chore: polish qa lab follow-ups

* plugins: include resolved workspaceDir in provider hook cache keys

resolveProviderPluginsForHooks, resolveProviderPluginsForCatalogHooks, and
resolveProviderRuntimePlugin used the raw params.workspaceDir for cache keys
and plugin-id discovery while resolvePluginProviders already fell back to
the active registry workspace. Resolve workspaceDir once at the top of each
function so cache keys, candidate filtering, and loading all use the same
workspace root.

* fix(plugins): inherit runtime workspace for snapshot loads

* test(gateway): stub runtime registry seam

* fix(plugins): restore workspace fallback after rebase

---------

Co-authored-by: Vincent Koc <vincentkoc@ieee.org>

.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:
@@ -28,10 +29,14 @@ Use this skill for Parallels guest workflows and smoke interpretation. Do not lo
 - Preferred entrypoint: `pnpm test:parallels:npm-update`
 - Flow: fresh snapshot -> install npm package baseline -> smoke -> install current main tgz on the same guest -> smoke again.
 - Same-guest update verification should set the default model explicitly to `openai/gpt-5.4` before the agent turn and use a fresh explicit `--session-id` so old session model state does not leak into the check.
-- The aggregate npm-update wrapper must resolve the Linux VM with the same Ubuntu fallback policy as `parallels-linux-smoke.sh` before both fresh and update lanes. On Peter's current host, missing `Ubuntu 24.04.3 ARM64` should fall back to `Ubuntu 25.10`.
+- The aggregate npm-update wrapper must resolve the Linux VM with the same Ubuntu fallback policy as `parallels-linux-smoke.sh` before both fresh and update lanes. Treat any Ubuntu guest with major version `>= 24` as acceptable when the exact default VM is missing, preferring the closest version match. On Peter's current host today, missing `Ubuntu 24.04.3 ARM64` should fall back to `Ubuntu 25.10`.
+- On macOS same-guest update checks, restart the gateway after the npm upgrade before `gateway status` / `agent`; launchd can otherwise report a loaded service while the old process has exited and the fresh process is not RPC-ready yet.
 - 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.
+- The Windows same-guest update helper should write stage markers to its log before long steps like tgz download and `npm install -g` so the outer progress monitor does not sit on `waiting for first log line` during healthy but quiet installs.
 - 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
 
@@ -42,7 +47,9 @@ Use this skill for Parallels guest workflows and smoke interpretation. Do not lo
 - Preferred entrypoint: `pnpm test:parallels:macos`
 - 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.
+- `parallels-macos-smoke.sh` now retries `snapshot-switch` once after force-stopping a stuck running/suspended guest. If Tahoe still times out after that recovery path, then treat it as a real Parallels/host issue and rerun manually.
 - 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.
@@ -59,10 +66,12 @@ Use this skill for Parallels guest workflows and smoke interpretation. Do not lo
 - Use PowerShell only as the transport with `-ExecutionPolicy Bypass`, then call the `.cmd` shims from inside it.
 - Multi-word `openclaw agent --message ...` checks should call `& $openclaw ...` inside PowerShell, not `Start-Process ... -ArgumentList` against `openclaw.cmd`, or Commander can see split argv and throw `too many arguments for 'agent'`.
 - Windows installer/tgz phases now retry once after guest-ready recheck; keep new Windows smoke steps idempotent so a transport-flake retry is safe.
+- If a Windows retry sees the VM become `suspended` or `stopped`, resume/start it before the next `prlctl exec`; otherwise the second attempt just repeats the same `rc=255`.
 - 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.
 
@@ -70,13 +79,14 @@ Use this skill for Parallels guest workflows and smoke interpretation. Do not lo
 
 - Preferred entrypoint: `pnpm test:parallels:linux`
 - Use the snapshot closest to fresh `Ubuntu 24.04.3 ARM64`.
-- If that exact VM is missing on the host, fall back to the closest Ubuntu guest with a fresh poweroff snapshot. On Peter's host today, that is `Ubuntu 25.10`.
+- If that exact VM is missing on the host, any Ubuntu guest with major version `>= 24` is acceptable; prefer the closest versioned Ubuntu guest with a fresh poweroff snapshot. On Peter's host today, that is `Ubuntu 25.10`.
 - Use plain `prlctl exec`; `--current-user` is not the right transport on this snapshot.
 - 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.
+- The Linux manual gateway launch should wait for `gateway status --deep --require-rpc` inside the `gateway-start` phase; otherwise the first status probe can race the background bind and fail a healthy lane.
+- 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

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Use this skill for release and publish-time workflow. Keep ordinary development
 
 ## Keep release channel naming aligned
 
-- `stable`: tagged releases only, published to npm `latest` and then mirrored onto npm `beta` unless `beta` already points at a newer prerelease
+- `stable`: tagged releases only, published to npm `beta` by default; operators may target npm `latest` explicitly or promote later
 - `beta`: prerelease tags like `vYYYY.M.D-beta.N`, with npm dist-tag `beta`
 - Prefer `-beta.N`; do not mint new `-1` or `-2` beta suffixes
 - `dev`: moving head on `main`
@@ -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.
@@ -115,10 +116,19 @@ node --import tsx scripts/openclaw-npm-postpublish-verify.ts <published-version>
 ## Use the right auth flow
 
 - OpenClaw publish uses GitHub trusted publishing.
+- Stable npm promotion from `beta` to `latest` is an explicit mode on
+  `.github/workflows/openclaw-npm-release.yml`, but it still needs a valid
+  `NPM_TOKEN` because `npm dist-tag` management is separate from trusted
+  publishing.
 - The publish run must be started manually with `workflow_dispatch`.
 - 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 +139,23 @@ 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 +163,8 @@ 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 +222,45 @@ 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 choose the intended `npm_dist_tag` (`beta` default; `latest` only for
+   an intentional direct stable publish). 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, choose `npm_dist_tag` (`beta` default, `latest` only when
+    you intentionally want direct stable publish), keep it the same as the
+    preflight run, and pass the successful npm `preflight_run_id`.
+15. Wait for `npm-release` approval from `@openclaw/openclaw-release-managers`.
+16. If the stable release was published to `beta`, start
+    `.github/workflows/openclaw-npm-release.yml` again after beta validation
+    passes with the same stable tag, `promote_beta_to_latest=true`,
+    `preflight_only=false`, empty `preflight_run_id`, and `npm_dist_tag=beta`,
+    then verify `latest` now points at that version.
+17. 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.
+18. 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
+19. 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
+20. 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.
+21. 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();

.agents/skills/security-triage/SKILL.md

@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ Check in this order:
    - Was it fixed before release?
 3. Exploit path
    - Does the report show a real boundary bypass, not just prompt injection, local same-user control, or helper-level semantics?
+   - If data only moves between trusted workspace-memory files called out in `SECURITY.md`, do not treat "injection markers" alone as a security bug.
+   - In that case, frame sanitization as optional hardening only if it preserves expected memory workflows.
 4. Functional tradeoff
    - If a hardening change would reduce intended user functionality, call that out before proposing it.
    - Prefer fixes that preserve user workflows over deny-by-default regressions unless the boundary demands it.
@@ -104,5 +106,6 @@ gh search prs --repo openclaw/openclaw --match title,body,comments -- "<terms>"
 - “fixed on main, unreleased” is usually not a close.
 - “needs attacker-controlled trusted local state first” is usually out of scope.
 - “same-host same-user process can already read/write local state” is usually out of scope.
+- “trusted workspace memory promotes/reindexes trusted workspace memory” is usually out of scope unless it crosses a documented boundary.
 - “helper function behaves differently than documented config semantics” is usually invalid.
 - If only the severity is wrong but the bug is real, keep it open and narrow the impact in the reply.

.dockerignore

@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ node_modules
 **/.next
 coverage
 **/coverage
+docs/.generated
+**/.generated
 *.log
 tmp
 **/tmp

.github/actions/setup-node-env/action.yml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ inputs:
   pnpm-version:
     description: pnpm version for corepack.
     required: false
-    default: "10.23.0"
+    default: "10.32.1"
   install-bun:
     description: Whether to install Bun alongside Node.
     required: false

.github/actions/setup-pnpm-store-cache/action.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ inputs:
   pnpm-version:
     description: pnpm version to activate via corepack.
     required: false
-    default: "10.23.0"
+    default: "10.32.1"
   cache-key-suffix:
     description: Suffix appended to the cache key.
     required: false

.github/labeler.yml

@@ -59,6 +59,22 @@
       - 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: qa-channel":
+  - changed-files:
+      - any-glob-to-any-file:
+          - "extensions/qa-channel/**"
+          - "docs/channels/qa-channel.md"
+"extensions: qa-lab":
+  - changed-files:
+      - any-glob-to-any-file:
+          - "extensions/qa-lab/**"
+          - "docs/concepts/qa-e2e-automation.md"
+          - "docs/channels/qa-channel.md"
 "channel: signal":
   - changed-files:
       - any-glob-to-any-file:
@@ -241,6 +257,10 @@
   - changed-files:
       - any-glob-to-any-file:
           - "extensions/deepseek/**"
+"extensions: stepfun":
+  - changed-files:
+      - any-glob-to-any-file:
+          - "extensions/stepfun/**"
 "extensions: anthropic":
   - changed-files:
       - any-glob-to-any-file:

.github/pull_request_template.md

@@ -35,19 +35,17 @@ If this PR fixes a plugin beta-release blocker, title it `fix(<plugin-id>): beta
 - Related #
 - [ ] This PR fixes a bug or regression
 
-## Root Cause / Regression History (if applicable)
+## Root Cause (if applicable)
 
 For bug fixes or regressions, explain why this happened, not just what changed. Otherwise write `N/A`. If the cause is unclear, write `Unknown`.
 
 - Root cause:
 - Missing detection / guardrail:
-- Prior context (`git blame`, prior PR, issue, or refactor if known):
-- Why this regressed now:
-- If unknown, what was ruled out:
+- Contributing context (if known):
 
 ## Regression Test Plan (if applicable)
 
-For bug fixes or regressions, name the smallest reliable test coverage that should have caught this. Otherwise write `N/A`.
+For bug fixes or regressions, name the smallest reliable test coverage that should catch this. Otherwise write `N/A`.
 
 - Coverage level that should have caught this:
   - [ ] Unit test

.github/workflows/auto-response.yml

@@ -407,8 +407,12 @@ jobs:
               "Closing this PR because it looks dirty (too many unrelated or unexpected changes). This usually happens when a branch picks up unrelated commits or a merge went sideways. Please recreate the PR from a clean branch.";
 
             if (pullRequest) {
-              // `bad-barnacle` exempts PRs that Barnacle incorrectly marked dirty.
-              if (labelSet.has(dirtyLabel) && !labelSet.has(badBarnacleLabel)) {
+              if (labelSet.has(badBarnacleLabel)) {
+                core.info(`Skipping PR auto-response checks for #${pullRequest.number} because ${badBarnacleLabel} is present.`);
+                return;
+              }
+
+              if (labelSet.has(dirtyLabel)) {
                 await github.rest.issues.createComment({
                   owner: context.repo.owner,
                   repo: context.repo.repo,

.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

@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ env:
   FORCE_JAVASCRIPT_ACTIONS_TO_NODE24: "true"
 
 jobs:
-  # Preflight: establish routing truth and planner-owned matrices once, then let
-  # real work fan out from a single source of truth.
+  # Preflight: establish routing truth and job matrices once, then let real
+  # work fan out from a single source of truth.
   preflight:
     if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || !github.event.pull_request.draft
     runs-on: blacksmith-16vcpu-ubuntu-2404
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ jobs:
       changed_extensions_matrix: ${{ steps.manifest.outputs.changed_extensions_matrix }}
       run_build_artifacts: ${{ steps.manifest.outputs.run_build_artifacts }}
       run_checks_fast: ${{ steps.manifest.outputs.run_checks_fast }}
-      checks_fast_matrix: ${{ steps.manifest.outputs.checks_fast_matrix }}
+      checks_fast_core_matrix: ${{ steps.manifest.outputs.checks_fast_core_matrix }}
+      checks_fast_extensions_matrix: ${{ steps.manifest.outputs.checks_fast_extensions_matrix }}
       run_checks: ${{ steps.manifest.outputs.run_checks }}
       checks_matrix: ${{ steps.manifest.outputs.checks_matrix }}
       run_extension_fast: ${{ steps.manifest.outputs.run_extension_fast }}
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           node --input-type=module <<'EOF'
           import { appendFileSync } from "node:fs";
-          import { listChangedExtensionIds } from "./scripts/test-extension.mjs";
+          import { listChangedExtensionIds } from "./scripts/lib/changed-extensions.mjs";
 
           const extensionIds = listChangedExtensionIds({
             base: process.env.BASE_SHA,
@@ -129,7 +130,150 @@ jobs:
           OPENCLAW_CI_RUN_SKILLS_PYTHON: ${{ steps.changed_scope.outputs.run_skills_python || 'false' }}
           OPENCLAW_CI_HAS_CHANGED_EXTENSIONS: ${{ steps.changed_extensions.outputs.has_changed_extensions || 'false' }}
           OPENCLAW_CI_CHANGED_EXTENSIONS_MATRIX: ${{ steps.changed_extensions.outputs.changed_extensions_matrix || '{"include":[]}' }}
-        run: node scripts/ci-write-manifest-outputs.mjs --workflow ci
+        run: |
+          node --input-type=module <<'EOF'
+          import { appendFileSync } from "node:fs";
+          import {
+            createExtensionTestShards,
+            DEFAULT_EXTENSION_TEST_SHARD_COUNT,
+          } from "./scripts/lib/extension-test-plan.mjs";
+
+          const parseBoolean = (value, fallback = false) => {
+            if (value === undefined) return fallback;
+            const normalized = value.trim().toLowerCase();
+            if (normalized === "true" || normalized === "1") return true;
+            if (normalized === "false" || normalized === "0" || normalized === "") return false;
+            return fallback;
+          };
+
+          const parseJson = (value, fallback) => {
+            try {
+              return value ? JSON.parse(value) : fallback;
+            } catch {
+              return fallback;
+            }
+          };
+
+          const createMatrix = (include) => ({ include });
+          const outputPath = process.env.GITHUB_OUTPUT;
+          const eventName = process.env.GITHUB_EVENT_NAME ?? "pull_request";
+          const isPush = eventName === "push";
+          const docsOnly = parseBoolean(process.env.OPENCLAW_CI_DOCS_ONLY);
+          const docsChanged = parseBoolean(process.env.OPENCLAW_CI_DOCS_CHANGED);
+          const runNode = parseBoolean(process.env.OPENCLAW_CI_RUN_NODE) && !docsOnly;
+          const runMacos = parseBoolean(process.env.OPENCLAW_CI_RUN_MACOS) && !docsOnly;
+          const runAndroid = parseBoolean(process.env.OPENCLAW_CI_RUN_ANDROID) && !docsOnly;
+          const runWindows = parseBoolean(process.env.OPENCLAW_CI_RUN_WINDOWS) && !docsOnly;
+          const runSkillsPython = parseBoolean(process.env.OPENCLAW_CI_RUN_SKILLS_PYTHON) && !docsOnly;
+          const hasChangedExtensions =
+            parseBoolean(process.env.OPENCLAW_CI_HAS_CHANGED_EXTENSIONS) && !docsOnly;
+          const changedExtensionsMatrix = hasChangedExtensions
+            ? parseJson(process.env.OPENCLAW_CI_CHANGED_EXTENSIONS_MATRIX, { include: [] })
+            : { include: [] };
+          const extensionShardMatrix = createMatrix(
+            runNode
+              ? createExtensionTestShards({
+                  shardCount: DEFAULT_EXTENSION_TEST_SHARD_COUNT,
+                }).map((shard) => ({
+                  check_name: shard.checkName,
+                  extensions_csv: shard.extensionIds.join(","),
+                  shard_index: shard.index + 1,
+                  task: "extensions-batch",
+                }))
+              : [],
+          );
+
+          const manifest = {
+            docs_only: docsOnly,
+            docs_changed: docsChanged,
+            run_node: runNode,
+            run_macos: runMacos,
+            run_android: runAndroid,
+            run_skills_python: runSkillsPython,
+            run_windows: runWindows,
+            has_changed_extensions: hasChangedExtensions,
+            changed_extensions_matrix: changedExtensionsMatrix,
+            run_build_artifacts: runNode,
+            run_checks_fast: runNode,
+            checks_fast_core_matrix: createMatrix(
+              runNode
+                ? [
+                    { check_name: "checks-fast-bundled", runtime: "node", task: "bundled" },
+                    {
+                      check_name: "checks-fast-contracts-protocol",
+                      runtime: "node",
+                      task: "contracts-protocol",
+                    },
+                  ]
+                : [],
+            ),
+            checks_fast_extensions_matrix: extensionShardMatrix,
+            run_checks: runNode,
+            checks_matrix: createMatrix(
+              runNode
+                ? [
+                    { check_name: "checks-node-test", runtime: "node", task: "test" },
+                    { check_name: "checks-node-channels", runtime: "node", task: "channels" },
+                    ...(isPush
+                      ? [
+                          {
+                            check_name: "checks-node-compat-node22",
+                            runtime: "node",
+                            task: "compat-node22",
+                            node_version: "22.x",
+                            cache_key_suffix: "node22",
+                          },
+                        ]
+                      : []),
+                  ]
+                : [],
+            ),
+            run_extension_fast: hasChangedExtensions,
+            extension_fast_matrix: createMatrix(
+              hasChangedExtensions
+                ? (changedExtensionsMatrix.include ?? []).map((entry) => ({
+                    check_name: `extension-fast-${entry.extension}`,
+                    extension: entry.extension,
+                  }))
+                : [],
+            ),
+            run_check: runNode,
+            run_check_additional: runNode,
+            run_build_smoke: runNode,
+            run_check_docs: docsChanged,
+            run_skills_python_job: runSkillsPython,
+            run_checks_windows: runWindows,
+            checks_windows_matrix: createMatrix(
+              runWindows
+                ? [{ check_name: "checks-windows-node-test", runtime: "node", task: "test" }]
+                : [],
+            ),
+            run_macos_node: runMacos,
+            macos_node_matrix: createMatrix(
+              runMacos ? [{ check_name: "macos-node", runtime: "node", task: "test" }] : [],
+            ),
+            run_macos_swift: runMacos,
+            run_android_job: runAndroid,
+            android_matrix: createMatrix(
+              runAndroid
+                ? [
+                    { check_name: "android-test-play", task: "test-play" },
+                    { check_name: "android-test-third-party", task: "test-third-party" },
+                    { check_name: "android-build-play", task: "build-play" },
+                    { check_name: "android-build-third-party", task: "build-third-party" },
+                  ]
+                : [],
+            ),
+          };
+
+          for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(manifest)) {
+            appendFileSync(
+              outputPath,
+              `${key}=${typeof value === "string" ? value : JSON.stringify(value)}\n`,
+              "utf8",
+            );
+          }
+          EOF
 
   # Run the fast security/SCM checks in parallel with scope detection so the
   # main Node jobs do not have to wait for Python/pre-commit setup.
@@ -277,7 +421,7 @@ jobs:
           include-hidden-files: true
           retention-days: 1
 
-  checks-fast:
+  checks-fast-core:
     name: ${{ matrix.check_name }}
     needs: [preflight]
     if: needs.preflight.outputs.run_checks_fast == 'true'
@@ -285,7 +429,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 60
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
-      matrix: ${{ fromJson(needs.preflight.outputs.checks_fast_matrix) }}
+      matrix: ${{ fromJson(needs.preflight.outputs.checks_fast_core_matrix) }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
@@ -306,8 +450,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           case "$TASK" in
-            extensions)
-              pnpm test:extensions
+            bundled)
+              pnpm test:bundled
               ;;
             contracts|contracts-protocol)
               pnpm build
@@ -320,6 +464,49 @@ jobs:
               ;;
           esac
 
+  checks-fast-extensions-shard:
+    name: ${{ matrix.check_name }}
+    needs: [preflight]
+    if: needs.preflight.outputs.run_checks_fast == 'true'
+    runs-on: blacksmith-16vcpu-ubuntu-2404
+    timeout-minutes: 60
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix: ${{ fromJson(needs.preflight.outputs.checks_fast_extensions_matrix) }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+          submodules: false
+
+      - name: Setup Node environment
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-node-env
+        with:
+          install-bun: "false"
+          use-sticky-disk: "false"
+
+      - name: Run extension shard
+        env:
+          OPENCLAW_EXTENSION_BATCH: ${{ matrix.extensions_csv }}
+        run: pnpm test:extensions:batch -- "$OPENCLAW_EXTENSION_BATCH"
+
+  checks-fast-extensions:
+    name: checks-fast-extensions
+    needs: [preflight, checks-fast-extensions-shard]
+    if: always() && needs.preflight.outputs.run_checks_fast == 'true'
+    runs-on: blacksmith-16vcpu-ubuntu-2404
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    steps:
+      - name: Verify extension shards
+        env:
+          SHARD_RESULT: ${{ needs.checks-fast-extensions-shard.result }}
+        run: |
+          if [ "$SHARD_RESULT" != "success" ]; then
+            echo "Extension shard checks failed: $SHARD_RESULT" >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
   checks:
     name: ${{ matrix.check_name }}
     needs: [preflight, build-artifacts]
@@ -354,20 +541,10 @@ jobs:
         if: (github.event_name != 'pull_request' || matrix.task != 'compat-node22') && matrix.runtime == 'node' && (matrix.task == 'test' || matrix.task == 'channels' || matrix.task == 'compat-node22')
         env:
           TASK: ${{ matrix.task }}
-          SHARD_COUNT: ${{ matrix.shard_count || '' }}
-          SHARD_INDEX: ${{ matrix.shard_index || '' }}
         run: |
-          # `pnpm test` runs `scripts/test-parallel.mjs`, which spawns multiple Node processes.
-          # Default heap limits have been too low on Linux CI (V8 OOM near 4GB).
-          echo "OPENCLAW_TEST_WORKERS=2" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "OPENCLAW_TEST_MAX_OLD_SPACE_SIZE_MB=6144" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "OPENCLAW_VITEST_MAX_WORKERS=2" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
           if [ "$TASK" = "channels" ]; then
-            echo "OPENCLAW_TEST_WORKERS=1" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-            echo "OPENCLAW_TEST_ISOLATE=1" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          fi
-          if [ -n "$SHARD_COUNT" ] && [ -n "$SHARD_INDEX" ]; then
-            echo "OPENCLAW_TEST_SHARDS=$SHARD_COUNT" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-            echo "OPENCLAW_TEST_SHARD_INDEX=$SHARD_INDEX" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+            echo "OPENCLAW_VITEST_MAX_WORKERS=1" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
           fi
 
       - name: Download dist artifact
@@ -388,6 +565,7 @@ jobs:
         if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || matrix.task != 'compat-node22'
         env:
           TASK: ${{ matrix.task }}
+          NODE_OPTIONS: --max-old-space-size=6144
         shell: bash
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
@@ -459,6 +637,8 @@ 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 +718,11 @@ 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 +770,7 @@ 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: ${{ steps.extension_relative_outside_package_boundary.outcome }}
@@ -604,6 +790,7 @@ jobs:
             "lint:plugins:no-extension-test-core-imports|$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" \
@@ -720,8 +907,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       NODE_OPTIONS: --max-old-space-size=6144
       # Keep total concurrency predictable on the 32 vCPU runner.
-      # Windows shard 2 has shown intermittent instability at 2 workers.
-      OPENCLAW_TEST_WORKERS: 1
+      OPENCLAW_VITEST_MAX_WORKERS: 1
     defaults:
       run:
         shell: bash
@@ -763,7 +949,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup pnpm + cache store
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-pnpm-store-cache
         with:
-          pnpm-version: "10.23.0"
+          pnpm-version: "10.32.1"
           cache-key-suffix: "node24"
           # Sticky disk mount currently retries/fails on every shard and adds ~50s
           # before install while still yielding zero pnpm store reuse.
@@ -794,15 +980,6 @@ jobs:
           # caches can skip repeated rebuild/download work on later shards/runs.
           pnpm install --frozen-lockfile --prefer-offline --ignore-scripts=false --config.engine-strict=false --config.enable-pre-post-scripts=true --config.side-effects-cache=true || pnpm install --frozen-lockfile --prefer-offline --ignore-scripts=false --config.engine-strict=false --config.enable-pre-post-scripts=true --config.side-effects-cache=true
 
-      - name: Configure test shard (Windows)
-        if: matrix.task == 'test'
-        env:
-          SHARD_COUNT: ${{ matrix.shard_count }}
-          SHARD_INDEX: ${{ matrix.shard_index }}
-        run: |
-          echo "OPENCLAW_TEST_SHARDS=$SHARD_COUNT" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "OPENCLAW_TEST_SHARD_INDEX=$SHARD_INDEX" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-
       - name: Download dist artifact
         if: matrix.task == 'test'
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
@@ -866,17 +1043,10 @@ jobs:
           name: canvas-a2ui-bundle
           path: src/canvas-host/a2ui/
 
-      - name: Configure test shard (macOS)
-        env:
-          SHARD_COUNT: ${{ matrix.shard_count }}
-          SHARD_INDEX: ${{ matrix.shard_index }}
-        run: |
-          echo "OPENCLAW_TEST_SHARDS=$SHARD_COUNT" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "OPENCLAW_TEST_SHARD_INDEX=$SHARD_INDEX" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-
       - name: TS tests (macOS)
         env:
           NODE_OPTIONS: --max-old-space-size=4096
+          OPENCLAW_VITEST_MAX_WORKERS: 2
           TASK: ${{ matrix.task }}
         shell: bash
         run: |

.github/workflows/install-smoke.yml

@@ -67,16 +67,18 @@ jobs:
         id: manifest
         env:
           OPENCLAW_CI_DOCS_ONLY: ${{ steps.docs_scope.outputs.docs_only }}
-          OPENCLAW_CI_DOCS_CHANGED: "false"
-          OPENCLAW_CI_RUN_NODE: "false"
-          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":[]}'
           OPENCLAW_CI_RUN_CHANGED_SMOKE: ${{ steps.changed_scope.outputs.run_changed_smoke || 'false' }}
-        run: node scripts/ci-write-manifest-outputs.mjs --workflow install-smoke
+        run: |
+          docs_only="${OPENCLAW_CI_DOCS_ONLY:-false}"
+          run_changed_smoke="${OPENCLAW_CI_RUN_CHANGED_SMOKE:-false}"
+          run_install_smoke=false
+          if [ "$docs_only" != "true" ] && [ "$run_changed_smoke" = "true" ]; then
+            run_install_smoke=true
+          fi
+          {
+            echo "docs_only=$docs_only"
+            echo "run_install_smoke=$run_install_smoke"
+          } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
   install-smoke:
     needs: [preflight]

.github/workflows/macos-release.yml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ concurrency:
 env:
   FORCE_JAVASCRIPT_ACTIONS_TO_NODE24: "true"
   NODE_VERSION: "24.x"
-  PNPM_VERSION: "10.23.0"
+  PNPM_VERSION: "10.32.1"
 
 jobs:
   validate_macos_release_request:
@@ -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

@@ -12,18 +12,36 @@ 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
+      npm_dist_tag:
+        description: npm dist-tag to publish to for stable releases
+        required: true
+        default: beta
+        type: choice
+        options:
+          - beta
+          - latest
+      promote_beta_to_latest:
+        description: Skip publish and promote the stable version already on npm beta to latest
+        required: true
+        default: false
+        type: boolean
 
 concurrency:
-  group: openclaw-npm-release-${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.tag || github.ref }}
+  group: openclaw-npm-release-${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && format('{0}-{1}-{2}', inputs.tag, inputs.npm_dist_tag, inputs.promote_beta_to_latest) || github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: false
 
 env:
   FORCE_JAVASCRIPT_ACTIONS_TO_NODE24: "true"
   NODE_VERSION: "24.x"
-  PNPM_VERSION: "10.23.0"
+  PNPM_VERSION: "10.32.1"
 
 jobs:
   preflight_openclaw_npm:
+    if: ${{ inputs.preflight_only && !inputs.promote_beta_to_latest }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: read
@@ -31,12 +49,23 @@ jobs:
       - name: Validate tag input format
         env:
           RELEASE_TAG: ${{ inputs.tag }}
+          RELEASE_NPM_DIST_TAG: ${{ inputs.npm_dist_tag }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           if [[ ! "${RELEASE_TAG}" =~ ^v[0-9]{4}\.[1-9][0-9]*\.[1-9][0-9]*((-beta\.[1-9][0-9]*)|(-[1-9][0-9]*))?$ ]]; then
             echo "Invalid release tag format: ${RELEASE_TAG}"
             exit 1
           fi
+          if [[ "${RELEASE_TAG}" == *"-beta."* && "${RELEASE_NPM_DIST_TAG}" != "beta" ]]; then
+            echo "Beta prerelease tags must publish to npm dist-tag beta."
+            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
@@ -71,6 +100,8 @@ jobs:
           echo "Publishing openclaw@${PACKAGE_VERSION}"
 
       - name: Check
+        env:
+          OPENCLAW_LOCAL_CHECK: "0"
         run: pnpm check
 
       - name: Build
@@ -80,9 +111,12 @@ 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
+          OPENCLAW_NPM_PUBLISH_TAG: ${{ inputs.npm_dist_tag }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           RELEASE_SHA=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
@@ -95,8 +129,65 @@ jobs:
       - name: Verify release contents
         run: pnpm release:check
 
-  validate_publish_dispatch_ref:
-    if: ${{ !inputs.preflight_only }}
+      - name: Validate live cache credentials
+        if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
+        env:
+          ANTHROPIC_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY }}
+          OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPENAI_API_KEY }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          if [[ -z "${OPENAI_API_KEY}" ]]; then
+            echo "Missing OPENAI_API_KEY secret for release live cache validation." >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          if [[ -z "${ANTHROPIC_API_KEY}" ]]; then
+            echo "Missing ANTHROPIC_API_KEY secret for release live cache validation." >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Verify live prompt cache floors
+        if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
+        env:
+          ANTHROPIC_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY }}
+          OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPENAI_API_KEY }}
+          OPENCLAW_LIVE_CACHE_TEST: "1"
+          OPENCLAW_LIVE_TEST: "1"
+        run: pnpm test:live:cache
+
+      - name: Pack prepared npm tarball
+        id: packed_tarball
+        env:
+          OPENCLAW_PREPACK_PREPARED: "1"
+          RELEASE_TAG: ${{ inputs.tag }}
+          RELEASE_NPM_DIST_TAG: ${{ inputs.npm_dist_tag }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          PACK_JSON="$(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" > "$ARTIFACT_DIR/release-sha.txt"
+          printf '%s\n' "$RELEASE_NPM_DIST_TAG" > "$ARTIFACT_DIR/release-npm-dist-tag.txt"
+          echo "dir=$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 && !inputs.promote_beta_to_latest }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: read
@@ -111,25 +202,41 @@ 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]
-    if: ${{ !inputs.preflight_only }}
+    needs: [validate_publish_request]
+    if: ${{ !inputs.preflight_only && !inputs.promote_beta_to_latest }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     environment: npm-release
     permissions:
+      actions: read
       contents: read
       id-token: write
     steps:
       - name: Validate tag input format
         env:
           RELEASE_TAG: ${{ inputs.tag }}
+          RELEASE_NPM_DIST_TAG: ${{ inputs.npm_dist_tag }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           if [[ ! "${RELEASE_TAG}" =~ ^v[0-9]{4}\.[1-9][0-9]*\.[1-9][0-9]*((-beta\.[1-9][0-9]*)|(-[1-9][0-9]*))?$ ]]; then
             echo "Invalid release tag format: ${RELEASE_TAG}"
             exit 1
           fi
+          if [[ "${RELEASE_TAG}" == *"-beta."* && "${RELEASE_NPM_DIST_TAG}" != "beta" ]]; then
+            echo "Beta prerelease tags must publish to npm dist-tag beta."
+            exit 1
+          fi
 
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
@@ -157,14 +264,28 @@ 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 +297,153 @@ 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 }}
+          RELEASE_NPM_DIST_TAG: ${{ inputs.npm_dist_tag }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          EXPECTED_RELEASE_SHA="$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
+          TAG_FILE="preflight-tarball/release-tag.txt"
+          SHA_FILE="preflight-tarball/release-sha.txt"
+          NPM_DIST_TAG_FILE="preflight-tarball/release-npm-dist-tag.txt"
+          if [[ ! -f "$TAG_FILE" || ! -f "$SHA_FILE" || ! -f "$NPM_DIST_TAG_FILE" ]]; then
+            echo "Prepared preflight metadata is missing." >&2
+            ls -la preflight-tarball >&2 || true
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          ARTIFACT_RELEASE_TAG="$(tr -d '\r\n' < "$TAG_FILE")"
+          ARTIFACT_RELEASE_SHA="$(tr -d '\r\n' < "$SHA_FILE")"
+          ARTIFACT_RELEASE_NPM_DIST_TAG="$(tr -d '\r\n' < "$NPM_DIST_TAG_FILE")"
+          if [[ "$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 $ARTIFACT_RELEASE_SHA" >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          if [[ "$ARTIFACT_RELEASE_NPM_DIST_TAG" != "$RELEASE_NPM_DIST_TAG" ]]; then
+            echo "Prepared preflight npm dist-tag mismatch: expected $RELEASE_NPM_DIST_TAG, got $ARTIFACT_RELEASE_NPM_DIST_TAG" >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Resolve publish tarball
+        id: publish_tarball
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          TARBALL_PATH="$(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:
+          OPENCLAW_PREPACK_PREPARED: "1"
+          OPENCLAW_NPM_PUBLISH_TAG: ${{ inputs.npm_dist_tag }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          publish_target="${{ steps.publish_tarball.outputs.path }}"
+          if [[ -n "${publish_target}" ]]; then
+            publish_target="./${publish_target}"
+          fi
+          bash scripts/openclaw-npm-publish.sh --publish "${publish_target}"
+
+  promote_beta_to_latest:
+    if: ${{ inputs.promote_beta_to_latest }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: npm-release
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    steps:
+      - name: Require main workflow ref for promotion
+        env:
+          WORKFLOW_REF: ${{ github.ref }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          if [[ "${WORKFLOW_REF}" != "refs/heads/main" ]]; then
+            echo "Promotion runs must be dispatched from main."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Validate promotion inputs
+        env:
+          PREFLIGHT_ONLY: ${{ inputs.preflight_only }}
+          PREFLIGHT_RUN_ID: ${{ inputs.preflight_run_id }}
+          RELEASE_NPM_DIST_TAG: ${{ inputs.npm_dist_tag }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          if [[ "${PREFLIGHT_ONLY}" == "true" ]]; then
+            echo "Promotion mode cannot run with preflight_only=true."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          if [[ -n "${PREFLIGHT_RUN_ID}" ]]; then
+            echo "Promotion mode does not use preflight_run_id."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          if [[ "${RELEASE_NPM_DIST_TAG}" != "beta" ]]; then
+            echo "Promotion mode expects npm_dist_tag=beta because it moves beta to latest without publishing."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Validate stable tag input format
+        env:
+          RELEASE_TAG: ${{ inputs.tag }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          if [[ ! "${RELEASE_TAG}" =~ ^v[0-9]{4}\.[1-9][0-9]*\.[1-9][0-9]*(-[1-9][0-9]*)?$ ]]; then
+            echo "Invalid stable release tag format: ${RELEASE_TAG}" >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "RELEASE_VERSION=${RELEASE_TAG#v}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Setup Node environment
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-node-env
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
+          pnpm-version: ${{ env.PNPM_VERSION }}
+          install-bun: "false"
+          use-sticky-disk: "false"
+          install-deps: "false"
+
+      - name: Validate npm dist-tags
+        env:
+          RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          beta_version="$(npm view openclaw dist-tags.beta)"
+          latest_version="$(npm view openclaw dist-tags.latest)"
+
+          echo "Current beta dist-tag: ${beta_version}"
+          echo "Current latest dist-tag: ${latest_version}"
+
+          if [[ "${beta_version}" != "${RELEASE_VERSION}" ]]; then
+            echo "npm beta points at ${beta_version}, expected ${RELEASE_VERSION}." >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          if ! npm view "openclaw@${RELEASE_VERSION}" version >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "openclaw@${RELEASE_VERSION} is not published on npm." >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Promote beta to latest
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+          RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          npm whoami >/dev/null
+          npm dist-tag add "openclaw@${RELEASE_VERSION}" latest
+          promoted_latest="$(npm view openclaw dist-tags.latest)"
+          if [[ "${promoted_latest}" != "${RELEASE_VERSION}" ]]; then
+            echo "npm latest points at ${promoted_latest}, expected ${RELEASE_VERSION} after promotion." >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "Promoted openclaw@${RELEASE_VERSION} from beta to latest."

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

@@ -0,0 +1,276 @@
+name: Plugin ClawHub Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      publish_scope:
+        description: Publish the selected plugins or all ClawHub-publishable plugins from the workflow ref
+        required: true
+        default: selected
+        type: choice
+        options:
+          - selected
+          - all-publishable
+      plugins:
+        description: Comma-separated plugin package names to publish when publish_scope=selected
+        required: false
+        type: string
+
+concurrency:
+  group: plugin-clawhub-release-${{ github.sha }}
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+env:
+  FORCE_JAVASCRIPT_ACTIONS_TO_NODE24: "true"
+  NODE_VERSION: "24.x"
+  PNPM_VERSION: "10.32.1"
+  CLAWHUB_REGISTRY: "https://clawhub.ai"
+  CLAWHUB_REPOSITORY: "openclaw/clawhub"
+  # Pinned to a reviewed ClawHub commit so release behavior stays reproducible.
+  CLAWHUB_REF: "4af2bd50a71465683dbf8aa269af764b9d39bdf5"
+
+jobs:
+  preview_plugins_clawhub:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    outputs:
+      ref_sha: ${{ steps.ref.outputs.sha }}
+      has_candidates: ${{ steps.plan.outputs.has_candidates }}
+      candidate_count: ${{ steps.plan.outputs.candidate_count }}
+      skipped_published_count: ${{ steps.plan.outputs.skipped_published_count }}
+      matrix: ${{ steps.plan.outputs.matrix }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.sha }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Setup Node environment
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-node-env
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
+          pnpm-version: ${{ env.PNPM_VERSION }}
+          install-bun: "false"
+          use-sticky-disk: "false"
+
+      - name: Resolve checked-out ref
+        id: ref
+        run: echo "sha=$(git rev-parse HEAD)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Validate ref is on main
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          git fetch --no-tags origin +refs/heads/main:refs/remotes/origin/main
+          git merge-base --is-ancestor HEAD origin/main
+
+      - name: Validate publishable plugin metadata
+        env:
+          PUBLISH_SCOPE: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.publish_scope || '' }}
+          RELEASE_PLUGINS: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.plugins || '' }}
+          BASE_REF: ${{ github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.before || '' }}
+          HEAD_REF: ${{ steps.ref.outputs.sha }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          if [[ -n "${PUBLISH_SCOPE}" ]]; then
+            release_args=(--selection-mode "${PUBLISH_SCOPE}")
+            if [[ -n "${RELEASE_PLUGINS}" ]]; then
+              release_args+=(--plugins "${RELEASE_PLUGINS}")
+            fi
+            pnpm release:plugins:clawhub:check -- "${release_args[@]}"
+          elif [[ -n "${BASE_REF}" ]]; then
+            pnpm release:plugins:clawhub:check -- --base-ref "${BASE_REF}" --head-ref "${HEAD_REF}"
+          else
+            pnpm release:plugins:clawhub:check
+          fi
+
+      - name: Resolve plugin release plan
+        id: plan
+        env:
+          PUBLISH_SCOPE: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.publish_scope || '' }}
+          RELEASE_PLUGINS: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.plugins || '' }}
+          BASE_REF: ${{ github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.before || '' }}
+          HEAD_REF: ${{ steps.ref.outputs.sha }}
+          CLAWHUB_REGISTRY: ${{ env.CLAWHUB_REGISTRY }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          mkdir -p .local
+          if [[ -n "${PUBLISH_SCOPE}" ]]; then
+            plan_args=(--selection-mode "${PUBLISH_SCOPE}")
+            if [[ -n "${RELEASE_PLUGINS}" ]]; then
+              plan_args+=(--plugins "${RELEASE_PLUGINS}")
+            fi
+            node --import tsx scripts/plugin-clawhub-release-plan.ts "${plan_args[@]}" > .local/plugin-clawhub-release-plan.json
+          elif [[ -n "${BASE_REF}" ]]; then
+            node --import tsx scripts/plugin-clawhub-release-plan.ts --base-ref "${BASE_REF}" --head-ref "${HEAD_REF}" > .local/plugin-clawhub-release-plan.json
+          else
+            node --import tsx scripts/plugin-clawhub-release-plan.ts > .local/plugin-clawhub-release-plan.json
+          fi
+
+          cat .local/plugin-clawhub-release-plan.json
+
+          candidate_count="$(jq -r '.candidates | length' .local/plugin-clawhub-release-plan.json)"
+          skipped_published_count="$(jq -r '.skippedPublished | length' .local/plugin-clawhub-release-plan.json)"
+          has_candidates="false"
+          if [[ "${candidate_count}" != "0" ]]; then
+            has_candidates="true"
+          fi
+          matrix_json="$(jq -c '.candidates' .local/plugin-clawhub-release-plan.json)"
+
+          {
+            echo "candidate_count=${candidate_count}"
+            echo "skipped_published_count=${skipped_published_count}"
+            echo "has_candidates=${has_candidates}"
+            echo "matrix=${matrix_json}"
+          } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+          echo "Plugin release candidates:"
+          jq -r '.candidates[]? | "- \(.packageName)@\(.version) [\(.publishTag)] from \(.packageDir)"' .local/plugin-clawhub-release-plan.json
+
+          echo "Already published / skipped:"
+          jq -r '.skippedPublished[]? | "- \(.packageName)@\(.version)"' .local/plugin-clawhub-release-plan.json
+
+      - name: Fail manual publish when target versions already exist
+        if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.publish_scope == 'selected' && steps.plan.outputs.skipped_published_count != '0'
+        run: |
+          echo "::error::One or more selected plugin versions already exist on ClawHub. Bump the version before running a real publish."
+          exit 1
+
+  preview_plugin_pack:
+    needs: preview_plugins_clawhub
+    if: needs.preview_plugins_clawhub.outputs.has_candidates == 'true'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        plugin: ${{ fromJson(needs.preview_plugins_clawhub.outputs.matrix) }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ needs.preview_plugins_clawhub.outputs.ref_sha }}
+          fetch-depth: 1
+
+      - name: Setup Node environment
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-node-env
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
+          pnpm-version: ${{ env.PNPM_VERSION }}
+          install-bun: "true"
+          use-sticky-disk: "false"
+          install-deps: "false"
+
+      - name: Checkout ClawHub CLI source
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          repository: ${{ env.CLAWHUB_REPOSITORY }}
+          ref: ${{ env.CLAWHUB_REF }}
+          path: clawhub-source
+          fetch-depth: 1
+
+      - name: Install ClawHub CLI dependencies
+        working-directory: clawhub-source
+        run: bun install --frozen-lockfile
+
+      - name: Bootstrap ClawHub CLI
+        run: |
+          cat > "$RUNNER_TEMP/clawhub" <<'EOF'
+          #!/usr/bin/env bash
+          set -euo pipefail
+          exec bun "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/clawhub-source/packages/clawhub/src/cli.ts" "$@"
+          EOF
+          chmod +x "$RUNNER_TEMP/clawhub"
+          echo "$RUNNER_TEMP" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
+
+      - name: Preview publish command
+        env:
+          CLAWHUB_REGISTRY: ${{ env.CLAWHUB_REGISTRY }}
+          SOURCE_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+          SOURCE_COMMIT: ${{ needs.preview_plugins_clawhub.outputs.ref_sha }}
+          SOURCE_REF: ${{ github.ref }}
+          PACKAGE_TAG: ${{ matrix.plugin.publishTag }}
+          PACKAGE_DIR: ${{ matrix.plugin.packageDir }}
+        run: bash scripts/plugin-clawhub-publish.sh --dry-run "${PACKAGE_DIR}"
+
+  publish_plugins_clawhub:
+    needs: [preview_plugins_clawhub, preview_plugin_pack]
+    if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && needs.preview_plugins_clawhub.outputs.has_candidates == 'true'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: clawhub-plugin-release
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        plugin: ${{ fromJson(needs.preview_plugins_clawhub.outputs.matrix) }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ needs.preview_plugins_clawhub.outputs.ref_sha }}
+          fetch-depth: 1
+
+      - name: Setup Node environment
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-node-env
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
+          pnpm-version: ${{ env.PNPM_VERSION }}
+          install-bun: "true"
+          use-sticky-disk: "false"
+          install-deps: "false"
+
+      - name: Checkout ClawHub CLI source
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          repository: ${{ env.CLAWHUB_REPOSITORY }}
+          ref: ${{ env.CLAWHUB_REF }}
+          path: clawhub-source
+          fetch-depth: 1
+
+      - name: Install ClawHub CLI dependencies
+        working-directory: clawhub-source
+        run: bun install --frozen-lockfile
+
+      - name: Bootstrap ClawHub CLI
+        run: |
+          cat > "$RUNNER_TEMP/clawhub" <<'EOF'
+          #!/usr/bin/env bash
+          set -euo pipefail
+          exec bun "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/clawhub-source/packages/clawhub/src/cli.ts" "$@"
+          EOF
+          chmod +x "$RUNNER_TEMP/clawhub"
+          echo "$RUNNER_TEMP" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
+
+      - name: Ensure version is not already published
+        env:
+          PACKAGE_NAME: ${{ matrix.plugin.packageName }}
+          PACKAGE_VERSION: ${{ matrix.plugin.version }}
+          CLAWHUB_REGISTRY: ${{ env.CLAWHUB_REGISTRY }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          encoded_name="$(node -e 'console.log(encodeURIComponent(process.env.PACKAGE_NAME ?? ""))')"
+          encoded_version="$(node -e 'console.log(encodeURIComponent(process.env.PACKAGE_VERSION ?? ""))')"
+          url="${CLAWHUB_REGISTRY%/}/api/v1/packages/${encoded_name}/versions/${encoded_version}"
+          status="$(curl --silent --show-error --output /dev/null --write-out '%{http_code}' "${url}")"
+          if [[ "${status}" =~ ^2 ]]; then
+            echo "${PACKAGE_NAME}@${PACKAGE_VERSION} is already published on ClawHub."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          if [[ "${status}" != "404" ]]; then
+            echo "Unexpected ClawHub response (${status}) for ${PACKAGE_NAME}@${PACKAGE_VERSION}."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Publish
+        env:
+          CLAWHUB_REGISTRY: ${{ env.CLAWHUB_REGISTRY }}
+          SOURCE_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+          SOURCE_COMMIT: ${{ needs.preview_plugins_clawhub.outputs.ref_sha }}
+          SOURCE_REF: ${{ github.ref }}
+          PACKAGE_TAG: ${{ matrix.plugin.publishTag }}
+          PACKAGE_DIR: ${{ matrix.plugin.packageDir }}
+        run: bash scripts/plugin-clawhub-publish.sh --publish "${PACKAGE_DIR}"

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

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ concurrency:
 env:
   FORCE_JAVASCRIPT_ACTIONS_TO_NODE24: "true"
   NODE_VERSION: "24.x"
-  PNPM_VERSION: "10.23.0"
+  PNPM_VERSION: "10.32.1"
 
 jobs:
   preview_plugins_npm:
@@ -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 }}"

.gitignore

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ node_modules
 docker-compose.override.yml
 docker-compose.extra.yml
 dist
-dist-runtime
+dist-runtime/
 pnpm-lock.yaml
 bun.lock
 bun.lockb
@@ -136,8 +136,16 @@ ui/src/ui/views/__screenshots__
 ui/.vitest-attachments
 docs/superpowers
 
+# Generated docs baseline artifacts (locally generated, only hashes tracked)
+docs/.generated/*.json
+docs/.generated/*.jsonl
+
 # Deprecated changelog fragment workflow
 changelog/fragments/
 
 # Local scratch workspace
 .tmp/
+test/fixtures/openclaw-vitest-unit-report.json
+analysis/
+.artifacts/qa-e2e/
+extensions/qa-lab/web/dist/

.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

@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@
   - Public docs: `docs/gateway/protocol.md`, `docs/gateway/bridge-protocol.md`, `docs/concepts/architecture.md`
   - Definition files: `src/gateway/protocol/schema.ts`, `src/gateway/protocol/schema/*.ts`, `src/gateway/protocol/index.ts`
   - Rule: protocol changes are contract changes. Prefer additive evolution; incompatible changes require explicit versioning, docs, and client/codegen follow-through.
+- Config contract boundary:
+  - Canonical public config lives in exported config types, zod/schema surfaces, schema help/labels, generated config metadata, config baselines, and any user-facing gateway/config payloads. Keep those surfaces aligned.
+  - When a legacy config key is retired from the public contract, remove it from every public config surface above. Keep backward compatibility only through raw-config migration/doctor seams unless explicit product policy says otherwise.
+  - Do not reintroduce removed legacy aliases into public types/schema/help/baselines “for convenience”. If old configs still need to load, handle that in `legacy.migrations.*`, config ingest, or `openclaw doctor --fix`.
+  - `hooks.internal.entries` is the canonical public hook config model. `hooks.internal.handlers` is compatibility-only input and must not be re-exposed in public schema/help/baseline surfaces.
 - Bundled plugin contract boundary:
   - Public docs: `docs/plugins/architecture.md`, `docs/plugins/manifest.md`, `docs/plugins/sdk-overview.md`
 - Definition files: `src/plugins/contracts/registry.ts`, `src/plugins/types.ts`, `src/plugins/public-artifacts.ts`
@@ -112,6 +117,7 @@
 - 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:
@@ -124,10 +130,10 @@
 - Formatting gate: the pre-commit hook runs `pnpm format` before `pnpm check`. If you want a formatting-only preflight locally, run `pnpm format` explicitly.
 - If you need a fast commit loop, `FAST_COMMIT=1 git commit ...` skips the hook’s repo-wide `pnpm format` and `pnpm check`; use that only when you are deliberately covering the touched surface some other way.
 - Tests: `pnpm test` (vitest); coverage: `pnpm test:coverage`
-- Generated baseline artifacts live together under `docs/.generated/`.
+- Generated baseline drift detection uses SHA-256 hash files under `docs/.generated/` (`.sha256` files tracked in git; full JSON baselines are gitignored, generated locally for inspection).
 - Config schema drift uses `pnpm config:docs:gen` / `pnpm config:docs:check`.
 - Plugin SDK API drift uses `pnpm plugin-sdk:api:gen` / `pnpm plugin-sdk:api:check`.
-- If you change config schema/help or the public Plugin SDK surface, update the matching baseline artifact and keep the two drift-check flows adjacent in scripts/workflows/docs guidance rather than inventing a third pattern.
+- If you change config schema/help or the public Plugin SDK surface, run the matching gen command and commit the updated `.sha256` hash file. Keep the two drift-check flows adjacent in scripts/workflows/docs guidance rather than inventing a third pattern.
 - For narrowly scoped changes, prefer narrowly scoped tests that directly validate the touched behavior. If no meaningful scoped test exists, say so explicitly and use the next most direct validation available.
 - Verification modes for work on `main`:
   - Default mode: `main` is relatively stable. Count pre-commit hook coverage when it already verified the current tree, avoid rerunning the exact same checks just for ceremony, and prefer keeping CI/main green before landing.
@@ -139,6 +145,14 @@
 - For narrowly scoped changes, if unrelated failures already exist on latest `origin/main`, state that clearly, report the scoped tests you ran, and ask before broadening scope into unrelated fixes or landing despite those failures.
 - Do not use scoped tests as permission to ignore plausibly related failures.
 
+## Prompt Cache Stability
+
+- Treat prompt-cache stability as correctness/perf-critical, not cosmetic.
+- Any code that assembles model or tool payloads from maps, sets, registries, plugin lists, MCP catalogs, filesystem reads, or network results must make ordering deterministic before building the request.
+- Do not rewrite older transcript/history bytes on every turn unless you intentionally want to invalidate the cached prefix. Legacy cleanup, pruning, normalization, and migration logic should preserve recent prompt bytes when possible.
+- If truncation or compaction is required, prefer mutating newest or tail content first so the cached prefix stays byte-identical for as long as possible.
+- For cache-sensitive changes, require a regression test that proves turn-to-turn prefix stability or deterministic request assembly; helper-local tests alone are not enough.
+
 ## Coding Style & Naming Conventions
 
 - Language: TypeScript (ESM). Prefer strict typing; avoid `any`.
@@ -179,11 +193,21 @@
 - 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.
+- Test performance guardrail: prefer explicit mock factories over `importOriginal()` for broad modules. Reserve `importOriginal()` for narrow modules where partial-real behavior is genuinely needed.
+- Test performance guardrail: do not partial-mock broad `openclaw/plugin-sdk/*` barrels in hot tests. Add a plugin-local `*.runtime.ts` seam and mock that seam instead.
+- Test performance guardrail: when production code already accepts `deps`, callbacks, or runtime injection, use that seam in tests before adding module-level mocks.
+- Test performance guardrail: prefer narrow public SDK subpaths such as `models-provider-runtime`, `skill-commands-runtime`, and `reply-dispatch-runtime` over older broad helper barrels when both expose the needed helper.
+- Test performance guardrail: treat import-dominated test time as a boundary bug. Refactor the import surface before adding more cases to the slow file.
 - 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.
+- For targeted/local debugging, use the native root-project entrypoint: `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 the repo's default config/profile/pool routing.
 - Do not set test workers above 16; tried already.
-- Keep Vitest on `forks` only. Do not introduce or reintroduce any non-`forks` Vitest pool or alternate execution mode in configs, wrapper scripts, or default test commands without explicit approval in this chat. This includes `threads`, `vmThreads`, `vmForks`, and any future/nonstandard pool variant.
-- If local Vitest runs cause memory pressure, the wrapper now derives budgets from host capabilities (CPU, memory band, current load). For a conservative explicit override during land/gate runs, use `OPENCLAW_TEST_PROFILE=serial OPENCLAW_TEST_SERIAL_GATEWAY=1 pnpm test`.
+- Vitest now defaults to native root-project `threads`, with hard `forks` exceptions for `gateway`, `agents`, and `commands`. Keep new pool changes explicit and justified; use `OPENCLAW_VITEST_POOL=forks` for full local fork debugging.
+- If local Vitest runs cause memory pressure, the default worker budget now derives from host capabilities (CPU, memory band, current load). For a conservative explicit override during land/gate runs, use `OPENCLAW_VITEST_MAX_WORKERS=1 pnpm test`.
 - Live tests (real keys): `OPENCLAW_LIVE_TEST=1 pnpm test:live` (OpenClaw-only) or `LIVE=1 pnpm test:live` (includes provider live tests). Docker: `pnpm test:docker:live-models`, `pnpm test:docker:live-gateway`. Onboarding Docker E2E: `pnpm test:docker:onboard`.
 - `pnpm test:live` defaults quiet now. Keep `[live]` progress; suppress profile/gateway chatter. Full logs: `OPENCLAW_LIVE_TEST_QUIET=0 pnpm test:live`.
 - Full kit + what’s covered: `docs/help/testing.md`.
@@ -241,6 +265,8 @@
 - "Bump version everywhere" means all version locations above **except** `appcast.xml` (only touch appcast when cutting a new macOS Sparkle release).
 - **Restart apps:** “restart iOS/Android apps” means rebuild (recompile/install) and relaunch, not just kill/launch.
 - **Device checks:** before testing, verify connected real devices (iOS/Android) before reaching for simulators/emulators.
+- Mobile pairing: `ws://` (cleartext) is allowed for private LAN addresses (RFC 1918, link-local, mDNS `.local`) and loopback. Private LAN hosts typically lack PKI-backed identity, so requiring TLS there adds complexity without meaningful security gain. `wss://` is required for Tailscale and public endpoints.
+- Security report scope: reports that treat cleartext `ws://` mobile pairing over private LAN as a vulnerability are out of scope unless they demonstrate a trust-boundary bypass beyond passive network observation on the same LAN.
 - iOS Team ID lookup: `security find-identity -p codesigning -v` → use Apple Development (…) TEAMID. Fallback: `defaults read com.apple.dt.Xcode IDEProvisioningTeamIdentifiers`.
 - A2UI bundle hash: `src/canvas-host/a2ui/.bundle.hash` is auto-generated; ignore unexpected changes, and only regenerate via `pnpm canvas:a2ui:bundle` (or `scripts/bundle-a2ui.sh`) when needed. Commit the hash as a separate commit.
 - Release signing/notary credentials are managed outside the repo; maintainers keep that setup in the private [maintainer release docs](https://github.com/openclaw/maintainers/tree/main/release).

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,108 +6,512 @@ 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.
+- Config: remove legacy public config aliases such as `talk.voiceId` / `talk.apiKey`, `agents.*.sandbox.perSession`, `browser.ssrfPolicy.allowPrivateNetwork`, `hooks.internal.handlers`, and channel/group/room `allow` toggles in favor of the canonical public paths and `enabled`, while keeping load-time compatibility and `openclaw doctor --fix` migration support for existing configs. (#60726) 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.
+- Memory/dreaming (experimental): add weighted short-term recall promotion, managed dreaming modes (`off|core|rem|deep`), a `/dreaming` command, Dreams UI, multilingual conceptual tagging, and doctor/status repair support so durable memory promotion can run in the background with less manual setup. (#60569, #60697)
+- Channels/context visibility: add configurable `contextVisibility` per channel (`all`, `allowlist`, `allowlist_quote`) so supplemental quote, thread, and fetched history context can be filtered by sender allowlists instead of always passing through as received.
+- Matrix/exec approvals: add Matrix-native exec approval prompts with account-scoped approvers, channel-or-DM delivery, and room-thread aware resolution handling. (#58635) Thanks @gumadeiras.
+- Providers/StepFun: add the bundled StepFun provider plugin with standard and Step Plan endpoints, China/global onboarding choices, `step-3.5-flash` on both catalogs, and `step-3.5-flash-2603` currently exposed on Step Plan. (#60032) Thanks @hengm3467.
+- Providers/Fireworks: add a bundled Fireworks AI provider plugin with `FIREWORKS_API_KEY` onboarding, Fire Pass Kimi defaults, and dynamic Fireworks model-id support.
+- Providers/config: add `models.providers.*.request` overrides for headers and auth on model-provider paths, and full request transport overrides for media provider HTTP paths.
+- MiniMax/TTS: add a bundled MiniMax speech provider backed by the T2A v2 API so speech synthesis can run through MiniMax-native voices and auth. (#55921) Thanks @duncanita.
+- Control UI/skills: add ClawHub search, detail, and install flows directly in the Skills panel. (#60134) Thanks @samzong.
+- Providers/Ollama: add a bundled Ollama Web Search provider for key-free `web_search` via your configured Ollama host and `ollama signin`. (#59318) Thanks @BruceMacD.
+- Plugins/onboarding: add plugin config TUI prompts to onboard and configure wizards so more plugin setup can stay in the guided flow. (#60590)
+- Plugins/install: add `openclaw plugins install --force` to overwrite existing plugin and hook-pack install targets without using the dangerous-code override flag. (#60544) Thanks @gumadeiras.
+- Providers/Anthropic: remove setup-token from new onboarding and auth-command setup paths, keep existing configured legacy token profiles runnable, and steer new Anthropic setup to Claude CLI or API keys.
+- Providers/OpenAI Codex: add forward-compat `openai-codex/gpt-5.4-mini` synthesis across provider runtime, model catalog, and model listing so Codex mini works before bundled Pi catalog updates land.
+- Tools/web_search: add a bundled MiniMax Search provider backed by the Coding Plan search API, with region reuse from `MINIMAX_API_HOST` and plugin-owned credential config. (#54648) Thanks @fengmk2.
+- Channels/context visibility: add configurable `contextVisibility` per channel (`all`, `allowlist`, `allowlist_quote`) so quoted, threaded, and fetched history context can be filtered by sender allowlists instead of always passing through as received.
+- Providers/request overrides: add shared model and media request transport overrides across OpenAI-, Anthropic-, Google-, and compatible provider paths, including headers, auth, proxy, and TLS controls. (#60200)
+- Matrix/exec approvals: add Matrix-native exec approval prompts with account-scoped approvers, channel-or-DM delivery, and room-thread aware resolution handling. (#58635) Thanks @gumadeiras.
+- Agents/Claude CLI: expose OpenClaw tools to background Claude CLI runs through a loopback MCP bridge that reuses gateway tool policy, honors session/account/channel scoping, and only advertises the bridge when the local runtime is actually live. (#35676) Thanks @mylukin.
+- Agents/Claude CLI: switch bundled Claude CLI runs to stdin + `stream-json` partial-message streaming so prompts stop riding argv, long replies show live progress, and final session/usage metadata still land cleanly.
+- Prompt caching: keep prompt prefixes more reusable across transport fallback, deterministic MCP tool ordering, compaction, and embedded image history so follow-up turns hit cache more reliably. (#58036, #58037, #58038, #59054, #60603, #60691) Thanks @bcherny.
+- Agents/cache: diagnostics: add prompt-cache break diagnostics, trace live cache scenarios through embedded runner paths, and show cache reuse explicitly in `openclaw status --verbose`. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Agents/cache: stabilize cache-relevant system prompt fingerprints by normalizing equivalent structured prompt whitespace, line endings, hook-added system context, and runtime capability ordering so semantically unchanged prompts reuse KV/cache more reliably. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Config/schema: enrich the exported `openclaw config schema` JSON Schema with field titles and descriptions so editors, agents, and other schema consumers receive the same config help metadata. (#60067) Thanks @solavrc.
+- Providers/StepFun: add the bundled StepFun provider plugin with standard and Step Plan endpoints, China/global onboarding choices, `step-3.5-flash` on both catalogs, and `step-3.5-flash-2603` currently exposed on Step Plan. (#60032) Thanks @hengm3467.
 
 ### 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.
+- Gateway/macOS: let launchd `KeepAlive` own in-process gateway restarts again, adding a short supervised-exit delay so rapid restarts avoid launchd crash-loop unloads while `openclaw gateway restart` still reports real LaunchAgent errors synchronously.
+- Synology Chat/security: route webhook token comparison through the shared constant-time secret helper for consistency with other bundled plugins.
+- Models/MiniMax: honor `MINIMAX_API_HOST` for implicit bundled MiniMax provider catalogs so China-hosted API-key setups pick `api.minimaxi.com/anthropic` without manual provider config. (#34524) Thanks @caiqinghua.
+- Usage/MiniMax: invert remaining-style `usage_percent` fields when MiniMax reports only remaining percentage data, so usage bars stop showing nearly-full remaining quota as nearly-exhausted usage. (#60254) Thanks @jwchmodx.
+- MiniMax: advertise image input on bundled `MiniMax-M2.7` and `MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed` model definitions so image-capable flows can route through the M2.7 family correctly. (#54843) Thanks @MerlinMiao88888888.
+- Media understanding: auto-register image-capable config providers for vision routing, so custom GLM-style provider ids with image models stop failing with “no media-understanding provider registered”. (#51418) Thanks @xydt-610.
+- Providers/OpenAI: preserve native `reasoning.effort: "none"` and strict tool schemas on direct OpenAI-family endpoints, keep compat routes on compat shaping, fix Responses WebSocket warm-up behavior, keep stable session and turn metadata, and fall back more gracefully after early WebSocket failures.
+- Providers/OpenAI Codex: split native `contextWindow` from runtime `contextTokens`, keep the default effective cap at `272000`, and expose a per-model `contextTokens` override on `models.providers.*.models[]`.
+- Providers/compat: stop forcing OpenAI-only defaults on proxy and custom OpenAI-compatible routes, preserve native vendor-specific reasoning/tool/streaming behavior across Anthropic-compatible, Moonshot, Mistral, ModelStudio, OpenRouter, xAI, and Z.ai endpoints, and route GitHub Copilot Claude models through Anthropic Messages instead of OpenAI Responses.
+- Providers/Model Studio: preserve native streaming usage reporting for DashScope-compatible endpoints even when they are configured under a generic provider key, so streamed token totals stop sticking at zero. (#52395) Thanks @IVY-AI-gif.
+- Providers/OpenAI-compatible WS: compute fallback token totals from normalized usage when providers omit or zero `total_tokens`, so DashScope-compatible sessions stop storing zero totals after alias normalization. (#54940) Thanks @lyfuci.
+- Status/usage: let `/status` and `session_status` fall back to transcript token totals when the session meta store stayed at zero, so LM Studio, Ollama, DashScope, and similar OpenAI-compatible providers stop showing `Context: 0/...`. (#55041) Thanks @jjjojoj.
+- Providers/Z.AI: preserve explicitly registered `glm-5-*` variants like `glm-5-turbo` instead of intercepting them with the generic GLM-5 forward-compat shim. (#48185) Thanks @haoyu-haoyu.
+- Live model switching: only treat explicit user-driven model changes as pending live switches, so fallback rotation, heartbeat overrides, and compaction no longer trip `LiveSessionModelSwitchError` before making an API call. (#60266) Thanks @kiranvk-2011.
+- Voice-call/OpenAI: pass full plugin config into realtime transcription provider resolution so streaming calls can discover the bundled OpenAI realtime transcription provider again. Fixes #60936. Thanks @sliekens and @vincentkoc.
+- Plugins/OpenAI: enable `gpt-image-1` reference-image edits through `/images/edits` multipart uploads, and stop inferring unsupported resolution overrides when no explicit `size` or `resolution` is provided.
+- Gateway/startup: default `gateway.mode` to `local` when unset, detect PID recycling in gateway lock files on Windows and macOS, and show startup progress so healthy restarts stop getting blocked by stale locks. (#54801, #60085, #59843)
+- Mobile pairing/Android: tighten secure endpoint handling so Tailscale and public remote setup reject cleartext endpoints, private LAN pairing still works, merged-role approvals mint both node and operator device tokens, and bootstrap tokens survive node auto-pair until operator approval finishes. (#60128, #60208, #60221)
+- Android/Talk Mode: restore spoken assistant replies on node-scoped sessions by keeping reply routing synced to the resolved node session key and pausing mic capture during reply playback. (#60306) Thanks @MKV21.
+- Telegram: fix current-model checks in the model picker, HTML-format non-default `/model` confirmations, explicit topic replies, persisted reaction ownership across restarts, caption-media placeholder and `file_id` preservation on download failure, and upgraded-install inbound image reads. (#60384, #60042, #59634, #59207, #59948, #59971)
+- Telegram/local Bot API: honor `channels.telegram.apiRoot` for buffered media downloads, add `channels.telegram.network.dangerouslyAllowPrivateNetwork` for trusted fake-IP setups, and require `channels.telegram.trustedLocalFileRoots` before reading absolute Bot API `file_path` values. (#59544, #60705)
+- Matrix: recover more reliably when secret storage or recovery keys are missing by recreating secret storage during repair and backup reset, hold crypto snapshot locks during persistence, and surface explicit too-large attachment markers. (#59846, #59851, #60599, #60289)
+- ACP/agents: inherit the target agent workspace for cross-agent ACP spawns and fall back safely when the inherited workspace no longer exists. (#58438) Thanks @zssggle-rgb.
+- ACPX/Windows: preserve backslashes and absolute `.exe` paths in Claude CLI parsing, and fail fast on wrapper-script targets with guidance to use `cmd.exe /c`, `powershell.exe -File`, or `node <script>`. (#60689)
+- Gateway/Windows scheduled tasks: preserve Task Scheduler settings on reinstall, fail loudly when `/Run` does not start, and report fast failed restarts accurately instead of pretending they timed out after 60 seconds. (#59335) Thanks @tmimmanuel.
+- Discord: keep REST, webhook, and monitor traffic on the configured proxy, preserve component-only media sends, honor `@everyone` and `@here` mention gates, keep ACK reactions on the active account, and split voice connect/playback timeouts so auto-join is more reliable. (#57465, #60361, #60345)
+- WhatsApp: restore `channels.whatsapp.blockStreaming` and reset watchdog timeouts after reconnect so quiet chats stop falling into reconnect loops. (#60007, #60069)
+- Control UI: keep Stop visible during tool-only execution, preserve pending-send busy state, and clear stale ClawHub search results as soon as the query changes. (#54528, #59800, #60267)
+- MS Teams: download inline DM images via Graph API and preserve channel reply threading in proactive fallback. (#52212, #55198)
+- Agents/Claude CLI: persist explicit `openclaw agent --session-id` runs under a stable session key so follow-ups can reuse the stored CLI binding and resume the same underlying Claude session.
+- Agents/CLI backends: invalidate stored CLI session reuse when local CLI login state or the selected auth profile credential changes, so relogin and token rotation stop resuming stale sessions.
+- Gateway/macOS: recover installed-but-unloaded LaunchAgents during `openclaw gateway start` and `restart`, while still preferring live unmanaged gateways during restart recovery. (#43766) Thanks @HenryC-3.
+- Auth/failover: persist selected fallback overrides before retrying, shorten `auth_permanent` lockouts, and refresh websocket/shared-auth sessions only when real auth changes occur so retries and secret rotations behave predictably. (#60404, #60323, #60387)
+- Cron: replay interrupted recurring jobs on the first gateway restart instead of waiting for a second restart. (#60583) Thanks @joelnishanth.
+- Plugins/media understanding: enable bundled Groq and Deepgram providers by default so configured transcription models work without extra plugin activation config. (#59982) Thanks @yxjsxy.
+- Plugins/Kimi Coding: parse tagged tool calls and keep Anthropic-native tool payloads so Kimi coding endpoints execute tools instead of echoing raw markup. (#60051, #60391)
+- Tools/web_search (Kimi): when `tools.web.search.kimi.baseUrl` is unset, inherit native Moonshot chat `baseUrl` (`.ai` / `.cn`) so China console keys authenticate on the same host as chat. Fixes #44851. (#56769) Thanks @tonga54.
+- Plugins/marketplace: block remote marketplace symlink escapes without breaking ordinary local marketplace install paths. (#60556) Thanks @eleqtrizit.
+- Plugins/install: preserve unsafe override flags across linked plugin and hook-pack probes so local `--link` installs honor the documented override behavior. (#60624) Thanks @JerrettDavis.
+- Config/All Settings: keep the raw config view intact when sensitive fields are blank instead of corrupting or dropping the rendered snapshot. (#28214) Thanks @solodmd.
+- Security: preserve restrictive plugin-only tool allowlists, require owner access for `/allowlist add` and `/allowlist remove`, fail closed when `before_tool_call` hooks crash, block browser SSRF redirect bypasses earlier, and keep non-interactive auth-choice inference scoped to bundled and already-trusted plugins. (#58476, #59836, #59822, #58771, #59120)
+- Exec approvals: reuse durable exact-command `allow-always` approvals in allowlist mode so identical reruns stop prompting, and tighten Windows interpreter/path approval handling so wrapper and malformed-path cases fail closed more consistently. (#59880, #59780, #58040, #59182)
+- Agents/runtime: make default subagent allowlists, inherited skills/workspaces, and duplicate session-id resolution behave more predictably, and include value-shape hints in missing-parameter tool errors. (#59944, #59992, #59858, #55317)
+- Update/npm: prefer the npm binary that owns the installed global OpenClaw prefix so mixed Homebrew-plus-nvm setups update the right install. (#60153) Thanks @jayeshp19.
+- Gateway/plugin routes: keep gateway-auth plugin runtime routes on write-only fallback scopes unless a trusted-proxy caller explicitly declares narrower `x-openclaw-scopes`, so plugin HTTP handlers no longer mint admin-level runtime scopes on missing or untrusted HTTP scope headers. (#59815) Thanks @pgondhi987.
+- Agents/exec approvals: let `exec-approvals.json` agent security override stricter gateway tool defaults so approved subagents can use `security: "full"` without falling back to allowlist enforcement again. (#60310) Thanks @lml2468.
+- Tasks/maintenance: reconcile stale cron and chat-backed CLI task rows against live cron-job and agent-run ownership instead of treating any persisted session key as proof that the task is still running. (#60310) Thanks @lml2468.
+- Providers/GitHub Copilot: send IDE identity headers on runtime model requests and GitHub token exchange so IDE-authenticated Copilot runs stop failing with missing `Editor-Version`. (#60641) Thanks @VACInc and @vincentkoc.
+- Model picker/providers: treat bundled BytePlus and Volcengine plan aliases as their native providers during setup, and expose their bundled standard/coding catalogs before auth so setup can suggest the right models. (#58819) Thanks @Luckymingxuan.
+- Prompt caching: route Codex Responses and Anthropic Vertex through boundary-aware cache shaping, and report the actual outbound system prompt in cache traces so cache reuse and misses line up with what providers really receive. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Prompt caching: order stable workspace project-context files before `HEARTBEAT.md` and keep `HEARTBEAT.md` below the system-prompt cache boundary so heartbeat churn does not invalidate the stable project-context prefix. (#58979) Thanks @yozu and @vincentkoc.
+- Plugins/cache: inherit the active gateway workspace for provider, web-search, and web-fetch snapshot loads when callers omit `workspaceDir`, so compatible plugin registries and snapshot caches stop missing on gateway-owned runtime paths. (#61138) Thanks @jzakirov.
+- Agents/Kimi tool-call repair: preserve tool arguments that were already present on streamed tool calls when later malformed deltas fail reevaluation, while still dropping stale repair-only state before `toolcall_end`.
+- MiniMax/pricing: keep bundled MiniMax highspeed pricing distinct in provider catalogs and preserve the lower M2.5 cache-read pricing when onboarding older MiniMax models. (#54214) Thanks @octo-patch.
+- Agents/cache: preserve the full 3-turn prompt-cache image window across tool loops, keep colliding bundled MCP tool definitions deterministic, and reapply Anthropic Vertex cache shaping after payload hook replacements so KV/cache reuse stays stable. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Device pairing: reject rotating device tokens into roles that were never approved during pairing, and keep reconnect role checks bounded to the paired device's approved role set. (#60462) Thanks @eleqtrizit.
+- Mobile pairing/security: fail closed for internal `/pair` setup-code issuance, cleanup, and approval paths when gateway pairing scopes are missing, and keep approval-time requested-scope enforcement on the internal command path. (#55996) Thanks @coygeek.
+- Status/cache: restore `cacheRead` and `cacheWrite` in transcript fallback so `/status` keeps showing cache hit percentages when session logs are the only complete usage source. (#59247) Thanks @stuartsy.
+- Exec approvals/node host: forward prepared `system.run` approval plans on the async node invoke path so mutable script operands keep their approval-time binding and drift revalidation instead of dropping back to unbound execution.
+- Synology Chat/security: default low-level HTTPS helper TLS verification to on so helper/API defaults match the shipped safe account default, and only explicit `allowInsecureSsl: true` opts out.
+- Android/canvas security: require exact normalized A2UI URL matches before forwarding canvas bridge actions, rejecting query mismatches and descendant paths while still allowing fragment-only A2UI navigation.
+- Cron: send failure notifications through the job's primary delivery channel using the same session context as successful delivery when no explicit `failureDestination` is configured. (#60622) Thanks @artwalker.
+- Mobile pairing/bootstrap: keep QR bootstrap handoff tokens bounded to the mobile-safe contract so node handoff stays unscoped and operator handoff drops mixed `node.*`, `operator.admin`, and `operator.pairing` scopes.
+- Gateway/auth: serialize async shared-secret auth attempts per client so concurrent Tailscale-capable failures cannot overrun the intended auth rate-limit budget. Thanks @Telecaster2147.
+- Doctor/config: compare normalized `talk` configs by deep structural equality instead of key-order-sensitive serialization so `openclaw doctor --fix` stops repeatedly reporting/applying no-op `talk.provider/providers` normalization. (#59911) Thanks @ejames-dev.
+- Providers/Anthropic Vertex: honor `cacheRetention: "long"` with the real 1-hour prompt-cache TTL on Vertex AI endpoints, and default `anthropic-vertex` cache retention like direct Anthropic. (#60888) Thanks @affsantos.
+- Gateway/device auth: reuse cached device-token scopes only for cached-token reconnects, while keeping explicit `deviceToken` scope requests and empty-cache fallbacks intact so reconnects preserve `operator.read` without breaking explicit auth flows. (#46032) Thanks @caicongyang.
+- Agents/scheduling: steer background-now work toward automatic completion wake and treat `process` polling as on-demand inspection or intervention instead of default completion handling. (#60877) Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Google Gemini CLI auth: improve OAuth credential discovery across Windows nvm and Homebrew libexec installs, and align Code Assist metadata so Gemini login stops failing on packaged CLI layouts. (#40729) Thanks @hughcube.
+- Google Gemini CLI auth: detect bundled npm installs by scanning packaged bundle files for the Gemini OAuth client config, so `npm install -g @google/gemini-cli` layouts work again. (#60486) Thanks @wzfmini01.
+- Mattermost/config schema: accept `groups.*.requireMention` again so existing Mattermost configs no longer fail strict validation after upgrade. (#58271) Thanks @MoerAI.
+- Agents/failover: scope Anthropic `An unknown error occurred` failover matching by provider so generic internal unknown-error text no longer triggers retryable timeout fallback. (#59325) Thanks @aaron-he-zhu.
+- Providers/OpenRouter failover: classify `403 "Key limit exceeded"` spending-limit responses as billing so model fallback continues instead of stopping on generic auth. (#59892) Thanks @rockcent.
+- Device pairing/security: keep non-operator device scope checks bound to the requested role prefix so bootstrap verification cannot redeem `operator.*` scopes through `node` auth. (#57258) Thanks @jlapenna.
+- Gateway/device pairing: require non-admin paired-device sessions to manage only their own device for token rotate/revoke and paired-device removal, blocking cross-device token theft inside pairing-scoped sessions. (#50627) Thanks @coygeek.
+- CLI/skills JSON: route `skills list --json`, `skills info --json`, and `skills check --json` output to stdout instead of stderr so machine-readable consumers receive JSON on the expected stream again. (#60914; fixes #57599; landed from contributor PR #57611 by @Aftabbs) Thanks @Aftabbs.
+- Agents/subagents: honor allowlist validation, auth-profile handoff, and session override state when a subagent retries after `LiveSessionModelSwitchError`. (#58178) Thanks @openperf.
+- Google image generation: disable pinned DNS for Gemini image requests and honor explicit `pinDns` overrides in shared provider HTTP helpers so proxy-backed image generation works again. (#59873) Thanks @luoyanglang.
+- Agents/exec: restore `host=node` routing for node-pinned and `host=auto` sessions, while still blocking sandboxed `auto` sessions from jumping to gateway. (#60788) Thanks @openperf.
+- Agents/compaction: keep assistant tool calls and displaced tool results in the same compaction chunk so strict summarization providers stop rejecting orphaned tool pairs. (#58849) Thanks @openperf.
+- Outbound/sanitizer: strip leaked `<tool_call>`, `<function_calls>`, and model special tokens from shared user-visible assistant text, including truncated tool-call streams, so internal scaffolding no longer bleeds into replies across surfaces. (#60619) Thanks @oliviareid-svg.
+- Telegram: restore DM voice-note preflight transcription so direct-message audio stops arriving as raw `<media:audio>` placeholders. (#61008) Thanks @manueltarouca.
+- Control UI/avatar: honor `ui.assistant.avatar` when serving `/avatar/:agentId` so Appearance UI avatar paths stop falling back to initials placeholders. (#60778) Thanks @hannasdev.
+- Control UI/Overview: prevent gateway access token/password visibility toggle buttons from overlapping their inputs at narrow widths. (#56924) Thanks @bbddbb1.
+- Control UI/cron: highlight the Cron refresh button while refresh is in flight so the page's loading state stays visible even when prior data remains on screen. (#60394) Thanks @coder-zhuzm.
+- MS Teams: replace the deprecated Teams SDK HttpPlugin stub with `httpServerAdapter` so recurring gateway deprecation warnings stop firing and the Express 5 compatibility workaround stays on the supported SDK path. (#60939) Thanks @coolramukaka-sys.
+- CLI/Commander: preserve Commander-computed exit codes for argument and help-error paths, and cover the user-argv parse mode in the regression tests so invalid CLI invocations no longer report success when exits are intercepted. (#60923) Thanks @Linux2010.
+- Telegram/native command menu: trim long menu descriptions before dropping commands so sub-100 command sets can still fit Telegram's payload budget and keep more `/` entries visible. (#61129) Thanks @neeravmakwana.
+- Agents/Claude CLI: keep non-interactive `--permission-mode bypassPermissions` when custom `cliBackends.claude-cli.args` override defaults, including fallback resolution before the runtime plugin registry is active, so cron and heartbeat Claude CLI runs do not regress to interactive approval mode. (#61114) Thanks @cathrynlavery and @thewilloftheshadow.
+- Agents/skills: skip `.git` and `node_modules` when mirroring skills into sandbox workspaces so read-only sandboxes do not copy repo history or dependency trees. (#61090) Thanks @joelnishanth.
+- Android/Talk Mode: cancel in-flight `talk.speak` playback when speech is explicitly stopped, so stale replies stop starting after barge-in or manual stop. (#61164) Thanks @obviyus.
+- Plugins/onboarding: write dotted plugin uiHint paths like Brave `webSearch.mode` as nested plugin config so `llm-context` setup stops failing validation. (#61159) Thanks @obviyus.
+- Android/Talk Mode: restore voice replies on gateway-backed talk mode sessions by updating embedded runner transport overrides to the current agent transport API. (#61214) Thanks @obviyus.
+- Amazon Bedrock/aws-sdk auth: stop injecting the fake `AWS_PROFILE` apiKey marker when no AWS auth env vars exist, so instance-role and other default-chain setups keep working without poisoning provider config. (#61194) Thanks @wirjo.
 
-## 2026.3.28
+## 2026.4.2
 
 ### 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`.
+- 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.
+- 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.
+
+### Changes
+
+- Tasks/Task Flow: restore the core Task Flow substrate with managed-vs-mirrored sync modes, durable flow state/revision tracking, and `openclaw tasks flow` inspection/recovery primitives so background orchestration can persist and be operated separately from plugin authoring layers. (#58930) Thanks @mbelinky.
+- Tasks/Task Flow: add managed child task spawning plus sticky cancel intent, so external orchestrators can stop scheduling immediately and let parent Task Flows settle to `cancelled` once active child tasks finish. (#59610) Thanks @mbelinky.
+- Plugins/Task Flow: add a bound `api.runtime.taskFlow` seam so plugins and trusted authoring layers can create and drive managed Task Flows 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.
+- 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.
+- Providers/runtime: add provider-owned replay hook surfaces for transcript policy, replay cleanup, and reasoning-mode dispatch. (#59143) Thanks @jalehman.
+- Plugins/hooks: add `before_agent_reply` so plugins can short-circuit the LLM with synthetic replies after inline actions. (#20067) Thanks @JoshuaLelon.
+- 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.
+- 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.
+- 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.
+- 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: 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.
+- Agents/compaction: add `agents.defaults.compaction.notifyUser` so the `🧹 Compacting context...` start notice is opt-in instead of always being shown. (#54251) Thanks @oguricap0327.
+- WhatsApp/reactions: add `reactionLevel` guidance for agent reactions. Thanks @mcaxtr.
+- Exec approvals/channels: auto-enable DM-first native chat approvals when supported channels can infer approvers from existing owner config, while keeping channel fanout explicit and clarifying forwarding versus native approval client config.
+- Android/assistant: auto-send Google Assistant App Actions prompts once chat is healthy and idle, while keeping bare assistant launches as open-only. (#59721) Thanks @obviyus.
+
+### Fixes
+
+- Sandbox/security: block credential-path binds even when sandbox home paths resolve through canonical aliases, so agent containers cannot mount user secret stores through alternate home-directory paths. (#59157) Thanks @eleqtrizit.
+- Gateway/Windows scheduled tasks: preserve Task Scheduler settings on reinstall, fail loud when Scheduled Task `/Run` does not start, and report fast failed restarts with the actual elapsed time instead of a fake 60s timeout. (#59335) Thanks @tmimmanuel.
+- Control UI/model picker: preserve already-qualified `provider/model` refs from the server so models whose ids already contain slashes stop being double-prefixed and remapped to the wrong provider. (#49874) Thanks @ShionEria.
+- Models/selection: resolve bare model ids in session model switches against the configured allowlist before falling back to the current session provider, so Control UI model picks stop drifting into `google/k2p5` and similar wrong-provider refs. (#51580) Thanks @honwee.
+
+## 2026.4.1-beta.1
+
+- 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.
+- Providers/OpenRouter: gate documented OpenRouter attribution to native OpenRouter endpoints or the default route so custom proxy base URLs do not inherit OpenRouter request headers.
+- 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.
+- 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/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/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/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.
+- 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/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.
+- 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.
+- Exec/runtime: treat `tools.exec.host=auto` as routing-only, keep implicit no-config exec on sandbox when available or gateway otherwise, and reject per-call host overrides that would bypass the configured sandbox or host target. (#58897) Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- 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.
+- Image generation/providers: route OpenAI, MiniMax, and fal image requests through the shared provider HTTP transport path so custom base URLs, guarded private-network routing, and provider request defaults stay aligned with the rest of provider HTTP. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Image generation/providers: stop inferring private-network access from configured OpenAI, MiniMax, and fal image base URLs, and cap shared HTTP error-body reads so hostile or misconfigured endpoints fail closed without relaxing SSRF policy or buffering unbounded error payloads. 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.
+- 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/attach-only profiles: disconnect cached Playwright CDP sessions when stopping attach-only or remote CDP profiles, while still reporting never-started local managed profiles as not stopped. (#60097) Thanks @pedh.
+- 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.
+- 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.
+- 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.
+- 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.
+- Channels/setup: ignore untrusted workspace channel plugins during setup resolution so a shadowing workspace plugin cannot override built-in channel setup/login flows unless explicitly trusted in config. (#59158) Thanks @mappel-nv.
+- Exec/Windows: restore allowlist enforcement with quote-aware `argPattern` matching across gateway and node exec, and surface accurate dynamic pre-approved executable hints in the exec tool description. (#56285) Thanks @kpngr.
+- 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, and keep mirror sync from overwriting or removing user-added shell roots during config synchronization. (#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.
+- 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.
+- Telegram/exec approvals: rewrite shared `/approve … allow-always` callback payloads to `/approve … always` before Telegram button rendering so plugin approval IDs still fit Telegram's `callback_data` limit and keep the Allow Always action visible. (#59217) Thanks @jameslcowan.
+- Cron/exec timeouts: surface timed-out `exec` and `bash` failures in isolated cron runs even when `verbose: off`, including custom session-target cron jobs, so scheduled runs stop failing silently. (#58247) Thanks @skainguyen1412.
+- Telegram/exec approvals: fall back to the origin session key for async approval followups and keep resume-failure status delivery sanitized so Telegram followups still land without leaking raw exec metadata. (#59351) Thanks @seonang.
+- Node-host/exec approvals: bind `pnpm dlx` invocations through the approval planner's mutable-script path so the effective runtime command is resolved for approval instead of being left unbound. (#58374)
+- Exec/node hosts: stop forwarding the gateway workspace cwd to remote node exec when no workdir was explicitly requested, so cross-platform node approvals fall back to the node default cwd instead of failing with `SYSTEM_RUN_DENIED`. (#58977) Thanks @Starhappysh.
+- TUI/chat: keep pending local sends visible and reconciled across history reloads, make busy/error recovery clearer through fallback and terminal-error paths, and reclaim transcript width for long links and paths. (#59800) Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Exec approvals/channels: decouple initiating-surface approval availability from native delivery enablement so Telegram, Slack, and Discord still expose approvals when approvers exist and native target routing is configured separately. (#59776) Thanks @joelnishanth.
+- Agents/logging: keep orphaned-user transcript repair warnings focused on interactive runs, and downgrade background-trigger repairs (`heartbeat`, `cron`, `memory`, `overflow`) to debug logs to reduce false-alarm gateway noise.
+- Gateway/node pairing: require `operator.pairing` for node approvals end-to-end, while still requiring `operator.write` or `operator.admin` when the pending node commands need those higher scopes. (#60461) Thanks @eleqtrizit.
+- Providers/OpenRouter: gate Anthropic prompt-cache `cache_control` markers to native/default OpenRouter routes and preserve them for native OpenRouter hosts behind custom provider ids. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Browser/CDP: validate both initial and discovered CDP websocket endpoints before connect so strict SSRF policy blocks cross-host pivots and direct websocket targets. (#60469) Thanks @eleqtrizit.
+- Browser/profiles: reject remote browser profile `cdpUrl` values that violate strict SSRF policy before saving config, with clearer validation errors for blocked endpoints. (#60477) Thanks @eleqtrizit.
+- Browser/screenshots: stop sending `fromSurface: false` on CDP screenshots so managed Chrome 146+ browsers can capture images again. (#60682) Thanks @mvanhorn.
+- Mattermost/slash commands: harden native slash-command callback token validation to use constant-time secret comparison, matching the existing interaction-token path.
+- Control UI/mobile chat: reduce narrow-screen overflow by shrinking the chat pane minimum width, removing extra mobile padding, widening message groups, and hiding avatars on very small screens. (#60220) Thanks @macdao.
+- Android/Talk Mode: route spoken replies through `talk.speak`, keep compressed playback cleanup deterministic, and fall back to local TTS for legacy gateways that omit Talk error reasons. (#60954) Thanks @obviyus.
+- Android/Talk Mode: keep reply-speaker routing and teardown behavior aligned with the new remote playback path. (#60954) Thanks @MKV21.
+
+## 2026.4.1
+
+### 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.
+- 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.
+
+### 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.
+- WhatsApp/groups: fix bot waking up on self-number quoted replies in groups with `selfChatMode` enabled. (#60148) Thanks @lurebat
+- Device pairing: require `operator.pairing` or `operator.admin` for internal `/pair` setup-code, QR, and cleanup commands so lower-privilege gateway callers cannot mint or revoke pairing bootstrap material. (#60491) Thanks @eleqtrizit.
+- 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.
+- Tools/web_search (Kimi): replay native Moonshot `$web_search` arguments verbatim, disable thinking for `kimi-k2.5`, and add Moonshot region/model setup prompts so bundled Kimi web search works again. (#59356) Thanks @Innocent-children.
+
+## 2026.3.31
+
+### 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.
+- 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: derive owner-only approval classes from the shared tool-policy fallback map so `cron`, `nodes`, and `whatsapp_login` cannot drift out of prompt-required coverage.
+- 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
+
+### Fixes
+
+- 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.
+- 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 +532,11 @@ 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
 
@@ -145,8 +548,7 @@ 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)
-- 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.
+- 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.
 - Mistral: normalize OpenAI-compatible request flags so official Mistral API runs no longer fail with remaining `422 status code (no body)` chat errors.
 - Control UI/config: keep sensitive raw config hidden by default, replace the blank blocked editor with an explicit reveal-to-edit state, and restore raw JSON editing without auto-exposing secrets. Fixes #55322.
 - CLI/zsh: defer `compdef` registration until `compinit` is available so zsh completion loads cleanly with plugin managers and manual setups. (#56555)
@@ -162,8 +564,6 @@ 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 +585,6 @@ 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.
@@ -195,7 +593,6 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Control UI/Skills: open skill detail dialogs with the browser modal lifecycle so clicking a skill row keeps the panel centered instead of rendering it off-screen at the bottom of the page.
 - Matrix/replies: include quoted poll question/options in inbound reply context so the agent sees the original poll content when users reply to Matrix poll messages. (#55056) Thanks @alberthild.
 - Matrix/plugins: keep plugin bootstrap from crashing when built runtime mixes bare and deep `matrix-js-sdk` entrypoints, so unrelated channels do not get taken down during plugin load. (#56273) Thanks @aquaright1.
-- 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 blocked-tool guidance glob-aware again, redact/sanitize session-specific explain hints for safer copy-paste, and avoid leaking control-character session keys in those hints. (#54684) Thanks @ngutman.
 - Agents/compaction: trigger timeout recovery compaction before retrying high-context LLM timeouts so embedded runs stop repeating oversized requests. (#46417) thanks @joeykrug.
 - Agents/compaction: reconcile `sessions.json.compactionCount` after a late embedded auto-compaction success so persisted session counts catch up once the handler reports completion. (#45493) Thanks @jackal092927.
@@ -229,7 +626,6 @@ 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
@@ -242,18 +638,17 @@ 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.
+- CLI/Docker: treat loopback private-host CLI gateway connects as local for silent pairing auto-approval, while keeping remote backend and public-host CLI connects behind pairing. (#55113) Thanks @sar618.
 
 ## 2026.3.24
 
 ### 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
+
 ### Changes
 
 - Gateway/OpenAI compatibility: add `/v1/models` and `/v1/embeddings`, and forward explicit model overrides through `/v1/chat/completions` and `/v1/responses` for broader client and RAG compatibility. Thanks @vincentkoc.
@@ -274,8 +669,6 @@ 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
 
@@ -303,60 +696,17 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Security/path resolution: prefer non-user-writable absolute helper binaries for OpenClaw CLI, ffmpeg, and OpenSSL resolution so PATH hijacks cannot replace trusted helpers with attacker-controlled executables.
 - Security/gateway command scopes: require `operator.admin` before Telegram target writeback and Talk Voice `/voice set` config writes persist through gateway message flows.
 - Security/OpenShell mirror: exclude workspace `hooks/` from mirror sync so untrusted sandbox files cannot become trusted host hooks on gateway startup.
-- 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.
 
 ## 2026.3.24-beta.2
 
-### Breaking
-
-### Changes
-
 ### Fixes
 
-- Outbound media/local files: align outbound media access with the configured fs policy so host-local files and inbound-media paths keep sending when `workspaceOnly` is off, while strict workspace-only agents remain sandboxed.
-- 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.
 - Tests/security audit: isolate audit-test home and personal skill resolution so local `~/.agents/skills` installs no longer make maintainer prep runs fail nondeterministically. (#54473) thanks @huntharo
 
 ## 2026.3.24-beta.1
 
-### Breaking
-
-### Changes
-
-- Gateway/OpenAI compatibility: add `/v1/models` and `/v1/embeddings`, and forward explicit model overrides through `/v1/chat/completions` and `/v1/responses` for broader client and RAG compatibility. Thanks @vincentkoc.
-- Agents/tools: make `/tools` 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.
-- 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)
-- Microsoft Teams: add message edit and delete support for sent messages, including in-thread fallbacks when no explicit target is provided. (#49925)
-- 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.
-- 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.
-- Slack/interactive replies: restore rich reply parity for direct deliveries, auto-render simple trailing `Options:` lines as buttons/selects, improve Slack interactive setup defaults, and isolate reply controls from plugin interactive handlers. (#53389) Thanks @vincentkoc.
-- CLI/containers: add `--container` and `OPENCLAW_CONTAINER` to run `openclaw` commands inside a running Docker or Podman OpenClaw container. (#52651) Thanks @sallyom.
-- Discord/auto threads: add optional `autoThreadName: "generated"` 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.
-- Plugins/hooks: add `before_dispatch` with canonical inbound metadata and route handled replies through the normal final-delivery path, preserving TTS and routed delivery semantics. (#50444) Thanks @gfzhx.
-- Control UI/agents: convert agent workspace file rows to expandable `<details>` with lazy-loaded inline markdown preview, and add comprehensive `.sidebar-markdown` styles for headings, lists, code blocks, tables, blockquotes, and details/summary elements. (#53411) Thanks @BunsDev.
-- Control UI/markdown preview: restyle the agent workspace file preview dialog with a frosted backdrop, sized panel, and styled header, and integrate `@create-markdown/preview` 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.
-- macOS app/config: replace horizontal pill-based subsection navigation with a collapsible tree sidebar using disclosure chevrons and indented subsection rows. (#53411) Thanks @BunsDev.
-- 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 `openclaw skills info` output. (#53411) Thanks @BunsDev.
-- 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.
-- Control UI/agents: add a "Not set" placeholder to the default agent model selector dropdown. (#53411) Thanks @BunsDev.
-
 ### Fixes
 
-- Security/sandbox media dispatch: close the `mediaUrl`/`fileUrl` alias bypass so outbound tool and message actions cannot escape media-root restrictions. (#54034)
-- 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.
-- Docker/setup: avoid the pre-start `openclaw-cli` shared-network namespace loop by routing setup-time onboard/config writes through `openclaw-gateway`, so fresh Docker installs stop failing before the gateway comes up. (#53385) Thanks @amsminn.
-- 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.
-- Embedded runs/secrets: stop unresolved `SecretRef` config from crashing embedded agent runs by falling back to the resolved runtime snapshot when needed. Fixes #45838.
-- WhatsApp/groups: track recent gateway-sent message IDs and suppress only matching group echoes, preserving owner `/status`, `/new`, and `/activation` commands from linked-account `fromMe` traffic. (#53624) Thanks @w-sss.
-- WhatsApp/reply-to-bot detection: restore implicit group reply detection by unwrapping `botInvokeMessage` payloads and reading `selfLid` from `creds.json`, so reply-based mentions reach the bot again in linked-account group chats.
-- Telegram/forum topics: recover `#General` topic `1` routing when Telegram omits forum metadata, including native commands, interactive callbacks, inbound message context, and fallback error replies. (#53699) thanks @huntharo
-- 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.
-- 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.
-- 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.
-- Telegram/outbound errors: preserve actionable 403 membership/block/kick details and treat `bot not a member` as a permanent delivery failure so Telegram sends stop retrying doomed chats. (#53635) Thanks @w-sss.
-- 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 `PHOTO_INVALID_DIMENSIONS`. (#52545) Thanks @hnshah.
-- 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.
 - Doctor/image generation: seed migrated legacy Nano Banana Google provider config with the `/v1beta` API root and an empty model list so `openclaw doctor --fix` completes and the migrated native Google image path keeps hitting the correct endpoint. (#53757) Thanks @mahopan.
 - Models/google: normalize bare Google Generative AI API roots for custom provider names, and keep built-in Google model-id rewrites working when `api` is declared only on individual models, so custom Google lanes and older configs stop missing `/v1beta` or preview-id normalization. (#44969) Thanks @Kathie-yu.
 - Feishu/startup: treat unresolved `SecretRef` app credentials as not configured during account resolution so CLI startup and read-only Feishu config surfaces stop crashing before runtime-backed secret resolution is available. (#53675) Thanks @hpt.
@@ -390,12 +740,9 @@ 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
 
-### Breaking
-
 ### Changes
 
 - ModelStudio/Qwen: add standard (pay-as-you-go) DashScope endpoints for China and global Qwen API keys alongside the existing Coding Plan endpoints, and relabel the provider group to `Qwen (Alibaba Cloud Model Studio)`. (#43878)
@@ -573,9 +920,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - 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.
 - Gateway/Discord startup: load only configured channel plugins during gateway boot, and lazy-load Discord provider/session runtime setup so startup stops importing unrelated providers and trims cold-start delay. Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - Agents/inbound: lazy-load media and link understanding for plain-text turns and cache synced auth stores by auth-file state so ordinary inbound replies avoid unnecessary startup churn. Thanks @vincentkoc.
-- 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.
 - Agents/openai-responses: strip `prompt_cache_key` and `prompt_cache_retention` for non-OpenAI-compatible Responses endpoints while keeping them on direct OpenAI and Azure OpenAI paths, so third-party OpenAI-compatible providers no longer reject those requests with HTTP 400. (#49877) Thanks @ShaunTsai.
-- 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.
 - Models/OpenRouter runtime capabilities: fetch uncatalogued OpenRouter model metadata on first use so newly added vision models keep image input instead of silently degrading to text-only, with top-level capability field fallbacks for `/api/v1/models`. (#45824) Thanks @DJjjjhao.
 - Control UI/session routing: preserve established external delivery routes when webchat views or sends in externally originated sessions, so subagent completions still return to the original channel instead of the dashboard. (#47797) Thanks @brokemac79.
 - 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.
@@ -627,10 +972,6 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Google Chat/runtime API: thin the private runtime barrel onto the curated public SDK surface while keeping public Google Chat exports intact. (#49504) Thanks @scoootscooob.
 - 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 +981,15 @@ 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.
@@ -691,6 +1016,9 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Feishu/topic threads: fetch full thread context, including prior bot replies, when starting a topic-thread session so follow-up turns in Feishu topics keep the right conversation state. (#45254) Thanks @Coobiw.
 - Feishu/media: keep native image, file, audio, and video/media handling aligned across outbound sends, inbound downloads, thread replies, directory/action aliases, and capability docs so unsupported areas are explicit instead of implied. (#47968) Thanks @Takhoffman.
 - Feishu/webhooks: harden signed webhook verification to use constant-time signature comparison and keep malformed short signatures fail-closed in webhook E2E coverage.
+- Ollama/tool replay: deserialize stringified tool-call arguments on native and OpenAI-compatible Ollama paths while preserving unsafe integer ids across round-trips. (#52253) Thanks @Adam-Researchh.
+- WhatsApp/reconnect: restore the append recency filter in the extension inbox monitor and handle protobuf `Long` timestamps correctly, so fresh post-reconnect append messages are processed while stale history sync stays suppressed. (#42588) Thanks @MonkeyLeeT.
+- WhatsApp/login: wait for pending creds writes before reopening after Baileys `515` pairing restarts in both QR login and `channels login` flows, and keep the restart coverage pinned to the real wrapped error shape plus per-account creds queues. (#27910) Thanks @asyncjason.
 - Telegram/message send: forward `--force-document` through the `sendPayload` path as well as `sendMedia`, so Telegram payload sends with `channelData` keep uploading images as documents instead of silently falling back to compressed photo sends. (#47119) Thanks @thepagent.
 - Telegram/message chunking: preserve spaces, paragraph separators, and word boundaries when HTML overflow rechunking splits formatted replies. (#47274) Thanks @obviyus.
 - Z.AI/onboarding: detect a working default model even for explicit `zai-coding-*` endpoint choices, so Coding Plan setup can keep the selected endpoint while defaulting to `glm-5` when available or `glm-4.7` as fallback. (#45969) Thanks @obviyus.
@@ -733,6 +1061,7 @@ 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 +1087,6 @@ 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.
@@ -770,7 +1098,6 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Plugins/subagents: preserve gateway-owned plugin subagent access across runtime, tool, and embedded-runner load paths so gateway plugin tools and context engines can still spawn and manage subagents after the loader cache split. (#46648) Thanks @jalehman.
 - Plugins/subagents: forward per-run provider and model overrides through gateway plugin subagent dispatch so plugin-launched agent delegations honor explicit model selection again. (#48277) Thanks @jalehman.
 - Tests/OpenAI Codex auth: align login expectations with the default `gpt-5.4` model so CI coverage stays consistent with the current OpenAI Codex default. (#44367) Thanks @jrrcdev.
-- Plugins/Matrix TTS: send auto-TTS replies as native Matrix voice bubbles instead of generic audio attachments. (#37080) thanks @Matthew19990919.
 - Plugins/discovery: distinguish missing package entry files from package-path escape violations so startup skips absent plugin entry paths without raising false security diagnostics. (#52491) Thanks @hclsys.
 - Plugins/Matrix: accept shared send-tool media aliases (`mediaUrl`, `filePath`, `path`) and preserve `asVoice` / `audioAsVoice` through Matrix action dispatch so media-only sends and voice-message intents reach the plugin send layer correctly. Thanks @psacc and @vincentkoc.
 - Plugins/runtime-api: pin extension runtime-api export surfaces with explicit guardrail coverage so future surface creep becomes a deliberate diff. Thanks @vincentkoc.
@@ -778,14 +1105,11 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Plugins/update: let `openclaw plugins update <npm-spec>` target tracked npm installs by dist-tag or exact version, and preserve the recorded npm spec for later id-based updates. (#49998) Thanks @huntharo.
 - Tests/CLI: reduce command-secret gateway test import pressure while keeping the real protocol payload validator in place, so the isolated lane no longer carries the heavier runtime-web and message-channel graphs. (#50663) Thanks @huntharo.
 - Gateway/plugins: share plugin interactive callback routing and plugin bind approval state across duplicate module graphs so Telegram Codex picker buttons and plugin bind approvals no longer fall through to normal inbound message routing. (#50722) Thanks @huntharo.
-- 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 +1171,6 @@ 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 +1266,8 @@ 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.
@@ -964,8 +1282,6 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Docs/Brave pricing: escape literal dollar signs in Brave Search cost text so the docs render the free credit and per-request pricing correctly. (#44989) Thanks @keelanfh.
 - Feishu/file uploads: preserve literal UTF-8 filenames in `im.file.create` so Chinese and other non-ASCII filenames no longer appear percent-encoded in chat. (#34262) Thanks @fabiaodemianyang and @KangShuaiFu.
 - Agents/compaction safeguard: trim large kept `toolResult` payloads consistently for budgeting, pruning, and identifier seeding, then restore preserved payloads after prune so oversized safeguard summaries stay stable. (#44133) thanks @SayrWolfridge.
-- Agents/compaction: compare post-compaction token sanity checks against full-session pre-compaction totals and skip the check when token estimation fails, so sessions with large bootstrap context keep real token counts instead of falling back to unknown. (#28347) thanks @efe-arv.
-- Discord/gateway startup: treat plain-text and transient `/gateway/bot` metadata fetch failures as transient startup errors so Discord gateway boot no longer crashes on unhandled rejections. (#44397) Thanks @jalehman.
 - Agents/Ollama overflow: rewrite Ollama `prompt too long` API payloads through the normal context-overflow sanitizer so embedded sessions keep the friendly overflow copy and auto-compaction trigger. (#34019) thanks @lishuaigit.
 
 - Control UI/auth: restore one-time legacy `?token=` imports for shared Control UI links while keeping `#token=` preferred, and carry pending query tokens through gateway URL confirmation so compatibility links still authenticate after confirmation. (#43979) Thanks @stim64045-spec.
@@ -1009,7 +1325,6 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - macOS/LaunchAgent install: tighten LaunchAgent directory and plist permissions during install so launchd bootstrap does not fail when the target home path or generated plist inherited group/world-writable modes.
 - Discord/reply chunking: resolve the effective `maxLinesPerMessage` config across live reply paths and preserve `chunkMode` in the fast send path so long Discord replies no longer split unexpectedly at the default 17-line limit. (#40133) thanks @rbutera.
 - Feishu/local image auto-convert: pass `mediaLocalRoots` through the `sendText` local-image shim so allowed local image paths upload as Feishu images again instead of falling back to raw path text. (#40623) Thanks @ayanesakura.
-- Models/Kimi Coding: send `anthropic-messages` tools in native Anthropic format again so `kimi-coding` stops degrading tool calls into XML/plain-text pseudo invocations instead of real `tool_use` blocks. (#38669, #39907, #40552) Thanks @opriz.
 - Telegram/outbound HTML sends: chunk long HTML-mode messages, preserve plain-text fallback and silent-delivery params across retries, and cut over to plain text when HTML chunk planning cannot safely preserve the full message. (#42240) thanks @obviyus.
 - 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.
 - Telegram/final preview delivery followup: keep ambiguous missing-`message_id` finals only when a preview was already visible, while first-preview/no-id cases still fall back so Telegram users do not lose the final reply. (#41932) thanks @hougangdev.
@@ -1087,12 +1402,7 @@ 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 +1411,7 @@ 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.
@@ -1197,7 +1504,6 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - CLI/skills tables: keep terminal table borders aligned for wide graphemes, use full reported terminal width, and switch a few ambiguous skill icons to Terminal-safe emoji so `openclaw skills` renders more consistently in Terminal.app and iTerm. Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - Memory/Gemini: normalize returned Gemini embeddings across direct query, direct batch, and async batch paths so memory search uses consistent vector handling for Gemini too. (#43409) Thanks @gumadeiras.
 - Agents/failover: recognize additional serialized network errno strings plus `EHOSTDOWN` and `EPIPE` structured codes so transient transport failures trigger timeout failover more reliably. (#42830) Thanks @jnMetaCode.
-- 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.
 - Agents/embedded runner: carry provider-observed overflow token counts into compaction so overflow retries and diagnostics use the rejected live prompt size instead of only transcript estimates. (#40357) thanks @rabsef-bicrym.
 - Agents/compaction transcript updates: emit a transcript-update event immediately after successful embedded compaction so downstream listeners observe the post-compact transcript without waiting for a later write. (#25558) thanks @rodrigouroz.
 - Agents/sessions_spawn: use the target agent workspace for cross-agent spawned runs instead of inheriting the caller workspace, so child sessions load the correct workspace-scoped instructions and persona files. (#40176) Thanks @moshehbenavraham.

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@ Welcome to the lobster tank! 🦞
 4. **Test/CI-only PRs for known `main` failures** → Don't open a PR. The Maintainer team is already tracking those failures, and PRs that only tweak tests or CI to chase them will be closed unless they are required to validate a new fix.
 5. **Questions** → Discord [#help](https://discord.com/channels/1456350064065904867/1459642797895319552) / [#users-helping-users](https://discord.com/channels/1456350064065904867/1459007081603403828)
 
+## PR Limits
+
+We cap at **10 open PRs per author**. If you exceed this, the `r: too-many-prs` label is added and your PR is auto-closed. This is a hard limit.
+
+For coordinated change sets that genuinely need more than 10 PRs, join the **#clawtributors** channel in Discord and talk to maintainers first.
+
 ## Before You PR
 
 - Test locally with your OpenClaw instance
@@ -159,7 +165,10 @@ 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 +32,58 @@ New install? Start here: [Getting started](https://docs.openclaw.ai/start/gettin
 
 ## Sponsors
 
-| OpenAI                                                            | Vercel                                                            | Blacksmith                                                                   | Convex                                                                |
-| ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| [![OpenAI](docs/assets/sponsors/openai.svg)](https://openai.com/) | [![Vercel](docs/assets/sponsors/vercel.svg)](https://vercel.com/) | [![Blacksmith](docs/assets/sponsors/blacksmith.svg)](https://blacksmith.sh/) | [![Convex](docs/assets/sponsors/convex.svg)](https://www.convex.dev/) |
+<table>
+  <tr>
+    <td align="center" width="16.66%">
+      <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="16.66%">
+      <a href="https://github.com/">
+        <picture>
+          <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: light)" srcset="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openclaw/openclaw/main/docs/assets/sponsors/github-light.svg">
+          <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openclaw/openclaw/main/docs/assets/sponsors/github.svg" alt="GitHub" height="28">
+        </picture>
+      </a>
+    </td>
+    <td align="center" width="16.66%">
+      <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="16.66%">
+      <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="16.66%">
+      <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="16.66%">
+      <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

@@ -56,8 +56,12 @@ These are frequently reported but are typically closed with no code change:
 - Authorized user-triggered local actions presented as privilege escalation. Example: an allowlisted/owner sender running `/export-session /absolute/path.html` to write on the host. In this trust model, authorized user actions are trusted host actions unless you demonstrate an auth/sandbox/boundary bypass.
 - 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 only show quoted/replied/thread/forwarded supplemental context from non-allowlisted senders being visible to the model, without demonstrating an auth, policy, approval, or sandbox boundary bypass.
 - 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 +97,14 @@ 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 +140,7 @@ 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.
@@ -156,6 +168,24 @@ OpenClaw's security model is "personal assistant" (one trusted operator, potenti
 - For company-shared setups, use a dedicated machine/VM/container and dedicated accounts; avoid mixing personal data on that runtime.
 - If that host/browser profile is logged into personal accounts (for example Apple/Google/personal password manager), you have collapsed the boundary and increased personal-data exposure risk.
 
+## Context Visibility and Allowlists
+
+OpenClaw distinguishes:
+
+- **Trigger authorization**: who can trigger the agent (`dmPolicy`, `groupPolicy`, allowlists, mention gates)
+- **Context visibility**: what supplemental context is provided to the model (reply body, quoted text, thread history, forwarded metadata)
+
+In current releases, allowlists primarily gate triggering and owner-style command access. They do not guarantee universal supplemental-context redaction across every channel/surface.
+
+Current channel behavior is not fully uniform:
+
+- some channels already filter parts of supplemental context by sender allowlist
+- other channels still pass supplemental context as received
+
+Reports that only show supplemental-context visibility differences are typically hardening/consistency findings unless they also demonstrate a documented boundary bypass (auth, policy, approvals, sandbox, or equivalent).
+
+Hardening roadmap may add explicit visibility modes (for example `all`, `allowlist`, `allowlist_quote`) so operators can opt into stricter context filtering with predictable tradeoffs.
+
 ## Agent and Model Assumptions
 
 - The model/agent is **not** a trusted principal. Assume prompt/content injection can manipulate behavior.

appcast.xml

@@ -3,238 +3,305 @@
     <channel>
         <title>OpenClaw</title>
         <item>
-            <title>2026.3.28</title>
-            <pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 02:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
+            <title>2026.4.2</title>
+            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
             <link>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openclaw/openclaw/main/appcast.xml</link>
-            <sparkle:version>2026032890</sparkle:version>
-            <sparkle:shortVersionString>2026.3.28</sparkle:shortVersionString>
+            <sparkle:version>2026040290</sparkle:version>
+            <sparkle:shortVersionString>2026.4.2</sparkle:shortVersionString>
             <sparkle:minimumSystemVersion>15.0</sparkle:minimumSystemVersion>
-            <description><![CDATA[<h2>OpenClaw 2026.3.28</h2>
+            <description><![CDATA[<h2>OpenClaw 2026.4.2</h2>
 <h3>Breaking</h3>
 <ul>
-<li>Providers/Qwen: remove the deprecated <code>qwen-portal-auth</code> OAuth integration for <code>portal.qwen.ai</code>; migrate to Model Studio with <code>openclaw onboard --auth-choice modelstudio-api-key</code>. (#52709) Thanks @pomelo-nwu.</li>
-<li>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 <code>openclaw doctor</code>.</li>
+<li>Plugins/xAI: move <code>x_search</code> settings from the legacy core <code>tools.web.x_search.*</code> path to the plugin-owned <code>plugins.entries.xai.config.xSearch.*</code> path, standardize <code>x_search</code> auth on <code>plugins.entries.xai.config.webSearch.apiKey</code> / <code>XAI_API_KEY</code>, and migrate legacy config with <code>openclaw doctor --fix</code>. (#59674) Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>Plugins/web fetch: move Firecrawl <code>web_fetch</code> config from the legacy core <code>tools.web.fetch.firecrawl.*</code> path to the plugin-owned <code>plugins.entries.firecrawl.config.webFetch.*</code> path, route <code>web_fetch</code> fallback through the new fetch-provider boundary instead of a Firecrawl-only core branch, and migrate legacy config with <code>openclaw doctor --fix</code>. (#59465) Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
 </ul>
 <h3>Changes</h3>
 <ul>
-<li>xAI/tools: move the bundled xAI provider to the Responses API, add first-class <code>x_search</code>, and auto-enable the xAI plugin from owned web-search and tool config so bundled Grok auth/configured search flows work without manual plugin toggles. (#56048) Thanks @huntharo.</li>
-<li>xAI/onboarding: let the bundled Grok web-search plugin offer optional <code>x_search</code> setup during <code>openclaw onboard</code> and <code>openclaw configure --section web</code>, including an x_search model picker with the shared xAI key.</li>
-<li>MiniMax: add image generation provider for <code>image-01</code> model, supporting generate and image-to-image editing with aspect ratio control. (#54487) Thanks @liyuan97.</li>
-<li>Plugins/hooks: add async <code>requireApproval</code> to <code>before_tool_call</code> hooks, letting plugins pause tool execution and prompt the user for approval via the exec approval overlay, Telegram buttons, Discord interactions, or the <code>/approve</code> command on any channel. The <code>/approve</code> command now handles both exec and plugin approvals with automatic fallback. (#55339) Thanks @vaclavbelak and @joshavant.</li>
-<li>ACP/channels: add current-conversation ACP binds for Discord, BlueBubbles, and iMessage so <code>/acp spawn codex --bind here</code> can turn the current chat into a Codex-backed workspace without creating a child thread, and document the distinction between chat surface, ACP session, and runtime workspace.</li>
-<li>OpenAI/apply_patch: enable <code>apply_patch</code> by default for OpenAI and OpenAI Codex models, and align its sandbox policy access with <code>write</code> permissions.</li>
-<li>Plugins/CLI backends: move bundled Claude CLI, Codex CLI, and Gemini CLI inference defaults onto the plugin surface, add bundled Gemini CLI backend support, and replace <code>gateway run --claude-cli-logs</code> with generic <code>--cli-backend-logs</code> while keeping the old flag as a compatibility alias.</li>
-<li>Plugins/startup: auto-load bundled provider and CLI-backend plugins from explicit config refs, so bundled Claude CLI, Codex CLI, and Gemini CLI message-provider setups no longer need manual <code>plugins.allow</code> entries.</li>
-<li>Podman: simplify the container setup around the current rootless user, install the launch helper under <code>~/.local/bin</code>, and document the host-CLI <code>openclaw --container <name> ...</code> workflow instead of a dedicated <code>openclaw</code> service user.</li>
-<li>Slack/tool actions: add an explicit <code>upload-file</code> Slack action that routes file uploads through the existing Slack upload transport, with optional filename/title/comment overrides for channels and DMs.</li>
-<li>Message actions/files: start unifying file-first sends on the canonical <code>upload-file</code> action by adding explicit support for Microsoft Teams and Google Chat, and by exposing BlueBubbles file sends through <code>upload-file</code> while keeping the legacy <code>sendAttachment</code> alias.</li>
-<li>Plugins/Matrix TTS: send auto-TTS replies as native Matrix voice bubbles instead of generic audio attachments. (#37080) thanks @Matthew19990919.</li>
-<li>CLI: add <code>openclaw config schema</code> to print the generated JSON schema for <code>openclaw.json</code>. (#54523) Thanks @kvokka.</li>
-<li>Config/TTS: auto-migrate legacy speech config on normal reads and secret resolution, keep legacy diagnostics for Doctor, and remove regular-mode runtime fallback for old bundled <code>tts.<provider></code> API-key shapes.</li>
-<li>Memory/plugins: move the pre-compaction memory flush plan behind the active memory plugin contract so <code>memory-core</code> owns flush prompts and target-path policy instead of hardcoded core logic.</li>
-<li>MiniMax: trim model catalog to M2.7 only, removing legacy M2, M2.1, M2.5, and VL-01 models. (#54487) Thanks @liyuan97.</li>
-<li>Plugins/runtime: expose <code>runHeartbeatOnce</code> in the plugin runtime <code>system</code> namespace so plugins can trigger a single heartbeat cycle with an explicit delivery target override (e.g. <code>heartbeat: { target: "last" }</code>). (#40299) Thanks @loveyana.</li>
-<li>Agents/compaction: preserve the post-compaction AGENTS refresh on stale-usage preflight compaction for both immediate replies and queued followups. (#49479) Thanks @jared596.</li>
-<li>Agents/compaction: surface safeguard-specific cancel reasons and relabel benign manual <code>/compact</code> no-op cases as skipped instead of failed. (#51072) Thanks @afurm.</li>
-<li>Docs: add <code>pnpm docs:check-links:anchors</code> for Mintlify anchor validation while keeping <code>scripts/docs-link-audit.mjs</code> as the stable link-audit entrypoint. (#55912) Thanks @velvet-shark.</li>
-<li>Tavily: mark outbound API requests with <code>X-Client-Source: openclaw</code> so Tavily can attribute OpenClaw-originated traffic. (#55335) Thanks @lakshyaag-tavily.</li>
+<li>Tasks/Task Flow: restore the core Task Flow substrate with managed-vs-mirrored sync modes, durable flow state/revision tracking, and <code>openclaw flows</code> inspection/recovery primitives so background orchestration can persist and be operated separately from plugin authoring layers. (#58930) Thanks @mbelinky.</li>
+<li>Tasks/Task Flow: add managed child task spawning plus sticky cancel intent, so external orchestrators can stop scheduling immediately and let parent Task Flows settle to <code>cancelled</code> once active child tasks finish. (#59610) Thanks @mbelinky.</li>
+<li>Plugins/Task Flow: add a bound <code>api.runtime.taskFlow</code> seam so plugins and trusted authoring layers can create and drive managed Task Flows from host-resolved OpenClaw context without passing owner identifiers on each call. (#59622) Thanks @mbelinky.</li>
+<li>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.</li>
+<li>Exec defaults: make gateway/node host exec default to YOLO mode by requesting <code>security=full</code> with <code>ask=off</code>, and align host approval-file fallbacks plus docs/doctor reporting with that no-prompt default.</li>
+<li>Providers/runtime: add provider-owned replay hook surfaces for transcript policy, replay cleanup, and reasoning-mode dispatch. (#59143) Thanks @jalehman.</li>
+<li>Plugins/hooks: add <code>before_agent_reply</code> so plugins can short-circuit the LLM with synthetic replies after inline actions. (#20067) Thanks @JoshuaLelon.</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>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>Matrix/plugin: emit spec-compliant <code>m.mentions</code> 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.</li>
+<li>Diffs: add plugin-owned <code>viewerBaseUrl</code> so viewer links can use a stable proxy/public origin without passing <code>baseUrl</code> on every tool call. (#59341) Related #59227. Thanks @gumadeiras.</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>
+<li>Agents/compaction: add <code>agents.defaults.compaction.notifyUser</code> so the <code>🧹 Compacting context...</code> start notice is opt-in instead of always being shown. (#54251) Thanks @oguricap0327.</li>
+<li>WhatsApp/reactions: add <code>reactionLevel</code> guidance for agent reactions. Thanks @mcaxtr.</li>
+<li>Exec approvals/channels: auto-enable DM-first native chat approvals when supported channels can infer approvers from existing owner config, while keeping channel fanout explicit and clarifying forwarding versus native approval client config.</li>
 </ul>
 <h3>Fixes</h3>
 <ul>
-<li>Agents/Anthropic: recover unhandled provider stop reasons (e.g. <code>sensitive</code>) as structured assistant errors instead of crashing the agent run. (#56639)</li>
-<li>Google/models: resolve Gemini 3.1 pro, flash, and flash-lite for all Google provider aliases by passing the actual runtime provider ID and adding a template-provider fallback; fix flash-lite prefix ordering. (#56567)</li>
-<li>OpenAI Codex/image tools: register Codex for media understanding and route image prompts through Codex instructions so image analysis no longer fails on missing provider registration or missing <code>instructions</code>. (#54829) Thanks @neeravmakwana.</li>
-<li>Agents/image tool: restore the generic image-runtime fallback when no provider-specific media-understanding provider is registered, so image analysis works again for providers like <code>openrouter</code> and <code>minimax-portal</code>. (#54858) Thanks @MonkeyLeeT.</li>
-<li>WhatsApp: fix infinite echo loop in self-chat DM mode where the bot's own outbound replies were re-processed as new inbound user messages. (#54570) Thanks @joelnishanth</li>
-<li>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)</li>
-<li>Telegram/delivery: skip whitespace-only and hook-blanked text replies in bot delivery to prevent GrammyError 400 empty-text crashes. (#56620)</li>
-<li>Telegram/send: validate <code>replyToMessageId</code> at all four API sinks with a shared normalizer that rejects non-numeric, NaN, and mixed-content strings. (#56587)</li>
-<li>Mistral: normalize OpenAI-compatible request flags so official Mistral API runs no longer fail with remaining <code>422 status code (no body)</code> chat errors.</li>
-<li>Control UI/config: keep sensitive raw config hidden by default, replace the blank blocked editor with an explicit reveal-to-edit state, and restore raw JSON editing without auto-exposing secrets. Fixes #55322.</li>
-<li>CLI/zsh: defer <code>compdef</code> registration until <code>compinit</code> is available so zsh completion loads cleanly with plugin managers and manual setups. (#56555)</li>
-<li>BlueBubbles/debounce: guard debounce flush against null message text by sanitizing at the enqueue boundary and adding an independent combiner guard. (#56573)</li>
-<li>Auto-reply: suppress JSON-wrapped <code>{"action":"NO_REPLY"}</code> control envelopes before channel delivery with a strict single-key detector; preserves media when text is only a silent envelope. (#56612)</li>
-<li>ACP/ACPX agent registry: align OpenClaw's ACPX built-in agent mirror with the latest <code>openclaw/acpx</code> command defaults and built-in aliases, pin versioned <code>npx</code> built-ins to exact versions, and stop unknown ACP agent ids from falling through to raw <code>--agent</code> command execution on the MCP-proxy path. (#28321) Thanks @m0nkmaster and @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Security/audit: extend web search key audit to recognize Gemini, Grok/xAI, Kimi, Moonshot, and OpenRouter credentials via a boundary-safe bundled-web-search registry shim. (#56540)</li>
-<li>Docs/FAQ: remove broken Xfinity SSL troubleshooting cross-links from English and zh-CN FAQ entries — both sections already contain the full workaround inline. (#56500)</li>
-<li>Telegram: deliver verbose tool summaries inside forum topic sessions again, so threaded topic chats now match DM verbose behavior. (#43236) Thanks @frankbuild.</li>
-<li>BlueBubbles/CLI agents: restore inbound prompt image refs for CLI routed turns, reapply embedded runner image size guardrails, and cover both CLI image transport paths with regression tests. (#51373)</li>
-<li>BlueBubbles/groups: optionally enrich unnamed participant lists with local macOS Contacts names after group gating passes, so group member context can show names instead of only raw phone numbers.</li>
-<li>Discord/reconnect: drain stale gateway sockets, clear cached resume state before forced fresh reconnects, and fail closed when old sockets refuse to die so Discord recovery stops looping on poisoned resume state. (#54697) Thanks @ngutman.</li>
-<li>iMessage: stop leaking inline <code>[[reply_to:...]]</code> tags into delivered text by sending <code>reply_to</code> as RPC metadata and stripping stray directive tags from outbound messages. (#39512) Thanks @mvanhorn.</li>
-<li>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.</li>
-<li>CLI/message send: write manual <code>openclaw message send</code> deliveries into the resolved agent session transcript again by always threading the default CLI agent through outbound mirroring. (#54187) Thanks @KevInTheCloud5617.</li>
-<li>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</li>
-<li>Agents/status: use provider-aware context window lookup for fresh Anthropic 4.6 model overrides so <code>/status</code> shows the correct 1.0m window instead of an underreported shared-cache minimum. (#54796) Thanks @neeravmakwana.</li>
-<li>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.</li>
-<li>OpenAI/WS: restore reasoning blocks for Responses WebSocket runs and keep reasoning/tool-call replay metadata intact so resumed sessions do not lose or break follow-up reasoning-capable turns. (#53856) Thanks @xujingchen1996.</li>
-<li>Agents/errors: surface provider quota/reset details when available, but keep HTML/Cloudflare rate-limit pages on the generic fallback so raw error pages are not shown to users. (#54512) Thanks @bugkill3r.</li>
-<li>Claude CLI: switch the bundled Claude CLI backend to <code>stream-json</code> output so watchdogs see progress on long runs, and keep session/usage metadata even when Claude finishes with an empty result line. (#49698) Thanks @felear2022.</li>
-<li>Claude CLI/MCP: always pass a strict generated <code>--mcp-config</code> overlay for background Claude CLI runs, including the empty-server case, so Claude does not inherit ambient user/global MCP servers. (#54961) Thanks @markojak.</li>
-<li>Agents/embedded replies: surface mid-turn 429 and overload failures when embedded runs end without a user-visible reply, while preserving successful media-only replies that still use legacy <code>mediaUrl</code>. (#50930) Thanks @infichen.</li>
-<li>Chat/UI: move the chat send button onto the shared ghost-button theme styling, while keeping the stop button icon readable on the danger state. (#55075) Thanks @bottenbenny.</li>
-<li>WhatsApp/allowFrom: show a specific allowFrom policy error for valid blocked targets instead of the misleading <code><E.164|group JID></code> format hint. Thanks @mcaxtr.</li>
-<li>Agents/cooldowns: scope rate-limit cooldowns per model so one 429 no longer blocks every model on the same auth profile, replace the exponential 1 min -> 1 h escalation with a stepped 30 s / 1 min / 5 min ladder, and surface a user-facing countdown message when all models are rate-limited. (#49834) Thanks @kiranvk-2011.</li>
-<li>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.</li>
-<li>Telegram/pairing: ignore self-authored DM <code>message</code> updates so bot-pinned status cards and similar service updates do not trigger bogus pairing requests or re-enter inbound dispatch. (#54530) thanks @huntharo</li>
-<li>Mattermost/replies: keep pairing replies, slash-command fallback replies, and model-picker messages on the resolved config path so <code>exec:</code> SecretRef bot tokens work across all outbound reply branches. (#48347) thanks @mathiasnagler.</li>
-<li>Microsoft Teams/config: accept the existing <code>welcomeCard</code>, <code>groupWelcomeCard</code>, <code>promptStarters</code>, and feedback/reflection keys in strict config validation so already-supported Teams runtime settings stop failing schema checks. (#54679) Thanks @gumclaw.</li>
-<li>MCP/channels: add a Gateway-backed channel MCP bridge with Codex/Claude-facing conversation tools, Claude channel notifications, and safer stdio bridge lifecycle handling for reconnects and routed session discovery.</li>
-<li>Plugins/SDK: thread <code>moduleUrl</code> through plugin-sdk alias resolution so user-installed plugins outside the openclaw directory correctly resolve <code>openclaw/plugin-sdk/*</code> subpath imports, and gate <code>plugin-sdk:check-exports</code> in <code>release:check</code>. (#54283) Thanks @xieyongliang.</li>
-<li>Config/web fetch: allow the documented <code>tools.web.fetch.maxResponseBytes</code> setting in runtime schema validation so valid configs no longer fail with unrecognized-key errors. (#53401) Thanks @erhhung.</li>
-<li>Message tool/buttons: keep the shared <code>buttons</code> schema optional in merged tool definitions so plain <code>action=send</code> calls stop failing validation when no buttons are provided. (#54418) Thanks @adzendo.</li>
-<li>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 <code>tool_call_id</code> values with HTTP 400. (#40996) Thanks @xaeon2026.</li>
-<li>Models/openai-completions: default non-native OpenAI-compatible providers to omit tool-definition <code>strict</code> fields unless users explicitly opt back in, so tool calling keeps working on providers that reject that option. (#45497) Thanks @sahancava.</li>
-<li>Plugins/context engines: retry strict legacy <code>assemble()</code> calls without the new <code>prompt</code> field when older engines reject it, preserving prompt-aware retrieval compatibility for pre-prompt plugins. (#50848) thanks @danhdoan.</li>
-<li>CLI/update status: explicitly say <code>up to date</code> when the local version already matches npm latest, while keeping the availability logic unchanged. (#51409) Thanks @dongzhenye.</li>
-<li>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.</li>
-<li>Feishu: close WebSocket connections on monitor stop/abort so ghost connections no longer persist, preventing duplicate event processing and resource leaks across restart cycles. (#52844) Thanks @schumilin.</li>
-<li>Feishu: use the original message <code>create_time</code> instead of <code>Date.now()</code> for inbound timestamps so offline-retried messages carry the correct authoring time, preventing mis-targeted agent actions on stale instructions. (#52809) Thanks @schumilin.</li>
-<li>Control UI/Skills: open skill detail dialogs with the browser modal lifecycle so clicking a skill row keeps the panel centered instead of rendering it off-screen at the bottom of the page.</li>
-<li>Matrix/replies: include quoted poll question/options in inbound reply context so the agent sees the original poll content when users reply to Matrix poll messages. (#55056) Thanks @alberthild.</li>
-<li>Matrix/plugins: keep plugin bootstrap from crashing when built runtime mixes bare and deep <code>matrix-js-sdk</code> entrypoints, so unrelated channels do not get taken down during plugin load. (#56273) Thanks @aquaright1.</li>
-<li>Agents/sandbox: honor <code>tools.sandbox.tools.alsoAllow</code>, 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.</li>
-<li>Agents/sandbox: make blocked-tool guidance glob-aware again, redact/sanitize session-specific explain hints for safer copy-paste, and avoid leaking control-character session keys in those hints. (#54684) Thanks @ngutman.</li>
-<li>Agents/compaction: trigger timeout recovery compaction before retrying high-context LLM timeouts so embedded runs stop repeating oversized requests. (#46417) thanks @joeykrug.</li>
-<li>Agents/compaction: reconcile <code>sessions.json.compactionCount</code> after a late embedded auto-compaction success so persisted session counts catch up once the handler reports completion. (#45493) Thanks @jackal092927.</li>
-<li>Agents/failover: classify Codex accountId token extraction failures as auth errors so model fallback continues to the next configured candidate. (#55206) Thanks @cosmicnet.</li>
-<li>Plugins/runtime: reuse only compatible active plugin registries across tools, providers, web search, and channel bootstrap, align <code>/tools/invoke</code> plugin loading with the session workspace, and retry outbound channel recovery when the pinned channel surface changes so plugin tools and channels stop disappearing or re-registering from mismatched runtime loads. Thanks @gumadeiras.</li>
-<li>Talk/macOS: stop direct system-voice failures from replaying system speech, use app-locale fallback for shared watchdog timing, and add regression coverage for the macOS fallback route and language-aware timeout policy. (#53511) thanks @hongsw.</li>
-<li>Discord/gateway cleanup: keep late Carbon reconnect-exhausted errors suppressed through startup/dispose cleanup so Discord monitor shutdown no longer crashes on late gateway close events. (#55373) Thanks @Takhoffman.</li>
-<li>Discord/gateway shutdown: treat expected reconnect-exhausted events during intentional lifecycle stop as clean shutdowns so startup-abort cleanup no longer surfaces false gateway failures. (#55324) Thanks @joelnishanth.</li>
-<li>Discord/gateway shutdown: suppress reconnect-exhausted events that were already buffered before teardown flips <code>lifecycleStopping</code>, so stale-socket Discord restarts no longer crash the whole gateway. Fixes #55403 and #55421. Thanks @lml2468 and @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>GitHub Copilot/auth refresh: treat large <code>expires_at</code> values as seconds epochs and clamp far-future runtime auth refresh timers so Copilot token refresh cannot fall into a <code>setTimeout</code> overflow hot loop. (#55360) Thanks @michael-abdo.</li>
-<li>Agents/status: use the persisted runtime session model in <code>session_status</code> when no explicit override exists, and honor per-agent <code>thinkingDefault</code> in both <code>session_status</code> and <code>/status</code>. (#55425) Thanks @scoootscooob, @xaeon2026, and @ysfbsf.</li>
-<li>Heartbeat/runner: guarantee the interval timer is re-armed after heartbeat runs and unexpected runner errors so scheduled heartbeats do not silently stop after an interrupted cycle. (#52270) Thanks @MiloStack.</li>
-<li>Config/Doctor: rewrite stale bundled plugin load paths from legacy bundled-plugin locations to the packaged bundled path, including directory-name mismatches and slash-suffixed config entries. (#55054) Thanks @SnowSky1.</li>
-<li>WhatsApp/mentions: stop treating mentions embedded in quoted messages as direct mentions so replying to a message that @mentioned the bot no longer falsely triggers mention gating. (#52711) Thanks @lurebat.</li>
-<li>Matrix: keep separate 2-person rooms out of DM routing after <code>m.direct</code> seeds successfully, while still honoring explicit <code>is_direct</code> state and startup fallback recovery. (#54890) thanks @private-peter</li>
-<li>Agents/ollama fallback: surface non-2xx Ollama HTTP errors with a leading status code so HTTP 503 responses trigger model fallback again. (#55214) Thanks @bugkill3r.</li>
-<li>Feishu/tools: stop synthetic agent ids like <code>agent-spawner</code> from being treated as Feishu account ids during tool execution, so tools fall back to the configured/default Feishu account unless the contextual id is a real enabled Feishu account. (#55627) Thanks @MonkeyLeeT.</li>
-<li>Google/tools: strip empty <code>required: []</code> arrays from Gemini tool schemas so optional-only tool parameters no longer trigger Google validator 400s. (#52106) Thanks @oliviareid-svg.</li>
-<li>Onboarding/TUI/local gateways: show the resolved gateway port in setup output, clarify no-daemon local health/dashboard messaging, and preserve loopback Control UI auth on reruns and explicit local gateway URLs so local quickstart flows recover cleanly. (#55730) Thanks @shakkernerd.</li>
-<li>TUI/chat log: keep system messages as single logical entries and prune overflow at whole-message boundaries so wrapped system spacing stays intact. (#55732) Thanks @shakkernerd.</li>
-<li>TUI/activation: validate <code>/activation</code> arguments in the TUI and reject invalid values instead of silently coercing them to <code>mention</code>. (#55733) Thanks @shakkernerd.</li>
-<li>Agents/model switching: apply <code>/model</code> changes to active embedded runs at the next safe retry boundary, so overloaded or retrying turns switch to the newly selected model instead of staying pinned to the old provider.</li>
-<li>Agents/Codex fallback: classify Codex <code>server_error</code> payloads as failoverable, sanitize <code>Codex error:</code> payloads before they reach chat, preserve context-overflow guidance for prefixed <code>invalid_request_error</code> payloads, and omit provider <code>request_id</code> values from user-facing UI copy. (#42892) Thanks @xaeon2026.</li>
-<li>Memory/search: share memory embedding provider registrations across split plugin runtimes so memory search no longer fails with unknown provider errors after memory-core registers built-in adapters. (#55945) Thanks @glitch418x.</li>
-<li>Discord/Carbon beta: update <code>@buape/carbon</code> to the latest beta and pass the new <code>RateLimitError</code> request argument so Discord stays compatible with the upstream beta constructor change. (#55980) Thanks @ngutman.</li>
-<li>Plugins/inbound claims: pass full inbound attachment arrays through <code>inbound_claim</code> hook metadata while keeping the legacy singular media attachment fields for compatibility. (#55452) Thanks @huntharo.</li>
-<li>Plugins/Matrix: preserve sender filenames for inbound media by forwarding <code>originalFilename</code> to <code>saveMediaBuffer</code>. (#55692) thanks @esrehmki.</li>
-<li>Matrix/mentions: recognize <code>matrix.to</code> mentions whose visible label uses the bot's room display name, so <code>requireMention: true</code> rooms respond correctly in modern Matrix clients. (#55393) thanks @nickludlam.</li>
-<li>Ollama/thinking off: route <code>thinkingLevel=off</code> through the live Ollama extension request path so thinking-capable Ollama models now receive top-level <code>think: false</code> instead of silently generating hidden reasoning tokens. (#53200) Thanks @BruceMacD.</li>
-<li>Plugins/diffs: stage bundled <code>@pierre/diffs</code> runtime dependencies during packaged updates so the bundled diff viewer keeps loading after global installs and updates. (#56077) Thanks @gumadeiras.</li>
-<li>Plugins/diffs: load bundled Pierre themes without JSON module imports so diff rendering keeps working on newer Node builds. (#45869) thanks @NickHood1984.</li>
-<li>Plugins/uninstall: remove owned <code>channels.<id></code> 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.</li>
-<li>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</li>
-<li>Plugins/Matrix: resolve env-backed <code>accessToken</code> and <code>password</code> SecretRefs against the active Matrix config env path during startup, and officially accept SecretRef <code>accessToken</code> config values. (#54980) thanks @kakahu2015.</li>
-<li>Microsoft Teams/proactive DMs: prefer the freshest personal conversation reference for <code>user:<aadObjectId></code> sends when multiple stored references exist, so replies stop targeting stale DM threads. (#54702) Thanks @gumclaw.</li>
-<li>Gateway/plugins: reuse the session workspace when building HTTP <code>/tools/invoke</code> 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</li>
-<li>Brave/web search: normalize unsupported Brave <code>country</code> filters to <code>ALL</code> before request and cache-key generation so locale-derived values like <code>VN</code> stop failing with upstream 422 validation errors. (#55695) Thanks @chen-zhang-cs-code.</li>
-<li>Discord/replies: preserve leading indentation when stripping inline reply tags so reply-tagged plain text and fenced code blocks keep their formatting. (#55960) Thanks @Nanako0129.</li>
-<li>Daemon/status: surface immediate gateway close reasons from lightweight probes and prefer those concrete auth or pairing failures over generic timeouts in <code>openclaw daemon status</code>. (#56282) Thanks @mbelinky.</li>
-<li>Agents/failover: classify HTTP 410 errors as retryable timeouts by default while still preserving explicit session-expired, billing, and auth signals from the payload. (#55201) thanks @nikus-pan.</li>
-<li>Agents/subagents: restore completion announce delivery for extension channels like BlueBubbles. (#56348)</li>
-<li>Plugins/Matrix: load bundled <code>@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-nodejs</code> through <code>createRequire(...)</code> so E2EE media send and receive keep the package-local native binding lookup working in packaged ESM builds. (#54566) thanks @joelnishanth.</li>
-<li>Plugins/Matrix: encrypt E2EE image thumbnails with <code>thumbnail_file</code> while keeping unencrypted-room previews on <code>thumbnail_url</code>, so encrypted Matrix image events keep thumbnail metadata without leaking plaintext previews. (#54711) thanks @frischeDaten.</li>
-<li>Telegram/forum topics: keep native <code>/new</code> and <code>/reset</code> routed to the active topic by preserving the topic target on forum-thread command context. (#35963)</li>
+<li>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.</li>
+<li>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.</li>
+<li>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.</li>
+<li>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.</li>
+<li>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.</li>
+<li>Providers/Anthropic routing: centralize native-vs-proxy endpoint classification for direct Anthropic <code>service_tier</code> handling so spoofed or proxied hosts do not inherit native Anthropic defaults. (#59608) Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>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 <code>2026.3.31</code>. (#59092) Thanks @openperf.</li>
+<li>Agents/subagents: pin admin-only subagent gateway calls to <code>operator.admin</code> while keeping <code>agent</code> at least privilege, so <code>sessions_spawn</code> no longer dies on loopback scope-upgrade pairing with <code>close(1008) "pairing required"</code>. (#59555) Thanks @openperf.</li>
+<li>Exec approvals/config: strip invalid <code>security</code>, <code>ask</code>, and <code>askFallback</code> values from <code>~/.openclaw/exec-approvals.json</code> during normalization so malformed policy enums fall back cleanly to the documented defaults instead of corrupting runtime policy resolution. (#59112) Thanks @openperf.</li>
+<li>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.</li>
+<li>Exec/runtime: treat <code>tools.exec.host=auto</code> as routing-only, keep implicit no-config exec on sandbox when available or gateway otherwise, and reject per-call host overrides that would bypass the configured sandbox or host target. (#58897) Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>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.</li>
+<li>WhatsApp/presence: send <code>unavailable</code> presence on connect in self-chat mode so personal-phone users stop losing all push notifications while the gateway is running. (#59410) Thanks @mcaxtr.</li>
+<li>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.</li>
+<li>Matrix/onboarding: restore guided setup in <code>openclaw channels add</code> and <code>openclaw configure --section channels</code>, while keeping custom plugin wizards on the shared <code>setupWizard</code> seam. (#59462) Thanks @gumadeiras.</li>
+<li>Matrix/streaming: keep live partial previews for the current assistant block while preserving completed block updates as separate messages when <code>channels.matrix.blockStreaming</code> is enabled. (#59384) Thanks @gumadeiras.</li>
+<li>Feishu/comment threads: harden document comment-thread delivery so whole-document comments fall back to <code>add_comment</code>, delayed reply lookups retry more reliably, and user-visible replies avoid reasoning/planning spillover. (#59129) Thanks @wittam-01.</li>
+<li>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.</li>
+<li>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.</li>
+<li>Mattermost/probes: route status probes through the SSRF guard and honor <code>allowPrivateNetwork</code> so connectivity checks stay safe for self-hosted Mattermost deployments. (#58529) Thanks @mappel-nv.</li>
+<li>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)</li>
+<li>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.</li>
+<li>Image generation/providers: route OpenAI, MiniMax, and fal image requests through the shared provider HTTP transport path so custom base URLs, guarded private-network routing, and provider request defaults stay aligned with the rest of provider HTTP. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>Image generation/providers: stop inferring private-network access from configured OpenAI, MiniMax, and fal image base URLs, and cap shared HTTP error-body reads so hostile or misconfigured endpoints fail closed without relaxing SSRF policy or buffering unbounded error payloads. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>Browser/host inspection: keep static Chrome inspection helpers out of the activated browser runtime so <code>openclaw doctor browser</code> and related checks do not eagerly load the bundled browser plugin. (#59471) Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>Browser/CDP: normalize trailing-dot localhost absolute-form hosts before loopback checks so remote CDP websocket URLs like <code>ws://localhost.:...</code> rewrite back to the configured remote host. (#59236) Thanks @mappel-nv.</li>
+<li>Agents/output sanitization: strip namespaced <code>antml:thinking</code> blocks from user-visible text so Anthropic-style internal monologue tags do not leak into replies. (#59550) Thanks @obviyus.</li>
+<li>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.</li>
+<li>Image tool/paths: resolve relative local media paths against the agent <code>workspaceDir</code> instead of <code>process.cwd()</code> so inputs like <code>inbox/receipt.png</code> pass the local-path allowlist reliably. (#57222) Thanks Priyansh Gupta.</li>
+<li>Podman/launch: remove noisy container output from <code>scripts/run-openclaw-podman.sh</code> and align the Podman install guidance with the quieter startup flow. (#59368) Thanks @sallyom.</li>
+<li>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.</li>
+<li>ACP/gateway reconnects: keep ACP prompts alive across transient websocket drops while still failing boundedly when reconnect recovery does not complete. (#59473) Thanks @obviyus.</li>
+<li>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.</li>
+<li>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.</li>
+<li>MS Teams/logging: format non-<code>Error</code> failures with the shared unknown-error helper so logs stop collapsing caught SDK or Axios objects into <code>[object Object]</code>. (#59321) Thanks @bradgroux.</li>
+<li>Channels/setup: ignore untrusted workspace channel plugins during setup resolution so a shadowing workspace plugin cannot override built-in channel setup/login flows unless explicitly trusted in config. (#59158) Thanks @mappel-nv.</li>
+<li>Exec/Windows: restore allowlist enforcement with quote-aware <code>argPattern</code> matching across gateway and node exec, and surface accurate dynamic pre-approved executable hints in the exec tool description. (#56285) Thanks @kpngr.</li>
+<li>Gateway: prune empty <code>node-pending-work</code> state entries after explicit acknowledgments and natural expiry so the per-node state map no longer grows indefinitely. (#58179) Thanks @gavyngong.</li>
+<li>Webhooks/secret comparison: replace ad-hoc timing-safe secret comparisons across BlueBubbles, Feishu, Mattermost, Telegram, Twilio, and Zalo webhook handlers with the shared <code>safeEqualSecret</code> helper and reject empty auth tokens in BlueBubbles. (#58432) Thanks @eleqtrizit.</li>
+<li>OpenShell/mirror: constrain <code>remoteWorkspaceDir</code> and <code>remoteAgentWorkspaceDir</code> to the managed <code>/sandbox</code> and <code>/agent</code> roots, and keep mirror sync from overwriting or removing user-added shell roots during config synchronization. (#58515) Thanks @eleqtrizit.</li>
+<li>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.</li>
+<li>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.</li>
+<li>Dotenv/workspace overrides: block workspace <code>.env</code> files from overriding <code>OPENCLAW_PINNED_PYTHON</code> and <code>OPENCLAW_PINNED_WRITE_PYTHON</code> so trusted helper interpreters cannot be redirected by repo-local env injection. (#58473) Thanks @eleqtrizit.</li>
+<li>Plugins/install: accept JSON5 syntax in <code>openclaw.plugin.json</code> and bundle <code>plugin.json</code> manifests during install/validation, so third-party plugins with trailing commas, comments, or unquoted keys no longer fail to install. (#59084) Thanks @singleGanghood.</li>
+<li>Telegram/exec approvals: rewrite shared <code>/approve … allow-always</code> callback payloads to <code>/approve … always</code> before Telegram button rendering so plugin approval IDs still fit Telegram's <code>callback_data</code> limit and keep the Allow Always action visible. (#59217) Thanks @jameslcowan.</li>
+<li>Cron/exec timeouts: surface timed-out <code>exec</code> and <code>bash</code> failures in isolated cron runs even when <code>verbose: off</code>, including custom session-target cron jobs, so scheduled runs stop failing silently. (#58247) Thanks @skainguyen1412.</li>
+<li>Telegram/exec approvals: fall back to the origin session key for async approval followups and keep resume-failure status delivery sanitized so Telegram followups still land without leaking raw exec metadata. (#59351) Thanks @seonang.</li>
+<li>Node-host/exec approvals: bind <code>pnpm dlx</code> invocations through the approval planner's mutable-script path so the effective runtime command is resolved for approval instead of being left unbound. (#58374)</li>
+<li>Exec/node hosts: stop forwarding the gateway workspace cwd to remote node exec when no workdir was explicitly requested, so cross-platform node approvals fall back to the node default cwd instead of failing with <code>SYSTEM_RUN_DENIED</code>. (#58977) Thanks @Starhappysh.</li>
+<li>Exec approvals/channels: decouple initiating-surface approval availability from native delivery enablement so Telegram, Slack, and Discord still expose approvals when approvers exist and native target routing is configured separately. (#59776) Thanks @joelnishanth.</li>
+</ul>
+<h3>Changes</h3>
+<ul>
+<li>macOS/Voice Wake: add the Voice Wake option to trigger Talk Mode. (#58490) Thanks @SmoothExec.</li>
+<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>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>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>Amazon Bedrock/Guardrails: add Bedrock Guardrails support to the bundled provider. (#58588) Thanks @MikeORed.</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/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>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>
+<li>Cron/tools allowlist: add <code>openclaw cron --tools</code> for per-job tool allowlists. (#58504) Thanks @andyk-ms.</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>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>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>QQBot/voice: lazy-load <code>silk-wasm</code> in <code>audio-convert.ts</code> 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.</li>
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 <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>
+<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>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>
+<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>
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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>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>
+<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>
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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 = 2026040401
+        versionName = "2026.4.4"
         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 +1,43 @@
+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?,
+  val autoSend: Boolean,
+)
+
+fun parseAssistantLaunchIntent(intent: Intent?): AssistantLaunchRequest? {
+  val action = intent?.action ?: return null
+  return when (action) {
+    Intent.ACTION_ASSIST ->
+      AssistantLaunchRequest(
+        source = "assist",
+        prompt = null,
+        autoSend = false,
+      )
+
+    actionAskOpenClaw -> {
+      val prompt = intent.getStringExtra(extraAssistantPrompt)?.trim()?.ifEmpty { null }
+      AssistantLaunchRequest(
+        source = "app_action",
+        prompt = prompt,
+        autoSend = prompt != null,
+      )
+    }
+
+    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 +27,12 @@ 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 val _pendingAssistantAutoSend = MutableStateFlow<String?>(null)
+  val pendingAssistantAutoSend: StateFlow<String?> = _pendingAssistantAutoSend
 
   private fun ensureRuntime(): NodeRuntime {
     runtimeRef.value?.let { return it }
@@ -91,6 +97,7 @@ 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 +252,29 @@ class MainViewModel(app: Application) : AndroidViewModel(app) {
     ensureRuntime().setVoiceScreenActive(active)
   }
 
+  fun handleAssistantLaunch(request: AssistantLaunchRequest) {
+    _requestedHomeDestination.value = HomeDestination.Chat
+    if (request.autoSend) {
+      _pendingAssistantAutoSend.value = request.prompt
+      _chatDraft.value = null
+      return
+    }
+    _pendingAssistantAutoSend.value = null
+    _chatDraft.value = request.prompt
+  }
+
+  fun clearRequestedHomeDestination() {
+    _requestedHomeDestination.value = null
+  }
+
+  fun clearChatDraft() {
+    _chatDraft.value = null
+  }
+
+  fun clearPendingAssistantAutoSend() {
+    _pendingAssistantAutoSend.value = null
+  }
+
   fun setMicEnabled(enabled: Boolean) {
     ensureRuntime().setMicEnabled(enabled)
   }
@@ -261,6 +291,22 @@ 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()
   }
@@ -320,4 +366,16 @@ class MainViewModel(app: Application) : AndroidViewModel(app) {
   fun sendChat(message: String, thinking: String, attachments: List<OutgoingAttachment>) {
     ensureRuntime().sendChat(message = message, thinking = thinking, attachments = attachments)
   }
+
+  suspend fun sendChatAwaitAcceptance(
+    message: String,
+    thinking: String,
+    attachments: List<OutgoingAttachment>,
+  ): Boolean {
+    return ensureRuntime().sendChatAwaitAcceptance(
+      message = message,
+      thinking = thinking,
+      attachments = attachments,
+    )
+  }
 }

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

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import ai.openclaw.app.gateway.DeviceIdentityStore
 import ai.openclaw.app.gateway.GatewayDiscovery
 import ai.openclaw.app.gateway.GatewayEndpoint
 import ai.openclaw.app.gateway.GatewaySession
+import ai.openclaw.app.gateway.GatewayTlsProbeFailure
+import ai.openclaw.app.gateway.GatewayTlsProbeResult
 import ai.openclaw.app.gateway.probeGatewayTlsFingerprint
 import ai.openclaw.app.node.*
 import ai.openclaw.app.protocol.OpenClawCanvasA2UIAction
@@ -44,7 +46,14 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong
 class NodeRuntime(
   context: Context,
   val prefs: SecurePrefs = SecurePrefs(context.applicationContext),
+  private val tlsFingerprintProbe: suspend (String, Int) -> GatewayTlsProbeResult = ::probeGatewayTlsFingerprint,
 ) {
+  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)
@@ -62,6 +71,7 @@ class NodeRuntime(
 
   private val identityStore = DeviceIdentityStore(appContext)
   private var connectedEndpoint: GatewayEndpoint? = null
+  private var activeGatewayAuth: GatewayConnectAuth? = null
 
   private val cameraHandler: CameraHandler = CameraHandler(
     appContext = appContext,
@@ -183,6 +193,7 @@ class NodeRuntime(
   data class GatewayTrustPrompt(
     val endpoint: GatewayEndpoint,
     val fingerprintSha256: String,
+    val auth: GatewayConnectAuth,
   )
 
   private val _isConnected = MutableStateFlow(false)
@@ -289,6 +300,11 @@ class NodeRuntime(
         _canvasRehydrateErrorText.value = null
         updateStatus()
         showLocalCanvasOnConnect()
+        val endpoint = connectedEndpoint
+        val auth = activeGatewayAuth
+        if (endpoint != null && auth != null) {
+          maybeStartOperatorSessionAfterNodeConnect(endpoint, auth)
+        }
       },
       onDisconnected = { message ->
         _nodeConnected.value = false
@@ -335,6 +351,8 @@ class NodeRuntime(
       session = operatorSession,
       supportsChatSubscribe = false,
       isConnected = { operatorConnected },
+      onBeforeSpeak = { micCapture.pauseForTts() },
+      onAfterSpeak = { micCapture.resumeAfterTts() },
     ).also { speaker ->
       speaker.setPlaybackEnabled(prefs.speakerEnabled.value)
     }
@@ -363,11 +381,10 @@ class NodeRuntime(
         parseChatSendRunId(response) ?: idempotencyKey
       },
       speakAssistantReply = { text ->
-        // Skip if TalkModeManager is handling TTS (ttsOnAllResponses) to avoid
-        // double-speaking the same assistant reply from both pipelines.
-        if (!talkMode.ttsOnAllResponses) {
-          voiceReplySpeaker.speakAssistantReply(text)
-        }
+        // Voice-tab replies should speak through the dedicated reply speaker.
+        // Relying on talkMode.ttsOnAllResponses here can drop playback if the
+        // chat-event path misses the terminal event for this turn.
+        voiceReplySpeaker.speakAssistantReply(text)
       },
     )
   }
@@ -406,14 +423,19 @@ class NodeRuntime(
       session = operatorSession,
       supportsChatSubscribe = true,
       isConnected = { operatorConnected },
+      onBeforeSpeak = { micCapture.pauseForTts() },
+      onAfterSpeak = { micCapture.resumeAfterTts() },
     )
   }
 
   private fun syncMainSessionKey(agentId: String?) {
     val resolvedKey = resolveNodeMainSessionKey(agentId)
+    // Always push the resolved session key into TalkMode, even when the
+    // state flow value is unchanged, so lazy TalkMode instances do not
+    // stay on the default "main" session key.
+    talkMode.setMainSessionKey(resolvedKey)
     if (_mainSessionKey.value == resolvedKey) return
     _mainSessionKey.value = resolvedKey
-    talkMode.setMainSessionKey(resolvedKey)
     chat.applyMainSessionKey(resolvedKey)
     updateHomeCanvasState()
   }
@@ -573,12 +595,11 @@ class NodeRuntime(
 
     scope.launch {
       prefs.talkEnabled.collect { enabled ->
-        // MicCaptureManager handles STT + send to gateway.
-        // TalkModeManager plays TTS on assistant responses.
+        // MicCaptureManager handles STT + send to gateway, while the dedicated
+        // reply speaker handles TTS for assistant replies in the voice tab.
         micCapture.setMicEnabled(enabled)
         if (enabled) {
-          // Mic on = user is on voice screen and wants TTS responses.
-          talkMode.ttsOnAllResponses = true
+          talkMode.ttsOnAllResponses = false
           scope.launch { talkMode.ensureChatSubscribed() }
         }
         externalAudioCaptureActive.value = enabled
@@ -739,8 +760,8 @@ class NodeRuntime(
     prefs.setTalkEnabled(value)
     if (value) {
       // Tapping mic on interrupts any active TTS (barge-in)
-      talkMode.stopTts()
-      talkMode.ttsOnAllResponses = true
+      stopVoicePlayback()
+      talkMode.ttsOnAllResponses = false
       scope.launch { talkMode.ensureChatSubscribed() }
     }
     micCapture.setMicEnabled(value)
@@ -755,18 +776,25 @@ class NodeRuntime(
     if (voiceReplySpeakerLazy.isInitialized()) {
       voiceReplySpeaker.setPlaybackEnabled(value)
     }
-    // Keep TalkMode in sync so speaker mute works when ttsOnAllResponses is active.
+    // Keep TalkMode in sync so any active Talk playback also respects speaker mute.
     talkMode.setPlaybackEnabled(value)
   }
 
   private fun stopActiveVoiceSession() {
     talkMode.ttsOnAllResponses = false
-    talkMode.stopTts()
+    stopVoicePlayback()
     micCapture.setMicEnabled(false)
     prefs.setTalkEnabled(false)
     externalAudioCaptureActive.value = false
   }
 
+  private fun stopVoicePlayback() {
+    talkMode.stopTts()
+    if (voiceReplySpeakerLazy.isInitialized()) {
+      voiceReplySpeaker.stopTts()
+    }
+  }
+
   fun refreshGatewayConnection() {
     val endpoint =
       connectedEndpoint ?: run {
@@ -775,41 +803,68 @@ 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,
+  ) {
+    activeGatewayAuth = auth
     val tls = connectionManager.resolveTlsParams(endpoint)
-    operatorSession.connect(
-      endpoint,
-      token,
-      bootstrapToken,
-      password,
-      connectionManager.buildOperatorConnectOptions(),
-      tls,
-    )
+    val operatorAuth =
+      resolveOperatorSessionConnectAuth(
+        auth = auth,
+        storedOperatorToken = loadStoredRoleDeviceToken("operator"),
+      )
+    if (operatorAuth == null) {
+      operatorConnected = false
+      operatorStatusText = "Offline"
+      operatorSession.disconnect()
+      updateStatus()
+    } else {
+      operatorSession.connect(
+        endpoint,
+        operatorAuth.token,
+        operatorAuth.bootstrapToken,
+        operatorAuth.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 && operatorAuth != null) {
+      operatorSession.reconnect()
+    }
+    if (reconnect) {
+      nodeSession.reconnect()
+    }
   }
 
-  fun connect(endpoint: GatewayEndpoint) {
+  private fun beginConnect(
+    endpoint: GatewayEndpoint,
+    auth: GatewayConnectAuth,
+  ) {
     val tls = connectionManager.resolveTlsParams(endpoint)
     if (tls?.required == true && tls.expectedFingerprint.isNullOrBlank()) {
       // First-time TLS: capture fingerprint, ask user to verify out-of-band, then store and connect.
       _statusText.value = "Verify gateway TLS fingerprint…"
       scope.launch {
-        val fp = probeGatewayTlsFingerprint(endpoint.host, endpoint.port) ?: run {
-          _statusText.value = "Failed: can't read TLS fingerprint"
+        val tlsProbe = tlsFingerprintProbe(endpoint.host, endpoint.port)
+        val fp = tlsProbe.fingerprintSha256 ?: run {
+          _statusText.value = gatewayTlsProbeFailureMessage(tlsProbe.failure)
           return@launch
         }
-        _pendingGatewayTrust.value = GatewayTrustPrompt(endpoint = endpoint, fingerprintSha256 = fp)
+        _pendingGatewayTrust.value =
+          GatewayTrustPrompt(endpoint = endpoint, fingerprintSha256 = fp, auth = auth)
       }
       return
     }
@@ -818,32 +873,34 @@ 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 = auth)
+  }
+
+  fun connect(endpoint: GatewayEndpoint) {
+    beginConnect(endpoint = endpoint, auth = resolveGatewayConnectAuth())
+  }
+
+  fun connect(
+    endpoint: GatewayEndpoint,
+    auth: GatewayConnectAuth,
+  ) {
+    beginConnect(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() {
     val prompt = _pendingGatewayTrust.value ?: return
     _pendingGatewayTrust.value = null
     prefs.saveGatewayTlsFingerprint(prompt.endpoint.stableId, prompt.fingerprintSha256)
-    connect(prompt.endpoint)
+    beginConnect(endpoint = prompt.endpoint, auth = prompt.auth)
   }
 
   fun declineGatewayTrustPrompt() {
@@ -851,6 +908,15 @@ class NodeRuntime(
     _statusText.value = "Offline"
   }
 
+  private fun gatewayTlsProbeFailureMessage(failure: GatewayTlsProbeFailure?): String {
+    return when (failure) {
+      GatewayTlsProbeFailure.TLS_UNAVAILABLE ->
+        "Failed: this host requires wss:// or Tailscale Serve. No TLS endpoint detected."
+      GatewayTlsProbeFailure.ENDPOINT_UNREACHABLE, null ->
+        "Failed: couldn't reach the secure gateway endpoint for this host."
+    }
+  }
+
   private fun hasRecordAudioPermission(): Boolean {
     return (
       ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(appContext, Manifest.permission.RECORD_AUDIO) ==
@@ -868,8 +934,38 @@ 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)
+  }
+
+  private fun maybeStartOperatorSessionAfterNodeConnect(
+    endpoint: GatewayEndpoint,
+    auth: GatewayConnectAuth,
+  ) {
+    if (operatorConnected || operatorStatusText == "Connecting…") {
+      return
+    }
+    val operatorAuth =
+      resolveOperatorSessionConnectAuth(
+        auth = auth,
+        storedOperatorToken = loadStoredRoleDeviceToken("operator"),
+      ) ?: return
+    operatorStatusText = "Connecting…"
+    updateStatus()
+    operatorSession.connect(
+      endpoint,
+      operatorAuth.token,
+      operatorAuth.bootstrapToken,
+      operatorAuth.password,
+      connectionManager.buildOperatorConnectOptions(),
+      connectionManager.resolveTlsParams(endpoint),
+    )
+  }
+
   fun disconnect() {
     connectedEndpoint = null
+    activeGatewayAuth = null
     _pendingGatewayTrust.value = null
     operatorSession.disconnect()
     nodeSession.disconnect()
@@ -980,6 +1076,14 @@ class NodeRuntime(
     chat.sendMessage(message = message, thinkingLevel = thinking, attachments = attachments)
   }
 
+  suspend fun sendChatAwaitAcceptance(
+    message: String,
+    thinking: String,
+    attachments: List<OutgoingAttachment>,
+  ): Boolean {
+    return chat.sendMessageAwaitAcceptance(message = message, thinkingLevel = thinking, attachments = attachments)
+  }
+
   private fun handleGatewayEvent(event: String, payloadJson: String?) {
     micCapture.handleGatewayEvent(event, payloadJson)
     talkMode.handleGatewayEvent(event, payloadJson)
@@ -1197,6 +1301,49 @@ class NodeRuntime(
 
 }
 
+internal fun resolveOperatorSessionConnectAuth(
+  auth: NodeRuntime.GatewayConnectAuth,
+  storedOperatorToken: String?,
+): NodeRuntime.GatewayConnectAuth? {
+  val explicitToken = auth.token?.trim()?.takeIf { it.isNotEmpty() }
+  if (explicitToken != null) {
+    return NodeRuntime.GatewayConnectAuth(
+      token = explicitToken,
+      bootstrapToken = null,
+      password = null,
+    )
+  }
+
+  val explicitPassword = auth.password?.trim()?.takeIf { it.isNotEmpty() }
+  if (explicitPassword != null) {
+    return NodeRuntime.GatewayConnectAuth(
+      token = null,
+      bootstrapToken = null,
+      password = explicitPassword,
+    )
+  }
+
+  val storedToken = storedOperatorToken?.trim()?.takeIf { it.isNotEmpty() }
+  if (storedToken != null) {
+    // Bootstrap can seed the operator token, but operator should reconnect
+    // through the stored device-token path rather than bootstrap auth itself.
+    return NodeRuntime.GatewayConnectAuth(
+      token = null,
+      bootstrapToken = null,
+      password = null,
+    )
+  }
+
+  return null
+}
+
+internal fun shouldConnectOperatorSession(
+  auth: NodeRuntime.GatewayConnectAuth,
+  storedOperatorToken: String?,
+): Boolean {
+  return resolveOperatorSessionConnectAuth(auth, storedOperatorToken) != null
+}
+
 private enum class HomeCanvasGatewayState {
   Connected,
   Connecting,

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

@@ -130,11 +130,25 @@ class ChatController(
     thinkingLevel: String,
     attachments: List<OutgoingAttachment>,
   ) {
+    scope.launch {
+      sendMessageAwaitAcceptance(
+        message = message,
+        thinkingLevel = thinkingLevel,
+        attachments = attachments,
+      )
+    }
+  }
+
+  suspend fun sendMessageAwaitAcceptance(
+    message: String,
+    thinkingLevel: String,
+    attachments: List<OutgoingAttachment>,
+  ): Boolean {
     val trimmed = message.trim()
-    if (trimmed.isEmpty() && attachments.isEmpty()) return
+    if (trimmed.isEmpty() && attachments.isEmpty()) return false
     if (!_healthOk.value) {
       _errorText.value = "Gateway health not OK; cannot send"
-      return
+      return false
     }
 
     val runId = UUID.randomUUID().toString()
@@ -177,45 +191,45 @@ class ChatController(
     pendingToolCallsById.clear()
     publishPendingToolCalls()
 
-    scope.launch {
-      try {
-        val params =
-          buildJsonObject {
-            put("sessionKey", JsonPrimitive(sessionKey))
-            put("message", JsonPrimitive(text))
-            put("thinking", JsonPrimitive(thinking))
-            put("timeoutMs", JsonPrimitive(30_000))
-            put("idempotencyKey", JsonPrimitive(runId))
-            if (attachments.isNotEmpty()) {
-              put(
-                "attachments",
-                JsonArray(
-                  attachments.map { att ->
-                    buildJsonObject {
-                      put("type", JsonPrimitive(att.type))
-                      put("mimeType", JsonPrimitive(att.mimeType))
-                      put("fileName", JsonPrimitive(att.fileName))
-                      put("content", JsonPrimitive(att.base64))
-                    }
-                  },
-                ),
-              )
-            }
-          }
-        val res = session.request("chat.send", params.toString())
-        val actualRunId = parseRunId(res) ?: runId
-        if (actualRunId != runId) {
-          clearPendingRun(runId)
-          armPendingRunTimeout(actualRunId)
-          synchronized(pendingRuns) {
-            pendingRuns.add(actualRunId)
-            _pendingRunCount.value = pendingRuns.size
+    return try {
+      val params =
+        buildJsonObject {
+          put("sessionKey", JsonPrimitive(sessionKey))
+          put("message", JsonPrimitive(text))
+          put("thinking", JsonPrimitive(thinking))
+          put("timeoutMs", JsonPrimitive(30_000))
+          put("idempotencyKey", JsonPrimitive(runId))
+          if (attachments.isNotEmpty()) {
+            put(
+              "attachments",
+              JsonArray(
+                attachments.map { att ->
+                  buildJsonObject {
+                    put("type", JsonPrimitive(att.type))
+                    put("mimeType", JsonPrimitive(att.mimeType))
+                    put("fileName", JsonPrimitive(att.fileName))
+                    put("content", JsonPrimitive(att.base64))
+                  }
+                },
+              ),
+            )
           }
         }
-      } catch (err: Throwable) {
+      val res = session.request("chat.send", params.toString())
+      val actualRunId = parseRunId(res) ?: runId
+      if (actualRunId != runId) {
         clearPendingRun(runId)
-        _errorText.value = err.message
+        armPendingRunTimeout(actualRunId)
+        synchronized(pendingRuns) {
+          pendingRuns.add(actualRunId)
+          _pendingRunCount.value = pendingRuns.size
+        }
       }
+      true
+    } catch (err: Throwable) {
+      clearPendingRun(runId)
+      _errorText.value = err.message
+      false
     }
   }
 

apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/gateway/DeviceAuthStore.kt

@@ -1,32 +1,92 @@
 package ai.openclaw.app.gateway
 
 import ai.openclaw.app.SecurePrefs
+import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
+import kotlinx.serialization.encodeToString
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
+
+data class DeviceAuthEntry(
+  val token: String,
+  val role: String,
+  val scopes: List<String>,
+  val updatedAtMs: Long,
+)
+
+@Serializable
+private data class PersistedDeviceAuthMetadata(
+  val scopes: List<String> = emptyList(),
+  val updatedAtMs: Long = 0L,
+)
 
 interface DeviceAuthTokenStore {
-  fun loadToken(deviceId: String, role: String): String?
-  fun saveToken(deviceId: String, role: String, token: String)
+  fun loadEntry(deviceId: String, role: String): DeviceAuthEntry?
+  fun loadToken(deviceId: String, role: String): String? = loadEntry(deviceId, role)?.token
+  fun saveToken(deviceId: String, role: String, token: String, scopes: List<String> = emptyList())
   fun clearToken(deviceId: String, role: String)
 }
 
 class DeviceAuthStore(private val prefs: SecurePrefs) : DeviceAuthTokenStore {
-  override fun loadToken(deviceId: String, role: String): String? {
+  private val json = Json { ignoreUnknownKeys = true }
+
+  override fun loadEntry(deviceId: String, role: String): DeviceAuthEntry? {
     val key = tokenKey(deviceId, role)
-    return prefs.getString(key)?.trim()?.takeIf { it.isNotEmpty() }
+    val token = prefs.getString(key)?.trim()?.takeIf { it.isNotEmpty() } ?: return null
+    val normalizedRole = normalizeRole(role)
+    val metadata =
+      prefs.getString(metadataKey(deviceId, role))
+        ?.let { raw ->
+          runCatching { json.decodeFromString<PersistedDeviceAuthMetadata>(raw) }.getOrNull()
+        }
+    return DeviceAuthEntry(
+      token = token,
+      role = normalizedRole,
+      scopes = metadata?.scopes ?: emptyList(),
+      updatedAtMs = metadata?.updatedAtMs ?: 0L,
+    )
   }
 
-  override fun saveToken(deviceId: String, role: String, token: String) {
+  override fun saveToken(deviceId: String, role: String, token: String, scopes: List<String>) {
+    val normalizedScopes = normalizeScopes(scopes)
     val key = tokenKey(deviceId, role)
     prefs.putString(key, token.trim())
+    prefs.putString(
+      metadataKey(deviceId, role),
+      json.encodeToString(
+        PersistedDeviceAuthMetadata(
+          scopes = normalizedScopes,
+          updatedAtMs = System.currentTimeMillis(),
+        ),
+      ),
+    )
   }
 
   override fun clearToken(deviceId: String, role: String) {
     val key = tokenKey(deviceId, role)
     prefs.remove(key)
+    prefs.remove(metadataKey(deviceId, role))
   }
 
   private fun tokenKey(deviceId: String, role: String): String {
-    val normalizedDevice = deviceId.trim().lowercase()
-    val normalizedRole = role.trim().lowercase()
+    val normalizedDevice = normalizeDeviceId(deviceId)
+    val normalizedRole = normalizeRole(role)
     return "gateway.deviceToken.$normalizedDevice.$normalizedRole"
   }
+
+  private fun metadataKey(deviceId: String, role: String): String {
+    val normalizedDevice = normalizeDeviceId(deviceId)
+    val normalizedRole = normalizeRole(role)
+    return "gateway.deviceTokenMeta.$normalizedDevice.$normalizedRole"
+  }
+
+  private fun normalizeDeviceId(deviceId: String): String = deviceId.trim().lowercase()
+
+  private fun normalizeRole(role: String): String = role.trim().lowercase()
+
+  private fun normalizeScopes(scopes: List<String>): List<String> {
+    return scopes
+      .map { it.trim() }
+      .filter { it.isNotEmpty() }
+      .distinct()
+      .sorted()
+  }
 }

apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/gateway/GatewayHostSecurity.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+package ai.openclaw.app.gateway
+
+import android.os.Build
+import java.net.InetAddress
+import java.util.Locale
+
+internal fun isLoopbackGatewayHost(
+  rawHost: String?,
+  allowEmulatorBridgeAlias: Boolean = isAndroidEmulatorRuntime(),
+): Boolean {
+  var host =
+    rawHost
+      ?.trim()
+      ?.lowercase(Locale.US)
+      ?.trim('[', ']')
+      .orEmpty()
+  if (host.endsWith(".")) {
+    host = host.dropLast(1)
+  }
+  val zoneIndex = host.indexOf('%')
+  if (zoneIndex >= 0) return false
+  if (host.isEmpty()) return false
+  if (host == "localhost") return true
+  if (allowEmulatorBridgeAlias && host == "10.0.2.2") return true
+
+  parseIpv4Address(host)?.let { ipv4 ->
+    return ipv4.first() == 127.toByte()
+  }
+  if (!host.contains(':') || !host.all(::isIpv6LiteralChar)) return false
+
+  val address = runCatching { InetAddress.getByName(host) }.getOrNull()?.address ?: return false
+  if (address.size == 4) {
+    return address[0] == 127.toByte()
+  }
+  if (address.size != 16) return false
+  // `::1` is 15 zero bytes followed by `0x01`.
+  val isIpv6Loopback = address.copyOfRange(0, 15).all { it == 0.toByte() } && address[15] == 1.toByte()
+  if (isIpv6Loopback) return true
+
+  val isMappedIpv4 =
+    address.copyOfRange(0, 10).all { it == 0.toByte() } &&
+      address[10] == 0xFF.toByte() &&
+      address[11] == 0xFF.toByte()
+  return isMappedIpv4 && address[12] == 127.toByte()
+}
+
+internal fun isPrivateLanGatewayHost(
+  rawHost: String?,
+  allowEmulatorBridgeAlias: Boolean = isAndroidEmulatorRuntime(),
+): Boolean {
+  var host =
+    rawHost
+      ?.trim()
+      ?.lowercase(Locale.US)
+      ?.trim('[', ']')
+      .orEmpty()
+  if (host.endsWith(".")) {
+    host = host.dropLast(1)
+  }
+  val zoneIndex = host.indexOf('%')
+  if (zoneIndex >= 0) {
+    host = host.substring(0, zoneIndex)
+  }
+  if (host.isEmpty()) return false
+  if (isLoopbackGatewayHost(host, allowEmulatorBridgeAlias = allowEmulatorBridgeAlias)) return true
+  if (host.endsWith(".local")) return true
+  if (!host.contains('.') && !host.contains(':')) return true
+
+  parseIpv4Address(host)?.let { ipv4 ->
+    val first = ipv4[0].toInt() and 0xff
+    val second = ipv4[1].toInt() and 0xff
+    return when {
+      first == 10 -> true
+      first == 172 && second in 16..31 -> true
+      first == 192 && second == 168 -> true
+      first == 169 && second == 254 -> true
+      else -> false
+    }
+  }
+  if (!host.contains(':') || !host.all(::isIpv6LiteralChar)) return false
+
+  val address = runCatching { InetAddress.getByName(host) }.getOrNull() ?: return false
+  return when {
+    address.isLinkLocalAddress -> true
+    address.isSiteLocalAddress -> true
+    else -> {
+      val bytes = address.address
+      bytes.size == 16 && (bytes[0].toInt() and 0xfe) == 0xfc
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+private fun isAndroidEmulatorRuntime(): Boolean {
+  val fingerprint = Build.FINGERPRINT?.lowercase(Locale.US).orEmpty()
+  val model = Build.MODEL?.lowercase(Locale.US).orEmpty()
+  val manufacturer = Build.MANUFACTURER?.lowercase(Locale.US).orEmpty()
+  val brand = Build.BRAND?.lowercase(Locale.US).orEmpty()
+  val device = Build.DEVICE?.lowercase(Locale.US).orEmpty()
+  val product = Build.PRODUCT?.lowercase(Locale.US).orEmpty()
+
+  return fingerprint.contains("generic") ||
+    fingerprint.contains("robolectric") ||
+    model.contains("emulator") ||
+    model.contains("sdk_gphone") ||
+    manufacturer.contains("genymotion") ||
+    (brand.contains("generic") && device.contains("generic")) ||
+    product.contains("sdk_gphone") ||
+    product.contains("emulator") ||
+    product.contains("simulator")
+}
+
+private fun parseIpv4Address(host: String): ByteArray? {
+  val parts = host.split('.')
+  if (parts.size != 4) return null
+  val bytes = ByteArray(4)
+  for ((index, part) in parts.withIndex()) {
+    val value = part.toIntOrNull() ?: return null
+    if (value !in 0..255) return null
+    bytes[index] = value.toByte()
+  }
+  return bytes
+}
+
+private fun isIpv6LiteralChar(char: Char): Boolean = char in '0'..'9' || char in 'a'..'f' || char == ':' || char == '.'

apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/gateway/GatewaySession.kt

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ data class GatewayConnectErrorDetails(
   val code: String?,
   val canRetryWithDeviceToken: Boolean,
   val recommendedNextStep: String?,
+  val reason: String? = null,
 )
 
 private data class SelectedConnectAuth(
@@ -116,6 +117,8 @@ class GatewaySession(
     val details: GatewayConnectErrorDetails? = null,
   )
 
+  data class RpcResult(val ok: Boolean, val payloadJson: String?, val error: ErrorShape?)
+
   private val json = Json { ignoreUnknownKeys = true }
   private val writeLock = Mutex()
   private val pending = ConcurrentHashMap<String, CompletableDeferred<RpcResponse>>()
@@ -196,6 +199,13 @@ class GatewaySession(
   }
 
   suspend fun request(method: String, paramsJson: String?, timeoutMs: Long = 15_000): String {
+    val res = requestDetailed(method = method, paramsJson = paramsJson, timeoutMs = timeoutMs)
+    if (res.ok) return res.payloadJson ?: ""
+    val err = res.error
+    throw IllegalStateException("${err?.code ?: "UNAVAILABLE"}: ${err?.message ?: "request failed"}")
+  }
+
+  suspend fun requestDetailed(method: String, paramsJson: String?, timeoutMs: Long = 15_000): RpcResult {
     val conn = currentConnection ?: throw IllegalStateException("not connected")
     val params =
       if (paramsJson.isNullOrBlank()) {
@@ -204,9 +214,7 @@ class GatewaySession(
         json.parseToJsonElement(paramsJson)
       }
     val res = conn.request(method, params, timeoutMs)
-    if (res.ok) return res.payloadJson ?: ""
-    val err = res.error
-    throw IllegalStateException("${err?.code ?: "UNAVAILABLE"}: ${err?.message ?: "request failed"}")
+    return RpcResult(ok = res.ok, payloadJson = res.payloadJson, error = res.error)
   }
 
   suspend fun refreshNodeCanvasCapability(timeoutMs: Long = 8_000): Boolean {
@@ -268,16 +276,10 @@ class GatewaySession(
     private var socket: WebSocket? = null
     private val loggerTag = "OpenClawGateway"
 
-    val remoteAddress: String =
-      if (endpoint.host.contains(":")) {
-        "[${endpoint.host}]:${endpoint.port}"
-      } else {
-        "${endpoint.host}:${endpoint.port}"
-      }
+    val remoteAddress: String = formatGatewayAuthority(endpoint.host, endpoint.port)
 
     suspend fun connect() {
-      val scheme = if (tls != null) "wss" else "ws"
-      val url = "$scheme://${endpoint.host}:${endpoint.port}"
+      val url = buildGatewayWebSocketUrl(endpoint.host, endpoint.port, tls != null)
       val request = Request.Builder().url(url).build()
       socket = client.newWebSocket(request, Listener())
       try {
@@ -424,11 +426,63 @@ class GatewaySession(
         }
         throw GatewayConnectFailure(error)
       }
-      handleConnectSuccess(res, identity.deviceId)
+      handleConnectSuccess(res, identity.deviceId, selectedAuth.authSource)
       connectDeferred.complete(Unit)
     }
 
-    private fun handleConnectSuccess(res: RpcResponse, deviceId: String) {
+    private fun shouldPersistBootstrapHandoffTokens(authSource: GatewayConnectAuthSource): Boolean {
+      if (authSource != GatewayConnectAuthSource.BOOTSTRAP_TOKEN) return false
+      if (isLoopbackGatewayHost(endpoint.host)) return true
+      return tls != null
+    }
+
+    private fun filteredBootstrapHandoffScopes(role: String, scopes: List<String>): List<String>? {
+      return when (role.trim()) {
+        "node" -> emptyList()
+        "operator" -> {
+          val allowedOperatorScopes =
+            setOf(
+              "operator.approvals",
+              "operator.read",
+              "operator.talk.secrets",
+              "operator.write",
+            )
+          scopes.filter { allowedOperatorScopes.contains(it) }.distinct().sorted()
+        }
+        else -> null
+      }
+    }
+
+    private fun persistBootstrapHandoffToken(
+      deviceId: String,
+      role: String,
+      token: String,
+      scopes: List<String>,
+    ) {
+      val filteredScopes = filteredBootstrapHandoffScopes(role, scopes) ?: return
+      deviceAuthStore.saveToken(deviceId, role, token, filteredScopes)
+    }
+
+    private fun persistIssuedDeviceToken(
+      authSource: GatewayConnectAuthSource,
+      deviceId: String,
+      role: String,
+      token: String,
+      scopes: List<String>,
+    ) {
+      if (authSource == GatewayConnectAuthSource.BOOTSTRAP_TOKEN) {
+        if (!shouldPersistBootstrapHandoffTokens(authSource)) return
+        persistBootstrapHandoffToken(deviceId, role, token, scopes)
+        return
+      }
+      deviceAuthStore.saveToken(deviceId, role, token, scopes)
+    }
+
+    private fun handleConnectSuccess(
+      res: RpcResponse,
+      deviceId: String,
+      authSource: GatewayConnectAuthSource,
+    ) {
       val payloadJson = res.payloadJson ?: throw IllegalStateException("connect failed: missing payload")
       val obj = json.parseToJsonElement(payloadJson).asObjectOrNull() ?: throw IllegalStateException("connect failed")
       pendingDeviceTokenRetry = false
@@ -438,8 +492,27 @@ class GatewaySession(
       val authObj = obj["auth"].asObjectOrNull()
       val deviceToken = authObj?.get("deviceToken").asStringOrNull()
       val authRole = authObj?.get("role").asStringOrNull() ?: options.role
+      val authScopes =
+        authObj?.get("scopes").asArrayOrNull()
+          ?.mapNotNull { it.asStringOrNull() }
+          ?: emptyList()
       if (!deviceToken.isNullOrBlank()) {
-        deviceAuthStore.saveToken(deviceId, authRole, deviceToken)
+        persistIssuedDeviceToken(authSource, deviceId, authRole, deviceToken, authScopes)
+      }
+      if (shouldPersistBootstrapHandoffTokens(authSource)) {
+        authObj?.get("deviceTokens").asArrayOrNull()
+          ?.mapNotNull { it.asObjectOrNull() }
+          ?.forEach { tokenEntry ->
+            val handoffToken = tokenEntry["deviceToken"].asStringOrNull()
+            val handoffRole = tokenEntry["role"].asStringOrNull()
+            val handoffScopes =
+              tokenEntry["scopes"].asArrayOrNull()
+                ?.mapNotNull { it.asStringOrNull() }
+                ?: emptyList()
+            if (!handoffToken.isNullOrBlank() && !handoffRole.isNullOrBlank()) {
+              persistBootstrapHandoffToken(deviceId, handoffRole, handoffToken, handoffScopes)
+            }
+          }
       }
       val rawCanvas = obj["canvasHostUrl"].asStringOrNull()
       canvasHostUrl = normalizeCanvasHostUrl(rawCanvas, endpoint, isTlsConnection = tls != null)
@@ -566,6 +639,7 @@ class GatewaySession(
                 code = it["code"].asStringOrNull(),
                 canRetryWithDeviceToken = it["canRetryWithDeviceToken"].asBooleanOrNull() == true,
                 recommendedNextStep = it["recommendedNextStep"].asStringOrNull(),
+                reason = it["reason"].asStringOrNull(),
               )
             }
           ErrorShape(code, msg, details)
@@ -752,7 +826,7 @@ class GatewaySession(
 
     // If raw URL is a non-loopback address and this connection uses TLS,
     // normalize scheme/port to the endpoint we actually connected to.
-    if (trimmed.isNotBlank() && host.isNotBlank() && !isLoopbackHost(host)) {
+    if (trimmed.isNotBlank() && host.isNotBlank() && !isLoopbackGatewayHost(host)) {
       val needsTlsRewrite =
         isTlsConnection &&
           (
@@ -781,7 +855,7 @@ class GatewaySession(
 
   private fun buildCanvasUrl(host: String, scheme: String, port: Int, suffix: String): String {
     val loweredScheme = scheme.lowercase()
-    val formattedHost = if (host.contains(":")) "[${host}]" else host
+    val formattedHost = formatGatewayAuthorityHost(host)
     val portSuffix = if ((loweredScheme == "https" && port == 443) || (loweredScheme == "http" && port == 80)) "" else ":$port"
     return "$loweredScheme://$formattedHost$portSuffix$suffix"
   }
@@ -794,15 +868,6 @@ class GatewaySession(
     return "$path$query$fragment"
   }
 
-  private fun isLoopbackHost(raw: String?): Boolean {
-    val host = raw?.trim()?.lowercase().orEmpty()
-    if (host.isEmpty()) return false
-    if (host == "localhost") return true
-    if (host == "::1") return true
-    if (host == "0.0.0.0" || host == "::") return true
-    return host.startsWith("127.")
-  }
-
   private fun selectConnectAuth(
     endpoint: GatewayEndpoint,
     tls: GatewayTlsParams?,
@@ -891,15 +956,31 @@ class GatewaySession(
     endpoint: GatewayEndpoint,
     tls: GatewayTlsParams?,
   ): Boolean {
-    if (isLoopbackHost(endpoint.host)) {
+    if (isLoopbackGatewayHost(endpoint.host)) {
       return true
     }
     return tls?.expectedFingerprint?.trim()?.isNotEmpty() == true
   }
 }
 
+internal fun buildGatewayWebSocketUrl(host: String, port: Int, useTls: Boolean): String {
+  val scheme = if (useTls) "wss" else "ws"
+  return "$scheme://${formatGatewayAuthority(host, port)}"
+}
+
+internal fun formatGatewayAuthority(host: String, port: Int): String {
+  return "${formatGatewayAuthorityHost(host)}:$port"
+}
+
+private fun formatGatewayAuthorityHost(host: String): String {
+  val normalizedHost = host.trim().trim('[', ']')
+  return if (normalizedHost.contains(":")) "[${normalizedHost}]" else normalizedHost
+}
+
 private fun JsonElement?.asObjectOrNull(): JsonObject? = this as? JsonObject
 
+private fun JsonElement?.asArrayOrNull(): JsonArray? = this as? JsonArray
+
 private fun JsonElement?.asStringOrNull(): String? =
   when (this) {
     is JsonNull -> null

apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/gateway/GatewayTls.kt

@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ package ai.openclaw.app.gateway
 import android.annotation.SuppressLint
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
 import kotlinx.coroutines.withContext
+import java.io.EOFException
+import java.net.ConnectException
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress
+import java.net.SocketTimeoutException
+import java.net.UnknownHostException
 import java.security.MessageDigest
 import java.security.SecureRandom
 import java.security.cert.CertificateException
@@ -12,6 +16,7 @@ import java.util.Locale
 import javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection
 import javax.net.ssl.HostnameVerifier
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLException
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLParameters
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory
 import javax.net.ssl.SNIHostName
@@ -32,6 +37,16 @@ data class GatewayTlsConfig(
   val hostnameVerifier: HostnameVerifier,
 )
 
+enum class GatewayTlsProbeFailure {
+  TLS_UNAVAILABLE,
+  ENDPOINT_UNREACHABLE,
+}
+
+data class GatewayTlsProbeResult(
+  val fingerprintSha256: String? = null,
+  val failure: GatewayTlsProbeFailure? = null,
+)
+
 fun buildGatewayTlsConfig(
   params: GatewayTlsParams?,
   onStore: ((String) -> Unit)? = null,
@@ -85,10 +100,10 @@ suspend fun probeGatewayTlsFingerprint(
   host: String,
   port: Int,
   timeoutMs: Int = 3_000,
-): String? {
+): GatewayTlsProbeResult {
   val trimmedHost = host.trim()
-  if (trimmedHost.isEmpty()) return null
-  if (port !in 1..65535) return null
+  if (trimmedHost.isEmpty()) return GatewayTlsProbeResult(failure = GatewayTlsProbeFailure.ENDPOINT_UNREACHABLE)
+  if (port !in 1..65535) return GatewayTlsProbeResult(failure = GatewayTlsProbeFailure.ENDPOINT_UNREACHABLE)
 
   return withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
     val trustAll =
@@ -121,10 +136,21 @@ suspend fun probeGatewayTlsFingerprint(
       }
 
       socket.startHandshake()
-      val cert = socket.session.peerCertificates.firstOrNull() as? X509Certificate ?: return@withContext null
-      sha256Hex(cert.encoded)
-    } catch (_: Throwable) {
-      null
+      val cert =
+        socket.session.peerCertificates.firstOrNull() as? X509Certificate
+          ?: return@withContext GatewayTlsProbeResult(failure = GatewayTlsProbeFailure.TLS_UNAVAILABLE)
+      GatewayTlsProbeResult(fingerprintSha256 = sha256Hex(cert.encoded))
+    } catch (err: Throwable) {
+      val failure =
+        when (err) {
+          is SSLException,
+          is EOFException -> GatewayTlsProbeFailure.TLS_UNAVAILABLE
+          is ConnectException,
+          is SocketTimeoutException,
+          is UnknownHostException -> GatewayTlsProbeFailure.ENDPOINT_UNREACHABLE
+          else -> GatewayTlsProbeFailure.ENDPOINT_UNREACHABLE
+        }
+      GatewayTlsProbeResult(failure = failure)
     } finally {
       try {
         socket.close()

apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/node/CanvasActionTrust.kt

@@ -14,30 +14,31 @@ object CanvasActionTrust {
     if (candidateUri.scheme.equals("file", ignoreCase = true)) {
       return false
     }
+    val normalizedCandidate = normalizeTrustedRemoteA2uiUri(candidateUri) ?: return false
 
     return trustedA2uiUrls.any { trusted ->
-      isTrustedA2uiPage(candidateUri, trusted)
+      matchesTrustedRemoteA2uiUrlExact(normalizedCandidate, trusted)
     }
   }
 
-  private fun isTrustedA2uiPage(candidateUri: URI, trustedUrl: String): Boolean {
+  private fun matchesTrustedRemoteA2uiUrlExact(candidateUri: URI, trustedUrl: String): Boolean {
     val trustedUri = parseUri(trustedUrl) ?: return false
-    if (!candidateUri.scheme.equals(trustedUri.scheme, ignoreCase = true)) return false
-    if (candidateUri.host?.equals(trustedUri.host, ignoreCase = true) != true) return false
-    if (effectivePort(candidateUri) != effectivePort(trustedUri)) return false
-
-    val trustedPath = trustedUri.rawPath?.takeIf { it.isNotBlank() } ?: return false
-    val candidatePath = candidateUri.rawPath?.takeIf { it.isNotBlank() } ?: return false
-    val trustedPrefix = if (trustedPath.endsWith("/")) trustedPath else "$trustedPath/"
-    return candidatePath == trustedPath || candidatePath.startsWith(trustedPrefix)
+    val normalizedTrusted = normalizeTrustedRemoteA2uiUri(trustedUri) ?: return false
+    return candidateUri == normalizedTrusted
   }
 
-  private fun effectivePort(uri: URI): Int {
-    if (uri.port >= 0) return uri.port
-    return when (uri.scheme?.lowercase()) {
-      "https" -> 443
-      "http" -> 80
-      else -> -1
+  private fun normalizeTrustedRemoteA2uiUri(uri: URI): URI? {
+    // Keep Android trust normalization aligned with iOS ScreenController:
+    // exact remote URL match, scheme/host normalized, fragment ignored.
+    val scheme = uri.scheme?.lowercase() ?: return null
+    if (scheme != "http" && scheme != "https") return null
+
+    val host = uri.host?.trim()?.takeIf { it.isNotEmpty() }?.lowercase() ?: return null
+
+    return try {
+      URI(scheme, uri.userInfo, host, uri.port, uri.rawPath, uri.rawQuery, null)
+    } catch (_: Throwable) {
+      null
     }
   }
 

apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/node/ConnectionManager.kt

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import ai.openclaw.app.gateway.GatewayClientInfo
 import ai.openclaw.app.gateway.GatewayConnectOptions
 import ai.openclaw.app.gateway.GatewayEndpoint
 import ai.openclaw.app.gateway.GatewayTlsParams
+import ai.openclaw.app.gateway.isPrivateLanGatewayHost
 import ai.openclaw.app.LocationMode
 import ai.openclaw.app.VoiceWakeMode
 
@@ -33,9 +34,10 @@ class ConnectionManager(
       val stableId = endpoint.stableId
       val stored = storedFingerprint?.trim().takeIf { !it.isNullOrEmpty() }
       val isManual = stableId.startsWith("manual|")
+      val cleartextAllowedHost = isPrivateLanGatewayHost(endpoint.host)
 
       if (isManual) {
-        if (!manualTlsEnabled) return null
+        if (!manualTlsEnabled && cleartextAllowedHost) return null
         if (!stored.isNullOrBlank()) {
           return GatewayTlsParams(
             required = true,
@@ -73,6 +75,15 @@ class ConnectionManager(
         )
       }
 
+      if (!cleartextAllowedHost) {
+        return GatewayTlsParams(
+          required = true,
+          expectedFingerprint = null,
+          allowTOFU = false,
+          stableId = stableId,
+        )
+      }
+
       return null
     }
   }

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

@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ private fun disableForceDarkIfSupported(settings: WebSettings) {
   WebSettingsCompat.setForceDark(settings, WebSettingsCompat.FORCE_DARK_OFF)
 }
 
-private class CanvasA2UIActionBridge(
+internal class CanvasA2UIActionBridge(
   private val isTrustedPage: () -> Boolean,
   private val onMessage: (String) -> Unit,
 ) {

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,
             )
@@ -250,9 +256,23 @@ fun ConnectTabScreen(viewModel: MainViewModel) {
           if (config == null) {
             validationText =
               if (inputMode == ConnectInputMode.SetupCode) {
-                "Paste a valid setup code to connect."
+                val parsedSetup = decodeGatewaySetupCode(setupCode)
+                if (parsedSetup == null) {
+                  "Paste a valid setup code to connect."
+                } else {
+                  val parsedGateway = parseGatewayEndpointResult(parsedSetup.url)
+                  gatewayEndpointValidationMessage(
+                    parsedGateway.error ?: GatewayEndpointValidationError.INVALID_URL,
+                    GatewayEndpointInputSource.SETUP_CODE,
+                  )
+                }
               } else {
-                "Enter a valid manual host and port to connect."
+                val manualUrl = composeGatewayManualUrl(manualHostInput, manualPortInput, manualTlsInput)
+                val parsedGateway = manualUrl?.let(::parseGatewayEndpointResult)
+                gatewayEndpointValidationMessage(
+                  parsedGateway?.error ?: GatewayEndpointValidationError.INVALID_URL,
+                  GatewayEndpointInputSource.MANUAL,
+                )
               }
             return@Button
           }
@@ -269,7 +289,12 @@ 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),
@@ -375,6 +400,11 @@ fun ConnectTabScreen(viewModel: MainViewModel) {
           Text("Run these on the gateway host:", style = mobileCallout, color = mobileTextSecondary)
           CommandBlock("openclaw qr --setup-code-only")
           CommandBlock("openclaw qr --json")
+          Text(
+            "For Tailscale or public hosts, use wss:// or Tailscale Serve. Private LAN ws:// remains supported.",
+            style = mobileCaption1,
+            color = mobileTextSecondary,
+          )
 
           if (inputMode == ConnectInputMode.SetupCode) {
             Text("Setup Code", style = mobileCaption1.copy(fontWeight = FontWeight.SemiBold), color = mobileTextSecondary)
@@ -457,7 +487,11 @@ fun ConnectTabScreen(viewModel: MainViewModel) {
             ) {
               Column(verticalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(2.dp)) {
                 Text("Use TLS", style = mobileHeadline, color = mobileText)
-                Text("Switch to secure websocket (`wss`).", style = mobileCallout, color = mobileTextSecondary)
+                Text(
+                  "Turn this on for Tailscale or public hosts. Private LAN ws:// remains supported.",
+                  style = mobileCallout,
+                  color = mobileTextSecondary,
+                )
               }
               Switch(
                 checked = manualTlsInput,

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

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package ai.openclaw.app.ui
 
+import ai.openclaw.app.gateway.isPrivateLanGatewayHost
 import java.util.Base64
 import java.util.Locale
 import java.net.URI
@@ -32,20 +33,49 @@ internal data class GatewayConnectConfig(
   val password: String,
 )
 
+internal enum class GatewayEndpointValidationError {
+  INVALID_URL,
+  INSECURE_REMOTE_URL,
+}
+
+internal enum class GatewayEndpointInputSource {
+  SETUP_CODE,
+  MANUAL,
+  QR_SCAN,
+}
+
+internal data class GatewayEndpointParseResult(
+  val config: GatewayEndpointConfig? = null,
+  val error: GatewayEndpointValidationError? = null,
+)
+
+internal data class GatewayScannedSetupCodeResult(
+  val setupCode: String? = null,
+  val error: GatewayEndpointValidationError? = null,
+)
+
 private val gatewaySetupJson = Json { ignoreUnknownKeys = true }
+private const val remoteGatewaySecurityRule =
+  "Tailscale and public mobile nodes require wss:// or Tailscale Serve. ws:// is allowed for private LAN, localhost, and the Android emulator."
+private const val remoteGatewaySecurityFix =
+  "Use a private LAN host/address, or enable Tailscale Serve / expose a wss:// gateway URL."
 
 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? {
   if (useSetupCode) {
     val setup = decodeGatewaySetupCode(setupCode) ?: return null
-    val parsed = parseGatewayEndpoint(setup.url) ?: return null
+    val parsed = parseGatewayEndpointResult(setup.url).config ?: return null
     val setupBootstrapToken = setup.bootstrapToken?.trim().orEmpty()
     val sharedToken =
       when {
@@ -69,26 +99,42 @@ internal fun resolveGatewayConnectConfig(
     )
   }
 
-  val manualUrl = composeGatewayManualUrl(manualHost, manualPort, manualTls) ?: return null
-  val parsed = parseGatewayEndpoint(manualUrl) ?: return null
+  val manualUrl = composeGatewayManualUrl(manualHostInput, manualPortInput, manualTlsInput) ?: return null
+  val parsed = parseGatewayEndpointResult(manualUrl).config ?: return null
+  val savedManualEndpoint =
+    composeGatewayManualUrl(savedManualHost, savedManualPort, savedManualTls)
+      ?.let { parseGatewayEndpointResult(it).config }
+  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(),
   )
 }
 
 internal fun parseGatewayEndpoint(rawInput: String): GatewayEndpointConfig? {
+  return parseGatewayEndpointResult(rawInput).config
+}
+
+  internal fun parseGatewayEndpointResult(rawInput: String): GatewayEndpointParseResult {
   val raw = rawInput.trim()
-  if (raw.isEmpty()) return null
+  if (raw.isEmpty()) return GatewayEndpointParseResult(error = GatewayEndpointValidationError.INVALID_URL)
 
   val normalized = if (raw.contains("://")) raw else "https://$raw"
-  val uri = runCatching { URI(normalized) }.getOrNull() ?: return null
-  val host = uri.host?.trim().orEmpty()
-  if (host.isEmpty()) return null
+  val uri =
+    runCatching { URI(normalized) }.getOrNull()
+      ?: return GatewayEndpointParseResult(error = GatewayEndpointValidationError.INVALID_URL)
+  val host = uri.host?.trim()?.trim('[', ']').orEmpty()
+  if (host.isEmpty()) return GatewayEndpointParseResult(error = GatewayEndpointValidationError.INVALID_URL)
 
   val scheme = uri.scheme?.trim()?.lowercase(Locale.US).orEmpty()
   val tls =
@@ -97,6 +143,9 @@ internal fun parseGatewayEndpoint(rawInput: String): GatewayEndpointConfig? {
       "wss", "https" -> true
       else -> true
     }
+  if (!tls && !isPrivateLanGatewayHost(host)) {
+    return GatewayEndpointParseResult(error = GatewayEndpointValidationError.INSECURE_REMOTE_URL)
+  }
   val defaultPort =
     when (scheme) {
       "wss", "https" -> 443
@@ -110,14 +159,17 @@ internal fun parseGatewayEndpoint(rawInput: String): GatewayEndpointConfig? {
       else -> 443
     }
   val port = uri.port.takeIf { it in 1..65535 } ?: defaultPort
+  val displayHost = if (host.contains(":")) "[$host]" else host
   val displayUrl =
     if (port == displayPort && defaultPort == displayPort) {
-      "${if (tls) "https" else "http"}://$host"
+      "${if (tls) "https" else "http"}://$displayHost"
     } else {
-      "${if (tls) "https" else "http"}://$host:$port"
+      "${if (tls) "https" else "http"}://$displayHost:$port"
     }
 
-  return GatewayEndpointConfig(host = host, port = port, tls = tls, displayUrl = displayUrl)
+  return GatewayEndpointParseResult(
+    config = GatewayEndpointConfig(host = host, port = port, tls = tls, displayUrl = displayUrl),
+  )
 }
 
 internal fun decodeGatewaySetupCode(rawInput: String): GatewaySetupCode? {
@@ -148,8 +200,44 @@ internal fun decodeGatewaySetupCode(rawInput: String): GatewaySetupCode? {
 }
 
 internal fun resolveScannedSetupCode(rawInput: String): String? {
-  val setupCode = resolveSetupCodeCandidate(rawInput) ?: return null
-  return setupCode.takeIf { decodeGatewaySetupCode(it) != null }
+  return resolveScannedSetupCodeResult(rawInput).setupCode
+}
+
+internal fun resolveScannedSetupCodeResult(rawInput: String): GatewayScannedSetupCodeResult {
+  val setupCode =
+    resolveSetupCodeCandidate(rawInput)
+      ?: return GatewayScannedSetupCodeResult(error = GatewayEndpointValidationError.INVALID_URL)
+  val decoded =
+    decodeGatewaySetupCode(setupCode)
+      ?: return GatewayScannedSetupCodeResult(error = GatewayEndpointValidationError.INVALID_URL)
+  val parsed = parseGatewayEndpointResult(decoded.url)
+  if (parsed.config == null) {
+    return GatewayScannedSetupCodeResult(error = parsed.error)
+  }
+  return GatewayScannedSetupCodeResult(setupCode = setupCode)
+}
+
+internal fun gatewayEndpointValidationMessage(
+  error: GatewayEndpointValidationError,
+  source: GatewayEndpointInputSource,
+): String {
+  return when (error) {
+    GatewayEndpointValidationError.INSECURE_REMOTE_URL ->
+      when (source) {
+        GatewayEndpointInputSource.SETUP_CODE ->
+          "Setup code points to an insecure remote gateway. $remoteGatewaySecurityRule $remoteGatewaySecurityFix"
+        GatewayEndpointInputSource.QR_SCAN ->
+          "QR code points to an insecure remote gateway. $remoteGatewaySecurityRule $remoteGatewaySecurityFix"
+        GatewayEndpointInputSource.MANUAL ->
+          "$remoteGatewaySecurityRule $remoteGatewaySecurityFix"
+      }
+    GatewayEndpointValidationError.INVALID_URL ->
+      when (source) {
+        GatewayEndpointInputSource.SETUP_CODE -> "Setup code has invalid gateway URL."
+        GatewayEndpointInputSource.QR_SCAN -> "QR code did not contain a valid setup code."
+        GatewayEndpointInputSource.MANUAL -> "Enter a valid manual host and port to connect."
+      }
+  }
 }
 
 internal fun composeGatewayManualUrl(hostInput: String, portInput: String, tls: Boolean): String? {

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

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ internal fun buildGatewayDiagnosticsReport(
     Please:
     - pick one route only: same machine, same LAN, Tailscale, or public URL
     - classify this as pairing/auth, TLS trust, wrong advertised route, wrong address/port, or gateway down
+    - remember: Tailscale/public mobile routes require wss:// or Tailscale Serve; private LAN ws:// is still allowed
     - quote the exact app status/error below
     - tell me whether `openclaw devices list` should show a pending pairing request
     - if more signal is needed, ask for `openclaw qr --json`, `openclaw devices list`, and `openclaw nodes status`

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 =
@@ -563,12 +566,16 @@ fun OnboardingFlow(viewModel: MainViewModel, modifier: Modifier = Modifier) {
                     if (contents.isEmpty()) {
                       return@addOnSuccessListener
                     }
-                    val scannedSetupCode = resolveScannedSetupCode(contents)
-                    if (scannedSetupCode == null) {
-                      gatewayError = "QR code did not contain a valid setup code."
+                    val scannedSetupCode = resolveScannedSetupCodeResult(contents)
+                    if (scannedSetupCode.setupCode == null) {
+                      gatewayError =
+                        gatewayEndpointValidationMessage(
+                          scannedSetupCode.error ?: GatewayEndpointValidationError.INVALID_URL,
+                          GatewayEndpointInputSource.QR_SCAN,
+                        )
                       return@addOnSuccessListener
                     }
-                    setupCode = scannedSetupCode
+                    setupCode = scannedSetupCode.setupCode
                     gatewayInputMode = GatewayInputMode.SetupCode
                     gatewayError = null
                     attemptedConnect = false
@@ -732,7 +739,7 @@ fun OnboardingFlow(viewModel: MainViewModel, modifier: Modifier = Modifier) {
             FinalStep(
               parsedGateway = parseGatewayEndpoint(gatewayUrl),
               statusText = statusText,
-              isConnected = isConnected,
+              isConnected = canFinishOnboarding,
               serverName = serverName,
               remoteAddress = remoteAddress,
               attemptedConnect = attemptedConnect,
@@ -796,9 +803,13 @@ fun OnboardingFlow(viewModel: MainViewModel, modifier: Modifier = Modifier) {
                     gatewayError = "Scan QR code first, or use Advanced setup."
                     return@Button
                   }
-                  val parsedGateway = parseGatewayEndpoint(parsedSetup.url)
-                  if (parsedGateway == null) {
-                    gatewayError = "Setup code has invalid gateway URL."
+                  val parsedGateway = parseGatewayEndpointResult(parsedSetup.url)
+                  if (parsedGateway.config == null) {
+                    gatewayError =
+                      gatewayEndpointValidationMessage(
+                        parsedGateway.error ?: GatewayEndpointValidationError.INVALID_URL,
+                        GatewayEndpointInputSource.SETUP_CODE,
+                      )
                     return@Button
                   }
                   gatewayUrl = parsedSetup.url
@@ -816,12 +827,16 @@ fun OnboardingFlow(viewModel: MainViewModel, modifier: Modifier = Modifier) {
                   }
                 } else {
                   val manualUrl = composeGatewayManualUrl(manualHost, manualPort, manualTls)
-                  val parsedGateway = manualUrl?.let(::parseGatewayEndpoint)
-                  if (parsedGateway == null) {
-                    gatewayError = "Manual endpoint is invalid."
+                  val parsedGateway = manualUrl?.let(::parseGatewayEndpointResult)
+                  if (parsedGateway?.config == null) {
+                    gatewayError =
+                      gatewayEndpointValidationMessage(
+                        parsedGateway?.error ?: GatewayEndpointValidationError.INVALID_URL,
+                        GatewayEndpointInputSource.MANUAL,
+                      )
                     return@Button
                   }
-                  gatewayUrl = parsedGateway.displayUrl
+                  gatewayUrl = parsedGateway.config.displayUrl
                   viewModel.setGatewayBootstrapToken("")
                 }
                 step = OnboardingStep.Permissions
@@ -848,7 +863,7 @@ 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),
@@ -860,19 +875,23 @@ fun OnboardingFlow(viewModel: MainViewModel, modifier: Modifier = Modifier) {
             } else {
               Button(
                 onClick = {
-                  val parsed = parseGatewayEndpoint(gatewayUrl)
-                  if (parsed == null) {
+                  val parsed = parseGatewayEndpointResult(gatewayUrl)
+                  if (parsed.config == null) {
                     step = OnboardingStep.Gateway
-                    gatewayError = "Invalid gateway URL."
+                    gatewayError =
+                      gatewayEndpointValidationMessage(
+                        parsed.error ?: GatewayEndpointValidationError.INVALID_URL,
+                        GatewayEndpointInputSource.MANUAL,
+                      )
                     return@Button
                   }
                   val token = persistedGatewayToken.trim()
                   val password = gatewayPassword.trim()
                   attemptedConnect = true
                   viewModel.setManualEnabled(true)
-                  viewModel.setManualHost(parsed.host)
-                  viewModel.setManualPort(parsed.port)
-                  viewModel.setManualTls(parsed.tls)
+                  viewModel.setManualHost(parsed.config.host)
+                  viewModel.setManualPort(parsed.config.port)
+                  viewModel.setManualTls(parsed.config.tls)
                   if (gatewayInputMode == GatewayInputMode.Manual) {
                     viewModel.setGatewayBootstrapToken("")
                   }
@@ -882,7 +901,17 @@ fun OnboardingFlow(viewModel: MainViewModel, modifier: Modifier = Modifier) {
                     viewModel.setGatewayToken("")
                   }
                   viewModel.setGatewayPassword(password)
-                  viewModel.connectManual()
+                  viewModel.connect(
+                    GatewayEndpoint.manual(host = parsed.config.host, port = parsed.config.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 +927,10 @@ fun OnboardingFlow(viewModel: MainViewModel, modifier: Modifier = Modifier) {
   }
 }
 
+internal fun canFinishOnboarding(isConnected: Boolean, isNodeConnected: Boolean): Boolean {
+  return isConnected && isNodeConnected
+}
+
 @Composable
 private fun onboardingPrimaryButtonColors() =
   ButtonDefaults.buttonColors(
@@ -1023,7 +1056,7 @@ private fun GatewayStep(
 
   StepShell(title = "Gateway Connection") {
     Text(
-      "Run `openclaw qr` on your gateway host, then scan the code with this device.",
+      "Run `openclaw qr` on your gateway host, then scan the code with this device. For Tailscale or public hosts, use wss:// or Tailscale Serve.",
       style = onboardingCalloutStyle,
       color = onboardingTextSecondary,
     )
@@ -1055,7 +1088,7 @@ private fun GatewayStep(
       ) {
         Column(verticalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(2.dp)) {
           Text("Advanced setup", style = onboardingHeadlineStyle, color = onboardingText)
-          Text("Paste setup code or enter host/port manually.", style = onboardingCaption1Style, color = onboardingTextSecondary)
+          Text("Paste setup code or enter host/port manually. Private LAN ws:// is supported; Tailscale/public hosts need wss://.", style = onboardingCaption1Style, color = onboardingTextSecondary)
         }
         Icon(
           imageVector = if (advancedOpen) Icons.Default.ExpandLess else Icons.Default.ExpandMore,
@@ -1136,7 +1169,11 @@ private fun GatewayStep(
           ) {
             Column(verticalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(2.dp)) {
               Text("Use TLS", style = onboardingHeadlineStyle, color = onboardingText)
-              Text("Switch to secure websocket (`wss`).", style = onboardingCalloutStyle.copy(lineHeight = 18.sp), color = onboardingTextSecondary)
+              Text(
+                "Turn this on for Tailscale or public hosts. Private LAN ws:// remains supported.",
+                style = onboardingCalloutStyle.copy(lineHeight = 18.sp),
+                color = onboardingTextSecondary,
+              )
             }
             Switch(
               checked = manualTls,
@@ -1677,21 +1714,22 @@ 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

@@ -48,6 +48,31 @@ import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
 import kotlinx.coroutines.withContext
 
+internal fun resolvePendingAssistantAutoSend(
+  pendingPrompt: String?,
+  healthOk: Boolean,
+  pendingRunCount: Int,
+): String? {
+  val prompt = pendingPrompt?.trim()?.ifEmpty { null } ?: return null
+  if (!healthOk || pendingRunCount > 0) return null
+  return prompt
+}
+
+internal suspend fun dispatchPendingAssistantAutoSend(
+  pendingPrompt: String?,
+  healthOk: Boolean,
+  pendingRunCount: Int,
+  dispatch: suspend (String) -> Boolean,
+): Boolean {
+  val prompt =
+    resolvePendingAssistantAutoSend(
+      pendingPrompt = pendingPrompt,
+      healthOk = healthOk,
+      pendingRunCount = pendingRunCount,
+    ) ?: return false
+  return dispatch(prompt)
+}
+
 @Composable
 fun ChatSheetContent(viewModel: MainViewModel) {
   val messages by viewModel.chatMessages.collectAsState()
@@ -60,11 +85,30 @@ 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()
+  val pendingAssistantAutoSend by viewModel.pendingAssistantAutoSend.collectAsState()
 
   LaunchedEffect(Unit) {
     viewModel.loadChat(mainSessionKey)
   }
 
+  LaunchedEffect(pendingAssistantAutoSend, healthOk, pendingRunCount, thinkingLevel) {
+    val accepted =
+      dispatchPendingAssistantAutoSend(
+        pendingPrompt = pendingAssistantAutoSend,
+        healthOk = healthOk,
+        pendingRunCount = pendingRunCount,
+      ) { prompt ->
+        viewModel.sendChatAwaitAcceptance(
+          message = prompt,
+          thinking = thinkingLevel,
+          attachments = emptyList(),
+        )
+      }
+    if (!accepted) return@LaunchedEffect
+    viewModel.clearPendingAssistantAutoSend()
+  }
+
   val context = LocalContext.current
   val resolver = context.contentResolver
   val scope = rememberCoroutineScope()
@@ -118,10 +162,12 @@ 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/java/ai/openclaw/app/voice/MicCaptureManager.kt

@@ -14,11 +14,13 @@ import android.speech.SpeechRecognizer
 import androidx.core.content.ContextCompat
 import java.util.UUID
 import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Job
 import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.MutableStateFlow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.StateFlow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
+import kotlinx.coroutines.withContext
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonArray
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonObject
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@ class MicCaptureManager(
   val isSending: StateFlow<Boolean> = _isSending
 
   private val messageQueue = ArrayDeque<String>()
+  private val messageQueueLock = Any()
   private var flushedPartialTranscript: String? = null
   private var pendingRunId: String? = null
   private var pendingAssistantEntryId: String? = null
@@ -99,11 +102,63 @@ class MicCaptureManager(
   private var transcriptFlushJob: Job? = null
   private var pendingRunTimeoutJob: Job? = null
   private var stopRequested = false
+  private val ttsPauseLock = Any()
+  private var ttsPauseDepth = 0
+  private var resumeMicAfterTts = false
+
+  private fun enqueueMessage(message: String) {
+    synchronized(messageQueueLock) {
+      messageQueue.addLast(message)
+    }
+  }
+
+  private fun snapshotMessageQueue(): List<String> {
+    return synchronized(messageQueueLock) {
+      messageQueue.toList()
+    }
+  }
+
+  private fun hasQueuedMessages(): Boolean {
+    return synchronized(messageQueueLock) {
+      messageQueue.isNotEmpty()
+    }
+  }
+
+  private fun firstQueuedMessage(): String? {
+    return synchronized(messageQueueLock) {
+      messageQueue.firstOrNull()
+    }
+  }
+
+  private fun removeFirstQueuedMessage(): String? {
+    return synchronized(messageQueueLock) {
+      if (messageQueue.isEmpty()) null else messageQueue.removeFirst()
+    }
+  }
+
+  private fun queuedMessageCount(): Int {
+    return synchronized(messageQueueLock) {
+      messageQueue.size
+    }
+  }
 
   fun setMicEnabled(enabled: Boolean) {
     if (_micEnabled.value == enabled) return
     _micEnabled.value = enabled
     if (enabled) {
+      val pausedForTts =
+        synchronized(ttsPauseLock) {
+          if (ttsPauseDepth > 0) {
+            resumeMicAfterTts = true
+            true
+          } else {
+            false
+          }
+        }
+      if (pausedForTts) {
+        _statusText.value = if (_isSending.value) "Speaking · waiting for reply" else "Speaking…"
+        return
+      }
       start()
       sendQueuedIfIdle()
     } else {
@@ -126,6 +181,58 @@ class MicCaptureManager(
     }
   }
 
+  suspend fun pauseForTts() {
+    val shouldPause =
+      synchronized(ttsPauseLock) {
+        ttsPauseDepth += 1
+        if (ttsPauseDepth > 1) return@synchronized false
+        resumeMicAfterTts = _micEnabled.value
+        val active = resumeMicAfterTts || recognizer != null || _isListening.value
+        if (!active) return@synchronized false
+        stopRequested = true
+        restartJob?.cancel()
+        restartJob = null
+        transcriptFlushJob?.cancel()
+        transcriptFlushJob = null
+        _isListening.value = false
+        _inputLevel.value = 0f
+        _liveTranscript.value = null
+        _statusText.value = if (_isSending.value) "Speaking · waiting for reply" else "Speaking…"
+        true
+      }
+    if (!shouldPause) return
+    withContext(Dispatchers.Main) {
+      recognizer?.cancel()
+      recognizer?.destroy()
+      recognizer = null
+    }
+  }
+
+  suspend fun resumeAfterTts() {
+    val shouldResume =
+      synchronized(ttsPauseLock) {
+        if (ttsPauseDepth == 0) return@synchronized false
+        ttsPauseDepth -= 1
+        if (ttsPauseDepth > 0) return@synchronized false
+        val resume = resumeMicAfterTts && _micEnabled.value
+        resumeMicAfterTts = false
+        if (!resume) {
+          _statusText.value =
+            when {
+              _micEnabled.value && _isSending.value -> "Listening · sending queued voice"
+              _micEnabled.value -> "Listening"
+              _isSending.value -> "Mic off · sending…"
+              else -> "Mic off"
+            }
+        }
+        resume
+      }
+    if (!shouldResume) return
+    stopRequested = false
+    start()
+    sendQueuedIfIdle()
+  }
+
   fun onGatewayConnectionChanged(connected: Boolean) {
     gatewayConnected = connected
     if (connected) {
@@ -137,7 +244,7 @@ class MicCaptureManager(
     pendingRunId = null
     pendingAssistantEntryId = null
     _isSending.value = false
-    if (messageQueue.isNotEmpty()) {
+    if (hasQueuedMessages()) {
       _statusText.value = queuedWaitingStatus()
     }
   }
@@ -245,7 +352,7 @@ class MicCaptureManager(
     _statusText.value =
       when {
         _isSending.value -> "Listening · sending queued voice"
-        messageQueue.isNotEmpty() -> "Listening · ${messageQueue.size} queued"
+        hasQueuedMessages() -> "Listening · ${queuedMessageCount()} queued"
         else -> "Listening"
       }
     _isListening.value = true
@@ -278,7 +385,7 @@ class MicCaptureManager(
       role = VoiceConversationRole.User,
       text = message,
     )
-    messageQueue.addLast(message)
+    enqueueMessage(message)
     publishQueue()
   }
 
@@ -297,12 +404,12 @@ class MicCaptureManager(
   }
 
   private fun publishQueue() {
-    _queuedMessages.value = messageQueue.toList()
+    _queuedMessages.value = snapshotMessageQueue()
   }
 
   private fun sendQueuedIfIdle() {
     if (_isSending.value) return
-    if (messageQueue.isEmpty()) {
+    if (!hasQueuedMessages()) {
       if (_micEnabled.value) {
         _statusText.value = "Listening"
       } else {
@@ -315,7 +422,7 @@ class MicCaptureManager(
       return
     }
 
-    val next = messageQueue.first()
+    val next = firstQueuedMessage() ?: return
     _isSending.value = true
     pendingRunTimeoutJob?.cancel()
     pendingRunTimeoutJob = null
@@ -333,7 +440,7 @@ class MicCaptureManager(
         if (runId == null) {
           pendingRunTimeoutJob?.cancel()
           pendingRunTimeoutJob = null
-          messageQueue.removeFirst()
+          removeFirstQueuedMessage()
           publishQueue()
           _isSending.value = false
           pendingAssistantEntryId = null
@@ -379,8 +486,7 @@ class MicCaptureManager(
   private fun completePendingTurn() {
     pendingRunTimeoutJob?.cancel()
     pendingRunTimeoutJob = null
-    if (messageQueue.isNotEmpty()) {
-      messageQueue.removeFirst()
+    if (removeFirstQueuedMessage() != null) {
       publishQueue()
     }
     pendingRunId = null
@@ -390,7 +496,7 @@ class MicCaptureManager(
   }
 
   private fun queuedWaitingStatus(): String {
-    return "${messageQueue.size} queued · waiting for gateway"
+    return "${queuedMessageCount()} queued · waiting for gateway"
   }
 
   private fun appendConversation(

apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/voice/TalkAudioPlayer.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,242 @@
+package ai.openclaw.app.voice
+
+import android.content.Context
+import android.media.AudioAttributes
+import android.media.AudioFormat
+import android.media.AudioTrack
+import android.media.MediaPlayer
+import kotlinx.coroutines.CancellationException
+import kotlinx.coroutines.CompletableDeferred
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
+import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
+import kotlinx.coroutines.withContext
+import java.io.File
+
+internal class TalkAudioPlayer(
+  private val context: Context,
+) {
+  private val lock = Any()
+  private var active: ActivePlayback? = null
+
+  suspend fun play(audio: TalkSpeakAudio) {
+    when (val mode = resolvePlaybackMode(audio)) {
+      is TalkPlaybackMode.Pcm -> playPcm(audio.bytes, mode.sampleRate)
+      is TalkPlaybackMode.Compressed -> playCompressed(audio.bytes, mode.fileExtension)
+    }
+  }
+
+  fun stop() {
+    synchronized(lock) {
+      active?.cancel()
+      active = null
+    }
+  }
+
+  internal fun resolvePlaybackMode(audio: TalkSpeakAudio): TalkPlaybackMode {
+    return resolvePlaybackMode(
+      outputFormat = audio.outputFormat,
+      mimeType = audio.mimeType,
+      fileExtension = audio.fileExtension,
+    )
+  }
+
+  companion object {
+    internal fun resolvePlaybackMode(
+      outputFormat: String?,
+      mimeType: String?,
+      fileExtension: String?,
+    ): TalkPlaybackMode {
+      val normalizedOutputFormat = outputFormat?.trim()?.lowercase()
+      if (normalizedOutputFormat != null) {
+        val pcmSampleRate = parsePcmSampleRate(normalizedOutputFormat)
+        if (pcmSampleRate != null) {
+          return TalkPlaybackMode.Pcm(sampleRate = pcmSampleRate)
+        }
+      }
+      val normalizedMimeType = mimeType?.trim()?.lowercase()
+      val extension =
+        normalizeExtension(
+          fileExtension ?: inferExtension(outputFormat = normalizedOutputFormat, mimeType = normalizedMimeType),
+        )
+      if (extension != null) {
+        return TalkPlaybackMode.Compressed(fileExtension = extension)
+      }
+      throw IllegalStateException("Unsupported talk audio format")
+    }
+
+    private fun parsePcmSampleRate(outputFormat: String): Int? {
+      return when (outputFormat) {
+        "pcm_16000" -> 16_000
+        "pcm_22050" -> 22_050
+        "pcm_24000" -> 24_000
+        "pcm_44100" -> 44_100
+        else -> null
+      }
+    }
+
+    private fun inferExtension(outputFormat: String?, mimeType: String?): String? {
+      return when {
+        outputFormat == "mp3" || outputFormat?.startsWith("mp3_") == true || mimeType == "audio/mpeg" -> ".mp3"
+        outputFormat == "opus" || outputFormat?.startsWith("opus_") == true || mimeType == "audio/ogg" -> ".ogg"
+        outputFormat?.endsWith("-wav") == true || mimeType == "audio/wav" -> ".wav"
+        outputFormat?.endsWith("-webm") == true || mimeType == "audio/webm" -> ".webm"
+        else -> null
+      }
+    }
+
+    private fun normalizeExtension(value: String?): String? {
+      val trimmed = value?.trim()?.lowercase().orEmpty()
+      if (trimmed.isEmpty()) return null
+      return if (trimmed.startsWith(".")) trimmed else ".$trimmed"
+    }
+  }
+
+  private suspend fun playPcm(bytes: ByteArray, sampleRate: Int) {
+    withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
+      val minBufferSize =
+        AudioTrack.getMinBufferSize(
+          sampleRate,
+          AudioFormat.CHANNEL_OUT_MONO,
+          AudioFormat.ENCODING_PCM_16BIT,
+        )
+      if (minBufferSize <= 0) {
+        throw IllegalStateException("AudioTrack buffer unavailable")
+      }
+      val track =
+        AudioTrack.Builder()
+          .setAudioAttributes(
+            AudioAttributes.Builder()
+              .setUsage(AudioAttributes.USAGE_MEDIA)
+              .setContentType(AudioAttributes.CONTENT_TYPE_SPEECH)
+              .build(),
+          )
+          .setAudioFormat(
+            AudioFormat.Builder()
+              .setEncoding(AudioFormat.ENCODING_PCM_16BIT)
+              .setSampleRate(sampleRate)
+              .setChannelMask(AudioFormat.CHANNEL_OUT_MONO)
+              .build(),
+          )
+          .setTransferMode(AudioTrack.MODE_STATIC)
+          .setBufferSizeInBytes(maxOf(minBufferSize, bytes.size))
+          .build()
+      val finished = CompletableDeferred<Unit>()
+      val playback =
+        ActivePlayback(
+          cancel = {
+            finished.completeExceptionally(CancellationException("assistant speech cancelled"))
+            runCatching { track.pause() }
+            runCatching { track.flush() }
+            runCatching { track.stop() }
+          },
+        )
+      register(playback)
+      try {
+        val written = track.write(bytes, 0, bytes.size)
+        if (written != bytes.size) {
+          throw IllegalStateException("AudioTrack write failed")
+        }
+        val totalFrames = bytes.size / 2
+        track.play()
+        while (track.playState == AudioTrack.PLAYSTATE_PLAYING) {
+          if (track.playbackHeadPosition >= totalFrames) {
+            finished.complete(Unit)
+            break
+          }
+          delay(20)
+        }
+        if (!finished.isCompleted) {
+          finished.complete(Unit)
+        }
+        finished.await()
+      } finally {
+        clear(playback)
+        runCatching { track.pause() }
+        runCatching { track.flush() }
+        runCatching { track.stop() }
+        track.release()
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private suspend fun playCompressed(bytes: ByteArray, fileExtension: String) {
+    val tempFile = withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
+      File.createTempFile("talk-audio-", fileExtension, context.cacheDir).apply {
+        writeBytes(bytes)
+      }
+    }
+    try {
+      val finished = CompletableDeferred<Unit>()
+      val player =
+        withContext(Dispatchers.Main) {
+          MediaPlayer().apply {
+            setAudioAttributes(
+              AudioAttributes.Builder()
+                .setUsage(AudioAttributes.USAGE_MEDIA)
+                .setContentType(AudioAttributes.CONTENT_TYPE_SPEECH)
+                .build(),
+            )
+            setDataSource(tempFile.absolutePath)
+            setOnCompletionListener {
+              finished.complete(Unit)
+            }
+            setOnErrorListener { _, what, extra ->
+              finished.completeExceptionally(IllegalStateException("MediaPlayer error ($what/$extra)"))
+              true
+            }
+            prepare()
+          }
+        }
+      val playback =
+        ActivePlayback(
+          cancel = {
+            finished.completeExceptionally(CancellationException("assistant speech cancelled"))
+            runCatching { player.stop() }
+          },
+        )
+      register(playback)
+      try {
+        withContext(Dispatchers.Main) {
+          player.start()
+        }
+        finished.await()
+      } finally {
+        clear(playback)
+        withContext(Dispatchers.Main) {
+          runCatching { player.stop() }
+          player.release()
+        }
+      }
+    } finally {
+      withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
+        tempFile.delete()
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private fun register(playback: ActivePlayback) {
+    synchronized(lock) {
+      active?.cancel()
+      active = playback
+    }
+  }
+
+  private fun clear(playback: ActivePlayback) {
+    synchronized(lock) {
+      if (active === playback) {
+        active = null
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+}
+
+internal sealed interface TalkPlaybackMode {
+  data class Pcm(val sampleRate: Int) : TalkPlaybackMode
+
+  data class Compressed(val fileExtension: String) : TalkPlaybackMode
+}
+
+private class ActivePlayback(
+  val cancel: () -> Unit,
+)

apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/voice/TalkModeManager.kt

@@ -14,19 +14,21 @@ import android.os.SystemClock
 import android.speech.RecognitionListener
 import android.speech.RecognizerIntent
 import android.speech.SpeechRecognizer
-import android.util.Log
 import android.speech.tts.TextToSpeech
 import android.speech.tts.UtteranceProgressListener
+import android.util.Log
 import androidx.core.content.ContextCompat
 import ai.openclaw.app.gateway.GatewaySession
 import java.util.Locale
 import java.util.UUID
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong
+import kotlin.coroutines.coroutineContext
 import kotlinx.coroutines.CancellationException
 import kotlinx.coroutines.CompletableDeferred
 import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Job
+import kotlinx.coroutines.NonCancellable
 import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
 import kotlinx.coroutines.ensureActive
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.MutableStateFlow
@@ -46,6 +48,8 @@ class TalkModeManager(
   private val session: GatewaySession,
   private val supportsChatSubscribe: Boolean,
   private val isConnected: () -> Boolean,
+  private val onBeforeSpeak: suspend () -> Unit = {},
+  private val onAfterSpeak: suspend () -> Unit = {},
 ) {
   companion object {
     private const val tag = "TalkMode"
@@ -57,6 +61,8 @@ class TalkModeManager(
 
   private val mainHandler = Handler(Looper.getMainLooper())
   private val json = Json { ignoreUnknownKeys = true }
+  private val talkSpeakClient = TalkSpeakClient(session = session, json = json)
+  private val talkAudioPlayer = TalkAudioPlayer(context)
 
   private val _isEnabled = MutableStateFlow(false)
   val isEnabled: StateFlow<Boolean> = _isEnabled
@@ -101,6 +107,7 @@ class TalkModeManager(
   private val playbackGeneration = AtomicLong(0L)
 
   private var ttsJob: Job? = null
+  private val ttsJobLock = Any()
   private val ttsLock = Any()
   private var textToSpeech: TextToSpeech? = null
   private var textToSpeechInit: CompletableDeferred<TextToSpeech>? = null
@@ -163,8 +170,11 @@ class TalkModeManager(
           ?: waitForAssistantText(session, startedAt, if (ok) 12_000 else 25_000)
         if (!assistant.isNullOrBlank()) {
           val playbackToken = playbackGeneration.incrementAndGet()
+          cancelActivePlayback()
           _statusText.value = "Speaking…"
-          playAssistant(assistant, playbackToken)
+          runPlaybackSession(playbackToken) {
+            playAssistant(assistant, playbackToken)
+          }
         } else {
           _statusText.value = "No reply"
         }
@@ -180,14 +190,12 @@ class TalkModeManager(
 
   fun playTtsForText(text: String) {
     val playbackToken = playbackGeneration.incrementAndGet()
-    ttsJob?.cancel()
-    ttsJob = scope.launch {
+    cancelActivePlayback()
+    scope.launch {
       reloadConfig()
-      ensurePlaybackActive(playbackToken)
-      _isSpeaking.value = true
-      _statusText.value = "Speaking…"
-      playAssistant(text, playbackToken)
-      ttsJob = null
+      runPlaybackSession(playbackToken) {
+        playAssistant(text, playbackToken)
+      }
     }
   }
 
@@ -258,7 +266,6 @@ class TalkModeManager(
     if (playbackEnabled == enabled) return
     playbackEnabled = enabled
     if (!enabled) {
-      playbackGeneration.incrementAndGet()
       stopSpeaking()
     }
   }
@@ -270,10 +277,11 @@ class TalkModeManager(
   suspend fun speakAssistantReply(text: String) {
     if (!playbackEnabled) return
     val playbackToken = playbackGeneration.incrementAndGet()
-    stopSpeaking(resetInterrupt = false)
+    cancelActivePlayback()
     ensureConfigLoaded()
-    ensurePlaybackActive(playbackToken)
-    playAssistant(text, playbackToken)
+    runPlaybackSession(playbackToken) {
+      playAssistant(text, playbackToken)
+    }
   }
 
   private fun start() {
@@ -483,9 +491,10 @@ class TalkModeManager(
       }
       Log.d(tag, "assistant text ok chars=${assistant.length}")
       val playbackToken = playbackGeneration.incrementAndGet()
-      stopSpeaking(resetInterrupt = false)
-      ensurePlaybackActive(playbackToken)
-      playAssistant(assistant, playbackToken)
+      cancelActivePlayback()
+      runPlaybackSession(playbackToken) {
+        playAssistant(assistant, playbackToken)
+      }
     } catch (err: Throwable) {
       if (err is CancellationException) {
         Log.d(tag, "finalize speech cancelled")
@@ -655,22 +664,87 @@ class TalkModeManager(
     requestAudioFocusForTts()
 
     try {
-      val ttsStarted = SystemClock.elapsedRealtime()
-      speakWithSystemTts(cleaned, directive, playbackToken)
-      Log.d(tag, "system tts ok durMs=${SystemClock.elapsedRealtime() - ttsStarted}")
+      val started = SystemClock.elapsedRealtime()
+      when (val result = talkSpeakClient.synthesize(text = cleaned, directive = directive)) {
+        is TalkSpeakResult.Success -> {
+          ensurePlaybackActive(playbackToken)
+          talkAudioPlayer.play(result.audio)
+          ensurePlaybackActive(playbackToken)
+          Log.d(tag, "talk.speak ok durMs=${SystemClock.elapsedRealtime() - started}")
+        }
+        is TalkSpeakResult.FallbackToLocal -> {
+          Log.d(tag, "talk.speak unavailable; using local TTS: ${result.message}")
+          speakWithSystemTts(cleaned, directive, playbackToken)
+          Log.d(tag, "system tts ok durMs=${SystemClock.elapsedRealtime() - started}")
+        }
+        is TalkSpeakResult.Failure -> {
+          throw IllegalStateException(result.message)
+        }
+      }
     } catch (err: Throwable) {
       if (isPlaybackCancelled(err, playbackToken)) {
         Log.d(tag, "assistant speech cancelled")
         return
       }
       _statusText.value = "Speak failed: ${err.message ?: err::class.simpleName}"
-      Log.w(tag, "system tts failed: ${err.message ?: err::class.simpleName}")
+      Log.w(tag, "talk playback failed: ${err.message ?: err::class.simpleName}")
     } finally {
-
       _isSpeaking.value = false
     }
   }
 
+  private suspend fun runPlaybackSession(
+    playbackToken: Long,
+    block: suspend () -> Unit,
+  ) {
+    val currentJob = coroutineContext[Job]
+    var shouldResumeAfterSpeak = false
+    try {
+      val claimedPlayback =
+        synchronized(ttsJobLock) {
+          if (!playbackEnabled || playbackToken != playbackGeneration.get()) {
+            false
+          } else {
+            ttsJob = currentJob
+            true
+          }
+        }
+      if (!claimedPlayback) {
+        ensurePlaybackActive(playbackToken)
+        return
+      }
+      ensurePlaybackActive(playbackToken)
+      shouldResumeAfterSpeak = true
+      onBeforeSpeak()
+      ensurePlaybackActive(playbackToken)
+      _isSpeaking.value = true
+      _statusText.value = "Speaking…"
+      block()
+    } finally {
+      synchronized(ttsJobLock) {
+        if (ttsJob === currentJob) {
+          ttsJob = null
+        }
+      }
+      _isSpeaking.value = false
+      if (shouldResumeAfterSpeak) {
+        withContext(NonCancellable) {
+          onAfterSpeak()
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private fun cancelActivePlayback() {
+    val activeJob =
+      synchronized(ttsJobLock) {
+        ttsJob
+      }
+    activeJob?.cancel()
+    talkAudioPlayer.stop()
+    stopTextToSpeechPlayback()
+  }
+
   private suspend fun speakWithSystemTts(text: String, directive: TalkDirective?, playbackToken: Long) {
     ensurePlaybackActive(playbackToken)
     val engine = ensureTextToSpeech()
@@ -755,15 +829,16 @@ class TalkModeManager(
   }
 
   private fun stopSpeaking(resetInterrupt: Boolean = true) {
+    playbackGeneration.incrementAndGet()
     if (!_isSpeaking.value) {
-      stopTextToSpeechPlayback()
+      cancelActivePlayback()
       abandonAudioFocus()
       return
     }
     if (resetInterrupt) {
       lastInterruptedAtSeconds = null
     }
-    stopTextToSpeechPlayback()
+    cancelActivePlayback()
     _isSpeaking.value = false
     abandonAudioFocus()
   }

apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/voice/TalkSpeakClient.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+package ai.openclaw.app.voice
+
+import ai.openclaw.app.gateway.GatewaySession
+import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
+import kotlinx.serialization.encodeToString
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
+
+internal data class TalkSpeakAudio(
+  val bytes: ByteArray,
+  val provider: String,
+  val outputFormat: String?,
+  val voiceCompatible: Boolean?,
+  val mimeType: String?,
+  val fileExtension: String?,
+)
+
+internal sealed interface TalkSpeakResult {
+  data class Success(val audio: TalkSpeakAudio) : TalkSpeakResult
+
+  data class FallbackToLocal(val message: String) : TalkSpeakResult
+
+  data class Failure(val message: String) : TalkSpeakResult
+}
+
+internal class TalkSpeakClient(
+  private val session: GatewaySession? = null,
+  private val json: Json = Json { ignoreUnknownKeys = true },
+  private val requestDetailed: (suspend (String, String, Long) -> GatewaySession.RpcResult)? = null,
+) {
+  suspend fun synthesize(text: String, directive: TalkDirective?): TalkSpeakResult {
+    val response =
+      try {
+        performRequest(
+          method = "talk.speak",
+          paramsJson = json.encodeToString(TalkSpeakRequest.from(text = text, directive = directive)),
+          timeoutMs = 45_000,
+        )
+      } catch (err: Throwable) {
+        return TalkSpeakResult.Failure(err.message ?: "talk.speak request failed")
+      }
+    if (!response.ok) {
+      val error = response.error
+      val message = error?.message ?: "talk.speak request failed"
+      return if (isFallbackEligible(error)) {
+        TalkSpeakResult.FallbackToLocal(message)
+      } else {
+        TalkSpeakResult.Failure(message)
+      }
+    }
+    val payload =
+      try {
+        json.decodeFromString<TalkSpeakResponse>(response.payloadJson ?: "")
+      } catch (err: Throwable) {
+        return TalkSpeakResult.Failure(err.message ?: "talk.speak payload invalid")
+      }
+    val bytes =
+      try {
+        android.util.Base64.decode(payload.audioBase64, android.util.Base64.DEFAULT)
+      } catch (err: Throwable) {
+        return TalkSpeakResult.Failure(err.message ?: "talk.speak audio decode failed")
+      }
+    if (bytes.isEmpty()) {
+      return TalkSpeakResult.Failure("talk.speak returned empty audio")
+    }
+    return TalkSpeakResult.Success(
+      TalkSpeakAudio(
+        bytes = bytes,
+        provider = payload.provider,
+        outputFormat = payload.outputFormat,
+        voiceCompatible = payload.voiceCompatible,
+        mimeType = payload.mimeType,
+        fileExtension = payload.fileExtension,
+      ),
+    )
+  }
+
+  private fun isFallbackEligible(error: GatewaySession.ErrorShape?): Boolean {
+    val reason = error?.details?.reason
+    if (reason == null) return true
+    return reason == "talk_unconfigured" ||
+      reason == "talk_provider_unsupported" ||
+      reason == "method_unavailable"
+  }
+
+  private suspend fun performRequest(
+    method: String,
+    paramsJson: String,
+    timeoutMs: Long,
+  ): GatewaySession.RpcResult {
+    requestDetailed?.let { return it(method, paramsJson, timeoutMs) }
+    val activeSession = session ?: throw IllegalStateException("session missing")
+    return activeSession.requestDetailed(method = method, paramsJson = paramsJson, timeoutMs = timeoutMs)
+  }
+}
+
+@Serializable
+internal data class TalkSpeakRequest(
+  val text: String,
+  val voiceId: String? = null,
+  val modelId: String? = null,
+  val outputFormat: String? = null,
+  val speed: Double? = null,
+  val rateWpm: Int? = null,
+  val stability: Double? = null,
+  val similarity: Double? = null,
+  val style: Double? = null,
+  val speakerBoost: Boolean? = null,
+  val seed: Long? = null,
+  val normalize: String? = null,
+  val language: String? = null,
+  val latencyTier: Int? = null,
+) {
+  companion object {
+    fun from(text: String, directive: TalkDirective?): TalkSpeakRequest {
+      return TalkSpeakRequest(
+        text = text,
+        voiceId = directive?.voiceId,
+        modelId = directive?.modelId,
+        outputFormat = directive?.outputFormat,
+        speed = directive?.speed,
+        rateWpm = directive?.rateWpm,
+        stability = directive?.stability,
+        similarity = directive?.similarity,
+        style = directive?.style,
+        speakerBoost = directive?.speakerBoost,
+        seed = directive?.seed,
+        normalize = directive?.normalize,
+        language = directive?.language,
+        latencyTier = directive?.latencyTier,
+      )
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+@Serializable
+private data class TalkSpeakResponse(
+  val audioBase64: String,
+  val provider: String,
+  val outputFormat: String? = null,
+  val voiceCompatible: Boolean? = null,
+  val mimeType: String? = null,
+  val fileExtension: String? = null,
+)

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 +1,43 @@
+package ai.openclaw.app
+
+import android.content.Intent
+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.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)
+    assertFalse(parsed.autoSend)
+  }
+
+  @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)
+    assertTrue(parsed.autoSend)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun ignoresUnrelatedIntents() {
+    assertNull(parseAssistantLaunchIntent(Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW)))
+  }
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+package ai.openclaw.app
+
+import ai.openclaw.app.gateway.GatewayEndpoint
+import ai.openclaw.app.gateway.GatewaySession
+import ai.openclaw.app.gateway.GatewayTlsProbeFailure
+import ai.openclaw.app.gateway.GatewayTlsProbeResult
+import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
+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.lang.reflect.Field
+import java.util.UUID
+
+@RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner::class)
+@Config(sdk = [34])
+class GatewayBootstrapAuthTest {
+  @Test
+  fun skipsOperatorSessionWhenOnlyBootstrapAuthExists() {
+    assertFalse(
+      shouldConnectOperatorSession(
+        NodeRuntime.GatewayConnectAuth(token = "", bootstrapToken = "bootstrap-1", password = ""),
+        storedOperatorToken = "",
+      ),
+    )
+    assertFalse(
+      shouldConnectOperatorSession(
+        NodeRuntime.GatewayConnectAuth(token = null, bootstrapToken = "bootstrap-1", password = null),
+        storedOperatorToken = null,
+      ),
+    )
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun connectsOperatorSessionWhenSharedPasswordOrStoredAuthExists() {
+    assertTrue(
+      shouldConnectOperatorSession(
+        NodeRuntime.GatewayConnectAuth(token = "shared-token", bootstrapToken = "bootstrap-1", password = null),
+        storedOperatorToken = null,
+      ),
+    )
+    assertTrue(
+      shouldConnectOperatorSession(
+        NodeRuntime.GatewayConnectAuth(token = null, bootstrapToken = "bootstrap-1", password = "shared-password"),
+        storedOperatorToken = null,
+      ),
+    )
+    assertTrue(
+      shouldConnectOperatorSession(
+        NodeRuntime.GatewayConnectAuth(token = null, bootstrapToken = "bootstrap-1", password = null),
+        storedOperatorToken = "stored-token",
+      ),
+    )
+    assertFalse(
+      shouldConnectOperatorSession(
+        NodeRuntime.GatewayConnectAuth(token = null, bootstrapToken = "", password = null),
+        storedOperatorToken = null,
+      ),
+    )
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun resolveOperatorSessionConnectAuthUsesStoredTokenPathAfterBootstrapHandoff() {
+    val resolved =
+      resolveOperatorSessionConnectAuth(
+        auth = NodeRuntime.GatewayConnectAuth(token = null, bootstrapToken = "bootstrap-1", password = null),
+        storedOperatorToken = "stored-token",
+      )
+
+    assertEquals(NodeRuntime.GatewayConnectAuth(token = null, bootstrapToken = null, password = null), resolved)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun resolveOperatorSessionConnectAuthPrefersExplicitSharedAuth() {
+    val resolved =
+      resolveOperatorSessionConnectAuth(
+        auth = NodeRuntime.GatewayConnectAuth(token = "shared-token", bootstrapToken = "bootstrap-1", password = "shared-password"),
+        storedOperatorToken = "stored-token",
+      )
+
+    assertEquals(
+      NodeRuntime.GatewayConnectAuth(token = "shared-token", bootstrapToken = null, password = null),
+      resolved,
+    )
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun resolveGatewayConnectAuth_prefersExplicitSetupAuthOverStoredPrefs() {
+    val app = RuntimeEnvironment.getApplication()
+    val securePrefs =
+      app.getSharedPreferences(
+        "openclaw.node.secure.test.${UUID.randomUUID()}",
+        android.content.Context.MODE_PRIVATE,
+      )
+    val prefs = SecurePrefs(app, securePrefsOverride = securePrefs)
+    prefs.setGatewayToken("stale-shared-token")
+    prefs.setGatewayBootstrapToken("")
+    prefs.setGatewayPassword("stale-password")
+    val runtime = NodeRuntime(app, prefs)
+
+    val auth =
+      runtime.resolveGatewayConnectAuth(
+        NodeRuntime.GatewayConnectAuth(
+          token = null,
+          bootstrapToken = "setup-bootstrap-token",
+          password = null,
+        ),
+      )
+
+    assertNull(auth.token)
+    assertEquals("setup-bootstrap-token", auth.bootstrapToken)
+    assertNull(auth.password)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun acceptGatewayTrustPrompt_preservesExplicitSetupAuth() =
+    runBlocking {
+      val app = RuntimeEnvironment.getApplication()
+      val securePrefs =
+        app.getSharedPreferences(
+          "openclaw.node.secure.test.${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,
+          tlsFingerprintProbe = { _, _ -> GatewayTlsProbeResult(fingerprintSha256 = "fp-1") },
+        )
+      val endpoint = GatewayEndpoint.manual(host = "gateway.example", port = 18789)
+      val explicitAuth =
+        NodeRuntime.GatewayConnectAuth(
+          token = null,
+          bootstrapToken = "setup-bootstrap-token",
+          password = null,
+        )
+
+      runtime.connect(endpoint, explicitAuth)
+      val prompt = waitForGatewayTrustPrompt(runtime)
+      assertEquals("setup-bootstrap-token", prompt.auth.bootstrapToken)
+
+      runtime.acceptGatewayTrustPrompt()
+
+      assertEquals("fp-1", prefs.loadGatewayTlsFingerprint(endpoint.stableId))
+      assertEquals("setup-bootstrap-token", desiredBootstrapToken(runtime, "nodeSession"))
+      assertNull(desiredBootstrapToken(runtime, "operatorSession"))
+    }
+
+  @Test
+  fun connect_showsSecureEndpointGuidanceWhenTlsProbeFails() {
+    val app = RuntimeEnvironment.getApplication()
+    val runtime =
+      NodeRuntime(
+        app,
+        tlsFingerprintProbe = { _, _ ->
+          GatewayTlsProbeResult(failure = GatewayTlsProbeFailure.TLS_UNAVAILABLE)
+        },
+      )
+
+    runtime.connect(
+      GatewayEndpoint.manual(host = "gateway.example", port = 18789),
+      NodeRuntime.GatewayConnectAuth(token = "shared-token", bootstrapToken = null, password = null),
+    )
+
+    assertEquals(
+      "Failed: this host requires wss:// or Tailscale Serve. No TLS endpoint detected.",
+      waitForStatusText(runtime),
+    )
+    assertNull(runtime.pendingGatewayTrust.value)
+  }
+
+  private fun waitForGatewayTrustPrompt(runtime: NodeRuntime): NodeRuntime.GatewayTrustPrompt {
+    repeat(50) {
+      runtime.pendingGatewayTrust.value?.let { return it }
+      Thread.sleep(10)
+    }
+    error("Expected pending gateway trust prompt")
+  }
+
+  private fun waitForStatusText(runtime: NodeRuntime): String {
+    repeat(50) {
+      val status = runtime.statusText.value
+      if (status != "Verify gateway TLS fingerprint…") {
+        return status
+      }
+      Thread.sleep(10)
+    }
+    error("Expected status text update")
+  }
+
+  private fun desiredBootstrapToken(runtime: NodeRuntime, sessionFieldName: String): String? {
+    val session = readField<GatewaySession>(runtime, sessionFieldName)
+    val desired = readField<Any?>(session, "desired") ?: return null
+    return readField(desired, "bootstrapToken")
+  }
+
+  private fun <T> readField(target: Any, name: String): T {
+    var type: Class<*>? = target.javaClass
+    while (type != null) {
+      try {
+        val field: Field = type.getDeclaredField(name)
+        field.isAccessible = true
+        @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
+        return field.get(target) as T
+      } catch (_: NoSuchFieldException) {
+        type = type.superclass
+      }
+    }
+    error("Field $name not found on ${target.javaClass.name}")
+  }
+}

apps/android/app/src/test/java/ai/openclaw/app/gateway/DeviceAuthStoreTest.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package ai.openclaw.app.gateway
+
+import ai.openclaw.app.SecurePrefs
+import android.content.Context
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull
+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 DeviceAuthStoreTest {
+  @Test
+  fun saveTokenPersistsNormalizedScopesMetadata() {
+    val app = RuntimeEnvironment.getApplication()
+    val securePrefs =
+      app.getSharedPreferences(
+        "openclaw.node.secure.test.${UUID.randomUUID()}",
+        Context.MODE_PRIVATE,
+      )
+    val prefs = SecurePrefs(app, securePrefsOverride = securePrefs)
+    val store = DeviceAuthStore(prefs)
+
+    store.saveToken(
+      deviceId = " Device-1 ",
+      role = " Operator ",
+      token = " operator-token ",
+      scopes = listOf("operator.write", "operator.read", "operator.write", " "),
+    )
+
+    val entry = store.loadEntry("device-1", "operator")
+    assertNotNull(entry)
+    assertEquals("operator-token", entry?.token)
+    assertEquals("operator", entry?.role)
+    assertEquals(listOf("operator.read", "operator.write"), entry?.scopes)
+    assertTrue((entry?.updatedAtMs ?: 0L) > 0L)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun loadEntryReadsLegacyTokenWithoutMetadata() {
+    val app = RuntimeEnvironment.getApplication()
+    val securePrefs =
+      app.getSharedPreferences(
+        "openclaw.node.secure.test.${UUID.randomUUID()}",
+        Context.MODE_PRIVATE,
+      )
+    val prefs = SecurePrefs(app, securePrefsOverride = securePrefs)
+    prefs.putString("gateway.deviceToken.device-1.operator", "legacy-token")
+    val store = DeviceAuthStore(prefs)
+
+    val entry = store.loadEntry("device-1", "operator")
+    assertNotNull(entry)
+    assertEquals("legacy-token", entry?.token)
+    assertEquals("operator", entry?.role)
+    assertEquals(emptyList<String>(), entry?.scopes)
+    assertEquals(0L, entry?.updatedAtMs)
+  }
+}

apps/android/app/src/test/java/ai/openclaw/app/gateway/GatewaySessionInvokeTest.kt

@@ -35,12 +35,18 @@ private const val CONNECT_CHALLENGE_FRAME =
   """{"type":"event","event":"connect.challenge","payload":{"nonce":"android-test-nonce"}}"""
 
 private class InMemoryDeviceAuthStore : DeviceAuthTokenStore {
-  private val tokens = mutableMapOf<String, String>()
+  private val tokens = mutableMapOf<String, DeviceAuthEntry>()
 
-  override fun loadToken(deviceId: String, role: String): String? = tokens["${deviceId.trim()}|${role.trim()}"]?.trim()?.takeIf { it.isNotEmpty() }
+  override fun loadEntry(deviceId: String, role: String): DeviceAuthEntry? = tokens["${deviceId.trim()}|${role.trim()}"]
 
-  override fun saveToken(deviceId: String, role: String, token: String) {
-    tokens["${deviceId.trim()}|${role.trim()}"] = token.trim()
+  override fun saveToken(deviceId: String, role: String, token: String, scopes: List<String>) {
+    tokens["${deviceId.trim()}|${role.trim()}"] =
+      DeviceAuthEntry(
+        token = token.trim(),
+        role = role.trim(),
+        scopes = scopes,
+        updatedAtMs = System.currentTimeMillis(),
+      )
   }
 
   override fun clearToken(deviceId: String, role: String) {
@@ -213,6 +219,144 @@ class GatewaySessionInvokeTest {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun connect_storesPrimaryDeviceTokenFromSuccessfulSharedTokenConnect() = runBlocking {
+    val json = testJson()
+    val connected = CompletableDeferred<Unit>()
+    val lastDisconnect = AtomicReference("")
+    val server =
+      startGatewayServer(json) { webSocket, id, method, _ ->
+        when (method) {
+          "connect" -> {
+            webSocket.send(
+              connectResponseFrame(
+                id,
+                authJson = """{"deviceToken":"shared-node-token","role":"node","scopes":[]}""",
+              ),
+            )
+            webSocket.close(1000, "done")
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+    val harness =
+      createNodeHarness(
+        connected = connected,
+        lastDisconnect = lastDisconnect,
+      ) { GatewaySession.InvokeResult.ok("""{"handled":true}""") }
+
+    try {
+      connectNodeSession(
+        session = harness.session,
+        port = server.port,
+        token = "shared-auth-token",
+        bootstrapToken = null,
+      )
+      awaitConnectedOrThrow(connected, lastDisconnect, server)
+
+      val deviceId = DeviceIdentityStore(RuntimeEnvironment.getApplication()).loadOrCreate().deviceId
+      assertEquals("shared-node-token", harness.deviceAuthStore.loadToken(deviceId, "node"))
+      assertNull(harness.deviceAuthStore.loadToken(deviceId, "operator"))
+    } finally {
+      shutdownHarness(harness, server)
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun bootstrapConnect_storesAdditionalBoundedDeviceTokensOnTrustedTransport() = runBlocking {
+    val json = testJson()
+    val connected = CompletableDeferred<Unit>()
+    val lastDisconnect = AtomicReference("")
+    val server =
+      startGatewayServer(json) { webSocket, id, method, _ ->
+        when (method) {
+          "connect" -> {
+            webSocket.send(
+              connectResponseFrame(
+                id,
+                authJson =
+                  """{"deviceToken":"bootstrap-node-token","role":"node","scopes":[],"deviceTokens":[{"deviceToken":"bootstrap-operator-token","role":"operator","scopes":["operator.admin","operator.approvals","operator.read","operator.talk.secrets","operator.write"]}]}""",
+              ),
+            )
+            webSocket.close(1000, "done")
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+    val harness =
+      createNodeHarness(
+        connected = connected,
+        lastDisconnect = lastDisconnect,
+      ) { GatewaySession.InvokeResult.ok("""{"handled":true}""") }
+
+    try {
+      connectNodeSession(
+        session = harness.session,
+        port = server.port,
+        token = null,
+        bootstrapToken = "bootstrap-token",
+      )
+      awaitConnectedOrThrow(connected, lastDisconnect, server)
+
+      val deviceId = DeviceIdentityStore(RuntimeEnvironment.getApplication()).loadOrCreate().deviceId
+      val nodeEntry = harness.deviceAuthStore.loadEntry(deviceId, "node")
+      val operatorEntry = harness.deviceAuthStore.loadEntry(deviceId, "operator")
+      assertEquals("bootstrap-node-token", nodeEntry?.token)
+      assertEquals(emptyList<String>(), nodeEntry?.scopes)
+      assertEquals("bootstrap-operator-token", operatorEntry?.token)
+      assertEquals(
+        listOf("operator.approvals", "operator.read", "operator.talk.secrets", "operator.write"),
+        operatorEntry?.scopes,
+      )
+    } finally {
+      shutdownHarness(harness, server)
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun nonBootstrapConnect_ignoresAdditionalBootstrapDeviceTokens() = runBlocking {
+    val json = testJson()
+    val connected = CompletableDeferred<Unit>()
+    val lastDisconnect = AtomicReference("")
+    val server =
+      startGatewayServer(json) { webSocket, id, method, _ ->
+        when (method) {
+          "connect" -> {
+            webSocket.send(
+              connectResponseFrame(
+                id,
+                authJson =
+                  """{"deviceToken":"shared-node-token","role":"node","scopes":[],"deviceTokens":[{"deviceToken":"shared-operator-token","role":"operator","scopes":["operator.approvals","operator.read"]}]}""",
+              ),
+            )
+            webSocket.close(1000, "done")
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+    val harness =
+      createNodeHarness(
+        connected = connected,
+        lastDisconnect = lastDisconnect,
+      ) { GatewaySession.InvokeResult.ok("""{"handled":true}""") }
+
+    try {
+      connectNodeSession(
+        session = harness.session,
+        port = server.port,
+        token = "shared-auth-token",
+        bootstrapToken = null,
+      )
+      awaitConnectedOrThrow(connected, lastDisconnect, server)
+
+      val deviceId = DeviceIdentityStore(RuntimeEnvironment.getApplication()).loadOrCreate().deviceId
+      assertEquals("shared-node-token", harness.deviceAuthStore.loadToken(deviceId, "node"))
+      assertNull(harness.deviceAuthStore.loadToken(deviceId, "operator"))
+    } finally {
+      shutdownHarness(harness, server)
+    }
+  }
+
   @Test
   fun nodeInvokeRequest_roundTripsInvokeResult() = runBlocking {
     val handshakeOrigin = AtomicReference<String?>(null)
@@ -470,9 +614,14 @@ class GatewaySessionInvokeTest {
     }
   }
 
-  private fun connectResponseFrame(id: String, canvasHostUrl: String? = null): String {
+  private fun connectResponseFrame(
+    id: String,
+    canvasHostUrl: String? = null,
+    authJson: String? = null,
+  ): String {
     val canvas = canvasHostUrl?.let { "\"canvasHostUrl\":\"$it\"," } ?: ""
-    return """{"type":"res","id":"$id","ok":true,"payload":{$canvas"snapshot":{"sessionDefaults":{"mainSessionKey":"main"}}}}"""
+    val auth = authJson?.let { "\"auth\":$it," } ?: ""
+    return """{"type":"res","id":"$id","ok":true,"payload":{$canvas$auth"snapshot":{"sessionDefaults":{"mainSessionKey":"main"}}}}"""
   }
 
   private fun startGatewayServer(

apps/android/app/src/test/java/ai/openclaw/app/gateway/GatewaySessionInvokeTimeoutTest.kt

@@ -4,6 +4,23 @@ import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
 import org.junit.Test
 
 class GatewaySessionInvokeTimeoutTest {
+  @Test
+  fun formatGatewayAuthority_bracketsIpv6Hosts() {
+    assertEquals("[::1]:18789", formatGatewayAuthority("::1", 18_789))
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun buildGatewayWebSocketUrl_bracketsIpv6Hosts() {
+    assertEquals("ws://[::1]:18789", buildGatewayWebSocketUrl("::1", 18_789, useTls = false))
+    assertEquals("wss://[::1]:443", buildGatewayWebSocketUrl("::1", 443, useTls = true))
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun buildGatewayWebSocketUrl_normalizesPersistedBracketedIpv6Hosts() {
+    assertEquals("ws://[::1]:18789", buildGatewayWebSocketUrl("[::1]", 18_789, useTls = false))
+    assertEquals("wss://[::1]:443", buildGatewayWebSocketUrl("[::1]", 443, useTls = true))
+  }
+
   @Test
   fun resolveInvokeResultAckTimeoutMs_usesFloorWhenMissingOrTooSmall() {
     assertEquals(15_000L, resolveInvokeResultAckTimeoutMs(null))

apps/android/app/src/test/java/ai/openclaw/app/node/CanvasActionTrustTest.kt

@@ -39,4 +39,34 @@ class CanvasActionTrustTest {
       ),
     )
   }
+
+  @Test
+  fun acceptsFragmentOnlyDifferenceForTrustedA2uiPage() {
+    assertTrue(
+      CanvasActionTrust.isTrustedCanvasActionUrl(
+        rawUrl = "https://canvas.example.com:9443/__openclaw__/cap/token/__openclaw__/a2ui/?platform=android#step2",
+        trustedA2uiUrls = listOf("https://canvas.example.com:9443/__openclaw__/cap/token/__openclaw__/a2ui/?platform=android"),
+      ),
+    )
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun rejectsQueryMismatchOnTrustedOriginAndPath() {
+    assertFalse(
+      CanvasActionTrust.isTrustedCanvasActionUrl(
+        rawUrl = "https://canvas.example.com:9443/__openclaw__/cap/token/__openclaw__/a2ui/?platform=ios",
+        trustedA2uiUrls = listOf("https://canvas.example.com:9443/__openclaw__/cap/token/__openclaw__/a2ui/?platform=android"),
+      ),
+    )
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun rejectsDescendantPathUnderTrustedA2uiRoot() {
+    assertFalse(
+      CanvasActionTrust.isTrustedCanvasActionUrl(
+        rawUrl = "https://canvas.example.com:9443/__openclaw__/cap/token/__openclaw__/a2ui/child/index.html?platform=android",
+        trustedA2uiUrls = listOf("https://canvas.example.com:9443/__openclaw__/cap/token/__openclaw__/a2ui/?platform=android"),
+      ),
+    )
+  }
 }

apps/android/app/src/test/java/ai/openclaw/app/node/ConnectionManagerTest.kt

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import ai.openclaw.app.protocol.OpenClawLocationCommand
 import ai.openclaw.app.protocol.OpenClawMotionCommand
 import ai.openclaw.app.protocol.OpenClawSmsCommand
 import ai.openclaw.app.gateway.GatewayEndpoint
+import ai.openclaw.app.gateway.isLoopbackGatewayHost
+import ai.openclaw.app.gateway.isPrivateLanGatewayHost
 import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
 import org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
 import org.junit.Assert.assertNull
@@ -69,7 +71,7 @@ class ConnectionManagerTest {
 
   @Test
   fun resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint_manualRespectsManualTlsToggle() {
-    val endpoint = GatewayEndpoint.manual(host = "example.com", port = 443)
+    val endpoint = GatewayEndpoint.manual(host = "127.0.0.1", port = 443)
 
     val off =
       ConnectionManager.resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint(
@@ -89,6 +91,278 @@ class ConnectionManagerTest {
     assertEquals(false, on?.allowTOFU)
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint_manualNonLoopbackForcesTlsWhenToggleIsOff() {
+    val endpoint = GatewayEndpoint.manual(host = "example.com", port = 443)
+
+    val params =
+      ConnectionManager.resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint(
+        endpoint,
+        storedFingerprint = null,
+        manualTlsEnabled = false,
+      )
+
+    assertEquals(true, params?.required)
+    assertNull(params?.expectedFingerprint)
+    assertEquals(false, params?.allowTOFU)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint_manualPrivateLanCanStayCleartextWhenToggleIsOff() {
+    val endpoint = GatewayEndpoint.manual(host = "192.168.1.20", port = 18789)
+
+    val params =
+      ConnectionManager.resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint(
+        endpoint,
+        storedFingerprint = null,
+        manualTlsEnabled = false,
+      )
+
+    assertNull(params)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint_discoveryTailnetWithoutHintsStillRequiresTls() {
+    val endpoint =
+      GatewayEndpoint(
+        stableId = "_openclaw-gw._tcp.|local.|Test",
+        name = "Test",
+        host = "100.64.0.9",
+        port = 18789,
+        tlsEnabled = false,
+        tlsFingerprintSha256 = null,
+      )
+
+    val params =
+      ConnectionManager.resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint(
+        endpoint,
+        storedFingerprint = null,
+        manualTlsEnabled = false,
+      )
+
+    assertEquals(true, params?.required)
+    assertNull(params?.expectedFingerprint)
+    assertEquals(false, params?.allowTOFU)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint_discoveryPrivateLanWithoutHintsCanStayCleartext() {
+    val endpoint =
+      GatewayEndpoint(
+        stableId = "_openclaw-gw._tcp.|local.|Test",
+        name = "Test",
+        host = "192.168.1.20",
+        port = 18789,
+        tlsEnabled = false,
+        tlsFingerprintSha256 = null,
+      )
+
+    val params =
+      ConnectionManager.resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint(
+        endpoint,
+        storedFingerprint = null,
+        manualTlsEnabled = false,
+      )
+
+    assertNull(params)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint_discoveryLoopbackWithoutHintsCanStayCleartext() {
+    val endpoint =
+      GatewayEndpoint(
+        stableId = "_openclaw-gw._tcp.|local.|Test",
+        name = "Test",
+        host = "127.0.0.1",
+        port = 18789,
+        tlsEnabled = false,
+        tlsFingerprintSha256 = null,
+      )
+
+    val params =
+      ConnectionManager.resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint(
+        endpoint,
+        storedFingerprint = null,
+        manualTlsEnabled = false,
+      )
+
+    assertNull(params)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint_discoveryLocalhostWithoutHintsCanStayCleartext() {
+    val endpoint =
+      GatewayEndpoint(
+        stableId = "_openclaw-gw._tcp.|local.|Test",
+        name = "Test",
+        host = "localhost",
+        port = 18789,
+        tlsEnabled = false,
+        tlsFingerprintSha256 = null,
+      )
+
+    val params =
+      ConnectionManager.resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint(
+        endpoint,
+        storedFingerprint = null,
+        manualTlsEnabled = false,
+      )
+
+    assertNull(params)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint_discoveryAndroidEmulatorWithoutHintsCanStayCleartext() {
+    val endpoint =
+      GatewayEndpoint(
+        stableId = "_openclaw-gw._tcp.|local.|Test",
+        name = "Test",
+        host = "10.0.2.2",
+        port = 18789,
+        tlsEnabled = false,
+        tlsFingerprintSha256 = null,
+      )
+
+    val params =
+      ConnectionManager.resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint(
+        endpoint,
+        storedFingerprint = null,
+        manualTlsEnabled = false,
+      )
+
+    assertNull(params)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun isLoopbackGatewayHost_onlyTreatsEmulatorBridgeAsLocalWhenAllowed() {
+    assertTrue(isLoopbackGatewayHost("10.0.2.2", allowEmulatorBridgeAlias = true))
+    assertFalse(isLoopbackGatewayHost("10.0.2.2", allowEmulatorBridgeAlias = false))
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun isPrivateLanGatewayHost_acceptsLanHostsButRejectsTailnetHosts() {
+    assertTrue(isPrivateLanGatewayHost("192.168.1.20"))
+    assertTrue(isPrivateLanGatewayHost("gateway.local"))
+    assertFalse(isPrivateLanGatewayHost("100.64.0.9"))
+    assertFalse(isPrivateLanGatewayHost("gateway.tailnet.ts.net"))
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint_discoveryIpv6LoopbackWithoutHintsCanStayCleartext() {
+    val endpoint =
+      GatewayEndpoint(
+        stableId = "_openclaw-gw._tcp.|local.|Test",
+        name = "Test",
+        host = "::1",
+        port = 18789,
+        tlsEnabled = false,
+        tlsFingerprintSha256 = null,
+      )
+
+    val params =
+      ConnectionManager.resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint(
+        endpoint,
+        storedFingerprint = null,
+        manualTlsEnabled = false,
+      )
+
+    assertNull(params)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint_discoveryMappedIpv4LoopbackWithoutHintsCanStayCleartext() {
+    val endpoint =
+      GatewayEndpoint(
+        stableId = "_openclaw-gw._tcp.|local.|Test",
+        name = "Test",
+        host = "::ffff:127.0.0.1",
+        port = 18789,
+        tlsEnabled = false,
+        tlsFingerprintSha256 = null,
+      )
+
+    val params =
+      ConnectionManager.resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint(
+        endpoint,
+        storedFingerprint = null,
+        manualTlsEnabled = false,
+      )
+
+    assertNull(params)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint_discoveryNonLoopbackIpv6WithoutHintsRequiresTls() {
+    val endpoint =
+      GatewayEndpoint(
+        stableId = "_openclaw-gw._tcp.|local.|Test",
+        name = "Test",
+        host = "2001:db8::1",
+        port = 18789,
+        tlsEnabled = false,
+        tlsFingerprintSha256 = null,
+      )
+
+    val params =
+      ConnectionManager.resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint(
+        endpoint,
+        storedFingerprint = null,
+        manualTlsEnabled = false,
+      )
+
+    assertEquals(true, params?.required)
+    assertNull(params?.expectedFingerprint)
+    assertEquals(false, params?.allowTOFU)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint_discoveryUnspecifiedIpv4WithoutHintsRequiresTls() {
+    val endpoint =
+      GatewayEndpoint(
+        stableId = "_openclaw-gw._tcp.|local.|Test",
+        name = "Test",
+        host = "0.0.0.0",
+        port = 18789,
+        tlsEnabled = false,
+        tlsFingerprintSha256 = null,
+      )
+
+    val params =
+      ConnectionManager.resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint(
+        endpoint,
+        storedFingerprint = null,
+        manualTlsEnabled = false,
+      )
+
+    assertEquals(true, params?.required)
+    assertNull(params?.expectedFingerprint)
+    assertEquals(false, params?.allowTOFU)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint_discoveryUnspecifiedIpv6WithoutHintsRequiresTls() {
+    val endpoint =
+      GatewayEndpoint(
+        stableId = "_openclaw-gw._tcp.|local.|Test",
+        name = "Test",
+        host = "::",
+        port = 18789,
+        tlsEnabled = false,
+        tlsFingerprintSha256 = null,
+      )
+
+    val params =
+      ConnectionManager.resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint(
+        endpoint,
+        storedFingerprint = null,
+        manualTlsEnabled = false,
+      )
+
+    assertEquals(true, params?.required)
+    assertNull(params?.expectedFingerprint)
+    assertEquals(false, params?.allowTOFU)
+  }
+
   @Test
   fun buildNodeConnectOptions_advertisesRequestableSmsSearchWithoutSmsCapability() {
     val options =

apps/android/app/src/test/java/ai/openclaw/app/ui/CanvasA2UIActionBridgeTest.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package ai.openclaw.app.ui
+
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+import org.junit.Test
+
+class CanvasA2UIActionBridgeTest {
+  @Test
+  fun forwardsTrimmedPayloadFromTrustedPage() {
+    val forwarded = mutableListOf<String>()
+    val bridge =
+      CanvasA2UIActionBridge(
+        isTrustedPage = { true },
+        onMessage = { forwarded += it },
+      )
+
+    bridge.postMessage("  {\"ok\":true}  ")
+
+    assertEquals(listOf("{\"ok\":true}"), forwarded)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun rejectsPayloadFromUntrustedPage() {
+    val forwarded = mutableListOf<String>()
+    val bridge =
+      CanvasA2UIActionBridge(
+        isTrustedPage = { false },
+        onMessage = { forwarded += it },
+      )
+
+    bridge.postMessage("{\"ok\":true}")
+
+    assertTrue(forwarded.isEmpty())
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun rejectsBlankPayloadBeforeForwarding() {
+    val forwarded = mutableListOf<String>()
+    val bridge =
+      CanvasA2UIActionBridge(
+        isTrustedPage = { true },
+        onMessage = { forwarded += it },
+      )
+
+    bridge.postMessage("   ")
+    bridge.postMessage(null)
+
+    assertTrue(forwarded.isEmpty())
+  }
+}

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

@@ -25,18 +25,17 @@ class GatewayConfigResolverTest {
   }
 
   @Test
-  fun parseGatewayEndpointUsesDefaultCleartextPortForBareWsUrls() {
+  fun parseGatewayEndpointRejectsNonLoopbackCleartextWsUrls() {
     val parsed = parseGatewayEndpoint("ws://gateway.example")
 
-    assertEquals(
-      GatewayEndpointConfig(
-        host = "gateway.example",
-        port = 18789,
-        tls = false,
-        displayUrl = "http://gateway.example:18789",
-      ),
-      parsed,
-    )
+    assertNull(parsed)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun parseGatewayEndpointRejectsTailnetCleartextWsUrls() {
+    val parsed = parseGatewayEndpoint("ws://100.64.0.9:18789")
+
+    assertNull(parsed)
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -55,30 +54,158 @@ class GatewayConfigResolverTest {
   }
 
   @Test
-  fun parseGatewayEndpointKeepsExplicitNonDefaultPortInDisplayUrl() {
-    val parsed = parseGatewayEndpoint("http://gateway.example:8080")
+  fun parseGatewayEndpointAllowsLoopbackCleartextWsUrls() {
+    val parsed = parseGatewayEndpoint("ws://127.0.0.1")
 
     assertEquals(
       GatewayEndpointConfig(
-        host = "gateway.example",
-        port = 8080,
+        host = "127.0.0.1",
+        port = 18789,
         tls = false,
-        displayUrl = "http://gateway.example:8080",
+        displayUrl = "http://127.0.0.1:18789",
       ),
       parsed,
     )
   }
 
   @Test
-  fun parseGatewayEndpointKeepsExplicitCleartextPort80InDisplayUrl() {
-    val parsed = parseGatewayEndpoint("http://gateway.example:80")
+  fun parseGatewayEndpointAllowsLocalhostCleartextWsUrls() {
+    val parsed = parseGatewayEndpoint("ws://localhost:18789")
 
     assertEquals(
       GatewayEndpointConfig(
-        host = "gateway.example",
+        host = "localhost",
+        port = 18789,
+        tls = false,
+        displayUrl = "http://localhost:18789",
+      ),
+      parsed,
+    )
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun parseGatewayEndpointAllowsAndroidEmulatorCleartextWsUrls() {
+    val parsed = parseGatewayEndpoint("ws://10.0.2.2:18789")
+
+    assertEquals(
+      GatewayEndpointConfig(
+        host = "10.0.2.2",
+        port = 18789,
+        tls = false,
+        displayUrl = "http://10.0.2.2:18789",
+      ),
+      parsed,
+    )
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun parseGatewayEndpointAllowsPrivateLanCleartextWsUrls() {
+    val parsed = parseGatewayEndpoint("ws://192.168.1.20:18789")
+
+    assertEquals(
+      GatewayEndpointConfig(
+        host = "192.168.1.20",
+        port = 18789,
+        tls = false,
+        displayUrl = "http://192.168.1.20:18789",
+      ),
+      parsed,
+    )
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun parseGatewayEndpointAllowsMdnsCleartextWsUrls() {
+    val parsed = parseGatewayEndpoint("ws://gateway.local:18789")
+
+    assertEquals(
+      GatewayEndpointConfig(
+        host = "gateway.local",
+        port = 18789,
+        tls = false,
+        displayUrl = "http://gateway.local:18789",
+      ),
+      parsed,
+    )
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun parseGatewayEndpointAllowsIpv6LoopbackCleartextWsUrls() {
+    val parsed = parseGatewayEndpoint("ws://[::1]")
+
+    assertEquals("::1", parsed?.host)
+    assertEquals(18789, parsed?.port)
+    assertEquals(false, parsed?.tls)
+    assertEquals("http://[::1]:18789", parsed?.displayUrl)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun parseGatewayEndpointAllowsIpv4MappedIpv6LoopbackCleartextWsUrls() {
+    val parsed = parseGatewayEndpoint("ws://[::ffff:127.0.0.1]")
+
+    assertEquals("::ffff:127.0.0.1", parsed?.host)
+    assertEquals(18789, parsed?.port)
+    assertEquals(false, parsed?.tls)
+    assertEquals("http://[::ffff:127.0.0.1]:18789", parsed?.displayUrl)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun parseGatewayEndpointRejectsCleartextLoopbackPrefixBypassHost() {
+    val parsed = parseGatewayEndpoint("http://127.attacker.example:80")
+
+    assertNull(parsed)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun parseGatewayEndpointRejectsNonLoopbackIpv6CleartextWsUrls() {
+    val parsed = parseGatewayEndpoint("ws://[2001:db8::1]")
+
+    assertNull(parsed)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun parseGatewayEndpointAllowsLinkLocalIpv6ZoneCleartextWsUrls() {
+    val parsed = parseGatewayEndpoint("ws://[fe80::1%25eth0]")
+
+    assertEquals("fe80::1%25eth0", parsed?.host)
+    assertEquals(18789, parsed?.port)
+    assertEquals(false, parsed?.tls)
+    assertEquals("http://[fe80::1%25eth0]:18789", parsed?.displayUrl)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun parseGatewayEndpointAllowsSecureIpv6ZoneUrls() {
+    val parsed = parseGatewayEndpoint("wss://[fe80::1%25wlan0]:443")
+
+    assertEquals("fe80::1%25wlan0", parsed?.host)
+    assertEquals(443, parsed?.port)
+    assertEquals(true, parsed?.tls)
+    assertEquals("https://[fe80::1%25wlan0]", parsed?.displayUrl)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun parseGatewayEndpointRejectsUnspecifiedIpv4CleartextHttpUrls() {
+    val parsed = parseGatewayEndpoint("http://0.0.0.0:80")
+
+    assertNull(parsed)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun parseGatewayEndpointRejectsUnspecifiedIpv6CleartextWsUrls() {
+    val parsed = parseGatewayEndpoint("ws://[::]")
+
+    assertNull(parsed)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun parseGatewayEndpointAllowsLoopbackCleartextHttpUrls() {
+    val parsed = parseGatewayEndpoint("http://localhost:80")
+
+    assertEquals(
+      GatewayEndpointConfig(
+        host = "localhost",
         port = 80,
         tls = false,
-        displayUrl = "http://gateway.example:80",
+        displayUrl = "http://localhost:80",
       ),
       parsed,
     )
@@ -133,6 +260,51 @@ class GatewayConfigResolverTest {
     assertNull(resolved)
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun resolveScannedSetupCodeRejectsNonLoopbackCleartextGateway() {
+    val setupCode =
+      encodeSetupCode("""{"url":"ws://attacker.example:18789","bootstrapToken":"bootstrap-1"}""")
+
+    val resolved = resolveScannedSetupCode(setupCode)
+
+    assertNull(resolved)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun resolveScannedSetupCodeResultFlagsInsecureRemoteGateway() {
+    val setupCode =
+      encodeSetupCode("""{"url":"ws://attacker.example:18789","bootstrapToken":"bootstrap-1"}""")
+
+    val resolved = resolveScannedSetupCodeResult(setupCode)
+
+    assertNull(resolved.setupCode)
+    assertEquals(GatewayEndpointValidationError.INSECURE_REMOTE_URL, resolved.error)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun parseGatewayEndpointResultFlagsInsecureRemoteGateway() {
+    val parsed = parseGatewayEndpointResult("ws://gateway.example:18789")
+
+    assertNull(parsed.config)
+    assertEquals(GatewayEndpointValidationError.INSECURE_REMOTE_URL, parsed.error)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun parseGatewayEndpointResultAcceptsLanCleartextGateway() {
+    val parsed = parseGatewayEndpointResult("ws://192.168.1.20:18789")
+
+    assertEquals(
+      GatewayEndpointConfig(
+        host = "192.168.1.20",
+        port = 18789,
+        tls = false,
+        displayUrl = "http://192.168.1.20:18789",
+      ),
+      parsed.config,
+    )
+    assertNull(parsed.error)
+  }
+
   @Test
   fun decodeGatewaySetupCodeParsesBootstrapToken() {
     val setupCode =
@@ -155,9 +327,13 @@ 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 +355,13 @@ 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 +374,96 @@ class GatewayConfigResolverTest {
     assertNull(resolved?.password?.takeIf { it.isNotEmpty() })
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun resolveGatewayConnectConfigManualPreservesBootstrapTokenWhenNoReplacementAuthExists() {
+    val resolved =
+      resolveGatewayConnectConfig(
+        useSetupCode = false,
+        setupCode = "",
+        savedManualHost = "127.0.0.1",
+        savedManualPort = "18789",
+        savedManualTls = false,
+        manualHostInput = "127.0.0.1",
+        manualPortInput = "18789",
+        manualTlsInput = false,
+        fallbackBootstrapToken = "bootstrap-1",
+        fallbackToken = "",
+        fallbackPassword = "",
+      )
+
+    assertEquals("127.0.0.1", 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 = "127.0.0.1",
+        savedManualPort = "18789",
+        savedManualTls = false,
+        manualHostInput = "127.0.0.1",
+        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 = "127.0.0.1",
+        savedManualPort = "18789",
+        savedManualTls = false,
+        manualHostInput = "127.0.0.2",
+        manualPortInput = "18789",
+        manualTlsInput = false,
+        fallbackBootstrapToken = "bootstrap-1",
+        fallbackToken = "",
+        fallbackPassword = "",
+      )
+
+    assertEquals("", resolved?.bootstrapToken)
+    assertEquals("127.0.0.2", resolved?.host)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun resolveGatewayConnectConfigAllowsPrivateLanManualCleartextEndpoint() {
+    val resolved =
+      resolveGatewayConnectConfig(
+        useSetupCode = false,
+        setupCode = "",
+        savedManualHost = "",
+        savedManualPort = "",
+        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)
+  }
+
   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/android/app/src/test/java/ai/openclaw/app/ui/chat/ChatSheetContentTest.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package ai.openclaw.app.ui.chat
+
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Assert.assertNull
+import org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
+import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+import org.junit.Test
+import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
+
+class ChatSheetContentTest {
+  @Test
+  fun resolvesPendingAssistantAutoSendOnlyWhenChatIsReady() {
+    assertNull(
+      resolvePendingAssistantAutoSend(
+        pendingPrompt = "summarize mail",
+        healthOk = false,
+        pendingRunCount = 0,
+      ),
+    )
+    assertNull(
+      resolvePendingAssistantAutoSend(
+        pendingPrompt = "summarize mail",
+        healthOk = true,
+        pendingRunCount = 1,
+      ),
+    )
+    assertEquals(
+      "summarize mail",
+      resolvePendingAssistantAutoSend(
+        pendingPrompt = "  summarize mail  ",
+        healthOk = true,
+        pendingRunCount = 0,
+      ),
+    )
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun keepsPendingAssistantAutoSendWhenDispatchRejected() = runBlocking {
+    var dispatchedPrompt: String? = null
+
+    val consumed =
+      dispatchPendingAssistantAutoSend(
+        pendingPrompt = "summarize mail",
+        healthOk = true,
+        pendingRunCount = 0,
+      ) { prompt ->
+        dispatchedPrompt = prompt
+        false
+      }
+
+    assertFalse(consumed)
+    assertEquals("summarize mail", dispatchedPrompt)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun clearsPendingAssistantAutoSendOnlyAfterAcceptedDispatch() = runBlocking {
+    var dispatchedPrompt: String? = null
+
+    val consumed =
+      dispatchPendingAssistantAutoSend(
+        pendingPrompt = "summarize mail",
+        healthOk = true,
+        pendingRunCount = 0,
+      ) { prompt ->
+        dispatchedPrompt = prompt
+        true
+      }
+
+    assertTrue(consumed)
+    assertEquals("summarize mail", dispatchedPrompt)
+  }
+}

apps/android/app/src/test/java/ai/openclaw/app/voice/TalkAudioPlayerTest.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package ai.openclaw.app.voice
+
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+import org.junit.Test
+
+class TalkAudioPlayerTest {
+  @Test
+  fun resolvesPcmPlaybackFromOutputFormat() {
+    val mode =
+      TalkAudioPlayer.resolvePlaybackMode(
+        outputFormat = "pcm_24000",
+        mimeType = null,
+        fileExtension = null,
+      )
+
+    assertEquals(TalkPlaybackMode.Pcm(sampleRate = 24_000), mode)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun resolvesCompressedPlaybackFromMimeType() {
+    val mode =
+      TalkAudioPlayer.resolvePlaybackMode(
+        outputFormat = null,
+        mimeType = "audio/mpeg",
+        fileExtension = null,
+      )
+
+    assertEquals(TalkPlaybackMode.Compressed(fileExtension = ".mp3"), mode)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun preservesProvidedExtensionForCompressedPlayback() {
+    val mode =
+      TalkAudioPlayer.resolvePlaybackMode(
+        outputFormat = null,
+        mimeType = "audio/webm",
+        fileExtension = "webm",
+      )
+
+    assertTrue(mode is TalkPlaybackMode.Compressed)
+    assertEquals(".webm", (mode as TalkPlaybackMode.Compressed).fileExtension)
+  }
+}

apps/android/app/src/test/java/ai/openclaw/app/voice/TalkModeManagerTest.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+package ai.openclaw.app.voice
+
+import ai.openclaw.app.gateway.DeviceAuthEntry
+import ai.openclaw.app.gateway.DeviceAuthTokenStore
+import ai.openclaw.app.gateway.DeviceIdentityStore
+import ai.openclaw.app.gateway.GatewaySession
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong
+import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Job
+import kotlinx.coroutines.SupervisorJob
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+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
+
+@RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner::class)
+@Config(sdk = [34])
+class TalkModeManagerTest {
+  @Test
+  fun stopTtsCancelsTrackedPlaybackJob() {
+    val manager = createManager()
+    val playbackJob = Job()
+
+    setPrivateField(manager, "ttsJob", playbackJob)
+    playbackGeneration(manager).set(7L)
+
+    manager.stopTts()
+
+    assertTrue(playbackJob.isCancelled)
+    assertEquals(8L, playbackGeneration(manager).get())
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun disablingPlaybackCancelsTrackedJobOnce() {
+    val manager = createManager()
+    val playbackJob = Job()
+
+    setPrivateField(manager, "ttsJob", playbackJob)
+    playbackGeneration(manager).set(11L)
+
+    manager.setPlaybackEnabled(false)
+    manager.setPlaybackEnabled(false)
+
+    assertTrue(playbackJob.isCancelled)
+    assertEquals(12L, playbackGeneration(manager).get())
+  }
+
+  private fun createManager(): TalkModeManager {
+    val app = RuntimeEnvironment.getApplication()
+    val sessionJob = SupervisorJob()
+    val session =
+      GatewaySession(
+        scope = CoroutineScope(sessionJob + Dispatchers.Default),
+        identityStore = DeviceIdentityStore(app),
+        deviceAuthStore = InMemoryDeviceAuthStore(),
+        onConnected = { _, _, _ -> },
+        onDisconnected = {},
+        onEvent = { _, _ -> },
+      )
+    return TalkModeManager(
+      context = app,
+      scope = CoroutineScope(SupervisorJob() + Dispatchers.Default),
+      session = session,
+      supportsChatSubscribe = false,
+      isConnected = { true },
+    )
+  }
+
+  @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
+  private fun playbackGeneration(manager: TalkModeManager): AtomicLong {
+    return readPrivateField(manager, "playbackGeneration") as AtomicLong
+  }
+
+  private fun setPrivateField(target: Any, name: String, value: Any?) {
+    val field = target.javaClass.getDeclaredField(name)
+    field.isAccessible = true
+    field.set(target, value)
+  }
+
+  private fun readPrivateField(target: Any, name: String): Any? {
+    val field = target.javaClass.getDeclaredField(name)
+    field.isAccessible = true
+    return field.get(target)
+  }
+}
+
+private class InMemoryDeviceAuthStore : DeviceAuthTokenStore {
+  override fun loadEntry(deviceId: String, role: String): DeviceAuthEntry? = null
+
+  override fun saveToken(deviceId: String, role: String, token: String, scopes: List<String>) = Unit
+
+  override fun clearToken(deviceId: String, role: String) = Unit
+}

apps/android/app/src/test/java/ai/openclaw/app/voice/TalkSpeakClientTest.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+package ai.openclaw.app.voice
+
+import ai.openclaw.app.gateway.GatewayConnectErrorDetails
+import ai.openclaw.app.gateway.GatewaySession
+import kotlinx.coroutines.test.runTest
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+import org.junit.Test
+
+class TalkSpeakClientTest {
+  @Test
+  fun buildsRequestFromDirective() {
+    val request =
+      TalkSpeakRequest.from(
+        text = "Hello from talk mode.",
+        directive =
+          TalkDirective(
+            voiceId = "voice-123",
+            modelId = "model-abc",
+            speed = 1.1,
+            rateWpm = 190,
+            stability = 0.5,
+            similarity = 0.7,
+            style = 0.2,
+            speakerBoost = true,
+            seed = 42,
+            normalize = "auto",
+            language = "en",
+            outputFormat = "pcm_24000",
+            latencyTier = 3,
+            once = true,
+          ),
+      )
+
+    assertEquals("Hello from talk mode.", request.text)
+    assertEquals("voice-123", request.voiceId)
+    assertEquals("model-abc", request.modelId)
+    assertEquals(1.1, request.speed)
+    assertEquals(190, request.rateWpm)
+    assertEquals(0.5, request.stability)
+    assertEquals(0.7, request.similarity)
+    assertEquals(0.2, request.style)
+    assertEquals(true, request.speakerBoost)
+    assertEquals(42L, request.seed)
+    assertEquals("auto", request.normalize)
+    assertEquals("en", request.language)
+    assertEquals("pcm_24000", request.outputFormat)
+    assertEquals(3, request.latencyTier)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun fallsBackOnlyForUnavailableReasons() = runTest {
+    val client =
+      TalkSpeakClient(
+        requestDetailed = { _, _, _ ->
+          GatewaySession.RpcResult(
+            ok = false,
+            payloadJson = null,
+            error =
+              GatewaySession.ErrorShape(
+                code = "UNAVAILABLE",
+                message = "talk unavailable",
+                details =
+                  GatewayConnectErrorDetails(
+                    code = null,
+                    canRetryWithDeviceToken = false,
+                    recommendedNextStep = null,
+                    reason = "talk_unconfigured",
+                  ),
+              ),
+          )
+        },
+      )
+
+    val result = client.synthesize(text = "Hello", directive = null)
+    assertTrue(result is TalkSpeakResult.FallbackToLocal)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun doesNotFallBackForSynthesisFailure() = runTest {
+    val client =
+      TalkSpeakClient(
+        requestDetailed = { _, _, _ ->
+          GatewaySession.RpcResult(
+            ok = false,
+            payloadJson = null,
+            error =
+              GatewaySession.ErrorShape(
+                code = "UNAVAILABLE",
+                message = "provider failed",
+                details =
+                  GatewayConnectErrorDetails(
+                    code = null,
+                    canRetryWithDeviceToken = false,
+                    recommendedNextStep = null,
+                    reason = "synthesis_failed",
+                  ),
+              ),
+          )
+        },
+      )
+
+    val result = client.synthesize(text = "Hello", directive = null)
+    assertTrue(result is TalkSpeakResult.Failure)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun fallsBackWhenGatewayOmitsReason() = runTest {
+    val client =
+      TalkSpeakClient(
+        requestDetailed = { _, _, _ ->
+          GatewaySession.RpcResult(
+            ok = false,
+            payloadJson = null,
+            error =
+              GatewaySession.ErrorShape(
+                code = "INVALID_REQUEST",
+                message = "unknown method: talk.speak",
+                details = null,
+              ),
+          )
+        },
+      )
+
+    val result = client.synthesize(text = "Hello", directive = null)
+    assertTrue(result is TalkSpeakResult.FallbackToLocal)
+  }
+}

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 = 2026.4.4
+OPENCLAW_MARKETING_VERSION = 2026.4.4
+OPENCLAW_BUILD_VERSION = 2026040401
 
 #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+Canvas.swift

@@ -33,6 +33,19 @@ extension NodeAppModel {
         return base.appendingPathComponent("__openclaw__/a2ui/").absoluteString + "?platform=ios"
     }
 
+    /// Normalize a URL string for trust comparison: lowercase scheme/host and strip fragment.
+    /// This matches the normalization applied by ScreenController.isTrustedCanvasUIURL so that
+    /// SPA hash-routing fragments and scheme/host casing do not silently prevent trust being set.
+    static func normalizeURLForTrustComparison(_ raw: String) -> String {
+        guard let url = URL(string: raw),
+              var components = URLComponents(url: url, resolvingAgainstBaseURL: false)
+        else { return raw }
+        components.fragment = nil
+        components.scheme = components.scheme?.lowercased()
+        components.host = components.host?.lowercased()
+        return components.url?.absoluteString ?? raw
+    }
+
     func showA2UIOnConnectIfNeeded() async {
         await MainActor.run {
             // Keep the bundled home canvas as the default connected view.
@@ -46,7 +59,7 @@ extension NodeAppModel {
         guard let initialUrl = await self.resolveA2UIHostURLWithCapabilityRefresh() else {
             return .hostNotConfigured
         }
-        self.screen.navigate(to: initialUrl)
+        self.screen.navigate(to: initialUrl, trustA2UIActions: true)
         if await self.screen.waitForA2UIReady(timeoutMs: timeoutMs) {
             return .ready(initialUrl)
         }
@@ -54,7 +67,7 @@ extension NodeAppModel {
         // First render can fail when scoped capability rotates between reconnects.
         guard await self.gatewaySession.refreshNodeCanvasCapability() else { return .hostUnavailable }
         guard let refreshedUrl = await self.resolveA2UIHostURL() else { return .hostUnavailable }
-        self.screen.navigate(to: refreshedUrl)
+        self.screen.navigate(to: refreshedUrl, trustA2UIActions: true)
         if await self.screen.waitForA2UIReady(timeoutMs: timeoutMs) {
             return .ready(refreshedUrl)
         }

apps/ios/Sources/Model/NodeAppModel.swift

@@ -851,7 +851,8 @@ final class NodeAppModel {
             if url.isEmpty {
                 self.screen.showDefaultCanvas()
             } else {
-                self.screen.navigate(to: url)
+                let trustedA2UIURL = await self.resolveA2UIHostURL()
+                self.screen.navigate(to: url, trustA2UIActions: trustedA2UIURL == Self.normalizeURLForTrustComparison(url))
             }
             return BridgeInvokeResponse(id: req.id, ok: true)
         case OpenClawCanvasCommand.hide.rawValue:
@@ -859,7 +860,9 @@ final class NodeAppModel {
             return BridgeInvokeResponse(id: req.id, ok: true)
         case OpenClawCanvasCommand.navigate.rawValue:
             let params = try Self.decodeParams(OpenClawCanvasNavigateParams.self, from: req.paramsJSON)
-            self.screen.navigate(to: params.url)
+            let trimmedURL = params.url.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
+            let trustedA2UIURL = await self.resolveA2UIHostURL()
+            self.screen.navigate(to: trimmedURL, trustA2UIActions: trustedA2UIURL == Self.normalizeURLForTrustComparison(trimmedURL))
             return BridgeInvokeResponse(id: req.id, ok: true)
         case OpenClawCanvasCommand.evalJS.rawValue:
             let params = try Self.decodeParams(OpenClawCanvasEvalParams.self, from: req.paramsJSON)
@@ -1697,14 +1700,24 @@ 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 +1798,116 @@ 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
+    }
+
+    nonisolated 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
+    }
+
+    nonisolated 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)
+    }
+
+    private func handleSuccessfulBootstrapGatewayOnboarding(
+        url: URL,
+        stableID: String,
+        token: String?,
+        password: String?,
+        nodeOptions: GatewayConnectOptions,
+        sessionBox: WebSocketSessionBox?) async
+    {
+        self.clearPersistedGatewayBootstrapTokenIfNeeded()
+        if self.operatorGatewayTask == nil && self.shouldStartOperatorGatewayLoop(
+            token: token,
+            bootstrapToken: nil,
+            password: password,
+            stableID: stableID)
+        {
+            self.startOperatorGatewayLoop(
+                url: url,
+                stableID: stableID,
+                token: token,
+                bootstrapToken: nil,
+                password: password,
+                nodeOptions: nodeOptions,
+                sessionBox: sessionBox)
+        }
+
+        // QR bootstrap onboarding should surface the system notification permission
+        // prompt immediately so visible APNs alerts work without a second manual step.
+        _ = await self.requestNotificationAuthorizationIfNeeded()
+    }
+
     func refreshBackgroundReconnectSuppressionIfNeeded(source: String) {
         guard self.isBackgrounded else { return }
         guard !self.backgroundReconnectSuppressed else { return }
@@ -1834,18 +1957,25 @@ private extension NodeAppModel {
                     continue
                 }
 
+                let reconnectAuth = self.currentGatewayReconnectAuth(
+                    fallbackToken: token,
+                    fallbackBootstrapToken: bootstrapToken,
+                    fallbackPassword: password)
                 let effectiveClientId =
                     GatewaySettingsStore.loadGatewayClientIdOverride(stableID: stableID) ?? nodeOptions.clientId
                 let operatorOptions = self.makeOperatorConnectOptions(
                     clientId: effectiveClientId,
-                    displayName: nodeOptions.clientDisplayName)
+                    displayName: nodeOptions.clientDisplayName,
+                    includeApprovalScope: self.shouldRequestOperatorApprovalScope(
+                        token: reconnectAuth.token,
+                        password: reconnectAuth.password))
 
                 do {
                     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
@@ -1948,13 +2078,18 @@ private extension NodeAppModel {
 
                 do {
                     let epochMs = Int(Date().timeIntervalSince1970 * 1000)
+                    let reconnectAuth = self.currentGatewayReconnectAuth(
+                        fallbackToken: token,
+                        fallbackBootstrapToken: bootstrapToken,
+                        fallbackPassword: password)
+                    let connectedOptions = currentOptions
                     GatewayDiagnostics.log("connect attempt epochMs=\(epochMs) url=\(url.absoluteString)")
                     try await self.nodeGateway.connect(
                         url: url,
-                        token: token,
-                        bootstrapToken: bootstrapToken,
-                        password: password,
-                        connectOptions: currentOptions,
+                        token: reconnectAuth.token,
+                        bootstrapToken: reconnectAuth.bootstrapToken,
+                        password: reconnectAuth.password,
+                        connectOptions: connectedOptions,
                         sessionBox: sessionBox,
                         onConnected: { [weak self] in
                             guard let self else { return }
@@ -1965,6 +2100,19 @@ 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 self.handleSuccessfulBootstrapGatewayOnboarding(
+                                    url: url,
+                                    stableID: stableID,
+                                    token: reconnectAuth.token,
+                                    password: reconnectAuth.password,
+                                    nodeOptions: connectedOptions,
+                                    sessionBox: sessionBox)
+                            }
                             let relayData = await MainActor.run {
                                 (
                                     sessionKey: self.mainSessionKey,
@@ -1975,8 +2123,8 @@ 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))
@@ -2121,10 +2269,47 @@ private extension NodeAppModel {
         }
     }
 
-    func makeOperatorConnectOptions(clientId: String, displayName: String?) -> GatewayConnectOptions {
-        GatewayConnectOptions(
+    func shouldRequestOperatorApprovalScope(token: String?, password: String?) -> Bool {
+        let identity = DeviceIdentityStore.loadOrCreate()
+        let storedOperatorScopes = DeviceAuthStore
+            .loadToken(deviceId: identity.deviceId, role: "operator")?
+            .scopes ?? []
+        return Self.shouldRequestOperatorApprovalScope(
+            token: token,
+            password: password,
+            storedOperatorScopes: storedOperatorScopes)
+    }
+
+    nonisolated static func shouldRequestOperatorApprovalScope(
+        token: String?,
+        password: String?,
+        storedOperatorScopes: [String]
+    ) -> Bool {
+        let trimmedToken = token?.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines) ?? ""
+        if !trimmedToken.isEmpty {
+            return true
+        }
+        let trimmedPassword = password?.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines) ?? ""
+        if !trimmedPassword.isEmpty {
+            return true
+        }
+        return storedOperatorScopes.contains("operator.approvals")
+    }
+
+    func makeOperatorConnectOptions(
+        clientId: String,
+        displayName: String?,
+        includeApprovalScope: Bool
+    ) -> GatewayConnectOptions {
+        var scopes = ["operator.read", "operator.write", "operator.talk.secrets"]
+        // Preserve reconnect compatibility for older paired operator tokens that were
+        // approved before iOS requested operator.approvals by default.
+        if includeApprovalScope {
+            scopes.append("operator.approvals")
+        }
+        return GatewayConnectOptions(
             role: "operator",
-            scopes: ["operator.read", "operator.write", "operator.talk.secrets"],
+            scopes: scopes,
             caps: [],
             commands: [],
             permissions: [:],
@@ -3012,9 +3197,69 @@ extension NodeAppModel {
         await self.applyPendingForegroundNodeActions(mapped, trigger: "test")
     }
 
+    func _test_makeOperatorConnectOptions(
+        clientId: String,
+        displayName: String?,
+        includeApprovalScope: Bool
+    ) -> GatewayConnectOptions {
+        self.makeOperatorConnectOptions(
+            clientId: clientId,
+            displayName: displayName,
+            includeApprovalScope: includeApprovalScope)
+    }
+
     static func _test_currentDeepLinkKey() -> String {
         self.expectedDeepLinkKey()
     }
+
+    nonisolated static func _test_shouldStartOperatorGatewayLoop(
+        token: String?,
+        bootstrapToken: String?,
+        password: String?,
+        hasStoredOperatorToken: Bool) -> Bool
+    {
+        self.shouldStartOperatorGatewayLoop(
+            token: token,
+            bootstrapToken: bootstrapToken,
+            password: password,
+            hasStoredOperatorToken: hasStoredOperatorToken)
+    }
+
+    nonisolated static func _test_shouldRequestOperatorApprovalScope(
+        token: String?,
+        password: String?,
+        storedOperatorScopes: [String]
+    ) -> Bool {
+        self.shouldRequestOperatorApprovalScope(
+            token: token,
+            password: password,
+            storedOperatorScopes: storedOperatorScopes)
+    }
+
+    nonisolated static func _test_clearingBootstrapToken(
+        in config: GatewayConnectConfig?
+    ) -> GatewayConnectConfig? {
+        self.clearingBootstrapToken(in: config)
+    }
+
+    func _test_handleSuccessfulBootstrapGatewayOnboarding() async {
+        await self.handleSuccessfulBootstrapGatewayOnboarding(
+            url: URL(string: "wss://gateway.example")!,
+            stableID: "test-gateway",
+            token: nil,
+            password: nil,
+            nodeOptions: GatewayConnectOptions(
+                role: "node",
+                scopes: [],
+                caps: [],
+                commands: [],
+                permissions: [:],
+                clientId: "openclaw-ios",
+                clientMode: "node",
+                clientDisplayName: nil),
+            sessionBox: nil)
+    }
+
 }
 #endif
 // swiftlint:enable type_body_length file_length

apps/ios/Sources/Screen/ScreenController.swift

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import WebKit
 @Observable
 final class ScreenController {
     private weak var activeWebView: WKWebView?
+    private var trustedRemoteA2UIURL: URL?
 
     var urlString: String = ""
     var errorText: String?
@@ -26,10 +27,11 @@ final class ScreenController {
         self.reload()
     }
 
-    func navigate(to urlString: String) {
+    func navigate(to urlString: String, trustA2UIActions: Bool = false) {
         let trimmed = urlString.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
         if trimmed.isEmpty {
             self.urlString = ""
+            self.trustedRemoteA2UIURL = nil
             self.reload()
             return
         }
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ final class ScreenController {
             return
         }
         self.urlString = (trimmed == "/" ? "" : trimmed)
+        self.trustedRemoteA2UIURL = trustA2UIActions ? Self.normalizeTrustedRemoteA2UIURL(from: trimmed) : nil
         self.reload()
     }
 
@@ -72,6 +75,7 @@ final class ScreenController {
 
     func showDefaultCanvas() {
         self.urlString = ""
+        self.trustedRemoteA2UIURL = nil
         self.reload()
     }
 
@@ -237,28 +241,17 @@ final class ScreenController {
         subdirectory: "CanvasScaffold")
 
     func isTrustedCanvasUIURL(_ url: URL) -> Bool {
-        guard url.isFileURL else { return false }
-        let std = url.standardizedFileURL
-        if let expected = Self.canvasScaffoldURL,
-           std == expected.standardizedFileURL
-        {
-            return true
+        if url.isFileURL {
+            let std = url.standardizedFileURL
+            if let expected = Self.canvasScaffoldURL,
+               std == expected.standardizedFileURL
+            {
+                return true
+            }
+            return false
         }
-        return false
-    }
-
-    private func applyScrollBehavior() {
-        guard let webView = self.activeWebView else { return }
-        let trimmed = self.urlString.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
-        let allowScroll = !trimmed.isEmpty
-        let scrollView = webView.scrollView
-        // Default canvas needs raw touch events; external pages should scroll.
-        scrollView.isScrollEnabled = allowScroll
-        scrollView.bounces = allowScroll
-    }
-
-    func isLocalNetworkCanvasURL(_ url: URL) -> Bool {
-        LocalNetworkURLSupport.isLocalNetworkHTTPURL(url)
+        guard let trusted = self.trustedRemoteA2UIURL else { return false }
+        return Self.normalizeTrustedRemoteA2UIURL(from: url) == trusted
     }
 
     nonisolated static func parseA2UIActionBody(_ body: Any) -> [String: Any]? {
@@ -278,6 +271,36 @@ final class ScreenController {
         }
         return nil
     }
+
+    private func applyScrollBehavior() {
+        guard let webView = self.activeWebView else { return }
+        let trimmed = self.urlString.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
+        let allowScroll = !trimmed.isEmpty
+        let scrollView = webView.scrollView
+        // Default canvas needs raw touch events; external pages should scroll.
+        scrollView.isScrollEnabled = allowScroll
+        scrollView.bounces = allowScroll
+    }
+
+    private static func normalizeTrustedRemoteA2UIURL(from raw: String) -> URL? {
+        guard let url = URL(string: raw) else { return nil }
+        return self.normalizeTrustedRemoteA2UIURL(from: url)
+    }
+
+    private static func normalizeTrustedRemoteA2UIURL(from url: URL) -> URL? {
+        guard !url.isFileURL else { return nil }
+        guard let scheme = url.scheme?.lowercased(), scheme == "http" || scheme == "https" else {
+            return nil
+        }
+        guard let host = url.host?.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines), !host.isEmpty else {
+            return nil
+        }
+        var components = URLComponents(url: url, resolvingAgainstBaseURL: false)
+        components?.scheme = scheme
+        components?.host = host.lowercased()
+        components?.fragment = nil
+        return components?.url
+    }
 }
 
 extension Double {

apps/ios/Sources/Screen/ScreenWebView.swift

@@ -180,12 +180,7 @@ private final class CanvasA2UIActionMessageHandler: NSObject, WKScriptMessageHan
         guard let controller else { return }
 
         guard let url = message.webView?.url else { return }
-        if url.isFileURL {
-            guard controller.isTrustedCanvasUIURL(url) else { return }
-        } else {
-            // For security, only accept actions from local-network pages (e.g. the canvas host).
-            guard controller.isLocalNetworkCanvasURL(url) else { return }
-        }
+        guard controller.isTrustedCanvasUIURL(url) else { return }
 
         guard let body = ScreenController.parseA2UIActionBody(message.body) else { return }
 

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/GatewayConnectionControllerTests.swift

@@ -70,6 +70,52 @@ import UIKit
         }
     }
 
+    @Test @MainActor func operatorConnectOptionsOnlyRequestApprovalScopeWhenEnabled() {
+        let appModel = NodeAppModel()
+        let withoutApprovalScope = appModel._test_makeOperatorConnectOptions(
+            clientId: "openclaw-ios",
+            displayName: "OpenClaw iOS",
+            includeApprovalScope: false)
+        let withApprovalScope = appModel._test_makeOperatorConnectOptions(
+            clientId: "openclaw-ios",
+            displayName: "OpenClaw iOS",
+            includeApprovalScope: true)
+
+        #expect(withoutApprovalScope.role == "operator")
+        #expect(withoutApprovalScope.scopes.contains("operator.read"))
+        #expect(withoutApprovalScope.scopes.contains("operator.write"))
+        #expect(!withoutApprovalScope.scopes.contains("operator.approvals"))
+        #expect(withoutApprovalScope.scopes.contains("operator.talk.secrets"))
+
+        #expect(withApprovalScope.scopes.contains("operator.approvals"))
+    }
+
+    @Test func operatorApprovalScopeRequestsStayBackwardCompatible() {
+        #expect(
+            !NodeAppModel._test_shouldRequestOperatorApprovalScope(
+                token: nil,
+                password: nil,
+                storedOperatorScopes: ["operator.read", "operator.write", "operator.talk.secrets"])
+        )
+        #expect(
+            NodeAppModel._test_shouldRequestOperatorApprovalScope(
+                token: nil,
+                password: nil,
+                storedOperatorScopes: [
+                    "operator.approvals",
+                    "operator.read",
+                    "operator.write",
+                    "operator.talk.secrets",
+                ])
+        )
+        #expect(
+            NodeAppModel._test_shouldRequestOperatorApprovalScope(
+                token: "shared-token",
+                password: nil,
+                storedOperatorScopes: [])
+        )
+    }
+
     @Test @MainActor func loadLastConnectionReadsSavedValues() {
         let prior = KeychainStore.loadString(service: "ai.openclaw.gateway", account: "lastConnection")
         defer {

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

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import OpenClawKit
 import Foundation
 import Testing
 import UIKit
+import UserNotifications
 @testable import OpenClaw
 
 private func makeAgentDeepLinkURL(
@@ -68,6 +69,28 @@ private final class MockWatchMessagingService: @preconcurrency WatchMessagingSer
     }
 }
 
+private final class MockBootstrapNotificationCenter: NotificationCentering, @unchecked Sendable {
+    var status: NotificationAuthorizationStatus = .notDetermined
+    var requestAuthorizationResult = false
+    var requestAuthorizationCalls = 0
+
+    func authorizationStatus() async -> NotificationAuthorizationStatus {
+        self.status
+    }
+
+    func requestAuthorization(options _: UNAuthorizationOptions) async throws -> Bool {
+        self.requestAuthorizationCalls += 1
+        if self.requestAuthorizationResult {
+            self.status = .authorized
+        } else {
+            self.status = .denied
+        }
+        return self.requestAuthorizationResult
+    }
+
+    func add(_: UNNotificationRequest) async throws {}
+}
+
 @Suite(.serialized) struct NodeAppModelInvokeTests {
     @Test @MainActor func decodeParamsFailsWithoutJSON() {
         #expect(throws: Error.self) {
@@ -96,6 +119,73 @@ 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 @MainActor func successfulBootstrapOnboardingRequestsNotificationAuthorization() async {
+        let center = MockBootstrapNotificationCenter()
+        let appModel = NodeAppModel(notificationCenter: center)
+
+        await appModel._test_handleSuccessfulBootstrapGatewayOnboarding()
+
+        #expect(center.requestAuthorizationCalls == 1)
+    }
+
+    @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._test_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/ios/Tests/ScreenControllerTests.swift

@@ -66,17 +66,26 @@ private func mountScreen(_ screen: ScreenController) throws -> (ScreenWebViewCoo
         }
     }
 
-    @Test @MainActor func localNetworkCanvasURLsAreAllowed() {
+    @Test @MainActor func trustedRemoteA2UIURLMustMatchExactly() {
         let screen = ScreenController()
-        #expect(screen.isLocalNetworkCanvasURL(URL(string: "http://localhost:18789/")!) == true)
-        #expect(screen.isLocalNetworkCanvasURL(URL(string: "http://openclaw.local:18789/")!) == true)
-        #expect(screen.isLocalNetworkCanvasURL(URL(string: "http://peters-mac-studio-1:18789/")!) == true)
-        #expect(screen.isLocalNetworkCanvasURL(URL(string: "https://peters-mac-studio-1.ts.net:18789/")!) == true)
-        #expect(screen.isLocalNetworkCanvasURL(URL(string: "http://192.168.0.10:18789/")!) == true)
-        #expect(screen.isLocalNetworkCanvasURL(URL(string: "http://10.0.0.10:18789/")!) == true)
-        #expect(screen.isLocalNetworkCanvasURL(URL(string: "http://100.123.224.76:18789/")!) == true) // Tailscale CGNAT
-        #expect(screen.isLocalNetworkCanvasURL(URL(string: "https://example.com/")!) == false)
-        #expect(screen.isLocalNetworkCanvasURL(URL(string: "http://8.8.8.8/")!) == false)
+        let trusted = "https://node.ts.net:18789/__openclaw__/a2ui/?platform=ios"
+        screen.navigate(to: trusted, trustA2UIActions: true)
+
+        #expect(screen.isTrustedCanvasUIURL(URL(string: trusted)!) == true)
+        // Fragment differences must not affect trust (SPA hash routing).
+        #expect(screen.isTrustedCanvasUIURL(URL(string: "https://node.ts.net:18789/__openclaw__/a2ui/?platform=ios#step2")!) == true)
+        #expect(screen.isTrustedCanvasUIURL(URL(string: "https://node.ts.net:18789/__openclaw__/a2ui/?platform=android")!) == false)
+        #expect(screen.isTrustedCanvasUIURL(URL(string: "https://node.ts.net:18789/__openclaw__/canvas/")!) == false)
+        #expect(screen.isTrustedCanvasUIURL(URL(string: "https://evil.ts.net:18789/__openclaw__/a2ui/?platform=ios")!) == false)
+        #expect(screen.isTrustedCanvasUIURL(URL(string: "http://192.168.0.10:18789/")!) == false)
+    }
+
+    @Test @MainActor func genericNavigationClearsTrustedRemoteA2UIURL() {
+        let screen = ScreenController()
+        screen.navigate(to: "https://node.ts.net:18789/__openclaw__/a2ui/?platform=ios", trustA2UIActions: true)
+        screen.navigate(to: "https://evil.ts.net:18789/")
+
+        #expect(screen.isTrustedCanvasUIURL(URL(string: "https://node.ts.net:18789/__openclaw__/a2ui/?platform=ios")!) == false)
     }
 
     @Test func parseA2UIActionBodyAcceptsJSONString() throws {

apps/macos/Package.resolved

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "originHash" : "1c9c9d251b760ed3234ecff741a88eb4bf42315ad6f50ac7392b187cf226c16c",
+  "originHash" : "fb90e7b1977f43661ac91681d16da11f9ddd85630407ef170eaada0a6ee39972",
   "pins" : [
     {
       "identity" : "axorcist",
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
       "location" : "https://github.com/steipete/ElevenLabsKit",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "c8679fbd37416a8780fe43be88a497ff16209e2d",
+        "revision" : "7e3c948d8340abe3977014f3de020edf221e9269",
         "version" : "0.1.0"
       }
     },

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 +88,54 @@ 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_PYTHON",
+        "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 +148,8 @@ 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>2026.4.4</string>
     <key>CFBundleVersion</key>
-    <string>2026033000</string>
+    <string>2026040401</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,
-            remaining: remaining,
-            dig: context.dig)
-        else {
-            return []
-        }
+        guard let statusJson = context.tailscaleStatus(),
+              !collectTailnetIPv4s(statusJson: statusJson).isEmpty,
+              let discovery = loadWideAreaPtrRecords(
+                  remaining: remaining,
+                  dig: context.dig)
+        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

@@ -2019,6 +2019,7 @@ public struct TalkSpeakParams: Codable, Sendable {
     public let modelid: String?
     public let outputformat: String?
     public let speed: Double?
+    public let ratewpm: Int?
     public let stability: Double?
     public let similarity: Double?
     public let style: Double?
@@ -2026,6 +2027,7 @@ public struct TalkSpeakParams: Codable, Sendable {
     public let seed: Int?
     public let normalize: String?
     public let language: String?
+    public let latencytier: Int?
 
     public init(
         text: String,
@@ -2033,19 +2035,22 @@ public struct TalkSpeakParams: Codable, Sendable {
         modelid: String?,
         outputformat: String?,
         speed: Double?,
+        ratewpm: Int?,
         stability: Double?,
         similarity: Double?,
         style: Double?,
         speakerboost: Bool?,
         seed: Int?,
         normalize: String?,
-        language: String?)
+        language: String?,
+        latencytier: Int?)
     {
         self.text = text
         self.voiceid = voiceid
         self.modelid = modelid
         self.outputformat = outputformat
         self.speed = speed
+        self.ratewpm = ratewpm
         self.stability = stability
         self.similarity = similarity
         self.style = style
@@ -2053,6 +2058,7 @@ public struct TalkSpeakParams: Codable, Sendable {
         self.seed = seed
         self.normalize = normalize
         self.language = language
+        self.latencytier = latencytier
     }
 
     private enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
@@ -2061,6 +2067,7 @@ public struct TalkSpeakParams: Codable, Sendable {
         case modelid = "modelId"
         case outputformat = "outputFormat"
         case speed
+        case ratewpm = "rateWpm"
         case stability
         case similarity
         case style
@@ -2068,6 +2075,7 @@ public struct TalkSpeakParams: Codable, Sendable {
         case seed
         case normalize
         case language
+        case latencytier = "latencyTier"
     }
 }
 
@@ -2893,6 +2901,78 @@ public struct SkillsBinsResult: Codable, Sendable {
     }
 }
 
+public struct SkillsSearchParams: Codable, Sendable {
+    public let query: String?
+    public let limit: Int?
+
+    public init(
+        query: String?,
+        limit: Int?)
+    {
+        self.query = query
+        self.limit = limit
+    }
+
+    private enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
+        case query
+        case limit
+    }
+}
+
+public struct SkillsSearchResult: Codable, Sendable {
+    public let results: [[String: AnyCodable]]
+
+    public init(
+        results: [[String: AnyCodable]])
+    {
+        self.results = results
+    }
+
+    private enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
+        case results
+    }
+}
+
+public struct SkillsDetailParams: Codable, Sendable {
+    public let slug: String
+
+    public init(
+        slug: String)
+    {
+        self.slug = slug
+    }
+
+    private enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
+        case slug
+    }
+}
+
+public struct SkillsDetailResult: Codable, Sendable {
+    public let skill: AnyCodable
+    public let latestversion: AnyCodable?
+    public let metadata: AnyCodable?
+    public let owner: AnyCodable?
+
+    public init(
+        skill: AnyCodable,
+        latestversion: AnyCodable?,
+        metadata: AnyCodable?,
+        owner: AnyCodable?)
+    {
+        self.skill = skill
+        self.latestversion = latestversion
+        self.metadata = metadata
+        self.owner = owner
+    }
+
+    private enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
+        case skill
+        case latestversion = "latestVersion"
+        case metadata
+        case owner
+    }
+}
+
 public struct CronJob: Codable, Sendable {
     public let id: String
     public let agentid: String?
@@ -3710,18 +3790,22 @@ 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/GatewayChannel.swift

@@ -542,6 +542,77 @@ public actor GatewayChannelActor {
             authSource: authSource)
     }
 
+    private func shouldPersistBootstrapHandoffTokens() -> Bool {
+        guard self.lastAuthSource == .bootstrapToken else { return false }
+        let scheme = self.url.scheme?.lowercased()
+        if scheme == "wss" {
+            return true
+        }
+        if let host = self.url.host, LoopbackHost.isLoopback(host) {
+            return true
+        }
+        return false
+    }
+
+    private func filteredBootstrapHandoffScopes(role: String, scopes: [String]) -> [String]? {
+        let normalizedRole = role.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
+        switch normalizedRole {
+        case "node":
+            return []
+        case "operator":
+            let allowedOperatorScopes: Set<String> = [
+                "operator.approvals",
+                "operator.read",
+                "operator.talk.secrets",
+                "operator.write",
+            ]
+            return Array(Set(scopes.filter { allowedOperatorScopes.contains($0) })).sorted()
+        default:
+            return nil
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func persistBootstrapHandoffToken(
+        deviceId: String,
+        role: String,
+        token: String,
+        scopes: [String]
+    ) {
+        guard let filteredScopes = self.filteredBootstrapHandoffScopes(role: role, scopes: scopes) else {
+            return
+        }
+        _ = DeviceAuthStore.storeToken(
+            deviceId: deviceId,
+            role: role,
+            token: token,
+            scopes: filteredScopes)
+    }
+
+    private func persistIssuedDeviceToken(
+        authSource: GatewayAuthSource,
+        deviceId: String,
+        role: String,
+        token: String,
+        scopes: [String]
+    ) {
+        if authSource == .bootstrapToken {
+            guard self.shouldPersistBootstrapHandoffTokens() else {
+                return
+            }
+            self.persistBootstrapHandoffToken(
+                deviceId: deviceId,
+                role: role,
+                token: token,
+                scopes: scopes)
+            return
+        }
+        _ = DeviceAuthStore.storeToken(
+            deviceId: deviceId,
+            role: role,
+            token: token,
+            scopes: scopes)
+    }
+
     private func handleConnectResponse(
         _ res: ResponseFrame,
         identity: DeviceIdentity?,
@@ -572,18 +643,37 @@ public actor GatewayChannelActor {
         } else if let tick = ok.policy["tickIntervalMs"]?.value as? Int {
             self.tickIntervalMs = Double(tick)
         }
-        if let auth = ok.auth,
-           let deviceToken = auth["deviceToken"]?.value as? String {
-            let authRole = auth["role"]?.value as? String ?? role
-            let scopes = (auth["scopes"]?.value as? [ProtoAnyCodable])?
-                .compactMap { $0.value as? String } ?? []
-            if let identity {
-                _ = DeviceAuthStore.storeToken(
+        if let auth = ok.auth, let identity {
+            if let deviceToken = auth["deviceToken"]?.value as? String {
+                let authRole = auth["role"]?.value as? String ?? role
+                let scopes = (auth["scopes"]?.value as? [ProtoAnyCodable])?
+                    .compactMap { $0.value as? String } ?? []
+                self.persistIssuedDeviceToken(
+                    authSource: self.lastAuthSource,
                     deviceId: identity.deviceId,
                     role: authRole,
                     token: deviceToken,
                     scopes: scopes)
             }
+            if self.shouldPersistBootstrapHandoffTokens(),
+               let tokenEntries = auth["deviceTokens"]?.value as? [ProtoAnyCodable]
+            {
+                for entry in tokenEntries {
+                    guard let rawEntry = entry.value as? [String: ProtoAnyCodable],
+                          let deviceToken = rawEntry["deviceToken"]?.value as? String,
+                          let authRole = rawEntry["role"]?.value as? String
+                    else {
+                        continue
+                    }
+                    let scopes = (rawEntry["scopes"]?.value as? [ProtoAnyCodable])?
+                        .compactMap { $0.value as? String } ?? []
+                    self.persistBootstrapHandoffToken(
+                        deviceId: identity.deviceId,
+                        role: authRole,
+                        token: deviceToken,
+                        scopes: scopes)
+                }
+            }
         }
         self.lastTick = Date()
         self.tickTask?.cancel()

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 {