString = false;
+    let escaped = false;
+    while (depth > 0) {
+      const char = await this.next();
+      if (char === null) {
+        fail("Unexpected EOF while reading JSON object");
+      }
+      text += char;
+      if (inString) {
+        if (escaped) {
+          escaped = false;
+        } else if (char === "\\") {
+          escaped = true;
+        } else if (char === '"') {
+          inString = false;
+        }
+        continue;
+      }
+      if (char === '"') {
+        inString = true;
+      } else if (char === "{") {
+        depth += 1;
+      } else if (char === "}") {
+        depth -= 1;
+      }
+    }
+    return text;
+  }
+
+  async parseNumberArray(onValue) {
+    await this.skipWhitespace();
+    await this.expectChar("[");
+    await this.skipWhitespace();
+    if ((await this.peek()) === "]") {
+      await this.next();
+      return;
+    }
+
+    let token = "";
+    let index = 0;
+    const flush = () => {
+      if (token.length === 0) {
+        fail("Unexpected empty number token");
+      }
+      const value = Number.parseInt(token, 10);
+      if (!Number.isFinite(value)) {
+        fail(`Invalid numeric token: ${token}`);
+      }
+      onValue(value, index);
+      index += 1;
+      token = "";
+    };
+
+    while (true) {
+      const char = await this.next();
+      if (char === null) {
+        fail("Unexpected EOF while reading number array");
+      }
+      if (char === "]") {
+        flush();
+        return;
+      }
+      if (char === ",") {
+        flush();
+        continue;
+      }
+      if (/\s/u.test(char)) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      token += char;
+    }
+  }
+
+  async readJsonString() {
+    await this.expectChar('"');
+    let value = "";
+    while (true) {
+      const char = await this.next();
+      if (char === null) {
+        fail("Unexpected EOF while reading JSON string");
+      }
+      if (char === '"') {
+        return value;
+      }
+      if (char !== "\\") {
+        value += char;
+        continue;
+      }
+      const escaped = await this.next();
+      if (escaped === null) {
+        fail("Unexpected EOF while reading JSON string escape");
+      }
+      if (escaped === "u") {
+        let hex = "";
+        for (let index = 0; index < 4; index += 1) {
+          const hexChar = await this.next();
+          if (hexChar === null) {
+            fail("Unexpected EOF while reading JSON unicode escape");
+          }
+          hex += hexChar;
+        }
+        value += String.fromCharCode(Number.parseInt(hex, 16));
+        continue;
+      }
+      value +=
+        escaped === "b"
+          ? "\b"
+          : escaped === "f"
+            ? "\f"
+            : escaped === "n"
+              ? "\n"
+              : escaped === "r"
+                ? "\r"
+                : escaped === "t"
+                  ? "\t"
+                  : escaped;
+    }
+  }
+
+  async parseStringArray(onValue) {
+    await this.skipWhitespace();
+    await this.expectChar("[");
+    await this.skipWhitespace();
+    if ((await this.peek()) === "]") {
+      await this.next();
+      return;
+    }
+
+    let index = 0;
+    while (true) {
+      const value = await this.readJsonString();
+      onValue(value, index);
+      index += 1;
+      await this.skipWhitespace();
+      const separator = await this.next();
+      if (separator === "]") {
+        return;
+      }
+      if (separator !== ",") {
+        fail(`Expected , or ] but found ${separator ?? "<eof>"}`);
+      }
+      await this.skipWhitespace();
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 function parseHeapFilename(filePath) {
   const base = path.basename(filePath);
   const match = base.match(
@@ -151,38 +388,89 @@ function resolvePair(options) {
   };
 }
 
-function loadSummary(filePath) {
-  const data = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(filePath, "utf8"));
-  const meta = data.snapshot?.meta;
+async function parseSnapshotMeta(scanner) {
+  await scanner.find('"snapshot":');
+  await scanner.skipWhitespace();
+  const metaObjectText = await scanner.readBalancedObject();
+  const parsed = JSON.parse(metaObjectText);
+  return parsed?.meta ?? null;
+}
+
+async function buildSummary(filePath) {
+  const scanner = new JsonStreamScanner(filePath);
+  const meta = await parseSnapshotMeta(scanner);
   if (!meta) {
     fail(`Invalid heap snapshot: ${filePath}`);
   }
 
   const nodeFieldCount = meta.node_fields.length;
   const typeNames = meta.node_types[0];
-  const strings = data.strings;
   const typeIndex = meta.node_fields.indexOf("type");
   const nameIndex = meta.node_fields.indexOf("name");
   const selfSizeIndex = meta.node_fields.indexOf("self_size");
+  if (typeIndex === -1 || nameIndex === -1 || selfSizeIndex === -1) {
+    fail(`Unsupported heap snapshot schema: ${filePath}`);
+  }
 
-  const summary = new Map();
-  for (let offset = 0; offset < data.nodes.length; offset += nodeFieldCount) {
-    const type = typeNames[data.nodes[offset + typeIndex]];
-    const name = strings[data.nodes[offset + nameIndex]];
-    const selfSize = data.nodes[offset + selfSizeIndex];
-    const key = `${type}\t${name}`;
-    const current = summary.get(key) ?? {
-      type,
-      name,
+  const summaryByIndex = new Map();
+  let nodeCount = 0;
+  let currentTypeId = 0;
+  let currentNameId = 0;
+  let currentSelfSize = 0;
+  await scanner.find('"nodes":');
+  await scanner.parseNumberArray((value, index) => {
+    const fieldIndex = index % nodeFieldCount;
+    if (fieldIndex === typeIndex) {
+      currentTypeId = value;
+      return;
+    }
+    if (fieldIndex === nameIndex) {
+      currentNameId = value;
+      return;
+    }
+    if (fieldIndex === selfSizeIndex) {
+      currentSelfSize = value;
+    }
+    if (fieldIndex !== nodeFieldCount - 1) {
+      return;
+    }
+    const key = `${currentTypeId}\t${currentNameId}`;
+    const current = summaryByIndex.get(key) ?? {
+      typeId: currentTypeId,
+      nameId: currentNameId,
       selfSize: 0,
       count: 0,
     };
-    current.selfSize += selfSize;
+    current.selfSize += currentSelfSize;
     current.count += 1;
-    summary.set(key, current);
+    summaryByIndex.set(key, current);
+    nodeCount += 1;
+  });
+
+  const requiredNameIds = new Set(
+    Array.from(summaryByIndex.values(), (entry) => entry.nameId).filter((value) => value >= 0),
+  );
+  const nameStrings = new Map();
+  await scanner.find('"strings":');
+  await scanner.parseStringArray((value, index) => {
+    if (requiredNameIds.has(index)) {
+      nameStrings.set(index, value);
+    }
+  });
+
+  const summary = new Map();
+  for (const entry of summaryByIndex.values()) {
+    const key = `${typeNames[entry.typeId] ?? "unknown"}\t${nameStrings.get(entry.nameId) ?? ""}`;
+    summary.set(key, {
+      type: typeNames[entry.typeId] ?? "unknown",
+      name: nameStrings.get(entry.nameId) ?? "",
+      selfSize: entry.selfSize,
+      count: entry.count,
+    });
   }
+
   return {
-    nodeCount: data.snapshot.node_count,
+    nodeCount,
     summary,
   };
 }
@@ -205,11 +493,11 @@ function truncate(text, maxLength) {
   return text.length <= maxLength ? text : `${text.slice(0, maxLength - 1)}…`;
 }
 
-function main() {
+async function main() {
   const options = parseArgs(process.argv.slice(2));
   const pair = resolvePair(options);
-  const before = loadSummary(pair.before);
-  const after = loadSummary(pair.after);
+  const before = await buildSummary(pair.before);
+  const after = await buildSummary(pair.after);
   const minBytes = options.minKb * 1024;
 
   const rows = [];
@@ -262,4 +550,4 @@ function main() {
   }
 }
 
-main();
+await main();

.github/labeler.yml

@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@
       - any-glob-to-any-file:
           - "extensions/nostr/**"
           - "docs/channels/nostr.md"
+"channel: qqbot":
+  - changed-files:
+      - any-glob-to-any-file:
+          - "extensions/qqbot/**"
+          - "docs/channels/qqbot.md"
 "channel: signal":
   - changed-files:
       - any-glob-to-any-file:

.github/workflows/ci-bun.yml

@@ -1,110 +0,0 @@
-name: CI Bun
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [main]
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ci-bun-push-${{ github.run_id }}
-  cancel-in-progress: false
-
-env:
-  FORCE_JAVASCRIPT_ACTIONS_TO_NODE24: "true"
-
-jobs:
-  preflight:
-    runs-on: blacksmith-16vcpu-ubuntu-2404
-    timeout-minutes: 20
-    outputs:
-      run_bun_checks: ${{ steps.manifest.outputs.run_bun_checks }}
-      bun_checks_matrix: ${{ steps.manifest.outputs.bun_checks_matrix }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          submodules: false
-
-      - name: Setup Node environment
-        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-node-env
-        with:
-          install-bun: "false"
-          install-deps: "false"
-          use-sticky-disk: "false"
-
-      - name: Build Bun CI manifest
-        id: manifest
-        env:
-          OPENCLAW_CI_DOCS_ONLY: "false"
-          OPENCLAW_CI_DOCS_CHANGED: "false"
-          OPENCLAW_CI_RUN_NODE: "true"
-          OPENCLAW_CI_RUN_MACOS: "false"
-          OPENCLAW_CI_RUN_ANDROID: "false"
-          OPENCLAW_CI_RUN_WINDOWS: "false"
-          OPENCLAW_CI_RUN_SKILLS_PYTHON: "false"
-          OPENCLAW_CI_HAS_CHANGED_EXTENSIONS: "false"
-          OPENCLAW_CI_CHANGED_EXTENSIONS_MATRIX: '{"include":[]}'
-        run: node scripts/ci-write-manifest-outputs.mjs --workflow ci-bun
-
-  build-bun-artifacts:
-    needs: [preflight]
-    if: needs.preflight.outputs.run_bun_checks == 'true'
-    runs-on: blacksmith-16vcpu-ubuntu-2404
-    timeout-minutes: 20
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          submodules: false
-
-      - name: Setup Node environment
-        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-node-env
-        with:
-          install-bun: "false"
-          use-sticky-disk: "false"
-
-      - name: Build A2UI bundle
-        run: pnpm canvas:a2ui:bundle
-
-      - name: Upload A2UI bundle artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
-        with:
-          name: canvas-a2ui-bundle
-          path: src/canvas-host/a2ui/
-          include-hidden-files: true
-          retention-days: 1
-
-  bun-checks:
-    name: ${{ matrix.check_name }}
-    needs: [preflight, build-bun-artifacts]
-    if: needs.preflight.outputs.run_bun_checks == 'true'
-    runs-on: blacksmith-16vcpu-ubuntu-2404
-    timeout-minutes: 60
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix: ${{ fromJson(needs.preflight.outputs.bun_checks_matrix) }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          submodules: false
-
-      - name: Setup Node environment
-        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-node-env
-        with:
-          install-bun: "true"
-          use-sticky-disk: "false"
-
-      - name: Download A2UI bundle artifact
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
-        with:
-          name: canvas-a2ui-bundle
-          path: src/canvas-host/a2ui/
-
-      - name: Run Bun test shard
-        env:
-          SHARD_COUNT: ${{ matrix.shard_count }}
-          SHARD_INDEX: ${{ matrix.shard_index }}
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          OPENCLAW_TEST_ISOLATE=1 bunx vitest run --config vitest.unit.config.ts --shard "$SHARD_INDEX/$SHARD_COUNT"

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -302,11 +302,17 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run ${{ matrix.task }} (${{ matrix.runtime }})
         env:
           TASK: ${{ matrix.task }}
+          SHARD_COUNT: ${{ matrix.shard_count || '' }}
+          SHARD_INDEX: ${{ matrix.shard_index || '' }}
         shell: bash
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           case "$TASK" in
             extensions)
+              if [ -n "$SHARD_COUNT" ] && [ -n "$SHARD_INDEX" ]; then
+                export OPENCLAW_TEST_SHARDS="$SHARD_COUNT"
+                export OPENCLAW_TEST_SHARD_INDEX="$SHARD_INDEX"
+              fi
               pnpm test:extensions
               ;;
             contracts|contracts-protocol)
@@ -459,6 +465,8 @@ jobs:
           use-sticky-disk: "false"
 
       - name: Check types and lint and oxfmt
+        env:
+          OPENCLAW_LOCAL_CHECK: "0"
         run: pnpm check
 
       - name: Strict TS build smoke
@@ -538,6 +546,11 @@ jobs:
         continue-on-error: true
         run: pnpm run lint:web-search-provider-boundaries
 
+      - name: Run web fetch provider boundary guard
+        id: web_fetch_provider_boundary
+        continue-on-error: true
+        run: pnpm run lint:web-fetch-provider-boundaries
+
       - name: Run extension src boundary guard
         id: extension_src_outside_plugin_sdk_boundary
         continue-on-error: true
@@ -585,6 +598,7 @@ jobs:
           NO_EXTENSION_TEST_CORE_IMPORTS_OUTCOME: ${{ steps.no_extension_test_core_imports.outcome }}
           PLUGIN_SDK_SUBPATHS_EXPORTED_OUTCOME: ${{ steps.plugin_sdk_subpaths_exported.outcome }}
           WEB_SEARCH_PROVIDER_BOUNDARY_OUTCOME: ${{ steps.web_search_provider_boundary.outcome }}
+          WEB_FETCH_PROVIDER_BOUNDARY_OUTCOME: ${{ steps.web_fetch_provider_boundary.outcome }}
           EXTENSION_SRC_OUTSIDE_PLUGIN_SDK_BOUNDARY_OUTCOME: ${{ steps.extension_src_outside_plugin_sdk_boundary.outcome }}
           EXTENSION_PLUGIN_SDK_INTERNAL_BOUNDARY_OUTCOME: ${{ steps.extension_plugin_sdk_internal_boundary.outcome }}
           EXTENSION_RELATIVE_OUTSIDE_PACKAGE_BOUNDARY_OUTCOME: ${{ steps.extension_relative_outside_package_boundary.outcome }}
@@ -604,6 +618,7 @@ jobs:
             "lint:plugins:no-extension-test-core-imports|$NO_EXTENSION_TEST_CORE_IMPORTS_OUTCOME" \
             "lint:plugins:plugin-sdk-subpaths-exported|$PLUGIN_SDK_SUBPATHS_EXPORTED_OUTCOME" \
             "web-search-provider-boundary|$WEB_SEARCH_PROVIDER_BOUNDARY_OUTCOME" \
+            "web-fetch-provider-boundary|$WEB_FETCH_PROVIDER_BOUNDARY_OUTCOME" \
             "extension-src-outside-plugin-sdk-boundary|$EXTENSION_SRC_OUTSIDE_PLUGIN_SDK_BOUNDARY_OUTCOME" \
             "extension-plugin-sdk-internal-boundary|$EXTENSION_PLUGIN_SDK_INTERNAL_BOUNDARY_OUTCOME" \
             "extension-relative-outside-package-boundary|$EXTENSION_RELATIVE_OUTSIDE_PACKAGE_BOUNDARY_OUTCOME" \

.github/workflows/macos-release.yml

@@ -82,11 +82,12 @@ jobs:
           {
             echo "## Public macOS validation only"
             echo
-            echo "This workflow no longer builds, signs, notarizes, or uploads macOS assets."
+            echo "This workflow validates the public release handoff and still builds JS artifacts needed for release checks."
+            echo "It does not sign, notarize, or upload macOS assets."
             echo
             echo "Next step:"
-            echo "- Run \`openclaw/releases-private/.github/workflows/openclaw-macos-publish.yml\` with tag \`${RELEASE_TAG}\`."
-            echo "- Use \`preflight_only=true\` there for the full private mac preflight."
-            echo "- For the real publish path, the private run uploads the packaged \`.zip\`, \`.dmg\`, and \`.dSYM.zip\` files to the existing GitHub release in \`openclaw/openclaw\` automatically."
+            echo "- Run \`openclaw/releases-private/.github/workflows/openclaw-macos-validate.yml\` with tag \`${RELEASE_TAG}\` and wait for the private mac validation lane to pass."
+            echo "- Run \`openclaw/releases-private/.github/workflows/openclaw-macos-publish.yml\` with tag \`${RELEASE_TAG}\` and \`preflight_only=true\` for the full private mac preflight."
+            echo "- For the real publish path, run the same private mac publish workflow from \`main\` with the successful private preflight \`preflight_run_id\` so it promotes the prepared artifacts instead of rebuilding them."
             echo "- For stable releases, also download \`macos-appcast-${RELEASE_TAG}\` from the successful private run and commit \`appcast.xml\` back to \`main\` in \`openclaw/openclaw\`."
           } >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"

.github/workflows/openclaw-npm-release.yml

@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ on:
         required: true
         default: false
         type: boolean
+      preflight_run_id:
+        description: Existing successful preflight workflow run id to promote without rebuilding
+        required: false
+        type: string
 
 concurrency:
   group: openclaw-npm-release-${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.tag || github.ref }}
@@ -24,6 +28,7 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   preflight_openclaw_npm:
+    if: ${{ inputs.preflight_only }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: read
@@ -38,6 +43,12 @@ jobs:
             exit 1
           fi
 
+      - name: Forbid preflight artifact promotion on validation-only runs
+        if: ${{ inputs.preflight_only && inputs.preflight_run_id != '' }}
+        run: |
+          echo "preflight_run_id is only valid for real publish runs."
+          exit 1
+
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
@@ -71,6 +82,8 @@ jobs:
           echo "Publishing openclaw@${PACKAGE_VERSION}"
 
       - name: Check
+        env:
+          OPENCLAW_LOCAL_CHECK: "0"
         run: pnpm check
 
       - name: Build
@@ -80,7 +93,9 @@ jobs:
         run: pnpm ui:build
 
       - name: Validate release tag and package metadata
+        if: ${{ inputs.preflight_run_id == '' }}
         env:
+          OPENCLAW_NPM_RELEASE_SKIP_PACK_CHECK: "1"
           RELEASE_TAG: ${{ inputs.tag }}
           RELEASE_MAIN_REF: origin/main
         run: |
@@ -95,7 +110,37 @@ jobs:
       - name: Verify release contents
         run: pnpm release:check
 
-  validate_publish_dispatch_ref:
+      - name: Pack prepared npm tarball
+        id: packed_tarball
+        env:
+          OPENCLAW_PREPACK_PREPARED: "1"
+          RELEASE_TAG: ${{ inputs.tag }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          PACK_JSON="$(npm pack --json)"
+          echo "$PACK_JSON"
+          PACK_PATH="$(printf '%s\n' "$PACK_JSON" | node -e 'const chunks=[]; process.stdin.on("data", (chunk) => chunks.push(chunk)); process.stdin.on("end", () => { const parsed = JSON.parse(Buffer.concat(chunks).toString("utf8")); const first = Array.isArray(parsed) ? parsed[0] : null; if (!first || typeof first.filename !== "string" || !first.filename) { process.exit(1); } process.stdout.write(first.filename); });')"
+          if [[ -z "$PACK_PATH" || ! -f "$PACK_PATH" ]]; then
+            echo "npm pack did not produce a tarball file." >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          RELEASE_SHA="$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
+          ARTIFACT_DIR="$RUNNER_TEMP/openclaw-npm-preflight"
+          rm -rf "$ARTIFACT_DIR"
+          mkdir -p "$ARTIFACT_DIR"
+          cp "$PACK_PATH" "$ARTIFACT_DIR/"
+          printf '%s\n' "$RELEASE_TAG" > "$ARTIFACT_DIR/release-tag.txt"
+          printf '%s\n' "$RELEASE_SHA" > "$ARTIFACT_DIR/release-sha.txt"
+          echo "dir=$ARTIFACT_DIR" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Upload prepared npm publish bundle
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
+        with:
+          name: openclaw-npm-preflight-${{ inputs.tag }}
+          path: ${{ steps.packed_tarball.outputs.dir }}
+          if-no-files-found: error
+
+  validate_publish_request:
     if: ${{ !inputs.preflight_only }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
@@ -111,13 +156,24 @@ jobs:
             exit 1
           fi
 
+      - name: Require preflight artifact promotion on real publish
+        env:
+          PREFLIGHT_RUN_ID: ${{ inputs.preflight_run_id }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          if [[ -z "${PREFLIGHT_RUN_ID}" ]]; then
+            echo "Real publish requires preflight_run_id from a successful npm preflight run." >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
   publish_openclaw_npm:
     # npm trusted publishing + provenance requires a GitHub-hosted runner.
-    needs: [preflight_openclaw_npm, validate_publish_dispatch_ref]
+    needs: [validate_publish_request]
     if: ${{ !inputs.preflight_only }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     environment: npm-release
     permissions:
+      actions: read
       contents: read
       id-token: write
     steps:
@@ -157,14 +213,28 @@ jobs:
 
           echo "Publishing openclaw@${PACKAGE_VERSION}"
 
-      - name: Build
-        run: pnpm build
+      - name: Verify preflight run metadata
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          PREFLIGHT_RUN_ID: ${{ inputs.preflight_run_id }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          RUN_JSON="$(gh run view "$PREFLIGHT_RUN_ID" --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" --json workflowName,headBranch,event,conclusion,url)"
+          printf '%s' "$RUN_JSON" | node -e 'const fs = require("node:fs"); const run = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(0, "utf8")); const checks = [["workflowName", "OpenClaw NPM Release"], ["headBranch", "main"], ["event", "workflow_dispatch"], ["conclusion", "success"]]; for (const [key, expected] of checks) { if (run[key] !== expected) { console.error(`Referenced npm preflight run ${process.env.PREFLIGHT_RUN_ID} must have ${key}=${expected}, got ${run[key] ?? "<missing>"}.`); process.exit(1); } } console.log(`Using npm preflight run ${process.env.PREFLIGHT_RUN_ID}: ${run.url}`);'
 
-      - name: Build Control UI
-        run: pnpm ui:build
+      - name: Download prepared npm tarball
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
+        with:
+          name: openclaw-npm-preflight-${{ inputs.tag }}
+          path: preflight-tarball
+          repository: ${{ github.repository }}
+          run-id: ${{ inputs.preflight_run_id }}
+          github-token: ${{ github.token }}
 
       - name: Validate release tag and package metadata
+        if: ${{ inputs.preflight_run_id == '' }}
         env:
+          OPENCLAW_NPM_RELEASE_SKIP_PACK_CHECK: "1"
           RELEASE_TAG: ${{ inputs.tag }}
           RELEASE_MAIN_REF: origin/main
         run: |
@@ -176,5 +246,51 @@ jobs:
           git fetch --no-tags origin +refs/heads/main:refs/remotes/origin/main
           pnpm release:openclaw:npm:check
 
+      - name: Verify prepared tarball provenance
+        env:
+          RELEASE_TAG: ${{ inputs.tag }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          EXPECTED_RELEASE_SHA="$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
+          TAG_FILE="preflight-tarball/release-tag.txt"
+          SHA_FILE="preflight-tarball/release-sha.txt"
+          if [[ ! -f "$TAG_FILE" || ! -f "$SHA_FILE" ]]; then
+            echo "Prepared preflight metadata is missing." >&2
+            ls -la preflight-tarball >&2 || true
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          ARTIFACT_RELEASE_TAG="$(tr -d '\r\n' < "$TAG_FILE")"
+          ARTIFACT_RELEASE_SHA="$(tr -d '\r\n' < "$SHA_FILE")"
+          if [[ "$ARTIFACT_RELEASE_TAG" != "$RELEASE_TAG" ]]; then
+            echo "Prepared preflight tag mismatch: expected $RELEASE_TAG, got $ARTIFACT_RELEASE_TAG" >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          if [[ "$ARTIFACT_RELEASE_SHA" != "$EXPECTED_RELEASE_SHA" ]]; then
+            echo "Prepared preflight SHA mismatch: expected $EXPECTED_RELEASE_SHA, got $ARTIFACT_RELEASE_SHA" >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Resolve publish tarball
+        id: publish_tarball
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          TARBALL_PATH="$(find preflight-tarball -type f -name '*.tgz' -print | sort | tail -n 1)"
+          if [[ -z "$TARBALL_PATH" ]]; then
+            echo "Prepared preflight tarball not found." >&2
+            ls -la preflight-tarball >&2 || true
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "path=$TARBALL_PATH" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
       - name: Publish
-        run: bash scripts/openclaw-npm-publish.sh --publish
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+          OPENCLAW_PREPACK_PREPARED: "1"
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          publish_target="${{ steps.publish_tarball.outputs.path }}"
+          if [[ -n "${publish_target}" ]]; then
+            publish_target="./${publish_target}"
+          fi
+          bash scripts/openclaw-npm-publish.sh --publish "${publish_target}"

.github/workflows/plugin-npm-release.yml

@@ -211,4 +211,7 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
       - name: Publish
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
         run: bash scripts/plugin-npm-publish.sh --publish "${{ matrix.plugin.packageDir }}"

.markdownlint-cli2.jsonc

@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 {
   "globs": ["docs/**/*.md", "docs/**/*.mdx", "README.md"],
-  "ignores": [
-    "docs/zh-CN/**",
-    "docs/.i18n/**",
-    "docs/reference/templates/**",
-    "**/.local/**"
-  ],
+  "ignores": ["docs/zh-CN/**", "docs/.i18n/**", "docs/reference/templates/**", "**/.local/**"],
   "config": {
     "default": true,
 
@@ -38,6 +33,9 @@
         "img",
         "a",
         "br",
+        "table",
+        "tr",
+        "td",
         "details",
         "summary",
         "p",

AGENTS.md

@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@
 - Type-check/build: `pnpm build`
 - TypeScript checks: `pnpm tsgo`
 - Lint/format: `pnpm check`
+- Local agent/dev shells default to lower-memory `OPENCLAW_LOCAL_CHECK=1` behavior for `pnpm tsgo` and `pnpm lint`; set `OPENCLAW_LOCAL_CHECK=0` in CI/shared runs.
 - Format check: `pnpm format` (oxfmt --check)
 - Format fix: `pnpm format:fix` (oxfmt --write)
 - Terminology:
@@ -179,6 +180,11 @@
 - When tests need example Anthropic/OpenAI model constants, prefer `sonnet-4.6` and `gpt-5.4`; update older Anthropic/GPT examples when you touch those tests.
 - Run `pnpm test` (or `pnpm test:coverage`) before pushing when you touch logic.
 - Write tests to clean up timers, env, globals, mocks, sockets, temp dirs, and module state so `--isolate=false` stays green.
+- Test performance guardrail: do not put `vi.resetModules()` plus `await import(...)` in `beforeEach`/per-test loops for heavy modules unless module state truly requires it. Prefer static imports or one-time `beforeAll` imports, then reset mocks/runtime state directly.
+- Test performance guardrail: if a test file uses stable `vi.mock(...)` hoists or other static module mocks, do not pair them with `vi.resetModules()` and a fresh `await import(...)` in every `beforeEach`. Import the heavy module once in `beforeAll`, then reset/prime mocks in `beforeEach` so Browser/Matrix-style hotspot tests do not pay the module graph cost per case.
+- Test performance guardrail: inside an extension package, prefer a thin local seam (`./api.ts`, `./runtime-api.ts`, or a narrower local `*.runtime-api.ts`) over direct `openclaw/plugin-sdk/*` imports for internal production code. Keep local seams curated and lightweight; only reach for direct `plugin-sdk/*` imports when you are crossing a real package boundary or when no suitable local seam exists yet.
+- Test performance guardrail: keep expensive runtime fallback work such as snapshotting, migration, installs, or bootstrap behind dedicated `*.runtime.ts` boundaries so tests can mock the seam instead of accidentally invoking real work.
+- Test performance guardrail: for import-only/runtime-wrapper tests, keep the wrapper lazy. Do not eagerly load heavy verification/bootstrap/runtime modules at module top level if the exported function can import them on demand.
 - Agents MUST NOT modify baseline, inventory, ignore, snapshot, or expected-failure files to silence failing checks without explicit approval in this chat.
 - For targeted/local debugging, keep using the wrapper: `pnpm test -- <path-or-filter> [vitest args...]` (for example `pnpm test -- src/commands/onboard-search.test.ts -t "shows registered plugin providers"`); do not default to raw `pnpm vitest run ...` because it bypasses wrapper config/profile/pool routing.
 - Do not set test workers above 16; tried already.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,108 +6,498 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 
 ### Breaking
 
-- Nodes/exec: remove the duplicated `nodes.run` shell wrapper from the CLI and agent `nodes` tool so node shell execution always goes through `exec host=node`, keeping node-specific capabilities on `nodes invoke` and the dedicated media/location/notify actions.
-- Background tasks: replace the old JSON task ledger with the SQLite-backed task store, so undocumented tooling or scripts that read `tasks/runs.json` directly must switch to the supported `openclaw tasks` surfaces instead of depending on state-dir internals. Thanks @vincentkoc and @mbelinky.
+- Plugins/web fetch: move Firecrawl `web_fetch` config from the legacy core `tools.web.fetch.firecrawl.*` path to the plugin-owned `plugins.entries.firecrawl.config.webFetch.*` path, route `web_fetch` fallback through the new fetch-provider boundary instead of a Firecrawl-only core branch, and migrate legacy config with `openclaw doctor --fix`. (#59465) Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Plugins/xAI: move `x_search` settings from the legacy core `tools.web.x_search.*` path to the plugin-owned `plugins.entries.xai.config.xSearch.*` path, standardize `x_search` auth on `plugins.entries.xai.config.webSearch.apiKey` / `XAI_API_KEY`, and migrate legacy config with `openclaw doctor --fix`. (#59674) Thanks @vincentkoc.
 
 ### Changes
 
-- LINE/outbound media: add LINE image, video, and audio outbound sends on the LINE-specific delivery path, including explicit preview/tracking handling for videos while keeping generic media sends on the existing image-only route. (#45826) Thanks @masatohoshino.
-- WhatsApp/reactions: agents can now react with emoji on incoming WhatsApp messages, enabling more natural conversational interactions like acknowledging a photo with ❤️ instead of typing a reply. Thanks @mcaxtr.
-- MCP: add remote HTTP/SSE server support for `mcp.servers` URL configs, including auth headers and safer config redaction for MCP credentials. (#50396) Thanks @dhananjai1729.
-- Agents/MCP: materialize bundle MCP tools with provider-safe names (`serverName__toolName`), support optional `streamable-http` transport selection plus per-server connection timeouts, and preserve real tool results from aborted/error turns unless truncation explicitly drops them. (#49505) Thanks @ziomancer.
-- Plugins/hooks: add a `before_install` hook with structured request provenance, built-in scan status, and install-target metadata so external security scanners and policy engines can review and block skill, plugin package, plugin bundle, and single-file plugin installs. (#56050) thanks @odysseus0.
-- ACP/plugins: add an explicit default-off ACPX plugin-tools MCP bridge config, document the trust boundary, and harden the built-in bridge packaging/logging path so global installs and stdio MCP sessions work reliably. (#56867) Thanks @joe2643.
-- Agents/LLM: add a configurable idle-stream timeout for embedded runner requests so stalled model streams abort cleanly instead of hanging until the broader run timeout fires. (#55072) Thanks @liuy.
-- OpenAI/Responses: forward configured `text.verbosity` across Responses HTTP and WebSocket transports, surface it in `/status`, and keep per-agent verbosity precedence aligned with runtime behavior. (#47106) Thanks @merc1305 and @vincentkoc.
-- Android/notifications: add notification-forwarding controls with package filtering, quiet hours, rate limiting, and safer picker behavior for forwarded notification events. (#40175) Thanks @nimbleenigma.
-- Matrix/network: add explicit `channels.matrix.proxy` config for routing Matrix traffic through an HTTP(S) proxy, including account-level overrides and matching probe/runtime behavior. (#56931) thanks @patrick-yingxi-pan.
-- Background tasks: turn tasks into a real shared background-run control plane instead of ACP-only bookkeeping by unifying ACP, subagent, cron, and background CLI execution under one SQLite-backed ledger, routing detached lifecycle updates through the executor seam, adding audit/maintenance/status visibility, tightening auto-cleanup and lost-run recovery, improving task awareness in internal status/tool surfaces, and clarifying the split between heartbeat/main-session automation and detached scheduled runs. Thanks @vincentkoc and @mbelinky.
+- Exec defaults: make gateway/node host exec default to YOLO mode by requesting `security=full` with `ask=off`, and align host approval-file fallbacks plus docs/doctor reporting with that no-prompt default.
+- Agents/compaction: add `agents.defaults.compaction.notifyUser` so the `🧹 Compacting context...` start notice is opt-in instead of always being shown. (#54251) Thanks @oguricap0327.
+- Plugins/hooks: add `before_agent_reply` so plugins can short-circuit the LLM with synthetic replies after inline actions. (#20067) Thanks @JoshuaLelon
+- Providers/runtime: add provider-owned replay hook surfaces for transcript policy, replay cleanup, and reasoning-mode dispatch. (#59143) Thanks @jalehman.
+- Diffs: add plugin-owned `viewerBaseUrl` so viewer links can use a stable proxy/public origin without passing `baseUrl` on every tool call. (#59341) Related #59227. Thanks @gumadeiras.
+- Matrix/plugin: emit spec-compliant `m.mentions` metadata across text sends, media captions, edits, poll fallback text, and action-driven edits so Matrix mentions notify reliably in clients like Element. (#59323) Thanks @gumadeiras.
+- Feishu/comments: add a dedicated Drive comment-event flow with comment-thread context resolution, in-thread replies, and `feishu_drive` comment actions for document collaboration workflows. (#58497) thanks @wittam-01.
+- WhatsApp/reactions: add `reactionLevel` guidance for agent reactions. Thanks @mcaxtr.
+- Diffs: add plugin-owned `viewerBaseUrl` so viewer links can use a stable proxy/public origin without passing `baseUrl` on every tool call. (#59341) Related #59227. Thanks @gumadeiras.
+- Agents/compaction: add `agents.defaults.compaction.notifyUser` so the `🧹 Compacting context...` start notice is opt-in instead of always being shown. (#54251) Thanks @oguricap0327.
+- Agents/compaction: resolve `agents.defaults.compaction.model` consistently for manual `/compact` and other context-engine compaction paths, so engine-owned compaction uses the configured override model across runtime entrypoints. (#56710) Thanks @oliviareid-svg
+- Channels/session routing: move provider-specific session conversation grammar into plugin-owned session-key surfaces, preserving Telegram topic routing and Feishu scoped inheritance across bootstrap, model override, restart, and tool-policy paths.
+- Plugins/hooks: add `before_agent_reply` so plugins can short-circuit the LLM with synthetic replies after inline actions. (#20067) Thanks @JoshuaLelon
+- Providers/runtime: add provider-owned replay hook surfaces for transcript policy, replay cleanup, and reasoning-mode dispatch. (#59143) Thanks @jalehman.
+- Tasks/TaskFlow: restore the core TaskFlow substrate with managed-vs-mirrored sync modes, durable flow state/revision tracking, and `openclaw flows` inspection/recovery primitives so background orchestration can persist and be operated separately from plugin authoring layers. (#58930) Thanks @mbelinky.
+- Tasks/TaskFlow: add managed child task spawning plus sticky cancel intent, so external orchestrators can stop scheduling immediately and let parent TaskFlows settle to `cancelled` once active child tasks finish. (#59610) Thanks @mbelinky.
+- Plugins/TaskFlow: add a bound `api.runtime.taskFlow` seam so plugins and trusted authoring layers can create and drive managed TaskFlows from host-resolved OpenClaw context without passing owner identifiers on each call. (#59622) Thanks @mbelinky.
+- Android/assistant: add assistant-role entrypoints plus Google Assistant App Actions metadata so Android can launch OpenClaw from the assistant trigger and hand prompts into the chat composer. (#59596) Thanks @obviyus.
 
 ### Fixes
 
-- Image generation/build: write stable runtime alias files into `dist/` and route provider-auth runtime lookups through those aliases so image-generation providers keep resolving auth/runtime modules after rebuilds instead of crashing on missing hashed chunk files.
-- Config/runtime: pin the first successful config load in memory for the running process and refresh that snapshot on successful writes/reloads, so hot paths stop reparsing `openclaw.json` between watcher-driven swaps.
-- Config/legacy cleanup: stop probing obsolete alternate legacy config names and service labels during local config/service detection, while keeping the active `~/.openclaw/openclaw.json` path canonical.
-- ACP/sessions_spawn: register ACP child runs for completion tracking and lifecycle cleanup, and make registration-failure cleanup explicitly best-effort so callers do not assume an already-started ACP turn was fully aborted. (#40885) Thanks @xaeon2026 and @vincentkoc.
-- ACP/tasks: mark cleanly exited ACP runs as blocked when they end on deterministic write or authorization blockers, and wake the parent session with a follow-up instead of falsely reporting success.
-- ACPX/runtime: derive the bundled ACPX expected version from the extension package metadata instead of hardcoding a separate literal, so plugin-local ACPX installs stop drifting out of health-check parity after version bumps. (#49089) Thanks @jiejiesks and @vincentkoc.
-- Gateway/auth: make local-direct `trusted-proxy` fallback require the configured shared token instead of silently authenticating same-host callers, while keeping same-host reverse proxy identity-header flows on the normal trusted-proxy path. Thanks @zhangning-agent and @vincentkoc.
-- Memory/QMD: send MCP `query` collection filters as the upstream `collections` array instead of the legacy singular `collection` field, so mcporter-backed QMD 1.1+ searches still scope correctly after the unified `query` tool migration. (#54728) Thanks @armanddp and @vincentkoc.
-- Memory/QMD: keep `qmd embed` active in `search` mode too, so BM25-first setups still build a complete index for later vector and hybrid retrieval. (#54509) Thanks @hnshah and @vincentkoc.
-- Memory/QMD: point `QMD_CONFIG_DIR` at the nested `xdg-config/qmd` directory so per-agent collection config resolves correctly. (#39078) Thanks @smart-tinker and @vincentkoc.
-- Memory/QMD: include deduplicated default plus per-agent `memorySearch.extraPaths` when building QMD custom collections, so shared and agent-specific extra roots both get indexed consistently. (#57315) Thanks @Vitalcheffe and @vincentkoc.
-- Memory/session indexer: include `.jsonl.reset.*` and `.jsonl.deleted.*` transcripts in the memory host session scan while still excluding `.jsonl.bak.*` compaction backups and lock files, so memory search sees archived session history without duplicating stale snapshots. Thanks @hclsys and @vincentkoc.
-- Agents/sandbox: honor `tools.sandbox.tools.alsoAllow`, let explicit sandbox re-allows remove matching built-in default-deny tools, and keep sandbox explain/error guidance aligned with the effective sandbox tool policy. (#54492) Thanks @ngutman.
-- LINE/ACP: add current-conversation binding and inbound binding-routing parity so `/acp spawn ... --thread here`, configured ACP bindings, and active conversation-bound ACP sessions work on LINE like the other conversation channels.
-- LINE/markdown: preserve underscores inside Latin, Cyrillic, and CJK words when stripping markdown, while still removing standalone `_italic_` markers on the shared text-runtime path used by LINE and TTS. (#47465) Thanks @jackjin1997.
-- TTS/Microsoft: auto-switch the default Edge voice to Chinese for CJK-dominant text without overriding explicitly selected Microsoft voices. (#52355) Thanks @extrasmall0.
-- Agents/context pruning: count supplementary-plane CJK characters with the shared code-point-aware estimator so context pruning stops underestimating Japanese and Chinese text that uses Extension B ideographs. (#39985) Thanks @Edward-Qiang-2024.
-- Slack/status reactions: add a reaction lifecycle for queued, thinking, tool, done, and error phases in Slack monitors, with safer cleanup so queued ack reactions stay correct across silent runs, pre-reply failures, and delayed transitions. (#56430) Thanks @hsiaoa.
-- macOS/local gateway: stop OpenClaw.app from killing healthy local gateway listeners after startup by recognizing the current `openclaw-gateway` process title and using the current `openclaw gateway` launch shape.
-- Gateway/OpenAI compatibility: accept flat Responses API function tool definitions on `/v1/responses` and preserve `strict` when normalizing hosted tools into the embedded runner, so spec-compliant clients like Codex no longer fail validation or silently lose strict tool enforcement. Thanks @malaiwah and @vincentkoc.
-- Memory/QMD: resolve slugified `memory_search` file hints back to the indexed filesystem path before returning search hits, so `memory_get` works again for mixed-case and spaced paths. (#50313) Thanks @erra9x.
-- OpenAI/Codex fast mode: map `/fast` to priority processing on native OpenAI and Codex Responses endpoints instead of rewriting reasoning settings, and document the exact endpoint and override behavior.
-- Memory/QMD: weight CJK-heavy text correctly when estimating chunk sizes, preserve surrogate-pair characters during fine splits, and keep long Latin lines on the old chunk boundaries so memory indexing produces better-sized chunks for CJK notes. (#40271) Thanks @AaronLuo00.
-- Security/LINE: make webhook signature validation run the timing-safe compare even when the supplied signature length is wrong, closing a small timing side-channel. (#55663) Thanks @gavyngong.
-- LINE/status: stop `openclaw status` from warning about missing credentials when sanitized LINE snapshots are already configured, while still surfacing whether the missing field is the token or secret. (#45701) Thanks @tamaosamu.
-- Gateway/health: carry webhook-vs-polling account mode from channel descriptors into runtime snapshots so passive channels like LINE and BlueBubbles skip false stale-socket health failures. (#47488) Thanks @karesansui-u.
-- Agents/MCP: reuse bundled MCP runtimes across turns in the same session, while recreating them when MCP config changes and disposing stale runtimes cleanly on session rollover. (#55090) Thanks @allan0509.
-- Memory/QMD: honor `memory.qmd.update.embedInterval` even when regular QMD update cadence is disabled or slower by arming a dedicated embed-cadence maintenance timer, while avoiding redundant timers when regular updates are already frequent enough. (#37326) Thanks @barronlroth.
-- Memory/QMD: add `memory.qmd.searchTool` as an exact mcporter tool override, so custom QMD MCP tools such as `hybrid_search` can be used without weakening the validated `searchMode` config surface. (#27801) Thanks @keramblock.
-- Memory/QMD: keep reset and deleted session transcripts in QMD session export so daily session resets do not silently drop most historical recall from `memory_search`. (#30220) Thanks @pushkarsingh32.
-- Memory/QMD: rebind collections when QMD reports a changed pattern but omits path metadata, so config pattern changes stop being silently ignored on restart. (#49897) Thanks @Madruru.
-- Memory/QMD: warn explicitly when `memory.backend=qmd` is configured but the `qmd` binary is missing, so doctor and runtime fallback no longer fail as a silent builtin downgrade. (#50439) Thanks @Jimmy-xuzimo and @vincentkoc.
-- Memory/QMD: pass a direct-session key on `openclaw memory search` so CLI QMD searches no longer get denied as `session=<none>` under direct-only scope defaults. (#43517) Thanks @waynecc-at and @vincentkoc.
-- Memory/QMD: keep `memory_search` session-hit paths roundtrip-safe when exported session markdown lives under the workspace `qmd/` directory, so `memory_get` can read the exact returned path instead of failing on the generic `qmd/sessions/...` alias. (#43519) Thanks @holgergruenhagen and @vincentkoc.
-- Agents/memory flush: keep daily memory flush files append-only during embedded attempts so compaction writes do not overwrite earlier notes. (#53725) Thanks @HPluseven.
-- Web UI/markdown: stop bare auto-links from swallowing adjacent CJK text while preserving valid mixed-script path and query characters in rendered links. (#48410) Thanks @jnuyao.
-- BlueBubbles/iMessage: coalesce URL-only inbound messages with their link-preview balloon again so sharing a bare link no longer drops the URL from agent context. Thanks @vincentkoc.
-- Sandbox/browser: install `fonts-noto-cjk` in the sandbox browser image so screenshots render Chinese, Japanese, and Korean text correctly instead of tofu boxes. Fixes #35597. Thanks @carrotRakko and @vincentkoc.
-- Memory/FTS: add configurable trigram tokenization plus short-CJK substring fallback so memory search can find Chinese, Japanese, and Korean text without breaking mixed long-and-short queries. Thanks @carrotRakko.
-- Hooks/config: accept runtime channel plugin ids in `hooks.mappings[].channel` (for example `feishu`) instead of rejecting non-core channels during config validation. (#56226) Thanks @AiKrai001.
-- TUI/chat: keep optimistic outbound user messages visible during active runs by deferring local-run binding until the first gateway chat event reveals the real run id, preventing premature history reloads from wiping pending local sends. (#54722) Thanks @seanturner001.
-- TUI/model picker: keep searchable `/model` and `/models` input mode from hijacking `j`/`k` as navigation keys, and harden width bounds under `m`-filtered model lists so search no longer crashes on long rows. (#30156) Thanks @briannicholls.
-- Agents/Kimi: preserve already-valid Anthropic-compatible tool call argument objects while still clearing cached repairs when later trailing junk exceeds the repair allowance. (#54491) Thanks @yuanaichi.
-- Docker/setup: force BuildKit for local image builds (including sandbox image builds) so `./docker-setup.sh` no longer fails on `RUN --mount=...` when hosts default to Docker's legacy builder. (#56681) Thanks @zhanghui-china.
-- Control UI/agents: auto-load agent workspace files on initial Files panel open, and populate overview model/workspace/fallbacks from effective runtime agent metadata so defaulted models no longer show as `Not set`. (#56637) Thanks @dxsx84.
-- Control UI/slash commands: make `/steer` and `/redirect` work from the chat command palette with visible pending state for active-run `/steer`, correct redirected-run tracking, and a single canonical `/steer` entry in the command menu. (#54625) Thanks @fuller-stack-dev.
-- Exec/runtime: default implicit exec to `host=auto`, resolve that target to sandbox only when a sandbox runtime exists, keep explicit `host=sandbox` fail-closed without sandbox, and show `/exec` effective host state in runtime status/docs.
-- Exec: fail closed when the implicit sandbox host has no sandbox runtime, and stop denied async approval followups from reusing prior command output from the same session. (#56800) Thanks @scoootscooob.
-- Exec/approvals: infer Discord and Telegram exec approvers from existing owner config when `execApprovals.approvers` is unset, extend the default approval window to 30 minutes, and clarify approval-unavailable guidance so approvals do not appear to silently disappear.
-- Exec/node: stop gateway-side workdir fallback from rewriting explicit `host=node` cwd values to the gateway filesystem, so remote node exec approval and runs keep using the intended node-local directory. (#50961) Thanks @openperf.
-- Plugins/ClawHub: sanitize temporary archive filenames for scoped package names and slash-containing skill slugs so `openclaw plugins install @scope/name` no longer fails with `ENOENT` during archive download. (#56452) Thanks @soimy.
-- Telegram/polling: keep the watchdog from aborting long-running reply delivery by treating recent non-polling API activity as bounded liveness instead of a hard stall. (#56343) Thanks @openperf.
-- Memory/FTS: keep provider-less keyword hits visible at the default memory-search threshold, so FTS-only recall works without requiring `--min-score 0`. (#56473) Thanks @opriz.
-- Memory/LanceDB: resolve runtime dependency manifest lookup from the bundled `extensions/memory-lancedb` path (including flattened dist chunks) so startup no longer fails with a missing `@lancedb/lancedb` dependency error. (#56623) Thanks @LUKSOAgent.
-- Tools/web_search: localize the shared search cache to module scope so same-process global symbol lookups can no longer inspect or mutate cached web-search responses. Thanks @vincentkoc.
-- Agents/silent turns: fail closed on silent memory-flush runs so narrated `NO_REPLY` self-talk cannot stream or finalize into external replies even when block streaming is enabled. (#52593)
-- Browser/plugins: auto-enable the bundled browser plugin when browser config or browser tool policy already references it, and show a clearer CLI error when `plugins.allow` excludes `browser`.
-- Matrix/plugin loading: ship and source-load the crypto bootstrap runtime sidecar correctly so current `main` stops warning about failed Matrix bootstrap loads and `matrix/index` plugin-id mismatches on every invocation. (#53298) thanks @keithce.
-- iOS/Live Activities: mark the `ActivityKit` import in `LiveActivityManager.swift` as `@preconcurrency` so Xcode 26.4 / Swift 6 builds stop failing on strict concurrency checks. (#57180) Thanks @ngutman.
-- Plugins/Matrix: mirror the Matrix crypto WASM runtime dependency into the root packaged install and enforce root/plugin dependency parity so bundled Matrix E2EE crypto resolves correctly in shipped builds. (#57163) Thanks @gumadeiras.
-- Plugins/CLI: add descriptor-backed lazy plugin CLI registration so Matrix can keep its CLI module lazy-loaded without dropping `openclaw matrix ...` from parse-time command registration. (#57165) Thanks @gumadeiras.
-- Plugins/CLI: collect root-help plugin descriptors through a dedicated non-activating CLI metadata path so enabled plugins keep validated config semantics without triggering runtime-only plugin registration work, while preserving runtime CLI command registration for legacy channel plugins that still wire commands from full registration. (#57294) thanks @gumadeiras.
-- Anthropic/OAuth: inject `/fast` `service_tier` hints for direct `sk-ant-oat-*` requests so OAuth-authenticated Anthropic runs stop missing the same overload-routing signal as API-key traffic. Fixes #55758. Thanks @Cypherm and @vincentkoc.
-- Anthropic/service tiers: support explicit `serviceTier` model params for direct Anthropic requests and let them override `/fast` defaults when both are set. (#45453) Thanks @vincentkoc.
-- Auto-reply/fast: accept `/fast status` on the directive-only path, align help/status text with the documented `status|on|off` syntax, and keep current-state replies consistent across command surfaces. Fixes #46095. Thanks @weissfl and @vincentkoc.
-- Telegram/native commands: prefix native command menu callback payloads and preserve `CommandSource: "native"` when Telegram replays them through callback queries, so `/fast` and other native command menus keep working even when text-command routing is disabled. Thanks @vincentkoc.
-- Docs/anchors: fix broken English docs links and make Mint anchor audits run against the English-source docs tree. (#57039) thanks @velvet-shark.
-- Cron/announce: preserve all deliverable text payloads for announce mode instead of collapsing to the last chunk, so multi-line cron reports deliver in full to Telegram forum topics.
-- Harden async approval followup delivery in webchat-only sessions (#57359) Thanks @joshavant.
-- Status: fix cache hit rate exceeding 100% by deriving denominator from prompt-side token fields instead of potentially undersized totalTokens. Fixes #26643.
-- Config/update: stop `openclaw doctor` write-backs from persisting plugin-injected channel defaults, so `openclaw update` no longer seeds config keys that later break service refresh validation. (#56834) Thanks @openperf.
-- Agents/Anthropic failover: treat Anthropic `api_error` payloads with `An unexpected error occurred while processing the response` as transient so retry/fallback can engage instead of surfacing a terminal failure. (#57441) Thanks @zijiess and @vincentkoc.
-- Agents/compaction: keep late compaction-retry rejections handled after the aggregate timeout path wins without swallowing real pre-timeout wait failures, so timed-out retries no longer surface an unhandled rejection on later unsubscribe. (#57451) Thanks @mpz4life and @vincentkoc.
-- Matrix/delivery recovery: treat Synapse `User not in room` replay failures as permanent during startup recovery so poisoned queued messages move to `failed/` instead of crash-looping Matrix after restart. (#57426) thanks @dlardo.
-- Plugins/facades: guard bundled plugin facade loads with a cache-first sentinel so circular re-entry stops crashing `xai`, `sglang`, and `vllm` during gateway plugin startup. (#57508) Thanks @openperf.
-- Agents/MCP: dispose bundled MCP runtimes after one-shot `openclaw agent --local` runs finish, while preserving bundled MCP state across in-run retries so local JSON runs exit cleanly without restarting stateful MCP tools mid-run.
+- Slack/mrkdwn formatting: add built-in Slack mrkdwn guidance in inbound context so Slack replies stop falling back to generic Markdown patterns that render poorly in Slack. (#59100) Thanks @jadewon.
+- WhatsApp/presence: send `unavailable` presence on connect in self-chat mode so personal-phone users stop losing all push notifications while the gateway is running. (#59410) Thanks @mcaxtr.
+- WhatsApp/media: add HTML, XML, and CSS to the MIME map and fall back gracefully for unknown media types instead of dropping the attachment. (#51562) Thanks @bobbyt74.
+- Matrix/onboarding: restore guided setup in `openclaw channels add` and `openclaw configure --section channels`, while keeping custom plugin wizards on the shared `setupWizard` seam. (#59462) Thanks @gumadeiras.
+- Matrix/streaming: keep live partial previews for the current assistant block while preserving completed block updates as separate messages when `channels.matrix.blockStreaming` is enabled. (#59384) thanks @gumadeiras
+- Feishu/comment threads: harden document comment-thread delivery so whole-document comments fall back to `add_comment`, delayed reply lookups retry more reliably, and user-visible replies avoid reasoning/planning spillover. (#59129) Thanks @wittam-01.
+- MS Teams/streaming: strip already-streamed text from fallback block delivery when replies exceed the 4000-character streaming limit so long responses stop duplicating content. (#59297) Thanks @bradgroux.
+- Slack/thread context: filter thread starter and history by the effective conversation allowlist without dropping valid open-room, DM, or group DM context. (#58380) Thanks @jacobtomlinson.
+- Mattermost/probes: route status probes through the SSRF guard and honor `allowPrivateNetwork` so connectivity checks stay safe for self-hosted Mattermost deployments. (#58529) Thanks @mappel-nv.
+- Zalo/webhook replay: scope replay dedupe key by chat and sender so reused message IDs across different chats or senders no longer collide, and harden metadata reads for partially missing payloads. (#58444)
+- QQBot/structured payloads: restrict local file paths to QQ Bot-owned media storage, block traversal outside that root, reduce path leakage in logs, and keep inline image data URLs working. (#58453) Thanks @jacobtomlinson.
+- Providers/streaming headers: centralize default and attribution header merging across OpenAI websocket, embedded-runner, and proxy stream paths so provider-specific headers stay consistent and caller overrides only win where intended. (#59542) Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Providers/Anthropic routing: centralize native-vs-proxy endpoint classification for direct Anthropic `service_tier` handling so spoofed or proxied hosts do not inherit native Anthropic defaults. (#59608) Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Providers/transport policy: centralize request auth, proxy, TLS, and header shaping across shared HTTP, stream, and websocket paths, block insecure TLS/runtime transport overrides, and keep proxy-hop TLS separate from target mTLS settings. (#59682) Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Browser/host inspection: keep static Chrome inspection helpers out of the activated browser runtime so `openclaw doctor browser` and related checks do not eagerly load the bundled browser plugin. (#59471) Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Gateway/exec loopback: restore legacy-role fallback for empty paired-device token maps and allow silent local role upgrades so local exec and node clients stop failing with pairing-required errors after `2026.3.31`. (#59092) Thanks @openperf.
+- Agents/output sanitization: strip namespaced `antml:thinking` blocks from user-visible text so Anthropic-style internal monologue tags do not leak into replies. (#59550) Thanks @obviyus.
+- Kimi Coding/tools: normalize Anthropic tool payloads into the OpenAI-compatible function shape Kimi Coding expects so tool calls stop losing required arguments. (#59440) Thanks @obviyus.
+- Image tool/paths: resolve relative local media paths against the agent `workspaceDir` instead of `process.cwd()` so inputs like `inbox/receipt.png` pass the local-path allowlist reliably. (#57222) Thanks Priyansh Gupta.
+- Browser/CDP: normalize trailing-dot localhost absolute-form hosts before loopback checks so remote CDP websocket URLs like `ws://localhost.:...` rewrite back to the configured remote host. (#59236) Thanks @mappel-nv.
+- Browser/host inspection: keep static Chrome inspection helpers out of the activated browser runtime so `openclaw doctor browser` and related checks do not eagerly load the bundled browser plugin. (#59471) Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Podman/launch: remove noisy container output from `scripts/run-openclaw-podman.sh` and align the Podman install guidance with the quieter startup flow. (#59368) Thanks @sallyom.
+- Plugins/runtime: keep LINE reply directives and browser-backed cleanup/reset flows working even when those plugins are disabled while tightening bundled plugin activation guards. (#59412) Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Providers/OpenAI-compatible routing: centralize native-vs-proxy request policy so hidden attribution and related OpenAI-family defaults only apply on verified native endpoints across stream, websocket, and shared audio HTTP paths. (#59433) Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Providers/media HTTP: centralize base URL normalization, default auth/header injection, and explicit header override handling across shared OpenAI-compatible audio, Deepgram audio, Gemini media/image, and Moonshot video request paths. (#59469) Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Providers/streaming headers: centralize default and attribution header merging across OpenAI websocket, embedded-runner, and proxy stream paths so provider-specific headers stay consistent and caller overrides only win where intended. (#59542) Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Providers/Anthropic routing: centralize native-vs-proxy endpoint classification for direct Anthropic `service_tier` handling so spoofed or proxied hosts do not inherit native Anthropic defaults. (#59608) Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Providers/Copilot: classify native GitHub Copilot API hosts in the shared provider endpoint resolver and harden token-derived proxy endpoint parsing so Copilot base URL routing stays centralized and fails closed on malformed hints. (#59644) Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- ACP/gateway reconnects: keep ACP prompts alive across transient websocket drops while still failing boundedly when reconnect recovery does not complete. (#59473) Thanks @obviyus.
+- ACP/gateway reconnects: reject stale pre-ack ACP prompts after reconnect grace expiry so callers fail cleanly instead of hanging indefinitely when the gateway never confirms the run.
+- Exec approvals/doctor: report host policy sources from the real approvals file path and ignore malformed host override values when attributing effective policy conflicts. (#59367) Thanks @gumadeiras.
+- Agents/subagents: pin admin-only subagent gateway calls to `operator.admin` while keeping `agent` at least privilege, so `sessions_spawn` no longer dies on loopback scope-upgrade pairing with `close(1008) "pairing required"`. (#59555) Thanks @openperf.
+- Exec approvals/config: strip invalid `security`, `ask`, and `askFallback` values from `~/.openclaw/exec-approvals.json` during normalization so malformed policy enums fall back cleanly to the documented defaults instead of corrupting runtime policy resolution. (#59112) Thanks @openperf.
+- Gateway/session kill: enforce HTTP operator scopes on session kill requests and gate authorization before session lookup so unauthenticated callers cannot probe session existence. (#59128) Thanks @jacobtomlinson.
+- MS Teams/logging: format non-`Error` failures with the shared unknown-error helper so logs stop collapsing caught SDK or Axios objects into `[object Object]`. (#59321) Thanks @bradgroux.
+- Gateway: prune empty `node-pending-work` state entries after explicit acknowledgments and natural expiry so the per-node state map no longer grows indefinitely. (#58179) Thanks @gavyngong.
+- Webhooks/secret comparison: replace ad-hoc timing-safe secret comparisons across BlueBubbles, Feishu, Mattermost, Telegram, Twilio, and Zalo webhook handlers with the shared `safeEqualSecret` helper and reject empty auth tokens in BlueBubbles. (#58432) Thanks @eleqtrizit.
+- OpenShell/mirror: constrain `remoteWorkspaceDir` and `remoteAgentWorkspaceDir` to the managed `/sandbox` and `/agent` roots so mirror sync cannot escape the intended remote workspace paths. (#58515) Thanks @eleqtrizit.
+- Plugins/activation: preserve explicit, auto-enabled, and default activation provenance plus reason metadata across CLI, gateway bootstrap, and status surfaces so plugin enablement state stays accurate after auto-enable resolution. (#59641) Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Exec/env: block additional host environment override pivots for package roots, language runtimes, compiler include paths, and credential/config locations so request-scoped exec cannot redirect trusted toolchains or config lookups. (#59233) Thanks @drobison00.
+- OpenShell/mirror sync: constrain mirror sync to managed roots only so user-added shell roots are no longer overwritten or removed during config synchronization. (#58515) Thanks @eleqtrizit.
+- Dotenv/workspace overrides: block workspace `.env` files from overriding `OPENCLAW_PINNED_PYTHON` and `OPENCLAW_PINNED_WRITE_PYTHON` so trusted helper interpreters cannot be redirected by repo-local env injection. (#58473) Thanks @eleqtrizit.
+- Plugins/install: accept JSON5 syntax in `openclaw.plugin.json` and bundle `plugin.json` manifests during install/validation, so third-party plugins with trailing commas, comments, or unquoted keys no longer fail to install. (#59084) Thanks @singleGanghood.
 
-## 2026.3.28
+## 2026.4.1-beta.1
+
+- Plugins/runtime: stop ambient core helper and setup paths from loading non-selected bundled plugins, keep channel-setup snapshot scoping safe for custom channel plugins, and honor env-scoped plugin auth paths. (#59136) Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Matrix/multi-account: keep room-level `account` scoping, inherited room overrides, and implicit account selection consistent across top-level default auth, named accounts, and cached-credential env setups. (#58449) thanks @Daanvdplas and @gumadeiras.
+- Gateway/pairing: prefer explicit QR bootstrap auth over earlier Tailscale auth classification so iOS `/pair qr` silent bootstrap pairing does not fall through to `pairing required`. (#59232) Thanks @ngutman.
+- Config/Discord: coerce safe integer numeric Discord IDs to strings during config validation, keep unsafe or precision-losing numeric snowflakes rejected, and align `openclaw doctor` repair guidance with the same fail-closed behavior. (#45125) Thanks @moliendocode.
+- Gateway/sessions: scope bare `sessions.create` aliases like `main` to the requested agent while preserving the canonical `global` and `unknown` sentinel keys. (#58207) thanks @jalehman.
+- `/context detail` now compares the tracked prompt estimate with cached context usage and surfaces untracked provider/runtime overhead when present. (#28391) thanks @ImLukeF.
+- Gateway/session reset: emit the typed `before_reset` hook for gateway `/new` and `/reset`, preserving reset-hook behavior even when the previous transcript has already been archived. (#53872) thanks @VACInc
+- Plugins/commands: pass the active host `sessionKey` into plugin command contexts, and include `sessionId` when it is already available from the active session entry, so bundled and third-party commands can resolve the current conversation reliably. (#59044) Thanks @jalehman.
+- Agents/auth: honor `models.providers.*.authHeader` for pi embedded runner model requests by injecting `Authorization: Bearer <apiKey>` when requested. (#54390) Thanks @lndyzwdxhs.
+- UI/compaction: keep the compaction indicator in a retry-pending state until the run actually finishes, so the UI does not show `Context compacted` before compaction actually finishes. (#55132) Thanks @mpz4life.
+- Cron/tool schemas: keep cron tool schemas strict-model-friendly while still preserving `failureAlert=false`, nullable `agentId`/`sessionKey`, and flattened add/update recovery for the newly exposed cron job fields. (#55043) Thanks @brunolorente.
+- BlueBubbles/config: accept `enrichGroupParticipantsFromContacts` in the core strict config schema so gateways no longer fail validation or startup when the BlueBubbles plugin writes that field. (#56889) Thanks @zqchris.
+- Agents/failover: classify AbortError and stream-abort messages as timeout so Ollama NDJSON stream aborts stop showing `reason=unknown` in model fallback logs. (#58324) Thanks @yelog
+- Exec approvals: route Slack, Discord, and Telegram approvals through the shared channel approval-capability path so native approval auth, delivery, and `/approve` handling stay aligned across channels while preserving Telegram session-key agent filtering. (#58634) thanks @gumadeiras
+- Matrix/runtime: resolve the verification/bootstrap runtime from a distinct packaged Matrix entry so global npm installs stop failing on crypto bootstrap with missing-module or recursive runtime alias errors. (#59249) Thanks @gumadeiras.
+- Matrix/streaming: preserve ordered block flushes before tool, message, and agent boundaries, add explicit `channels.matrix.blockStreaming` opt-in so Matrix `streaming: "off"` stays final-only by default, and move MiniMax plain-text final handling into the MiniMax provider runtime instead of the shared core heuristic. (#59266) thanks @gumadeiras
+- Agents/compaction: resolve compaction wait before final reply/channel flush completion so slow end-of-run delivery drains no longer delay compaction completion. (#59308) thanks @gumadeiras
+- Exec approvals: align approval UX, effective-policy reporting, and `allow-always` availability with the host policy so CLI, doctor, and approval surfaces explain the real host-effective decision path. (#59283) Thanks @gumadeiras.
+
+## 2026.4.2
+
+### Changes
+
+- macOS/Voice Wake: add the Voice Wake option to trigger Talk Mode. (#58490) Thanks @SmoothExec.
+- Tasks/chat: add `/tasks` as a chat-native background task board for the current session, with recent task details and agent-local fallback counts when no linked tasks are visible. Related #54226. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Web search/SearXNG: add the bundled SearXNG provider plugin for `web_search` with configurable host support. (#57317) Thanks @cgdusek.
+- Feishu/comments: add a dedicated Drive comment-event flow with comment-thread context resolution, in-thread replies, and `feishu_drive` comment actions for document collaboration workflows. (#58497) Thanks @wittam-01.
+- WhatsApp/reactions: add `reactionLevel` guidance for agent reactions. Thanks @mcaxtr.
+- Telegram/errors: add configurable `errorPolicy` and `errorCooldownMs` controls so Telegram can suppress repeated delivery errors per account, chat, and topic without muting distinct failures. (#51914) Thanks @chinar-amrutkar
+- Gateway/webchat: make `chat.history` text truncation configurable with `gateway.webchat.chatHistoryMaxChars` and per-request `maxChars`, while preserving silent-reply filtering and existing default payload limits. (#58900)
+- Amazon Bedrock/Guardrails: add Bedrock Guardrails support to the bundled provider. (#58588) Thanks @MikeORed.
+- ZAI/models: add `glm-5.1` and `glm-5v-turbo` to the bundled Z.AI provider catalog. (#58793) Thanks @tomsun28
+- Agents/default params: add `agents.defaults.params` for global default provider parameters. (#58548) Thanks @lpender.
+- Agents/failover: cap prompt-side and assistant-side same-provider auth-profile retries for rate-limit failures before cross-provider model fallback, add the `auth.cooldowns.rateLimitedProfileRotations` knob, and document the new fallback behavior. (#58707) Thanks @Forgely3D
+- Agents/compaction: resolve `agents.defaults.compaction.model` consistently for manual `/compact` and other context-engine compaction paths, so engine-owned compaction uses the configured override model across runtime entrypoints. (#56710) Thanks @oliviareid-svg
+- Cron/tools allowlist: add `openclaw cron --tools` for per-job tool allowlists. (#58504) Thanks @andyk-ms.
+- Channels/session routing: move provider-specific session conversation grammar into plugin-owned session-key surfaces, preserving Telegram topic routing and Feishu scoped inheritance across bootstrap, model override, restart, and tool-policy paths.
+
+### Fixes
+
+- Chat/error replies: stop leaking raw provider/runtime failures into external chat channels, return a friendly retry message instead, and add a specific `/new` hint for Bedrock toolResult/toolUse session mismatches. (#58831) Thanks @ImLukeF.
+- Sessions/model switching: keep `/model` changes queued behind busy runs instead of interrupting the active turn, and retarget queued followups so later work picks up the new model as soon as the current turn finishes.
+- Web UI/OpenResponses: preserve rewritten stream snapshots in webchat and keep OpenResponses final streamed text aligned when models rewind earlier output. (#58641) Thanks @neeravmakwana
+- Discord/inbound media: pass Discord attachment and sticker downloads through the shared idle-timeout and worker-abort path so slow or stuck inbound media fetches stop hanging message processing. (#58593) Thanks @aquaright1
+- Telegram/retries: keep non-idempotent sends on the strict safe-send path, retry wrapped pre-connect failures, and preserve `429` / `retry_after` backoff for safe delivery retries. (#51895) Thanks @chinar-amrutkar
+- Telegram/exec approvals: route topic-aware exec approval followups through Telegram-owned threading and approval-target parsing, so forum-topic approvals stay in the originating topic instead of falling back to the root chat. (#58783)
+- Telegram/local Bot API: preserve media MIME types for absolute-path downloads so local audio files still trigger transcription and other MIME-based handling. (#54603) Thanks @jzakirov
+- Channels/WhatsApp: pass inbound message timestamp to model context so the AI can see when WhatsApp messages were sent. (#58590) Thanks @Maninae
+- QQBot/voice: lazy-load `silk-wasm` in `audio-convert.ts` so qqbot still starts when the optional voice dependency is missing, while voice encode/decode degrades gracefully instead of crashing at module load time. (#58829) Thanks @WideLee.
+- Config/Telegram: migrate removed `channels.telegram.groupMentionsOnly` into `channels.telegram.groups["*"].requireMention` on load so legacy configs no longer crash at startup. (#55336) thanks @jameslcowan.
+- Ollama/model picker: show only Ollama models after provider selection in the CLI picker. (#55290) Thanks @Luckymingxuan.
+- MiniMax/plugins: auto-enable the bundled MiniMax plugin for API-key auth/config so MiniMax image generation and other plugin-owned capabilities load without manual plugin allowlisting. (#57127) Thanks @tars90percent.
+- Plugins/bundled runtimes: restore externalized bundled plugin runtime dependency staging across packed installs, Docker builds, and local runtime staging so bundled plugins keep their declared runtime deps after the 2026.3.31 externalization change. (#58782)
+- LINE/runtime: resolve the packaged runtime contract from the built `dist/plugins/runtime` layout so LINE channels start correctly again after global npm installs on `2026.3.31`. (#58799) Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Tasks/status: hide stale completed background tasks from `/status` and `session_status`, prefer live task context, and show recent failures only when no active work remains. (#58661) Thanks @vincentkoc
+- Tasks/gateway: keep the task registry maintenance sweep from stalling the gateway event loop under synchronous SQLite pressure, so upgraded gateways stop hanging about a minute after startup. (#58670) Thanks @openperf
+- Tasks/gateway: re-check the current task record before maintenance marks runs lost or prunes them, so a task heartbeat or cleanup update that lands during a sweep no longer gets overwritten by stale snapshot state.
+- Subagents/tasks: keep subagent completion and cleanup from crashing when task-registry writes fail, so a corrupt or missing task row no longer takes down the gateway during lifecycle finalization. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Gateway/reload: ignore startup config writes by persisted hash in the config reloader so generated auth tokens and seeded Control UI origins do not trigger a restart loop, while real `gateway.auth.*` edits still require restart. (#58678) Thanks @yelog
+- Exec/approvals: honor `exec-approvals.json` security defaults when inline or configured tool policy is unset, and keep Slack and Discord native approval handling aligned with inferred approvers and real channel enablement so remote exec stops falling into false approval timeouts and disabled states. Thanks @scoootscooob and @vincentkoc.
+- Exec/approvals: make `allow-always` persist as durable user-approved trust instead of behaving like `allow-once`, reuse exact-command trust on shell-wrapper paths that cannot safely persist an executable allowlist entry, keep static allowlist entries from silently bypassing `ask:"always"`, and require explicit approval when Windows cannot build an allowlist execution plan instead of hard-dead-ending remote exec. Thanks @scoootscooob and @vincentkoc.
+- Exec/cron: resolve isolated cron no-route approval dead-ends from the effective host fallback policy when trusted automation is allowed, and make `openclaw doctor` warn when `tools.exec` is broader than `~/.openclaw/exec-approvals.json` so stricter host-policy conflicts are explicit. Thanks @scoootscooob and @vincentkoc.
+- Gateway/HTTP: skip failing HTTP request stages so one broken facade no longer forces every HTTP endpoint to return 500. (#58746) Thanks @yelog
+- Gateway/nodes: stop pinning live node commands to the approved node-pair record. Node pairing remains a trust/token flow, while per-node `system.run` policy stays in that node's exec approvals config. Fixes #58824.
+- WebChat/exec approvals: use native approval UI guidance in agent system prompts instead of telling agents to paste manual `/approve` commands in webchat sessions. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Channels/QQ Bot: keep `/bot-logs` export gated behind a truly explicit QQBot allowlist, rejecting wildcard and mixed wildcard entries while preserving the real framework command path. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Channels/plugins: keep bundled channel plugins loadable from legacy `channels.<id>` config even under restrictive plugin allowlists, and make `openclaw doctor` warn only on real plugin blockers instead of misleading setup guidance. (#58873) Thanks @obviyus
+- CDP/profiles: prefer `cdpPort` over stale WebSocket URLs so browser automation reconnects cleanly. (#58499) Thanks @Mlightsnow.
+- Media/paths: resolve relative `MEDIA` paths against the agent workspace so local attachment references keep working. (#58624) Thanks @aquaright1.
+- Memory/session indexing: keep full reindexes from skipping session transcripts when sync is triggered by `session-start` or `watch`, so restart-driven reindexes preserve session memory. (#39732) Thanks @upupc
+- Memory/QMD: prefer `--mask` over `--glob` when creating QMD collections so default memory collections keep their intended patterns and stop colliding on restart. (#58643) Thanks @GitZhangChi.
+- Sandbox/browser: compare browser runtime inspection against `agents.defaults.sandbox.browser.image` so `openclaw sandbox list --browser` stops reporting healthy browser containers as image mismatches. (#58759) Thanks @sandpile.
+- Plugins/install: forward `--dangerously-force-unsafe-install` through archive and npm-spec plugin installs so the documented override reaches the security scanner on those install paths. (#58879) Thanks @ryanlee-gemini.
+- Auto-reply/commands: strip inbound metadata before slash command detection so wrapped `/model`, `/new`, and `/status` commands are recognized. (#58725) Thanks @Mlightsnow.
+- Agents/Anthropic: preserve thinking blocks and signatures across replay, cache-control patching, and context pruning so compacted Anthropic sessions continue working instead of failing on later turns. (#58916) Thanks @obviyus
+- Agents/Anthropic: recover cleanly after a crash leaves the latest assistant turn with incomplete thinking blocks, dropping or retrying the corrupted turn instead of getting stuck on later Anthropic requests. Thanks @explainanalyze. Maintainer refresh: vincentkoc.
+- Agents/failover: unify structured and raw provider error classification so provider-specific `400`/`422` payloads no longer get forced into generic format failures before retry, billing, or compaction logic can inspect them. (#58856) Thanks @aaron-he-zhu.
+- Auth profiles/store: coerce misplaced SecretRef objects out of plaintext `key` and `token` fields during store load so agents without ACP runtime stop crashing on `.trim()` after upgrade. (#58923) Thanks @openperf.
+- ACPX/runtime: repair `queue owner unavailable` session recovery by replacing dead named sessions and resuming the backend session when ACPX exposes a stable session id, so the first ACP prompt no longer inherits a dead handle. (#58669) Thanks @neeravmakwana
+- ACPX/runtime: retry dead-session queue-owner repair without `--resume-session` when the reported ACPX session id is stale, so recovery still creates a fresh named session instead of failing session init. Thanks @obviyus.
+- Auth/OpenAI Codex: persist plugin-refreshed OAuth credentials to `auth-profiles.json` before returning them, so rotated Codex refresh tokens survive restart and stop falling into `refresh_token_reused` loops. (#53082)
+- Agents/Anthropic: honor explicit `cacheRetention` for custom providers using `anthropic-messages`, so Anthropic-compatible proxy providers can reuse prompt caching when they opt in. (#59049) Thanks @wwerst and @vincentkoc.
+- Discord/gateway: hand reconnect ownership back to Carbon, keep runtime status aligned with close/reconnect state, and force-stop sockets that open without reaching READY so Discord monitors recover promptly instead of waiting on stale health timeouts. (#59019) Thanks @obviyus
+- Control UI/build: stop `pnpm ui:build` from reinstalling the UI with production-only dependencies, so fresh self-healing UI builds keep `vite` available instead of failing before asset generation. (#59267) Thanks @juliabush.
+
+## 2026.3.31
 
 ### Breaking
 
-- Providers/Qwen: remove the deprecated `qwen-portal-auth` OAuth integration for `portal.qwen.ai`; migrate to Model Studio with `openclaw onboard --auth-choice modelstudio-api-key`. (#52709) Thanks @pomelo-nwu.
-- Config/Doctor: drop automatic config migrations older than two months; very old legacy keys now fail validation instead of being rewritten on load or by `openclaw doctor`.
+- Nodes/exec: remove the duplicated `nodes.run` shell wrapper from the CLI and agent `nodes` tool so node shell execution always goes through `exec host=node`, keeping node-specific capabilities on `nodes invoke` and the dedicated media/location/notify actions.
+- Plugin SDK: deprecate the legacy provider compat subpaths plus the older bundled provider setup and channel-runtime compatibility shims, emit migration warnings, and keep the current documented `openclaw/plugin-sdk/*` entrypoints plus local `api.ts` / `runtime-api.ts` barrels as the forward path ahead of a future major-release removal.
+- Skills/install and Plugins/install: built-in dangerous-code `critical` findings and install-time scan failures now fail closed by default, so plugin installs and gateway-backed skill dependency installs that previously succeeded may now require an explicit dangerous override such as `--dangerously-force-unsafe-install` to proceed.
+- Gateway/auth: `trusted-proxy` now rejects mixed shared-token configs, and local-direct fallback requires the configured token instead of implicitly authenticating same-host callers. Thanks @zhangning-agent, @jacobtomlinson, and @vincentkoc.
+- Gateway/node commands: node commands now stay disabled until node pairing is approved, so device pairing alone is no longer enough to expose declared node commands. (#57777) Thanks @jacobtomlinson.
+- Gateway/node events: node-originated runs now stay on a reduced trusted surface, so notification-driven or node-triggered flows that previously relied on broader host/session tool access may need adjustment. (#57691) Thanks @jacobtomlinson.
+
+### Changes
+
+- ACP/plugins: add an explicit default-off ACPX plugin-tools MCP bridge config, document the trust boundary, and harden the built-in bridge packaging/logging path so global installs and stdio MCP sessions work reliably. (#56867) Thanks @joe2643.
+- Agents/LLM: add a configurable idle-stream timeout for embedded runner requests so stalled model streams abort cleanly instead of hanging until the broader run timeout fires. (#55072) Thanks @liuy.
+- Docs/plugins: update the community wecom and qqbot plugin listing to the docs catalog. (#57641) Thanks @sliverp.
+- Agents/MCP: materialize bundle MCP tools with provider-safe names (`serverName__toolName`), support optional `streamable-http` transport selection plus per-server connection timeouts, and preserve real tool results from aborted/error turns unless truncation explicitly drops them. (#49505) Thanks @ziomancer.
+- Android/notifications: add notification-forwarding controls with package filtering, quiet hours, rate limiting, and safer picker behavior for forwarded notification events. (#40175) Thanks @nimbleenigma.
+- Background tasks: turn tasks into a real shared background-run control plane instead of ACP-only bookkeeping by unifying ACP, subagent, cron, and background CLI execution under one SQLite-backed ledger, routing detached lifecycle updates through the executor seam, adding audit/maintenance/status visibility, tightening auto-cleanup and lost-run recovery, improving task awareness in internal status/tool surfaces, and clarifying the split between heartbeat/main-session automation and detached scheduled runs. Thanks @mbelinky and @vincentkoc.
+- Background tasks: add the first linear task flow control surface with `openclaw tasks list|show|cancel`, keep manual multi-task flows separate from one-task auto-sync flows, and surface doctor recovery hints for obviously orphaned or broken flow/task linkage. Thanks @mbelinky and @vincentkoc.
+- Channels/QQ Bot: add QQ Bot as a bundled channel plugin with multi-account setup, SecretRef-aware credentials, slash commands, reminders, and media send/receive support. (#52986) Thanks @sliverp.
+- Diffs: skip unused viewer-versus-file SSR preload work so `diffs` view-only and file-only runs do less render work while keeping mode outputs aligned. (#57909) thanks @gumadeiras.
+- Tasks: add a minimal SQLite-backed task flow registry plus task-to-flow linkage scaffolding, so orchestrated work can start gaining a first-class parent record without changing current task delivery behavior. Thanks @mbelinky and @vincentkoc.
+- Tasks: persist blocked state on one-task task flows and let the same flow reopen cleanly on retry, so blocked detached work can carry a parent-level reason and continue without fragmenting into a new job. Thanks @mbelinky and @vincentkoc.
+- Tasks: route one-task ACP and subagent updates through a parent task-flow owner context, so detached work can emerge back through the intended parent thread/session instead of speaking only as a raw child task. Thanks @mbelinky and @vincentkoc.
+- LINE/outbound media: add LINE image, video, and audio outbound sends on the LINE-specific delivery path, including explicit preview/tracking handling for videos while keeping generic media sends on the existing image-only route. (#45826) Thanks @masatohoshino.
+- Matrix/history: add optional room history context for Matrix group triggers via `channels.matrix.historyLimit`, with per-agent watermarks and retry-safe snapshots so failed trigger retries do not drift into newer room messages. (#57022) thanks @chain710.
+- Matrix/network: add explicit `channels.matrix.proxy` config for routing Matrix traffic through an HTTP(S) proxy, including account-level overrides and matching probe/runtime behavior. (#56931) thanks @patrick-yingxi-pan.
+- Matrix/streaming: add draft streaming so partial Matrix replies update the same message in place instead of sending a new message for each chunk. (#56387) Thanks @jrusz.
+- Matrix/threads: add per-DM `threadReplies` overrides and keep thread session isolation aligned with the effective room or DM thread policy from the triggering message onward. (#57995) thanks @teconomix.
+- MCP: add remote HTTP/SSE server support for `mcp.servers` URL configs, including auth headers and safer config redaction for MCP credentials. (#50396) Thanks @dhananjai1729.
+- Memory/QMD: add per-agent `memorySearch.qmd.extraCollections` so agents can opt into cross-agent session search without flattening every transcript collection into one shared QMD namespace. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Microsoft Teams/member info: add a Graph-backed member info action so Teams automations and tools can resolve channel member details directly from Microsoft Graph. (#57528) Thanks @sudie-codes.
+- Nostr/inbound DMs: verify inbound event signatures before pairing or sender-authorization side effects, so forged DM events no longer create pairing requests or trigger reply attempts. Thanks @smaeljaish771 and @vincentkoc.
+- OpenAI/Responses: forward configured `text.verbosity` across Responses HTTP and WebSocket transports, surface it in `/status`, and keep per-agent verbosity precedence aligned with runtime behavior. (#47106) Thanks @merc1305 and @vincentkoc.
+- Pi/Codex: add native Codex web search support for embedded Pi runs, including config/docs/wizard coverage and managed-tool suppression when native Codex search is active. (#46579) Thanks @Evizero.
+- Slack/exec approvals: add native Slack approval routing and approver authorization so exec approval prompts can stay in Slack instead of falling back to the Web UI or terminal. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- TTS: Add structured provider diagnostics and fallback attempt analytics. (#57954) Thanks @joshavant.
+- WhatsApp/reactions: agents can now react with emoji on incoming WhatsApp messages, enabling more natural conversational interactions like acknowledging a photo with ❤️ instead of typing a reply. Thanks @mcaxtr.
+- Agents/BTW: force `/btw` side questions to disable provider reasoning so Anthropic adaptive-thinking sessions stop failing with `No BTW response generated`. Fixes #55376. Thanks @Catteres and @vincentkoc.
+- CLI/onboarding: reset the remote gateway URL prompt to the safe loopback default after declining a discovered endpoint, so onboarding does not keep a previously rejected remote URL. (#57828)
+- Agents/exec defaults: honor per-agent `tools.exec` defaults when no inline directive or session override is present, so configured exec host, security, ask, and node settings actually apply. (#57689)
+- Sandbox/networking: sanitize SSH subprocess env vars through the shared sandbox policy and route marketplace archive downloads plus Ollama discovery, auth, and pull requests through the guarded fetch path so sandboxed execution and remote fetches follow the repo's trust boundaries. (#57848, #57850)
+
+### Fixes
+
+- Slack: stop retry-driven duplicate replies when draft-finalization edits fail ambiguously, and log configured allowlisted users/channels by readable name instead of raw IDs.
+- Agents/OpenAI Responses: normalize raw bundled MCP tool schemas on the WebSocket/Responses path so bare-object, object-ish, and top-level union MCP tools no longer get rejected by OpenAI during tool registration. (#58299) Thanks @yelog.
+- ACP/security: replace ACP's dangerous-tool name override with semantic approval classes, so only narrow readonly reads/searches can auto-approve while indirect exec-capable and control-plane tools always require explicit prompt approval. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- ACP/sessions_spawn: register ACP child runs for completion tracking and lifecycle cleanup, and make registration-failure cleanup explicitly best-effort so callers do not assume an already-started ACP turn was fully aborted. (#40885) Thanks @xaeon2026 and @vincentkoc.
+- ACP/tasks: mark cleanly exited ACP runs as blocked when they end on deterministic write or authorization blockers, and wake the parent session with a follow-up instead of falsely reporting success.
+- ACPX/runtime: derive the bundled ACPX expected version from the extension package metadata instead of hardcoding a separate literal, so plugin-local ACPX installs stop drifting out of health-check parity after version bumps. (#49089) Thanks @jiejiesks and @vincentkoc.
+- Agents/Anthropic failover: treat Anthropic `api_error` payloads with `An unexpected error occurred while processing the response` as transient so retry/fallback can engage instead of surfacing a terminal failure. (#57441) Thanks @zijiess and @vincentkoc.
+- Agents/compaction: keep late compaction-retry completions from double-resolving finished compaction futures, so interrupted or timed-out compactions stop surfacing spurious second-completion races. (#57796) Thanks @joshavant.
+- Agents/disabled providers: make disabled providers disappear from default model selection and embedded provider fallback, while letting explicitly pinned disabled providers fail with a clear config error instead of silently taking traffic. (#57735) Thanks @rileybrown-dev and @vincentkoc.
+- Agents/OAuth output: force exec-host OAuth output readers through the gateway fs policy so embedded gateway runs stop crashing when provider auth writes land outside the current sandbox workspace. (#58249) Thanks @joshavant.
+- Agents/system prompt: fix `agent.name` interpolation in the embedded runtime system prompt and make provider/model fallback text reflect the effective runtime selection after start. (#57625) Thanks @StllrSvr and @vincentkoc.
+- Android/device info: read the app's version metadata from the package manager instead of hidden APIs so Android 15+ onboarding and device info no longer fail to compile or report placeholder values. (#58126) Thanks @L3ER0Y.
+- Android/pairing: stop appending duplicate push receiver entries to `gateway-service.conf` on repeated QR pairing and keep push registration bounded to the current successful pairing, so Android push delivery stays healthy across re-pair and token rotation. (#58256) Thanks @surrealroad.
+- App install smoke: pin the latest-release lookup to `latest`, cache the first stable install version across the rerun, and relax prerelease package assertions so the Parallels smoke lane can validate stable-to-main upgrades even when `beta` moves ahead or the guest starts from an older stable. (#58177) Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Auth/profiles: keep the last successful config load in memory for the running process and refresh that snapshot on successful writes/reloads, so hot paths stop reparsing `openclaw.json` between watcher-driven swaps.
+- Config/SecretRef + Control UI: harden SecretRef redaction round-trip restore, block unsafe raw fallback (force Form mode when raw is unavailable), and preflight submitted-config SecretRefs before config write RPC persistence. (#58044) Thanks @joshavant.
+- Config/update: stop `openclaw doctor` write-backs from persisting plugin-injected channel defaults, so `openclaw update` no longer seeds config keys that later break service refresh validation. (#56834) Thanks @openperf.
+- Control UI/agents: auto-load agent workspace files on initial Files panel open, and populate overview model/workspace/fallbacks from effective runtime agent metadata so defaulted models no longer show as `Not set`. (#56637) Thanks @dxsx84.
+- Control UI/slash commands: make `/steer` and `/redirect` work from the chat command palette with visible pending state for active-run `/steer`, correct redirected-run tracking, and a single canonical `/steer` entry in the command menu. (#54625) Thanks @fuller-stack-dev.
+- Cron/announce: preserve all deliverable text payloads for announce mode instead of collapsing to the last chunk, so multi-line cron reports deliver in full to Telegram forum topics.
+- Cron/isolated sessions: carry the full live-session provider, model, and auth-profile selection across retry restarts so cron jobs with model overrides no longer fail or loop on mid-run model-switch requests. (#57972) Thanks @issaba1.
+- Diffs/config: preserve schema-shaped plugin config parsing from `diffsPluginConfigSchema.safeParse()`, so direct callers keep `defaults` and `security` sections instead of receiving flattened tool defaults. (#57904) Thanks @gumadeiras.
+- Diffs: fall back to plain text when `lang` hints are invalid during diff render and viewer hydration, so bad or stale language values no longer break the diff viewer. (#57902) Thanks @gumadeiras.
+- Discord/voice: enforce the same guild channel and member allowlist checks on spoken voice ingress before transcription, so joined voice channels no longer accept speech from users outside the configured Discord access policy. Thanks @cyjhhh and @vincentkoc.
+- Docker/setup: force BuildKit for local image builds (including sandbox image builds) so `./docker-setup.sh` no longer fails on `RUN --mount=...` when hosts default to Docker's legacy builder. (#56681) Thanks @zhanghui-china.
+- Docs/anchors: fix broken English docs links and make Mint anchor audits run against the English-source docs tree. (#57039) thanks @velvet-shark.
+- Doctor/plugins: skip false Matrix legacy-helper warnings when no migration plans exist, and keep bundled `enabledByDefault` plugins in the gateway startup set. (#57931) Thanks @dinakars777.
+- Exec approvals/macOS: unwrap `arch` and `xcrun` before deriving shell payloads and allow-always patterns, so wrapper approvals stay bound to the carried command instead of the outer carrier. Thanks @tdjackey and @vincentkoc.
+- Exec approvals: unwrap `caffeinate` and `sandbox-exec` before persisting allow-always trust so later shell payload changes still require a fresh approval. Thanks @tdjackey and @vincentkoc.
+- Exec/approvals: infer Discord and Telegram exec approvers from existing owner config when `execApprovals.approvers` is unset, extend the default approval window to 30 minutes, and clarify approval-unavailable guidance so approvals do not appear to silently disappear.
+- Pi/TUI: flush message-boundary replies at `message_end` so turns stop looking stuck until the next nudge when the final reply was already ready. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Status/tasks: fall back to same-agent task counts in `/status` when the current session has no linked tasks, keeping the default view useful without exposing other sessions' task details. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Status/auto-reply: stop status-only turns from replying twice when inline `/status` handling already produced the reply, so Discord and other chat surfaces no longer emit duplicate status cards. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Exec/approvals: keep `awk` and `sed` family binaries out of the low-risk `safeBins` fast path, and stop doctor profile scaffolding from treating them like ordinary custom filters. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Exec/env: block proxy, TLS, and Docker endpoint env overrides in host execution so request-scoped commands cannot silently reroute outbound traffic or trust attacker-supplied certificate settings. Thanks @AntAISecurityLab.
+- Exec/env: block Python package index override variables from request-scoped host exec environment sanitization so package fetches cannot be redirected through a caller-supplied index. Thanks @nexrin and @vincentkoc.
+- Exec/node: stop gateway-side workdir fallback from rewriting explicit `host=node` cwd values to the gateway filesystem, so remote node exec approval and runs keep using the intended node-local directory. (#50961) Thanks @openperf.
+- Exec/runtime: default implicit exec to `host=auto`, resolve that target to sandbox only when a sandbox runtime exists, keep explicit `host=sandbox` fail-closed without sandbox, and show `/exec` effective host state in runtime status/docs.
+- Exec: fail closed when the implicit sandbox host has no sandbox runtime, and stop denied async approval followups from reusing prior command output from the same session. (#56800) Thanks @scoootscooob.
+- Feishu/groups: keep quoted replies and topic bootstrap context aligned with group sender allowlists so only allowlisted thread messages seed agent context. Thanks @AntAISecurityLab and @vincentkoc.
+- Gateway/attachments: offload large inbound images without leaking `media://` markers into text-only runs, preserve mixed attachment order for model input/transcripts, and fail closed when model image capability cannot be resolved. (#55513) Thanks @Syysean.
+- Gateway/auth: keep shared-auth rate limiting active during WebSocket handshake attempts even when callers also send device-token candidates, so bogus device-token fields no longer suppress shared-secret brute-force tracking. Thanks @kexinoh and @vincentkoc.
+- Gateway/auth: reject mismatched browser `Origin` headers on trusted-proxy HTTP operator requests while keeping origin-less headless proxy clients working. Thanks @AntAISecurityLab and @vincentkoc.
+- Gateway/device tokens: disconnect active device sessions after token rotation so newly rotated credentials revoke existing live connections immediately instead of waiting for those sockets to close naturally. Thanks @zsxsoft and @vincentkoc.
+- Gateway/health: carry webhook-vs-polling account mode from channel descriptors into runtime snapshots so passive channels like LINE and BlueBubbles skip false stale-socket health failures. (#47488) Thanks @karesansui-u.
+- Gateway/pairing: restore QR bootstrap onboarding handoff so fresh `/pair qr` iPhone setup can auto-approve the initial node pairing, receive a reusable node device token, and stop retrying with spent bootstrap auth. (#58382) Thanks @ngutman.
+- Gateway/OpenAI compatibility: accept flat Responses API function tool definitions on `/v1/responses` and preserve `strict` when normalizing hosted tools into the embedded runner, so spec-compliant clients like Codex no longer fail validation or silently lose strict tool enforcement. Thanks @malaiwah and @vincentkoc.
+- Gateway/OpenAI HTTP: restore default operator scopes for bearer-authenticated requests that omit `x-openclaw-scopes`, so headless `/v1/chat/completions` and session-history callers work again after the recent method-scope hardening. (#57596) Thanks @openperf.
+- Gateway/plugins: scope plugin-auth HTTP route runtime clients to read-only access and keep gateway-authenticated plugin routes on write scope, so plugin-owned webhook handlers do not inherit write-capable runtime access by default. Thanks @davidluzsilva and @vincentkoc.
+- Gateway/SecretRef: resolve restart token drift checks with merged service/runtime env sources and hard-fail unsupported mutable SecretRef plus OAuth-profile combinations so restart warnings and policy enforcement match runtime behavior. (#58141) Thanks @joshavant.
+- Gateway/tools HTTP: tighten HTTP tool-invoke authorization so owner-only tools stay off HTTP invoke paths. (#57773) Thanks @jacobtomlinson.
+- Harden async approval followup delivery in webchat-only sessions (#57359) Thanks @joshavant.
+- Heartbeat/auth: prevent exec-event heartbeat runs from inheriting owner-only tool access from the session delivery target, so node exec output stays on the non-owner tool surface even when the target session belongs to the owner. Thanks @AntAISecurityLab and @vincentkoc.
+- Hooks/config: accept runtime channel plugin ids in `hooks.mappings[].channel` (for example `feishu`) instead of rejecting non-core channels during config validation. (#56226) Thanks @AiKrai001.
+- Hooks/session routing: rebind hook-triggered `agent:` session keys to the actual target agent before isolated dispatch so dedicated hook agents keep their own session-scoped tool and plugin identity. Thanks @kexinoh and @vincentkoc.
+- Host exec/env: block additional request-scoped env overrides that can redirect Docker endpoints, trust roots, compiler include paths, package resolution, or Python environment roots during approved host runs. Thanks @tdjackey and @vincentkoc.
+- Image generation/build: write stable runtime alias files into `dist/` and route provider-auth runtime lookups through those aliases so image-generation providers keep resolving auth/runtime modules after rebuilds instead of crashing on missing hashed chunk files.
+- iOS/Live Activities: mark the `ActivityKit` import in `LiveActivityManager.swift` as `@preconcurrency` so Xcode 26.4 / Swift 6 builds stop failing on strict concurrency checks. (#57180) Thanks @ngutman.
+- LINE/ACP: add current-conversation binding and inbound binding-routing parity so `/acp spawn ... --thread here`, configured ACP bindings, and active conversation-bound ACP sessions work on LINE like the other conversation channels.
+- LINE/markdown: preserve underscores inside Latin, Cyrillic, and CJK words when stripping markdown, while still removing standalone `_italic_` markers on the shared text-runtime path used by LINE and TTS. (#47465) Thanks @jackjin1997.
+- Agents/failover: make overloaded same-provider retry count and retry delay configurable via `auth.cooldowns`, default to one retry with no delay, and document the model-fallback behavior.
+- Ollama/model picker: include configured Ollama models in the opted-in non-PI-native model catalog path so Ollama onboarding shows available models directly after provider selection. (#55290) Thanks @Luckymingxuan.
+
+## 2026.3.31-beta.1
+
+### Breaking
+
+- Nodes/exec: remove the duplicated `nodes.run` shell wrapper from the CLI and agent `nodes` tool so node shell execution always goes through `exec host=node`, keeping node-specific capabilities on `nodes invoke` and the dedicated media/location/notify actions.
+- Plugin SDK: deprecate the legacy provider compat subpaths plus the older bundled provider setup and channel-runtime compatibility shims, emit migration warnings, and keep the current documented `openclaw/plugin-sdk/*` entrypoints plus local `api.ts` / `runtime-api.ts` barrels as the forward path ahead of a future major-release removal.
+- Skills/install and Plugins/install: built-in dangerous-code `critical` findings and install-time scan failures now fail closed by default, so plugin installs and gateway-backed skill dependency installs that previously succeeded may now require an explicit dangerous override such as `--dangerously-force-unsafe-install` to proceed.
+- Gateway/auth: `trusted-proxy` now rejects mixed shared-token configs, and local-direct fallback requires the configured token instead of implicitly authenticating same-host callers. Thanks @zhangning-agent, @jacobtomlinson, and @vincentkoc.
+- Gateway/node commands: node commands now stay disabled until node pairing is approved, so device pairing alone is no longer enough to expose declared node commands. (#57777) Thanks @jacobtomlinson.
+- Gateway/node events: node-originated runs now stay on a reduced trusted surface, so notification-driven or node-triggered flows that previously relied on broader host/session tool access may need adjustment. (#57691) Thanks @jacobtomlinson.
+
+### Changes
+
+- ACP/plugins: add an explicit default-off ACPX plugin-tools MCP bridge config, document the trust boundary, and harden the built-in bridge packaging/logging path so global installs and stdio MCP sessions work reliably. (#56867) Thanks @joe2643.
+- Agents/LLM: add a configurable idle-stream timeout for embedded runner requests so stalled model streams abort cleanly instead of hanging until the broader run timeout fires. (#55072) Thanks @liuy.
+- Agents/MCP: materialize bundle MCP tools with provider-safe names (`serverName__toolName`), support optional `streamable-http` transport selection plus per-server connection timeouts, and preserve real tool results from aborted/error turns unless truncation explicitly drops them. (#49505) Thanks @ziomancer.
+- Android/notifications: add notification-forwarding controls with package filtering, quiet hours, rate limiting, and safer picker behavior for forwarded notification events. (#40175) Thanks @nimbleenigma.
+- Background tasks: turn tasks into a real shared background-run control plane instead of ACP-only bookkeeping by unifying ACP, subagent, cron, and background CLI execution under one SQLite-backed ledger, routing detached lifecycle updates through the executor seam, adding audit/maintenance/status visibility, tightening auto-cleanup and lost-run recovery, improving task awareness in internal status/tool surfaces, and clarifying the split between heartbeat/main-session automation and detached scheduled runs. Thanks @mbelinky and @vincentkoc.
+- Background tasks: add the first linear task flow control surface with `openclaw tasks list|show|cancel`, keep manual multi-task flows separate from one-task auto-sync flows, and surface doctor recovery hints for obviously orphaned or broken flow/task linkage. Thanks @mbelinky and @vincentkoc.
+- Channels/QQ Bot: add QQ Bot as a bundled channel plugin with multi-account setup, SecretRef-aware credentials, slash commands, reminders, and media send/receive support. (#52986) Thanks @sliverp.
+- Diffs: skip unused viewer-versus-file SSR preload work so `diffs` view-only and file-only runs do less render work while keeping mode outputs aligned. (#57909) thanks @gumadeiras.
+- Tasks: add a minimal SQLite-backed task flow registry plus task-to-flow linkage scaffolding, so orchestrated work can start gaining a first-class parent record without changing current task delivery behavior. Thanks @mbelinky and @vincentkoc.
+- Tasks: persist blocked state on one-task task flows and let the same flow reopen cleanly on retry, so blocked detached work can carry a parent-level reason and continue without fragmenting into a new job. Thanks @mbelinky and @vincentkoc.
+- Tasks: route one-task ACP and subagent updates through a parent task-flow owner context, so detached work can emerge back through the intended parent thread/session instead of speaking only as a raw child task. Thanks @mbelinky and @vincentkoc.
+- LINE/outbound media: add LINE image, video, and audio outbound sends on the LINE-specific delivery path, including explicit preview/tracking handling for videos while keeping generic media sends on the existing image-only route. (#45826) Thanks @masatohoshino.
+- Matrix/history: add optional room history context for Matrix group triggers via `channels.matrix.historyLimit`, with per-agent watermarks and retry-safe snapshots so failed trigger retries do not drift into newer room messages. (#57022) thanks @chain710.
+- Matrix/network: add explicit `channels.matrix.proxy` config for routing Matrix traffic through an HTTP(S) proxy, including account-level overrides and matching probe/runtime behavior. (#56931) thanks @patrick-yingxi-pan.
+- Matrix/streaming: add draft streaming so partial Matrix replies update the same message in place instead of sending a new message for each chunk. (#56387) Thanks @jrusz.
+- Matrix/threads: add per-DM `threadReplies` overrides and keep thread session isolation aligned with the effective room or DM thread policy from the triggering message onward. (#57995) thanks @teconomix.
+- MCP: add remote HTTP/SSE server support for `mcp.servers` URL configs, including auth headers and safer config redaction for MCP credentials. (#50396) Thanks @dhananjai1729.
+- Memory/QMD: add per-agent `memorySearch.qmd.extraCollections` so agents can opt into cross-agent session search without flattening every transcript collection into one shared QMD namespace. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Microsoft Teams/member info: add a Graph-backed member info action so Teams automations and tools can resolve channel member details directly from Microsoft Graph. (#57528) Thanks @sudie-codes.
+- Nostr/inbound DMs: verify inbound event signatures before pairing or sender-authorization side effects, so forged DM events no longer create pairing requests or trigger reply attempts. Thanks @smaeljaish771 and @vincentkoc.
+- OpenAI/Responses: forward configured `text.verbosity` across Responses HTTP and WebSocket transports, surface it in `/status`, and keep per-agent verbosity precedence aligned with runtime behavior. (#47106) Thanks @merc1305 and @vincentkoc.
+- Pi/Codex: add native Codex web search support for embedded Pi runs, including config/docs/wizard coverage and managed-tool suppression when native Codex search is active. (#46579) Thanks @Evizero.
+- Slack/exec approvals: add native Slack approval routing and approver authorization so exec approval prompts can stay in Slack instead of falling back to the Web UI or terminal. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- TTS: Add structured provider diagnostics and fallback attempt analytics. (#57954) Thanks @joshavant.
+- WhatsApp/reactions: agents can now react with emoji on incoming WhatsApp messages, enabling more natural conversational interactions like acknowledging a photo with ❤️ instead of typing a reply. Thanks @mcaxtr.
+- Agents/BTW: force `/btw` side questions to disable provider reasoning so Anthropic adaptive-thinking sessions stop failing with `No BTW response generated`. Fixes #55376. Thanks @Catteres and @vincentkoc.
+- CLI/onboarding: reset the remote gateway URL prompt to the safe loopback default after declining a discovered endpoint, so onboarding does not keep a previously rejected remote URL. (#57828)
+- Agents/exec defaults: honor per-agent `tools.exec` defaults when no inline directive or session override is present, so configured exec host, security, ask, and node settings actually apply. (#57689)
+- Sandbox/networking: sanitize SSH subprocess env vars through the shared sandbox policy and route marketplace archive downloads plus Ollama discovery, auth, and pull requests through the guarded fetch path so sandboxed execution and remote fetches follow the repo's trust boundaries. (#57848, #57850)
+
+### Fixes
+
+- Agents/OpenAI Responses: normalize raw bundled MCP tool schemas on the WebSocket/Responses path so bare-object, object-ish, and top-level union MCP tools no longer get rejected by OpenAI during tool registration. (#58299) Thanks @yelog.
+- ACP/security: replace ACP's dangerous-tool name override with semantic approval classes, so only narrow readonly reads/searches can auto-approve while indirect exec-capable and control-plane tools always require explicit prompt approval. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- ACP/sessions_spawn: register ACP child runs for completion tracking and lifecycle cleanup, and make registration-failure cleanup explicitly best-effort so callers do not assume an already-started ACP turn was fully aborted. (#40885) Thanks @xaeon2026 and @vincentkoc.
+- ACP/tasks: mark cleanly exited ACP runs as blocked when they end on deterministic write or authorization blockers, and wake the parent session with a follow-up instead of falsely reporting success.
+- ACPX/runtime: derive the bundled ACPX expected version from the extension package metadata instead of hardcoding a separate literal, so plugin-local ACPX installs stop drifting out of health-check parity after version bumps. (#49089) Thanks @jiejiesks and @vincentkoc.
+- Agents/Anthropic failover: treat Anthropic `api_error` payloads with `An unexpected error occurred while processing the response` as transient so retry/fallback can engage instead of surfacing a terminal failure. (#57441) Thanks @zijiess and @vincentkoc.
+- Agents/compaction: keep late compaction-retry rejections handled after the aggregate timeout path wins without swallowing real pre-timeout wait failures, so timed-out retries no longer surface an unhandled rejection on later unsubscribe. (#57451) Thanks @mpz4life and @vincentkoc.
+- Agents/context pruning: count supplementary-plane CJK characters with the shared code-point-aware estimator so context pruning stops underestimating Japanese and Chinese text that uses Extension B ideographs. (#39985) Thanks @Edward-Qiang-2024.
+- Agents/Kimi: preserve already-valid Anthropic-compatible tool call argument objects while still clearing cached repairs when later trailing junk exceeds the repair allowance. (#54491) Thanks @yuanaichi.
+- Agents/MCP: dispose bundled MCP runtimes after one-shot `openclaw agent --local` runs finish, while preserving bundled MCP state across in-run retries so local JSON runs exit cleanly without restarting stateful MCP tools mid-run.
+- Agents/MCP: reuse bundled MCP runtimes across turns in the same session, while recreating them when MCP config changes and disposing stale runtimes cleanly on session rollover. (#55090) Thanks @allan0509.
+- Agents/memory flush: keep daily memory flush files append-only during embedded attempts so compaction writes do not overwrite earlier notes. (#53725) Thanks @HPluseven.
+- Agents/sandbox: honor `tools.sandbox.tools.alsoAllow`, let explicit sandbox re-allows remove matching built-in default-deny tools, and keep sandbox explain/error guidance aligned with the effective sandbox tool policy. (#54492) Thanks @ngutman.
+- Agents/sandbox: make remote FS bridge reads pin the parent path and open the file atomically in the helper so read access cannot race path resolution. Thanks @AntAISecurityLab and @vincentkoc.
+- Agents/silent turns: fail closed on silent memory-flush runs so narrated `NO_REPLY` self-talk cannot stream or finalize into external replies even when block streaming is enabled. (#52593)
+- Agents/subagents: fix interim subagent runtime display so `/subagents list` and `/subagents info` stop inflating short runtimes and show second-level durations correctly. (#57739) Thanks @samzong.
+- Anthropic/OAuth: inject `/fast` `service_tier` hints for direct `sk-ant-oat-*` requests so OAuth-authenticated Anthropic runs stop missing the same overload-routing signal as API-key traffic. Fixes #55758. Thanks @Cypherm and @vincentkoc.
+- Anthropic/service tiers: support explicit `serviceTier` model params for direct Anthropic requests and let them override `/fast` defaults when both are set. (#45453) Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Auto-reply/fast: accept `/fast status` on the directive-only path, align help/status text with the documented `status|on|off` syntax, and keep current-state replies consistent across command surfaces. Fixes #46095. Thanks @weissfl and @vincentkoc.
+- Azure OpenAI/custom providers: use the `azure-openai-responses` path for Azure custom providers so Azure OpenAI endpoints stay on the correct Responses integration surface. (#50851) Thanks @kunalk16.
+- BlueBubbles/iMessage: coalesce URL-only inbound messages with their link-preview balloon again so sharing a bare link no longer drops the URL from agent context. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Browser/plugins: auto-enable the bundled browser plugin when browser config or browser tool policy already references it, and show a clearer CLI error when `plugins.allow` excludes `browser`.
+- CI/dev checks: default local `pnpm check` to a lower-memory typecheck/lint path while keeping CI on the normal parallel path, and harden Telegram test typing/literals around native TypeScript-Go tooling crashes.
+- Tasks: add a small task-flow runtime substrate for authoring layers with persisted wait targets and output bags, plus bundled skills/Lobster examples and richer `flows show` / `doctor` recovery hints for multi-task flow state. (#58336) Thanks @mbelinky and @vincentkoc.
+- Config/legacy cleanup: stop probing obsolete alternate legacy config names and service labels during local config/service detection, while keeping the active `~/.openclaw/openclaw.json` path canonical.
+- Config/runtime: pin the first successful config load in memory for the running process and refresh that snapshot on successful writes/reloads, so hot paths stop reparsing `openclaw.json` between watcher-driven swaps.
+- Config/SecretRef + Control UI: harden SecretRef redaction round-trip restore, block unsafe raw fallback (force Form mode when raw is unavailable), and preflight submitted-config SecretRefs before config write RPC persistence. (#58044) Thanks @joshavant.
+- Config/Telegram: migrate removed `channels.telegram.groupMentionsOnly` into `channels.telegram.groups["*"].requireMention` on load so legacy configs no longer crash at startup. (#55336) thanks @jameslcowan.
+- Config/update: stop `openclaw doctor` write-backs from persisting plugin-injected channel defaults, so `openclaw update` no longer seeds config keys that later break service refresh validation. (#56834) Thanks @openperf.
+- Control UI/agents: auto-load agent workspace files on initial Files panel open, and populate overview model/workspace/fallbacks from effective runtime agent metadata so defaulted models no longer show as `Not set`. (#56637) Thanks @dxsx84.
+- Control UI/slash commands: make `/steer` and `/redirect` work from the chat command palette with visible pending state for active-run `/steer`, correct redirected-run tracking, and a single canonical `/steer` entry in the command menu. (#54625) Thanks @fuller-stack-dev.
+- Cron/announce: preserve all deliverable text payloads for announce mode instead of collapsing to the last chunk, so multi-line cron reports deliver in full to Telegram forum topics.
+- Cron/isolated sessions: carry the full live-session provider, model, and auth-profile selection across retry restarts so cron jobs with model overrides no longer fail or loop on mid-run model-switch requests. (#57972) Thanks @issaba1.
+- Diffs/config: preserve schema-shaped plugin config parsing from `diffsPluginConfigSchema.safeParse()`, so direct callers keep `defaults` and `security` sections instead of receiving flattened tool defaults. (#57904) Thanks @gumadeiras.
+- Diffs: fall back to plain text when `lang` hints are invalid during diff render and viewer hydration, so bad or stale language values no longer break the diff viewer. (#57902) Thanks @gumadeiras.
+- Discord/voice: enforce the same guild channel and member allowlist checks on spoken voice ingress before transcription, so joined voice channels no longer accept speech from users outside the configured Discord access policy. Thanks @cyjhhh and @vincentkoc.
+- Docker/setup: force BuildKit for local image builds (including sandbox image builds) so `./docker-setup.sh` no longer fails on `RUN --mount=...` when hosts default to Docker's legacy builder. (#56681) Thanks @zhanghui-china.
+- Docs/anchors: fix broken English docs links and make Mint anchor audits run against the English-source docs tree. (#57039) thanks @velvet-shark.
+- Doctor/plugins: skip false Matrix legacy-helper warnings when no migration plans exist, and keep bundled `enabledByDefault` plugins in the gateway startup set. (#57931) Thanks @dinakars777.
+- Exec approvals/macOS: unwrap `arch` and `xcrun` before deriving shell payloads and allow-always patterns, so wrapper approvals stay bound to the carried command instead of the outer carrier. Thanks @tdjackey and @vincentkoc.
+- Exec approvals: unwrap `caffeinate` and `sandbox-exec` before persisting allow-always trust so later shell payload changes still require a fresh approval. Thanks @tdjackey and @vincentkoc.
+- Exec/approvals: infer Discord and Telegram exec approvers from existing owner config when `execApprovals.approvers` is unset, extend the default approval window to 30 minutes, and clarify approval-unavailable guidance so approvals do not appear to silently disappear.
+- Exec/approvals: keep `awk` and `sed` family binaries out of the low-risk `safeBins` fast path, and stop doctor profile scaffolding from treating them like ordinary custom filters. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Exec/env: block proxy, TLS, and Docker endpoint env overrides in host execution so request-scoped commands cannot silently reroute outbound traffic or trust attacker-supplied certificate settings. Thanks @AntAISecurityLab.
+- Exec/env: block Python package index override variables from request-scoped host exec environment sanitization so package fetches cannot be redirected through a caller-supplied index. Thanks @nexrin and @vincentkoc.
+- Exec/node: stop gateway-side workdir fallback from rewriting explicit `host=node` cwd values to the gateway filesystem, so remote node exec approval and runs keep using the intended node-local directory. (#50961) Thanks @openperf.
+- Exec/runtime: default implicit exec to `host=auto`, resolve that target to sandbox only when a sandbox runtime exists, keep explicit `host=sandbox` fail-closed without sandbox, and show `/exec` effective host state in runtime status/docs.
+- Exec: fail closed when the implicit sandbox host has no sandbox runtime, and stop denied async approval followups from reusing prior command output from the same session. (#56800) Thanks @scoootscooob.
+- Feishu/groups: keep quoted replies and topic bootstrap context aligned with group sender allowlists so only allowlisted thread messages seed agent context. Thanks @AntAISecurityLab and @vincentkoc.
+- Gateway/attachments: offload large inbound images without leaking `media://` markers into text-only runs, preserve mixed attachment order for model input/transcripts, and fail closed when model image capability cannot be resolved. (#55513) Thanks @Syysean.
+- Gateway/auth: keep shared-auth rate limiting active during WebSocket handshake attempts even when callers also send device-token candidates, so bogus device-token fields no longer suppress shared-secret brute-force tracking. Thanks @kexinoh and @vincentkoc.
+- Gateway/auth: reject mismatched browser `Origin` headers on trusted-proxy HTTP operator requests while keeping origin-less headless proxy clients working. Thanks @AntAISecurityLab and @vincentkoc.
+- Gateway/device tokens: disconnect active device sessions after token rotation so newly rotated credentials revoke existing live connections immediately instead of waiting for those sockets to close naturally. Thanks @zsxsoft and @vincentkoc.
+- Gateway/health: carry webhook-vs-polling account mode from channel descriptors into runtime snapshots so passive channels like LINE and BlueBubbles skip false stale-socket health failures. (#47488) Thanks @karesansui-u.
+- Gateway/pairing: restore QR bootstrap onboarding handoff so fresh `/pair qr` iPhone setup can auto-approve the initial node pairing, receive a reusable node device token, and stop retrying with spent bootstrap auth. (#58382) Thanks @ngutman.
+- Gateway/OpenAI compatibility: accept flat Responses API function tool definitions on `/v1/responses` and preserve `strict` when normalizing hosted tools into the embedded runner, so spec-compliant clients like Codex no longer fail validation or silently lose strict tool enforcement. Thanks @malaiwah and @vincentkoc.
+- Gateway/OpenAI HTTP: restore default operator scopes for bearer-authenticated requests that omit `x-openclaw-scopes`, so headless `/v1/chat/completions` and session-history callers work again after the recent method-scope hardening. (#57596) Thanks @openperf.
+- Gateway/plugins: scope plugin-auth HTTP route runtime clients to read-only access and keep gateway-authenticated plugin routes on write scope, so plugin-owned webhook handlers do not inherit write-capable runtime access by default. Thanks @davidluzsilva and @vincentkoc.
+- Gateway/SecretRef: resolve restart token drift checks with merged service/runtime env sources and hard-fail unsupported mutable SecretRef plus OAuth-profile combinations so restart warnings and policy enforcement match runtime behavior. (#58141) Thanks @joshavant.
+- Gateway/tools HTTP: tighten HTTP tool-invoke authorization so owner-only tools stay off HTTP invoke paths. (#57773) Thanks @jacobtomlinson.
+- Harden async approval followup delivery in webchat-only sessions (#57359) Thanks @joshavant.
+- Heartbeat/auth: prevent exec-event heartbeat runs from inheriting owner-only tool access from the session delivery target, so node exec output stays on the non-owner tool surface even when the target session belongs to the owner. Thanks @AntAISecurityLab and @vincentkoc.
+- Hooks/config: accept runtime channel plugin ids in `hooks.mappings[].channel` (for example `feishu`) instead of rejecting non-core channels during config validation. (#56226) Thanks @AiKrai001.
+- Hooks/session routing: rebind hook-triggered `agent:` session keys to the actual target agent before isolated dispatch so dedicated hook agents keep their own session-scoped tool and plugin identity. Thanks @kexinoh and @vincentkoc.
+- Host exec/env: block additional request-scoped env overrides that can redirect Docker endpoints, trust roots, compiler include paths, package resolution, or Python environment roots during approved host runs. Thanks @tdjackey and @vincentkoc.
+- Image generation/build: write stable runtime alias files into `dist/` and route provider-auth runtime lookups through those aliases so image-generation providers keep resolving auth/runtime modules after rebuilds instead of crashing on missing hashed chunk files.
+- iOS/Live Activities: mark the `ActivityKit` import in `LiveActivityManager.swift` as `@preconcurrency` so Xcode 26.4 / Swift 6 builds stop failing on strict concurrency checks. (#57180) Thanks @ngutman.
+- LINE/ACP: add current-conversation binding and inbound binding-routing parity so `/acp spawn ... --thread here`, configured ACP bindings, and active conversation-bound ACP sessions work on LINE like the other conversation channels.
+- LINE/markdown: preserve underscores inside Latin, Cyrillic, and CJK words when stripping markdown, while still removing standalone `_italic_` markers on the shared text-runtime path used by LINE and TTS. (#47465) Thanks @jackjin1997.
+- LINE/status: stop `openclaw status` from warning about missing credentials when sanitized LINE snapshots are already configured, while still surfacing whether the missing field is the token or secret. (#45701) Thanks @tamaosamu.
+- macOS/local gateway: stop OpenClaw.app from killing healthy local gateway listeners after startup by recognizing the current `openclaw-gateway` process title and using the current `openclaw gateway` launch shape.
+- macOS/wide-area discovery: switch gateway discovery to Tailscale MagicDNS names so Mac clients recover more reliably across changing tailnet IPs. (#57833) Thanks @jacobtomlinson.
+- Matrix/CLI send: start one-off Matrix send clients before outbound delivery so `openclaw message send --channel matrix` restores E2EE in encrypted rooms instead of sending plain events. (#57936) Thanks @gumadeiras.
+- Matrix/context: filter fetched room context by sender allowlists so reply and thread context lookup no longer pulls non-allowlisted messages into agent context. (#58376) Thanks @jacobtomlinson.
+- Matrix/delivery recovery: treat Synapse `User not in room` replay failures as permanent during startup recovery so poisoned queued messages move to `failed/` instead of crash-looping Matrix after restart. (#57426) thanks @dlardo.
+- Matrix/direct rooms: recover fresh auto-joined 1:1 DMs without eagerly persisting invite-only `m.direct` mappings, while keeping named, aliased, and explicitly configured rooms on the room path. (#58024) Thanks @gumadeiras.
+- Matrix/direct rooms: stop trusting remote `is_direct`, honor explicit local `is_direct: false` for discovered DM candidates, and avoid extra member-state lookups for shared rooms so DM routing and repair stay aligned. (#57124) Thanks @w-sss.
+- Matrix/DM threads: keep strict unnamed fresh-invite rooms promotable even when Matrix omits the optional direct hint, preserve repair-failed local DM promotions while still revalidating later room metadata, and keep both bound and thread-isolated Matrix sessions reporting the correct route policy. (#58099) Thanks @gumadeiras.
+- Matrix/plugin loading: ship and source-load the crypto bootstrap runtime sidecar correctly so current `main` stops warning about failed Matrix bootstrap loads and `matrix/index` plugin-id mismatches on every invocation. (#53298) thanks @keithce.
+- Mattermost/websocket: detect stale Mattermost WebSocket sessions after bot disable/enable cycles so monitoring reconnects cleanly instead of silently staying stale. (#53604) Thanks @Qinsam.
+- Media/downloads: stop forwarding auth and cookie headers across cross-origin redirects during media saves, while preserving safe request headers for same-origin redirect chains. Thanks @AntAISecurityLab and @vincentkoc.
+- Media/images: reject oversized decoded image inputs before metadata and resize backends run, so tiny compressed image bombs fail early instead of exhausting gateway memory. (#58226) Thanks @AntAISecurityLab and @vincentkoc.
+- Memory/doctor: probe QMD availability from the agent workspace too, so `openclaw doctor` no longer falsely reports relative `memory.qmd.command` configs as broken while runtime search still works. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Memory/doctor: suppress the orphan transcript cleanup warning when QMD session indexing is enabled, so doctor no longer suggests deleting transcript history that QMD still uses for recall. (#40584) Thanks @Gyarados4157 and @vincentkoc.
+- Memory/FTS: add configurable trigram tokenization plus short-CJK substring fallback so memory search can find Chinese, Japanese, and Korean text without breaking mixed long-and-short queries. Thanks @carrotRakko.
+- Memory/FTS: keep provider-less keyword hits visible at the default memory-search threshold, so FTS-only recall works without requiring `--min-score 0`. (#56473) Thanks @opriz.
+- Memory/LanceDB: resolve runtime dependency manifest lookup from the bundled `extensions/memory-lancedb` path (including flattened dist chunks) so startup no longer fails with a missing `@lancedb/lancedb` dependency error. (#56623) Thanks @LUKSOAgent.
+- Memory/QMD: add `memory.qmd.searchTool` as an exact mcporter tool override, so custom QMD MCP tools such as `hybrid_search` can be used without weakening the validated `searchMode` config surface. (#27801) Thanks @keramblock.
+- Memory/QMD: honor `memory.qmd.update.embedInterval` even when regular QMD update cadence is disabled or slower by arming a dedicated embed-cadence maintenance timer, while avoiding redundant timers when regular updates are already frequent enough. (#37326) Thanks @barronlroth.
+- Memory/QMD: include deduplicated default plus per-agent `memorySearch.extraPaths` when building QMD custom collections, so shared and agent-specific extra roots both get indexed consistently. (#57315) Thanks @Vitalcheffe and @vincentkoc.
+- Memory/QMD: keep `memory_search` session-hit paths roundtrip-safe when exported session markdown lives under the workspace `qmd/` directory, so `memory_get` can read the exact returned path instead of failing on the generic `qmd/sessions/...` alias. (#43519) Thanks @holgergruenhagen and @vincentkoc.
+- Memory/QMD: keep `qmd embed` active in `search` mode too, so BM25-first setups still build a complete index for later vector and hybrid retrieval. (#54509) Thanks @hnshah and @vincentkoc.
+- Memory/QMD: keep reset and deleted session transcripts in QMD session export so daily session resets do not silently drop most historical recall from `memory_search`. (#30220) Thanks @pushkarsingh32.
+- Memory/QMD: pass a direct-session key on `openclaw memory search` so CLI QMD searches no longer get denied as `session=<none>` under direct-only scope defaults. (#43517) Thanks @waynecc-at and @vincentkoc.
+- Memory/QMD: point `QMD_CONFIG_DIR` at the nested `xdg-config/qmd` directory so per-agent collection config resolves correctly. (#39078) Thanks @smart-tinker and @vincentkoc.
+- Memory/QMD: preserve explicit `start_line` and `end_line` metadata from mcporter query results so `memory search` hits keep the real snippet offsets instead of falling back to the snippet header. (#47960) Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Memory/QMD: rebind collections when QMD reports a changed pattern but omits path metadata, so config pattern changes stop being silently ignored on restart. (#49897) Thanks @Madruru.
+- Memory/QMD: resolve slugified `memory_search` file hints back to the indexed filesystem path before returning search hits, so `memory_get` works again for mixed-case and spaced paths. (#50313) Thanks @erra9x.
+- Memory/QMD: send MCP `query` collection filters as the upstream `collections` array instead of the legacy singular `collection` field, so mcporter-backed QMD 1.1+ searches still scope correctly after the unified `query` tool migration. (#54728) Thanks @armanddp and @vincentkoc.
+- Memory/QMD: serialize cross-process `qmd embed` runs behind a shared lock and stagger periodic embed timers so multi-agent QMD collections stop thundering-herding on startup and every maintenance interval. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Memory/QMD: stop rewriting Han/CJK BM25 queries before `qmd search`, so OpenClaw search semantics match direct QMD results for mixed and spaced Chinese queries. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Memory/QMD: surface degraded vector status from `qmd status` so `openclaw memory status --deep` warns when semantic search is unavailable because the index still has `0` vectors. Fixes #28169. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Memory/QMD: treat null-byte collection corruption the same when QMD surfaces it as `ENOENT`, so managed-collection repair still rebuilds and retries instead of leaving QMD stuck on a broken path. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Memory/QMD: warn explicitly when `memory.backend=qmd` is configured but the `qmd` binary is missing, so doctor and runtime fallback no longer fail as a silent builtin downgrade. (#50439) Thanks @Jimmy-xuzimo and @vincentkoc.
+- Memory/QMD: weight CJK-heavy text correctly when estimating chunk sizes, preserve surrogate-pair characters during fine splits, and keep long Latin lines on the old chunk boundaries so memory indexing produces better-sized chunks for CJK notes. (#40271) Thanks @AaronLuo00.
+- Memory/session indexer: include `.jsonl.reset.*` and `.jsonl.deleted.*` transcripts in the memory host session scan while still excluding `.jsonl.bak.*` compaction backups and lock files, so memory search sees archived session history without duplicating stale snapshots. Thanks @hclsys and @vincentkoc.
+- Microsoft Teams/threads: filter fetched thread history by sender allowlists so thread context seeding no longer pulls messages from disallowed users. (#57723) Thanks @jacobtomlinson.
+- OpenAI/Codex fast mode: map `/fast` to priority processing on native OpenAI and Codex Responses endpoints instead of rewriting reasoning settings, and document the exact endpoint and override behavior.
+- Outbound media/local files: piggyback host-local `MEDIA:` reads on the configured fs policy instead of a separate media-root check, so generated files outside the workspace can send when `tools.fs.workspaceOnly=false` while plaintext-like host files stay blocked by the outbound media allowlist.
+- Pairing: enforce pending request limits per account instead of per shared channel queue, so one account's outstanding pairing challenges no longer block new pairing on other accounts. Thanks @smaeljaish771 and @vincentkoc.
+- Plugins/ClawHub: sanitize temporary archive filenames for scoped package names and slash-containing skill slugs so `openclaw plugins install @scope/name` no longer fails with `ENOENT` during archive download. (#56452) Thanks @soimy.
+- Plugins/CLI: add descriptor-backed lazy plugin CLI registration so Matrix can keep its CLI module lazy-loaded without dropping `openclaw matrix ...` from parse-time command registration. (#57165) Thanks @gumadeiras.
+- Plugins/CLI: collect root-help plugin descriptors through a dedicated non-activating CLI metadata path so enabled plugins keep validated config semantics without triggering runtime-only plugin registration work, while preserving runtime CLI command registration for legacy channel plugins that still wire commands from full registration. (#57294) thanks @gumadeiras.
+- Plugins/facades: guard bundled plugin facade loads with a cache-first sentinel so circular re-entry stops crashing `xai`, `sglang`, and `vllm` during gateway plugin startup. (#57508) Thanks @openperf.
+- Plugins/Matrix: mirror the Matrix crypto WASM runtime dependency into the root packaged install and enforce root/plugin dependency parity so bundled Matrix E2EE crypto resolves correctly in shipped builds. (#57163) Thanks @gumadeiras.
+- Plugins/startup: block workspace `.env` from overriding `OPENCLAW_BUNDLED_PLUGINS_DIR`, so bundled plugin trust roots only come from inherited runtime env or package resolution instead of repo-local dotenv files. Thanks @nexrin and @vincentkoc.
+- Sandbox/browser: install `fonts-noto-cjk` in the sandbox browser image so screenshots render Chinese, Japanese, and Korean text correctly instead of tofu boxes. Fixes #35597. Thanks @carrotRakko and @vincentkoc.
+- Security/LINE: make webhook signature validation run the timing-safe compare even when the supplied signature length is wrong, closing a small timing side-channel. (#55663) Thanks @gavyngong.
+- Sessions/Feishu: preserve conversation ids that legitimately embed `:topic:` in shared session helper parsing, while keeping Telegram topic session parsing intact. (#58100) Thanks @gumadeiras.
+- Slack/status reactions: add a reaction lifecycle for queued, thinking, tool, done, and error phases in Slack monitors, with safer cleanup so queued ack reactions stay correct across silent runs, pre-reply failures, and delayed transitions. (#56430) Thanks @hsiaoa.
+- Status/node-only hosts: teach `openclaw status` to handle node-only hosts on current `main` without the old mixed gateway assumptions. (#56718) Thanks @ImLukeF.
+- Status: fix cache hit rate exceeding 100% by deriving denominator from prompt-side token fields instead of potentially undersized totalTokens. Fixes #26643.
+- Telegram/audio: transcode Telegram voice-note `.ogg` attachments before the local `whisper-cli` auto fallback runs, and keep mention-preflight transcription enabled in auto mode when `tools.media.audio` is unset.
+- Telegram/forum topics: restore reply routing to the active topic and keep ACP `sessions_spawn(..., thread=true, mode="session")` bound to that same topic instead of falling back to root chat or losing follow-up routing. (#56060) Thanks @one27001.
+- Telegram/media: allow RFC 2544 benchmark-range Telegram CDN resolutions during media downloads, so voice messages, PDFs, and other attachments no longer fail with `Failed to download media`. (#57624) Thanks @MoerAI.
+- Telegram/native commands: prefix native command menu callback payloads and preserve `CommandSource: "native"` when Telegram replays them through callback queries, so `/fast` and other native command menus keep working even when text-command routing is disabled. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Telegram/polling: keep the watchdog from aborting long-running reply delivery by treating recent non-polling API activity as bounded liveness instead of a hard stall. (#56343) Thanks @openperf.
+- Tools/web_fetch: add an explicit trusted env-proxy path for proxy-only installs while keeping strict SSRF fetches on the pinned direct path, so trusted proxy routing does not weaken strict destination binding. (#50650) Thanks @kkav004.
+- Tools/web_search: localize the shared search cache to module scope so same-process global symbol lookups can no longer inspect or mutate cached web-search responses. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- TTS/Microsoft: auto-switch the default Edge voice to Chinese for CJK-dominant text without overriding explicitly selected Microsoft voices. (#52355) Thanks @extrasmall0.
+- TTS: Restore 3.28 schema compatibility and fallback observability. (#57953) Thanks @joshavant.
+- TUI/chat: keep optimistic outbound user messages visible during active runs by deferring local-run binding until the first gateway chat event reveals the real run id, preventing premature history reloads from wiping pending local sends. (#54722) Thanks @seanturner001.
+- TUI/model picker: keep searchable `/model` and `/models` input mode from hijacking `j`/`k` as navigation keys, and harden width bounds under `m`-filtered model lists so search no longer crashes on long rows. (#30156) Thanks @briannicholls.
+- Discord/exec approvals: stop mixing native interactive approvals with extra plain `/approve` narration, so Discord approval prompts stay button-driven instead of showing both manual and interactive flows. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Telegram/exec approvals: normalize 1:1 approval routing and suppress duplicate approval prompts, so Telegram direct chats show a single working interactive approval instead of multiple conflicting approval messages. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Voice Call/media stream: cap inbound WebSocket frame size before `start` validation so oversized pre-start frames are dropped before JSON parsing. Thanks @Kazamayc and @vincentkoc.
+- Voice call/Plivo: pin stored callback bases to the configured public webhook URL so later call-control redirects stay on the intended origin even if webhook transport metadata differs. Thanks @zsxsoft and @vincentkoc.
+- Web UI/markdown: stop bare auto-links from swallowing adjacent CJK text while preserving valid mixed-script path and query characters in rendered links. (#48410) Thanks @jnuyao.
+- Approvals/UI: keep the newest pending approval at the front of the Control UI queue so approving one request does not accidentally target an older expired id. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Auth profiles/OAuth: refresh runtime auth snapshots when saving rotated credentials so OAuth providers do not reuse consumed refresh tokens after the first token rotation. Fixes #55389. Thanks @sam26880 and @vincentkoc.
+- Browser/screenshot: use `fromSurface: false` in raw CDP screenshots to avoid a Chromium compositor bug that drops cross-origin image textures (QR codes, CDN assets), and preserve pre-existing device emulation state across full-page viewport expansion. (#54358) Thanks @FMLS.
+- ClawDock/docs: move the helper scripts to `scripts/clawdock`, publish ClawDock as a first-class docs page on the docs site, and document reinstalling local helper copies from the new raw GitHub path. (#23912) thanks @Olshansk.
+- Control UI/gateway: clear queued browser connect timeouts on client stop so aborted or replaced gateway clients do not send delayed connect requests after shutdown. (#57338) thanks @gumadeiras.
+- Control UI/gateway: reconnect the browser client when gateway event sequence gaps are detected, so stale non-chat state recovers automatically instead of only telling the user to refresh. (#23912) thanks @Olshansk.
+- Exec approvals/channels: unify Discord and Telegram exec approval runtime handling, move approval buttons onto the shared interactive reply model, and fix Telegram approval buttons and typed `/approve` commands so configured approvers can resolve requests reliably again. (#57516) Thanks @scoootscooob.
+- Gateway/SQLite transient handling: keep unhandled `SQLITE_CANTOPEN`, `SQLITE_BUSY`, `SQLITE_LOCKED`, and `SQLITE_IOERR` failures non-fatal in the global rejection handler so macOS LaunchAgent restarts do not enter a crash-throttle loop. (#57018)
+- Hooks/plugins/skills: block workspace `.env` overrides for bundled root directories so workspace startup cannot redirect bundled trust roots away from the packaged defaults. Thanks @nexrin and @vincentkoc.
+- LINE/webhooks: cap shared concurrent pre-verify webhook body reads so excess requests are rejected before entering the LINE body handler. Thanks @nexrin and @vincentkoc.
+- Memory/QMD: preserve explicit custom collection names for shared paths outside the agent workspace so `memory_search` stops appending `-<agentId>` to externally managed QMD collections. (#52539) Thanks @lobsrice and @vincentkoc.
+- Memory/builtin: keep memory-file indexing active in FTS-only mode (no embedding provider) so forced reindexes no longer swap in an empty index and wipe existing memory chunks. (#42714) Thanks @asamimei.
+- Nostr/config: redact `channels.nostr.privateKey` in config snapshots and Control UI config views, so Nostr signing keys no longer appear in plain text. Thanks @ccreater222.
+- Plugin approvals: accept unique short approval-id prefixes on `plugin.approval.resolve`, matching exec approvals and restoring `/approve` fallback flows on chat approval surfaces. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- SSH sandbox/upload: reject workspace symlinks that resolve outside the uploaded tree before syncing to the remote sandbox, so later agent writes cannot be redirected through escaped links. Thanks @AntAISecurityLab and @vincentkoc.
+- Slack/interactive replies: resolve Slack Block Kit reply delivery from both authored `channelData.slack.blocks` payloads and directive-generated interactive replies, and keep Slack button styles mapped onto valid Block Kit button rendering so interactive replies stop dropping on Slack-specific delivery paths. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Subagents/announcements: preserve the requester agent id for inline deterministic tool spawns so named agents without channel bindings can still announce completions through the correct owner session. (#55437) Thanks @kAIborg24.
+- Telegram/Anthropic streaming: replace raw invalid stream-order provider errors with a safe retry message so internal `message_start/message_stop` failures do not leak into chats. (#55408) Thanks @imydal.
+- Tlon/media: route inbound image downloads through the shared media store, cap each download at 6 MB, and stop after 8 images per message so large Tlon posts no longer balloon local media storage. Thanks @AntAISecurityLab and @vincentkoc.
+- Agents/live switch: stop transient cron and subagent model overrides from being misread as persisted live-session switches, so isolated runs no longer fail with `LiveSessionModelSwitchError`. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Agents/tool-call repair: recover malformed Kimi/OpenRouter tool-call argument streams when provider preambles appear before JSON payloads, and fail closed on non-tool leading text so fragment strings do not leak into filesystem path arguments during sub-agent runs. (#56560) Thanks @Originalwhite.
+- Gateway/startup: keep configured primary-model warmup on the static model path so container boots do not snapshot-load provider runtime graphs just to validate a configured model. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- OpenAI/Responses: omit disabled reasoning payloads across OpenAI, Codex, and Azure OpenAI request builders so GPT-5 endpoints no longer reject `reasoning.effort: "none"`. (#58208) Thanks @jalehman.
+- WhatsApp/outbound: restore runtime send/action routing and outbound compatibility after the recent channel seam refactor so outbound sends, reactions, and related media actions keep reaching the active session.
+- xAI/Responses: normalize image-bearing tool results for xAI responses payloads, including OpenResponses-style `input_image.source` parts, so image tool replays no longer 422 on the follow-up turn. (#58017) Thanks @neeravmakwana.
+- Zalo/webhooks: scope replay dedupe to the authenticated target so one configured account can no longer cause same-id inbound events for another target to be dropped. Thanks @smaeljaish771 and @vincentkoc.
+- Plugins/prompt build: preserve the highest-priority `systemPrompt` when merging `before_prompt_build` hook results instead of letting lower-priority hooks overwrite it. (#58375)
+- Tlon/settings migration: preserve explicit empty-array settings during migration so restart-time reseeding no longer restores older file-config values. (#58370)
+- Plugins/marketplace: harden marketplace archive installs by surfacing guarded download failures as structured install errors and deriving temp filenames from the final resolved URL. (#58267)
+- UI/DOM safety: build the chat delete-confirm popover and Canvas Host fallback status line with DOM nodes instead of injected HTML strings. (#58269, #58266)
+- Media/file handling: create image temp work directories under the shared OpenClaw temp root and stop widening allowed local media roots from reply or tool source paths, keeping local media access limited to configured and agent-scoped roots. (#58270, #57770)
+- Telegram/security: migrate legacy pairing `allowFrom` state to the `default` account only and gate group voice-message preflight transcription on sender authorization so unauthorized senders cannot trigger paid transcription before being dropped. (#58165, #57566)
+- Exec approvals: stop shell init-file flags from matching persisted script-path approvals, detect command-carrier inline eval in tools like `awk`, `find`, `xargs`, `make`, and `sed`, and treat the awk family as interpreter-like so allow-always decisions no longer persist interpreter paths. (#58369, #57842, #57772)
+- Voice call/Telnyx: canonicalize verified webhook signatures before deriving replay keys so equivalent Base64 and Base64URL encodings dedupe correctly. (#57829)
+- Gateway/HTTP trust boundaries: ignore self-declared bearer scopes, deny dangerous HTTP tool-invoke paths by default, require write scope on `/v1/embeddings`, and bind OpenAI-compatible `/v1/chat/completions` plus `/v1/responses` ingress as non-owner so external HTTP callers cannot self-upgrade access. (#57783, #57771, #57721, #57769, #57778)
+- Gateway/trusted config and bootstrap: clear self-declared scopes for device-less `trusted-proxy` WebSocket connects and trim the Control UI bootstrap payload to only the fields needed before the normal handshake. (#57692, #57727)
+- Skills and workspace safety: replace raw skill-file reads with a symlink-safe, root-confined loader and pin workspace-only `apply_patch` delete and directory-creation mutations to verified workspace roots so path rebind races fail closed. (#57519, #56016)
+- Env and filesystem hardening: block credential and gateway auth env vars from workspace `.env` files, always strip dangerous inherited host env vars such as `BROWSER` and `GIT_EDITOR`, and keep sensitive host paths and OpenClaw state roots blocked even when external sandbox bind sources are allowed. (#57767, #57559, #56024)
+- OpenShell and ACP file boundaries: skip symlinks and preserve trusted host-only directories during OpenShell mirror sync, and route ACP attachment reads through the shared attachment cache so local files outside allowed roots are no longer forwarded. (#57693, #57690)
+- Channel/webhook authorization: skip Discord audio preflight transcription for unauthorized guild senders, add a shared pre-auth in-flight guard to Synology Chat webhooks, and validate Microsoft Teams bearer auth before JSON body parsing. (#57695, #57722, #57686)
+- Infra/randomness: replace `Math.random()` in affected identifier and delay-jitter paths with shared secure-random helpers, including UI UUID generation. (#57744)
+
+## 2026.3.28
 
 ### Changes
 
@@ -128,12 +518,11 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Memory/plugins: move the pre-compaction memory flush plan behind the active memory plugin contract so `memory-core` owns flush prompts and target-path policy instead of hardcoded core logic.
 - MiniMax: trim model catalog to M2.7 only, removing legacy M2, M2.1, M2.5, and VL-01 models. (#54487) Thanks @liyuan97.
 - Plugins/runtime: expose `runHeartbeatOnce` in the plugin runtime `system` namespace so plugins can trigger a single heartbeat cycle with an explicit delivery target override (e.g. `heartbeat: { target: "last" }`). (#40299) Thanks @loveyana.
-- Background tasks: keep durable lifecycle records for ACP/subagent spawned work and deliver ACP completion/failure updates through the real requester chat path instead of session-only stream events.
+- Background tasks: keep durable lifecycle records for ACP/subagent spawned work and deliver ACP completion/failure updates through the real requester chat path instead of session-only stream events. Thanks @mbelinky and @vincentkoc.
 - Agents/compaction: preserve the post-compaction AGENTS refresh on stale-usage preflight compaction for both immediate replies and queued followups. (#49479) Thanks @jared596.
 - Agents/compaction: surface safeguard-specific cancel reasons and relabel benign manual `/compact` no-op cases as skipped instead of failed. (#51072) Thanks @afurm.
 - Docs: add `pnpm docs:check-links:anchors` for Mintlify anchor validation while keeping `scripts/docs-link-audit.mjs` as the stable link-audit entrypoint. (#55912) Thanks @velvet-shark.
 - Tavily: mark outbound API requests with `X-Client-Source: openclaw` so Tavily can attribute OpenClaw-originated traffic. (#55335) Thanks @lakshyaag-tavily.
-- Matrix/streaming: add `streaming: "partial"` draft replies that stay on a single editable preview message, stop preview streaming once text no longer fits one Matrix event, and clear stale previews before media-only finals. (#56387) thanks @jrusz.
 
 ### Fixes
 
@@ -145,6 +534,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Telegram/splitting: replace proportional text estimate with verified HTML-length search so long messages split at word boundaries instead of mid-word; gracefully degrade when tag overhead exceeds the limit. (#56595)
 - Telegram/delivery: skip whitespace-only and hook-blanked text replies in bot delivery to prevent GrammyError 400 empty-text crashes. (#56620)
 - Telegram/send: validate `replyToMessageId` at all four API sinks with a shared normalizer that rejects non-numeric, NaN, and mixed-content strings. (#56587)
+- Telegram/cron topics: route announce target parsing through the Telegram extension seam and carry explicit `delivery.threadId` through cron delivery resolution, so legacy `group:` routes and topic-targeted cron sends keep their forum topic destination. (#58489) Thanks @cwmine.
 - Approvals/UI: keep the newest pending approval at the front of the Control UI queue so approving one request does not accidentally target an older expired id. Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - Plugin approvals: accept unique short approval-id prefixes on `plugin.approval.resolve`, matching exec approvals and restoring `/approve` fallback flows on chat approval surfaces. Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - Mistral: normalize OpenAI-compatible request flags so official Mistral API runs no longer fail with remaining `422 status code (no body)` chat errors.
@@ -162,8 +552,6 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - iMessage: stop leaking inline `[[reply_to:...]]` tags into delivered text by sending `reply_to` as RPC metadata and stripping stray directive tags from outbound messages. (#39512) Thanks @mvanhorn.
 - CLI/plugins: make routed commands use the same auto-enabled bundled-channel snapshot as gateway startup, so configured bundled channels like Slack load without requiring a prior config rewrite. (#54809) Thanks @neeravmakwana.
 - CLI/message send: write manual `openclaw message send` deliveries into the resolved agent session transcript again by always threading the default CLI agent through outbound mirroring. (#54187) Thanks @KevInTheCloud5617.
-- Agents/live switch: stop transient cron and subagent model overrides from being misread as persisted live-session switches, so isolated runs no longer fail with `LiveSessionModelSwitchError`. Thanks @vincentkoc.
-- Gateway/startup: keep configured primary-model warmup on the static model path so container boots do not snapshot-load provider runtime graphs just to validate a configured model. Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - CLI/onboarding: show the Kimi Code API key option again in the Moonshot setup menu so the interactive picker includes all Kimi setup paths together. Fixes #54412 Thanks @sparkyrider
 - Agents/status: use provider-aware context window lookup for fresh Anthropic 4.6 model overrides so `/status` shows the correct 1.0m window instead of an underreported shared-cache minimum. (#54796) Thanks @neeravmakwana.
 - OpenAI/WebSocket: preserve reasoning replay metadata and tool-call item ids on WebSocket tool turns, and start a fresh response chain when full-context resend is required. (#53856) Thanks @xujingchen1996.
@@ -185,8 +573,6 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Message tool/buttons: keep the shared `buttons` schema optional in merged tool definitions so plain `action=send` calls stop failing validation when no buttons are provided. (#54418) Thanks @adzendo.
 - Agents/openai-compatible tool calls: deduplicate repeated tool call ids across live assistant messages and replayed history so OpenAI-compatible backends no longer reject duplicate `tool_call_id` values with HTTP 400. (#40996) Thanks @xaeon2026.
 - Models/openai-completions: default non-native OpenAI-compatible providers to omit tool-definition `strict` fields unless users explicitly opt back in, so tool calling keeps working on providers that reject that option. (#45497) Thanks @sahancava.
-- Subagents/announcements: preserve the requester agent id for inline deterministic tool spawns so named agents without channel bindings can still announce completions through the correct owner session. (#55437) Thanks @kAIborg24.
-- Telegram/Anthropic streaming: replace raw invalid stream-order provider errors with a safe retry message so internal `message_start/message_stop` failures do not leak into chats. (#55408) Thanks @imydal.
 - Plugins/context engines: retry strict legacy `assemble()` calls without the new `prompt` field when older engines reject it, preserving prompt-aware retrieval compatibility for pre-prompt plugins. (#50848) thanks @danhdoan.
 - CLI/update status: explicitly say `up to date` when the local version already matches npm latest, while keeping the availability logic unchanged. (#51409) Thanks @dongzhenye.
 - Daemon/Linux: stop flagging non-gateway systemd services as duplicate gateways just because their unit files mention OpenClaw, reducing false-positive doctor/log noise. (#45328) Thanks @gregretkowski.
@@ -229,7 +615,6 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Plugins/diffs: load bundled Pierre themes without JSON module imports so diff rendering keeps working on newer Node builds. (#45869) thanks @NickHood1984.
 - Plugins/uninstall: remove owned `channels.<id>` config when uninstalling channel plugins, and keep the uninstall preview aligned with explicit channel ownership so built-in channels and shared keys stay intact. (#35915) Thanks @wbxl2000.
 - Plugins/Matrix: prefer explicit DM signals when choosing outbound direct rooms and routing unmapped verification summaries, so strict 2-person fallback rooms do not outrank the real DM. (#56076) thanks @gumadeiras
-- Slack/interactive replies: resolve Slack Block Kit reply delivery from both authored `channelData.slack.blocks` payloads and directive-generated interactive replies, and keep Slack button styles mapped onto valid Block Kit button rendering so interactive replies stop dropping on Slack-specific delivery paths. Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - Plugins/Matrix: resolve env-backed `accessToken` and `password` SecretRefs against the active Matrix config env path during startup, and officially accept SecretRef `accessToken` config values. (#54980) thanks @kakahu2015.
 - Microsoft Teams/proactive DMs: prefer the freshest personal conversation reference for `user:<aadObjectId>` sends when multiple stored references exist, so replies stop targeting stale DM threads. (#54702) Thanks @gumclaw.
 - Gateway/plugins: reuse the session workspace when building HTTP `/tools/invoke` tool lists and harden tool construction to infer the session agent workspace by default, so workspace plugins do not re-register on repeated HTTP tool calls. (#56101) thanks @neeravmakwana
@@ -242,13 +627,11 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Plugins/Matrix: encrypt E2EE image thumbnails with `thumbnail_file` while keeping unencrypted-room previews on `thumbnail_url`, so encrypted Matrix image events keep thumbnail metadata without leaking plaintext previews. (#54711) thanks @frischeDaten.
 - Telegram/forum topics: keep native `/new` and `/reset` routed to the active topic by preserving the topic target on forum-thread command context. (#35963)
 - Status/port diagnostics: treat single-process dual-stack loopback gateway listeners as healthy in `openclaw status --all`, suppressing false "port already in use" conflict warnings. (#53398) Thanks @DanWebb1949.
-- Memory/builtin: keep memory-file indexing active in FTS-only mode (no embedding provider) so forced reindexes no longer swap in an empty index and wipe existing memory chunks. (#42714) Thanks @asamimei.
-- CLI/status: detect node-only hosts in `openclaw status` and `openclaw status --all`, show the configured remote gateway target instead of a false local `ECONNREFUSED`, and suppress contradictory local-gateway diagnosis output.
-- Gateway/SQLite transient handling: keep unhandled `SQLITE_CANTOPEN`, `SQLITE_BUSY`, `SQLITE_LOCKED`, and `SQLITE_IOERR` failures non-fatal in the global rejection handler so macOS LaunchAgent restarts do not enter a crash-throttle loop. (#57018)
-- Control UI/gateway: reconnect the browser client when gateway event sequence gaps are detected, so stale non-chat state recovers automatically instead of only telling the user to refresh. (#23912) thanks @Olshansk.
-- ClawDock/docs: move the helper scripts to `scripts/clawdock`, publish ClawDock as a first-class docs page on the docs site, and document reinstalling local helper copies from the new raw GitHub path. (#23912) thanks @Olshansk.
-- Control UI/gateway: clear queued browser connect timeouts on client stop so aborted or replaced gateway clients do not send delayed connect requests after shutdown. (#57338) thanks @gumadeiras.
-- Mattermost: detect stale websocket sessions after bot disable/enable cycles by polling the bot account `update_at` and forcing a reconnect when it changes. (#53604) Thanks @Qinsam.
+
+### Breaking
+
+- Providers/Qwen: remove the deprecated `qwen-portal-auth` OAuth integration for `portal.qwen.ai`; migrate to Model Studio with `openclaw onboard --auth-choice modelstudio-api-key`. (#52709) Thanks @pomelo-nwu.
+- Config/Doctor: drop automatic config migrations older than two months; very old legacy keys now fail validation instead of being rewritten on load or by `openclaw doctor`.
 
 ## 2026.3.24
 
@@ -274,8 +657,6 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Control UI/agents: add a "Not set" placeholder to the default agent model selector dropdown. (#53411) Thanks @BunsDev.
 - Runtime/install: lower the supported Node 22 floor to `22.14+` while continuing to recommend Node 24, so npm installs and self-updates do not strand Node 22.14 users on older releases.
 - CLI/update: preflight the target npm package `engines.node` before `openclaw update` runs a global package install, so outdated Node runtimes fail with a clear upgrade message instead of attempting an unsupported latest release.
-- Agents/BTW: force `/btw` side questions to disable provider reasoning so Anthropic adaptive-thinking sessions stop failing with `No BTW response generated`. Fixes #55376. Thanks @Catteres and @vincentkoc.
-- Auth profiles/OAuth: refresh runtime auth snapshots when saving rotated credentials so OAuth providers do not reuse consumed refresh tokens after the first token rotation. Fixes #55389. Thanks @sam26880 and @vincentkoc.
 
 ### Fixes
 
@@ -390,7 +771,6 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Security/session policy: require sender ownership for `/send` policy changes so command-authorized non-owners cannot rewrite owner-only session delivery policy.
 - Security/bash stop: route `/bash stop` through the hardened process-tree killer so invalid or attacker-influenced SIGKILL targets cannot escape the intended bash-session scope.
 - Security/installer: hide staged project `.npmrc` files during skill and package installs so npm registry and git settings inside the stage directory cannot hijack trusted installs.
-- Agents/tool-call repair: recover malformed Kimi/OpenRouter tool-call argument streams when provider preambles appear before JSON payloads, and fail closed on non-tool leading text so fragment strings do not leak into filesystem path arguments during sub-agent runs. (#56560) Thanks @Originalwhite.
 
 ## 2026.3.23
 
@@ -628,9 +1008,6 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Onboarding/custom providers: keep Azure AI Foundry `*.services.ai.azure.com` custom endpoints on the selected compatibility path instead of forcing Responses, so chat-completions Foundry models still work after setup. Fixes #50528. (#50535) Thanks @obviyus.
 - make `openclaw update status` explicitly say `up to date` when the local version already matches npm latest, while keeping the availability logic unchanged. (#51409) Thanks @dongzhenye.
 - Agents/embedded transport errors: distinguish common network failures like connection refused, DNS lookup failure, and interrupted sockets from true timeouts in embedded-run user messaging and lifecycle diagnostics. (#51419) Thanks @scoootscooob.
-- Security/pairing: bind iOS setup codes to the intended node profile and reject first-use bootstrap redemption that asks for broader roles or scopes. Thanks @tdjackey.
-- Nostr/security: enforce inbound DM policy before decrypt, route Nostr DMs through the standard reply pipeline, and add pre-crypto rate and size guards so unknown senders cannot bypass pairing or force unbounded crypto work. Thanks @kuranikaran.
-- Synology Chat/security: keep reply delivery bound to stable numeric `user_id` by default, and gate mutable username/nickname recipient lookup behind `dangerouslyAllowNameMatching` with new regression coverage. Thanks @nexrin.
 - Browser/node proxy: enforce `nodeHost.browserProxy.allowProfiles` across `query.profile` and `body.profile`, block proxy-side profile create/delete when the allowlist is set, and keep the default full proxy surface when the allowlist is empty.
 - Security/device pairing: harden `device.token.rotate` deny handling by keeping public failures generic while logging internal deny reasons and preserving approved-baseline enforcement. (`GHSA-7jrw-x62h-64p8`)
 - Security/exec safe bins: remove `jq` from the default safe-bin allowlist and fail closed on the `jq` `env` builtin when operators explicitly opt `jq` back in, so `jq -n env` cannot dump host secrets without an explicit trust path. Thanks @gladiator9797 for reporting.
@@ -640,31 +1017,15 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Security/network: harden explicit-proxy SSRF pinning by translating target-hop transport hints onto HTTPS proxy tunnels and failing closed for plain HTTP guarded fetches that cannot preserve pinned DNS.
 - Security/Synology Chat: require explicit per-account webhook paths for multi-account setups by default, reject duplicate exact webhook paths fail-closed, and keep inherited-path behavior behind an explicit dangerous opt-in so shared routes can no longer collapse DM policy contexts across accounts. Thanks @tdjackey for reporting.
 - Browser/remote CDP: honor strict browser SSRF policy during remote CDP reachability and `/json/version` discovery checks, redact sensitive `cdpUrl` tokens from status output, and warn when remote CDP targets private/internal hosts.
-- Telegram/replies: set `allow_sending_without_reply` on reply-targeted sends and media-error notices so deleted parent messages no longer drop otherwise valid replies. (#52524) Thanks @moltbot886.
-- Gateway/status: resolve env-backed `gateway.auth.*` SecretRefs before read-only probe auth checks so status no longer reports false probe failures when auth is configured through SecretRef. (#52513) Thanks @CodeForgeNet.
-- Agents/exec: return plain-text failed tool output for timeouts and other non-success exec outcomes so models no longer parrot raw JSON error payloads back to users. (#52508) Thanks @martingarramon.
-- CLI/startup: lazy-load channel add and root help startup paths to trim avoidable RSS and help latency on constrained hosts. (#46784) Thanks @vincentkoc.
-- CLI/onboarding: import static provider definitions directly for onboarding model/config helpers so those paths no longer pull provider discovery just for built-in defaults. (#47467) Thanks @vincentkoc.
-- CLI/configure: clarify fresh-setup memory-search warnings so they say semantic recall needs at least one embedding provider, and scope the initial model allowlist picker to the provider selected in configure. Thanks @vincentkoc.
-- CLI/auth choice: lazy-load plugin/provider fallback resolution so mapped auth choices stay on the static path and only unknown choices pay the heavy provider load. (#47495) Thanks @vincentkoc.
-- CLI: avoid loading provider discovery during startup model normalization. (#46522) Thanks @ItsAditya-xyz and @vincentkoc.
-- CLI/status: keep `status --json` stdout clean by skipping plugin compatibility scans that were not rendered in the JSON payload. (#52449) Thanks @cgdusek.
-- Agents/Telegram: avoid rebuilding the full model catalog on ordinary inbound replies so Telegram message handling no longer pays multi-second core startup latency before reply generation. Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - Media/security: bound remote-media error-body snippets with the same streaming caps and idle timeouts as successful downloads, so malicious HTTP error responses cannot force unbounded buffering before OpenClaw throws.
 - Gateway/auth: ignore spoofed loopback hops in trusted forwarding chains and block device approvals that request scopes above the caller session. (#46800) Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - Gateway/auth: clear self-declared scopes for device-less trusted-proxy Control UI sessions so proxy-authenticated connects cannot claim admin or secrets scopes without a bound device identity.
 - Hardening: refresh stale device pairing requests and pending metadata (#50695) Thanks @smaeljaish771 and @joshavant.
 - Gateway/auth: add regression coverage that keeps device-less trusted-proxy Control UI sessions off privileged pairing approval RPCs. Thanks @vincentkoc.
-- Media/Windows security: block remote-host `file://` media URLs and UNC/network paths before local filesystem resolution in core media loading and adjacent prompt/sandbox attachment seams, so the next release no longer allows structured local-media inputs to trigger outbound SMB credential handshakes on Windows. Thanks @RacerZ-fighting for reporting.
-- Web tools/Exa: align the bundled Exa plugin with the current Exa API by supporting newer search types and richer `contents` options, while fixing the result-count cap to honor Exa's higher limit. Thanks @vincentkoc.
-- Agents/default timeout: raise the shared default agent timeout from `600s` to `48h` so long-running ACP and agent sessions do not fail unless you configure a shorter limit.
-- CLI: avoid loading provider discovery during startup model normalization. (#46522) Thanks @ItsAditya-xyz and @vincentkoc.
-- Agents/Telegram: avoid rebuilding the full model catalog on ordinary inbound replies so Telegram message handling no longer pays multi-second core startup latency before reply generation. Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - Agents/models: cache `models.json` readiness by config and auth-file state so embedded runner turns stop paying repeated model-catalog startup work before replies. Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - Gateway/status: tolerate network interface discovery failures in status, onboarding control-UI links, and self-presence display paths so those surfaces fall back cleanly instead of crashing. (#52195) Thanks @meng-clb.
 - Gateway/Linux: auto-detect nvm-managed Node TLS CA bundle needs before CLI startup and refresh installed services that are missing `NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS`. (#51146) Thanks @GodsBoy.
 - Google auth/Node 25: patch `gaxios` to use native fetch without injecting `globalThis.window`, while translating proxy and mTLS transport settings so Google Vertex and Google Chat auth keep working on Node 25. (#47914) Thanks @pdd-cli.
-- Gateway/status: resolve env-backed `gateway.auth.*` SecretRefs before read-only probe auth checks so status no longer reports false probe failures when auth is configured through SecretRef. (#52513) Thanks @CodeForgeNet.
 - Gateway/plugins: pin runtime webhook routes to the gateway startup registry so channel webhooks keep working across plugin-registry churn, and make plugin auth + dispatch resolve routes from the same live HTTP-route registry. (#47902) Fixes #46924 and #47041. Thanks @steipete.
 - Gateway/restart: defer externally signaled unmanaged restarts through the in-process idle drain, and preserve the restored subagent run as remap fallback during orphan recovery so resumed sessions do not duplicate work. (#47719) Thanks @joeykrug.
 - Telegram/setup: seed fresh setups with `channels.telegram.groups["*"].requireMention=true` so new bots stay mention-gated in groups unless you explicitly open them up. Thanks @vincentkoc.
@@ -733,6 +1094,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Exec: harden host env override handling across gateway and node (#51207) Thanks @gladiator9797 and @joshavant.
 - Voice Call: enforce spoken-output contract and fix stream TTS silence regression (#51500) Thanks @joshavant.
 - xAI/models: rename the bundled Grok 4.20 catalog entries to the GA IDs and normalize saved deprecated beta IDs at runtime so existing configs and sessions keep resolving. (#50772) thanks @Jaaneek
+- WhatsApp/outbound media: fix HTML, XML, and CSS files being silently dropped on outbound send by adding missing MIME entries and falling back to `application/octet-stream` for unknown media types. (#51562) Thanks @bobbyt74
 - Agents/bootstrap warnings: move bootstrap truncation warnings out of the system prompt and into the per-turn prompt body so prompt-cache reuse stays stable when truncation warnings appear or disappear. (#48753) Thanks @scoootscooob and @obviyus.
 - Telegram/DM topic session keys: route named-account DM topics through the same per-account base session key across inbound messages, native commands, and session-state lookups so `/status` and thread recovery stop creating phantom `agent:main:main:thread:...` sessions. (#48204) Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - ACP/configured bindings: reinitialize configured ACP sessions that are stuck in `error` state instead of reusing the failed runtime.
@@ -758,7 +1120,6 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Discord/ACP: forward worker abort signals into ACP turns so timed-out Discord jobs cancel the running turn instead of silently leaving the bound ACP session working in the background.
 - ACP/Codex session replay: preserve hidden assistant thinking when loading or rebinding existing ACP sessions so stored thought chunks do not replay into visible assistant text. Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - Gateway/commands: keep internal `chat.send` slash-command UX while requiring `operator.admin` before internal callers can persist `/exec` defaults or mutate `phone-control` node policy through `/phone arm|disarm`.
-- Plugins/Matrix: move bundled plugin `KeyedAsyncQueue` imports onto the stable `plugin-sdk/core` surface so Matrix Docker/runtime builds do not depend on the brittle keyed-async-queue subpath. Thanks @ecohash-co and @vincentkoc.
 - Plugins/context engines: enforce owner-aware context-engine registration on both loader and public SDK paths so plugins cannot spoof privileged ownership, claim the core `legacy` engine id, or overwrite an existing engine id through direct SDK imports. (#47595) Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - Plugins/bundler TDZ: fix `RESERVED_COMMANDS` temporal dead zone error that prevented device-pair, phone-control, and talk-voice plugins from registering when the bundler placed the commands module after call sites in the same output chunk. Thanks @BunsDev.
 - Plugins/imports: fix stale googlechat runtime-api import paths and signal SDK circular re-exports broken by recent plugin-sdk refactors. Thanks @BunsDev.
@@ -781,11 +1142,9 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Plugins/context engines: retry strict legacy `assemble()` calls without the new `prompt` field when older engines reject it, preserving prompt-aware retrieval compatibility for pre-prompt plugins. (#50848) thanks @danhdoan.
 - Plugins/runtime state: share plugin-facing infra singleton state across duplicate module graphs and keep session-binding adapter ownership stable until the active owner unregisters. (#50725) thanks @huntharo.
 - Discord/pickers: keep `/codex_resume --browse-projects` picker callbacks alive in Discord by sharing component callback state across duplicate module graphs, preserving callback fallbacks, and acknowledging matched plugin interactions before dispatch. (#51260) Thanks @huntharo.
-- Memory/core tools: register `memory_search` and `memory_get` independently so one unavailable memory tool no longer suppresses the other in new sessions. (#50198) Thanks @artwalker.
 - Telegram/Mattermost message tool: keep plugin button schemas optional in isolated and cron sessions so plain sends do not fail validation when no current channel is active. (#52589) Thanks @tylerliu612.
 - Release/npm publish: fail the npm release check when `dist/control-ui/index.html` is missing from the packed tarball, so broken Control UI asset releases are blocked before publish. Fixes #52808. (#52852) Thanks @kevinheinrichs.
 - Slack/embedded delivery: suppress transcript-only `delivery-mirror` assistant messages before embedded re-delivery and raise the default Slack chunk fallback so messages just over 4000 characters stay in a single post. (#45489) Thanks @theo674.
-- Slack/embedded delivery: suppress transcript-only `delivery-mirror` assistant messages before embedded re-delivery and raise the default Slack chunk fallback so messages just over 4000 characters stay in a single post. (#45489) Thanks @theo674.
 
 ### Fixes
 
@@ -847,7 +1206,6 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Security/exec approvals: unwrap `env` dispatch wrappers inside shell-segment allowlist resolution on macOS so `env FOO=bar /path/to/bin` resolves against the effective executable instead of the wrapper token.
 - Security/exec approvals: treat backslash-newline as shell line continuation during macOS shell-chain parsing so line-continued `$(` substitutions fail closed instead of slipping past command-substitution checks.
 - Security/exec approvals: bind macOS skill auto-allow trust to both executable name and resolved path so same-basename binaries no longer inherit trust from unrelated skill bins.
-- Build/plugin-sdk bundling: bundle plugin-sdk subpath entries in one shared build pass so published packages stop duplicating shared chunks and avoid the recent plugin-sdk memory blow-up. (#45426) Thanks @TarasShyn.
 - Cron/isolated sessions: route nested cron-triggered embedded runner work onto the nested lane so isolated cron jobs no longer deadlock when compaction or other queued inner work runs. Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - Agents/OpenAI-compatible compat overrides: respect explicit user `models[].compat` opt-ins for non-native `openai-completions` endpoints so usage-in-streaming capability overrides no longer get forced off when the endpoint actually supports them. (#44432) Thanks @cheapestinference.
 - Agents/Azure OpenAI startup prompts: rephrase the built-in `/new`, `/reset`, and post-compaction startup instruction so Azure OpenAI deployments no longer hit HTTP 400 false positives from the content filter. (#43403) Thanks @xingsy97.
@@ -943,13 +1301,8 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Agents/failover: classify z.ai `network_error` stop reasons as retryable timeouts so provider connectivity failures trigger fallback instead of surfacing raw unhandled-stop-reason errors. (#43884) Thanks @hougangdev.
 - Config/Anthropic startup: inline Anthropic alias normalization during config load so gateway startup no longer crashes on dated Anthropic model refs like `anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-20250514`. (#45520) Thanks @BunsDev.
 - Memory/session sync: add mode-aware post-compaction session reindexing with `agents.defaults.compaction.postIndexSync` plus `agents.defaults.memorySearch.sync.sessions.postCompactionForce`, so compacted session memory can refresh immediately without forcing every deployment into synchronous reindexing. (#25561) thanks @rodrigouroz.
-- Telegram/model picker: make inline model button selections persist the chosen session model correctly, clear overrides when selecting the configured default, and include effective fallback models in `/models` button validation. (#40105) Thanks @avirweb.
 - Telegram/native command sync: suppress expected `BOT_COMMANDS_TOO_MUCH` retry error noise, add a final fallback summary log, and document the difference between command-menu overflow and real Telegram network failures.
-- Mattermost/reply media delivery: pass agent-scoped `mediaLocalRoots` through shared reply delivery so allowed local files upload correctly from button, slash-command, and model-picker replies. (#44021) Thanks @LyleLiu666.
-- Plugins/env-scoped roots: fix plugin discovery/load caches and provenance tracking so same-process `HOME`/`OPENCLAW_HOME` changes no longer reuse stale plugin state or misreport `~/...` plugins as untracked. (#44046) thanks @gumadeiras.
-- Gateway/session discovery: discover disk-only and retired ACP session stores under custom templated `session.store` roots so ACP reconciliation, session-id/session-label targeting, and run-id fallback keep working after restart. (#44176) thanks @gumadeiras.
 - Browser/existing-session: stop reporting fake CDP ports/URLs for live attached Chrome sessions, render `transport: chrome-mcp` in CLI/status output instead of `port: 0`, and keep timeout diagnostics transport-aware when no direct CDP URL exists.
-- Models/OpenRouter native ids: canonicalize native OpenRouter model keys across config writes, runtime lookups, fallback management, and `models list --plain`, and migrate legacy duplicated `openrouter/openrouter/...` config entries forward on write.
 - Feishu/event dedupe: keep early duplicate suppression aligned with the shared Feishu message-id contract and release the pre-queue dedupe marker after failed dispatch so retried events can recover instead of being dropped until the short TTL expires. (#43762) Thanks @yunweibang.
 - Gateway/hooks: bucket hook auth failures by forwarded client IP behind trusted proxies and warn when `hooks.allowedAgentIds` leaves hook routing unrestricted.
 - Agents/compaction: skip the post-compaction `cache-ttl` marker write when a compaction completed in the same attempt, preventing the next turn from immediately triggering a second tiny compaction. (#28548) thanks @MoerAI.
@@ -1087,12 +1440,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Gateway/node pending drain followup: keep `hasMore` true when the deferred baseline status item still needs delivery, and avoid allocating empty pending-work state for drain-only nodes with no queued work. (#41429) Thanks @mbelinky.
 - Protocol/Swift model sync: regenerate pending node work Swift bindings after the landed `node.pending.*` schema additions so generated protocol artifacts are consistent again. (#41477) Thanks @mbelinky.
 - Cron/subagent followup: do not misclassify empty or `NO_REPLY` cron responses as interim acknowledgements that need a rerun, so deliberately silent cron jobs are no longer retried. (#41383) thanks @jackal092927.
-- CLI/memory teardown: close cached memory search/index managers in the one-shot CLI shutdown path so watcher-backed memory caches no longer keep completed CLI runs alive after output finishes. (#40389) thanks @Julbarth.
-- Tools/web search: treat Brave `llm-context` grounding snippets as plain strings so `web_search` no longer returns empty snippet arrays in LLM Context mode. (#41387) thanks @zheliu2.
 - ACP/run-mode delivery: restore inline delivery for one-shot ACP run spawns from non-subagent (main) requester sessions so completions reach the originating Discord/Telegram/etc. channel again. Subagent orchestrators continue to use stream-to-parent when an active heartbeat relay route is available. (#52426) Thanks @distractedCoding.
-- Telegram/exec approvals: reject `/approve` commands aimed at other bots, keep deterministic approval prompts visible when tool-result delivery fails, and stop resolved exact IDs from matching other pending approvals by prefix. (#37233) Thanks @huntharo.
-- Control UI/Sessions: restore single-column session table collapse on narrow viewport or container widths by moving the responsive table override next to the base grid rule and enabling inline-size container queries. (#12175) Thanks @benjipeng.
-- Telegram/final preview delivery: split active preview lifecycle from cleanup retention so missing archived preview edits avoid duplicate fallback sends without clearing the live preview or blocking later in-place finalization. (#41662) thanks @hougangdev.
 - Cron/state errors: record `lastErrorReason` in cron job state and keep the gateway schema aligned with the full failover-reason set, including regression coverage for protocol conformance. (#14382) thanks @futuremind2026.
 - Browser/Browserbase 429 handling: surface stable no-retry rate-limit guidance without buffering discarded HTTP 429 response bodies from remote browser services. (#40491) thanks @mvanhorn.
 - CI/CodeQL Swift toolchain: select Xcode 26.1 before installing Swift build tools so the CodeQL Swift job uses Swift tools 6.2 on `macos-latest`. (#41787) thanks @BunsDev.
@@ -1101,10 +1449,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Telegram/direct delivery: bridge direct delivery sends to internal `message:sent` hooks so internal hook listeners observe successful Telegram deliveries. (#40185) Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - Dependencies: refresh workspace dependencies except the pinned Carbon package, and harden ACP session-config writes against non-string SDK values so newer ACP clients fail fast instead of tripping type/runtime mismatches.
 - Telegram/polling restarts: clear bounded cleanup timeout handles after `runner.stop()` and `bot.stop()` settle so stall recovery no longer leaves stray 15-second timers behind on clean shutdown. (#43188) thanks @kyohwang.
-- Gateway/config errors: surface up to three validation issues in top-level `config.set`, `config.patch`, and `config.apply` error messages while preserving structured issue details. (#42664) Thanks @huntharo.
-- Hooks/plugin context parity followup: pass `trigger` and `channelId` through embedded `llm_input`, `agent_end`, and `llm_output` hook contexts so plugins receive the same agent metadata across hook phases. (#42362) Thanks @zhoulf1006.
 - Status/context windows: normalize provider-qualified override cache keys so `/status` resolves the active provider's configured context window even when `models.providers` keys use mixed case or surrounding whitespace. (#36389) Thanks @haoruilee.
-- ACP/main session aliases: canonicalize `main` before ACP session lookup so restarted ACP main sessions rehydrate instead of failing closed with `Session is not ACP-enabled: main`. (#43285, fixes #25692)
 - Agents/embedded runner: recover canonical allowlisted tool names from malformed `toolCallId` and malformed non-blank tool-name variants before dispatch, while failing closed on ambiguous matches. (#34485) thanks @yuweuii.
 - Agents/failover: classify ZenMux quota-refresh `402` responses as `rate_limit` so model fallback retries continue instead of stopping on a temporary subscription window. (#43917) thanks @bwjoke.
 - Agents/failover: classify HTTP 422 malformed-request responses as `format` and recognize OpenRouter "requires more credits" billing errors so provider fallback triggers instead of surfacing raw errors. (#43823) thanks @jnMetaCode.

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -159,7 +159,10 @@ We are currently prioritizing:
 - **Skills**: For skill contributions, head to [ClawHub](https://clawhub.ai/) — the community hub for OpenClaw skills.
 - **Performance**: Optimizing token usage and compaction logic.
 
-Check the [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues) for "good first issue" labels!
+Check the [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues) for
+["good first issue"](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22)
+labels. If none are open, pick a small docs or bug issue and leave a quick comment saying
+you'd like to work on it.
 
 ## Maintainers
 

Dockerfile

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ WORKDIR /app
 COPY package.json pnpm-lock.yaml pnpm-workspace.yaml .npmrc ./
 COPY ui/package.json ./ui/package.json
 COPY patches ./patches
-COPY scripts/postinstall-bundled-plugins.mjs ./scripts/postinstall-bundled-plugins.mjs
+COPY scripts/postinstall-bundled-plugins.mjs scripts/npm-runner.mjs ./scripts/
 
 COPY --from=ext-deps /out/ ./${OPENCLAW_BUNDLED_PLUGIN_DIR}/
 

Makefile

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+.PHONY: build
+
+build:
+	pnpm build

README.md

@@ -32,9 +32,50 @@ New install? Start here: [Getting started](https://docs.openclaw.ai/start/gettin
 
 ## Sponsors
 
-| OpenAI                                                            | Vercel                                                            | Blacksmith                                                                   | Convex                                                                |
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+<table>
+  <tr>
+    <td align="center" width="20%">
+      <a href="https://openai.com/">
+        <picture>
+          <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: light)" srcset="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openclaw/openclaw/main/docs/assets/sponsors/openai-light.svg">
+          <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openclaw/openclaw/main/docs/assets/sponsors/openai.svg" alt="OpenAI" height="28">
+        </picture>
+      </a>
+    </td>
+    <td align="center" width="20%">
+      <a href="https://www.nvidia.com/">
+        <picture>
+          <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: light)" srcset="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openclaw/openclaw/main/docs/assets/sponsors/nvidia.svg">
+          <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openclaw/openclaw/main/docs/assets/sponsors/nvidia-dark.svg" alt="NVIDIA" height="28">
+        </picture>
+      </a>
+    </td>
+    <td align="center" width="20%">
+      <a href="https://vercel.com/">
+        <picture>
+          <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: light)" srcset="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openclaw/openclaw/main/docs/assets/sponsors/vercel-light.svg">
+          <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openclaw/openclaw/main/docs/assets/sponsors/vercel.svg" alt="Vercel" height="24">
+        </picture>
+      </a>
+    </td>
+    <td align="center" width="20%">
+      <a href="https://blacksmith.sh/">
+        <picture>
+          <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: light)" srcset="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openclaw/openclaw/main/docs/assets/sponsors/blacksmith-light.svg">
+          <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openclaw/openclaw/main/docs/assets/sponsors/blacksmith.svg" alt="Blacksmith" height="28">
+        </picture>
+      </a>
+    </td>
+    <td align="center" width="20%">
+      <a href="https://www.convex.dev/">
+        <picture>
+          <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: light)" srcset="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openclaw/openclaw/main/docs/assets/sponsors/convex-light.svg">
+          <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openclaw/openclaw/main/docs/assets/sponsors/convex.svg" alt="Convex" height="24">
+        </picture>
+      </a>
+    </td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
 
 **Subscriptions (OAuth):**
 

SECURITY.md

@@ -57,7 +57,10 @@ These are frequently reported but are typically closed with no code change:
 - Reports that only show a malicious plugin executing privileged actions after a trusted operator installs/enables it.
 - Reports that assume per-user multi-tenant authorization on a shared gateway host/config.
 - Reports that treat the Gateway HTTP compatibility endpoints (`POST /v1/chat/completions`, `POST /v1/responses`) as if they implemented scoped operator auth (`operator.write` vs `operator.admin`). These endpoints authenticate the shared Gateway bearer secret/password and are documented full operator-access surfaces, not per-user/per-scope boundaries.
+- Reports that assume `x-openclaw-scopes` can reduce or redefine shared-secret bearer auth on the OpenAI-compatible HTTP endpoints. For shared-secret auth (`gateway.auth.mode="token"` or `"password"`), those endpoints ignore narrower bearer-declared scopes and restore the full default operator scope set plus owner semantics.
+- Reports that treat `POST /tools/invoke` under shared-secret bearer auth (`gateway.auth.mode="token"` or `"password"`) as a narrower per-request/per-scope authorization surface. That endpoint is designed as the same trusted-operator HTTP boundary: shared-secret bearer auth is full operator access there, narrower `x-openclaw-scopes` values do not reduce that path, and owner-only tool policy follows the shared-secret operator contract.
 - Reports that only show differences in heuristic detection/parity (for example obfuscation-pattern detection on one exec path but not another, such as `node.invoke -> system.run` parity gaps) without demonstrating bypass of auth, approvals, allowlist enforcement, sandboxing, or other documented trust boundaries.
+- Reports that only show an ACP tool can indirectly execute, mutate, orchestrate sessions, or reach another tool/runtime without demonstrating bypass of ACP prompt/approval, allowlist enforcement, sandboxing, or another documented trust boundary. ACP silent approval is intentionally limited to narrow readonly classes; parity-only indirect-command findings are hardening, not vulnerabilities.
 - ReDoS/DoS claims that require trusted operator configuration input (for example catastrophic regex in `sessionFilter` or `logging.redactPatterns`) without a trust-boundary bypass.
 - Archive/install extraction claims that require pre-existing local filesystem priming in trusted state (for example planting symlink/hardlink aliases under destination directories such as skills/tools paths) without showing an untrusted path that can create/control that primitive.
 - Reports that depend on replacing or rewriting an already-approved executable path on a trusted host (same-path inode/content swap) without showing an untrusted path to perform that write.
@@ -93,7 +96,14 @@ When patching a GHSA via `gh api`, include `X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28` (o
 OpenClaw does **not** model one gateway as a multi-tenant, adversarial user boundary.
 
 - Authenticated Gateway callers are treated as trusted operators for that gateway instance.
-- The HTTP compatibility endpoints (`POST /v1/chat/completions`, `POST /v1/responses`) are in that same trusted-operator bucket. Passing Gateway bearer auth there is equivalent to operator access for that gateway; they do not implement a narrower `operator.write` vs `operator.admin` trust split.
+- The HTTP compatibility endpoints (`POST /v1/chat/completions`, `POST /v1/responses`) and direct tool endpoint (`POST /tools/invoke`) are in that same trusted-operator bucket. Passing Gateway bearer auth there is equivalent to operator access for that gateway; they do not implement a narrower `operator.write` vs `operator.admin` trust split.
+- Concretely, on the OpenAI-compatible HTTP surface:
+  - shared-secret bearer auth (`token` / `password`) authenticates possession of the gateway operator secret
+  - those requests receive the full default operator scope set (`operator.admin`, `operator.read`, `operator.write`, `operator.approvals`, `operator.pairing`)
+  - chat-turn endpoints (`/v1/chat/completions`, `/v1/responses`) also treat those shared-secret callers as owner senders for owner-only tool policy
+  - `POST /tools/invoke` follows that same shared-secret rule and also treats those callers as owner senders for owner-only tool policy
+  - narrower `x-openclaw-scopes` headers are ignored for that shared-secret path
+  - only identity-bearing HTTP modes (for example trusted proxy auth or `gateway.auth.mode="none"` on private ingress) honor declared per-request operator scopes
 - Session identifiers (`sessionKey`, session IDs, labels) are routing controls, not per-user authorization boundaries.
 - If one operator can view data from another operator on the same gateway, that is expected in this trust model.
 - OpenClaw can technically run multiple gateway instances on one machine, but recommended operations are clean separation by trust boundary.
@@ -129,6 +139,7 @@ Plugins/extensions are part of OpenClaw's trusted computing base for a gateway.
 - Any report whose only claim is that an operator-enabled `dangerous*`/`dangerously*` config option weakens defaults (these are explicit break-glass tradeoffs by design)
 - Reports that depend on trusted operator-supplied configuration values to trigger availability impact (for example custom regex patterns). These may still be fixed as defense-in-depth hardening, but are not security-boundary bypasses.
 - Reports whose only claim is heuristic/parity drift in command-risk detection (for example obfuscation-pattern checks) across exec surfaces, without a demonstrated trust-boundary bypass. These are hardening-only findings and are not vulnerabilities; triage may close them as `invalid`/`no-action` or track them separately as low/informational hardening.
+- Reports whose only claim is that an ACP-exposed tool can indirectly execute commands, mutate host state, or reach another privileged tool/runtime without demonstrating a bypass of ACP prompt/approval, allowlist enforcement, sandboxing, or another documented trust boundary. These are hardening-only findings, not vulnerabilities.
 - Reports whose only claim is that exec approvals do not semantically model every interpreter/runtime loader form, subcommand, flag combination, package script, or transitive module/config import. Exec approvals bind exact request context and best-effort direct local file operands; they are not a complete semantic model of everything a runtime may load.
 - Exposed secrets that are third-party/user-controlled credentials (not OpenClaw-owned and not granting access to OpenClaw-operated infrastructure/services) without demonstrated OpenClaw impact
 - Reports whose only claim is host-side exec when sandbox runtime is disabled/unavailable (documented default behavior in the trusted-operator model), without a boundary bypass.

appcast.xml

@@ -2,6 +2,193 @@
 <rss xmlns:sparkle="http://www.andymatuschak.org/xml-namespaces/sparkle" version="2.0">
     <channel>
         <title>OpenClaw</title>
+        <item>
+            <title>2026.4.1</title>
+            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
+            <link>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openclaw/openclaw/main/appcast.xml</link>
+            <sparkle:version>2026040190</sparkle:version>
+            <sparkle:shortVersionString>2026.4.1</sparkle:shortVersionString>
+            <sparkle:minimumSystemVersion>15.0</sparkle:minimumSystemVersion>
+            <description><![CDATA[<h2>OpenClaw 2026.4.1</h2>
+<h3>Changes</h3>
+<ul>
+<li>Tasks/chat: add <code>/tasks</code> as a chat-native background task board for the current session, with recent task details and agent-local fallback counts when no linked tasks are visible. Related #54226. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>Web search/SearXNG: add the bundled SearXNG provider plugin for <code>web_search</code> with configurable host support. (#57317) Thanks @cgdusek.</li>
+<li>Amazon Bedrock/Guardrails: add Bedrock Guardrails support to the bundled provider. (#58588) Thanks @MikeORed.</li>
+<li>macOS/Voice Wake: add the Voice Wake option to trigger Talk Mode. (#58490) Thanks @SmoothExec.</li>
+<li>Feishu/comments: add a dedicated Drive comment-event flow with comment-thread context resolution, in-thread replies, and <code>feishu_drive</code> comment actions for document collaboration workflows. (#58497) Thanks @wittam-01.</li>
+<li>Gateway/webchat: make <code>chat.history</code> text truncation configurable with <code>gateway.webchat.chatHistoryMaxChars</code> and per-request <code>maxChars</code>, while preserving silent-reply filtering and existing default payload limits. (#58900)</li>
+<li>Agents/default params: add <code>agents.defaults.params</code> for global default provider parameters. (#58548) Thanks @lpender.</li>
+<li>Agents/failover: cap prompt-side and assistant-side same-provider auth-profile retries for rate-limit failures before cross-provider model fallback, add the <code>auth.cooldowns.rateLimitedProfileRotations</code> knob, and document the new fallback behavior. (#58707) Thanks @Forgely3D</li>
+<li>Cron/tools allowlist: add <code>openclaw cron --tools</code> for per-job tool allowlists. (#58504) Thanks @andyk-ms.</li>
+<li>Channels/session routing: move provider-specific session conversation grammar into plugin-owned session-key surfaces, preserving Telegram topic routing and Feishu scoped inheritance across bootstrap, model override, restart, and tool-policy paths.</li>
+<li>WhatsApp/reactions: add <code>reactionLevel</code> guidance for agent reactions. Thanks @mcaxtr.</li>
+<li>Telegram/errors: add configurable <code>errorPolicy</code> and <code>errorCooldownMs</code> controls so Telegram can suppress repeated delivery errors per account, chat, and topic without muting distinct failures. (#51914) Thanks @chinar-amrutkar</li>
+<li>ZAI/models: add <code>glm-5.1</code> and <code>glm-5v-turbo</code> to the bundled Z.AI provider catalog. (#58793) Thanks @tomsun28</li>
+<li>Agents/compaction: resolve <code>agents.defaults.compaction.model</code> consistently for manual <code>/compact</code> and other context-engine compaction paths, so engine-owned compaction uses the configured override model across runtime entrypoints. (#56710) Thanks @oliviareid-svg</li>
+</ul>
+<h3>Fixes</h3>
+<ul>
+<li>Chat/error replies: stop leaking raw provider/runtime failures into external chat channels, return a friendly retry message instead, and add a specific <code>/new</code> hint for Bedrock toolResult/toolUse session mismatches. (#58831) Thanks @ImLukeF.</li>
+<li>Gateway/reload: ignore startup config writes by persisted hash in the config reloader so generated auth tokens and seeded Control UI origins do not trigger a restart loop, while real <code>gateway.auth.*</code> edits still require restart. (#58678) Thanks @yelog</li>
+<li>Tasks/gateway: keep the task registry maintenance sweep from stalling the gateway event loop under synchronous SQLite pressure, so upgraded gateways stop hanging about a minute after startup. (#58670) Thanks @openperf</li>
+<li>Tasks/status: hide stale completed background tasks from <code>/status</code> and <code>session_status</code>, prefer live task context, and show recent failures only when no active work remains. (#58661) Thanks @vincentkoc</li>
+<li>Tasks/gateway: re-check the current task record before maintenance marks runs lost or prunes them, so a task heartbeat or cleanup update that lands during a sweep no longer gets overwritten by stale snapshot state.</li>
+<li>Exec/approvals: honor <code>exec-approvals.json</code> security defaults when inline or configured tool policy is unset, and keep Slack and Discord native approval handling aligned with inferred approvers and real channel enablement so remote exec stops falling into false approval timeouts and disabled states. Thanks @scoootscooob and @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>Exec/approvals: make <code>allow-always</code> persist as durable user-approved trust instead of behaving like <code>allow-once</code>, reuse exact-command trust on shell-wrapper paths that cannot safely persist an executable allowlist entry, keep static allowlist entries from silently bypassing <code>ask:"always"</code>, and require explicit approval when Windows cannot build an allowlist execution plan instead of hard-dead-ending remote exec. Thanks @scoootscooob and @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>Exec/cron: resolve isolated cron no-route approval dead-ends from the effective host fallback policy when trusted automation is allowed, and make <code>openclaw doctor</code> warn when <code>tools.exec</code> is broader than <code>~/.openclaw/exec-approvals.json</code> so stricter host-policy conflicts are explicit. Thanks @scoootscooob and @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>Sessions/model switching: keep <code>/model</code> changes queued behind busy runs instead of interrupting the active turn, and retarget queued followups so later work picks up the new model as soon as the current turn finishes.</li>
+<li>Gateway/HTTP: skip failing HTTP request stages so one broken facade no longer forces every HTTP endpoint to return 500. (#58746) Thanks @yelog</li>
+<li>Gateway/nodes: stop pinning live node commands to the approved node-pair record. Node pairing remains a trust/token flow, while per-node <code>system.run</code> policy stays in that node's exec approvals config. Fixes #58824.</li>
+<li>WebChat/exec approvals: use native approval UI guidance in agent system prompts instead of telling agents to paste manual <code>/approve</code> commands in webchat sessions. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>Web UI/OpenResponses: preserve rewritten stream snapshots in webchat and keep OpenResponses final streamed text aligned when models rewind earlier output. (#58641) Thanks @neeravmakwana</li>
+<li>Discord/inbound media: pass Discord attachment and sticker downloads through the shared idle-timeout and worker-abort path so slow or stuck inbound media fetches stop hanging message processing. (#58593) Thanks @aquaright1</li>
+<li>Telegram/retries: keep non-idempotent sends on the strict safe-send path, retry wrapped pre-connect failures, and preserve <code>429</code> / <code>retry_after</code> backoff for safe delivery retries. (#51895) Thanks @chinar-amrutkar</li>
+<li>Telegram/exec approvals: route topic-aware exec approval followups through Telegram-owned threading and approval-target parsing, so forum-topic approvals stay in the originating topic instead of falling back to the root chat. (#58783)</li>
+<li>Telegram/local Bot API: preserve media MIME types for absolute-path downloads so local audio files still trigger transcription and other MIME-based handling. (#54603) Thanks @jzakirov</li>
+<li>Channels/WhatsApp: pass inbound message timestamp to model context so the AI can see when WhatsApp messages were sent. (#58590) Thanks @Maninae</li>
+<li>Channels/QQ Bot: keep <code>/bot-logs</code> export gated behind a truly explicit QQBot allowlist, rejecting wildcard and mixed wildcard entries while preserving the real framework command path. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>Channels/plugins: keep bundled channel plugins loadable from legacy <code>channels.<id></code> config even under restrictive plugin allowlists, and make <code>openclaw doctor</code> warn only on real plugin blockers instead of misleading setup guidance. (#58873) Thanks @obviyus</li>
+<li>Plugins/bundled runtimes: restore externalized bundled plugin runtime dependency staging across packed installs, Docker builds, and local runtime staging so bundled plugins keep their declared runtime deps after the 2026.3.31 externalization change. (#58782)</li>
+<li>LINE/runtime: resolve the packaged runtime contract from the built <code>dist/plugins/runtime</code> layout so LINE channels start correctly again after global npm installs on <code>2026.3.31</code>. (#58799) Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>MiniMax/plugins: auto-enable the bundled MiniMax plugin for API-key auth/config so MiniMax image generation and other plugin-owned capabilities load without manual plugin allowlisting. (#57127) Thanks @tars90percent.</li>
+<li>Ollama/model picker: show only Ollama models after provider selection in the CLI picker. (#55290) Thanks @Luckymingxuan.</li>
+<li>CDP/profiles: prefer <code>cdpPort</code> over stale WebSocket URLs so browser automation reconnects cleanly. (#58499) Thanks @Mlightsnow.</li>
+<li>Media/paths: resolve relative <code>MEDIA</code> paths against the agent workspace so local attachment references keep working. (#58624) Thanks @aquaright1.</li>
+<li>Memory/session indexing: keep full reindexes from skipping session transcripts when sync is triggered by <code>session-start</code> or <code>watch</code>, so restart-driven reindexes preserve session memory. (#39732) Thanks @upupc</li>
+<li>Memory/QMD: prefer <code>--mask</code> over <code>--glob</code> when creating QMD collections so default memory collections keep their intended patterns and stop colliding on restart. (#58643) Thanks @GitZhangChi.</li>
+<li>Subagents/tasks: keep subagent completion and cleanup from crashing when task-registry writes fail, so a corrupt or missing task row no longer takes down the gateway during lifecycle finalization. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>Sandbox/browser: compare browser runtime inspection against <code>agents.defaults.sandbox.browser.image</code> so <code>openclaw sandbox list --browser</code> stops reporting healthy browser containers as image mismatches. (#58759) Thanks @sandpile.</li>
+<li>Plugins/install: forward <code>--dangerously-force-unsafe-install</code> through archive and npm-spec plugin installs so the documented override reaches the security scanner on those install paths. (#58879) Thanks @ryanlee-gemini.</li>
+<li>Auto-reply/commands: strip inbound metadata before slash command detection so wrapped <code>/model</code>, <code>/new</code>, and <code>/status</code> commands are recognized. (#58725) Thanks @Mlightsnow.</li>
+<li>Agents/Anthropic: preserve thinking blocks and signatures across replay, cache-control patching, and context pruning so compacted Anthropic sessions continue working instead of failing on later turns. (#58916) Thanks @obviyus</li>
+<li>Agents/failover: unify structured and raw provider error classification so provider-specific <code>400</code>/<code>422</code> payloads no longer get forced into generic format failures before retry, billing, or compaction logic can inspect them. (#58856) Thanks @aaron-he-zhu.</li>
+<li>Auth profiles/store: coerce misplaced SecretRef objects out of plaintext <code>key</code> and <code>token</code> fields during store load so agents without ACP runtime stop crashing on <code>.trim()</code> after upgrade. (#58923) Thanks @openperf.</li>
+<li>ACPX/runtime: repair <code>queue owner unavailable</code> session recovery by replacing dead named sessions and resuming the backend session when ACPX exposes a stable session id, so the first ACP prompt no longer inherits a dead handle. (#58669) Thanks @neeravmakwana</li>
+<li>ACPX/runtime: retry dead-session queue-owner repair without <code>--resume-session</code> when the reported ACPX session id is stale, so recovery still creates a fresh named session instead of failing session init. Thanks @obviyus.</li>
+<li>Auth/OpenAI Codex: persist plugin-refreshed OAuth credentials to <code>auth-profiles.json</code> before returning them, so rotated Codex refresh tokens survive restart and stop falling into <code>refresh_token_reused</code> loops. (#53082)</li>
+<li>Discord/gateway: hand reconnect ownership back to Carbon, keep runtime status aligned with close/reconnect state, and force-stop sockets that open without reaching READY so Discord monitors recover promptly instead of waiting on stale health timeouts. (#59019) Thanks @obviyus</li>
+</ul>
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+            <title>2026.3.31</title>
+            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 21:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
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+<h3>Breaking</h3>
+<ul>
+<li>Nodes/exec: remove the duplicated <code>nodes.run</code> shell wrapper from the CLI and agent <code>nodes</code> tool so node shell execution always goes through <code>exec host=node</code>, keeping node-specific capabilities on <code>nodes invoke</code> and the dedicated media/location/notify actions.</li>
+<li>Plugin SDK: deprecate the legacy provider compat subpaths plus the older bundled provider setup and channel-runtime compatibility shims, emit migration warnings, and keep the current documented <code>openclaw/plugin-sdk/*</code> entrypoints plus local <code>api.ts</code> / <code>runtime-api.ts</code> barrels as the forward path ahead of a future major-release removal.</li>
+<li>Skills/install and Plugins/install: built-in dangerous-code <code>critical</code> findings and install-time scan failures now fail closed by default, so plugin installs and gateway-backed skill dependency installs that previously succeeded may now require an explicit dangerous override such as <code>--dangerously-force-unsafe-install</code> to proceed.</li>
+<li>Gateway/auth: <code>trusted-proxy</code> now rejects mixed shared-token configs, and local-direct fallback requires the configured token instead of implicitly authenticating same-host callers. Thanks @zhangning-agent, @jacobtomlinson, and @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>Gateway/node commands: node commands now stay disabled until node pairing is approved, so device pairing alone is no longer enough to expose declared node commands. (#57777) Thanks @jacobtomlinson.</li>
+<li>Gateway/node events: node-originated runs now stay on a reduced trusted surface, so notification-driven or node-triggered flows that previously relied on broader host/session tool access may need adjustment. (#57691) Thanks @jacobtomlinson.</li>
+</ul>
+<h3>Changes</h3>
+<ul>
+<li>ACP/plugins: add an explicit default-off ACPX plugin-tools MCP bridge config, document the trust boundary, and harden the built-in bridge packaging/logging path so global installs and stdio MCP sessions work reliably. (#56867) Thanks @joe2643.</li>
+<li>Agents/LLM: add a configurable idle-stream timeout for embedded runner requests so stalled model streams abort cleanly instead of hanging until the broader run timeout fires. (#55072) Thanks @liuy.</li>
+<li>Agents/MCP: materialize bundle MCP tools with provider-safe names (<code>serverName__toolName</code>), support optional <code>streamable-http</code> transport selection plus per-server connection timeouts, and preserve real tool results from aborted/error turns unless truncation explicitly drops them. (#49505) Thanks @ziomancer.</li>
+<li>Android/notifications: add notification-forwarding controls with package filtering, quiet hours, rate limiting, and safer picker behavior for forwarded notification events. (#40175) Thanks @nimbleenigma.</li>
+<li>Background tasks: turn tasks into a real shared background-run control plane instead of ACP-only bookkeeping by unifying ACP, subagent, cron, and background CLI execution under one SQLite-backed ledger, routing detached lifecycle updates through the executor seam, adding audit/maintenance/status visibility, tightening auto-cleanup and lost-run recovery, improving task awareness in internal status/tool surfaces, and clarifying the split between heartbeat/main-session automation and detached scheduled runs. Thanks @mbelinky and @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>Background tasks: add the first linear task flow control surface with <code>openclaw flows list|show|cancel</code>, keep manual multi-task flows separate from one-task auto-sync flows, and surface doctor recovery hints for obviously orphaned or broken flow/task linkage. Thanks @mbelinky and @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>Channels/QQ Bot: add QQ Bot as a bundled channel plugin with multi-account setup, SecretRef-aware credentials, slash commands, reminders, and media send/receive support. (#52986) Thanks @sliverp.</li>
+<li>Diffs: skip unused viewer-versus-file SSR preload work so <code>diffs</code> view-only and file-only runs do less render work while keeping mode outputs aligned. (#57909) thanks @gumadeiras.</li>
+<li>Tasks: add a minimal SQLite-backed task flow registry plus task-to-flow linkage scaffolding, so orchestrated work can start gaining a first-class parent record without changing current task delivery behavior. Thanks @mbelinky and @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>Tasks: persist blocked state on one-task task flows and let the same flow reopen cleanly on retry, so blocked detached work can carry a parent-level reason and continue without fragmenting into a new job. Thanks @mbelinky and @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>Tasks: route one-task ACP and subagent updates through a parent task-flow owner context, so detached work can emerge back through the intended parent thread/session instead of speaking only as a raw child task. Thanks @mbelinky and @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>LINE/outbound media: add LINE image, video, and audio outbound sends on the LINE-specific delivery path, including explicit preview/tracking handling for videos while keeping generic media sends on the existing image-only route. (#45826) Thanks @masatohoshino.</li>
+<li>Matrix/history: add optional room history context for Matrix group triggers via <code>channels.matrix.historyLimit</code>, with per-agent watermarks and retry-safe snapshots so failed trigger retries do not drift into newer room messages. (#57022) thanks @chain710.</li>
+<li>Matrix/network: add explicit <code>channels.matrix.proxy</code> config for routing Matrix traffic through an HTTP(S) proxy, including account-level overrides and matching probe/runtime behavior. (#56931) thanks @patrick-yingxi-pan.</li>
+<li>Matrix/streaming: add draft streaming so partial Matrix replies update the same message in place instead of sending a new message for each chunk. (#56387) Thanks @jrusz.</li>
+<li>Matrix/threads: add per-DM <code>threadReplies</code> overrides and keep thread session isolation aligned with the effective room or DM thread policy from the triggering message onward. (#57995) thanks @teconomix.</li>
+<li>MCP: add remote HTTP/SSE server support for <code>mcp.servers</code> URL configs, including auth headers and safer config redaction for MCP credentials. (#50396) Thanks @dhananjai1729.</li>
+<li>Memory/QMD: add per-agent <code>memorySearch.qmd.extraCollections</code> so agents can opt into cross-agent session search without flattening every transcript collection into one shared QMD namespace. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>Microsoft Teams/member info: add a Graph-backed member info action so Teams automations and tools can resolve channel member details directly from Microsoft Graph. (#57528) Thanks @sudie-codes.</li>
+<li>Nostr/inbound DMs: verify inbound event signatures before pairing or sender-authorization side effects, so forged DM events no longer create pairing requests or trigger reply attempts. Thanks @smaeljaish771 and @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>OpenAI/Responses: forward configured <code>text.verbosity</code> across Responses HTTP and WebSocket transports, surface it in <code>/status</code>, and keep per-agent verbosity precedence aligned with runtime behavior. (#47106) Thanks @merc1305 and @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>Pi/Codex: add native Codex web search support for embedded Pi runs, including config/docs/wizard coverage and managed-tool suppression when native Codex search is active. (#46579) Thanks @Evizero.</li>
+<li>Slack/exec approvals: add native Slack approval routing and approver authorization so exec approval prompts can stay in Slack instead of falling back to the Web UI or terminal. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>TTS: Add structured provider diagnostics and fallback attempt analytics. (#57954) Thanks @joshavant.</li>
+<li>WhatsApp/reactions: agents can now react with emoji on incoming WhatsApp messages, enabling more natural conversational interactions like acknowledging a photo with ❤️ instead of typing a reply. Thanks @mcaxtr.</li>
+<li>Agents/BTW: force <code>/btw</code> side questions to disable provider reasoning so Anthropic adaptive-thinking sessions stop failing with <code>No BTW response generated</code>. Fixes #55376. Thanks @Catteres and @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>CLI/onboarding: reset the remote gateway URL prompt to the safe loopback default after declining a discovered endpoint, so onboarding does not keep a previously rejected remote URL. (#57828)</li>
+<li>Agents/exec defaults: honor per-agent <code>tools.exec</code> defaults when no inline directive or session override is present, so configured exec host, security, ask, and node settings actually apply. (#57689)</li>
+<li>Sandbox/networking: sanitize SSH subprocess env vars through the shared sandbox policy and route marketplace archive downloads plus Ollama discovery, auth, and pull requests through the guarded fetch path so sandboxed execution and remote fetches follow the repo's trust boundaries. (#57848, #57850)</li>
+</ul>
+<h3>Fixes</h3>
+<ul>
+<li>Slack: stop retry-driven duplicate replies when draft-finalization edits fail ambiguously, and log configured allowlisted users/channels by readable name instead of raw IDs.</li>
+<li>Agents/OpenAI Responses: normalize raw bundled MCP tool schemas on the WebSocket/Responses path so bare-object, object-ish, and top-level union MCP tools no longer get rejected by OpenAI during tool registration. (#58299) Thanks @yelog.</li>
+<li>ACP/security: replace ACP's dangerous-tool name override with semantic approval classes, so only narrow readonly reads/searches can auto-approve while indirect exec-capable and control-plane tools always require explicit prompt approval. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>ACP/sessions_spawn: register ACP child runs for completion tracking and lifecycle cleanup, and make registration-failure cleanup explicitly best-effort so callers do not assume an already-started ACP turn was fully aborted. (#40885) Thanks @xaeon2026 and @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>ACP/tasks: mark cleanly exited ACP runs as blocked when they end on deterministic write or authorization blockers, and wake the parent session with a follow-up instead of falsely reporting success.</li>
+<li>ACPX/runtime: derive the bundled ACPX expected version from the extension package metadata instead of hardcoding a separate literal, so plugin-local ACPX installs stop drifting out of health-check parity after version bumps. (#49089) Thanks @jiejiesks and @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>Agents/Anthropic failover: treat Anthropic <code>api_error</code> payloads with <code>An unexpected error occurred while processing the response</code> as transient so retry/fallback can engage instead of surfacing a terminal failure. (#57441) Thanks @zijiess and @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>Agents/compaction: keep late compaction-retry completions from double-resolving finished compaction futures, so interrupted or timed-out compactions stop surfacing spurious second-completion races. (#57796) Thanks @joshavant.</li>
+<li>Agents/disabled providers: make disabled providers disappear from default model selection and embedded provider fallback, while letting explicitly pinned disabled providers fail with a clear config error instead of silently taking traffic. (#57735) Thanks @rileybrown-dev and @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>Agents/OAuth output: force exec-host OAuth output readers through the gateway fs policy so embedded gateway runs stop crashing when provider auth writes land outside the current sandbox workspace. (#58249) Thanks @joshavant.</li>
+<li>Agents/system prompt: fix <code>agent.name</code> interpolation in the embedded runtime system prompt and make provider/model fallback text reflect the effective runtime selection after start. (#57625) Thanks @StllrSvr and @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>Android/device info: read the app's version metadata from the package manager instead of hidden APIs so Android 15+ onboarding and device info no longer fail to compile or report placeholder values. (#58126) Thanks @L3ER0Y.</li>
+<li>Android/pairing: stop appending duplicate push receiver entries to <code>gateway-service.conf</code> on repeated QR pairing and keep push registration bounded to the current successful pairing, so Android push delivery stays healthy across re-pair and token rotation. (#58256) Thanks @surrealroad.</li>
+<li>App install smoke: pin the latest-release lookup to <code>latest</code>, cache the first stable install version across the rerun, and relax prerelease package assertions so the Parallels smoke lane can validate stable-to-main upgrades even when <code>beta</code> moves ahead or the guest starts from an older stable. (#58177) Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>Auth/profiles: keep the last successful config load in memory for the running process and refresh that snapshot on successful writes/reloads, so hot paths stop reparsing <code>openclaw.json</code> between watcher-driven swaps.</li>
+<li>Config/SecretRef + Control UI: harden SecretRef redaction round-trip restore, block unsafe raw fallback (force Form mode when raw is unavailable), and preflight submitted-config SecretRefs before config write RPC persistence. (#58044) Thanks @joshavant.</li>
+<li>Config/Telegram: migrate removed <code>channels.telegram.groupMentionsOnly</code> into <code>channels.telegram.groups[\"*\"].requireMention</code> on load so legacy configs no longer crash at startup. (#55336) thanks @jameslcowan.</li>
+<li>Config/update: stop <code>openclaw doctor</code> write-backs from persisting plugin-injected channel defaults, so <code>openclaw update</code> no longer seeds config keys that later break service refresh validation. (#56834) Thanks @openperf.</li>
+<li>Control UI/agents: auto-load agent workspace files on initial Files panel open, and populate overview model/workspace/fallbacks from effective runtime agent metadata so defaulted models no longer show as <code>Not set</code>. (#56637) Thanks @dxsx84.</li>
+<li>Control UI/slash commands: make <code>/steer</code> and <code>/redirect</code> work from the chat command palette with visible pending state for active-run <code>/steer</code>, correct redirected-run tracking, and a single canonical <code>/steer</code> entry in the command menu. (#54625) Thanks @fuller-stack-dev.</li>
+<li>Cron/announce: preserve all deliverable text payloads for announce mode instead of collapsing to the last chunk, so multi-line cron reports deliver in full to Telegram forum topics.</li>
+<li>Cron/isolated sessions: carry the full live-session provider, model, and auth-profile selection across retry restarts so cron jobs with model overrides no longer fail or loop on mid-run model-switch requests. (#57972) Thanks @issaba1.</li>
+<li>Diffs/config: preserve schema-shaped plugin config parsing from <code>diffsPluginConfigSchema.safeParse()</code>, so direct callers keep <code>defaults</code> and <code>security</code> sections instead of receiving flattened tool defaults. (#57904) Thanks @gumadeiras.</li>
+<li>Diffs: fall back to plain text when <code>lang</code> hints are invalid during diff render and viewer hydration, so bad or stale language values no longer break the diff viewer. (#57902) Thanks @gumadeiras.</li>
+<li>Discord/voice: enforce the same guild channel and member allowlist checks on spoken voice ingress before transcription, so joined voice channels no longer accept speech from users outside the configured Discord access policy. Thanks @cyjhhh and @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>Docker/setup: force BuildKit for local image builds (including sandbox image builds) so <code>./docker-setup.sh</code> no longer fails on <code>RUN --mount=...</code> when hosts default to Docker's legacy builder. (#56681) Thanks @zhanghui-china.</li>
+<li>Docs/anchors: fix broken English docs links and make Mint anchor audits run against the English-source docs tree. (#57039) thanks @velvet-shark.</li>
+<li>Doctor/plugins: skip false Matrix legacy-helper warnings when no migration plans exist, and keep bundled <code>enabledByDefault</code> plugins in the gateway startup set. (#57931) Thanks @dinakars777.</li>
+<li>Exec approvals/macOS: unwrap <code>arch</code> and <code>xcrun</code> before deriving shell payloads and allow-always patterns, so wrapper approvals stay bound to the carried command instead of the outer carrier. Thanks @tdjackey and @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>Exec approvals: unwrap <code>caffeinate</code> and <code>sandbox-exec</code> before persisting allow-always trust so later shell payload changes still require a fresh approval. Thanks @tdjackey and @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>Exec/approvals: infer Discord and Telegram exec approvers from existing owner config when <code>execApprovals.approvers</code> is unset, extend the default approval window to 30 minutes, and clarify approval-unavailable guidance so approvals do not appear to silently disappear.</li>
+<li>Pi/TUI: flush message-boundary replies at <code>message_end</code> so turns stop looking stuck until the next nudge when the final reply was already ready. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>Exec/approvals: keep <code>awk</code> and <code>sed</code> family binaries out of the low-risk <code>safeBins</code> fast path, and stop doctor profile scaffolding from treating them like ordinary custom filters. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>Exec/env: block proxy, TLS, and Docker endpoint env overrides in host execution so request-scoped commands cannot silently reroute outbound traffic or trust attacker-supplied certificate settings. Thanks @AntAISecurityLab.</li>
+<li>Exec/env: block Python package index override variables from request-scoped host exec environment sanitization so package fetches cannot be redirected through a caller-supplied index. Thanks @nexrin and @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>Exec/node: stop gateway-side workdir fallback from rewriting explicit <code>host=node</code> cwd values to the gateway filesystem, so remote node exec approval and runs keep using the intended node-local directory. (#50961) Thanks @openperf.</li>
+<li>Exec/runtime: default implicit exec to <code>host=auto</code>, resolve that target to sandbox only when a sandbox runtime exists, keep explicit <code>host=sandbox</code> fail-closed without sandbox, and show <code>/exec</code> effective host state in runtime status/docs.</li>
+<li>Exec: fail closed when the implicit sandbox host has no sandbox runtime, and stop denied async approval followups from reusing prior command output from the same session. (#56800) Thanks @scoootscooob.</li>
+<li>Feishu/groups: keep quoted replies and topic bootstrap context aligned with group sender allowlists so only allowlisted thread messages seed agent context. Thanks @AntAISecurityLab and @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>Gateway/attachments: offload large inbound images without leaking <code>media://</code> markers into text-only runs, preserve mixed attachment order for model input/transcripts, and fail closed when model image capability cannot be resolved. (#55513) Thanks @Syysean.</li>
+<li>Gateway/auth: keep shared-auth rate limiting active during WebSocket handshake attempts even when callers also send device-token candidates, so bogus device-token fields no longer suppress shared-secret brute-force tracking. Thanks @kexinoh and @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>Gateway/auth: reject mismatched browser <code>Origin</code> headers on trusted-proxy HTTP operator requests while keeping origin-less headless proxy clients working. Thanks @AntAISecurityLab and @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>Gateway/device tokens: disconnect active device sessions after token rotation so newly rotated credentials revoke existing live connections immediately instead of waiting for those sockets to close naturally. Thanks @zsxsoft and @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>Gateway/health: carry webhook-vs-polling account mode from channel descriptors into runtime snapshots so passive channels like LINE and BlueBubbles skip false stale-socket health failures. (#47488) Thanks @karesansui-u.</li>
+<li>Gateway/pairing: restore QR bootstrap onboarding handoff so fresh <code>/pair qr</code> iPhone setup can auto-approve the initial node pairing, receive a reusable node device token, and stop retrying with spent bootstrap auth. (#58382) Thanks @ngutman.</li>
+<li>Gateway/OpenAI compatibility: accept flat Responses API function tool definitions on <code>/v1/responses</code> and preserve <code>strict</code> when normalizing hosted tools into the embedded runner, so spec-compliant clients like Codex no longer fail validation or silently lose strict tool enforcement. Thanks @malaiwah and @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>Gateway/OpenAI HTTP: restore default operator scopes for bearer-authenticated requests that omit <code>x-openclaw-scopes</code>, so headless <code>/v1/chat/completions</code> and session-history callers work again after the recent method-scope hardening. (#57596) Thanks @openperf.</li>
+<li>Gateway/plugins: scope plugin-auth HTTP route runtime clients to read-only access and keep gateway-authenticated plugin routes on write scope, so plugin-owned webhook handlers do not inherit write-capable runtime access by default. Thanks @davidluzsilva and @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>Gateway/SecretRef: resolve restart token drift checks with merged service/runtime env sources and hard-fail unsupported mutable SecretRef plus OAuth-profile combinations so restart warnings and policy enforcement match runtime behavior. (#58141) Thanks @joshavant.</li>
+<li>Gateway/tools HTTP: tighten HTTP tool-invoke authorization so owner-only tools stay off HTTP invoke paths. (#57773) Thanks @jacobtomlinson.</li>
+<li>Harden async approval followup delivery in webchat-only sessions (#57359) Thanks @joshavant.</li>
+<li>Heartbeat/auth: prevent exec-event heartbeat runs from inheriting owner-only tool access from the session delivery target, so node exec output stays on the non-owner tool surface even when the target session belongs to the owner. Thanks @AntAISecurityLab and @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>Hooks/config: accept runtime channel plugin ids in <code>hooks.mappings[].channel</code> (for example <code>feishu</code>) instead of rejecting non-core channels during config validation. (#56226) Thanks @AiKrai001.</li>
+<li>Hooks/session routing: rebind hook-triggered <code>agent:</code> session keys to the actual target agent before isolated dispatch so dedicated hook agents keep their own session-scoped tool and plugin identity. Thanks @kexinoh and @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>Host exec/env: block additional request-scoped env overrides that can redirect Docker endpoints, trust roots, compiler include paths, package resolution, or Python environment roots during approved host runs. Thanks @tdjackey and @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>Image generation/build: write stable runtime alias files into <code>dist/</code> and route provider-auth runtime lookups through those aliases so image-generation providers keep resolving auth/runtime modules after rebuilds instead of crashing on missing hashed chunk files.</li>
+<li>iOS/Live Activities: mark the <code>ActivityKit</code> import in <code>LiveActivityManager.swift</code> as <code>@preconcurrency</code> so Xcode 26.4 / Swift 6 builds stop failing on strict concurrency checks. (#57180) Thanks @ngutman.</li>
+<li>LINE/ACP: add current-conversation binding and inbound binding-routing parity so <code>/acp spawn ... --thread here</code>, configured ACP bindings, and active conversation-bound ACP sessions work on LINE like the other conversation channels.</li>
+<li>LINE/markdown: preserve underscores inside Latin, Cyrillic, and CJK words when stripping markdown, while still removing standalone <code>_italic_</code> markers on the shared text-runtime path used by LINE and TTS. (#47465) Thanks @jackjin1997.</li>
+<li>Agents/failover: make overloaded same-provider retry count and retry delay configurable via <code>auth.cooldowns</code>, default to one retry with no delay, and document the model-fallback behavior.</li>
+</ul>
+<p><a href="https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md">View full changelog</a></p>
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-            <title>2026.3.24</title>
-            <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
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-<h3>Breaking</h3>
-<h3>Changes</h3>
-<ul>
-<li>Gateway/OpenAI compatibility: add <code>/v1/models</code> and <code>/v1/embeddings</code>, and forward explicit model overrides through <code>/v1/chat/completions</code> and <code>/v1/responses</code> for broader client and RAG compatibility. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Agents/tools: make <code>/tools</code> show the tools the current agent can actually use right now, add a compact default view with an optional detailed mode, and add a live "Available Right Now" section in the Control UI so it is easier to see what will work before you ask.</li>
-<li>Microsoft Teams: migrate to the official Teams SDK and add AI-agent UX best practices including streaming 1:1 replies, welcome cards with prompt starters, feedback/reflection, informative status updates, typing indicators, and native AI labeling. (#51808)</li>
-<li>Microsoft Teams: add message edit and delete support for sent messages, including in-thread fallbacks when no explicit target is provided. (#49925)</li>
-<li>Skills/install metadata: add one-click install recipes to bundled skills (coding-agent, gh-issues, openai-whisper-api, session-logs, tmux, trello, weather) so the CLI and Control UI can offer dependency installation when requirements are missing. (#53411) Thanks @BunsDev.</li>
-<li>Control UI/skills: add status-filter tabs (All / Ready / Needs Setup / Disabled) with counts, replace inline skill cards with a click-to-detail dialog showing requirements, toggle switch, install action, API key entry, source metadata, and homepage link. (#53411) Thanks @BunsDev.</li>
-<li>Slack/interactive replies: restore rich reply parity for direct deliveries, auto-render simple trailing <code>Options:</code> lines as buttons/selects, improve Slack interactive setup defaults, and isolate reply controls from plugin interactive handlers. (#53389) Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>CLI/containers: add <code>--container</code> and <code>OPENCLAW_CONTAINER</code> to run <code>openclaw</code> commands inside a running Docker or Podman OpenClaw container. (#52651) Thanks @sallyom.</li>
-<li>Discord/auto threads: add optional <code>autoThreadName: "generated"</code> naming so new auto-created threads can be renamed asynchronously with concise LLM-generated titles while keeping the existing message-based naming as the default. (#43366) Thanks @davidguttman.</li>
-<li>Plugins/hooks: add <code>before_dispatch</code> with canonical inbound metadata and route handled replies through the normal final-delivery path, preserving TTS and routed delivery semantics. (#50444) Thanks @gfzhx.</li>
-<li>Control UI/agents: convert agent workspace file rows to expandable <code><details></code> with lazy-loaded inline markdown preview, and add comprehensive <code>.sidebar-markdown</code> styles for headings, lists, code blocks, tables, blockquotes, and details/summary elements. (#53411) Thanks @BunsDev.</li>
-<li>Control UI/markdown preview: restyle the agent workspace file preview dialog with a frosted backdrop, sized panel, and styled header, and integrate <code>@create-markdown/preview</code> v2 system theme for rich markdown rendering (headings, tables, code blocks, callouts, blockquotes) that auto-adapts to the app's light/dark design tokens. (#53411) Thanks @BunsDev.</li>
-<li>macOS app/config: replace horizontal pill-based subsection navigation with a collapsible tree sidebar using disclosure chevrons and indented subsection rows. (#53411) Thanks @BunsDev.</li>
-<li>CLI/skills: soften missing-requirements label from "missing" to "needs setup" and surface API key setup guidance (where to get a key, CLI save command, storage path) in <code>openclaw skills info</code> output. (#53411) Thanks @BunsDev.</li>
-<li>macOS app/skills: add "Get your key" homepage link and storage-path hint to the API key editor dialog, and show the config path in save confirmation messages. (#53411) Thanks @BunsDev.</li>
-<li>Control UI/agents: add a "Not set" placeholder to the default agent model selector dropdown. (#53411) Thanks @BunsDev.</li>
-<li>Runtime/install: lower the supported Node 22 floor to <code>22.14+</code> while continuing to recommend Node 24, so npm installs and self-updates do not strand Node 22.14 users on older releases.</li>
-<li>CLI/update: preflight the target npm package <code>engines.node</code> before <code>openclaw update</code> runs a global package install, so outdated Node runtimes fail with a clear upgrade message instead of attempting an unsupported latest release.</li>
-</ul>
-<h3>Fixes</h3>
-<ul>
-<li>Outbound media/local files: align outbound media access with the configured fs policy so host-local files and inbound-media paths keep sending when <code>workspaceOnly</code> is off, while strict workspace-only agents remain sandboxed.</li>
-<li>Security/sandbox media dispatch: close the <code>mediaUrl</code>/<code>fileUrl</code> alias bypass so outbound tool and message actions cannot escape media-root restrictions. (#54034)</li>
-<li>Gateway/restart sentinel: wake the interrupted agent session via heartbeat after restart instead of only sending a best-effort restart note, retry outbound delivery once on transient failure, and preserve explicit thread/topic routing through the wake path so replies land in the correct Telegram topic or Slack thread. (#53940) Thanks @VACInc.</li>
-<li>Docker/setup: avoid the pre-start <code>openclaw-cli</code> shared-network namespace loop by routing setup-time onboard/config writes through <code>openclaw-gateway</code>, so fresh Docker installs stop failing before the gateway comes up. (#53385) Thanks @amsminn.</li>
-<li>Gateway/channels: keep channel startup sequential while isolating per-channel boot failures, so one broken channel no longer blocks later channels from starting. (#54215) Thanks @JonathanJing.</li>
-<li>Embedded runs/secrets: stop unresolved <code>SecretRef</code> config from crashing embedded agent runs by falling back to the resolved runtime snapshot when needed. Fixes #45838.</li>
-<li>WhatsApp/groups: track recent gateway-sent message IDs and suppress only matching group echoes, preserving owner <code>/status</code>, <code>/new</code>, and <code>/activation</code> commands from linked-account <code>fromMe</code> traffic. (#53624) Thanks @w-sss.</li>
-<li>WhatsApp/reply-to-bot detection: restore implicit group reply detection by unwrapping <code>botInvokeMessage</code> payloads and reading <code>selfLid</code> from <code>creds.json</code>, so reply-based mentions reach the bot again in linked-account group chats.</li>
-<li>Telegram/forum topics: recover <code>#General</code> topic <code>1</code> routing when Telegram omits forum metadata, including native commands, interactive callbacks, inbound message context, and fallback error replies. (#53699) thanks @huntharo</li>
-<li>Discord/gateway supervision: centralize gateway error handling behind a lifetime-owned supervisor so early, active, and late-teardown Carbon gateway errors stay classified consistently and stop surfacing as process-killing teardown crashes.</li>
-<li>Discord/timeouts: send a visible timeout reply when the inbound Discord worker times out before a final reply starts, including created auto-thread targets and queued-run ordering. (#53823) Thanks @Kimbo7870.</li>
-<li>ACP/direct chats: always deliver a terminal ACP result when final TTS does not yield audio, even if block text already streamed earlier, and skip redundant empty-text final synthesis. (#53692) Thanks @w-sss.</li>
-<li>Telegram/outbound errors: preserve actionable 403 membership/block/kick details and treat <code>bot not a member</code> as a permanent delivery failure so Telegram sends stop retrying doomed chats. (#53635) Thanks @w-sss.</li>
-<li>Telegram/photos: preflight Telegram photo dimension and aspect-ratio rules, and fall back to document sends when image metadata is invalid or unavailable so photo uploads stop failing with <code>PHOTO_INVALID_DIMENSIONS</code>. (#52545) Thanks @hnshah.</li>
-<li>Slack/runtime defaults: trim Slack DM reply overhead, restore Codex auto transport, and tighten Slack/web-search runtime defaults around DM preview threading, cache scoping, warning dedupe, and explicit web-search opt-in. (#53957) Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-</ul>
-<p><a href="https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md">View full changelog</a></p>
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-            <title>2026.3.23</title>
-            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:59:51 -0700</pubDate>
-            <link>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openclaw/openclaw/main/appcast.xml</link>
-            <sparkle:version>2026032390</sparkle:version>
-            <sparkle:shortVersionString>2026.3.23</sparkle:shortVersionString>
-            <sparkle:minimumSystemVersion>15.0</sparkle:minimumSystemVersion>
-            <description><![CDATA[<h2>OpenClaw 2026.3.23</h2>
-<h3>Breaking</h3>
-<h3>Changes</h3>
-<h3>Fixes</h3>
-<ul>
-<li>Browser/Chrome MCP: wait for existing-session browser tabs to become usable after attach instead of treating the initial Chrome MCP handshake as ready, which reduces user-profile timeouts and repeated consent churn on macOS Chrome attach flows. Fixes #52930. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Browser/CDP: reuse an already-running loopback browser after a short initial reachability miss instead of immediately falling back to relaunch detection, which fixes second-run browser start/open regressions on slower headless Linux setups. Fixes #53004. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>ClawHub/macOS auth: honor macOS auth config and XDG auth paths for saved ClawHub credentials, so <code>openclaw skills ...</code> and gateway skill browsing keep using the signed-in auth state instead of silently falling back to unauthenticated mode. Fixes #53034.</li>
-<li>ClawHub/macOS: read the local ClawHub login from the macOS Application Support path and still honor XDG config on macOS, so skill browsing uses the logged-in token on both default and XDG-style setups. Fixes #52949. Thanks @scoootscooob.</li>
-<li>ClawHub/skills: resolve the local ClawHub auth token for gateway skill browsing and switch browse-all requests to search so ClawControl stops falling into unauthenticated 429s and empty authenticated skill lists. Fixes #52949. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Plugins/message tool: make Discord <code>components</code> and Slack <code>blocks</code> optional again, and route Feishu <code>message(..., media=...)</code> sends through the outbound media path, so pin/unpin/react flows stop failing schema validation and Feishu file/image attachments actually send. Fixes #52970 and #52962. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Gateway/model pricing: stop <code>openrouter/auto</code> pricing refresh from recursing indefinitely during bootstrap, so OpenRouter auto routes can populate cached pricing and <code>usage.cost</code> again. Fixes #53035. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Mistral/models: lower bundled Mistral max-token defaults to safe output budgets and teach <code>openclaw doctor --fix</code> to repair old persisted Mistral provider configs that still carry context-sized output limits, avoiding deterministic Mistral 422 rejects on fresh and existing setups. Fixes #52599. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Agents/web_search: use the active runtime <code>web_search</code> provider instead of stale/default selection, so agent turns keep hitting the provider you actually configured. Fixes #53020. Thanks @jzakirov.</li>
-<li>Models/OpenAI Codex OAuth: bootstrap the env-configured HTTP/HTTPS proxy dispatcher on the stored-credential refresh path before token renewal runs, so expired Codex OAuth profiles can refresh successfully in proxy-required environments instead of locking users out after the first token expiry.</li>
-<li>Plugins/memory-lancedb: bootstrap LanceDB into plugin runtime state on first use when the bundled npm install does not already have it, so <code>plugins.slots.memory="memory-lancedb"</code> works again after global npm installs without moving LanceDB into OpenClaw core dependencies. Fixes #26100.</li>
-<li>Config/plugins: treat stale unknown <code>plugins.allow</code> ids as warnings instead of fatal config errors, so recovery commands like <code>plugins install</code>, <code>doctor --fix</code>, and <code>status</code> still run when a plugin is missing locally. Fixes #52992. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Doctor/WhatsApp: stop auto-enable from appending built-in channel ids like <code>whatsapp</code> to <code>plugins.allow</code>, so <code>openclaw doctor --fix</code> no longer writes schema-invalid plugin allowlist entries when repairing built-in channels. Fixes #52931. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Telegram/auto-reply: preserve same-chat inbound debounce order without stranding stale busy-session followups, and keep same-key overflow turns ordered when tracked debounce keys are saturated. (#52998) Thanks @osolmaz.</li>
-<li>Discord/commands: return an explicit unauthorized reply for privileged native slash commands instead of falling through to Discord's misleading generic completion when auth gates reject the sender. Fixes #53041. Thanks @scoootscooob.</li>
-<li>Channels/catalog: let external channel catalogs override shipped fallback metadata and honor overridden npm specs during channel setup, so custom channel catalogs no longer fall back to bundled packages when a channel id matches. (#52988)</li>
-<li>Voice-call/Plivo: stabilize Plivo v2 replay keys so webhook retries and replay protection stop colliding on valid follow-up deliveries.</li>
-<li>Agents/skills: prefer the active resolved runtime snapshot for embedded skill config and env injection, so <code>skills.entries.<skill>.apiKey</code> SecretRefs resolve correctly during embedded startup instead of failing on raw source config. Fixes #53098. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Agents/subagents: recheck timed-out worker waits against the latest runtime snapshot before sending completion events, so fast-finishing workers stop being reported as timed out when they actually succeeded. Fixes #53106. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Agents/Anthropic: preserve latest assistant thinking and redacted-thinking block ordering during transcript image sanitization so follow-up turns do not trip Anthropic's unmodified-thinking validation. (#52961) Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Gateway/probe: stop successful gateway handshakes from timing out as unreachable while post-connect detail RPCs are still loading, so slow devices report a reachable RPC failure instead of a false negative dead gateway. Fixes #52927. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Gateway/supervision: stop lock conflicts from crash-looping under launchd and systemd by keeping the duplicate process in a retry wait instead of exiting as a failure while another healthy gateway still owns the lock. Fixes #52922. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Gateway/auth: require auth for canvas routes and admin scope for agent session reset, so anonymous canvas access and non-admin reset requests fail closed.</li>
-<li>Release/install: keep previously released bundled plugins and Control UI assets in published openclaw npm installs, and fail release checks when those shipped artifacts are missing. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-</ul>
-<p><a href="https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md">View full changelog</a></p>
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apps/android/app/build.gradle.kts

@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ android {
         applicationId = "ai.openclaw.app"
         minSdk = 31
         targetSdk = 36
-        versionCode = 2026033000
-        versionName = "2026.3.30"
+        versionCode = 2026040101
+        versionName = "2026.4.2"
         ndk {
             // Support all major ABIs — native libs are tiny (~47 KB per ABI)
             abiFilters += listOf("armeabi-v7a", "arm64-v8a", "x86", "x86_64")

apps/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

@@ -76,10 +76,17 @@
             android:exported="true"
             android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize"
             android:configChanges="orientation|screenSize|screenLayout|smallestScreenSize|uiMode|density|keyboard|keyboardHidden|navigation">
+            <meta-data
+                android:name="android.app.shortcuts"
+                android:resource="@xml/shortcuts" />
             <intent-filter>
                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
             </intent-filter>
+            <intent-filter>
+                <action android:name="android.intent.action.ASSIST" />
+                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
+            </intent-filter>
         </activity>
     </application>
 </manifest>

apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/AssistantLaunch.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package ai.openclaw.app
+
+import android.content.Intent
+
+const val actionAskOpenClaw = "ai.openclaw.app.action.ASK_OPENCLAW"
+const val extraAssistantPrompt = "prompt"
+
+enum class HomeDestination {
+  Connect,
+  Chat,
+  Voice,
+  Screen,
+  Settings,
+}
+
+data class AssistantLaunchRequest(
+  val source: String,
+  val prompt: String?,
+)
+
+fun parseAssistantLaunchIntent(intent: Intent?): AssistantLaunchRequest? {
+  val action = intent?.action ?: return null
+  return when (action) {
+    Intent.ACTION_ASSIST ->
+      AssistantLaunchRequest(
+        source = "assist",
+        prompt = null,
+      )
+
+    actionAskOpenClaw -> {
+      val prompt = intent.getStringExtra(extraAssistantPrompt)?.trim()?.ifEmpty { null }
+      AssistantLaunchRequest(
+        source = "app_action",
+        prompt = prompt,
+      )
+    }
+
+    else -> null
+  }
+}

apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/MainActivity.kt

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class MainActivity : ComponentActivity() {
 
   override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
     super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
+    handleAssistantIntent(intent)
     WindowCompat.setDecorFitsSystemWindows(window, false)
     permissionRequester = PermissionRequester(this)
 
@@ -70,4 +71,15 @@ class MainActivity : ComponentActivity() {
     viewModel.setForeground(false)
     super.onStop()
   }
+
+  override fun onNewIntent(intent: android.content.Intent) {
+    super.onNewIntent(intent)
+    setIntent(intent)
+    handleAssistantIntent(intent)
+  }
+
+  private fun handleAssistantIntent(intent: android.content.Intent?) {
+    val request = parseAssistantLaunchIntent(intent) ?: return
+    viewModel.handleAssistantLaunch(request)
+  }
 }

apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/MainViewModel.kt

@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ class MainViewModel(app: Application) : AndroidViewModel(app) {
   private val prefs = nodeApp.prefs
   private val runtimeRef = MutableStateFlow<NodeRuntime?>(null)
   private var foreground = true
+  private val _requestedHomeDestination = MutableStateFlow<HomeDestination?>(null)
+  val requestedHomeDestination: StateFlow<HomeDestination?> = _requestedHomeDestination
+  private val _chatDraft = MutableStateFlow<String?>(null)
+  val chatDraft: StateFlow<String?> = _chatDraft
 
   private fun ensureRuntime(): NodeRuntime {
     runtimeRef.value?.let { return it }
@@ -91,6 +95,7 @@ class MainViewModel(app: Application) : AndroidViewModel(app) {
   val manualPort: StateFlow<Int> = prefs.manualPort
   val manualTls: StateFlow<Boolean> = prefs.manualTls
   val gatewayToken: StateFlow<String> = prefs.gatewayToken
+  val gatewayBootstrapToken: StateFlow<String> = prefs.gatewayBootstrapToken
   val onboardingCompleted: StateFlow<Boolean> = prefs.onboardingCompleted
   val canvasDebugStatusEnabled: StateFlow<Boolean> = prefs.canvasDebugStatusEnabled
   val speakerEnabled: StateFlow<Boolean> = prefs.speakerEnabled
@@ -245,6 +250,19 @@ class MainViewModel(app: Application) : AndroidViewModel(app) {
     ensureRuntime().setVoiceScreenActive(active)
   }
 
+  fun handleAssistantLaunch(request: AssistantLaunchRequest) {
+    _requestedHomeDestination.value = HomeDestination.Chat
+    _chatDraft.value = request.prompt
+  }
+
+  fun clearRequestedHomeDestination() {
+    _requestedHomeDestination.value = null
+  }
+
+  fun clearChatDraft() {
+    _chatDraft.value = null
+  }
+
   fun setMicEnabled(enabled: Boolean) {
     ensureRuntime().setMicEnabled(enabled)
   }
@@ -261,6 +279,22 @@ class MainViewModel(app: Application) : AndroidViewModel(app) {
     ensureRuntime().connect(endpoint)
   }
 
+  fun connect(
+    endpoint: GatewayEndpoint,
+    token: String?,
+    bootstrapToken: String?,
+    password: String?,
+  ) {
+    ensureRuntime().connect(
+      endpoint,
+      NodeRuntime.GatewayConnectAuth(
+        token = token,
+        bootstrapToken = bootstrapToken,
+        password = password,
+      ),
+    )
+  }
+
   fun connectManual() {
     ensureRuntime().connectManual()
   }

apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/NodeRuntime.kt

@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ class NodeRuntime(
   context: Context,
   val prefs: SecurePrefs = SecurePrefs(context.applicationContext),
 ) {
+  data class GatewayConnectAuth(
+    val token: String?,
+    val bootstrapToken: String?,
+    val password: String?,
+  )
+
   private val appContext = context.applicationContext
   private val scope = CoroutineScope(SupervisorJob() + Dispatchers.IO)
   private val deviceAuthStore = DeviceAuthStore(prefs)
@@ -775,28 +781,51 @@ class NodeRuntime(
       }
     operatorStatusText = "Connecting…"
     updateStatus()
-    val token = prefs.loadGatewayToken()
-    val bootstrapToken = prefs.loadGatewayBootstrapToken()
-    val password = prefs.loadGatewayPassword()
+    connectWithAuth(endpoint = endpoint, auth = resolveGatewayConnectAuth(), reconnect = true)
+  }
+
+  private fun connectWithAuth(
+    endpoint: GatewayEndpoint,
+    auth: GatewayConnectAuth,
+    reconnect: Boolean = false,
+  ) {
     val tls = connectionManager.resolveTlsParams(endpoint)
-    operatorSession.connect(
-      endpoint,
-      token,
-      bootstrapToken,
-      password,
-      connectionManager.buildOperatorConnectOptions(),
-      tls,
-    )
+    val connectOperator =
+      shouldConnectOperatorSession(
+        auth.token,
+        auth.bootstrapToken,
+        auth.password,
+        loadStoredRoleDeviceToken("operator"),
+      )
+    if (!connectOperator) {
+      operatorConnected = false
+      operatorStatusText = "Offline"
+      operatorSession.disconnect()
+      updateStatus()
+    } else {
+      operatorSession.connect(
+        endpoint,
+        auth.token,
+        auth.bootstrapToken,
+        auth.password,
+        connectionManager.buildOperatorConnectOptions(),
+        tls,
+      )
+    }
     nodeSession.connect(
       endpoint,
-      token,
-      bootstrapToken,
-      password,
+      auth.token,
+      auth.bootstrapToken,
+      auth.password,
       connectionManager.buildNodeConnectOptions(),
       tls,
     )
-    operatorSession.reconnect()
-    nodeSession.reconnect()
+    if (reconnect && connectOperator) {
+      operatorSession.reconnect()
+    }
+    if (reconnect) {
+      nodeSession.reconnect()
+    }
   }
 
   fun connect(endpoint: GatewayEndpoint) {
@@ -818,25 +847,27 @@ class NodeRuntime(
     operatorStatusText = "Connecting…"
     nodeStatusText = "Connecting…"
     updateStatus()
-    val token = prefs.loadGatewayToken()
-    val bootstrapToken = prefs.loadGatewayBootstrapToken()
-    val password = prefs.loadGatewayPassword()
-    operatorSession.connect(
-      endpoint,
-      token,
-      bootstrapToken,
-      password,
-      connectionManager.buildOperatorConnectOptions(),
-      tls,
-    )
-    nodeSession.connect(
-      endpoint,
-      token,
-      bootstrapToken,
-      password,
-      connectionManager.buildNodeConnectOptions(),
-      tls,
-    )
+    connectWithAuth(endpoint = endpoint, auth = resolveGatewayConnectAuth())
+  }
+
+  fun connect(
+    endpoint: GatewayEndpoint,
+    auth: GatewayConnectAuth,
+  ) {
+    connectedEndpoint = endpoint
+    operatorStatusText = "Connecting…"
+    nodeStatusText = "Connecting…"
+    updateStatus()
+    connectWithAuth(endpoint = endpoint, auth = resolveGatewayConnectAuth(auth))
+  }
+
+  internal fun resolveGatewayConnectAuth(explicitAuth: GatewayConnectAuth? = null): GatewayConnectAuth {
+    return explicitAuth
+      ?: GatewayConnectAuth(
+        token = prefs.loadGatewayToken(),
+        bootstrapToken = prefs.loadGatewayBootstrapToken(),
+        password = prefs.loadGatewayPassword(),
+      )
   }
 
   fun acceptGatewayTrustPrompt() {
@@ -868,6 +899,11 @@ class NodeRuntime(
     connect(GatewayEndpoint.manual(host = host, port = port))
   }
 
+  private fun loadStoredRoleDeviceToken(role: String): String? {
+    val deviceId = identityStore.loadOrCreate().deviceId
+    return deviceAuthStore.loadToken(deviceId, role)
+  }
+
   fun disconnect() {
     connectedEndpoint = null
     _pendingGatewayTrust.value = null
@@ -1197,6 +1233,20 @@ class NodeRuntime(
 
 }
 
+internal fun shouldConnectOperatorSession(
+  token: String?,
+  bootstrapToken: String?,
+  password: String?,
+  storedOperatorToken: String?,
+): Boolean {
+  return (
+    !token.isNullOrBlank() ||
+      !bootstrapToken.isNullOrBlank() ||
+      !password.isNullOrBlank() ||
+      !storedOperatorToken.isNullOrBlank()
+    )
+}
+
 private enum class HomeCanvasGatewayState {
   Connected,
   Connecting,

apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/ui/ConnectTabScreen.kt

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.text.input.KeyboardType
 import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalContext
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
 import ai.openclaw.app.MainViewModel
+import ai.openclaw.app.gateway.GatewayEndpoint
 import ai.openclaw.app.ui.mobileCardSurface
 
 private enum class ConnectInputMode {
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ fun ConnectTabScreen(viewModel: MainViewModel) {
   val manualTls by viewModel.manualTls.collectAsState()
   val manualEnabled by viewModel.manualEnabled.collectAsState()
   val gatewayToken by viewModel.gatewayToken.collectAsState()
+  val gatewayBootstrapToken by viewModel.gatewayBootstrapToken.collectAsState()
   val pendingTrust by viewModel.pendingGatewayTrust.collectAsState()
 
   var advancedOpen by rememberSaveable { mutableStateOf(false) }
@@ -240,9 +242,13 @@ fun ConnectTabScreen(viewModel: MainViewModel) {
             resolveGatewayConnectConfig(
               useSetupCode = inputMode == ConnectInputMode.SetupCode,
               setupCode = setupCode,
-              manualHost = manualHostInput,
-              manualPort = manualPortInput,
-              manualTls = manualTlsInput,
+              savedManualHost = manualHost,
+              savedManualPort = manualPort.toString(),
+              savedManualTls = manualTls,
+              manualHostInput = manualHostInput,
+              manualPortInput = manualPortInput,
+              manualTlsInput = manualTlsInput,
+              fallbackBootstrapToken = gatewayBootstrapToken,
               fallbackToken = gatewayToken,
               fallbackPassword = passwordInput,
             )
@@ -269,7 +275,12 @@ fun ConnectTabScreen(viewModel: MainViewModel) {
             viewModel.setGatewayToken("")
           }
           viewModel.setGatewayPassword(config.password)
-          viewModel.connectManual()
+          viewModel.connect(
+            GatewayEndpoint.manual(host = config.host, port = config.port),
+            token = config.token.ifEmpty { null },
+            bootstrapToken = config.bootstrapToken.ifEmpty { null },
+            password = config.password.ifEmpty { null },
+          )
         },
         modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth().height(52.dp),
         shape = RoundedCornerShape(14.dp),

apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/ui/GatewayConfigResolver.kt

@@ -37,9 +37,13 @@ private val gatewaySetupJson = Json { ignoreUnknownKeys = true }
 internal fun resolveGatewayConnectConfig(
   useSetupCode: Boolean,
   setupCode: String,
-  manualHost: String,
-  manualPort: String,
-  manualTls: Boolean,
+  savedManualHost: String,
+  savedManualPort: String,
+  savedManualTls: Boolean,
+  manualHostInput: String,
+  manualPortInput: String,
+  manualTlsInput: Boolean,
+  fallbackBootstrapToken: String,
   fallbackToken: String,
   fallbackPassword: String,
 ): GatewayConnectConfig? {
@@ -69,13 +73,23 @@ internal fun resolveGatewayConnectConfig(
     )
   }
 
-  val manualUrl = composeGatewayManualUrl(manualHost, manualPort, manualTls) ?: return null
+  val manualUrl = composeGatewayManualUrl(manualHostInput, manualPortInput, manualTlsInput) ?: return null
   val parsed = parseGatewayEndpoint(manualUrl) ?: return null
+  val savedManualEndpoint =
+    composeGatewayManualUrl(savedManualHost, savedManualPort, savedManualTls)
+      ?.let(::parseGatewayEndpoint)
+  val preserveBootstrapToken =
+    savedManualEndpoint != null &&
+      savedManualEndpoint.host == parsed.host &&
+      savedManualEndpoint.port == parsed.port &&
+      savedManualEndpoint.tls == parsed.tls &&
+      fallbackToken.isBlank() &&
+      fallbackPassword.isBlank()
   return GatewayConnectConfig(
     host = parsed.host,
     port = parsed.port,
     tls = parsed.tls,
-    bootstrapToken = "",
+    bootstrapToken = if (preserveBootstrapToken) fallbackBootstrapToken.trim() else "",
     token = fallbackToken.trim(),
     password = fallbackPassword.trim(),
   )

apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/ui/OnboardingFlow.kt

@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ import androidx.lifecycle.compose.LocalLifecycleOwner
 import ai.openclaw.app.BuildConfig
 import ai.openclaw.app.LocationMode
 import ai.openclaw.app.MainViewModel
+import ai.openclaw.app.gateway.GatewayEndpoint
 import ai.openclaw.app.node.DeviceNotificationListenerService
 import com.google.mlkit.vision.barcode.common.Barcode
 import com.google.mlkit.vision.codescanner.GmsBarcodeScannerOptions
@@ -211,6 +212,7 @@ fun OnboardingFlow(viewModel: MainViewModel, modifier: Modifier = Modifier) {
   val context = androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalContext.current
   val statusText by viewModel.statusText.collectAsState()
   val isConnected by viewModel.isConnected.collectAsState()
+  val isNodeConnected by viewModel.isNodeConnected.collectAsState()
   val serverName by viewModel.serverName.collectAsState()
   val remoteAddress by viewModel.remoteAddress.collectAsState()
   val persistedGatewayToken by viewModel.gatewayToken.collectAsState()
@@ -227,6 +229,7 @@ fun OnboardingFlow(viewModel: MainViewModel, modifier: Modifier = Modifier) {
   var manualTls by rememberSaveable { mutableStateOf(false) }
   var gatewayError by rememberSaveable { mutableStateOf<String?>(null) }
   var attemptedConnect by rememberSaveable { mutableStateOf(false) }
+  val canFinishOnboarding = canFinishOnboarding(isConnected = isConnected, isNodeConnected = isNodeConnected)
 
   val lifecycleOwner = LocalLifecycleOwner.current
   val qrScannerOptions =
@@ -732,7 +735,7 @@ fun OnboardingFlow(viewModel: MainViewModel, modifier: Modifier = Modifier) {
             FinalStep(
               parsedGateway = parseGatewayEndpoint(gatewayUrl),
               statusText = statusText,
-              isConnected = isConnected,
+              isConnected = canFinishOnboarding,
               serverName = serverName,
               remoteAddress = remoteAddress,
               attemptedConnect = attemptedConnect,
@@ -848,7 +851,7 @@ fun OnboardingFlow(viewModel: MainViewModel, modifier: Modifier = Modifier) {
             }
           }
           OnboardingStep.FinalCheck -> {
-            if (isConnected) {
+            if (canFinishOnboarding) {
               Button(
                 onClick = { viewModel.setOnboardingCompleted(true) },
                 modifier = Modifier.weight(1f).height(52.dp),
@@ -882,7 +885,17 @@ fun OnboardingFlow(viewModel: MainViewModel, modifier: Modifier = Modifier) {
                     viewModel.setGatewayToken("")
                   }
                   viewModel.setGatewayPassword(password)
-                  viewModel.connectManual()
+                  viewModel.connect(
+                    GatewayEndpoint.manual(host = parsed.host, port = parsed.port),
+                    token = token.ifEmpty { null },
+                    bootstrapToken =
+                      if (gatewayInputMode == GatewayInputMode.SetupCode) {
+                        decodeGatewaySetupCode(setupCode)?.bootstrapToken?.trim()?.ifEmpty { null }
+                      } else {
+                        null
+                      },
+                    password = password.ifEmpty { null },
+                  )
                 },
                 modifier = Modifier.weight(1f).height(52.dp),
                 shape = RoundedCornerShape(14.dp),
@@ -898,6 +911,10 @@ fun OnboardingFlow(viewModel: MainViewModel, modifier: Modifier = Modifier) {
   }
 }
 
+internal fun canFinishOnboarding(isConnected: Boolean, isNodeConnected: Boolean): Boolean {
+  return isConnected && isNodeConnected
+}
+
 @Composable
 private fun onboardingPrimaryButtonColors() =
   ButtonDefaults.buttonColors(
@@ -1677,21 +1694,22 @@ private fun FinalStep(
               )
             }
           }
+          Text("Status", style = onboardingCaption1Style.copy(fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold), color = onboardingTextSecondary)
+          Surface(
+            modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth(),
+            shape = RoundedCornerShape(12.dp),
+            color = onboardingCommandBg,
+            border = BorderStroke(1.dp, onboardingCommandBorder),
+          ) {
+            Text(
+              statusLabel,
+              modifier = Modifier.padding(horizontal = 14.dp, vertical = 12.dp),
+              style = onboardingCalloutStyle.copy(fontFamily = FontFamily.Monospace),
+              color = onboardingCommandText,
+            )
+          }
           if (showDiagnostics) {
             Text("Error", style = onboardingCaption1Style.copy(fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold), color = onboardingTextSecondary)
-            Surface(
-              modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth(),
-              shape = RoundedCornerShape(12.dp),
-              color = onboardingCommandBg,
-              border = BorderStroke(1.dp, onboardingCommandBorder),
-            ) {
-              Text(
-                statusLabel,
-                modifier = Modifier.padding(horizontal = 14.dp, vertical = 12.dp),
-                style = onboardingCalloutStyle.copy(fontFamily = FontFamily.Monospace),
-                color = onboardingCommandText,
-              )
-            }
             Text(
               "OpenClaw Android ${openClawAndroidVersionLabel()}",
               style = onboardingCaption1Style,

apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/ui/PostOnboardingTabs.kt

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.vector.ImageVector
 import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalDensity
 import androidx.compose.ui.text.font.FontWeight
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
+import ai.openclaw.app.HomeDestination
 import ai.openclaw.app.MainViewModel
 
 private enum class HomeTab(
@@ -72,6 +73,20 @@ fun PostOnboardingTabs(viewModel: MainViewModel, modifier: Modifier = Modifier)
   var activeTab by rememberSaveable { mutableStateOf(HomeTab.Connect) }
   var chatTabStarted by rememberSaveable { mutableStateOf(false) }
   var screenTabStarted by rememberSaveable { mutableStateOf(false) }
+  val requestedHomeDestination by viewModel.requestedHomeDestination.collectAsState()
+
+  LaunchedEffect(requestedHomeDestination) {
+    val destination = requestedHomeDestination ?: return@LaunchedEffect
+    activeTab =
+      when (destination) {
+        HomeDestination.Connect -> HomeTab.Connect
+        HomeDestination.Chat -> HomeTab.Chat
+        HomeDestination.Voice -> HomeTab.Voice
+        HomeDestination.Screen -> HomeTab.Screen
+        HomeDestination.Settings -> HomeTab.Settings
+      }
+    viewModel.clearRequestedHomeDestination()
+  }
 
   // Stop TTS when user navigates away from voice tab, and lazily keep the Chat/Screen tabs
   // alive after the first visit so repeated tab switches do not rebuild their UI trees.

apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/ui/SettingsSheet.kt

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import android.hardware.SensorManager
 import android.net.Uri
 import android.os.Build
 import android.provider.Settings
+import android.app.role.RoleManager
 import androidx.activity.compose.rememberLauncherForActivityResult
 import androidx.activity.result.contract.ActivityResultContracts
 import androidx.compose.foundation.background
@@ -150,6 +151,8 @@ fun SettingsSheet(viewModel: MainViewModel) {
         versionName
       }
     }
+  var assistantRoleAvailable by remember(context) { mutableStateOf(isAssistantRoleAvailable(context)) }
+  var assistantRoleHeld by remember(context) { mutableStateOf(isAssistantRoleHeld(context)) }
   val listItemColors =
     ListItemDefaults.colors(
       containerColor = Color.Transparent,
@@ -326,6 +329,12 @@ fun SettingsSheet(viewModel: MainViewModel) {
       viewModel.refreshGatewayConnection()
     }
 
+  val assistantRoleLauncher =
+    rememberLauncherForActivityResult(ActivityResultContracts.StartActivityForResult()) {
+      assistantRoleAvailable = isAssistantRoleAvailable(context)
+      assistantRoleHeld = isAssistantRoleHeld(context)
+    }
+
   DisposableEffect(lifecycleOwner, context) {
     val observer =
       LifecycleEventObserver { _, event ->
@@ -362,6 +371,8 @@ fun SettingsSheet(viewModel: MainViewModel) {
             ||
               ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(context, Manifest.permission.READ_SMS) ==
               PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED
+          assistantRoleAvailable = isAssistantRoleAvailable(context)
+          assistantRoleHeld = isAssistantRoleHeld(context)
         }
       }
     lifecycleOwner.lifecycle.addObserver(observer)
@@ -478,6 +489,42 @@ fun SettingsSheet(viewModel: MainViewModel) {
               color = mobileTextTertiary,
             )
           }
+          if (assistantRoleAvailable) {
+            HorizontalDivider(color = mobileBorder)
+            ListItem(
+              modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth(),
+              colors = listItemColors,
+              headlineContent = { Text("Default Assistant", style = mobileHeadline) },
+              supportingContent = {
+                Text(
+                  if (assistantRoleHeld) {
+                    "OpenClaw is registered as the device assistant."
+                  } else {
+                    "Let Android launch OpenClaw from the assistant gesture. Google Assistant App Actions still work separately."
+                  },
+                  style = mobileCallout,
+                )
+              },
+              trailingContent = {
+                Button(
+                  onClick = {
+                    assistantRoleLauncher.launch(
+                      context
+                        .getSystemService(RoleManager::class.java)
+                        .createRequestRoleIntent(RoleManager.ROLE_ASSISTANT),
+                    )
+                  },
+                  colors = settingsPrimaryButtonColors(),
+                  shape = RoundedCornerShape(14.dp),
+                ) {
+                  Text(
+                    if (assistantRoleHeld) "Manage" else "Enable",
+                    style = mobileCallout.copy(fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold),
+                  )
+                }
+              },
+            )
+          }
         }
       }
 
@@ -1294,3 +1341,11 @@ private fun hasMotionCapabilities(context: Context): Boolean {
   return sensorManager.getDefaultSensor(Sensor.TYPE_ACCELEROMETER) != null ||
     sensorManager.getDefaultSensor(Sensor.TYPE_STEP_COUNTER) != null
 }
+
+private fun isAssistantRoleAvailable(context: Context): Boolean {
+  return context.getSystemService(RoleManager::class.java).isRoleAvailable(RoleManager.ROLE_ASSISTANT)
+}
+
+private fun isAssistantRoleHeld(context: Context): Boolean {
+  return context.getSystemService(RoleManager::class.java).isRoleHeld(RoleManager.ROLE_ASSISTANT)
+}

apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/ui/chat/ChatComposer.kt

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import androidx.compose.material3.OutlinedTextFieldDefaults
 import androidx.compose.material3.Surface
 import androidx.compose.material3.Text
 import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
+import androidx.compose.runtime.LaunchedEffect
 import androidx.compose.runtime.getValue
 import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableStateOf
 import androidx.compose.runtime.remember
@@ -59,12 +60,45 @@ import ai.openclaw.app.ui.mobileText
 import ai.openclaw.app.ui.mobileTextSecondary
 import ai.openclaw.app.ui.mobileTextTertiary
 
+internal data class DraftApplication(
+  val input: String,
+  val lastAppliedDraft: String?,
+  val consumed: Boolean,
+)
+
+internal fun applyDraftText(
+  draftText: String?,
+  currentInput: String,
+  lastAppliedDraft: String?,
+): DraftApplication {
+  val draft =
+    draftText?.trim()?.ifEmpty { null } ?: return DraftApplication(
+      input = currentInput,
+      lastAppliedDraft = null,
+      consumed = false,
+    )
+  if (draft == lastAppliedDraft) {
+    return DraftApplication(
+      input = currentInput,
+      lastAppliedDraft = lastAppliedDraft,
+      consumed = false,
+    )
+  }
+  return DraftApplication(
+    input = draft,
+    lastAppliedDraft = draft,
+    consumed = true,
+  )
+}
+
 @Composable
 fun ChatComposer(
+  draftText: String?,
   healthOk: Boolean,
   thinkingLevel: String,
   pendingRunCount: Int,
   attachments: List<PendingImageAttachment>,
+  onDraftApplied: () -> Unit,
   onPickImages: () -> Unit,
   onRemoveAttachment: (id: String) -> Unit,
   onSetThinkingLevel: (level: String) -> Unit,
@@ -73,8 +107,18 @@ fun ChatComposer(
   onSend: (text: String) -> Unit,
 ) {
   var input by rememberSaveable { mutableStateOf("") }
+  var lastAppliedDraft by rememberSaveable { mutableStateOf<String?>(null) }
   var showThinkingMenu by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
 
+  LaunchedEffect(draftText) {
+    val next = applyDraftText(draftText = draftText, currentInput = input, lastAppliedDraft = lastAppliedDraft)
+    input = next.input
+    lastAppliedDraft = next.lastAppliedDraft
+    if (next.consumed) {
+      onDraftApplied()
+    }
+  }
+
   val canSend = pendingRunCount == 0 && (input.trim().isNotEmpty() || attachments.isNotEmpty()) && healthOk
   val sendBusy = pendingRunCount > 0
 

apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/ui/chat/ChatSheetContent.kt

@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ fun ChatSheetContent(viewModel: MainViewModel) {
   val streamingAssistantText by viewModel.chatStreamingAssistantText.collectAsState()
   val pendingToolCalls by viewModel.chatPendingToolCalls.collectAsState()
   val sessions by viewModel.chatSessions.collectAsState()
+  val chatDraft by viewModel.chatDraft.collectAsState()
 
   LaunchedEffect(Unit) {
     viewModel.loadChat(mainSessionKey)
@@ -118,10 +119,12 @@ fun ChatSheetContent(viewModel: MainViewModel) {
 
     Row(modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth().imePadding()) {
       ChatComposer(
+        draftText = chatDraft,
         healthOk = healthOk,
         thinkingLevel = thinkingLevel,
         pendingRunCount = pendingRunCount,
         attachments = attachments,
+        onDraftApplied = viewModel::clearChatDraft,
         onPickImages = { pickImages.launch("image/*") },
         onRemoveAttachment = { id -> attachments.removeAll { it.id == id } },
         onSetThinkingLevel = { level -> viewModel.setChatThinkingLevel(level) },

apps/android/app/src/main/res/values/assistant.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<resources>
+    <string-array name="ask_openclaw_query_patterns">
+        <item>ask OpenClaw $prompt</item>
+        <item>tell OpenClaw to $prompt</item>
+        <item>open OpenClaw and ask $prompt</item>
+    </string-array>
+</resources>

apps/android/app/src/main/res/xml/shortcuts.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<shortcuts xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
+    <capability
+        android:name="custom.actions.intent.ASK_OPENCLAW"
+        app:queryPatterns="@array/ask_openclaw_query_patterns">
+        <intent
+            android:action="ai.openclaw.app.action.ASK_OPENCLAW"
+            android:targetPackage="ai.openclaw.app"
+            android:targetClass="ai.openclaw.app.MainActivity">
+            <parameter
+                android:name="prompt"
+                android:key="prompt"
+                android:mimeType="text/*"
+                android:required="true" />
+        </intent>
+    </capability>
+</shortcuts>

apps/android/app/src/test/java/ai/openclaw/app/AssistantLaunchTest.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package ai.openclaw.app
+
+import android.content.Intent
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Assert.assertNull
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith
+import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner
+import org.robolectric.annotation.Config
+
+@RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner::class)
+@Config(sdk = [34])
+class AssistantLaunchTest {
+  @Test
+  fun parsesAssistGestureIntent() {
+    val parsed = parseAssistantLaunchIntent(Intent(Intent.ACTION_ASSIST))
+
+    requireNotNull(parsed)
+    assertEquals("assist", parsed.source)
+    assertNull(parsed.prompt)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun parsesAppActionPrompt() {
+    val parsed =
+      parseAssistantLaunchIntent(
+        Intent(actionAskOpenClaw).putExtra(extraAssistantPrompt, "  summarize my unread texts  "),
+      )
+
+    requireNotNull(parsed)
+    assertEquals("app_action", parsed.source)
+    assertEquals("summarize my unread texts", parsed.prompt)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun ignoresUnrelatedIntents() {
+    assertNull(parseAssistantLaunchIntent(Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW)))
+  }
+}

apps/android/app/src/test/java/ai/openclaw/app/GatewayBootstrapAuthTest.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package ai.openclaw.app
+
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
+import org.junit.Assert.assertNull
+import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith
+import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner
+import org.robolectric.RuntimeEnvironment
+import org.robolectric.annotation.Config
+import java.util.UUID
+
+@RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner::class)
+@Config(sdk = [34])
+class GatewayBootstrapAuthTest {
+  @Test
+  fun connectsOperatorSessionWhenBootstrapAuthExists() {
+    assertTrue(shouldConnectOperatorSession(token = "", bootstrapToken = "bootstrap-1", password = "", storedOperatorToken = ""))
+    assertTrue(shouldConnectOperatorSession(token = null, bootstrapToken = "bootstrap-1", password = null, storedOperatorToken = null))
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun skipsOperatorSessionOnlyWhenNoSharedBootstrapOrStoredAuthExists() {
+    assertTrue(shouldConnectOperatorSession(token = "shared-token", bootstrapToken = "bootstrap-1", password = null, storedOperatorToken = null))
+    assertTrue(shouldConnectOperatorSession(token = null, bootstrapToken = "bootstrap-1", password = "shared-password", storedOperatorToken = null))
+    assertTrue(shouldConnectOperatorSession(token = null, bootstrapToken = null, password = null, storedOperatorToken = "stored-token"))
+    assertFalse(shouldConnectOperatorSession(token = null, bootstrapToken = "", password = null, storedOperatorToken = null))
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun resolveGatewayConnectAuth_prefersExplicitSetupAuthOverStoredPrefs() {
+    val app = RuntimeEnvironment.getApplication()
+    val securePrefs =
+      app.getSharedPreferences(
+        "openclaw.node.secure.test.${UUID.randomUUID()}",
+        android.content.Context.MODE_PRIVATE,
+      )
+    val prefs = SecurePrefs(app, securePrefsOverride = securePrefs)
+    prefs.setGatewayToken("stale-shared-token")
+    prefs.setGatewayBootstrapToken("")
+    prefs.setGatewayPassword("stale-password")
+    val runtime = NodeRuntime(app, prefs)
+
+    val auth =
+      runtime.resolveGatewayConnectAuth(
+        NodeRuntime.GatewayConnectAuth(
+          token = null,
+          bootstrapToken = "setup-bootstrap-token",
+          password = null,
+        ),
+      )
+
+    assertNull(auth.token)
+    assertEquals("setup-bootstrap-token", auth.bootstrapToken)
+    assertNull(auth.password)
+  }
+}

apps/android/app/src/test/java/ai/openclaw/app/ui/GatewayConfigResolverTest.kt

@@ -155,9 +155,13 @@ class GatewayConfigResolverTest {
       resolveGatewayConnectConfig(
         useSetupCode = true,
         setupCode = setupCode,
-        manualHost = "",
-        manualPort = "",
-        manualTls = true,
+        savedManualHost = "",
+        savedManualPort = "",
+        savedManualTls = true,
+        manualHostInput = "",
+        manualPortInput = "",
+        manualTlsInput = true,
+        fallbackBootstrapToken = "",
         fallbackToken = "shared-token",
         fallbackPassword = "shared-password",
       )
@@ -179,9 +183,13 @@ class GatewayConfigResolverTest {
       resolveGatewayConnectConfig(
         useSetupCode = true,
         setupCode = setupCode,
-        manualHost = "",
-        manualPort = "",
-        manualTls = true,
+        savedManualHost = "",
+        savedManualPort = "",
+        savedManualTls = true,
+        manualHostInput = "",
+        manualPortInput = "",
+        manualTlsInput = true,
+        fallbackBootstrapToken = "",
         fallbackToken = "shared-token",
         fallbackPassword = "shared-password",
       )
@@ -194,6 +202,74 @@ class GatewayConfigResolverTest {
     assertNull(resolved?.password?.takeIf { it.isNotEmpty() })
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun resolveGatewayConnectConfigManualPreservesBootstrapTokenWhenNoReplacementAuthExists() {
+    val resolved =
+      resolveGatewayConnectConfig(
+        useSetupCode = false,
+        setupCode = "",
+        savedManualHost = "192.168.31.100",
+        savedManualPort = "18789",
+        savedManualTls = false,
+        manualHostInput = "192.168.31.100",
+        manualPortInput = "18789",
+        manualTlsInput = false,
+        fallbackBootstrapToken = "bootstrap-1",
+        fallbackToken = "",
+        fallbackPassword = "",
+      )
+
+    assertEquals("192.168.31.100", resolved?.host)
+    assertEquals(18789, resolved?.port)
+    assertEquals(false, resolved?.tls)
+    assertEquals("bootstrap-1", resolved?.bootstrapToken)
+    assertEquals("", resolved?.token)
+    assertEquals("", resolved?.password)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun resolveGatewayConnectConfigManualDropsBootstrapTokenWhenReplacementPasswordExists() {
+    val resolved =
+      resolveGatewayConnectConfig(
+        useSetupCode = false,
+        setupCode = "",
+        savedManualHost = "192.168.31.100",
+        savedManualPort = "18789",
+        savedManualTls = false,
+        manualHostInput = "192.168.31.100",
+        manualPortInput = "18789",
+        manualTlsInput = false,
+        fallbackBootstrapToken = "bootstrap-1",
+        fallbackToken = "",
+        fallbackPassword = "password-1",
+      )
+
+    assertEquals("", resolved?.bootstrapToken)
+    assertEquals("", resolved?.token)
+    assertEquals("password-1", resolved?.password)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun resolveGatewayConnectConfigManualDropsBootstrapTokenWhenEndpointChanges() {
+    val resolved =
+      resolveGatewayConnectConfig(
+        useSetupCode = false,
+        setupCode = "",
+        savedManualHost = "192.168.31.100",
+        savedManualPort = "18789",
+        savedManualTls = false,
+        manualHostInput = "192.168.31.101",
+        manualPortInput = "18789",
+        manualTlsInput = false,
+        fallbackBootstrapToken = "bootstrap-1",
+        fallbackToken = "",
+        fallbackPassword = "",
+      )
+
+    assertEquals("", resolved?.bootstrapToken)
+    assertEquals("192.168.31.101", resolved?.host)
+  }
+
   private fun encodeSetupCode(payloadJson: String): String {
     return Base64.getUrlEncoder().withoutPadding().encodeToString(payloadJson.toByteArray(Charsets.UTF_8))
   }

apps/android/app/src/test/java/ai/openclaw/app/ui/OnboardingFlowLogicTest.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package ai.openclaw.app.ui
+
+import org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
+import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+import org.junit.Test
+
+class OnboardingFlowLogicTest {
+  @Test
+  fun blocksFinishWhenOnlyOperatorIsConnected() {
+    assertFalse(canFinishOnboarding(isConnected = true, isNodeConnected = false))
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun blocksFinishWhenDisconnected() {
+    assertFalse(canFinishOnboarding(isConnected = false, isNodeConnected = false))
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun blocksFinishWhenOnlyNodeIsConnected() {
+    assertFalse(canFinishOnboarding(isConnected = false, isNodeConnected = true))
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun allowsFinishOnlyWhenOperatorAndNodeAreConnected() {
+    assertTrue(canFinishOnboarding(isConnected = true, isNodeConnected = true))
+  }
+}

apps/android/app/src/test/java/ai/openclaw/app/ui/chat/ChatComposerDraftTest.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package ai.openclaw.app.ui.chat
+
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
+import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+import org.junit.Test
+
+class ChatComposerDraftTest {
+  @Test
+  fun clearsLastAppliedDraftWhenViewModelDraftResets() {
+    val consumed =
+      applyDraftText(
+        draftText = "repeat this",
+        currentInput = "",
+        lastAppliedDraft = null,
+      )
+
+    assertTrue(consumed.consumed)
+    assertEquals("repeat this", consumed.input)
+    assertEquals("repeat this", consumed.lastAppliedDraft)
+
+    val cleared =
+      applyDraftText(
+        draftText = null,
+        currentInput = consumed.input,
+        lastAppliedDraft = consumed.lastAppliedDraft,
+      )
+
+    assertFalse(cleared.consumed)
+    assertEquals("repeat this", cleared.input)
+    assertEquals(null, cleared.lastAppliedDraft)
+
+    val repeated =
+      applyDraftText(
+        draftText = "repeat this",
+        currentInput = cleared.input,
+        lastAppliedDraft = cleared.lastAppliedDraft,
+      )
+
+    assertTrue(repeated.consumed)
+    assertEquals("repeat this", repeated.input)
+    assertEquals("repeat this", repeated.lastAppliedDraft)
+  }
+}

apps/ios/Config/Version.xcconfig

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 // Shared iOS version defaults.
 // Generated overrides live in build/Version.xcconfig (git-ignored).
 
-OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_VERSION = 2026.3.30
-OPENCLAW_MARKETING_VERSION = 2026.3.30
-OPENCLAW_BUILD_VERSION = 2026033000
+OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_VERSION = 2026.4.2
+OPENCLAW_MARKETING_VERSION = 2026.4.2
+OPENCLAW_BUILD_VERSION = 2026040101
 
 #include? "../build/Version.xcconfig"

apps/ios/README.md

@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ Release behavior:
 - Beta release also switches the app to `OpenClawPushTransport=relay`, `OpenClawPushDistribution=official`, and `OpenClawPushAPNsEnvironment=production`.
 - The beta flow does not modify `apps/ios/.local-signing.xcconfig` or `apps/ios/LocalSigning.xcconfig`.
 - Root `package.json.version` is the only version source for iOS.
-- A root version like `2026.3.30-beta.1` becomes:
-  - `CFBundleShortVersionString = 2026.3.30`
-  - `CFBundleVersion = next TestFlight build number for 2026.3.30`
+- A root version like `2026.4.1-beta.1` becomes:
+  - `CFBundleShortVersionString = 2026.4.1`
+  - `CFBundleVersion = next TestFlight build number for 2026.4.1`
 
 Required env for beta builds:
 

apps/ios/Sources/Gateway/GatewaySettingsStore.swift

@@ -69,6 +69,13 @@ enum GatewaySettingsStore {
             account: self.preferredGatewayStableIDAccount)
     }
 
+    static func clearPreferredGatewayStableID(defaults: UserDefaults = .standard) {
+        _ = KeychainStore.delete(
+            service: self.gatewayService,
+            account: self.preferredGatewayStableIDAccount)
+        defaults.removeObject(forKey: self.preferredGatewayStableIDDefaultsKey)
+    }
+
     static func loadLastDiscoveredGatewayStableID() -> String? {
         if let value = KeychainStore.loadString(
             service: self.gatewayService,
@@ -89,6 +96,13 @@ enum GatewaySettingsStore {
             account: self.lastDiscoveredGatewayStableIDAccount)
     }
 
+    static func clearLastDiscoveredGatewayStableID(defaults: UserDefaults = .standard) {
+        _ = KeychainStore.delete(
+            service: self.gatewayService,
+            account: self.lastDiscoveredGatewayStableIDAccount)
+        defaults.removeObject(forKey: self.lastDiscoveredGatewayStableIDDefaultsKey)
+    }
+
     static func loadGatewayToken(instanceId: String) -> String? {
         let account = self.gatewayTokenAccount(instanceId: instanceId)
         let token = KeychainStore.loadString(service: self.gatewayService, account: account)?
@@ -119,6 +133,12 @@ enum GatewaySettingsStore {
             account: self.gatewayBootstrapTokenAccount(instanceId: instanceId))
     }
 
+    static func clearGatewayBootstrapToken(instanceId: String) {
+        _ = KeychainStore.delete(
+            service: self.gatewayService,
+            account: self.gatewayBootstrapTokenAccount(instanceId: instanceId))
+    }
+
     static func loadGatewayPassword(instanceId: String) -> String? {
         KeychainStore.loadString(
             service: self.gatewayService,

apps/ios/Sources/Model/NodeAppModel.swift

@@ -1697,14 +1697,24 @@ extension NodeAppModel {
             password: password,
             nodeOptions: connectOptions)
         self.prepareForGatewayConnect(url: url, stableID: effectiveStableID)
-        self.startOperatorGatewayLoop(
-            url: url,
-            stableID: effectiveStableID,
+        if self.shouldStartOperatorGatewayLoop(
             token: token,
             bootstrapToken: bootstrapToken,
             password: password,
-            nodeOptions: connectOptions,
-            sessionBox: sessionBox)
+            stableID: effectiveStableID)
+        {
+            self.startOperatorGatewayLoop(
+                url: url,
+                stableID: effectiveStableID,
+                token: token,
+                bootstrapToken: bootstrapToken,
+                password: password,
+                nodeOptions: connectOptions,
+                sessionBox: sessionBox)
+        } else {
+            self.operatorGatewayTask = nil
+            Task { await self.operatorGateway.disconnect() }
+        }
         self.startNodeGatewayLoop(
             url: url,
             stableID: effectiveStableID,
@@ -1785,6 +1795,86 @@ private extension NodeAppModel {
         self.apnsLastRegisteredTokenHex = nil
     }
 
+    func shouldStartOperatorGatewayLoop(
+        token: String?,
+        bootstrapToken: String?,
+        password: String?,
+        stableID _: String) -> Bool
+    {
+        Self.shouldStartOperatorGatewayLoop(
+            token: token,
+            bootstrapToken: bootstrapToken,
+            password: password,
+            hasStoredOperatorToken: self.hasStoredGatewayRoleToken("operator"))
+    }
+
+    func hasStoredGatewayRoleToken(_ role: String) -> Bool {
+        let identity = DeviceIdentityStore.loadOrCreate()
+        return DeviceAuthStore.loadToken(deviceId: identity.deviceId, role: role) != nil
+    }
+
+    static func shouldStartOperatorGatewayLoop(
+        token: String?,
+        bootstrapToken: String?,
+        password: String?,
+        hasStoredOperatorToken: Bool) -> Bool
+    {
+        let trimmedToken = token?.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines) ?? ""
+        if !trimmedToken.isEmpty {
+            return true
+        }
+        let trimmedPassword = password?.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines) ?? ""
+        if !trimmedPassword.isEmpty {
+            return true
+        }
+        let trimmedBootstrapToken = bootstrapToken?.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines) ?? ""
+        if !trimmedBootstrapToken.isEmpty {
+            return false
+        }
+        return hasStoredOperatorToken
+    }
+
+    static func clearingBootstrapToken(in config: GatewayConnectConfig?) -> GatewayConnectConfig? {
+        guard let config else { return nil }
+        let trimmedBootstrapToken = config.bootstrapToken?
+            .trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines) ?? ""
+        guard !trimmedBootstrapToken.isEmpty else { return config }
+        return GatewayConnectConfig(
+            url: config.url,
+            stableID: config.stableID,
+            tls: config.tls,
+            token: config.token,
+            bootstrapToken: nil,
+            password: config.password,
+            nodeOptions: config.nodeOptions)
+    }
+
+    func currentGatewayReconnectAuth(
+        fallbackToken: String?,
+        fallbackBootstrapToken: String?,
+        fallbackPassword: String?) -> (token: String?, bootstrapToken: String?, password: String?)
+    {
+        if let cfg = self.activeGatewayConnectConfig {
+            return (cfg.token, cfg.bootstrapToken, cfg.password)
+        }
+        return (fallbackToken, fallbackBootstrapToken, fallbackPassword)
+    }
+
+    func clearPersistedGatewayBootstrapTokenIfNeeded() {
+        // Always drop the in-memory bootstrap token after the first successful
+        // bootstrap connect so reconnect loops cannot reuse a spent token.
+        self.activeGatewayConnectConfig = Self.clearingBootstrapToken(in: self.activeGatewayConnectConfig)
+
+        let trimmedInstanceId = UserDefaults.standard.string(forKey: "node.instanceId")?
+            .trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines) ?? ""
+        guard !trimmedInstanceId.isEmpty else { return }
+        guard
+            GatewaySettingsStore.loadGatewayBootstrapToken(instanceId: trimmedInstanceId) != nil
+        else { return }
+
+        GatewaySettingsStore.clearGatewayBootstrapToken(instanceId: trimmedInstanceId)
+    }
+
     func refreshBackgroundReconnectSuppressionIfNeeded(source: String) {
         guard self.isBackgrounded else { return }
         guard !self.backgroundReconnectSuppressed else { return }
@@ -1841,11 +1931,15 @@ private extension NodeAppModel {
                     displayName: nodeOptions.clientDisplayName)
 
                 do {
+                    let reconnectAuth = self.currentGatewayReconnectAuth(
+                        fallbackToken: token,
+                        fallbackBootstrapToken: bootstrapToken,
+                        fallbackPassword: password)
                     try await self.operatorGateway.connect(
                         url: url,
-                        token: token,
-                        bootstrapToken: bootstrapToken,
-                        password: password,
+                        token: reconnectAuth.token,
+                        bootstrapToken: reconnectAuth.bootstrapToken,
+                        password: reconnectAuth.password,
                         connectOptions: operatorOptions,
                         sessionBox: sessionBox,
                         onConnected: { [weak self] in
@@ -1948,12 +2042,16 @@ private extension NodeAppModel {
 
                 do {
                     let epochMs = Int(Date().timeIntervalSince1970 * 1000)
+                    let reconnectAuth = self.currentGatewayReconnectAuth(
+                        fallbackToken: token,
+                        fallbackBootstrapToken: bootstrapToken,
+                        fallbackPassword: password)
                     GatewayDiagnostics.log("connect attempt epochMs=\(epochMs) url=\(url.absoluteString)")
                     try await self.nodeGateway.connect(
                         url: url,
-                        token: token,
-                        bootstrapToken: bootstrapToken,
-                        password: password,
+                        token: reconnectAuth.token,
+                        bootstrapToken: reconnectAuth.bootstrapToken,
+                        password: reconnectAuth.password,
                         connectOptions: currentOptions,
                         sessionBox: sessionBox,
                         onConnected: { [weak self] in
@@ -1965,6 +2063,30 @@ private extension NodeAppModel {
                                 self.screen.errorText = nil
                                 UserDefaults.standard.set(true, forKey: "gateway.autoconnect")
                             }
+                            let usedBootstrapToken =
+                                reconnectAuth.token?.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines).isEmpty != false &&
+                                reconnectAuth.bootstrapToken?.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
+                                    .isEmpty == false
+                            if usedBootstrapToken {
+                                await MainActor.run {
+                                    self.clearPersistedGatewayBootstrapTokenIfNeeded()
+                                    if self.operatorGatewayTask == nil && self.shouldStartOperatorGatewayLoop(
+                                        token: reconnectAuth.token,
+                                        bootstrapToken: nil,
+                                        password: reconnectAuth.password,
+                                        stableID: stableID)
+                                    {
+                                        self.startOperatorGatewayLoop(
+                                            url: url,
+                                            stableID: stableID,
+                                            token: reconnectAuth.token,
+                                            bootstrapToken: nil,
+                                            password: reconnectAuth.password,
+                                            nodeOptions: currentOptions,
+                                            sessionBox: sessionBox)
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
                             let relayData = await MainActor.run {
                                 (
                                     sessionKey: self.mainSessionKey,
@@ -1975,8 +2097,8 @@ private extension NodeAppModel {
                             ShareGatewayRelaySettings.saveConfig(
                                 ShareGatewayRelayConfig(
                                     gatewayURLString: url.absoluteString,
-                                    token: token,
-                                    password: password,
+                                    token: reconnectAuth.token,
+                                    password: reconnectAuth.password,
                                     sessionKey: relayData.sessionKey,
                                     deliveryChannel: relayData.deliveryChannel,
                                     deliveryTo: relayData.deliveryTo))
@@ -3015,6 +3137,20 @@ extension NodeAppModel {
     static func _test_currentDeepLinkKey() -> String {
         self.expectedDeepLinkKey()
     }
+
+    static func _test_shouldStartOperatorGatewayLoop(
+        token: String?,
+        bootstrapToken: String?,
+        password: String?,
+        hasStoredOperatorToken: Bool) -> Bool
+    {
+        self.shouldStartOperatorGatewayLoop(
+            token: token,
+            bootstrapToken: bootstrapToken,
+            password: password,
+            hasStoredOperatorToken: hasStoredOperatorToken)
+    }
+
 }
 #endif
 // swiftlint:enable type_body_length file_length

apps/ios/Sources/Settings/SettingsTab.swift

@@ -1008,6 +1008,11 @@ struct SettingsTab: View {
 
         // Reset onboarding state + clear saved gateway connection (the two things RootCanvas checks).
         GatewaySettingsStore.clearLastGatewayConnection()
+        GatewaySettingsStore.clearPreferredGatewayStableID()
+        GatewaySettingsStore.clearLastDiscoveredGatewayStableID()
+        // Resetting onboarding should also forget trusted gateway TLS fingerprints.
+        // Otherwise a restarted dev gateway can stay stuck in a local TLS cancel loop.
+        GatewayTLSStore.clearAllFingerprints()
         OnboardingStateStore.reset()
 
         // RootCanvas also short-circuits onboarding when these are true.

apps/ios/Tests/GatewayConnectionSecurityTests.swift

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import Testing
 @testable import OpenClaw
 
 @Suite(.serialized) struct GatewayConnectionSecurityTests {
+    @MainActor
     private func makeController() -> GatewayConnectionController {
         GatewayConnectionController(appModel: NodeAppModel(), startDiscovery: false)
     }
@@ -32,8 +33,7 @@ import Testing
     }
 
     private func clearTLSFingerprint(stableID: String) {
-        let suite = UserDefaults(suiteName: "ai.openclaw.shared") ?? .standard
-        suite.removeObject(forKey: "gateway.tls.\(stableID)")
+        GatewayTLSStore.clearFingerprint(stableID: stableID)
     }
 
     @Test @MainActor func discoveredTLSParams_prefersStoredPinOverAdvertisedTXT() async {
@@ -126,4 +126,21 @@ import Testing
         #expect(controller._test_resolveManualPort(host: "device.sample.ts.net.", port: 0, useTLS: true) == 443)
         #expect(controller._test_resolveManualPort(host: "device.sample.ts.net", port: 18789, useTLS: true) == 18789)
     }
+
+    @Test @MainActor func clearAllTLSFingerprints_removesStoredPins() async {
+        let stableID1 = "test|\(UUID().uuidString)"
+        let stableID2 = "test|\(UUID().uuidString)"
+        defer { GatewayTLSStore.clearAllFingerprints() }
+
+        GatewayTLSStore.saveFingerprint("11", stableID: stableID1)
+        GatewayTLSStore.saveFingerprint("22", stableID: stableID2)
+
+        #expect(GatewayTLSStore.loadFingerprint(stableID: stableID1) == "11")
+        #expect(GatewayTLSStore.loadFingerprint(stableID: stableID2) == "22")
+
+        GatewayTLSStore.clearAllFingerprints()
+
+        #expect(GatewayTLSStore.loadFingerprint(stableID: stableID1) == nil)
+        #expect(GatewayTLSStore.loadFingerprint(stableID: stableID2) == nil)
+    }
 }

apps/ios/Tests/NodeAppModelInvokeTests.swift

@@ -96,6 +96,64 @@ private final class MockWatchMessagingService: @preconcurrency WatchMessagingSer
         #expect(appModel.mainSessionKey == "agent:agent-123:main")
     }
 
+    @Test func operatorLoopWaitsForBootstrapHandoffBeforeUsingStoredToken() {
+        #expect(
+            !NodeAppModel._test_shouldStartOperatorGatewayLoop(
+                token: nil,
+                bootstrapToken: "fresh-bootstrap-token",
+                password: nil,
+                hasStoredOperatorToken: true)
+        )
+        #expect(
+            !NodeAppModel._test_shouldStartOperatorGatewayLoop(
+                token: nil,
+                bootstrapToken: nil,
+                password: nil,
+                hasStoredOperatorToken: false)
+        )
+        #expect(
+            NodeAppModel._test_shouldStartOperatorGatewayLoop(
+                token: nil,
+                bootstrapToken: nil,
+                password: nil,
+                hasStoredOperatorToken: true)
+        )
+        #expect(
+            NodeAppModel._test_shouldStartOperatorGatewayLoop(
+                token: "shared-token",
+                bootstrapToken: "fresh-bootstrap-token",
+                password: nil,
+                hasStoredOperatorToken: false)
+        )
+    }
+
+    @Test func clearingBootstrapTokenStripsReconnectConfigEvenWithoutPersistence() {
+        let config = GatewayConnectConfig(
+            url: URL(string: "wss://gateway.example")!,
+            stableID: "test-gateway",
+            tls: nil,
+            token: nil,
+            bootstrapToken: "spent-bootstrap-token",
+            password: nil,
+            nodeOptions: GatewayConnectOptions(
+                role: "node",
+                scopes: [],
+                caps: [],
+                commands: [],
+                permissions: [:],
+                clientId: "openclaw-ios",
+                clientMode: "node",
+                clientDisplayName: nil))
+
+        let cleared = NodeAppModel.clearingBootstrapToken(in: config)
+        #expect(cleared?.bootstrapToken == nil)
+        #expect(cleared?.url == config.url)
+        #expect(cleared?.stableID == config.stableID)
+        #expect(cleared?.token == config.token)
+        #expect(cleared?.password == config.password)
+        #expect(cleared?.nodeOptions.role == config.nodeOptions.role)
+    }
+
     @Test @MainActor func handleInvokeRejectsBackgroundCommands() async {
         let appModel = NodeAppModel()
         appModel.setScenePhase(.background)

apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/AppState.swift

@@ -136,6 +136,17 @@ final class AppState {
             forKey: voicePushToTalkEnabledKey) } }
     }
 
+    var voiceWakeTriggersTalkMode: Bool {
+        didSet {
+            self.ifNotPreview {
+                UserDefaults.standard.set(self.voiceWakeTriggersTalkMode, forKey: voiceWakeTriggersTalkModeKey)
+                if self.swabbleEnabled {
+                    Task { await VoiceWakeRuntime.shared.refresh(state: self) }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     var talkEnabled: Bool {
         didSet {
             self.ifNotPreview {
@@ -275,6 +286,8 @@ final class AppState {
             .stringArray(forKey: voiceWakeAdditionalLocalesKey) ?? []
         self.voicePushToTalkEnabled = UserDefaults.standard
             .object(forKey: voicePushToTalkEnabledKey) as? Bool ?? false
+        self.voiceWakeTriggersTalkMode = UserDefaults.standard
+            .object(forKey: voiceWakeTriggersTalkModeKey) as? Bool ?? false
         self.talkEnabled = UserDefaults.standard.bool(forKey: talkEnabledKey)
         self.seamColorHex = nil
         if let storedHeartbeats = UserDefaults.standard.object(forKey: heartbeatsEnabledKey) as? Bool {

apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/Constants.swift

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ let voiceWakeMicNameKey = "openclaw.voiceWakeMicName"
 let voiceWakeLocaleKey = "openclaw.voiceWakeLocaleID"
 let voiceWakeAdditionalLocalesKey = "openclaw.voiceWakeAdditionalLocaleIDs"
 let voicePushToTalkEnabledKey = "openclaw.voicePushToTalkEnabled"
+let voiceWakeTriggersTalkModeKey = "openclaw.voiceWakeTriggersTalkMode"
 let talkEnabledKey = "openclaw.talkEnabled"
 let iconOverrideKey = "openclaw.iconOverride"
 let connectionModeKey = "openclaw.connectionMode"

apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/GatewayConnection.swift

@@ -558,12 +558,16 @@ extension GatewayConnection {
     func skillsInstall(
         name: String,
         installId: String,
+        dangerouslyForceUnsafeInstall: Bool? = nil,
         timeoutMs: Int? = nil) async throws -> SkillInstallResult
     {
         var params: [String: AnyCodable] = [
             "name": AnyCodable(name),
             "installId": AnyCodable(installId),
         ]
+        if let dangerouslyForceUnsafeInstall {
+            params["dangerouslyForceUnsafeInstall"] = AnyCodable(dangerouslyForceUnsafeInstall)
+        }
         if let timeoutMs {
             params["timeoutMs"] = AnyCodable(timeoutMs)
         }
@@ -614,11 +618,13 @@ extension GatewayConnection {
     func chatHistory(
         sessionKey: String,
         limit: Int? = nil,
+        maxChars: Int? = nil,
         timeoutMs: Int? = nil) async throws -> OpenClawChatHistoryPayload
     {
         let resolvedKey = self.canonicalizeSessionKey(sessionKey)
         var params: [String: AnyCodable] = ["sessionKey": AnyCodable(resolvedKey)]
         if let limit { params["limit"] = AnyCodable(limit) }
+        if let maxChars { params["maxChars"] = AnyCodable(maxChars) }
         let timeout = timeoutMs.map { Double($0) }
         return try await self.requestDecoded(
             method: .chatHistory,

apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/HostEnvSecurityPolicy.generated.swift

@@ -16,9 +16,20 @@ enum HostEnvSecurityPolicy {
         "RUBYOPT",
         "BASH_ENV",
         "ENV",
+        "BROWSER",
+        "GIT_EDITOR",
         "GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF",
         "GIT_EXEC_PATH",
+        "GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR",
         "GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR",
+        "GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY",
+        "GIT_SSL_CAINFO",
+        "GIT_SSL_CAPATH",
+        "CC",
+        "CXX",
+        "CARGO_BUILD_RUSTC",
+        "CMAKE_C_COMPILER",
+        "CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER",
         "SHELL",
         "SHELLOPTS",
         "PS4",
@@ -46,6 +57,9 @@ enum HostEnvSecurityPolicy {
         "GIT_SSH",
         "GIT_PROXY_COMMAND",
         "GIT_ASKPASS",
+        "GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY",
+        "GIT_SSL_CAINFO",
+        "GIT_SSL_CAPATH",
         "SSH_ASKPASS",
         "LESSOPEN",
         "LESSCLOSE",
@@ -74,6 +88,53 @@ enum HostEnvSecurityPolicy {
         "PHP_INI_SCAN_DIR",
         "DENO_DIR",
         "BUN_CONFIG_REGISTRY",
+        "YARN_RC_FILENAME",
+        "HTTP_PROXY",
+        "HTTPS_PROXY",
+        "ALL_PROXY",
+        "NO_PROXY",
+        "NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED",
+        "NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS",
+        "SSL_CERT_FILE",
+        "SSL_CERT_DIR",
+        "REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE",
+        "CURL_CA_BUNDLE",
+        "DOCKER_HOST",
+        "DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY",
+        "DOCKER_CERT_PATH",
+        "PIP_INDEX_URL",
+        "PIP_PYPI_URL",
+        "PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL",
+        "PIP_CONFIG_FILE",
+        "PIP_FIND_LINKS",
+        "PIP_TRUSTED_HOST",
+        "UV_INDEX",
+        "UV_INDEX_URL",
+        "UV_EXTRA_INDEX_URL",
+        "UV_DEFAULT_INDEX",
+        "DOCKER_HOST",
+        "DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY",
+        "DOCKER_CERT_PATH",
+        "DOCKER_CONTEXT",
+        "LIBRARY_PATH",
+        "CPATH",
+        "C_INCLUDE_PATH",
+        "CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH",
+        "OBJC_INCLUDE_PATH",
+        "NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS",
+        "SSL_CERT_FILE",
+        "SSL_CERT_DIR",
+        "REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE",
+        "CURL_CA_BUNDLE",
+        "GOPROXY",
+        "GONOSUMCHECK",
+        "GONOSUMDB",
+        "GONOPROXY",
+        "GOPRIVATE",
+        "GOENV",
+        "GOPATH",
+        "PYTHONUSERBASE",
+        "VIRTUAL_ENV",
         "LUA_PATH",
         "LUA_CPATH",
         "GEM_HOME",
@@ -86,7 +147,8 @@ enum HostEnvSecurityPolicy {
 
     static let blockedOverridePrefixes: [String] = [
         "GIT_CONFIG_",
-        "NPM_CONFIG_"
+        "NPM_CONFIG_",
+        "CARGO_REGISTRIES_"
     ]
 
     static let blockedPrefixes: [String] = [

apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/Resources/Info.plist

@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
     <key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
     <string>APPL</string>
     <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
-    <string>2026.3.30</string>
+    <string>2026.4.2</string>
     <key>CFBundleVersion</key>
-    <string>2026033000</string>
+    <string>2026040101</string>
     <key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
     <string>OpenClaw</string>
     <key>CFBundleURLTypes</key>

apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/TalkModeController.swift

@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ final class TalkModeController {
             TalkOverlayController.shared.dismiss()
         }
         await TalkModeRuntime.shared.setEnabled(enabled)
+        // Resume voice wake listener *after* TalkMode audio is fully torn down.
+        // Check swabbleEnabled (not voiceWakeTriggersTalkMode) so the paused wake listener
+        // resumes even if the user toggled "Trigger Talk Mode" off during the session.
+        if !enabled, AppStateStore.shared.swabbleEnabled {
+            Task { await VoiceWakeRuntime.shared.refresh(state: AppStateStore.shared) }
+        }
     }
 
     func updatePhase(_ phase: TalkModePhase) {

apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/TalkModeRuntime.swift

@@ -335,6 +335,11 @@ actor TalkModeRuntime {
         self.lastHeard = nil
         self.phase = .thinking
         await MainActor.run { TalkModeController.shared.updatePhase(.thinking) }
+        // Play "send" chime when the user's speech is finalized and about to be sent
+        let sendChime = await MainActor.run { AppStateStore.shared.voiceWakeSendChime }
+        if sendChime != .none {
+            await MainActor.run { VoiceWakeChimePlayer.play(sendChime, reason: "talk.send") }
+        }
         await self.stopRecognition()
         await self.sendAndSpeak(text)
     }
@@ -456,6 +461,7 @@ actor TalkModeRuntime {
 
     private func playAssistant(text: String) async {
         guard let input = await self.preparePlaybackInput(text: text) else { return }
+
         switch Self.playbackPlan(apiKey: input.apiKey, voiceId: input.voiceId) {
         case let .elevenLabsThenSystemVoice(apiKey, voiceId):
             do {

apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/VoiceWakeRuntime.swift

@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ actor VoiceWakeRuntime {
         let localeID: String?
         let triggerChime: VoiceWakeChime
         let sendChime: VoiceWakeChime
+        let triggersTalkMode: Bool
     }
 
     private struct RecognitionUpdate {
@@ -100,7 +101,8 @@ actor VoiceWakeRuntime {
                 micID: state.voiceWakeMicID.isEmpty ? nil : state.voiceWakeMicID,
                 localeID: state.voiceWakeLocaleID.isEmpty ? nil : state.voiceWakeLocaleID,
                 triggerChime: state.voiceWakeTriggerChime,
-                sendChime: state.voiceWakeSendChime)
+                sendChime: state.voiceWakeSendChime,
+                triggersTalkMode: state.voiceWakeTriggersTalkMode)
             return (enabled, config)
         }
 
@@ -529,6 +531,21 @@ actor VoiceWakeRuntime {
     }
 
     private func beginCapture(command: String, triggerEndTime: TimeInterval?, config: RuntimeConfig) async {
+        // When "Trigger Talk Mode" is enabled, skip the capture/overlay flow entirely
+        // and activate Talk Mode immediately. Talk Mode handles its own STT pipeline.
+        // Pause the wake listener to avoid two audio pipelines competing on the mic
+        // (mirrors the push-to-talk coordination pattern).
+        if config.triggersTalkMode {
+            self.logger.info("voicewake trigger -> activating Talk Mode (skipping capture)")
+            DiagnosticsFileLog.shared.log(category: "voicewake.runtime", event: "triggerTalkMode")
+            if config.triggerChime != .none {
+                await MainActor.run { VoiceWakeChimePlayer.play(config.triggerChime, reason: "voicewake.trigger") }
+            }
+            self.pauseForPushToTalk()
+            await AppStateStore.shared.setTalkEnabled(true)
+            return
+        }
+
         self.listeningState = .voiceWake
         self.isCapturing = true
         DiagnosticsFileLog.shared.log(category: "voicewake.runtime", event: "beginCapture")

apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/VoiceWakeSettings.swift

@@ -53,6 +53,16 @@ struct VoiceWakeSettings: View {
                     binding: self.voiceWakeBinding)
                     .disabled(!voiceWakeSupported)
 
+                SettingsToggleRow(
+                    title: "Trigger Talk Mode",
+                    subtitle: """
+                    When a wake phrase is detected, activate Talk Mode for a full voice \
+                    conversation (STT, LLM response, TTS playback) instead of sending a \
+                    text message to the chat.
+                    """,
+                    binding: self.$state.voiceWakeTriggersTalkMode)
+                    .disabled(!self.state.swabbleEnabled)
+
                 SettingsToggleRow(
                     title: "Hold Right Option to talk",
                     subtitle: """

apps/macos/Sources/OpenClawDiscovery/WideAreaGatewayDiscovery.swift

@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ struct WideAreaGatewayBeacon: Equatable {
 }
 
 enum WideAreaGatewayDiscovery {
-    private static let maxCandidates = 40
     private static let digPath = "/usr/bin/dig"
     private static let defaultTimeoutSeconds: TimeInterval = 0.2
-    private static let nameserverProbeConcurrency = 6
+    // Security: wide-area discovery must trust only the Tailscale MagicDNS resolver.
+    // Probing arbitrary tailnet peers lets the fastest responder become DNS-SD authority.
+    private static let tailscaleDNSResolver = "100.100.100.100"
 
     struct DiscoveryContext {
         var tailscaleStatus: @Sendable () -> String?
@@ -39,27 +40,16 @@ enum WideAreaGatewayDiscovery {
             timeoutSeconds - Date().timeIntervalSince(startedAt)
         }
 
-        guard let ips = collectTailnetIPv4s(
-            statusJson: context.tailscaleStatus()).nonEmpty else { return [] }
-        var candidates = Array(ips.prefix(self.maxCandidates))
-        guard let nameserver = findNameserver(
-            candidates: &candidates,
+        guard let statusJson = context.tailscaleStatus(),
+              !collectTailnetIPv4s(statusJson: statusJson).isEmpty,
+              let discovery = loadWideAreaPtrRecords(
             remaining: remaining,
             dig: context.dig)
-        else {
-            return []
-        }
+        else { return [] }
 
-        guard let domain = OpenClawBonjour.wideAreaGatewayServiceDomain else { return [] }
-        let domainTrimmed = domain.trimmingCharacters(in: CharacterSet(charactersIn: "."))
-        let probeName = "_openclaw-gw._tcp.\(domainTrimmed)"
-        guard let ptrLines = context.dig(
-            ["+short", "+time=1", "+tries=1", "@\(nameserver)", probeName, "PTR"],
-            min(defaultTimeoutSeconds, remaining()))?.split(whereSeparator: \.isNewline),
-            !ptrLines.isEmpty
-        else {
-            return []
-        }
+        let domainTrimmed = discovery.domainTrimmed
+        let ptrLines = discovery.ptrLines
+        let nameserver = self.tailscaleDNSResolver
 
         var beacons: [WideAreaGatewayBeacon] = []
         for raw in ptrLines {
@@ -148,68 +138,26 @@ enum WideAreaGatewayDiscovery {
         return output
     }
 
-    private static func findNameserver(
-        candidates: inout [String],
+    private static func loadWideAreaPtrRecords(
         remaining: () -> TimeInterval,
-        dig: @escaping @Sendable (_ args: [String], _ timeout: TimeInterval) -> String?) -> String?
+        dig: @escaping @Sendable (_ args: [String], _ timeout: TimeInterval) -> String?)
+        -> (domainTrimmed: String, ptrLines: [Substring])?
     {
         guard let domain = OpenClawBonjour.wideAreaGatewayServiceDomain else { return nil }
         let domainTrimmed = domain.trimmingCharacters(in: CharacterSet(charactersIn: "."))
         let probeName = "_openclaw-gw._tcp.\(domainTrimmed)"
+        let budget = max(0, remaining())
+        if budget <= 0 { return nil }
 
-        let ips = candidates
-        candidates.removeAll(keepingCapacity: true)
-        if ips.isEmpty { return nil }
-
-        final class ProbeState: @unchecked Sendable {
-            let lock = NSLock()
-            var nextIndex = 0
-            var found: String?
+        guard let stdout = dig(
+            ["+short", "+time=1", "+tries=1", "@\(self.tailscaleDNSResolver)", probeName, "PTR"],
+            min(defaultTimeoutSeconds, budget)),
+            let ptrLines = stdout.split(whereSeparator: \.isNewline).nonEmpty
+        else {
+            return nil
         }
 
-        let state = ProbeState()
-        let deadline = Date().addingTimeInterval(max(0, remaining()))
-        let workerCount = min(self.nameserverProbeConcurrency, ips.count)
-        let group = DispatchGroup()
-
-        for _ in 0..<workerCount {
-            group.enter()
-            DispatchQueue.global(qos: .utility).async {
-                defer { group.leave() }
-
-                while Date() < deadline {
-                    state.lock.lock()
-                    if state.found != nil {
-                        state.lock.unlock()
-                        return
-                    }
-                    let i = state.nextIndex
-                    state.nextIndex += 1
-                    state.lock.unlock()
-
-                    if i >= ips.count { return }
-                    let ip = ips[i]
-                    let budget = deadline.timeIntervalSinceNow
-                    if budget <= 0 { return }
-
-                    if let stdout = dig(
-                        ["+short", "+time=1", "+tries=1", "@\(ip)", probeName, "PTR"],
-                        min(defaultTimeoutSeconds, budget)),
-                        stdout.split(whereSeparator: \.isNewline).isEmpty == false
-                    {
-                        state.lock.lock()
-                        if state.found == nil {
-                            state.found = ip
-                        }
-                        state.lock.unlock()
-                        return
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        _ = group.wait(timeout: .now() + max(0.0, remaining()))
-        return state.found
+        return (domainTrimmed, ptrLines)
     }
 
     private static func runDig(args: [String], timeout: TimeInterval) -> String? {

apps/macos/Sources/OpenClawProtocol/GatewayModels.swift

@@ -3710,18 +3710,22 @@ public struct DevicePairResolvedEvent: Codable, Sendable {
 public struct ChatHistoryParams: Codable, Sendable {
     public let sessionkey: String
     public let limit: Int?
+    public let maxchars: Int?
 
     public init(
         sessionkey: String,
-        limit: Int?)
+        limit: Int?,
+        maxchars: Int?)
     {
         self.sessionkey = sessionkey
         self.limit = limit
+        self.maxchars = maxchars
     }
 
     private enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
         case sessionkey = "sessionKey"
         case limit
+        case maxchars = "maxChars"
     }
 }
 

apps/macos/Tests/OpenClawIPCTests/WideAreaGatewayDiscoveryTests.swift

@@ -1,10 +1,37 @@
 import Darwin
+import Foundation
 import Testing
 @testable import OpenClawDiscovery
 
+private final class NameserverQueryLog: @unchecked Sendable {
+    private let lock = NSLock()
+    private var nameservers: [String] = []
+
+    func record(_ nameserver: String) {
+        self.lock.lock()
+        defer { self.lock.unlock() }
+        self.nameservers.append(nameserver)
+    }
+
+    func count(matching nameserver: String) -> Int {
+        self.lock.lock()
+        defer { self.lock.unlock() }
+        return self.nameservers.filter { $0 == nameserver }.count
+    }
+}
+
+@Suite(.serialized)
 struct WideAreaGatewayDiscoveryTests {
     @Test func `discovers beacon from tailnet dns sd fallback`() {
+        let originalWideAreaDomain = getenv("OPENCLAW_WIDE_AREA_DOMAIN").map { String(cString: $0) }
         setenv("OPENCLAW_WIDE_AREA_DOMAIN", "openclaw.internal", 1)
+        defer {
+            if let originalWideAreaDomain {
+                setenv("OPENCLAW_WIDE_AREA_DOMAIN", originalWideAreaDomain, 1)
+            } else {
+                unsetenv("OPENCLAW_WIDE_AREA_DOMAIN")
+            }
+        }
         let statusJson = """
         {
           "Self": { "TailscaleIPs": ["100.69.232.64"] },
@@ -20,7 +47,7 @@ struct WideAreaGatewayDiscoveryTests {
                 let recordType = args.last ?? ""
                 let nameserver = args.first(where: { $0.hasPrefix("@") }) ?? ""
                 if recordType == "PTR" {
-                    if nameserver == "@100.123.224.76" {
+                    if nameserver == "@100.100.100.100" {
                         return "steipetacstudio-gateway._openclaw-gw._tcp.openclaw.internal.\n"
                     }
                     return ""
@@ -47,4 +74,55 @@ struct WideAreaGatewayDiscoveryTests {
         #expect(beacon.tailnetDns == "peters-mac-studio-1.sheep-coho.ts.net")
         #expect(beacon.cliPath == "/Users/steipete/openclaw/src/entry.ts")
     }
+
+    @Test func `attacker peer cannot become nameserver`() {
+        let originalWideAreaDomain = getenv("OPENCLAW_WIDE_AREA_DOMAIN").map { String(cString: $0) }
+        setenv("OPENCLAW_WIDE_AREA_DOMAIN", "openclaw.internal", 1)
+        defer {
+            if let originalWideAreaDomain {
+                setenv("OPENCLAW_WIDE_AREA_DOMAIN", originalWideAreaDomain, 1)
+            } else {
+                unsetenv("OPENCLAW_WIDE_AREA_DOMAIN")
+            }
+        }
+        let statusJson = """
+        {
+          "Self": { "TailscaleIPs": ["100.64.0.1"] },
+          "Peer": {
+            "attacker": { "TailscaleIPs": ["100.64.0.2"] }
+          }
+        }
+        """
+
+        let queriedNameservers = NameserverQueryLog()
+        let context = WideAreaGatewayDiscovery.DiscoveryContext(
+            tailscaleStatus: { statusJson },
+            dig: { args, _ in
+                let nameserver = args.first(where: { $0.hasPrefix("@") }) ?? ""
+                queriedNameservers.record(nameserver)
+
+                let recordType = args.last ?? ""
+                if recordType == "PTR" {
+                    if nameserver == "@100.64.0.2" {
+                        return "evil._openclaw-gw._tcp.openclaw.internal.\n"
+                    }
+                    return ""
+                }
+                if recordType == "SRV" {
+                    return "0 0 443 evil.ts.net."
+                }
+                if recordType == "TXT" {
+                    return "\"displayName=Evil\""
+                }
+                return ""
+            })
+
+        let beacons = WideAreaGatewayDiscovery.discover(
+            timeoutSeconds: 2.0,
+            context: context)
+
+        #expect(queriedNameservers.count(matching: "@100.64.0.2") == 0)
+        #expect(queriedNameservers.count(matching: "@100.100.100.100") == 1)
+        #expect(beacons.isEmpty)
+    }
 }

apps/shared/OpenClawKit/Sources/OpenClawKit/GatewayTLSPinning.swift

@@ -35,6 +35,25 @@ public enum GatewayTLSStore {
         _ = GenericPasswordKeychainStore.saveString(value, service: self.keychainService, account: stableID)
     }
 
+    @discardableResult
+    public static func clearFingerprint(stableID: String) -> Bool {
+        let removedKeychain = GenericPasswordKeychainStore.delete(
+            service: self.keychainService,
+            account: stableID)
+        self.clearLegacyFingerprint(stableID: stableID)
+        return removedKeychain
+    }
+
+    @discardableResult
+    public static func clearAllFingerprints() -> Bool {
+        let removedKeychain = SecItemDelete([
+            kSecClass as String: kSecClassGenericPassword,
+            kSecAttrService as String: self.keychainService,
+        ] as CFDictionary)
+        self.clearAllLegacyFingerprints()
+        return removedKeychain == errSecSuccess || removedKeychain == errSecItemNotFound
+    }
+
     // MARK: - Migration
 
     /// On first Keychain read for a given stableID, move any legacy UserDefaults
@@ -53,6 +72,18 @@ public enum GatewayTLSStore {
         }
         defaults.removeObject(forKey: legacyKey)
     }
+
+    private static func clearLegacyFingerprint(stableID: String) {
+        guard let defaults = UserDefaults(suiteName: self.legacySuiteName) else { return }
+        defaults.removeObject(forKey: self.legacyKeyPrefix + stableID)
+    }
+
+    private static func clearAllLegacyFingerprints() {
+        guard let defaults = UserDefaults(suiteName: self.legacySuiteName) else { return }
+        for key in defaults.dictionaryRepresentation().keys where key.hasPrefix(self.legacyKeyPrefix) {
+            defaults.removeObject(forKey: key)
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 public final class GatewayTLSPinningSession: NSObject, WebSocketSessioning, URLSessionDelegate, @unchecked Sendable {

apps/shared/OpenClawKit/Sources/OpenClawProtocol/GatewayModels.swift

@@ -3710,18 +3710,22 @@ public struct DevicePairResolvedEvent: Codable, Sendable {
 public struct ChatHistoryParams: Codable, Sendable {
     public let sessionkey: String
     public let limit: Int?
+    public let maxchars: Int?
 
     public init(
         sessionkey: String,
-        limit: Int?)
+        limit: Int?,
+        maxchars: Int?)
     {
         self.sessionkey = sessionkey
         self.limit = limit
+        self.maxchars = maxchars
     }
 
     private enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
         case sessionkey = "sessionKey"
         case limit
+        case maxchars = "maxChars"
     }
 }
 

docs/assets/sponsors/convex-light.svg

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<svg width="126" height="20" viewBox="0 0 126 20" fill="black" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
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docs/auth-credential-semantics.md

@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@ Token credentials (`type: "token"`) support inline `token` and/or `tokenRef`.
 2. For eligible profiles, token material may be resolved from inline value or `tokenRef`.
 3. Unresolvable refs produce `unresolved_ref` in `models status --probe` output.
 
+## OAuth SecretRef Policy Guard
+
+- SecretRef input is for static credentials only.
+- If a profile credential is `type: "oauth"`, SecretRef objects are not supported for that profile credential material.
+- If `auth.profiles.<id>.mode` is `"oauth"`, SecretRef-backed `keyRef`/`tokenRef` input for that profile is rejected.
+- Violations are hard failures in startup/reload auth resolution paths.
+
 ## Legacy-Compatible Messaging
 
 For script compatibility, probe errors keep this first line unchanged:

docs/automation/clawflow.md

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+summary: "Redirect to TaskFlow"
+title: "ClawFlow"
+---
+
+# ClawFlow
+
+ClawFlow was renamed to [TaskFlow](/automation/taskflow). See [TaskFlow](/automation/taskflow) for the current documentation.

docs/automation/cron-jobs.md

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Troubleshooting: [/automation/troubleshooting](/automation/troubleshooting)
 - Wakeups are first-class: a job can request “wake now” vs “next heartbeat”.
 - Webhook posting is per job via `delivery.mode = "webhook"` + `delivery.to = "<url>"`.
 - Legacy fallback remains for stored jobs with `notify: true` when `cron.webhook` is set, migrate those jobs to webhook delivery mode.
-- For upgrades, `openclaw doctor --fix` can normalize legacy cron store fields before the scheduler touches them.
+- For upgrades, `openclaw doctor --fix` can normalize legacy cron store fields, including old top-level delivery hints such as `threadId`.
 
 ## Quick start (actionable)
 
@@ -198,12 +198,14 @@ Common `agentTurn` fields:
 - `model` / `thinking`: optional overrides (see below).
 - `timeoutSeconds`: optional timeout override.
 - `lightContext`: optional lightweight bootstrap mode for jobs that do not need workspace bootstrap file injection.
+- `toolsAllow`: optional array of tool names to restrict which tools the job can use (e.g. `["exec", "read", "write"]`).
 
 Delivery config:
 
 - `delivery.mode`: `none` | `announce` | `webhook`.
 - `delivery.channel`: `last` or a specific channel.
 - `delivery.to`: channel-specific target (announce) or webhook URL (webhook mode).
+- `delivery.threadId`: optional explicit thread or topic id when the target channel supports threaded delivery.
 - `delivery.bestEffort`: avoid failing the job if announce delivery fails.
 
 Announce delivery suppresses messaging tool sends for the run; use `delivery.channel`/`delivery.to`
@@ -270,8 +272,9 @@ Isolated jobs (`agentTurn`) can set `lightContext: true` to run with lightweight
 Isolated jobs can deliver output to a channel via the top-level `delivery` config:
 
 - `delivery.mode`: `announce` (channel delivery), `webhook` (HTTP POST), or `none`.
-- `delivery.channel`: `whatsapp` / `telegram` / `discord` / `slack` / `signal` / `imessage` / `irc` / `googlechat` / `line` / `last`, plus extension channels like `msteams` / `mattermost` (plugins).
+- `delivery.channel`: `last` or any deliverable channel id, for example `discord`, `matrix`, `telegram`, or `whatsapp`.
 - `delivery.to`: channel-specific recipient target.
+- `delivery.threadId`: optional thread/topic override for channels like Telegram, Slack, Discord, or Matrix when you want a specific thread without encoding it into `delivery.to`.
 
 `announce` delivery is only valid for isolated jobs (`sessionTarget: "isolated"`).
 `webhook` delivery is valid for both main and isolated jobs.
@@ -378,7 +381,8 @@ Notes:
 - `"current"` is resolved to `"session:<sessionKey>"` at creation time.
 - Custom sessions (`session:xxx`) maintain persistent context across runs.
 - Optional fields: `agentId`, `description`, `enabled`, `deleteAfterRun` (defaults to true for `at`),
-  `delivery`.
+  `delivery`, `toolsAllow`.
+- `toolsAllow`: optional array of tool names to restrict which tools the job can use (e.g. `["exec", "read"]`). Omit or set `null` to use all tools.
 - `wakeMode` defaults to `"now"` when omitted.
 
 ### cron.update params
@@ -665,6 +669,19 @@ openclaw cron edit <jobId> --agent ops
 openclaw cron edit <jobId> --clear-agent
 ```
 
+Tool allowlists (restrict which tools a job can use):
+
+```bash
+# Only allow exec and read tools for this job
+openclaw cron add --name "Scoped job" --cron "0 8 * * *" --session isolated --message "Run scoped checks" --tools exec,read
+
+# Update an existing job's tool allowlist
+openclaw cron edit <jobId> --tools exec,read,write
+
+# Remove a tool allowlist (use all tools)
+openclaw cron edit <jobId> --clear-tools
+```
+
 Manual run (force is the default, use `--due` to only run when due):
 
 ```bash

docs/automation/hooks.md

@@ -525,6 +525,11 @@ If the gateway is unavailable or does not support plugin approvals, the tool cal
 
 Runs after the built-in install security scan and before installation continues. OpenClaw fires this hook for interactive skill installs as well as plugin bundle, package, and single-file installs.
 
+Default behavior differs by target type:
+
+- Plugin installs fail closed on built-in scan `critical` findings and scan errors unless the operator explicitly uses `openclaw plugins install --dangerously-force-unsafe-install`.
+- Skill installs still surface built-in scan findings and scan errors as warnings and continue by default.
+
 Return fields:
 
 - **`findings`**: Additional scan findings to surface as warnings
@@ -602,7 +607,7 @@ Compaction lifecycle hooks exposed through the plugin hook runner:
 
 ### Complete Plugin Hook Reference
 
-All 27 hooks registered via the Plugin SDK. Hooks marked **sequential** run in priority order and can modify results; **parallel** hooks are fire-and-forget.
+All 28 hooks registered via the Plugin SDK. Hooks marked **sequential** run in priority order and can modify results; **parallel** hooks are fire-and-forget.
 
 #### Model and prompt hooks
 
@@ -611,6 +616,7 @@ All 27 hooks registered via the Plugin SDK. Hooks marked **sequential** run in p
 | `before_model_resolve` | Before model/provider lookup                 | Sequential | `{ modelOverride?, providerOverride? }`                    |
 | `before_prompt_build`  | After model resolved, session messages ready | Sequential | `{ systemPrompt?, prependContext?, appendSystemContext? }` |
 | `before_agent_start`   | Legacy combined hook (prefer the two above)  | Sequential | Union of both result shapes                                |
+| `before_agent_reply`   | After inline actions, before the LLM runs    | Sequential | `{ handled: boolean, reply?, reason? }`                    |
 | `llm_input`            | Immediately before the LLM API call          | Parallel   | `void`                                                     |
 | `llm_output`           | Immediately after LLM response received      | Parallel   | `void`                                                     |
 

docs/automation/index.md

@@ -13,46 +13,34 @@ OpenClaw provides several automation mechanisms, each suited to different use ca
 
 ## Quick decision guide
 
-```
-Do you need something to run on a schedule?
-  YES → Is exact timing critical?
-    YES → Cron (isolated)
-    NO  → Can it batch with other checks?
-      YES → Heartbeat
-      NO  → Cron
-  NO → Continue...
-
-Do you need to react to an event (message, tool call, session change)?
-  YES → Hooks (or plugin hooks)
-
-Do you need to receive external HTTP events?
-  YES → Webhooks
-
-Do you want persistent instructions the agent always follows?
-  YES → Standing Orders
-
-Do you want to track what background work happened?
-  → Background Tasks (automatic for cron, ACP, subagents)
+```mermaid
+flowchart TD
+    A{Run on a schedule?} -->|Yes| B{Exact timing needed?}
+    A -->|No| C{React to events?}
+    B -->|Yes| D[Cron]
+    B -->|No| E[Heartbeat]
+    C -->|Yes| F[Hooks]
+    C -->|No| G[Standing Orders]
 ```
 
 ## Mechanisms at a glance
 
-| Mechanism | What it does | Runs in | Creates task record |
-|---|---|---|---|
-| [Heartbeat](/gateway/heartbeat) | Periodic main-session turn — batches multiple checks | Main session | No |
-| [Cron](/automation/cron-jobs) | Scheduled jobs with precise timing | Main or isolated session | Yes (all types) |
-| [Background Tasks](/automation/tasks) | Tracks detached work (cron, ACP, subagents, CLI) | N/A (ledger) | N/A |
-| [Hooks](/automation/hooks) | Event-driven scripts triggered by agent lifecycle events | Hook runner | No |
-| [Standing Orders](/automation/standing-orders) | Persistent instructions injected into the system prompt | Main session | No |
-| [Webhooks](/automation/webhook) | Receive inbound HTTP events and route to the agent | Gateway HTTP | No |
+| Mechanism                                      | What it does                                             | Runs in                  | Creates task record |
+| ---------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------ | ------------------- |
+| [Heartbeat](/gateway/heartbeat)                | Periodic main-session turn — batches multiple checks     | Main session             | No                  |
+| [Cron](/automation/cron-jobs)                  | Scheduled jobs with precise timing                       | Main or isolated session | Yes (all types)     |
+| [Background Tasks](/automation/tasks)          | Tracks detached work (cron, ACP, subagents, CLI)         | N/A (ledger)             | N/A                 |
+| [Hooks](/automation/hooks)                     | Event-driven scripts triggered by agent lifecycle events | Hook runner              | No                  |
+| [Standing Orders](/automation/standing-orders) | Persistent instructions injected into the system prompt  | Main session             | No                  |
+| [Webhooks](/automation/webhook)                | Receive inbound HTTP events and route to the agent       | Gateway HTTP             | No                  |
 
 ### Specialized automation
 
-| Mechanism | What it does |
-|---|---|
-| [Gmail PubSub](/automation/gmail-pubsub) | Real-time Gmail notifications via Google PubSub |
-| [Polling](/automation/poll) | Periodic data source checks (RSS, APIs, etc.) |
-| [Auth Monitoring](/automation/auth-monitoring) | Credential health and expiry alerts |
+| Mechanism                                      | What it does                                    |
+| ---------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
+| [Gmail PubSub](/automation/gmail-pubsub)       | Real-time Gmail notifications via Google PubSub |
+| [Polling](/automation/poll)                    | Periodic data source checks (RSS, APIs, etc.)   |
+| [Auth Monitoring](/automation/auth-monitoring) | Credential health and expiry alerts             |
 
 ## How they work together
 
@@ -66,8 +54,13 @@ The most effective setups combine multiple mechanisms:
 
 See [Cron vs Heartbeat](/automation/cron-vs-heartbeat) for a detailed comparison of the two scheduling mechanisms.
 
+## TaskFlow
+
+[TaskFlow](/automation/taskflow) is the flow orchestration substrate above background tasks. It manages durable multi-step flows with managed and mirrored sync modes, and exposes `openclaw flows list|show|cancel` for inspection and recovery. See [TaskFlow](/automation/taskflow) for details.
+
 ## Related
 
 - [Cron vs Heartbeat](/automation/cron-vs-heartbeat) — detailed comparison guide
+- [TaskFlow](/automation/taskflow) — flow orchestration above tasks
 - [Troubleshooting](/automation/troubleshooting) — debugging automation issues
 - [Configuration Reference](/gateway/configuration-reference) — all config keys

docs/automation/taskflow.md

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+---
+summary: "TaskFlow flow orchestration layer above background tasks"
+read_when:
+  - You want to understand how TaskFlow relates to background tasks
+  - You encounter TaskFlow or openclaw flows in release notes or docs
+  - You want to inspect or manage durable flow state
+title: "TaskFlow"
+---
+
+# TaskFlow
+
+TaskFlow is the flow orchestration substrate that sits above [background tasks](/automation/tasks). It manages durable multi-step flows with their own state, revision tracking, and sync semantics while individual tasks remain the unit of detached work.
+
+## Sync modes
+
+TaskFlow supports two sync modes:
+
+- **Managed** — TaskFlow owns the lifecycle end-to-end, creating and driving tasks as flow steps progress.
+- **Mirrored** — TaskFlow observes externally created tasks and keeps flow state in sync without taking ownership of task creation.
+
+## Durable state and revision tracking
+
+Each flow persists its own state and tracks revisions so progress survives gateway restarts. Revision tracking enables conflict detection when multiple sources attempt to advance the same flow.
+
+## CLI commands
+
+```bash
+# List active and recent flows
+openclaw flows list
+
+# Show details for a specific flow
+openclaw flows show <lookup>
+
+# Cancel a running flow
+openclaw flows cancel <lookup>
+```
+
+- `openclaw flows list` — shows tracked flows with status and sync mode
+- `openclaw flows show <lookup>` — inspect one flow by flow id or lookup key
+- `openclaw flows cancel <lookup>` — cancel a running flow and its active tasks
+
+## How flows relate to tasks
+
+Flows coordinate tasks, not replace them. A single flow may drive multiple background tasks over its lifetime. Use `openclaw tasks` to inspect individual task records and `openclaw flows` to inspect the orchestrating flow.
+
+## Related
+
+- [Background Tasks](/automation/tasks) — the detached work ledger that flows coordinate
+- [CLI: flows](/cli/flows) — CLI command reference for `openclaw flows`
+- [Automation Overview](/automation) — all automation mechanisms at a glance
+- [Cron Jobs](/automation/cron-jobs) — scheduled jobs that may feed into flows

docs/automation/tasks.md

@@ -172,6 +172,16 @@ Surfaces operational issues. Findings also appear in `openclaw status` when issu
 | `missing_cleanup`         | warn     | Terminal task with no cleanup timestamp               |
 | `inconsistent_timestamps` | warn     | Timeline violation (for example ended before started) |
 
+## Chat task board (`/tasks`)
+
+Use `/tasks` in any chat session to see background tasks linked to that session. The board shows
+active and recently completed tasks with runtime, status, timing, and progress or error detail.
+
+When the current session has no visible linked tasks, `/tasks` falls back to agent-local task counts
+so you still get an overview without leaking other-session details.
+
+For the full operator ledger, use the CLI: `openclaw tasks list`.
+
 ## Status integration (task pressure)
 
 `openclaw status` includes an at-a-glance task summary:
@@ -186,6 +196,10 @@ The summary reports:
 - **failures** — count of `failed` + `timed_out` + `lost`
 - **byRuntime** — breakdown by `acp`, `subagent`, `cron`, `cli`
 
+Both `/status` and the `session_status` tool use a cleanup-aware task snapshot: active tasks are
+preferred, stale completed rows are hidden, and recent failures only surface when no active work
+remains. This keeps the status card focused on what matters right now.
+
 ## Storage and maintenance
 
 ### Where tasks live
@@ -210,6 +224,12 @@ A sweeper runs every **60 seconds** and handles three things:
 
 ## How tasks relate to other systems
 
+### Tasks and TaskFlow
+
+[TaskFlow](/automation/taskflow) is the flow orchestration layer above background tasks. A single flow may coordinate multiple tasks over its lifetime using managed or mirrored sync modes. Use `openclaw tasks` to inspect individual task records and `openclaw flows` to inspect the orchestrating flow.
+
+See [TaskFlow](/automation/taskflow) and [CLI: flows](/cli/flows) for details.
+
 ### Tasks and cron
 
 A cron job **definition** lives in `~/.openclaw/cron/jobs.json`. **Every** cron execution creates a task record — both main-session and isolated. Main-session cron tasks default to `silent` notify policy so they track without generating notifications.
@@ -233,7 +253,9 @@ A task's `runId` links to the agent run doing the work. Agent lifecycle events (
 ## Related
 
 - [Automation Overview](/automation) — all automation mechanisms at a glance
+- [TaskFlow](/automation/taskflow) — flow orchestration above tasks
 - [Cron Jobs](/automation/cron-jobs) — scheduling background work
 - [Cron vs Heartbeat](/automation/cron-vs-heartbeat) — choosing the right mechanism
 - [Heartbeat](/gateway/heartbeat) — periodic main-session turns
+- [CLI: flows](/cli/flows) — CLI reference for `openclaw flows`
 - [CLI: Tasks](/cli/index#tasks) — CLI command reference

docs/automation/webhook.md

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ Payload:
 - `sessionKey` optional (string): The key used to identify the agent's session. By default this field is rejected unless `hooks.allowRequestSessionKey=true`.
 - `wakeMode` optional (`now` | `next-heartbeat`): Whether to trigger an immediate heartbeat (default `now`) or wait for the next periodic check.
 - `deliver` optional (boolean): If `true`, the agent's response will be sent to the messaging channel. Defaults to `true`. Responses that are only heartbeat acknowledgments are automatically skipped.
-- `channel` optional (string): The messaging channel for delivery. Core channels: `last`, `whatsapp`, `telegram`, `discord`, `slack`, `signal`, `imessage`, `irc`, `googlechat`, `line`. Extension channels (plugins): `msteams`, `mattermost`, and others. Defaults to `last`.
+- `channel` optional (string): The messaging channel for delivery. Use `last` or any configured channel or plugin id, for example `discord`, `matrix`, `telegram`, or `whatsapp`. Defaults to `last`.
 - `to` optional (string): The recipient identifier for the channel (e.g., phone number for WhatsApp/Signal, chat ID for Telegram, channel ID for Discord/Slack/Mattermost (plugin), conversation ID for Microsoft Teams). Defaults to the last recipient in the main session.
 - `model` optional (string): Model override (e.g., `anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6` or an alias). Must be in the allowed model list if restricted.
 - `thinking` optional (string): Thinking level override (e.g., `low`, `medium`, `high`).

docs/channels/broadcast-groups.md

@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ In group `120363403215116621@g.us` with agents `["alfred", "baerbel"]`:
 ```
 Session: agent:alfred:whatsapp:group:120363403215116621@g.us
 History: [user message, alfred's previous responses]
-Workspace: /Users/pascal/openclaw-alfred/
+Workspace: /Users/user/openclaw-alfred/
 Tools: read, write, exec
 ```
 
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ Tools: read, write, exec
 ```
 Session: agent:baerbel:whatsapp:group:120363403215116621@g.us
 History: [user message, baerbel's previous responses]
-Workspace: /Users/pascal/openclaw-baerbel/
+Workspace: /Users/user/openclaw-baerbel/
 Tools: read only
 ```
 

docs/channels/feishu.md

@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ In **Event Subscription**:
 
 1. Choose **Use long connection to receive events** (WebSocket)
 2. Add the event: `im.message.receive_v1`
+3. (Optional) For Drive comment workflows, also add: `drive.notice.comment_add_v1`
 
 ⚠️ If the gateway is not running, the long-connection setup may fail to save.
 
@@ -735,6 +736,36 @@ Key options:
 - ✅ Topic-thread replies where Feishu exposes `reply_in_thread`
 - ✅ Media replies stay thread-aware when replying to a thread/topic message
 
+## Drive comments
+
+Feishu can trigger the agent when someone adds a comment on a Feishu Drive document (Docs, Sheets,
+etc.). The agent receives the comment text, document context, and the comment thread so it can
+respond in-thread or make document edits.
+
+Requirements:
+
+- Subscribe to `drive.notice.comment_add_v1` in your Feishu app event subscription settings
+  (alongside the existing `im.message.receive_v1`)
+- The Drive tool is enabled by default; disable with `channels.feishu.tools.drive: false`
+
+The `feishu_drive` tool exposes these comment actions:
+
+| Action                 | Description                         |
+| ---------------------- | ----------------------------------- |
+| `list_comments`        | List comments on a document         |
+| `list_comment_replies` | List replies in a comment thread    |
+| `add_comment`          | Add a new top-level comment         |
+| `reply_comment`        | Reply to an existing comment thread |
+
+When the agent handles a Drive comment event, it receives:
+
+- the comment text and sender
+- document metadata (title, type, URL)
+- the comment thread context for in-thread replies
+
+After making document edits, the agent is guided to use `feishu_drive.reply_comment` to notify the
+commenter and then output `NO_REPLY` to avoid duplicate sends.
+
 ## Runtime action surface
 
 Feishu currently exposes these runtime actions:
@@ -750,6 +781,7 @@ Feishu currently exposes these runtime actions:
 - `channel-info`
 - `channel-list`
 - `react` and `reactions` when reactions are enabled in config
+- `feishu_drive` comment actions: `list_comments`, `list_comment_replies`, `add_comment`, `reply_comment`
 
 ## Related
 

docs/channels/index.md

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Text is supported everywhere; media and reactions vary by channel.
 - [Microsoft Teams](/channels/msteams) — Bot Framework; enterprise support (plugin, installed separately).
 - [Nextcloud Talk](/channels/nextcloud-talk) — Self-hosted chat via Nextcloud Talk (plugin, installed separately).
 - [Nostr](/channels/nostr) — Decentralized DMs via NIP-04 (plugin, installed separately).
+- [QQ Bot](/channels/qqbot) — QQ Bot API; private chat, group chat, and rich media.
 - [Signal](/channels/signal) — signal-cli; privacy-focused.
 - [Slack](/channels/slack) — Bolt SDK; workspace apps.
 - [Synology Chat](/channels/synology-chat) — Synology NAS Chat via outgoing+incoming webhooks (plugin, installed separately).

docs/channels/matrix.md

@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ This is a practical baseline config with DM pairing, room allowlist, and E2EE en
 
       dm: {
         policy: "pairing",
+        threadReplies: "off",
       },
 
       groupPolicy: "allowlist",
@@ -182,7 +183,9 @@ done:
 ```
 
 - `streaming: "off"` is the default. OpenClaw waits for the final reply and sends it once.
-- `streaming: "partial"` creates one editable preview message instead of sending multiple partial messages.
+- `streaming: "partial"` creates one editable preview message for the current assistant block instead of sending multiple partial messages.
+- `blockStreaming: true` enables separate Matrix progress messages. With `streaming: "partial"`, Matrix keeps the live draft for the current block and preserves completed blocks as separate messages.
+- When `streaming: "partial"` and `blockStreaming` is off, Matrix only edits the live draft and sends the completed reply once that block or turn finishes.
 - If the preview no longer fits in one Matrix event, OpenClaw stops preview streaming and falls back to normal final delivery.
 - Media replies still send attachments normally. If a stale preview can no longer be reused safely, OpenClaw redacts it before sending the final media reply.
 - Preview edits cost extra Matrix API calls. Leave streaming off if you want the most conservative rate-limit behavior.
@@ -501,9 +504,10 @@ The repair flow does not delete old rooms automatically. It only picks the healt
 
 Matrix supports native Matrix threads for both automatic replies and message-tool sends.
 
-- `threadReplies: "off"` keeps replies top-level.
+- `threadReplies: "off"` keeps replies top-level and keeps inbound threaded messages on the parent session.
 - `threadReplies: "inbound"` replies inside a thread only when the inbound message was already in that thread.
-- `threadReplies: "always"` keeps room replies in a thread rooted at the triggering message.
+- `threadReplies: "always"` keeps room replies in a thread rooted at the triggering message and routes that conversation through the matching thread-scoped session from the first triggering message.
+- `dm.threadReplies` overrides the top-level setting for DMs only. For example, you can keep room threads isolated while keeping DMs flat.
 - Inbound threaded messages include the thread root message as extra agent context.
 - Message-tool sends now auto-inherit the current Matrix thread when the target is the same room, or the same DM user target, unless an explicit `threadId` is provided.
 - Runtime thread bindings are supported for Matrix. `/focus`, `/unfocus`, `/agents`, `/session idle`, `/session max-age`, and thread-bound `/acp spawn` now work in Matrix rooms and DMs.
@@ -577,6 +581,16 @@ Current behavior:
 - `reactionNotifications: "off"` disables reaction system events.
 - Reaction removals are still not synthesized into system events because Matrix surfaces those as redactions, not as standalone `m.reaction` removals.
 
+## History context
+
+- `channels.matrix.historyLimit` controls how many recent room messages are included as `InboundHistory` when a Matrix room message triggers the agent.
+- It falls back to `messages.groupChat.historyLimit`. Set `0` to disable.
+- Matrix room history is room-only. DMs keep using normal session history.
+- Matrix room history is pending-only: OpenClaw buffers room messages that did not trigger a reply yet, then snapshots that window when a mention or other trigger arrives.
+- The current trigger message is not included in `InboundHistory`; it stays in the main inbound body for that turn.
+- Retries of the same Matrix event reuse the original history snapshot instead of drifting forward to newer room messages.
+- Fetched room context (including reply and thread context lookups) is filtered by sender allowlists (`groupAllowFrom`), so non-allowlisted messages are excluded from agent context.
+
 ## DM and room policy example
 
 ```json5
@@ -586,6 +600,7 @@ Current behavior:
       dm: {
         policy: "allowlist",
         allowFrom: ["@admin:example.org"],
+        threadReplies: "off",
       },
       groupPolicy: "allowlist",
       groupAllowFrom: ["@admin:example.org"],
@@ -633,6 +648,7 @@ See [Pairing](/channels/pairing) for the shared DM pairing flow and storage layo
           dm: {
             policy: "allowlist",
             allowFrom: ["@ops:example.org"],
+            threadReplies: "off",
           },
         },
       },
@@ -642,6 +658,9 @@ See [Pairing](/channels/pairing) for the shared DM pairing flow and storage layo
 ```
 
 Top-level `channels.matrix` values act as defaults for named accounts unless an account overrides them.
+You can scope inherited room entries to one Matrix account with `groups.<room>.account` (or legacy `rooms.<room>.account`).
+Entries without `account` stay shared across all Matrix accounts, and entries with `account: "default"` still work when the default account is configured directly on top-level `channels.matrix.*`.
+Partial shared auth defaults do not create a separate implicit default account by themselves. OpenClaw only synthesizes the top-level `default` account when that default has fresh auth (`homeserver` plus `accessToken`, or `homeserver` plus `userId` and `password`); named accounts can still stay discoverable from `homeserver` plus `userId` when cached credentials satisfy auth later.
 Set `defaultAccount` when you want OpenClaw to prefer one named Matrix account for implicit routing, probing, and CLI operations.
 If you configure multiple named accounts, set `defaultAccount` or pass `--account <id>` for CLI commands that rely on implicit account selection.
 Pass `--account <id>` to `openclaw matrix verify ...` and `openclaw matrix devices ...` when you want to override that implicit selection for one command.
@@ -732,8 +751,10 @@ Live directory lookup uses the logged-in Matrix account:
 - `groupPolicy`: `open`, `allowlist`, or `disabled`.
 - `groupAllowFrom`: allowlist of user IDs for room traffic.
 - `groupAllowFrom` entries should be full Matrix user IDs. Unresolved names are ignored at runtime.
+- `historyLimit`: max room messages to include as group history context. Falls back to `messages.groupChat.historyLimit`. Set `0` to disable.
 - `replyToMode`: `off`, `first`, or `all`.
 - `streaming`: `off` (default) or `partial`. `partial` enables single-message draft previews with edit-in-place updates.
+- `blockStreaming`: `true` enables separate progress messages; when unset, Matrix keeps `streaming: "off"` as final-only delivery.
 - `threadReplies`: `off`, `inbound`, or `always`.
 - `threadBindings`: per-channel overrides for thread-bound session routing and lifecycle.
 - `startupVerification`: automatic self-verification request mode on startup (`if-unverified`, `off`).
@@ -747,8 +768,9 @@ Live directory lookup uses the logged-in Matrix account:
 - `mediaMaxMb`: media size cap in MB for Matrix media handling. It applies to outbound sends and inbound media processing.
 - `autoJoin`: invite auto-join policy (`always`, `allowlist`, `off`). Default: `off`.
 - `autoJoinAllowlist`: rooms/aliases allowed when `autoJoin` is `allowlist`. Alias entries are resolved to room IDs during invite handling; OpenClaw does not trust alias state claimed by the invited room.
-- `dm`: DM policy block (`enabled`, `policy`, `allowFrom`).
+- `dm`: DM policy block (`enabled`, `policy`, `allowFrom`, `threadReplies`).
 - `dm.allowFrom` entries should be full Matrix user IDs unless you already resolved them through live directory lookup.
+- `dm.threadReplies`: DM-only thread policy override (`off`, `inbound`, `always`). It overrides the top-level `threadReplies` setting for both reply placement and session isolation in DMs.
 - `accounts`: named per-account overrides. Top-level `channels.matrix` values act as defaults for these entries.
 - `groups`: per-room policy map. Prefer room IDs or aliases; unresolved room names are ignored at runtime. Session/group identity uses the stable room ID after resolution, while human-readable labels still come from room names.
 - `rooms`: legacy alias for `groups`.

docs/channels/msteams.md

@@ -286,10 +286,22 @@ This is often easier than hand-editing JSON manifests.
 6. **Run the gateway**
    - The Teams channel starts automatically when the plugin is installed and `msteams` config exists with credentials.
 
+## Member info action
+
+OpenClaw exposes a Graph-backed `member-info` action for Microsoft Teams so agents and automations can resolve channel member details (display name, email, role) directly from Microsoft Graph.
+
+Requirements:
+
+- `Member.Read.Group` RSC permission (already in the recommended manifest)
+- For cross-team lookups: `User.Read.All` Graph Application permission with admin consent
+
+The action is gated by `channels.msteams.actions.memberInfo` (default: enabled when Graph credentials are available).
+
 ## History context
 
 - `channels.msteams.historyLimit` controls how many recent channel/group messages are wrapped into the prompt.
 - Falls back to `messages.groupChat.historyLimit`. Set `0` to disable (default 50).
+- Fetched thread history is filtered by sender allowlists (`allowFrom` / `groupAllowFrom`), so thread context seeding only includes messages from allowed senders.
 - DM history can be limited with `channels.msteams.dmHistoryLimit` (user turns). Per-user overrides: `channels.msteams.dms["<user_id>"].historyLimit`.
 
 ## Current Teams RSC Permissions (Manifest)
@@ -476,6 +488,7 @@ Key settings (see `/gateway/configuration` for shared channel patterns):
 - `channels.msteams.teams.<teamId>.channels.<conversationId>.toolsBySender`: per-channel per-sender tool policy overrides (`"*"` wildcard supported).
 - `toolsBySender` keys should use explicit prefixes:
   `id:`, `e164:`, `username:`, `name:` (legacy unprefixed keys still map to `id:` only).
+- `channels.msteams.actions.memberInfo`: enable or disable the Graph-backed member info action (default: enabled when Graph credentials are available).
 - `channels.msteams.sharePointSiteId`: SharePoint site ID for file uploads in group chats/channels (see [Sending files in group chats](#sending-files-in-group-chats)).
 
 ## Routing & Sessions

docs/channels/nostr.md

@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ Notes:
 
 Enforcement notes:
 
-- Sender policy is checked before signature verification and NIP-04 decryption.
+- Inbound event signatures are verified before sender policy and NIP-04 decryption, so forged events are rejected early.
 - Pairing replies are sent without processing the original DM body.
 - Inbound DMs are rate-limited and oversized payloads are dropped before decrypt.
 
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ docker run -p 7777:7777 ghcr.io/hoytech/strfry
 - Never commit private keys.
 - Use environment variables for keys.
 - Consider `allowlist` for production bots.
-- Pairing and allowlist policy is enforced before decrypt, so unknown senders cannot force full crypto work.
+- Signatures are verified before sender policy, and sender policy is enforced before decrypt, so forged events are rejected early and unknown senders cannot force full crypto work.
 
 ## Limitations (MVP)
 

docs/channels/qqbot.md

@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+---
+summary: "QQ Bot setup, config, and usage"
+read_when:
+  - You want to connect OpenClaw to QQ
+  - You need QQ Bot credential setup
+  - You want QQ Bot group or private chat support
+title: QQ Bot
+---
+
+# QQ Bot
+
+QQ Bot connects to OpenClaw via the official QQ Bot API (WebSocket gateway). The
+plugin supports C2C private chat, group @messages, and guild channel messages with
+rich media (images, voice, video, files).
+
+Status: bundled channel plugin. Direct messages, group chats, guild channels, and
+media are supported. Reactions and threads are not supported.
+
+## Bundled with OpenClaw
+
+Current OpenClaw installs bundle QQ Bot. You do not need a separate
+`openclaw plugins install` step for normal setup.
+
+## Setup
+
+1. Go to the [QQ Open Platform](https://q.qq.com/) and scan the QR code with your
+   phone QQ to register / log in.
+2. Click **Create Bot** to create a new QQ bot.
+3. Find **AppID** and **AppSecret** on the bot's settings page and copy them.
+
+> AppSecret is not stored in plaintext — if you leave the page without saving it,
+> you'll have to regenerate a new one.
+
+4. Add the channel:
+
+```bash
+openclaw channels add --channel qqbot --token "AppID:AppSecret"
+```
+
+5. Restart the Gateway.
+
+Interactive setup paths:
+
+```bash
+openclaw channels add
+openclaw configure --section channels
+```
+
+## Configure
+
+Minimal config:
+
+```json5
+{
+  channels: {
+    qqbot: {
+      enabled: true,
+      appId: "YOUR_APP_ID",
+      clientSecret: "YOUR_APP_SECRET",
+    },
+  },
+}
+```
+
+Default-account env vars:
+
+- `QQBOT_APP_ID`
+- `QQBOT_CLIENT_SECRET`
+
+File-backed AppSecret:
+
+```json5
+{
+  channels: {
+    qqbot: {
+      enabled: true,
+      appId: "YOUR_APP_ID",
+      clientSecretFile: "/path/to/qqbot-secret.txt",
+    },
+  },
+}
+```
+
+Notes:
+
+- Env fallback applies to the default QQ Bot account only.
+- `openclaw channels add --channel qqbot --token-file ...` provides the
+  AppSecret only; the AppID must already be set in config or `QQBOT_APP_ID`.
+- `clientSecret` also accepts SecretRef input, not just a plaintext string.
+
+### Multi-account setup
+
+Run multiple QQ bots under a single OpenClaw instance:
+
+```json5
+{
+  channels: {
+    qqbot: {
+      enabled: true,
+      appId: "111111111",
+      clientSecret: "secret-of-bot-1",
+      accounts: {
+        bot2: {
+          enabled: true,
+          appId: "222222222",
+          clientSecret: "secret-of-bot-2",
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  },
+}
+```
+
+Each account launches its own WebSocket connection and maintains an independent
+token cache (isolated by `appId`).
+
+Add a second bot via CLI:
+
+```bash
+openclaw channels add --channel qqbot --account bot2 --token "222222222:secret-of-bot-2"
+```
+
+### Voice (STT / TTS)
+
+STT and TTS support two-level configuration with priority fallback:
+
+| Setting | Plugin-specific      | Framework fallback            |
+| ------- | -------------------- | ----------------------------- |
+| STT     | `channels.qqbot.stt` | `tools.media.audio.models[0]` |
+| TTS     | `channels.qqbot.tts` | `messages.tts`                |
+
+```json5
+{
+  channels: {
+    qqbot: {
+      stt: {
+        provider: "your-provider",
+        model: "your-stt-model",
+      },
+      tts: {
+        provider: "your-provider",
+        model: "your-tts-model",
+        voice: "your-voice",
+      },
+    },
+  },
+}
+```
+
+Set `enabled: false` on either to disable.
+
+Outbound audio upload/transcode behavior can also be tuned with
+`channels.qqbot.audioFormatPolicy`:
+
+- `sttDirectFormats`
+- `uploadDirectFormats`
+- `transcodeEnabled`
+
+## Target formats
+
+| Format                     | Description        |
+| -------------------------- | ------------------ |
+| `qqbot:c2c:OPENID`         | Private chat (C2C) |
+| `qqbot:group:GROUP_OPENID` | Group chat         |
+| `qqbot:channel:CHANNEL_ID` | Guild channel      |
+
+> Each bot has its own set of user OpenIDs. An OpenID received by Bot A **cannot**
+> be used to send messages via Bot B.
+
+## Slash commands
+
+Built-in commands intercepted before the AI queue:
+
+| Command        | Description                          |
+| -------------- | ------------------------------------ |
+| `/bot-ping`    | Latency test                         |
+| `/bot-version` | Show the OpenClaw framework version  |
+| `/bot-help`    | List all commands                    |
+| `/bot-upgrade` | Show the QQBot upgrade guide link    |
+| `/bot-logs`    | Export recent gateway logs as a file |
+
+Append `?` to any command for usage help (for example `/bot-upgrade ?`).
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+- **Bot replies "gone to Mars":** credentials not configured or Gateway not started.
+- **No inbound messages:** verify `appId` and `clientSecret` are correct, and the
+  bot is enabled on the QQ Open Platform.
+- **Setup with `--token-file` still shows unconfigured:** `--token-file` only sets
+  the AppSecret. You still need `appId` in config or `QQBOT_APP_ID`.
+- **Proactive messages not arriving:** QQ may intercept bot-initiated messages if
+  the user hasn't interacted recently.
+- **Voice not transcribed:** ensure STT is configured and the provider is reachable.

docs/channels/slack.md

@@ -481,6 +481,27 @@ Notes:
   </Accordion>
 </AccordionGroup>
 
+## Exec approvals in Slack
+
+Exec approval prompts can route natively through Slack using interactive buttons and interactions, instead of falling back to the Web UI or terminal. Approver authorization is enforced: only users identified as approvers can approve or deny requests through Slack.
+
+This uses the same shared approval button surface as other channels. When `interactivity` is enabled in your Slack app settings, approval prompts render as Block Kit buttons directly in the conversation.
+
+Configuration uses the shared `approvals.exec` config with Slack targets:
+
+```json5
+{
+  approvals: {
+    exec: {
+      enabled: true,
+      targets: [{ channel: "slack", to: "U12345678" }],
+    },
+  },
+}
+```
+
+Same-chat `/approve` also works in Slack channels and DMs that already support commands. See [Exec approvals](/tools/exec-approvals) for the full approval forwarding model.
+
 ## Troubleshooting
 
 <AccordionGroup>

docs/channels/telegram.md

@@ -831,6 +831,33 @@ openclaw message poll --channel telegram --target -1001234567890:topic:42 \
   </Accordion>
 </AccordionGroup>
 
+## Error reply controls
+
+When the agent encounters a delivery or provider error, Telegram can either reply with the error text or suppress it. Two config keys control this behavior:
+
+| Key                                 | Values            | Default | Description                                                                                     |
+| ----------------------------------- | ----------------- | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `channels.telegram.errorPolicy`     | `reply`, `silent` | `reply` | `reply` sends a friendly error message to the chat. `silent` suppresses error replies entirely. |
+| `channels.telegram.errorCooldownMs` | number (ms)       | `60000` | Minimum time between error replies to the same chat. Prevents error spam during outages.        |
+
+Per-account, per-group, and per-topic overrides are supported (same inheritance as other Telegram config keys).
+
+```json5
+{
+  channels: {
+    telegram: {
+      errorPolicy: "reply",
+      errorCooldownMs: 120000,
+      groups: {
+        "-1001234567890": {
+          errorPolicy: "silent", // suppress errors in this group
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  },
+}
+```
+
 ## Troubleshooting
 
 <AccordionGroup>
@@ -963,6 +990,8 @@ Primary reference:
 - `channels.telegram.actions.sticker`: gate Telegram sticker actions — send and search (default: false).
 - `channels.telegram.reactionNotifications`: `off | own | all` — control which reactions trigger system events (default: `own` when not set).
 - `channels.telegram.reactionLevel`: `off | ack | minimal | extensive` — control agent's reaction capability (default: `minimal` when not set).
+- `channels.telegram.errorPolicy`: `reply | silent` — control error reply behavior (default: `reply`). Per-account/group/topic overrides supported.
+- `channels.telegram.errorCooldownMs`: minimum ms between error replies to the same chat (default: `60000`). Prevents error spam during outages.
 
 - [Configuration reference - Telegram](/gateway/configuration-reference#telegram)
 
@@ -979,6 +1008,7 @@ Telegram-specific high-signal fields:
 - webhook: `webhookUrl`, `webhookSecret`, `webhookPath`, `webhookHost`
 - actions/capabilities: `capabilities.inlineButtons`, `actions.sendMessage|editMessage|deleteMessage|reactions|sticker`
 - reactions: `reactionNotifications`, `reactionLevel`
+- errors: `errorPolicy`, `errorCooldownMs`
 - writes/history: `configWrites`, `historyLimit`, `dmHistoryLimit`, `dms.*.historyLimit`
 
 ## Related

docs/channels/troubleshooting.md

@@ -105,6 +105,19 @@ Full troubleshooting:
 
 Full troubleshooting: [/channels/signal#troubleshooting](/channels/signal#troubleshooting)
 
+## QQ Bot
+
+### QQ Bot failure signatures
+
+| Symptom                         | Fastest check                               | Fix                                                             |
+| ------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| Bot replies "gone to Mars"      | Verify `appId` and `clientSecret` in config | Set credentials or restart the gateway.                         |
+| No inbound messages             | `openclaw channels status --probe`          | Verify credentials on the QQ Open Platform.                     |
+| Voice not transcribed           | Check STT provider config                   | Configure `channels.qqbot.stt` or `tools.media.audio`.          |
+| Proactive messages not arriving | Check QQ platform interaction requirements  | QQ may block bot-initiated messages without recent interaction. |
+
+Full troubleshooting: [/channels/qqbot#troubleshooting](/channels/qqbot#troubleshooting)
+
 ## Matrix
 
 ### Matrix failure signatures

docs/channels/whatsapp.md

@@ -330,9 +330,35 @@ When the linked self number is also present in `allowFrom`, WhatsApp self-chat s
   </Accordion>
 </AccordionGroup>
 
+## Reaction level
+
+`channels.whatsapp.reactionLevel` controls how broadly the agent uses emoji reactions on WhatsApp:
+
+| Level         | Ack reactions | Agent-initiated reactions | Description                                      |
+| ------------- | ------------- | ------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
+| `"off"`       | No            | No                        | No reactions at all                              |
+| `"ack"`       | Yes           | No                        | Ack reactions only (pre-reply receipt)           |
+| `"minimal"`   | Yes           | Yes (conservative)        | Ack + agent reactions with conservative guidance |
+| `"extensive"` | Yes           | Yes (encouraged)          | Ack + agent reactions with encouraged guidance   |
+
+Default: `"minimal"`.
+
+Per-account overrides use `channels.whatsapp.accounts.<id>.reactionLevel`.
+
+```json5
+{
+  channels: {
+    whatsapp: {
+      reactionLevel: "ack",
+    },
+  },
+}
+```
+
 ## Acknowledgment reactions
 
 WhatsApp supports immediate ack reactions on inbound receipt via `channels.whatsapp.ackReaction`.
+Ack reactions are gated by `reactionLevel` — they are suppressed when `reactionLevel` is `"off"`.
 
 ```json5
 {
@@ -447,7 +473,7 @@ Primary reference:
 High-signal WhatsApp fields:
 
 - access: `dmPolicy`, `allowFrom`, `groupPolicy`, `groupAllowFrom`, `groups`
-- delivery: `textChunkLimit`, `chunkMode`, `mediaMaxMb`, `sendReadReceipts`, `ackReaction`
+- delivery: `textChunkLimit`, `chunkMode`, `mediaMaxMb`, `sendReadReceipts`, `ackReaction`, `reactionLevel`
 - multi-account: `accounts.<id>.enabled`, `accounts.<id>.authDir`, account-level overrides
 - operations: `configWrites`, `debounceMs`, `web.enabled`, `web.heartbeatSeconds`, `web.reconnect.*`
 - session behavior: `session.dmScope`, `historyLimit`, `dmHistoryLimit`, `dms.<id>.historyLimit`

docs/cli/acp.md

@@ -100,8 +100,9 @@ Permission model (client debug mode):
 
 - Auto-approval is allowlist-based and only applies to trusted core tool IDs.
 - `read` auto-approval is scoped to the current working directory (`--cwd` when set).
-- Unknown/non-core tool names, out-of-scope reads, and dangerous tools always require explicit prompt approval.
+- ACP only auto-approves narrow readonly classes: scoped `read` calls under the active cwd plus readonly search tools (`search`, `web_search`, `memory_search`). Unknown/non-core tools, out-of-scope reads, exec-capable tools, control-plane tools, mutating tools, and interactive flows always require explicit prompt approval.
 - Server-provided `toolCall.kind` is treated as untrusted metadata (not an authorization source).
+- This ACP bridge policy is separate from ACPX harness permissions. If you run OpenClaw through the `acpx` backend, `plugins.entries.acpx.config.permissionMode=approve-all` is the break-glass “yolo” switch for that harness session.
 
 ## How to use this
 

docs/cli/approvals.md

@@ -24,6 +24,19 @@ openclaw approvals get --node <id|name|ip>
 openclaw approvals get --gateway
 ```
 
+`openclaw approvals get` now shows the effective exec policy for local, gateway, and node targets:
+
+- requested `tools.exec` policy
+- host approvals-file policy
+- effective result after precedence rules are applied
+
+Precedence is intentional:
+
+- the host approvals file is the enforceable source of truth
+- requested `tools.exec` policy can narrow or broaden intent, but the effective result is still derived from the host rules
+- `--node` combines the node host approvals file with gateway `tools.exec` policy, because both still apply at runtime
+- if gateway config is unavailable, the CLI falls back to the node approvals snapshot and notes that the final runtime policy could not be computed
+
 ## Replace approvals from a file
 
 ```bash
@@ -32,6 +45,48 @@ openclaw approvals set --node <id|name|ip> --file ./exec-approvals.json
 openclaw approvals set --gateway --file ./exec-approvals.json
 ```
 
+## "Never prompt" / YOLO example
+
+For a host that should never stop on exec approvals, set the host approvals defaults to `full` + `off`:
+
+```bash
+openclaw approvals set --stdin <<'EOF'
+{
+  version: 1,
+  defaults: {
+    security: "full",
+    ask: "off",
+    askFallback: "full"
+  }
+}
+EOF
+```
+
+Node variant:
+
+```bash
+openclaw approvals set --node <id|name|ip> --stdin <<'EOF'
+{
+  version: 1,
+  defaults: {
+    security: "full",
+    ask: "off",
+    askFallback: "full"
+  }
+}
+EOF
+```
+
+This changes the **host approvals file** only. To keep the requested OpenClaw policy aligned, also set:
+
+```bash
+openclaw config set tools.exec.host gateway
+openclaw config set tools.exec.security full
+openclaw config set tools.exec.ask off
+```
+
+This matches the current host-default YOLO behavior. Tighten it if you want approvals.
+
 ## Allowlist helpers
 
 ```bash

docs/cli/config.md

@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ openclaw config set --batch-json '[
 openclaw config set --batch-file ./config-set.batch.json --dry-run
 ```
 
+Policy note:
+
+- SecretRef assignments are rejected on unsupported runtime-mutable surfaces (for example `hooks.token`, `commands.ownerDisplaySecret`, Discord thread-binding webhook tokens, and WhatsApp creds JSON). See [SecretRef Credential Surface](/reference/secretref-credential-surface).
+
 Batch parsing always uses the batch payload (`--batch-json`/`--batch-file`) as the source of truth.
 `--strict-json` / `--json` do not change batch parsing behavior.
 
@@ -204,6 +208,8 @@ Dry-run behavior:
 
 - Builder mode: runs SecretRef resolvability checks for changed refs/providers.
 - JSON mode (`--strict-json`, `--json`, or batch mode): runs schema validation plus SecretRef resolvability checks.
+- Policy validation also runs for known unsupported SecretRef target surfaces.
+- Policy checks evaluate the full post-change config, so parent-object writes (for example setting `hooks` as an object) cannot bypass unsupported-surface validation.
 - Exec SecretRef checks are skipped by default during dry-run to avoid command side effects.
 - Use `--allow-exec` with `--dry-run` to opt in to exec SecretRef checks (this may execute provider commands).
 - `--allow-exec` is dry-run only and errors if used without `--dry-run`.
@@ -289,6 +295,7 @@ Failure example:
 If dry-run fails:
 
 - `config schema validation failed`: your post-change config shape is invalid; fix path/value or provider/ref object shape.
+- `Config policy validation failed: unsupported SecretRef usage`: move that credential back to plaintext/string input and keep SecretRefs on supported surfaces only.
 - `SecretRef assignment(s) could not be resolved`: referenced provider/ref currently cannot resolve (missing env var, invalid file pointer, exec provider failure, or provider/source mismatch).
 - `Dry run note: skipped <n> exec SecretRef resolvability check(s)`: dry-run skipped exec refs; rerun with `--allow-exec` if you need exec resolvability validation.
 - For batch mode, fix failing entries and rerun `--dry-run` before writing.

docs/cli/cron.md

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Note: retention/pruning is controlled in config:
 
 Upgrade note: if you have older cron jobs from before the current delivery/store format, run
 `openclaw doctor --fix`. Doctor now normalizes legacy cron fields (`jobId`, `schedule.cron`,
-top-level delivery fields, payload `provider` delivery aliases) and migrates simple
+top-level delivery fields including legacy `threadId`, payload `provider` delivery aliases) and migrates simple
 `notify: true` webhook fallback jobs to explicit webhook delivery when `cron.webhook` is
 configured.
 

docs/cli/daemon.md

@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ Notes:
 - If a required auth SecretRef is unresolved in this command path, `daemon status --json` reports `rpc.authWarning` when probe connectivity/auth fails; pass `--token`/`--password` explicitly or resolve the secret source first.
 - If the probe succeeds, unresolved auth-ref warnings are suppressed to avoid false positives.
 - On Linux systemd installs, `status` token-drift checks include both `Environment=` and `EnvironmentFile=` unit sources.
+- Drift checks resolve `gateway.auth.token` SecretRefs using merged runtime env (service command env first, then process env fallback).
+- If token auth is not effectively active (explicit `gateway.auth.mode` of `password`/`none`/`trusted-proxy`, or mode unset where password can win and no token candidate can win), token-drift checks skip config token resolution.
 - When token auth requires a token and `gateway.auth.token` is SecretRef-managed, `install` validates that the SecretRef is resolvable but does not persist the resolved token into service environment metadata.
 - If token auth requires a token and the configured token SecretRef is unresolved, install fails closed.
 - If both `gateway.auth.token` and `gateway.auth.password` are configured and `gateway.auth.mode` is unset, install is blocked until mode is set explicitly.

docs/cli/flows.md

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+---
+summary: "CLI reference for `openclaw flows` commands"
+read_when:
+  - You want to list, inspect, or cancel TaskFlow flows from the CLI
+  - You encounter openclaw flows in release notes or docs
+title: "flows"
+---
+
+# `openclaw flows`
+
+Inspect and manage [TaskFlow](/automation/taskflow) flows from the command line.
+
+## Commands
+
+### `flows list`
+
+```bash
+openclaw flows list [--json]
+```
+
+List active and recent flows with status and sync mode.
+
+### `flows show`
+
+```bash
+openclaw flows show <lookup>
+```
+
+Show details for a specific flow by flow id or lookup key, including state, revision history, and associated tasks.
+
+### `flows cancel`
+
+```bash
+openclaw flows cancel <lookup>
+```
+
+Cancel a running flow and its active tasks.
+
+## Related
+
+- [TaskFlow](/automation/taskflow) — flow orchestration overview
+- [Background Tasks](/automation/tasks) — the detached work ledger
+- [CLI reference](/cli/index) — full command tree

docs/cli/gateway.md

@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ Notes:
 - If the probe succeeds, unresolved auth-ref warnings are suppressed to avoid false positives.
 - Use `--require-rpc` in scripts and automation when a listening service is not enough and you need the Gateway RPC itself to be healthy.
 - On Linux systemd installs, service auth drift checks read both `Environment=` and `EnvironmentFile=` values from the unit (including `%h`, quoted paths, multiple files, and optional `-` files).
+- Drift checks resolve `gateway.auth.token` SecretRefs using merged runtime env (service command env first, then process env fallback).
+- If token auth is not effectively active (explicit `gateway.auth.mode` of `password`/`none`/`trusted-proxy`, or mode unset where password can win and no token candidate can win), token-drift checks skip config token resolution.
 
 ### `gateway probe`
 

docs/cli/index.md

@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ This page describes the current CLI behavior. If commands change, update this do
 - [`tui`](/cli/tui)
 - [`browser`](/cli/browser)
 - [`cron`](/cli/cron)
+- [`tasks`](/cli/index#tasks)
+- [`flows`](/cli/flows)
 - [`dns`](/cli/dns)
 - [`docs`](/cli/docs)
 - [`hooks`](/cli/hooks)
@@ -171,6 +173,10 @@ openclaw [--dev] [--profile <name>] <command>
     show
     notify
     cancel
+  flows
+    list
+    show
+    cancel
   gateway
     call
     health
@@ -905,12 +911,14 @@ Subcommands:
 
 Common RPCs:
 
+- `config.set` (validate + write full config; use `baseHash` for optimistic concurrency)
 - `config.apply` (validate + write config + restart + wake)
 - `config.patch` (merge a partial update + restart + wake)
 - `update.run` (run update + restart + wake)
 
 Tip: when calling `config.set`/`config.apply`/`config.patch` directly, pass `baseHash` from
 `config.get` if a config already exists.
+Tip: these config write RPCs preflight active SecretRef resolution for refs in the submitted config payload and reject writes when an effectively active submitted ref is unresolved.
 
 ## Models
 

docs/cli/mcp.md

@@ -425,10 +425,11 @@ Launches a local child process and communicates over stdin/stdout.
 
 Connects to a remote MCP server over HTTP Server-Sent Events.
 
-| Field     | Description                                                      |
-| --------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `url`     | HTTP or HTTPS URL of the remote server (required)                |
-| `headers` | Optional key-value map of HTTP headers (for example auth tokens) |
+| Field               | Description                                                      |
+| ------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `url`               | HTTP or HTTPS URL of the remote server (required)                |
+| `headers`           | Optional key-value map of HTTP headers (for example auth tokens) |
+| `connectionTimeout` | Per-server connection timeout in ms (optional)                   |
 
 Example:
 
@@ -450,6 +451,36 @@ Example:
 Sensitive values in `url` (userinfo) and `headers` are redacted in logs and
 status output.
 
+### Streamable HTTP transport
+
+`streamable-http` is an additional transport option alongside `sse` and `stdio`. It uses HTTP streaming for bidirectional communication with remote MCP servers.
+
+| Field               | Description                                                      |
+| ------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `url`               | HTTP or HTTPS URL of the remote server (required)                |
+| `transport`         | Set to `"streamable-http"` to select this transport              |
+| `headers`           | Optional key-value map of HTTP headers (for example auth tokens) |
+| `connectionTimeout` | Per-server connection timeout in ms (optional)                   |
+
+Example:
+
+```json
+{
+  "mcp": {
+    "servers": {
+      "streaming-tools": {
+        "url": "https://mcp.example.com/stream",
+        "transport": "streamable-http",
+        "connectionTimeout": 10000,
+        "headers": {
+          "Authorization": "Bearer <token>"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
 These commands manage saved config only. They do not start the channel bridge,
 open a live MCP client session, or prove the target server is reachable.
 
@@ -462,6 +493,6 @@ Current limits:
 - conversation discovery depends on existing Gateway session route metadata
 - no generic push protocol beyond the Claude-specific adapter
 - no message edit or react tools yet
-- HTTP/SSE transport connects to a single remote server; no multiplexed upstream yet
+- HTTP/SSE/streamable-http transport connects to a single remote server; no multiplexed upstream yet
 - `permissions_list_open` only includes approvals observed while the bridge is
   connected

docs/cli/plugins.md

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ capabilities.
 openclaw plugins install <package>                      # ClawHub first, then npm
 openclaw plugins install clawhub:<package>              # ClawHub only
 openclaw plugins install <package> --pin                # pin version
+openclaw plugins install <package> --dangerously-force-unsafe-install
 openclaw plugins install <path>                         # local path
 openclaw plugins install <plugin>@<marketplace>         # marketplace
 openclaw plugins install <plugin> --marketplace <name>  # marketplace (explicit)
@@ -57,6 +58,17 @@ openclaw plugins install <plugin> --marketplace <name>  # marketplace (explicit)
 Bare package names are checked against ClawHub first, then npm. Security note:
 treat plugin installs like running code. Prefer pinned versions.
 
+`--dangerously-force-unsafe-install` is a break-glass option for false positives
+in the built-in dangerous-code scanner. It allows the install to continue even
+when the built-in scanner reports `critical` findings, but it does **not**
+bypass plugin `before_install` hook policy blocks and does **not** bypass scan
+failures.
+
+This CLI flag applies to `openclaw plugins install`. Gateway-backed skill
+dependency installs use the matching `dangerouslyForceUnsafeInstall` request
+override, while `openclaw skills install` remains a separate ClawHub skill
+download/install flow.
+
 `plugins install` is also the install surface for hook packs that expose
 `openclaw.hooks` in `package.json`. Use `openclaw hooks` for filtered hook
 visibility and per-hook enablement, not package installation.