fix(whatsapp): route ssrf test helper through local seam

Merged via squash.

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Co-authored-by: Rahulkumar070 <151990777+Rahulkumar070@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: jalehman <550978+jalehman@users.noreply.github.com>
Reviewed-by: @jalehman

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

@@ -30,9 +30,12 @@ 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.
+- For beta/stable verification, resolve the tag immediately before the run (`npm view openclaw@beta version dist.tarball` or `npm view openclaw@latest ...`). Tags can move while a long VM matrix is already running; restart the matrix when the intended prerelease appears after an earlier registry 404/tag-lag check.
+- Source Peter's profile in the host shell (`set -a; source "$HOME/.profile"; set +a`) before OpenAI/Anthropic lanes. Do not print profile contents or env dumps; pass provider secrets through the guest exec environment.
 - Same-guest update verification should set the default model explicitly to `openai/gpt-5.4` before the agent turn and use a fresh explicit `--session-id` so old session model state does not leak into the check.
 - The aggregate npm-update wrapper must resolve the Linux VM with the same Ubuntu fallback policy as `parallels-linux-smoke.sh` before both fresh and update lanes. Treat any Ubuntu guest with major version `>= 24` as acceptable when the exact default VM is missing, preferring the closest version match. On Peter's current host today, missing `Ubuntu 24.04.3 ARM64` should fall back to `Ubuntu 25.10`.
 - On macOS same-guest update checks, restart the gateway after the npm upgrade before `gateway status` / `agent`; launchd can otherwise report a loaded service while the old process has exited and the fresh process is not RPC-ready yet.
+- The npm-update aggregate's macOS update leg writes the guest update script as root, then runs it as the desktop user. If `prlctl exec "$MACOS_VM" --current-user ...` cannot authenticate, retry through plain root `prlctl exec` plus `sudo -u <desktop-user> /usr/bin/env HOME=/Users/<desktop-user> USER=<desktop-user> LOGNAME=<desktop-user> PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/opt/node/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin ...`. That is a Parallels transport fallback; still verify `openclaw --version`, gateway RPC, and an agent turn after the update.
 - 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.
 - In those Windows same-guest update checks, do not treat one nonzero `openclaw gateway restart` as definitive failure. Current login-item restarts can report failure before the background service becomes observable again; follow with a longer RPC-ready wait and use `gateway start` only as a recovery step if readiness still never returns.
 - After that Windows restart, do not trust one `gateway status --deep --require-rpc` call after a fixed sleep. Retry the RPC-ready probe for roughly 30 seconds and log each attempt; current guests can keep port `18789` bound while the fresh RPC endpoint is still coming up.
@@ -41,6 +44,7 @@ Use this skill for Parallels guest workflows and smoke interpretation. Do not lo
 - 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.*`.
+- Current known macOS update-lane transport signature when the fallback is missing or bypassed: `Unable to authenticate the user. Make sure that the specified credentials are correct and try again.` Treat that as Parallels current-user authentication before blaming npm or OpenClaw.
 
 ## CLI invocation footgun
 
@@ -64,6 +68,7 @@ Use this skill for Parallels guest workflows and smoke interpretation. Do not lo
 - 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'`.
+- The same wrapper rule applies when bypassing `--current-user`: write a tiny `/tmp/*.sh` on the guest and execute `/bin/bash /tmp/*.sh` through the sudo desktop-user environment. Do not pass `openclaw agent --message '...'` directly as one raw `prlctl exec` command.
 - 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.
 - On the fresh Tahoe snapshot, `brew` exists but `node` may be missing from PATH in noninteractive exec. Use `/opt/homebrew/bin/node` when needed.
 - Fresh host-served tgz installs should install as guest root with `HOME=/var/root`, then run onboarding as the desktop user via `prlctl exec --current-user`.

.github/labeler.yml

@@ -297,6 +297,10 @@
   - changed-files:
       - any-glob-to-any-file:
           - "extensions/openai/**"
+"extensions: codex":
+  - changed-files:
+      - any-glob-to-any-file:
+          - "extensions/codex/**"
 "extensions: kimi-coding":
   - changed-files:
       - any-glob-to-any-file:

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -37,9 +37,10 @@ jobs:
       run_build_artifacts: ${{ steps.manifest.outputs.run_build_artifacts }}
       run_checks_fast: ${{ steps.manifest.outputs.run_checks_fast }}
       checks_fast_core_matrix: ${{ steps.manifest.outputs.checks_fast_core_matrix }}
-      checks_fast_extensions_matrix: ${{ steps.manifest.outputs.checks_fast_extensions_matrix }}
+      checks_node_extensions_matrix: ${{ steps.manifest.outputs.checks_node_extensions_matrix }}
       run_checks: ${{ steps.manifest.outputs.run_checks }}
       checks_matrix: ${{ steps.manifest.outputs.checks_matrix }}
+      checks_node_core_test_matrix: ${{ steps.manifest.outputs.checks_node_core_test_matrix }}
       run_extension_fast: ${{ steps.manifest.outputs.run_extension_fast }}
       extension_fast_matrix: ${{ steps.manifest.outputs.extension_fast_matrix }}
       run_check: ${{ steps.manifest.outputs.run_check }}
@@ -135,6 +136,9 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           node --input-type=module <<'EOF'
           import { appendFileSync } from "node:fs";
+          import {
+            createNodeTestShards,
+          } from "./scripts/lib/ci-node-test-plan.mjs";
           import {
             createExtensionTestShards,
             DEFAULT_EXTENSION_TEST_SHARD_COUNT,
@@ -211,12 +215,11 @@ jobs:
                   ]
                 : [],
             ),
-            checks_fast_extensions_matrix: extensionShardMatrix,
+            checks_node_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
                       ? [
@@ -232,6 +235,17 @@ jobs:
                   ]
                 : [],
             ),
+            checks_node_core_test_matrix: createMatrix(
+              runNode
+                ? createNodeTestShards().map((shard) => ({
+                    check_name: shard.checkName,
+                    runtime: "node",
+                    task: "test-shard",
+                    shard_name: shard.shardName,
+                    configs: shard.configs,
+                  }))
+                : [],
+            ),
             run_extension_fast: hasChangedExtensions,
             extension_fast_matrix: createMatrix(
               hasChangedExtensions
@@ -470,7 +484,7 @@ jobs:
               ;;
           esac
 
-  checks-fast-extensions-shard:
+  checks-node-extensions-shard:
     name: ${{ matrix.check_name }}
     needs: [preflight]
     if: needs.preflight.outputs.run_checks_fast == 'true'
@@ -478,7 +492,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 60
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
-      matrix: ${{ fromJson(needs.preflight.outputs.checks_fast_extensions_matrix) }}
+      matrix: ${{ fromJson(needs.preflight.outputs.checks_node_extensions_matrix) }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
@@ -497,16 +511,16 @@ jobs:
           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]
+  checks-node-extensions:
+    name: checks-node-extensions
+    needs: [preflight, checks-node-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 }}
+          SHARD_RESULT: ${{ needs.checks-node-extensions-shard.result }}
         run: |
           if [ "$SHARD_RESULT" != "success" ]; then
             echo "Extension shard checks failed: $SHARD_RESULT" >&2
@@ -599,6 +613,102 @@ jobs:
               ;;
           esac
 
+  checks-node-core-test-shard:
+    name: ${{ matrix.check_name }}
+    needs: [preflight, build-artifacts]
+    if: always() && needs.preflight.outputs.run_checks == 'true' && needs.build-artifacts.result == 'success'
+    runs-on: blacksmith-16vcpu-ubuntu-2404
+    timeout-minutes: 60
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix: ${{ fromJson(needs.preflight.outputs.checks_node_core_test_matrix) }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+          submodules: false
+
+      - name: Setup Node environment
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-node-env
+        with:
+          node-version: "${{ matrix.node_version || '24.x' }}"
+          cache-key-suffix: "${{ matrix.cache_key_suffix || 'node24' }}"
+          install-bun: "false"
+          use-sticky-disk: "false"
+
+      - name: Configure Node test resources
+        run: echo "OPENCLAW_VITEST_MAX_WORKERS=2" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+      - name: Download dist artifact
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
+        with:
+          name: dist-build
+          path: dist/
+
+      - name: Download A2UI bundle artifact
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
+        with:
+          name: canvas-a2ui-bundle
+          path: src/canvas-host/a2ui/
+
+      - name: Run Node test shard
+        env:
+          NODE_OPTIONS: --max-old-space-size=6144
+          OPENCLAW_NODE_TEST_CONFIGS_JSON: ${{ toJson(matrix.configs) }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          node --input-type=module <<'EOF'
+          import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
+          import { resolveVitestCliEntry, resolveVitestNodeArgs } from "./scripts/run-vitest.mjs";
+
+          const configs = JSON.parse(process.env.OPENCLAW_NODE_TEST_CONFIGS_JSON ?? "[]");
+          if (!Array.isArray(configs) || configs.length === 0) {
+            console.error("Missing node test shard configs");
+            process.exit(1);
+          }
+
+          for (const config of configs) {
+            console.error(`[test] starting ${config}`);
+            const result = spawnSync(
+              "pnpm",
+              [
+                "exec",
+                "node",
+                ...resolveVitestNodeArgs(process.env),
+                resolveVitestCliEntry(),
+                "run",
+                "--config",
+                config,
+              ],
+              {
+                env: process.env,
+                stdio: "inherit",
+              },
+            );
+            if ((result.status ?? 1) !== 0) {
+              process.exit(result.status ?? 1);
+            }
+          }
+          EOF
+
+  checks-node-core-test:
+    name: checks-node-core-test
+    needs: [preflight, checks-node-core-test-shard]
+    if: always() && needs.preflight.outputs.run_checks == 'true'
+    runs-on: blacksmith-16vcpu-ubuntu-2404
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    steps:
+      - name: Verify node test shards
+        env:
+          SHARD_RESULT: ${{ needs.checks-node-core-test-shard.result }}
+        run: |
+          if [ "$SHARD_RESULT" != "success" ]; then
+            echo "Node test shards failed: $SHARD_RESULT" >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
   extension-fast:
     name: "extension-fast"
     needs: [preflight]
@@ -779,6 +889,11 @@ jobs:
         continue-on-error: true
         run: pnpm test:gateway:watch-regression
 
+      - name: Run import cycle guard
+        id: import_cycles
+        continue-on-error: true
+        run: pnpm check:import-cycles
+
       - name: Upload gateway watch regression artifacts
         if: always()
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
@@ -811,6 +926,7 @@ jobs:
           NO_RAW_WINDOW_OPEN_OUTCOME: ${{ steps.no_raw_window_open.outcome }}
           CONTROL_UI_I18N_OUTCOME: ${{ steps.control_ui_i18n.outcome == 'skipped' && 'success' || steps.control_ui_i18n.outcome }}
           GATEWAY_WATCH_REGRESSION_OUTCOME: ${{ steps.gateway_watch_regression.outcome }}
+          IMPORT_CYCLES_OUTCOME: ${{ steps.import_cycles.outcome }}
         run: |
           failures=0
           for result in \
@@ -834,7 +950,8 @@ jobs:
             "test:extensions:package-boundary|$EXTENSION_PACKAGE_BOUNDARY_TSC_OUTCOME" \
             "lint:ui:no-raw-window-open|$NO_RAW_WINDOW_OPEN_OUTCOME" \
             "ui:i18n:check|$CONTROL_UI_I18N_OUTCOME" \
-            "gateway-watch-regression|$GATEWAY_WATCH_REGRESSION_OUTCOME"; do
+            "gateway-watch-regression|$GATEWAY_WATCH_REGRESSION_OUTCOME" \
+            "check:import-cycles|$IMPORT_CYCLES_OUTCOME"; do
             name="${result%%|*}"
             outcome="${result#*|}"
             if [ "$outcome" != "success" ]; then

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

@@ -162,9 +162,63 @@ jobs:
           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' "$PACK_JSON" | node -e 'const chunks=[]; process.stdin.on("data", (chunk) => chunks.push(chunk)); process.stdin.on("end", () => { const parsed = JSON.parse(Buffer.concat(chunks).toString("utf8")); const first = Array.isArray(parsed) ? parsed[0] : null; if (!first || typeof first.filename !== "string" || !first.filename) { process.exit(1); } process.stdout.write(first.filename); });')"
+          PACK_OUTPUT="$RUNNER_TEMP/npm-pack-output.txt"
+          npm pack --json 2>&1 | tee "$PACK_OUTPUT"
+          PACK_PATH="$(node - "$PACK_OUTPUT" <<'NODE'
+          const fs = require("node:fs");
+          const input = fs.readFileSync(process.argv[2], "utf8");
+
+          function arrayEndFrom(start) {
+            let depth = 0;
+            let inString = false;
+            let escape = false;
+            for (let i = start; i < input.length; i += 1) {
+              const char = input[i];
+              if (inString) {
+                if (escape) {
+                  escape = false;
+                } else if (char === "\\") {
+                  escape = true;
+                } else if (char === "\"") {
+                  inString = false;
+                }
+                continue;
+              }
+              if (char === "\"") {
+                inString = true;
+              } else if (char === "[") {
+                depth += 1;
+              } else if (char === "]") {
+                depth -= 1;
+                if (depth === 0) {
+                  return i + 1;
+                }
+              }
+            }
+            return -1;
+          }
+
+          for (let start = input.indexOf("["); start !== -1; start = input.indexOf("[", start + 1)) {
+            const end = arrayEndFrom(start);
+            if (end === -1) {
+              continue;
+            }
+            try {
+              const parsed = JSON.parse(input.slice(start, end));
+              const first = Array.isArray(parsed) ? parsed[0] : null;
+              if (first && typeof first.filename === "string" && first.filename) {
+                process.stdout.write(first.filename);
+                process.exit(0);
+              }
+            } catch {
+              // Keep scanning; npm lifecycle output can legally precede the JSON.
+            }
+          }
+
+          console.error("Could not find npm pack --json output with a filename.");
+          process.exit(1);
+          NODE
+          )"
           if [[ -z "$PACK_PATH" || ! -f "$PACK_PATH" ]]; then
             echo "npm pack did not produce a tarball file." >&2
             exit 1

.oxfmtrc.jsonc

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {
   "$schema": "./node_modules/oxfmt/configuration_schema.json",
-  "experimentalSortImports": {
+  "sortImports": {
     "newlinesBetween": false,
   },
-  "experimentalSortPackageJson": {
+  "sortPackageJson": {
     "sortScripts": true,
   },
   "tabWidth": 2,

.oxlintrc.json

@@ -13,13 +13,17 @@
     "eslint/no-new": "off",
     "eslint/no-shadow": "off",
     "eslint/no-unmodified-loop-condition": "off",
+    "eslint-plugin-unicorn/prefer-set-size": "off",
     "oxc/no-accumulating-spread": "off",
     "oxc/no-async-endpoint-handlers": "off",
     "oxc/no-map-spread": "off",
+    "typescript/consistent-return": "error",
     "typescript/no-explicit-any": "error",
     "typescript/no-extraneous-class": "off",
+    "typescript/no-unnecessary-type-conversion": "off",
     "typescript/no-unsafe-type-assertion": "off",
     "unicorn/consistent-function-scoping": "off",
+    "unicorn/prefer-set-size": "off",
     "unicorn/require-post-message-target-origin": "off"
   },
   "ignorePatterns": [
@@ -54,13 +58,7 @@
         "**/*test-support.ts"
       ],
       "rules": {
-        "typescript/await-thenable": "off",
-        "typescript/no-base-to-string": "off",
         "typescript/no-explicit-any": "off",
-        "typescript/no-floating-promises": "off",
-        "typescript/no-misused-spread": "off",
-        "typescript/no-redundant-type-constituents": "off",
-        "typescript/no-unnecessary-template-expression": "off",
         "typescript/unbound-method": "off",
         "eslint/no-unsafe-optional-chaining": "off"
       }

AGENTS.md

@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@
 - Extension test boundary:
   - Keep extension-owned onboarding/config/provider coverage under the owning bundled plugin package when feasible.
   - If core tests need bundled plugin behavior, consume it through public `src/plugin-sdk/<id>.ts` facades or the plugin's `api.ts`, not private extension modules.
+  - Shared helpers under `test/helpers/**` are part of that same boundary. Do not hardcode repo-relative `extensions/**` imports there, and do not keep plugin-local deep mocks in shared helpers just because multiple tests use them.
+  - When core tests or shared helpers need bundled plugin public surfaces, use `src/test-utils/bundled-plugin-public-surface.ts` for `api.ts`, `runtime-api.ts`, `contract-api.ts`, `test-api.ts`, plugin entrypoint `index.js`, and resolved module ids for dynamic import or mocking.
   - If a core test is asserting extension-specific behavior instead of a generic contract, move it to the owning extension package.
 
 ## Docs Linking (Mintlify)
@@ -149,6 +151,7 @@
 - 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, 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.
+- When `pnpm tsgo` fails, triage by coherent surface instead of by raw error count: rerun the gate, group failures by package/module/type contract, open the source-of-truth type or export file first, fix the root mismatch, then rerun `pnpm tsgo` before widening into downstream consumers. Check `origin/main` before doing broad cleanup because some apparent type debt is already fixed upstream.
 - 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.
@@ -296,7 +299,7 @@
 
 - When working on a GitHub Issue or PR, print the full URL at the end of the task.
 - When answering questions, respond with high-confidence answers only: verify in code; do not guess.
-- Carbon: prefer latest published beta over stable when possible; do not switch to stable casually.
+- Carbon version edits are owner-only: do not change `@buape/carbon` version pins unless you are Shadow (@thewilloftheshadow) as verified by gh.
 - Any dependency with `pnpm.patchedDependencies` must use an exact version (no `^`/`~`).
 - Patching dependencies (pnpm patches, overrides, or vendored changes) requires explicit approval; do not do this by default.
 - **Multi-agent safety:** do **not** create/apply/drop `git stash` entries unless explicitly requested (this includes `git pull --rebase --autostash`). Assume other agents may be working; keep unrelated WIP untouched and avoid cross-cutting state changes.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,153 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 
 ### Changes
 
+- Memory/Active Memory: add a new optional Active Memory plugin that gives OpenClaw a dedicated memory sub-agent right before the main reply, so ongoing chats can automatically pull in relevant preferences, context, and past details without making users remember to manually say "remember this" or "search memory" first. Includes configurable message/recent/full context modes, live `/verbose` inspection, advanced prompt/thinking overrides for tuning, and opt-in transcript persistence for debugging. Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai/concepts/active-memory. (#63286) Thanks @Takhoffman.
+- macOS/Talk: add an experimental local MLX speech provider for Talk Mode, with explicit provider selection, local utterance playback, interruption handling, and system-voice fallback. (#63539) Thanks @ImLukeF.
+- CLI/exec policy: add a local `openclaw exec-policy` command with `show`, `preset`, and `set` subcommands for synchronizing requested `tools.exec.*` config with the local exec approvals file, plus follow-up hardening for node-host rejection, rollback safety, and sync conflict detection. (#64050)
+- Gateway: add a `commands.list` RPC so remote gateway clients can discover runtime-native, text, skill, and plugin commands with surface-aware naming and serialized argument metadata. (#62656) Thanks @samzong.
+- Models/providers: add per-provider `models.providers.*.request.allowPrivateNetwork` for trusted self-hosted OpenAI-compatible endpoints, keep the opt-in scoped to model request surfaces, and refresh cached WebSocket managers when request transport overrides change. (#63671) Thanks @qas.
+- QA/testing: add a `--runner multipass` lane for `openclaw qa suite` so repo-backed QA scenarios can run inside a disposable Linux VM and write back the usual report, summary, and VM logs. (#63426) Thanks @shakkernerd.
+- Docs i18n: chunk raw doc translation, reject truncated tagged outputs, avoid ambiguous body-only wrapper unwrapping, and recover from terminated Pi translation sessions without changing the default `openai/gpt-5.4` path. (#62969, #63808) Thanks @hxy91819.
+- Control UI/dreaming: simplify the Scene and Diary surfaces, preserve unknown phase state for partial status payloads, and stabilize waiting-entry recency ordering so Dreaming status and review lists stay clear and deterministic. (#64035) Thanks @davemorin.
+- Gateway: split startup and runtime seams so gateway lifecycle sequencing, reload state, and shutdown behavior stay easier to maintain without changing observed behavior. (#63975) Thanks @gumadeiras.
+- Matrix/partial streaming: add MSC4357 live markers to draft preview sends and edits so supporting Matrix clients can render a live/typewriter animation and stop it when the final edit lands. (#63513) Thanks @TigerInYourDream.
+- QA/Telegram: add a live `openclaw qa telegram` lane for private-group bot-to-bot checks, harden its artifact handling, and preserve native Telegram command reply threading for QA verification. (#64303) Thanks @obviyus.
+- Models/Codex: add the bundled Codex provider and plugin-owned app-server harness so `codex/gpt-*` models use Codex-managed auth, native threads, model discovery, and compaction while `openai/gpt-*` stays on the normal OpenAI provider path. (#64298) Thanks @steipete.
+- Agents: add an opt-in strict-agentic embedded Pi execution contract for GPT-5-family runs so plan-only or filler turns keep acting until they hit a real blocker. (#64241) Thanks @100yenadmin.
+
+### Fixes
+
+- CLI/WhatsApp media sends: route gateway-mode outbound sends with `--media` through the channel `sendMedia` path and preserve media access context, so WhatsApp document and attachment sends stop silently dropping the file while still delivering the caption. (#64478) Thanks @ShionEria.
+- fix(nostr): require operator.admin scope for profile mutation routes [AI]. (#63553) Thanks @pgondhi987.
+- Gateway/startup: keep WebSocket RPC available while channels and plugin sidecars start, hold `chat.history` unavailable until startup sidecars finish so synchronous history reads cannot stall startup (reported in #63450), refresh advertised gateway methods after deferred plugin reloads, and enforce the pre-auth WebSocket upgrade budget before the no-handler 503 path so upgrade floods cannot bypass connection limits during that window. (#63480) Thanks @neeravmakwana.
+- Gateway/tailscale: start Tailscale exposure and the gateway update check before awaiting channel and plugin sidecar startup so remote operators are not locked out when startup sidecars stall.
+- WhatsApp: keep inbound replies, media, composing indicators, and queued outbound deliveries attached to the current socket across reconnect gaps, including fresh retry-eligible sends after the listener comes back. (#30806, #46299, #62892, #63916) Thanks @mcaxtr.
+- Microsoft Teams: restore media downloads for personal DMs, Bot Framework `a:` conversations, OneDrive/SharePoint shared files, and Graph-backed chat IDs; accept Bot Framework audience tokens; and deliver cron announcements to Teams conversation IDs. (#55383, #58001, #58249, #62219, #62674, #63063, #63942, #63951, #63953) Thanks @obviyus.
+- Gateway/thread routing: preserve Slack, Telegram, Mattermost, and ACP parent-thread delivery targets so subagent, cron, and stream-relay completion messages land back in the originating thread or topic. (#54840, #57056, #63228, #63506) Thanks @yzzymt.
+- Agents/timeouts: extend the default LLM idle window to 120s and keep silent no-token idle timeouts on recovery paths, so slow models can retry or fall back before users see an error.
+- Gateway/agents: preserve configured model selection and richer `IDENTITY.md` content across agent create/update flows and workspace moves, and fail safely instead of silently overwriting unreadable identity files. (#61577) Thanks @samzong.
+- Skills/TaskFlow: restore valid frontmatter fences for the bundled `taskflow` and `taskflow-inbox-triage` skills so they stay discoverable and loadable after updates. (#64469) Thanks @extrasmall0.
+- Windows/exec: settle supervisor waits from child exit state after stdout and stderr drain even when `close` never arrives, so CLI commands stop hanging or dying with forced `SIGKILL` on Windows. (#64072) Thanks @obviyus.
+- Browser/sandbox: prevent sandbox browser CDP startup hangs by recreating containers when the browser security hash changes and by waiting on the correct sandbox browser lifecycle. (#62873) Thanks @Syysean.
+- iMessage/self-chat: distinguish normal DM outbound rows from true self-chat using `destination_caller_id` plus chat participants, while preserving multi-handle self-chat aliases so outbound DM replies stop looping back as inbound messages. (#61619) Thanks @neeravmakwana.
+- QQBot/streaming: make block streaming configurable per QQ bot account via `streaming.mode` (`"partial"` | `"off"`, default `"partial"`) instead of hardcoding it off, so responses can be delivered incrementally. (#63746)
+- QQBot/config: allow extra fields in `channels.qqbot` and `channels.qqbot.accounts.*` so extended qqbot builds can add new config options without gateway startup failing on schema validation. (#64075) Thanks @WideLee.
+- Dreaming/gateway: require `operator.admin` for persistent `/dreaming on|off` changes and treat missing gateway client scopes as unprivileged instead of silently allowing config writes. (#63872) Thanks @mbelinky.
+- Matrix/multi-account: keep room-level `account` scoping, inherited room overrides, and implicit account selection consistent across top-level default auth, named accounts, and cached-credential env setups. (#58449) thanks @Daanvdplas and @gumadeiras.
+- Gateway/pairing: prefer explicit QR bootstrap auth over earlier Tailscale auth classification so iOS `/pair qr` silent bootstrap pairing does not fall through to `pairing required`. (#59232) Thanks @ngutman.
+- Browser/control: auto-generate browser-control auth tokens for `none` and `trusted-proxy` modes, and route browser auth/profile/doctor helpers through the public browser plugin facades. (#63280, #63957) Thanks @pgondhi987.
+- Browser/act: centralize `/act` request normalization and execution dispatch while adding stable machine-readable route-level error codes for invalid requests, selector misuse, evaluate-disabled gating, target mismatch, and existing-session unsupported actions. (#63977) Thanks @joshavant.
+- Security/exec: replace script-preflight check-then-read logic with an atomic pinned-file-descriptor open, and expand the host environment denylist for dangerous runtime-control variables. (#62333, #63277) Thanks @pgondhi987.
+- Security/nodes: keep `nodes` tool output paths inside the workspace boundary so model-driven node writes cannot escape the intended workspace. (#63551) Thanks @pgondhi987.
+- Security/QQBot: enforce media storage boundaries for all outbound local file paths and route image-size probes through SSRF-guarded media fetching instead of raw `fetch()`. (#63271, #63495) Thanks @pgondhi987.
+- Channel setup: ignore workspace plugin shadows when resolving trusted channel setup catalog entries so onboarding and setup flows keep using the bundled, trusted setup contract.
+- Gateway/memory startup: load the explicitly selected memory-slot plugin during gateway startup, while keeping restrictive allowlists and implicit default memory slots from auto-starting unrelated memory plugins. (#64423) Thanks @EronFan.
+- Config/plugins: let config writes keep disabled plugin entries without forcing required plugin config schemas or crashing raw plugin validation, and avoid re-activating plugin registry state during schema checks. (#54971, #63296) Thanks @fuller-stack-dev.
+- Config validation: surface the actual offending field for strict-schema union failures in bindings, including top-level unexpected keys on the matching ACP branch. (#40841) Thanks @Hollychou924.
+- Wizard/plugin config: coerce integer-typed plugin config fields from interactive text input so integer schema values persist as numbers instead of failing validation. (#63346) Thanks @jalehman.
+- Daemon/gateway install: preserve safe custom service env vars on forced reinstall, merge prior custom PATH segments behind the managed service PATH, and stop removed managed env keys from persisting as custom carryover. (#63136) Thanks @WarrenJones.
+- Cron/scheduling: treat `nextRunAtMs <= 0` as invalid across cron update, maintenance, timer, and stale-delivery paths so corrupted zero timestamps self-heal instead of causing immediate runs or skipped deliveries. (#63507) Thanks @WarrenJones.
+- Cron/auth: resolve auth profiles consistently for isolated cron jobs so scheduled runs use the same configured provider credentials as interactive sessions. (#62797) Thanks @neeravmakwana.
+- Tasks: let `openclaw tasks cancel` cancel stuck background tasks that never reached a normal terminal state. (#62506) Thanks @neeravmakwana.
+- Sessions/model selection: preserve catalog-backed session model labels, provider-qualified context limits, and already-qualified session model refs when catalog metadata is unavailable, so model selection and memory/context budgets survive reloads without bogus provider prefixes. (#61382, #62493) Thanks @Mule-ME.
+- Status: show configured fallback models in `/status` and shared session status cards so per-agent fallback configuration is visible before a live failover happens. (#33111) Thanks @AnCoSONG.
+- `/context detail` now compares the tracked prompt estimate with cached context usage and surfaces untracked provider/runtime overhead when present. (#28391) Thanks @ImLukeF.
+- Gateway/sessions: scope bare `sessions.create` aliases like `main` to the requested agent while preserving the canonical `global` and `unknown` sentinel keys. (#58207) Thanks @jalehman.
+- Gateway/session reset: emit the typed `before_reset` hook for gateway `/new` and `/reset`, preserving reset-hook behavior even when the previous transcript has already been archived. (#53872) Thanks @VACInc.
+- Plugins/commands: pass the active host `sessionKey` into plugin command contexts, and include `sessionId` when it is already available from the active session entry, so bundled and third-party commands can resolve the current conversation reliably. (#59044) Thanks @jalehman.
+- Agents/auth: honor `models.providers.*.authHeader` for pi embedded runner model requests by injecting `Authorization: Bearer <apiKey>` when requested. (#54390) Thanks @lndyzwdxhs.
+- Claude CLI: clear inherited Anthropic auth/header environment aliases before spawning Claude Code and add sanitized CLI backend auth-env diagnostics for debugging gateway-run provider selection.
+- Agents/failover: classify AbortError and stream-abort messages as timeout so Ollama NDJSON stream aborts stop showing `reason=unknown` in model fallback logs. (#58324) Thanks @yelog.
+- Fireworks/FirePass: disable Kimi K2.5 Turbo reasoning output by forcing thinking off on the FirePass path and hardening the provider wrapper so hidden reasoning no longer leaks into visible replies. (#63607) Thanks @frankekn.
+- Matrix/multi-account: keep room-level `account` scoping, inherited room overrides, and implicit account selection consistent across top-level default auth, named accounts, and cached-credential env setups. (#58449) Thanks @gumadeiras.
+- Matrix/runtime: resolve the verification/bootstrap runtime from a distinct packaged Matrix entry so global npm installs stop failing on crypto bootstrap with missing-module or recursive runtime alias errors. (#59249) Thanks @gumadeiras.
+- Matrix/streaming: preserve ordered block flushes before tool, message, and agent boundaries, add explicit `channels.matrix.blockStreaming` opt-in so Matrix `streaming: "off"` stays final-only by default, and move MiniMax plain-text final handling into the MiniMax provider runtime instead of the shared core heuristic. (#59266) Thanks @gumadeiras.
+- QQBot/streaming: make block streaming configurable per QQ bot account via `streaming.mode` (`"partial"` | `"off"`, default `"partial"`) instead of hardcoding it off, so responses can be delivered incrementally. (#63746)
+- Discord: update Carbon to v0.15.0. Thanks @thewilloftheshadow.
+- Config/Discord: coerce safe integer numeric Discord IDs to strings during config validation, keep unsafe or precision-losing numeric snowflakes rejected, and align `openclaw doctor` repair guidance with the same fail-closed behavior. (#45125) Thanks @moliendocode.
+- BlueBubbles/config: accept `enrichGroupParticipantsFromContacts` in the core strict config schema so gateways no longer fail validation or startup when the BlueBubbles plugin writes that field. (#56889) Thanks @zqchris.
+- Feishu/webhooks: read webhook bodies through the pre-auth guard so unauthenticated webhook traffic stays under the same body budget as other protected channel ingress paths.
+- Tools/web_fetch: add an opt-in `tools.web.fetch.ssrfPolicy.allowRfc2544BenchmarkRange` config so fake-IP proxy environments that resolve public sites into `198.18.0.0/15` can use `web_fetch` without weakening the default SSRF block. (#61830) Thanks @xing-xing-coder.
+- Dreaming/gateway: require `operator.admin` for persistent `/dreaming on|off` changes and treat missing gateway client scopes as unprivileged instead of silently allowing config writes. (#63872) Thanks @mbelinky.
+- Dreaming/cron: reconcile managed dreaming cron from startup config and runtime lifecycle changes, but only recover managed dreaming cron state during heartbeat-triggered dreaming checks so ordinary chat traffic does not recreate removed jobs. (#63873, #63929, #63938) Thanks @mbelinky.
+- Memory/lancedb: accept `dreaming` config when `memory-lancedb` owns the memory slot so Dreaming surfaces can read slot-owner settings without schema rejection. (#63874) Thanks @mbelinky.
+- Control UI/dreaming: keep the Dreaming trace area contained and scrollable so overlays no longer cover tabs or blow out the page layout. (#63875) Thanks @mbelinky.
+- Dreaming/diary: add idempotent narrative subagent runs, preserve restrictive `DREAMS.md` permissions during atomic writes, and surface temp cleanup failures so repeated sweeps do not double-run the same narrative request or silently weaken diary safety. (#63876) Thanks @mbelinky.
+- Heartbeats/sessions: remove stale accumulated isolated heartbeat session keys when the next tick converges them back to the canonical sibling, so repaired sessions stop showing orphaned `:heartbeat:heartbeat` variants in session listings. (#59606) Thanks @rogerdigital.
+- Gateway/run cleanup: fix stale run-context TTL cleanup so the new maintenance sweep resets orphaned run sequence state and prevents unbounded run-context growth. (#52731) Thanks @artwalker.
+- UI/compaction: keep the compaction indicator in a retry-pending state until the run actually finishes, so the UI does not show `Context compacted` before compaction actually finishes. (#55132) Thanks @mpz4life.
+- Cron/tool schemas: keep cron tool schemas strict-model-friendly while still preserving `failureAlert=false`, nullable `agentId`/`sessionKey`, and flattened add/update recovery for the newly exposed cron job fields. (#55043) Thanks @brunolorente.
+- Git metadata: read commit ids from packed refs as well as loose refs so version and status metadata stay accurate after repository maintenance. (#63943)
+- Gateway: keep `commands.list` skill entries categorized under tools and include provider-aware plugin `nativeName` metadata even when `scope=text`, so remote clients can group skills correctly and map text-surface plugin commands back to native aliases.
+- TUI: reset footer activity to idle when switching sessions so a stale streaming indicator cannot persist after the selection changes. (#63988) Thanks @neeravmakwana.
+- iMessage: treat `sender === chat_identifier` as self-chat only when `destination_caller_id` is present and matches the sender, fixing DM outbound rows that omit destination from being run through self-chat echo handling. (#63980) Thanks @neeravmakwana.
+- Cron/Telegram: collapse isolated announce delivery to the final assistant-visible text only for Telegram targets, while preserving existing multi-message direct delivery semantics for other channels. (#63228) Thanks @welfo-beo.
+- Gateway/thread routing: preserve Slack, Telegram, and Mattermost thread-child delivery targets so bound subagent completion messages land in the originating thread instead of top-level channels. (#54840) Thanks @yzzymt.
+- ACP/stream relay: pass parent delivery context to ACP stream relay system events so `streamTo="parent"` updates route to the correct thread or topic instead of falling back to the main DM. (#57056) Thanks @pingren.
+- Agents/sessions: preserve announce `threadId` when `sessions.list` fallback rehydrates agent-to-agent announce targets so final announce messages stay in the originating thread/topic. (#63506) Thanks @SnowSky1.
+- iMessage/self-chat: remember ambiguous `sender === chat_identifier` outbound rows with missing `destination_caller_id` in self-chat dedupe state so the later reflected inbound copy still drops instead of re-entering inbound handling when the echo cache misses. Thanks @neeravmakwana.
+- Claude CLI: stop marking spawned Claude Code runs as host-managed so they keep using normal CLI subscription behavior. (#64023) Thanks @Alex-Alaniz.
+- Agents/failover: classify OpenRouter `404 No endpoints found for <model>` responses as `model_not_found` so fallback chains continue past retired OpenRouter candidates. (#61472) Thanks @MonkeyLeeT.
+- Browser/plugin SDK: route browser auth, profile, host-inspection, and doctor readiness helpers through browser plugin public facades so core compatibility helpers stop carrying duplicate runtime implementations. (#63957) Thanks @joshavant.
+- Agents/failover: allow cooldown probes for `timeout` (including network outage classifications) so the primary model can recover after failover without a gateway restart. (#63996) Thanks @neeravmakwana.
+- iMessage (imsg): strip an accidental protobuf length-delimited UTF-8 field wrapper from inbound `text` and `reply_to_text` when it fully consumes the field, fixing leading garbage before the real message. (#63868) Thanks @neeravmakwana.
+- Gateway/pairing: fail closed for paired device records that have no device tokens, and reject pairing approvals whose requested scopes do not match the requested device roles.
+- ACP/gateway chat: classify lifecycle errors before forwarding them to ACP clients so refusals use ACP's refusal stop reason while transient backend errors continue to finish as normal turns.
+- Agents/BTW: strip replayed tool blocks, hidden reasoning, and malformed image payloads from `/btw` side-question context so Bedrock no-tools side questions keep working after tool-use turns. (#64225) Thanks @ngutman.
+- Commands/btw: keep tool-less side questions from sending injected empty `tools` arrays on strict OpenAI-compatible providers, so `/btw` continues working after prior tool-call history. (#64219) Thanks @ngutman.
+- Agents/Bedrock: let `/btw` side questions use `auth: "aws-sdk"` without a static API key so Bedrock IAM and instance-role sessions stop failing before the side question runs. (#64218) Thanks @SnowSky1.
+- Feishu: route `/btw` side questions and `/stop` onto bounded out-of-band lanes so BTW no longer waits behind a busy normal chat turn while ordinary same-chat traffic stays FIFO. (#64324) Thanks @ngutman.
+- Agents/failover: detect llama.cpp slot context overflows as context-overflow errors so compaction can retry self-hosted OpenAI-compatible runs instead of surfacing the raw upstream 400. (#64196) Thanks @alexander-applyinnovations.
+- Claude CLI/skills: pass eligible OpenClaw skills into CLI runs, including native Claude Code skill resolution via a temporary plugin plus per-run skill env/API key injection. (#62686, #62723) Thanks @zomars.
+- Discord: keep generated auto-thread names working with reasoning models by giving title generation enough output budget for thinking plus visible title text. (#64172) Thanks @hanamizuki.
+- Heartbeat: ignore doc-only Markdown fence markers in the default `HEARTBEAT.md` template so comment-only heartbeat scaffolds skip API calls again. (#63434) Thanks @ravyg.
+- Control UI/BTW: render `/btw` side results as dismissible ephemeral cards in the browser, send `/btw` immediately during active runs, and clear stale BTW cards on reset flows so webchat matches the intended detached side-question behavior. (#64290) Thanks @ngutman.
+- Reply/skills: keep resolved skill and memory secret config stable through embedded reply runs so raw SecretRefs in secondary skill settings no longer crash replies when the gateway already has the live env. (#64249) Thanks @mbelinky.
+- Dreaming/startup: keep plugin-registered startup hooks alive across workspace hook reloads and include dreaming startup owners in the gateway startup plugin scope, so managed Dreaming cron registration comes back reliably after gateway boot. (#62327) Thanks @mbelinky.
+- Plugins: treat duplicate `registerService` calls from the same plugin id as idempotent so snapshot and activation loads no longer emit spurious `service already registered` diagnostics. (#62033, #64128) Thanks @ly85206559.
+- Discord/TTS: route auto voice replies through the native voice-note path so Discord receives Opus voice messages instead of regular audio attachments. (#64096) Thanks @LiuHuaize.
+- Config/plugins: use plugin-owned command alias metadata when `plugins.allow` contains runtime command names like `dreaming`, and point users at the owning plugin instead of stale plugin-not-found guidance. (#64242) Thanks @feiskyer.
+- Agents/Gemini: strip orphaned `required` entries from Gemini tool schemas so provider validation no longer rejects tools after schema cleanup or union flattening. (#64284) Thanks @xxxxxmax.
+- Assistant text: strip Qwen-style XML tool call payloads from visible replies so web and channel messages no longer show raw `<tool_call><function=...>` output. (#64214) Thanks @MoerAI.
+- Daemon/gateway: prevent systemd restart storms on configuration errors by exiting with `EX_CONFIG` and adding generated unit restart-prevention guards. (#63913) Thanks @neo1027144-creator.
+- Agents/exec: prevent gateway crash ("Agent listener invoked outside active run") when a subagent exec tool produces stdout/stderr after the agent run has ended or been aborted. (#62821) Thanks @openperf.
+- Browser/tabs: route `/tabs/action` close/select through the same browser endpoint reachability and policy checks as list/new (including Playwright-backed remote tab operations), reject CDP HTTP redirects on probe requests, and sanitize blocked-endpoint error responses so tab list/focus/close flows fail closed without echoing raw policy details back to callers. (#63332)
+- Gateway/OpenAI compat: return real `usage` for non-stream `/v1/chat/completions` responses, emit the final usage chunk when `stream_options.include_usage=true`, and bound usage-gated stream finalization after lifecycle end. (#62986) Thanks @Lellansin.
+- Matrix/migration: keep packaged warning-only crypto migrations from being misclassified as actionable when only helper chunks are present, so startup and doctor stay on the warning-only path instead of creating unnecessary migration snapshots. (#64373) Thanks @gumadeiras.
+- Matrix/ACP thread bindings: preserve canonical room casing and parent conversation routing during ACP session spawn so mixed-case room ids bind correctly from top-level rooms and existing Matrix threads. (#64343) Thanks @gumadeiras.
+- Agents/subagents: deduplicate delivered completion announces so retry or re-entry cleanup does not inject duplicate internal-context completion turns into the parent session. (#61525) Thanks @100yenadmin.
+- Agents/exec: keep sandboxed `tools.exec.host=auto` sessions from honoring per-call `host=node` or `host=gateway` overrides while a sandbox runtime is active, and stop advertising node routing in that state so exec stays on the sandbox host. (#63880)
+- Gateway/restart sentinel: route restart notices only from stored canonical delivery metadata and skip outbound guessing from lossy session keys, avoiding misdelivery on case-sensitive channels like Matrix. (#64391) Thanks @gumadeiras.
+
+- Cron/isolated agent: run scheduled agent turns as non-owner senders so owner-only tools stay unavailable during cron execution. (#63878)
+- Voice Call/realtime: reject oversized realtime WebSocket frames before bridge setup so large pre-start payloads cannot crash the gateway. (#63890) Thanks @mmaps.
+- Browser/sandbox: gate `/sandbox/novnc` behind bridge auth and stop surfacing sandbox observer URLs in model-visible prompt context. (#63882) Thanks @eleqtrizit.
+
+- Discord/sandbox: include `image` in sandbox media param normalization so Discord event cover images cannot bypass sandbox path rewriting. (#64377) Thanks @mmaps.
+- Agents/exec: extend exec completion detection to cover local background exec formats so the owner-downgrade fires correctly for all exec paths. (#64376) Thanks @mmaps.
+- Security/dependencies: pin axios to 1.15.0 and add a plugin install dependency denylist that blocks known malicious packages before install. (#63891) Thanks @mmaps.
+- Browser/security: apply three-phase interaction navigation guard to pressKey and type(submit) so delayed JS redirects from keypress cannot bypass SSRF policy. (#63889) Thanks @mmaps.
+
+- Browser/security: guard existing-session Chrome MCP interaction routes with SSRF post-checks so delayed navigation from click, type, press, and evaluate cannot bypass the configured policy. (#64370) Thanks @eleqtrizit.
+- Browser/security: default browser SSRF policy to strict mode so unconfigured installs block private-network navigation, and align external-content marker span mapping so ZWS-injected boundary spoofs are fully sanitized. (#63885) Thanks @eleqtrizit.
+- Browser/security: apply SSRF navigation policy to subframe document navigations so iframe-targeted private-network hops are blocked without quarantining the parent page. (#64371) Thanks @eleqtrizit.
+- Hooks/security: mark agent hook system events as untrusted and sanitize hook display names before cron metadata reuse. (#64372) Thanks @eleqtrizit.
+- Media/security: honor sender-scoped `toolsBySender` policy for outbound host-media reads so denied senders cannot trigger host file disclosure via attachment hydration. (#64459) Thanks @eleqtrizit.
+- Browser/security: reject strict-policy hostname navigation unless the hostname is an explicit allowlist exception or IP literal, and route CDP HTTP discovery through the pinned SSRF fetch path. (#64367) Thanks @eleqtrizit.
+- Plugins/ACPX: wrap plugin tools on the MCP bridge with the shared `before_tool_call` handler so block and approval hooks fire consistently across all execution paths. (#63886) Thanks @eleqtrizit.
+
+- Logging/security: redact Gmail watcher `--hook-token` values from startup logging and `logs.tail` output. (#62661) Thanks @eleqtrizit.
+- Models/fallback: preserve `/models` selection across transient primary-model failures and config reloads so the fallback chain no longer permanently clobbers a user-chosen model. (#64471) Thanks @hoyyeva.
+
+- Sandbox/security: auto-derive CDP source-range from Docker network gateway and refuse to start the socat relay without one, so peer containers cannot reach CDP unauthenticated. (#61404) Thanks @dims.
+- Daemon/launchd: keep `openclaw gateway stop` persistent without uninstalling the macOS LaunchAgent, re-enable it on explicit restart or repair, and harden launchd label handling. (#64447) Thanks @ngutman.
+- Agents/Slack: preserve threaded announce delivery when `sessions.list` rows lack stored thread metadata by falling back to the thread id encoded in the session key. (#63143) Thanks @mariosousa-finn.
+- Plugins/context engines: preserve `plugins.slots.contextEngine` through normalization and keep explicitly selected workspace context-engine plugins enabled, so loader diagnostics and plugin activation stop dropping that slot selection. (#64192) Thanks @hclsys.
+- Heartbeat: stop top-level `interval:` and `prompt:` fields outside the `tasks:` block from bleeding into the last parsed heartbeat task. (#64488) Thanks @Rahulkumar070.
+## 2026.4.9
+
+### Changes
+
 - Memory/dreaming: add a grounded REM backfill lane with historical `rem-harness --path`, diary commit/reset flows, cleaner durable-fact extraction, and live short-term promotion integration so old daily notes can replay into Dreams and durable memory without a second memory stack. Thanks @mbelinky.
 - Control UI/dreaming: add a structured diary view with timeline navigation, backfill/reset controls, traceable dreaming summaries, and a grounded Scene lane with promotion hints plus a safe clear-grounded action for staged backfill signals. (#63395) Thanks @mbelinky.
 - QA/lab: add character-vibes evaluation reports with model selection and parallel runs so live QA can compare candidate behavior faster.
@@ -48,6 +195,8 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Plugins/contracts: keep test-only helpers out of production contract barrels, load shared contract harnesses through bundled test surfaces, and harden guardrails so indirect re-exports and canonical `*.test.ts` files stay blocked. (#63311) Thanks @altaywtf.
 - Control UI/models: preserve provider-qualified refs for OpenRouter catalog models whose ids already contain slashes so picker selections submit allowlist-compatible model refs instead of dropping the `openrouter/` prefix. (#63416) Thanks @sallyom.
 - Plugin SDK/command auth: split command status builders onto the lightweight `openclaw/plugin-sdk/command-status` subpath while preserving deprecated `command-auth` compatibility exports, so auth-only plugin imports no longer pull status/context warmup into CLI onboarding paths. (#63174) Thanks @hxy91819.
+- Wizard/plugin config: coerce integer-typed plugin config fields from interactive text input so integer schema values persist as numbers instead of failing validation. (#63346) Thanks @jalehman.
+- Dreaming/narrative: harden request-scoped diary fallback so scheduled dreaming only falls back on the dedicated subagent-runtime error, stop trusting spoofable raw error-code objects, and avoid leaking workspace paths when local fallback writes fail. (#64156) Thanks @mbelinky.
 
 ## 2026.4.8
 
@@ -164,6 +313,13 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Agents/model resolution: let explicit `openai-codex/gpt-5.4` selection prefer provider runtime metadata when it reports a larger context window, keeping configured Codex runs aligned with the live provider limits. (#62694) Thanks @ruclaw7.
 - Agents/model resolution: keep explicit-model runtime comparisons on the configured workspace plugin registry, so workspace-installed providers do not silently fall back to stale explicit metadata during runtime model lookup.
 - Providers/Z.AI: default onboarding and endpoint detection to GLM-5.1 instead of GLM-5. (#61998) Thanks @serg0x.
+- Cron/isolated: resolve auth profiles without treating every isolated run as a brand-new auth session, so profile-based providers (for example OpenRouter) keep a stable credential choice instead of rotating or ignoring stored keys. (#62783) Thanks @neeravmakwana.
+- CLI/tasks: `openclaw tasks cancel` now records operator cancellation for CLI runtime tasks instead of returning "Task runtime does not support cancellation yet", so stuck `running` CLI tasks can be cleared. (#62419) Thanks @neeravmakwana.
+- Sessions/context: resolve context window limits using the active provider plus model (not bare model id alone) when persisting session usage, applying inline directives, and sizing memory-flush / preflight compaction thresholds, so duplicate model ids across providers no longer leak the wrong `contextTokens` into the session store or `/status`. (#62472) Thanks @neeravmakwana.
+- Channels/setup: exclude workspace shadow entries from channel setup catalog lookups and align trust checks with auto-enable so workspace-scoped overrides no longer bypass the trusted catalog. (`GHSA-82qx-6vj7-p8m2`) Thanks @zsxsoft.
+- Reply execution: prefer the active runtime snapshot over stale queued reply config during embedded reply and follow-up execution so SecretRef-backed reply turns stop crashing after secrets have already resolved. (#62693) Thanks @mbelinky.
+- Android/manual connect: allow blank port input only for TLS manual gateway endpoints so standard HTTPS Tailscale hosts default to `443` without silently changing cleartext manual connects. (#63134) Thanks @Tyler-RNG.
+- Matrix/agents: hide owner-only `set-profile` from embedded agent channel-action discovery so non-owner runs stop advertising profile updates they cannot execute. (#62662) Thanks @eleqtrizit.
 
 ## 2026.4.5
 
@@ -414,7 +570,6 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Matrix: avoid failing startup when token auth already knows the user ID but still needs optional device metadata, retry transient auth bootstrap requests, and backfill missing device IDs after startup while keeping unknown-device storage reuse conservative until metadata is repaired. (#61383) Thanks @gumadeiras.
 - Agents/exec: stop streaming `tool_execution_update` events after an exec session backgrounds, preventing delayed background output from hitting a stale listener and crashing the gateway while keeping the output available through `process poll/log`. (#61627) Thanks @openperf.
 - Matrix: pass configured `deviceId` through health probes and keep probe-only client setup out of durable Matrix storage, so health checks preserve the correct device identity without rewriting `storage-meta.json` or related probe state on disk. (#61581) Thanks @MoerAI.
-  ||||||| parent of b4694a4ac7 (Telegram: add outbound chunker regression coverage)
 - 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.

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ For coordinated change sets that genuinely need more than 10 PRs, join the **#cl
   - For targeted shared-surface work, use `pnpm test:contracts:channels` or `pnpm test:contracts:plugins`
   - These commands also cover the shared seam/smoke files that the default unit lane skips
   - If you changed broader runtime behavior, still run the relevant wider lanes (`pnpm test:extensions`, `pnpm test:channels`, or `pnpm test`) before asking for review
+- If you touched bundled-plugin boundaries in shared code, run the matching inventories:
+  - `node scripts/check-src-extension-import-boundary.mjs --json` for `src/**`
+  - `node scripts/check-sdk-package-extension-import-boundary.mjs --json` for `src/plugin-sdk/**` and `packages/**`
+  - `node scripts/check-test-helper-extension-import-boundary.mjs --json` for `test/helpers/**`
+- Shared test helpers must use `src/test-utils/bundled-plugin-public-surface.ts` instead of repo-relative `extensions/**` imports. Keep plugin-local deep mocks inside the owning bundled plugin package.
 - If you have access to Codex, run `codex review --base origin/main` locally before opening or updating your PR. Treat this as the current highest standard of AI review, even if GitHub Codex review also runs.
 - Do not submit refactor-only PRs unless a maintainer explicitly requested that refactor for an active fix or deliverable.
 - Do not submit test or CI-config fixes for failures already red on `main` CI. If a failure is already visible in the [main branch CI runs](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/actions), it's a known issue the Maintainer team is tracking, and a PR that only addresses those failures will be closed automatically. If you spot a _new_ regression not yet shown in main CI, report it as an issue first.

INCIDENT_RESPONSE.md

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# OpenClaw Incident Response Plan
+
+## 1. Detection and triage
+
+We monitor security signals from:
+
+- GitHub Security Advisories (GHSA) and private vulnerability reports.
+- Public GitHub issues/discussions when reports are not sensitive.
+- Automated signals (for example Dependabot, CodeQL, npm advisories, and secret scanning).
+
+Initial triage:
+
+1. Confirm affected component, version, and trust boundary impact.
+2. Classify as security issue vs hardening/no-action using the repository `SECURITY.md` scope and out-of-scope rules.
+3. An incident owner responds accordingly.
+
+## 2. Assessment
+
+Severity guide:
+
+- **Critical:** Package/release/repository compromise, active exploitation, or unauthenticated trust-boundary bypass with high-impact control or data exposure.
+- **High:** Verified trust-boundary bypass requiring limited preconditions (for example authenticated but unauthorized high-impact action), or exposure of OpenClaw-owned sensitive credentials.
+- **Medium:** Significant security weakness with practical impact but constrained exploitability or substantial prerequisites.
+- **Low:** Defense-in-depth findings, narrowly scoped denial-of-service, or hardening/parity gaps without a demonstrated trust-boundary bypass.
+
+## 3. Response
+
+1. Acknowledge receipt to the reporter (private when sensitive).
+2. Reproduce on supported releases and latest `main`, then implement and validate a patch with regression coverage.
+3. For critical/high incidents, prepare patched release(s) as fast as practical.
+4. For medium/low incidents, patch in normal release flow and document mitigation guidance.
+
+## 4. Communication
+
+We communicate through:
+
+- GitHub Security Advisories in the affected repository.
+- Release notes/changelog entries for fixed versions.
+- Direct reporter follow-up on status and resolution.
+
+Disclosure policy:
+
+- Critical/high incidents should receive coordinated disclosure, with CVE issuance when appropriate.
+- Low-risk hardening findings may be documented in release notes or advisories without CVE, depending on impact and user exposure.
+
+## 5. Recovery and follow-up
+
+After shipping the fix:
+
+1. Verify remediations in CI and release artifacts.
+2. Run a short post-incident review (timeline, root cause, detection gap, prevention plan).
+3. Add follow-up hardening/tests/docs tasks and track them to completion.

appcast.xml

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     <channel>
         <title>OpenClaw</title>
+        <item>
+            <title>2026.4.9</title>
+            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:38:08 +0000</pubDate>
+            <link>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openclaw/openclaw/main/appcast.xml</link>
+            <sparkle:version>2026040990</sparkle:version>
+            <sparkle:shortVersionString>2026.4.9</sparkle:shortVersionString>
+            <sparkle:minimumSystemVersion>15.0</sparkle:minimumSystemVersion>
+            <description><![CDATA[<h2>OpenClaw 2026.4.9</h2>
+<h3>Changes</h3>
+<ul>
+<li>Memory/dreaming: add a grounded REM backfill lane with historical <code>rem-harness --path</code>, diary commit/reset flows, cleaner durable-fact extraction, and live short-term promotion integration so old daily notes can replay into Dreams and durable memory without a second memory stack. Thanks @mbelinky.</li>
+<li>Control UI/dreaming: add a structured diary view with timeline navigation, backfill/reset controls, traceable dreaming summaries, and a grounded Scene lane with promotion hints plus a safe clear-grounded action for staged backfill signals. (#63395) Thanks @mbelinky.</li>
+<li>QA/lab: add character-vibes evaluation reports with model selection and parallel runs so live QA can compare candidate behavior faster.</li>
+<li>Plugins/provider-auth: let provider manifests declare <code>providerAuthAliases</code> so provider variants can share env vars, auth profiles, config-backed auth, and API-key onboarding choices without core-specific wiring.</li>
+<li>iOS: pin release versioning to an explicit CalVer in <code>apps/ios/version.json</code>, keep TestFlight iteration on the same short version until maintainers intentionally promote the next gateway version, and add the documented <code>pnpm ios:version:pin -- --from-gateway</code> workflow for release trains. (#63001) Thanks @ngutman.</li>
+</ul>
+<h3>Fixes</h3>
+<ul>
+<li>Browser/security: re-run blocked-destination safety checks after interaction-driven main-frame navigations from click, evaluate, hook-triggered click, and batched action flows, so browser interactions cannot bypass the SSRF quarantine when they land on forbidden URLs. (#63226) Thanks @eleqtrizit.</li>
+<li>Security/dotenv: block runtime-control env vars plus browser-control override and skip-server env vars from untrusted workspace <code>.env</code> files, and reject unsafe URL-style browser control override specifiers before lazy loading. (#62660, #62663) Thanks @eleqtrizit.</li>
+<li>Gateway/node exec events: mark remote node <code>exec.started</code>, <code>exec.finished</code>, and <code>exec.denied</code> summaries as untrusted system events and sanitize node-provided command/output/reason text before enqueueing them, so remote node output cannot inject trusted <code>System:</code> content into later turns. (#62659) Thanks @eleqtrizit.</li>
+<li>Plugins/onboarding auth choices: prevent untrusted workspace plugins from colliding with bundled provider auth-choice ids during non-interactive onboarding, so bundled provider setup keeps operator secrets out of untrusted workspace plugin handlers unless those plugins are explicitly trusted. (#62368) Thanks @pgondhi987.</li>
+<li>Security/dependency audit: force <code>basic-ftp</code> to <code>5.2.1</code> for the CRLF command-injection fix and bump Hono plus <code>@hono/node-server</code> in production resolution paths.</li>
+<li>Android/pairing: clear stale setup-code auth on new QR scans, bootstrap operator and node sessions from fresh pairing, prefer stored device tokens after bootstrap handoff, and pause pairing auto-retry while the app is backgrounded so scan-once Android pairing recovers reliably again. (#63199) Thanks @obviyus.</li>
+<li>Matrix/gateway: wait for Matrix sync readiness before marking startup successful, keep Matrix background handler failures contained, and route fatal Matrix sync stops through channel-level restart handling instead of crashing the whole gateway. (#62779) Thanks @gumadeiras.</li>
+<li>Slack/media: preserve bearer auth across same-origin <code>files.slack.com</code> redirects while still stripping it on cross-origin Slack CDN hops, so <code>url_private_download</code> image attachments load again. (#62960) Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>Reply/doctor: use the active runtime snapshot for queued reply runs, resolve reply-run SecretRefs before preflight helpers touch config, surface gateway OAuth reauth failures to users, and make <code>openclaw doctor</code> call out exact reauth commands. (#62693, #63217) Thanks @mbelinky.</li>
+<li>Control UI: guard stale session-history reloads during fast session switches so the selected session and rendered transcript stay in sync. (#62975) Thanks @scoootscooob.</li>
+<li>Gateway/chat: suppress exact and streamed <code>ANNOUNCE_SKIP</code> / <code>REPLY_SKIP</code> control replies across live chat updates and history sanitization so internal agent-to-agent control tokens no longer leak into user-facing gateway chat surfaces. (#51739) Thanks @Pinghuachiu.</li>
+<li>Auto-reply/NO_REPLY: strip glued leading <code>NO_REPLY</code> tokens before reply normalization and ACP-visible streaming so silent sentinel text no longer leaks into user-visible replies while preserving substantive <code>NO_REPLY ...</code> text. Thanks @frankekn.</li>
+<li>Sessions/routing: preserve established external routes on inter-session announce traffic so <code>sessions_send</code> follow-ups do not steal delivery from Telegram, Discord, or other external channels. (#58013) Thanks @duqaXxX.</li>
+<li>Gateway/sessions: clear auto-fallback-pinned model overrides on <code>/reset</code> and <code>/new</code> while still preserving explicit user model selections, including legacy sessions created before override-source tracking existed. (#63155) Thanks @frankekn.</li>
+<li>Slack/ACP: treat Slack ACP block replies as visible delivered output so OpenClaw stops re-sending the final fallback text after Slack already rendered the reply. (#62858) Thanks @gumadeiras.</li>
+<li>Slack/partial streaming: key turn-local dedupe by dispatch kind and keep the final fallback reply path active when preview finalization fails so stale preview text cannot suppress the actual final answer. (#62859) Thanks @gumadeiras.</li>
+<li>Matrix/doctor: migrate legacy <code>channels.matrix.dm.policy: "trusted"</code> configs back to compatible DM policies during <code>openclaw doctor --fix</code>, preserving explicit <code>allowFrom</code> boundaries as <code>allowlist</code> and defaulting empty legacy configs to <code>pairing</code>. (#62942) Thanks @lukeboyett.</li>
+<li>npm packaging: mirror bundled channel runtime deps, stage Nostr runtime deps, derive required root mirrors from manifests and built chunks, and test packed release tarballs without repo <code>node_modules</code> so fresh installs fail fast on missing plugin deps instead of crashing at runtime. (#63065) Thanks @scoootscooob.</li>
+<li>QA/live auth: fail fast when live QA scenarios hit classified auth or runtime failure replies, including raw scenario wait paths, and sanitize missing-key guidance so gateway auth problems surface as actionable errors instead of timeouts. (#63333) Thanks @shakkernerd.</li>
+<li>Providers/OpenAI: default missing reasoning effort to <code>high</code> on OpenAI Responses, WebSocket, and compatible completions transports, while still honoring explicit per-run reasoning levels.</li>
+<li>Providers/Ollama: allow Ollama models using the native <code>api: "ollama"</code> path to optionally display thinking output when <code>/think</code> is set to a non-off level. (#62712) Thanks @hoyyeva.</li>
+<li>Codex CLI: pass OpenClaw's system prompt through Codex's <code>model_instructions_file</code> config override so fresh Codex CLI sessions receive the same prompt guidance as Claude CLI sessions.</li>
+<li>Auth/profiles: persist explicit auth-profile upserts directly and skip external CLI sync for local writes so profile changes are saved without stale external credential state.</li>
+<li>Agents/timeouts: make the LLM idle timeout inherit <code>agents.defaults.timeoutSeconds</code> when configured, disable the unconfigured idle watchdog for cron runs, and point idle-timeout errors at <code>agents.defaults.llm.idleTimeoutSeconds</code>. Thanks @drvoss.</li>
+<li>Agents/failover: classify Z.ai vendor code <code>1311</code> as billing and <code>1113</code> as auth, including long wrapped <code>1311</code> payloads, so these errors stop falling through to generic failover handling. (#49552) Thanks @1bcMax.</li>
+<li>QQBot/media-tags: support HTML entity-encoded angle brackets (<code>&lt;</code>/<code>&gt;</code>), URL slashes in attributes, and self-closing media tags so upstream <code><qqimg></code> payloads are correctly parsed and normalized. (#60493) Thanks @ylc0919.</li>
+<li>Memory/dreaming: harden grounded backfill inputs, diary writes, status payloads, and diary action classification by preserving source-day labels, rejecting missing or symlinked targets cleanly, normalizing diary headings in gateway backfills, and tightening claim splitting plus diary source metadata. Thanks @mbelinky.</li>
+<li>Memory/dreaming: accept embedded heartbeat trigger tokens so light and REM dreaming still run when runtime wrappers include extra heartbeat text.</li>
+<li>Android/manual connect: allow blank port input only for TLS manual gateway endpoints so standard HTTPS Tailscale hosts default to <code>443</code> without silently changing cleartext manual connects. (#63134) Thanks @Tyler-RNG.</li>
+<li>Windows/update: add heap headroom to Windows <code>pnpm build</code> steps during dev updates so update preflight builds stop failing on low default Node memory.</li>
+<li>Plugin SDK: export the channel plugin base and web-search config contract through the public package so plugins can use them without private imports.</li>
+<li>Plugins/contracts: keep test-only helpers out of production contract barrels, load shared contract harnesses through bundled test surfaces, and harden guardrails so indirect re-exports and canonical <code>*.test.ts</code> files stay blocked. (#63311) Thanks @altaywtf.</li>
+<li>Control UI/models: preserve provider-qualified refs for OpenRouter catalog models whose ids already contain slashes so picker selections submit allowlist-compatible model refs instead of dropping the <code>openrouter/</code> prefix. (#63416) Thanks @sallyom.</li>
+<li>Plugin SDK/command auth: split command status builders onto the lightweight <code>openclaw/plugin-sdk/command-status</code> subpath while preserving deprecated <code>command-auth</code> compatibility exports, so auth-only plugin imports no longer pull status/context warmup into CLI onboarding paths. (#63174) Thanks @hxy91819.</li>
+</ul>
+<p><a href="https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md">View full changelog</a></p>
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             <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 06:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
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-            <title>2026.4.5</title>
-            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 04:55:17 +0100</pubDate>
-            <link>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openclaw/openclaw/main/appcast.xml</link>
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-            <description><![CDATA[<h2>OpenClaw 2026.4.5</h2>
-<h3>Breaking</h3>
-<ul>
-<li>Config: remove legacy public config aliases such as <code>talk.voiceId</code> / <code>talk.apiKey</code>, <code>agents.*.sandbox.perSession</code>, <code>browser.ssrfPolicy.allowPrivateNetwork</code>, <code>hooks.internal.handlers</code>, and channel/group/room <code>allow</code> toggles in favor of the canonical public paths and <code>enabled</code>, while keeping load-time compatibility and <code>openclaw doctor --fix</code> migration support for existing configs. (#60726) Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-</ul>
-<h3>Changes</h3>
-<ul>
-<li>Agents/video generation: add the built-in <code>video_generate</code> tool so agents can create videos through configured providers and return the generated media directly in the reply.</li>
-<li>Agents/music generation: ignore unsupported optional hints such as <code>durationSeconds</code> with a warning instead of hard-failing requests on providers like Google Lyria.</li>
-<li>Providers/ComfyUI: add a bundled <code>comfy</code> workflow media plugin for local ComfyUI and Comfy Cloud workflows, including shared <code>image_generate</code>, <code>video_generate</code>, and workflow-backed <code>music_generate</code> support, with prompt injection, optional reference-image upload, live tests, and output download.</li>
-<li>Tools/music generation: add the built-in <code>music_generate</code> tool with bundled Google (Lyria) and MiniMax providers plus workflow-backed Comfy support, including async task tracking and follow-up delivery of finished audio.</li>
-<li>Providers: add bundled Qwen, Fireworks AI, and StepFun providers, plus MiniMax TTS, Ollama Web Search, and MiniMax Search integrations for chat, speech, and search workflows. (#60032, #55921, #59318, #54648)</li>
-<li>Providers/Amazon Bedrock: add bundled Mantle support plus inference-profile discovery and automatic request-region injection so Bedrock-hosted Claude, GPT-OSS, Qwen, Kimi, GLM, and similar routes work with less manual setup. (#61296, #61299) Thanks @wirjo.</li>
-<li>Control UI/multilingual: add localized control UI support for Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, French, Turkish, Indonesian, Polish, and Ukrainian. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Plugins: add plugin-config TUI prompts to guided onboarding/setup flows, and add <code>openclaw plugins install --force</code> so existing plugin and hook-pack targets can be replaced without using the dangerous-code override flag. (#60590, #60544)</li>
-<li>Control UI/skills: add ClawHub search, detail, and install flows directly in the Skills panel. (#60134) Thanks @samzong.</li>
-<li>iOS/exec approvals: add generic APNs approval notifications that open an in-app exec approval modal, fetch command details only after authenticated operator reconnect, and clear stale notification state when the approval resolves. (#60239) Thanks @ngutman.</li>
-<li>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.</li>
-<li>Channels/context visibility: add configurable <code>contextVisibility</code> per channel (<code>all</code>, <code>allowlist</code>, <code>allowlist_quote</code>) so supplemental quote, thread, and fetched history context can be filtered by sender allowlists instead of always passing through as received.</li>
-<li>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)</li>
-<li>Providers/OpenAI: add forward-compat <code>openai-codex/gpt-5.4-mini</code>, an opt-in GPT personality, and provider-owned GPT-5 prompt contributions so Codex/GPT runs stay cache-stable and compatible with bundled catalog lag.</li>
-<li>Agents/Claude CLI: expose OpenClaw tools to background Claude CLI runs through a loopback MCP bridge and switch bundled runs to stdin + <code>stream-json</code> partial-message streaming so prompts stop riding argv, long replies show live progress, and final session/usage metadata still land cleanly. (#35676) Thanks @mylukin.</li>
-<li>ACPX/runtime: embed the ACP runtime directly in the bundled <code>acpx</code> plugin, remove the extra external ACP CLI hop, harden live ACP session binding and reuse, and add a generic <code>reply_dispatch</code> hook so bundled plugins like ACPX can own reply interception without hardcoded ACP paths in core auto-reply routing. (#61319)</li>
-<li>Agents/progress: add experimental structured plan updates and structured execution item events so compatible UIs can show clearer step-by-step progress during long-running runs.</li>
-<li>Providers/Anthropic: remove the Claude CLI backend and setup-token from new onboarding, keep existing configured legacy profiles runnable, and have <code>openclaw doctor</code> repair or remove stale <code>anthropic:claude-cli</code> state during migration.</li>
-<li>Tools/video generation: add bundled xAI (<code>grok-imagine-video</code>), Alibaba Model Studio Wan, and Runway video providers, plus live-test/default model wiring for all three.</li>
-<li>Memory/search: add Amazon Bedrock embeddings for Titan, Cohere, Nova, and TwelveLabs models, with AWS credential-chain auto-detection for <code>provider: "auto"</code> and provider-specific dimension controls. Thanks @wirjo.</li>
-<li>Providers/Amazon Bedrock Mantle: generate bearer tokens from the AWS credential chain so Mantle auto-discovery can use IAM auth without manually exporting <code>AWS_BEARER_TOKEN_BEDROCK</code>. Thanks @wirjo.</li>
-<li>Memory/dreaming (experimental): add weighted short-term recall promotion, a <code>/dreaming</code> command, Dreams UI, multilingual conceptual tagging, and doctor/status repair support, while refactoring dreaming from competing modes into three cooperative phases (light, deep, REM) with independent schedules and recovery behavior so durable memory promotion can run in the background with less manual setup. (#60569, #60697) Thanks @vignesh07.</li>
-<li>Memory/dreaming: add configurable aging controls (<code>recencyHalfLifeDays</code>, <code>maxAgeDays</code>) plus optional verbose logging so operators can tune recall decay and inspect promotion decisions more easily.</li>
-<li>Memory/dreaming: add REM preview tooling (<code>openclaw memory rem-harness</code>, <code>promote-explain</code>), surface possible lasting truths during REM staging, and make deep promotion replay-safe so reruns reconcile instead of duplicating <code>MEMORY.md</code> entries.</li>
-<li>Memory/dreaming: write dreaming trail content to top-level <code>dreams.md</code> instead of daily memory notes, update <code>/dreaming</code> help text to point there, and keep <code>dreams.md</code> available for explicit reads without pulling it into default recall. Thanks @davemorin.</li>
-<li>Memory/dreaming: add the Dream Diary surface in Dreams, simplify user-facing dreaming config to <code>enabled</code> plus optional <code>frequency</code>, treat phases as implementation detail in docs/UI, and keep the lobster animation visible above diary content. Thanks @vignesh07.</li>
-<li>Prompt caching: keep prompt prefixes more reusable across transport fallback, deterministic MCP tool ordering, compaction, embedded image history, normalized system-prompt fingerprints, <code>openclaw status --verbose</code> cache diagnostics, and the removal of duplicate in-band tool inventories from agent system prompts so follow-up turns hit cache more reliably. (#58036, #58037, #58038, #59054, #60603, #60691) Thanks @bcherny and @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Agents/cache: diagnostics: add prompt-cache break diagnostics, trace live cache scenarios through embedded runner paths, and show cache reuse explicitly in <code>openclaw status --verbose</code>. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>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.</li>
-<li>Agents/tool prompts: remove the duplicate in-band tool inventory from agent system prompts so tool-calling models rely on the structured tool definitions as the single source of truth, improving prompt stability and reducing stale tool guidance.</li>
-<li>Config/schema: enrich the exported <code>openclaw config schema</code> JSON Schema with field titles and descriptions so editors, agents, and other schema consumers receive the same config help metadata. (#60067) Thanks @solavrc.</li>
-<li>Providers/CLI: remove bundled CLI text-provider backends and the <code>agents.defaults.cliBackends</code> surface, while keeping ACP harness sessions and Gemini media understanding on the native bundled providers.</li>
-<li>Matrix/exec approvals: clarify unavailable-approval replies so Matrix no longer claims chat approvals are unsupported when native exec approvals are merely unconfigured. (#61424) Thanks @gumadeiras.</li>
-<li>Docs/IRC: replace public IRC hostname examples with <code>irc.example.com</code> and recommend private servers for bot coordination while listing common public networks for intentional use.</li>
-<li>Memory/dreaming: group nearby daily-note lines into short coherent chunks before staging them for dreaming, so one-off context from recent notes reaches REM/deep with better evidence and less line-level noise.</li>
-<li>Memory/dreaming: drop generic date/day headings from daily-note chunk prefixes while keeping meaningful section labels, so staged snippets stay cleaner and more reusable. (#61597) Thanks @mbelinky.</li>
-<li>Plugins/Lobster: run bundled Lobster workflows in process instead of spawning the external CLI, reducing transport overhead and unblocking native runtime integration. (#61523) Thanks @mbelinky.</li>
-<li>Plugins/Lobster: harden managed resume validation so invalid TaskFlow resume calls fail earlier, and memoize embedded runtime loading per runner while keeping failed loads retryable. (#61566) Thanks @mbelinky.</li>
-</ul>
-<h3>Fixes</h3>
-<ul>
-<li>Security: preserve restrictive plugin-only tool allowlists, require owner access for <code>/allowlist add</code> and <code>/allowlist remove</code>, fail closed when <code>before_tool_call</code> 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) Thanks @eleqtrizit and @pgondhi987.</li>
-<li>Providers/OpenAI: make GPT-5 and Codex runs act sooner with lower-verbosity defaults, visible progress during tool work, and a one-shot retry when a turn only narrates the plan instead of taking action.</li>
-<li>Providers/OpenAI and reply delivery: preserve native <code>reasoning.effort: "none"</code> and strict schemas where supported, add GPT-5.4 assistant <code>phase</code> metadata across replay and the Gateway <code>/v1/responses</code> layer, and keep commentary buffered until <code>final_answer</code> so web chat, session previews, embedded replies, and Telegram partials stop leaking planning text. Fixes #59150, #59643, #61282.</li>
-<li>Telegram: fix current-model checks in the model picker, HTML-format non-default <code>/model</code> confirmations, explicit topic replies, persisted reaction ownership across restarts, caption-media placeholder and <code>file_id</code> preservation on download failure, and upgraded-install inbound image reads. (#60384, #60042, #59634, #59207, #59948, #59971) Thanks @sfuminya, @GitZhangChi, @dashhuang, @samzong, @v1p0r, and @neeravmakwana.</li>
-<li>Telegram: restore DM voice-note preflight transcription so direct-message audio stops arriving as raw <code><media:audio></code> placeholders. (#61008) Thanks @manueltarouca.</li>
-<li>Telegram/reasoning: only create a Telegram reasoning preview lane when the session is explicitly <code>reasoning:stream</code>, so hidden <code><think></code> traces from streamed replies stop surfacing as chat previews on normal sessions. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>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 <code>/</code> entries visible. (#61129) Thanks @neeravmakwana.</li>
-<li>Discord: keep REST, webhook, and monitor traffic on the configured proxy, preserve component-only media sends, honor <code>@everyone</code> and <code>@here</code> mention gates, keep ACK reactions on the active account, and split voice connect/playback timeouts so auto-join is more reliable. (#57465, #60361, #60345) Thanks @geekhuashan.</li>
-<li>Discord/reply tags: strip leaked <code>[[reply_to_current]]</code> control tags from preview text and honor explicit reply-tag threading during final delivery, so Discord replies stay attached to the triggering message instead of printing reply metadata into chat.</li>
-<li>Discord/replies: replace the unshipped <code>replyToOnlyWhenBatched</code> flag with <code>replyToMode: "batched"</code> so native reply references only attach on debounced multi-message turns while explicit reply tags still work.</li>
-<li>Discord/image generation: include the real generated <code>MEDIA:</code> paths in tool output, avoid duplicate plain-output media requeueing, and persist volatile workspace-generated media into durable outbound media before final reply delivery so generated image replies stop pointing at missing local files.</li>
-<li>Slack: route live DM replies back to the concrete inbound DM channel while keeping persisted routing metadata user-scoped, so normal assistant replies stop disappearing when pairing and system messages still arrive. (#59030) Thanks @afurm.</li>
-<li>WhatsApp: restore <code>channels.whatsapp.blockStreaming</code> and reset watchdog timeouts after reconnect so quiet chats stop falling into reconnect loops. (#60007, #60069) Thanks @MonkeyLeeT and @mcaxtr.</li>
-<li>Android/Talk Mode: cancel in-flight <code>talk.speak</code> playback when speech is explicitly stopped, and restore spoken replies on both node-scoped and gateway-backed sessions by keeping reply routing and embedded transport overrides aligned with the current playback path. (#60306, #61164, #61214)</li>
-<li>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.</li>
-<li>Matrix/exec approvals: anchor seeded approval reactions to the primary Matrix prompt event, resolve them from event metadata instead of prompt text, and clean up chunked approval prompts correctly. (#60931) Thanks @gumadeiras.</li>
-<li>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) Thanks @al3mart, @emonty, and @efe-arv.</li>
-<li>Matrix/DM sessions: add <code>channels.matrix.dm.sessionScope</code>, shared-session collision notices, and aligned outbound session reuse so separate Matrix DM rooms can keep distinct context when configured. (#61373) Thanks @gumadeiras.</li>
-<li>Matrix: move legacy top-level <code>avatarUrl</code> into the default account during multi-account promotion and keep env-backed account setup avatar config persisted. (#61437) Thanks @gumadeiras.</li>
-<li>MS Teams: download inline DM images via Graph API and preserve channel reply threading in proactive fallback. (#52212, #55198) Thanks @Ted-developer and @hyojin.</li>
-<li>MS Teams: replace the deprecated Teams SDK HttpPlugin stub with <code>httpServerAdapter</code> so recurring gateway deprecation warnings stop firing and the Express 5 compatibility workaround stays on the supported SDK path. (#60939) Thanks @coolramukaka-sys.</li>
-<li>Control UI/chat: add a per-session thinking-level picker in the chat header and mobile chat settings, and keep the browser bundle on UI-local thinking/session-key helpers so Safari no longer crashes on Node-only imports before rendering chat controls.</li>
-<li>Sandbox/SSH: reject hardlinked files during cross-device rename fallback so EXDEV file copies preserve the same pinned file-boundary checks as direct reads.</li>
-<li>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) Thanks @chziyue and @frankekn.</li>
-<li>Control UI/avatar: honor <code>ui.assistant.avatar</code> when serving <code>/avatar/:agentId</code> so Appearance UI avatar paths stop falling back to initials placeholders. (#60778) Thanks @hannasdev.</li>
-<li>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.</li>
-<li>Control UI/Overview: prevent gateway access token/password visibility toggle buttons from overlapping their inputs at narrow widths. (#56924) Thanks @bbddbb1.</li>
-<li>Auto-reply: unify reply lifecycle ownership across preflight compaction, session rotation, CLI-backed runs, and gateway restart handling so <code>/stop</code> and same-session overlap checks target the right active turn and restart-interrupted turns return the restart notice instead of being silently dropped. (#61267) Thanks @dutifulbob.</li>
-<li>Reply delivery: prevent duplicate block replies on <code>text_end</code> channels so providers that emit explicit text-end boundaries no longer double-send the same final message. (#61530)</li>
-<li>Gateway/startup: default <code>gateway.mode</code> to <code>local</code> 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) Thanks @BradGroux and @TonyDerek-dot.</li>
-<li>Gateway/macOS: let launchd <code>KeepAlive</code> own in-process gateway restarts again, adding a short supervised-exit delay so rapid restarts avoid launchd crash-loop unloads while <code>openclaw gateway restart</code> still reports real LaunchAgent errors synchronously.</li>
-<li>Gateway/macOS: re-bootstrap the LaunchAgent if <code>launchctl kickstart -k</code> unloads it during restart so failed restarts do not leave the gateway unmanaged until manual repair.</li>
-<li>Gateway/macOS: recover installed-but-unloaded LaunchAgents during <code>openclaw gateway start</code> and <code>restart</code>, while still preferring live unmanaged gateways during restart recovery. (#43766) Thanks @HenryC-3.</li>
-<li>Gateway/Windows scheduled tasks: preserve Task Scheduler settings on reinstall, fail loudly when <code>/Run</code> does not start, and report fast failed restarts accurately instead of pretending they timed out after 60 seconds. (#59335) Thanks @tmimmanuel.</li>
-<li>Windows/restart: fall back to the installed Startup-entry launcher when the scheduled task was never registered, so <code>/restart</code> can relaunch the gateway on Windows setups where <code>schtasks</code> install fell back during onboarding. (#58943) Thanks @imechZhangLY.</li>
-<li>Windows/restart: clean up stale gateway listeners before Windows self-restart and treat listener and argv probe failures as inconclusive, so scheduled-task relaunch no longer falls into an <code>EADDRINUSE</code> retry loop. (#60480) Thanks @arifahmedjoy.</li>
-<li>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.</li>
-<li>Agents/music and video generation: add <code>tools.media.asyncCompletion.directSend</code> as an opt-in direct-delivery path for finished async media tasks, while keeping the legacy requester-session wake/model-delivery flow as the default.</li>
-<li>CLI/skills JSON: route <code>skills list --json</code>, <code>skills info --json</code>, and <code>skills check --json</code> 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.</li>
-<li>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.</li>
-<li>Cron: replay interrupted recurring jobs on the first gateway restart instead of waiting for a second restart. (#60583) Thanks @joelnishanth.</li>
-<li>Cron: send failure notifications through the job's primary delivery channel using the same session context as successful delivery when no explicit <code>failureDestination</code> is configured. (#60622) Thanks @artwalker.</li>
-<li>Exec/remote skills: stop advertising <code>exec host=node</code> when the current exec policy cannot route to a node, and clarify blocked exec-host override errors with both the requested host and allowed config path.</li>
-<li>Agents/Claude CLI/security: clear inherited Claude Code config-root and plugin-root env overrides like <code>CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR</code> and <code>CLAUDE_CODE_PLUGIN_*</code>, so OpenClaw-launched Claude CLI runs cannot be silently pointed at an alternate Claude config/plugin tree with different hooks, plugins, or auth context. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Agents/Claude CLI/security: clear inherited Claude Code provider-routing and managed-auth env overrides, and mark OpenClaw-launched Claude CLI runs as host-managed, so Claude CLI backdoor sessions cannot be silently redirected to proxy, Bedrock, Vertex, Foundry, or parent-managed token contexts. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Agents/Claude CLI/security: force host-managed Claude CLI backdoor runs to <code>--setting-sources user</code>, even under custom backend arg overrides, so repo-local <code>.claude</code> project/local settings, hooks, and plugin discovery do not silently execute inside non-interactive OpenClaw sessions. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Agents/Claude CLI: treat malformed bare <code>--permission-mode</code> backend overrides as missing and fail safe back to <code>bypassPermissions</code>, so custom <code>cliBackends.claude-cli.args</code> security config cannot accidentally consume the next flag as a bogus permission mode. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>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.</li>
-<li>Gateway/plugin routes: keep gateway-auth plugin runtime routes on write-only fallback scopes unless a trusted-proxy caller explicitly declares narrower <code>x-openclaw-scopes</code>, so plugin HTTP handlers no longer mint admin-level runtime scopes on missing or untrusted HTTP scope headers. (#59815) Thanks @pgondhi987.</li>
-<li>Build/types: fix the Node <code>createRequire(...)</code> helper typing so provider-runtime lazy loads compile cleanly again and <code>pnpm build</code> no longer fails in the Pi embedded provider error-pattern path.</li>
-<li>Gateway/security: scope loopback browser-origin auth throttling by normalized origin so one localhost Control UI tab cannot lock out a different localhost browser origin after repeated auth failures.</li>
-<li>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.</li>
-<li>Device pairing/security: keep non-operator device scope checks bound to the requested role prefix so bootstrap verification cannot redeem <code>operator.*</code> scopes through <code>node</code> auth. (#57258) Thanks @jlapenna.</li>
-<li>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.</li>
-<li>Gateway/device auth: reuse cached device-token scopes only for cached-token reconnects, while keeping explicit <code>deviceToken</code> scope requests and empty-cache fallbacks intact so reconnects preserve <code>operator.read</code> without breaking explicit auth flows. (#46032) Thanks @caicongyang.</li>
-<li>Mobile pairing/security: fail closed for internal <code>/pair</code> 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.</li>
-<li>Mobile pairing/bootstrap: keep QR bootstrap handoff tokens bounded to the mobile-safe contract so node handoff stays unscoped and operator handoff drops mixed <code>node.*</code>, <code>operator.admin</code>, and <code>operator.pairing</code> scopes.</li>
-<li>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) Thanks @obviyus.</li>
-<li>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.</li>
-<li>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 <code>allowInsecureSsl: true</code> opts out.</li>
-<li>Synology Chat/security: route webhook token comparison through the shared constant-time secret helper for consistency with other bundled plugins.</li>
-<li>Plugins/marketplace: block remote marketplace symlink escapes without breaking ordinary local marketplace install paths. (#60556) Thanks @eleqtrizit.</li>
-<li>Telegram/local Bot API: honor <code>channels.telegram.apiRoot</code> for buffered media downloads, add <code>channels.telegram.network.dangerouslyAllowPrivateNetwork</code> for trusted fake-IP setups, and require <code>channels.telegram.trustedLocalFileRoots</code> before reading absolute Bot API <code>file_path</code> values. (#59544, #60705) Thanks @SARAMALI15792 and @obviyus.</li>
-<li>Outbound/sanitizer: strip leaked <code><tool_call></code>, <code><function_calls></code>, 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.</li>
-<li>Agents/errors: surface an explicit disk-full message when local session or transcript writes fail with <code>ENOSPC</code>/<code>disk full</code>, so those runs stop degrading into opaque <code>NO_REPLY</code>-style failures. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Exec approvals: remove heuristic command-obfuscation gating from host exec so gateway and node runs rely on explicit policy, allowlist, and strict inline-eval rules only.</li>
-<li>Agents/tool results: cap live tool-result persistence and overflow-recovery truncation at 40k characters so oversized tool output stays bounded without discarding recent context entirely.</li>
-<li>Discord/video replies: split text-plus-video deliveries into a text reply followed by a media-only send, and let live provider auth checks honor manifest-declared API key env vars like <code>MODELSTUDIO_API_KEY</code>.</li>
-<li>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.</li>
-<li>Plugin SDK/facades: back-fill bundled plugin facade sentinels before plugin-id tracking re-enters config loading, so CLI/provider startup no longer crashes with <code>shouldNormalizeGoogleProviderConfig is not a function</code> or other empty-facade reads during bundled plugin re-entry. Thanks @adam91holt.</li>
-<li>Plugins/facades: back-fill facade sentinels before tracked-plugin resolution re-enters config loading, so facade exports stay defined during circular provider normalization. (#61180) Thanks @adam91holt.</li>
-<li>QA lab: restore typed mock OpenAI gateway config wiring so QA-lab config helpers compile cleanly again and <code>pnpm check</code> / <code>pnpm build</code> stay green.</li>
-<li>Discord/image generation: include the real generated <code>MEDIA:</code> paths in tool output and avoid duplicate plain-output media requeueing so Discord image replies stop pointing at missing local files.</li>
-<li>Slack: route live DM replies back to the concrete inbound DM channel while keeping persisted routing metadata user-scoped, so normal assistant replies stop disappearing when pairing and system messages still arrive. (#59030) Thanks @afurm.</li>
-<li>Discord/reply tags: strip leaked <code>[[reply_to_current]]</code> control tags from preview text and honor explicit reply-tag threading during final delivery, so Discord replies stay attached to the triggering message instead of printing reply metadata into chat.</li>
-<li>Telegram: fix current-model checks in the model picker, HTML-format non-default <code>/model</code> confirmations, explicit topic replies, persisted reaction ownership across restarts, caption-media placeholder and <code>file_id</code> preservation on download failure, and upgraded-install inbound image reads. (#60384, #60042, #59634, #59207, #59948, #59971) Thanks @sfuminya, @GitZhangChi, @dashhuang, @samzong, @v1p0r, and @neeravmakwana.</li>
-<li>Telegram: restore DM voice-note preflight transcription so direct-message audio stops arriving as raw <code><media:audio></code> placeholders. (#61008) Thanks @manueltarouca.</li>
-<li>Telegram/reasoning: only create a Telegram reasoning preview lane when the session is explicitly <code>reasoning:stream</code>, so hidden <code><think></code> traces from streamed replies stop surfacing as chat previews on normal sessions. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>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 <code>/</code> entries visible. (#61129) Thanks @neeravmakwana.</li>
-<li>Feishu/reasoning: only expose streamed reasoning previews when the session is explicitly <code>reasoning:stream</code>, so hidden reasoning traces do not surface on normal streaming sessions. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Discord: keep REST, webhook, and monitor traffic on the configured proxy, preserve component-only media sends, honor <code>@everyone</code> and <code>@here</code> mention gates, keep ACK reactions on the active account, and split voice connect/playback timeouts so auto-join is more reliable. (#57465, #60361, #60345) Thanks @geekhuashan.</li>
-<li>WhatsApp: restore <code>channels.whatsapp.blockStreaming</code> and reset watchdog timeouts after reconnect so quiet chats stop falling into reconnect loops. (#60007, #60069) Thanks @MonkeyLeeT and @mcaxtr.</li>
-<li>Memory: keep <code>memory-core</code> builtin embedding registration on the already-registered path so selecting <code>memory-core</code> no longer recurses through plugin discovery and crashes during startup. (#61402) Thanks @ngutman.</li>
-<li>Agents/tool results: keep large <code>read</code> outputs visible longer, preserve the latest <code>read</code> output when older tool output can absorb the overflow budget, and fall back to Pi's normal overflow compaction/retry path before replacing a fresh <code>read</code> with a compacted stub. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Memory/QMD: prefer modern <code>qmd collection add --glob</code>, accept newer single-line JSON hit metadata while keeping legacy line fields, refresh QMD docs/doctor install guidance and model-override guidance, and keep older QMD releases working. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>MS Teams: download inline DM images via Graph API and preserve channel reply threading in proactive fallback. (#52212, #55198) Thanks @Ted-developer and @hyojin.</li>
-<li>MS Teams: replace the deprecated Teams SDK HttpPlugin stub with <code>httpServerAdapter</code> so recurring gateway deprecation warnings stop firing and the Express 5 compatibility workaround stays on the supported SDK path. (#60939) Thanks @coolramukaka-sys.</li>
-<li>Matrix/exec approvals: anchor seeded approval reactions to the primary Matrix prompt event, resolve them from event metadata instead of prompt text, and clean up chunked approval prompts correctly. (#60931) Thanks @gumadeiras.</li>
-<li>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) Thanks @al3mart, @emonty, and @efe-arv.</li>
-<li>Android/Talk Mode: cancel in-flight <code>talk.speak</code> playback when speech is explicitly stopped, so stale replies stop starting after barge-in or manual stop. (#61164) Thanks @obviyus.</li>
-<li>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.</li>
-<li>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.</li>
-<li>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.</li>
-<li>Control UI/chat: add a per-session thinking-level picker in the chat header and mobile chat settings, and keep the browser bundle on UI-local thinking/session-key helpers so Safari no longer crashes on Node-only imports before rendering chat controls.</li>
-<li>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) Thanks @chziyue and @frankekn.</li>
-<li>Control UI/avatar: honor <code>ui.assistant.avatar</code> when serving <code>/avatar/:agentId</code> so Appearance UI avatar paths stop falling back to initials placeholders. (#60778) Thanks @hannasdev.</li>
-<li>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.</li>
-<li>Control UI/Overview: prevent gateway access token/password visibility toggle buttons from overlapping their inputs at narrow widths. (#56924) Thanks @bbddbb1.</li>
-<li>CLI/skills JSON: route <code>skills list --json</code>, <code>skills info --json</code>, and <code>skills check --json</code> 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.</li>
-<li>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.</li>
-<li>Cron: replay interrupted recurring jobs on the first gateway restart instead of waiting for a second restart. (#60583) Thanks @joelnishanth.</li>
-<li>Cron: send failure notifications through the job's primary delivery channel using the same session context as successful delivery when no explicit <code>failureDestination</code> is configured. (#60622) Thanks @artwalker.</li>
-<li>Live model switching: only treat explicit user-driven model changes as pending live switches, so fallback rotation, heartbeat overrides, and compaction no longer trip <code>LiveSessionModelSwitchError</code> before making an API call. (#60266) Thanks @kiranvk-2011.</li>
-<li>Exec approvals: reuse durable exact-command <code>allow-always</code> 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) Thanks @luoyanglang, @SnowSky1, and @pgondhi987.</li>
-<li>Node exec approvals: keep node-host <code>system.run</code> approvals bound to the prepared execution plan across async forwarding, so mutable script operands still get approval-time binding and drift revalidation instead of dropping back to unbound execution.</li>
-<li>Agents/exec approvals: let <code>exec-approvals.json</code> agent security override stricter gateway tool defaults so approved subagents can use <code>security: “full”</code> without falling back to allowlist enforcement again. (#60310) Thanks @lml2468.</li>
-<li>Agents/exec: restore <code>host=node</code> routing for node-pinned and <code>host=auto</code> sessions, while still blocking sandboxed <code>auto</code> sessions from jumping to gateway. (#60788) Thanks @openperf.</li>
-<li>Exec/heartbeat: use the canonical <code>exec-event</code> wake reason for <code>notifyOnExit</code> so background exec completions still trigger follow-up turns when <code>HEARTBEAT.md</code> is empty or comments-only. (#41479) Thanks @rstar327.</li>
-<li>Heartbeat: skip wake delivery when the target session lane is already busy so the pending event is retried instead of getting drained too early. (#40526) Thanks @lucky7323.</li>
-<li>Group chats/agent prompts: tell models to minimize empty lines and use normal chat-style spacing so group replies avoid document-style blank-line formatting.</li>
-<li>Providers/OpenAI GPT: treat short approval turns like <code>ok do it</code> and <code>go ahead</code> as immediate action turns, and trim overly memo-like GPT-5 chat confirmations so OpenAI replies stay shorter and more conversational by default.</li>
-<li>Providers/OpenAI Codex: split native <code>contextWindow</code> from runtime <code>contextTokens</code>, keep the default effective cap at <code>272000</code>, and expose a per-model <code>contextTokens</code> override on <code>models.providers.*.models[]</code>.</li>
-<li>Providers/OpenAI-compatible WS: compute fallback token totals from normalized usage when providers omit or zero <code>total_tokens</code>, so DashScope-compatible sessions stop storing zero totals after alias normalization. (#54940) Thanks @lyfuci.</li>
-<li>Agents/OpenAI: mark Claude-compatible file tool schemas as <code>additionalProperties: false</code> so direct OpenAI GPT-5 routes stop rejecting the <code>read</code> tool with invalid strict-schema errors.</li>
-<li>Agents/OpenAI: fall back to <code>strict: false</code> for native OpenAI tool calls when a tool schema is not strict-compatible, and normalize empty-object tool schemas to include <code>required: []</code>, so direct GPT-5 routes stop failing with invalid strict-schema errors like missing <code>path</code> in <code>required</code>.</li>
-<li>Agents/GPT: add explicit work-item lifecycle events for embedded runs, use them to surface real progress more reliably, and stop counting tool-started turns as planning-only retries.</li>
-<li>Plugins/OpenAI: enable <code>gpt-image-1</code> reference-image edits through <code>/images/edits</code> multipart uploads, and stop inferring unsupported resolution overrides when no explicit <code>size</code> or <code>resolution</code> is provided.</li>
-<li>Agents/replay: remove the malformed assistant-content canonicalization repair from replay history sanitization instead of extending that legacy repair path into replay validation.</li>
-<li>Plugins/OpenAI: tune the OpenAI prompt overlay for live-chat cadence so GPT replies stay shorter, more human, and less wall-of-text by default.</li>
-<li>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.</li>
-<li>Providers/GitHub Copilot: send IDE identity headers on runtime model requests and GitHub token exchange so IDE-authenticated Copilot runs stop failing with missing <code>Editor-Version</code>. (#60641) Thanks @VACInc and @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Providers/OpenRouter failover: classify <code>403 “Key limit exceeded”</code> spending-limit responses as billing so model fallback continues instead of stopping on generic auth. (#59892) Thanks @rockcent.</li>
-<li>Providers/Anthropic: keep <code>claude-cli/*</code> auth on live Claude CLI credentials at runtime, avoid persisting stale bearer-token profiles, and suppress macOS Keychain prompts during non-interactive Claude CLI setup. (#61234) Thanks @darkamenosa.</li>
-<li>Providers/Anthropic: when Claude CLI auth becomes the default, write a real <code>claude-cli</code> auth profile so local and gateway agent runs can use Claude CLI immediately without missing-API-key failures. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Providers/Anthropic Vertex: honor <code>cacheRetention: “long”</code> with the real 1-hour prompt-cache TTL on Vertex AI endpoints, and default <code>anthropic-vertex</code> cache retention like direct Anthropic. (#60888) Thanks @affsantos.</li>
-<li>Agents/Anthropic: preserve native <code>toolu_*</code> replay ids on direct Anthropic and Anthropic Vertex paths so cache-sensitive history stops rewriting known-valid Anthropic tool-use ids. (#52612)</li>
-<li>Providers/Google: add model-level <code>cacheRetention</code> support for direct Gemini system prompts by creating, reusing, and refreshing <code>cachedContents</code> automatically on Google AI Studio runs. (#51372) Thanks @rafaelmariano-glitch.</li>
-<li>Google Gemini CLI auth: detect bundled npm installs by scanning packaged bundle files for the Gemini OAuth client config, so <code>npm install -g @google/gemini-cli</code> layouts work again. (#60486) Thanks @wzfmini01.</li>
-<li>Google Gemini CLI auth: detect personal OAuth mode from local Gemini settings and skip Code Assist project discovery for those logins, so personal Google accounts stop failing with <code>loadCodeAssist 400 Bad Request</code>. (#49226) Thanks @bobworrall.</li>
-<li>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.</li>
-<li>Google Gemini CLI models: add forward-compat support for stable <code>gemini-2.5-*</code> model ids by letting the bundled CLI provider clone them from Google templates, so <code>gemini-2.5-flash-lite</code> and related configured models stop showing up as missing. (#35274) Thanks @mySebbe.</li>
-<li>Google image generation: disable pinned DNS for Gemini image requests and honor explicit <code>pinDns</code> overrides in shared provider HTTP helpers so proxy-backed image generation works again. (#59873) Thanks @luoyanglang.</li>
-<li>Providers/Microsoft Foundry: preserve explicit image capability on normalized Foundry deployments, repair stale GPT/o-series text-only model metadata across gateway and runtime paths, and keep unknown fallback models from borrowing unrelated image support.</li>
-<li>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.</li>
-<li>Providers/Z.AI: preserve explicitly registered <code>glm-5-*</code> variants like <code>glm-5-turbo</code> instead of intercepting them with the generic GLM-5 forward-compat shim. (#48185) Thanks @haoyu-haoyu.</li>
-<li>Amazon Bedrock/aws-sdk auth: stop injecting the fake <code>AWS_PROFILE</code> 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.</li>
-<li>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 <code>toolcall_end</code>.</li>
-<li>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) Thanks @obviyus and @Eric-Guo.</li>
-<li>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.</li>
-<li>Plugins/media understanding: enable bundled Groq and Deepgram providers by default so configured transcription models work without extra plugin activation config. (#59982) Thanks @yxjsxy.</li>
-<li>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.</li>
-<li>MiniMax: advertise image input on bundled <code>MiniMax-M2.7</code> and <code>MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed</code> model definitions so image-capable flows can route through the M2.7 family correctly. (#54843) Thanks @MerlinMiao88888888.</li>
-<li>Models/MiniMax: honor <code>MINIMAX_API_HOST</code> for implicit bundled MiniMax provider catalogs so China-hosted API-key setups pick <code>api.minimaxi.com/anthropic</code> without manual provider config. (#34524) Thanks @caiqinghua.</li>
-<li>Usage/MiniMax: invert remaining-style <code>usage_percent</code> fields when MiniMax reports only remaining percentage data, so usage bars stop showing nearly-full remaining quota as nearly-exhausted usage. (#60254) Thanks @jwchmodx.</li>
-<li>Usage/MiniMax: let usage snapshots treat <code>minimax-portal</code> and MiniMax CN aliases as the same MiniMax quota surface, and prefer stored MiniMax OAuth before falling back to Coding Plan keys.</li>
-<li>Usage/MiniMax: prefer the chat-model <code>model_remains</code> entry and derive Coding Plan window labels from MiniMax interval timestamps so MiniMax usage snapshots stop picking zero-budget media rows and misreporting 4h windows as <code>5h</code>. (#52349) Thanks @IVY-AI-gif.</li>
-<li>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.</li>
-<li>Tools/web_search (Kimi): when <code>tools.web.search.kimi.baseUrl</code> is unset, inherit native Moonshot chat <code>baseUrl</code> (<code>.ai</code> / <code>.cn</code>) so China console keys authenticate on the same host as chat. Fixes #44851. (#56769) Thanks @tonga54.</li>
-<li>Agents/Claude CLI: keep non-interactive <code>--permission-mode bypassPermissions</code> when custom <code>cliBackends.claude-cli.args</code> 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.</li>
-<li>Agents/Claude CLI: persist explicit <code>openclaw agent --session-id</code> runs under a stable session key so follow-ups can reuse the stored CLI binding and resume the same underlying Claude session.</li>
-<li>Agents/Claude CLI: persist routed Claude session bindings, rotate them on <code>/new</code> and <code>/reset</code>, and keep live Claude CLI model switches moving across the configured Claude family so resumed sessions follow the real active thread and model. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>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.</li>
-<li>Agents/Claude CLI/images: reuse stable hydrated image file paths and preserve shared media extensions like HEIC when passing image refs to local CLI runs, so Claude CLI image prompts stop thrashing KV cache prefixes and oddball image formats do not fall back to <code>.bin</code>. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>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.</li>
-<li>Agents/failover: scope Anthropic <code>An unknown error occurred</code> failover matching by provider so generic internal unknown-error text no longer triggers retryable timeout fallback. (#59325) Thanks @aaron-he-zhu.</li>
-<li>Agents/subagents: honor allowlist validation, auth-profile handoff, and session override state when a subagent retries after <code>LiveSessionModelSwitchError</code>. (#58178) Thanks @openperf.</li>
-<li>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) Thanks @hclsys, @gumadeiras, @joelnishanth, and @priyansh19.</li>
-<li>Agents/pairing: merge completion announce delivery context with the requester session fallback so missing <code>to</code> still reaches the original channel, and include <code>operator.talk.secrets</code> in CLI default operator scopes for node-role device pairing approvals. (#56481) Thanks @maxpetrusenko.</li>
-<li>Agents/scheduling: steer background-now work toward automatic completion wake and treat <code>process</code> polling as on-demand inspection or intervention instead of default completion handling. (#60877) Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Agents/skills: skip <code>.git</code> and <code>node_modules</code> when mirroring skills into sandbox workspaces so read-only sandboxes do not copy repo history or dependency trees. (#61090) Thanks @joelnishanth.</li>
-<li>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.</li>
-<li>ACPX/Windows: preserve backslashes and absolute <code>.exe</code> paths in Claude CLI parsing, and fail fast on wrapper-script targets with guidance to use <code>cmd.exe /c</code>, <code>powershell.exe -File</code>, or <code>node <script></code>. (#60689) Thanks @steipete.</li>
-<li>Auth/failover: persist selected fallback overrides before retrying, shorten <code>auth_permanent</code> lockouts, and refresh websocket/shared-auth sessions only when real auth changes occur so retries and secret rotations behave predictably. (#60404, #60323, #60387) Thanks @extrasmall0 and @mappel-nv.</li>
-<li>Gateway/channels: pin the initial startup channel registry before later plugin-registry churn so configured channels stay visible and <code>channels.status</code> stops falling back to empty <code>channelOrder</code> / <code>channels</code> payloads after runtime plugin loads.</li>
-<li>Prompt caching: order stable workspace project-context files before <code>HEARTBEAT.md</code> and keep <code>HEARTBEAT.md</code> below the system-prompt cache boundary so heartbeat churn does not invalidate the stable project-context prefix. (#58979) Thanks @yozu and @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>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.</li>
-<li>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.</li>
-<li>Status/cache: restore <code>cacheRead</code> and <code>cacheWrite</code> in transcript fallback so <code>/status</code> keeps showing cache hit percentages when session logs are the only complete usage source. (#59247) Thanks @stuartsy.</li>
-<li>Status/usage: let <code>/status</code> and <code>session_status</code> 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 <code>Context: 0/...</code>. (#55041) Thanks @jjjojoj.</li>
-<li>Mattermost/config schema: accept <code>groups.*.requireMention</code> again so existing Mattermost configs no longer fail strict validation after upgrade. (#58271) Thanks @MoerAI.</li>
-<li>Doctor/config: compare normalized <code>talk</code> configs by deep structural equality instead of key-order-sensitive serialization so <code>openclaw doctor --fix</code> stops repeatedly reporting/applying no-op <code>talk.provider/providers</code> normalization. (#59911) Thanks @ejames-dev.</li>
-<li>Anthropic CLI onboarding: rewrite migrated fallback model refs during non-interactive Claude CLI setup too, so onboarding and scripted setup no longer keep stale <code>anthropic/*</code> fallbacks after switching the primary model to <code>claude-cli/*</code>. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Models/Anthropic CLI auth: replace migrated <code>agents.defaults.models</code> allowlists when <code>openclaw models auth login --provider anthropic --method cli --set-default</code> switches to <code>claude-cli/*</code>, so stale <code>anthropic/*</code> entries do not linger beside the migrated Claude CLI defaults. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Doctor/Claude CLI: add dedicated Claude CLI health checks so <code>openclaw doctor</code> can spot missing local installs or broken auth before agent runs fail. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Plugins/auth-choice: apply provider-owned auth config patches without recursively preserving replaced default-model maps, so Anthropic Claude CLI and similar migrations can intentionally swap model allowlists during onboarding and setup instead of accumulating stale entries. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Plugins/onboarding: write dotted plugin uiHint paths like Brave <code>webSearch.mode</code> as nested plugin config so <code>llm-context</code> setup stops failing validation. (#61159) Thanks @obviyus.</li>
-<li>Plugins/install: preserve unsafe override flags across linked plugin and hook-pack probes so local <code>--link</code> installs honor the documented override behavior. (#60624) Thanks @JerrettDavis.</li>
-<li>Plugins/cache: inherit the active gateway workspace for provider, web-search, and web-fetch snapshot loads when callers omit <code>workspaceDir</code>, so compatible plugin registries and snapshot caches stop missing on gateway-owned runtime paths. (#61138) Thanks @jzakirov.</li>
-<li>Plugin SDK/context engines: export the missing context-engine result and subagent lifecycle types from <code>openclaw/plugin-sdk</code> so context engine plugins can type <code>ContextEngine</code> implementations without local workarounds. (#61251) Thanks @DaevMithran.</li>
-<li>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.</li>
-<li>Plugins: suppress trust-warning noise during non-activating snapshot and CLI metadata loads. (#61427) Thanks @gumadeiras.</li>
-<li>Agents/video generation: accept <code>agents.defaults.videoGenerationModel</code> in strict config validation and <code>openclaw config set/get</code>, so gateways using <code>video_generate</code> no longer fail to boot after enabling a video model.</li>
-<li>Matrix/streaming: add a quiet preview mode for streamed Matrix replies, keep legacy <code>partial</code> preview-first behavior, and finalize quiet media captions correctly so previews stop notifying early without dropping final text semantics. (#61450) Thanks @gumadeiras.</li>
-<li>Gateway/shutdown: bound websocket-server shutdown even when no tracked clients remain, so gateway restarts stop hanging until the watchdog kills the process. (#61565) Thanks @mbelinky.</li>
-<li>Control UI/multilingual: localize the remaining shared channel, instances, nodes, and gateway-confirmation strings so the dashboard stops mixing translated UI with hardcoded English labels. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Discord/media: raise the default inbound and outbound media cap to <code>100MB</code> so Discord matches Telegram more closely and larger attachments stop failing on the old low default.</li>
-<li>Matrix: keep direct transport requests on the pinned dispatcher by routing them through undici runtime fetch, so Matrix clients resume syncing on newer runtimes without dropping the validated address binding. (#61595) Thanks @gumadeiras.</li>
-<li>Plugins/facades: resolve globally installed bundled-plugin runtime facades from registry roots so bundled channels like LINE still boot when the winning plugin install lives under the global extensions directory with an encoded scoped folder name. (#61297) Thanks @openperf.</li>
-</ul>
-<p><a href="https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md">View full changelog</a></p>
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apps/android/app/build.gradle.kts

@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ android {
         applicationId = "ai.openclaw.app"
         minSdk = 31
         targetSdk = 36
-        versionCode = 2026040901
-        versionName = "2026.4.9"
+        versionCode = 2026041001
+        versionName = "2026.4.10"
         ndk {
             // Support all major ABIs — native libs are tiny (~47 KB per ABI)
             abiFilters += listOf("armeabi-v7a", "arm64-v8a", "x86", "x86_64")

apps/ios/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 
 ### Fixed
 
+## 2026.4.10 - 2026-04-10
+
+Maintenance update for the current OpenClaw release.
+
 ## 2026.4.6 - 2026-04-06
 
 First App Store release of OpenClaw for iPhone. Pair with your OpenClaw Gateway to use chat, voice, sharing, and device actions from iOS.

apps/ios/Config/Version.xcconfig

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // Source of truth: apps/ios/version.json
 // Generated by scripts/ios-sync-versioning.ts.
 
-OPENCLAW_IOS_VERSION = 2026.4.6
-OPENCLAW_MARKETING_VERSION = 2026.4.6
+OPENCLAW_IOS_VERSION = 2026.4.10
+OPENCLAW_MARKETING_VERSION = 2026.4.10
 OPENCLAW_BUILD_VERSION = 1
 
 #include? "../build/Version.xcconfig"

apps/ios/fastlane/metadata/en-US/release_notes.txt

@@ -1 +1 @@
-First App Store release of OpenClaw for iPhone. Pair with your OpenClaw Gateway to use chat, voice, sharing, and device actions from iOS.
+Maintenance update for the current OpenClaw release.

apps/ios/version.json

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  "version": "2026.4.6"
+  "version": "2026.4.10"
 }

apps/macos/Package.resolved

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "originHash" : "fb90e7b1977f43661ac91681d16da11f9ddd85630407ef170eaada0a6ee39972",
+  "originHash" : "31972864afdac74537794e1a3b7bd22484c09ec1be8e3624fb9ea582e9222ad9",
   "pins" : [
     {
       "identity" : "axorcist",
@@ -28,6 +28,15 @@
         "version" : "0.1.0"
       }
     },
+    {
+      "identity" : "eventsource",
+      "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
+      "location" : "https://github.com/mattt/EventSource.git",
+      "state" : {
+        "revision" : "a3a85a85214caf642abaa96ae664e4c772a59f6e",
+        "version" : "1.4.1"
+      }
+    },
     {
       "identity" : "menubarextraaccess",
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
@@ -37,6 +46,33 @@
         "version" : "1.2.2"
       }
     },
+    {
+      "identity" : "mlx-audio-swift",
+      "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
+      "location" : "https://github.com/Blaizzy/mlx-audio-swift",
+      "state" : {
+        "revision" : "fcbd04daa1bfebe881932f630af2ba6ce9af3274",
+        "version" : "0.1.2"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "identity" : "mlx-swift",
+      "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
+      "location" : "https://github.com/ml-explore/mlx-swift.git",
+      "state" : {
+        "revision" : "61b9e011e09a62b489f6bd647958f1555bdf2896",
+        "version" : "0.31.3"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "identity" : "mlx-swift-lm",
+      "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
+      "location" : "https://github.com/ml-explore/mlx-swift-lm.git",
+      "state" : {
+        "revision" : "25b00d4e22e61ec9c41efda47990cd2084ec87ff",
+        "version" : "2.31.3"
+      }
+    },
     {
       "identity" : "peekaboo",
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
@@ -64,6 +100,33 @@
         "version" : "1.2.1"
       }
     },
+    {
+      "identity" : "swift-asn1",
+      "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
+      "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-asn1.git",
+      "state" : {
+        "revision" : "9f542610331815e29cc3821d3b6f488db8715517",
+        "version" : "1.6.0"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "identity" : "swift-atomics",
+      "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
+      "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-atomics.git",
+      "state" : {
+        "revision" : "b601256eab081c0f92f059e12818ac1d4f178ff7",
+        "version" : "1.3.0"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "identity" : "swift-collections",
+      "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
+      "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-collections.git",
+      "state" : {
+        "revision" : "6675bc0ff86e61436e615df6fc5174e043e57924",
+        "version" : "1.4.1"
+      }
+    },
     {
       "identity" : "swift-concurrency-extras",
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
@@ -73,6 +136,33 @@
         "version" : "1.3.2"
       }
     },
+    {
+      "identity" : "swift-crypto",
+      "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
+      "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-crypto.git",
+      "state" : {
+        "revision" : "bb4ba815dab96d4edc1e0b86d7b9acf9ff973a84",
+        "version" : "4.3.1"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "identity" : "swift-huggingface",
+      "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
+      "location" : "https://github.com/huggingface/swift-huggingface.git",
+      "state" : {
+        "revision" : "b721959445b617d0bf03910b2b4aced345fd93bf",
+        "version" : "0.9.0"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "identity" : "swift-jinja",
+      "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
+      "location" : "https://github.com/huggingface/swift-jinja.git",
+      "state" : {
+        "revision" : "0aeefadec459ce8e11a333769950fb86183aca43",
+        "version" : "2.3.5"
+      }
+    },
     {
       "identity" : "swift-log",
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
@@ -82,6 +172,15 @@
         "version" : "1.10.1"
       }
     },
+    {
+      "identity" : "swift-nio",
+      "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
+      "location" : "https://github.com/apple/swift-nio.git",
+      "state" : {
+        "revision" : "558f24a4647193b5a0e2104031b71c55d31ff83a",
+        "version" : "2.97.1"
+      }
+    },
     {
       "identity" : "swift-numerics",
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
@@ -109,6 +208,15 @@
         "version" : "1.6.4"
       }
     },
+    {
+      "identity" : "swift-transformers",
+      "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
+      "location" : "https://github.com/huggingface/swift-transformers.git",
+      "state" : {
+        "revision" : "58c4bc11963a140358d791f678a60a2745a23146",
+        "version" : "1.2.1"
+      }
+    },
     {
       "identity" : "swiftui-math",
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
@@ -126,6 +234,15 @@
         "revision" : "5b06b811c0f5313b6b84bbef98c635a630638c38",
         "version" : "0.3.1"
       }
+    },
+    {
+      "identity" : "yyjson",
+      "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
+      "location" : "https://github.com/ibireme/yyjson.git",
+      "state" : {
+        "revision" : "8b4a38dc994a110abaec8a400615567bd996105f",
+        "version" : "0.12.0"
+      }
     }
   ],
   "version" : 3

apps/macos/Package.swift

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ let package = Package(
         .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-log.git", from: "1.10.1"),
         .package(url: "https://github.com/sparkle-project/Sparkle", from: "2.9.0"),
         .package(url: "https://github.com/steipete/Peekaboo.git", branch: "main"),
+        .package(url: "https://github.com/Blaizzy/mlx-audio-swift", exact: "0.1.2"),
         .package(path: "../shared/OpenClawKit"),
         .package(path: "../../Swabble"),
     ],
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ let package = Package(
                 .product(name: "Sparkle", package: "Sparkle"),
                 .product(name: "PeekabooBridge", package: "Peekaboo"),
                 .product(name: "PeekabooAutomationKit", package: "Peekaboo"),
+                .product(name: "MLXAudioTTS", package: "mlx-audio-swift"),
             ],
             exclude: [
                 "Resources/Info.plist",

apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/CommandResolver.swift

@@ -235,7 +235,8 @@ enum CommandResolver {
         extraArgs: [String] = [],
         defaults: UserDefaults = .standard,
         configRoot: [String: Any]? = nil,
-        searchPaths: [String]? = nil) -> [String]
+        searchPaths: [String]? = nil,
+        projectRoot: URL? = nil) -> [String]
     {
         let settings = self.connectionSettings(defaults: defaults, configRoot: configRoot)
         if settings.mode == .remote, let ssh = self.sshNodeCommand(
@@ -246,7 +247,7 @@ enum CommandResolver {
             return ssh
         }
 
-        let root = self.projectRoot()
+        let root = projectRoot ?? self.projectRoot()
         if let openclawPath = self.projectOpenClawExecutable(projectRoot: root) {
             return [openclawPath, subcommand] + extraArgs
         }
@@ -289,14 +290,16 @@ enum CommandResolver {
         extraArgs: [String] = [],
         defaults: UserDefaults = .standard,
         configRoot: [String: Any]? = nil,
-        searchPaths: [String]? = nil) -> [String]
+        searchPaths: [String]? = nil,
+        projectRoot: URL? = nil) -> [String]
     {
         self.openclawNodeCommand(
             subcommand: subcommand,
             extraArgs: extraArgs,
             defaults: defaults,
             configRoot: configRoot,
-            searchPaths: searchPaths)
+            searchPaths: searchPaths,
+            projectRoot: projectRoot)
     }
 
     // MARK: - SSH helpers

apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/HostEnvSanitizer.swift

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ struct HostEnvOverrideDiagnostics: Equatable {
 enum HostEnvSanitizer {
     /// Generated from src/infra/host-env-security-policy.json via scripts/generate-host-env-security-policy-swift.mjs.
     /// Parity is validated by src/infra/host-env-security.policy-parity.test.ts.
+    private static let blockedInheritedKeys = HostEnvSecurityPolicy.blockedInheritedKeys
+    private static let blockedInheritedPrefixes = HostEnvSecurityPolicy.blockedInheritedPrefixes
     private static let blockedKeys = HostEnvSecurityPolicy.blockedKeys
     private static let blockedPrefixes = HostEnvSecurityPolicy.blockedPrefixes
     private static let blockedOverrideKeys = HostEnvSecurityPolicy.blockedOverrideKeys
@@ -28,6 +30,11 @@ enum HostEnvSanitizer {
         return self.blockedPrefixes.contains(where: { upperKey.hasPrefix($0) })
     }
 
+    private static func isBlockedInherited(_ upperKey: String) -> Bool {
+        if self.blockedInheritedKeys.contains(upperKey) { return true }
+        return self.blockedInheritedPrefixes.contains(where: { upperKey.hasPrefix($0) })
+    }
+
     private static func isBlockedOverride(_ upperKey: String) -> Bool {
         if self.blockedOverrideKeys.contains(upperKey) { return true }
         return self.blockedOverridePrefixes.contains(where: { upperKey.hasPrefix($0) })
@@ -113,7 +120,7 @@ enum HostEnvSanitizer {
             let key = rawKey.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
             guard !key.isEmpty else { continue }
             let upper = key.uppercased()
-            if self.isBlocked(upper) { continue }
+            if self.isBlockedInherited(upper) { continue }
             merged[key] = value
         }
 

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

@@ -5,20 +5,232 @@
 import Foundation
 
 enum HostEnvSecurityPolicy {
+    static let blockedInheritedKeys: Set<String> = [
+        "_JAVA_OPTIONS",
+        "AMQP_URL",
+        "ANSIBLE_CALLBACK_PLUGINS",
+        "ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATH",
+        "ANSIBLE_CONFIG",
+        "ANSIBLE_CONNECTION_PLUGINS",
+        "ANSIBLE_FILTER_PLUGINS",
+        "ANSIBLE_INVENTORY_PLUGINS",
+        "ANSIBLE_LIBRARY",
+        "ANSIBLE_LOOKUP_PLUGINS",
+        "ANSIBLE_MODULE_UTILS",
+        "ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TEMP",
+        "ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH",
+        "ANSIBLE_STRATEGY_PLUGINS",
+        "ANT_OPTS",
+        "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID",
+        "AWS_CONTAINER_CREDENTIALS_FULL_URI",
+        "AWS_CONTAINER_CREDENTIALS_RELATIVE_URI",
+        "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY",
+        "AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN",
+        "AWS_SESSION_TOKEN",
+        "AZURE_CLIENT_ID",
+        "AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET",
+        "BASH_ENV",
+        "BROWSER",
+        "BUN_CONFIG_REGISTRY",
+        "BUNDLE_GEMFILE",
+        "BZR_EDITOR",
+        "BZR_PLUGIN_PATH",
+        "BZR_SSH",
+        "C_INCLUDE_PATH",
+        "CARGO_BUILD_RUSTC",
+        "CARGO_BUILD_RUSTC_WRAPPER",
+        "CARGO_HOME",
+        "CATALINA_OPTS",
+        "CC",
+        "CFLAGS",
+        "CGO_CFLAGS",
+        "CGO_LDFLAGS",
+        "CLASSPATH",
+        "CMAKE_C_COMPILER",
+        "CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER",
+        "CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE",
+        "COMPOSER_HOME",
+        "CONFIG_SHELL",
+        "CONFIG_SITE",
+        "CORECLR_PROFILER",
+        "CORECLR_PROFILER_PATH",
+        "CPATH",
+        "CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH",
+        "CURL_HOME",
+        "CXX",
+        "DATABASE_URL",
+        "DENO_DIR",
+        "DOTNET_ADDITIONAL_DEPS",
+        "DOTNET_STARTUP_HOOKS",
+        "EDITOR",
+        "ELIXIR_ERL_OPTIONS",
+        "EMACSLOADPATH",
+        "ENV",
+        "ERL_AFLAGS",
+        "ERL_FLAGS",
+        "ERL_ZFLAGS",
+        "EXINIT",
+        "FCEDIT",
+        "GCONV_PATH",
+        "GEM_HOME",
+        "GEM_PATH",
+        "GH_TOKEN",
+        "GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES",
+        "GIT_ASKPASS",
+        "GIT_COMMON_DIR",
+        "GIT_DIR",
+        "GIT_EDITOR",
+        "GIT_EXEC_PATH",
+        "GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF",
+        "GIT_HOOK_PATH",
+        "GIT_INDEX_FILE",
+        "GIT_NAMESPACE",
+        "GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY",
+        "GIT_PROXY_COMMAND",
+        "GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR",
+        "GIT_SSH",
+        "GIT_SSH_COMMAND",
+        "GIT_SSL_CAINFO",
+        "GIT_SSL_CAPATH",
+        "GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY",
+        "GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR",
+        "GIT_WORK_TREE",
+        "GITHUB_TOKEN",
+        "GITLAB_TOKEN",
+        "GLIBC_TUNABLES",
+        "GOENV",
+        "GOFLAGS",
+        "GONOPROXY",
+        "GONOSUMCHECK",
+        "GONOSUMDB",
+        "GOPATH",
+        "GOPRIVATE",
+        "GOPROXY",
+        "GRADLE_OPTS",
+        "GVIMINIT",
+        "HELM_HOME",
+        "HELM_PLUGINS",
+        "HGRCPATH",
+        "HOSTALIASES",
+        "IFS",
+        "JAVA_OPTS",
+        "JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS",
+        "JDK_JAVA_OPTIONS",
+        "JULIA_EDITOR",
+        "LDFLAGS",
+        "LESSCLOSE",
+        "LESSOPEN",
+        "LIBRARY_PATH",
+        "LUA_CPATH",
+        "LUA_INIT",
+        "LUA_INIT_5_1",
+        "LUA_INIT_5_2",
+        "LUA_INIT_5_3",
+        "LUA_INIT_5_4",
+        "LUA_PATH",
+        "MAKEFLAGS",
+        "MAVEN_OPTS",
+        "MFLAGS",
+        "MONGODB_URI",
+        "MYVIMRC",
+        "NODE_AUTH_TOKEN",
+        "NODE_OPTIONS",
+        "NODE_PATH",
+        "NPM_TOKEN",
+        "OBJC_INCLUDE_PATH",
+        "OPENSSL_CONF",
+        "OPENSSL_ENGINES",
+        "PACKER_PLUGIN_PATH",
+        "PERL5DB",
+        "PERL5DBCMD",
+        "PERL5LIB",
+        "PERL5OPT",
+        "PHP_INI_SCAN_DIR",
+        "PHPRC",
+        "PIP_CONFIG_FILE",
+        "PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL",
+        "PIP_FIND_LINKS",
+        "PIP_INDEX_URL",
+        "PIP_PYPI_URL",
+        "PIP_TRUSTED_HOST",
+        "PROMPT_COMMAND",
+        "PS4",
+        "PYTHONBREAKPOINT",
+        "PYTHONHOME",
+        "PYTHONPATH",
+        "PYTHONSTARTUP",
+        "PYTHONUSERBASE",
+        "R_ENVIRON",
+        "R_ENVIRON_USER",
+        "R_LIBS_USER",
+        "R_PROFILE",
+        "R_PROFILE_USER",
+        "REDIS_URL",
+        "RUBYLIB",
+        "RUBYOPT",
+        "RUBYSHELL",
+        "RUSTC_WRAPPER",
+        "RUSTFLAGS",
+        "SBT_OPTS",
+        "SHELL",
+        "SHELLOPTS",
+        "SSH_ASKPASS",
+        "SSLKEYLOGFILE",
+        "SUDO_ASKPASS",
+        "SUDO_EDITOR",
+        "SVN_EDITOR",
+        "SVN_SSH",
+        "TF_CLI_CONFIG_FILE",
+        "TF_PLUGIN_CACHE_DIR",
+        "UV_DEFAULT_INDEX",
+        "UV_EXTRA_INDEX_URL",
+        "UV_INDEX",
+        "UV_INDEX_URL",
+        "UV_PYTHON",
+        "VAGRANT_VAGRANTFILE",
+        "VIMINIT",
+        "VIRTUAL_ENV",
+        "VISUAL",
+        "WGETRC",
+        "XDG_CONFIG_DIRS",
+        "XDG_CONFIG_HOME",
+        "YARN_RC_FILENAME"
+    ]
+
+    static let blockedInheritedPrefixes: [String] = [
+        "BASH_FUNC_",
+        "DYLD_",
+        "LD_"
+    ]
+
     static let blockedKeys: Set<String> = [
         "_JAVA_OPTIONS",
         "ANT_OPTS",
         "BASH_ENV",
         "BROWSER",
+        "BZR_EDITOR",
+        "BZR_PLUGIN_PATH",
+        "BZR_SSH",
         "CARGO_BUILD_RUSTC",
         "CARGO_BUILD_RUSTC_WRAPPER",
+        "CATALINA_OPTS",
         "CC",
         "CMAKE_C_COMPILER",
         "CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER",
+        "CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE",
+        "CONFIG_SHELL",
+        "CONFIG_SITE",
+        "CORECLR_PROFILER",
         "CXX",
         "DOTNET_ADDITIONAL_DEPS",
         "DOTNET_STARTUP_HOOKS",
+        "ELIXIR_ERL_OPTIONS",
+        "EMACSLOADPATH",
         "ENV",
+        "ERL_AFLAGS",
+        "ERL_FLAGS",
+        "ERL_ZFLAGS",
+        "EXINIT",
         "GCONV_PATH",
         "GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES",
         "GIT_COMMON_DIR",
@@ -26,6 +238,7 @@ enum HostEnvSecurityPolicy {
         "GIT_EDITOR",
         "GIT_EXEC_PATH",
         "GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF",
+        "GIT_HOOK_PATH",
         "GIT_INDEX_FILE",
         "GIT_NAMESPACE",
         "GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY",
@@ -37,42 +250,85 @@ enum HostEnvSecurityPolicy {
         "GIT_WORK_TREE",
         "GLIBC_TUNABLES",
         "GRADLE_OPTS",
+        "GVIMINIT",
+        "HELM_PLUGINS",
         "HGRCPATH",
+        "HOSTALIASES",
         "IFS",
         "JAVA_OPTS",
         "JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS",
         "JDK_JAVA_OPTIONS",
+        "JULIA_EDITOR",
+        "LUA_INIT",
+        "LUA_INIT_5_1",
+        "LUA_INIT_5_2",
+        "LUA_INIT_5_3",
+        "LUA_INIT_5_4",
         "MAKEFLAGS",
         "MAVEN_OPTS",
         "MFLAGS",
+        "MYVIMRC",
         "NODE_OPTIONS",
         "NODE_PATH",
+        "PACKER_PLUGIN_PATH",
         "PERL5LIB",
         "PERL5OPT",
         "PS4",
         "PYTHONBREAKPOINT",
         "PYTHONHOME",
         "PYTHONPATH",
+        "R_ENVIRON",
+        "R_ENVIRON_USER",
+        "R_PROFILE",
+        "R_PROFILE_USER",
         "RUBYLIB",
         "RUBYOPT",
+        "RUBYSHELL",
         "RUSTC_WRAPPER",
         "SBT_OPTS",
         "SHELL",
         "SHELLOPTS",
-        "SSLKEYLOGFILE"
+        "SSLKEYLOGFILE",
+        "SUDO_ASKPASS",
+        "SVN_EDITOR",
+        "SVN_SSH",
+        "VAGRANT_VAGRANTFILE",
+        "VIMINIT"
     ]
 
     static let blockedOverrideKeys: Set<String> = [
         "ALL_PROXY",
+        "AMQP_URL",
+        "ANSIBLE_CALLBACK_PLUGINS",
+        "ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATH",
+        "ANSIBLE_CONFIG",
+        "ANSIBLE_CONNECTION_PLUGINS",
+        "ANSIBLE_FILTER_PLUGINS",
+        "ANSIBLE_INVENTORY_PLUGINS",
+        "ANSIBLE_LIBRARY",
+        "ANSIBLE_LOOKUP_PLUGINS",
+        "ANSIBLE_MODULE_UTILS",
+        "ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TEMP",
+        "ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH",
+        "ANSIBLE_STRATEGY_PLUGINS",
+        "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID",
         "AWS_CONFIG_FILE",
+        "AWS_CONTAINER_CREDENTIALS_FULL_URI",
+        "AWS_CONTAINER_CREDENTIALS_RELATIVE_URI",
+        "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY",
+        "AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN",
+        "AWS_SESSION_TOKEN",
         "AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE",
         "AWS_WEB_IDENTITY_TOKEN_FILE",
         "AZURE_AUTH_LOCATION",
+        "AZURE_CLIENT_ID",
+        "AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET",
         "BUN_CONFIG_REGISTRY",
         "BUNDLE_GEMFILE",
         "C_INCLUDE_PATH",
         "CARGO_BUILD_RUSTC_WRAPPER",
         "CARGO_HOME",
+        "CFLAGS",
         "CGO_CFLAGS",
         "CGO_LDFLAGS",
         "CLASSPATH",
@@ -82,6 +338,7 @@ enum HostEnvSecurityPolicy {
         "CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH",
         "CURL_CA_BUNDLE",
         "CURL_HOME",
+        "DATABASE_URL",
         "DENO_DIR",
         "DOCKER_CERT_PATH",
         "DOCKER_CONTEXT",
@@ -91,6 +348,7 @@ enum HostEnvSecurityPolicy {
         "FCEDIT",
         "GEM_HOME",
         "GEM_PATH",
+        "GH_TOKEN",
         "GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES",
         "GIT_ASKPASS",
         "GIT_COMMON_DIR",
@@ -106,6 +364,8 @@ enum HostEnvSecurityPolicy {
         "GIT_SSL_CAPATH",
         "GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY",
         "GIT_WORK_TREE",
+        "GITHUB_TOKEN",
+        "GITLAB_TOKEN",
         "GOENV",
         "GOFLAGS",
         "GONOPROXY",
@@ -123,6 +383,7 @@ enum HostEnvSecurityPolicy {
         "HTTP_PROXY",
         "HTTPS_PROXY",
         "KUBECONFIG",
+        "LDFLAGS",
         "LESSCLOSE",
         "LESSOPEN",
         "LIBRARY_PATH",
@@ -131,9 +392,12 @@ enum HostEnvSecurityPolicy {
         "MAKEFLAGS",
         "MANPAGER",
         "MFLAGS",
+        "MONGODB_URI",
         "NO_PROXY",
+        "NODE_AUTH_TOKEN",
         "NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS",
         "NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED",
+        "NPM_TOKEN",
         "OBJC_INCLUDE_PATH",
         "OPENSSL_CONF",
         "OPENSSL_ENGINES",
@@ -151,13 +415,18 @@ enum HostEnvSecurityPolicy {
         "PROMPT_COMMAND",
         "PYTHONSTARTUP",
         "PYTHONUSERBASE",
+        "R_LIBS_USER",
+        "REDIS_URL",
         "REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE",
         "RUSTC_WRAPPER",
         "RUSTFLAGS",
         "SSH_ASKPASS",
+        "SSH_AUTH_SOCK",
         "SSL_CERT_DIR",
         "SSL_CERT_FILE",
         "SUDO_EDITOR",
+        "TF_CLI_CONFIG_FILE",
+        "TF_PLUGIN_CACHE_DIR",
         "UV_DEFAULT_INDEX",
         "UV_EXTRA_INDEX_URL",
         "UV_INDEX",
@@ -166,6 +435,7 @@ enum HostEnvSecurityPolicy {
         "VIRTUAL_ENV",
         "VISUAL",
         "WGETRC",
+        "XDG_CONFIG_DIRS",
         "XDG_CONFIG_HOME",
         "YARN_RC_FILENAME",
         "ZDOTDIR"
@@ -174,7 +444,8 @@ enum HostEnvSecurityPolicy {
     static let blockedOverridePrefixes: [String] = [
         "CARGO_REGISTRIES_",
         "GIT_CONFIG_",
-        "NPM_CONFIG_"
+        "NPM_CONFIG_",
+        "TF_VAR_"
     ]
 
     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>2026.4.9</string>
+    <string>2026.4.10</string>
     <key>CFBundleVersion</key>
-    <string>2026040901</string>
+    <string>2026041001</string>
     <key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
     <string>OpenClaw</string>
     <key>CFBundleURLTypes</key>

apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/ShellExecutor.swift

@@ -73,8 +73,10 @@ enum ShellExecutor {
                 group.addTask { await waitTask.value }
                 group.addTask {
                     try? await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: nanos)
-                    if process.isRunning { process.terminate() }
-                    _ = await waitTask.value // drain pipes after termination
+                    guard process.isRunning else {
+                        return await waitTask.value
+                    }
+                    process.terminate()
                     return ShellResult(
                         stdout: "",
                         stderr: "",

apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/TalkMLXSpeechSynthesizer.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+import Foundation
+import MLXAudioTTS
+import OSLog
+
+// swiftformat:disable wrap wrapMultilineStatementBraces trailingCommas redundantSelf extensionAccessControl
+/// Runtime access stays serialized through `TalkModeRuntime` actor helper methods.
+final class TalkMLXSpeechSynthesizer {
+    enum SynthesizeError: Error {
+        case canceled
+        case modelLoadFailed(String)
+        case audioGenerationFailed
+        case audioPlaybackFailed
+        case timedOut
+    }
+
+    static let shared = TalkMLXSpeechSynthesizer()
+    static let defaultModelRepo = "mlx-community/Soprano-80M-bf16"
+
+    private let logger = Logger(subsystem: "ai.openclaw", category: "talk.mlx")
+    private var currentToken = UUID()
+    private var modelRepo: String?
+    private var model: (any SpeechGenerationModel)?
+
+    private init() {}
+
+    func stop() {
+        self.currentToken = UUID()
+    }
+
+    func synthesize(
+        text: String,
+        modelRepo: String?,
+        language: String?,
+        voicePreset: String?) async throws -> Data {
+        let trimmed = text.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
+        guard !trimmed.isEmpty else { return Data() }
+
+        self.stop()
+        let token = UUID()
+        self.currentToken = token
+
+        let resolvedRepo = Self.resolvedModelRepo(modelRepo)
+        let rawModel = try await self.loadModel(
+            modelRepo: resolvedRepo,
+            token: token)
+        let model = UncheckedSpeechModel(raw: rawModel)
+        guard self.currentToken == token else {
+            throw SynthesizeError.canceled
+        }
+
+        let audioData: Data
+        do {
+            let audio = try await model.generateAudio(
+                text: trimmed,
+                voice: voicePreset,
+                language: language)
+            audioData = Self.makeWavData(
+                samples: audio,
+                sampleRate: Double(model.sampleRateValue()))
+        } catch {
+            self.logger.error(
+                "talk mlx generation failed: \(error.localizedDescription, privacy: .public)")
+            throw SynthesizeError.audioGenerationFailed
+        }
+
+        guard self.currentToken == token else {
+            throw SynthesizeError.canceled
+        }
+        return audioData
+    }
+
+    private func loadModel(
+        modelRepo: String,
+        token: UUID) async throws -> any SpeechGenerationModel {
+        if let model = self.model, self.modelRepo == modelRepo {
+            return model
+        }
+
+        self.logger.info("talk mlx loading modelRepo=\(modelRepo, privacy: .public)")
+        do {
+            let model = try await TTS.loadModel(modelRepo: modelRepo)
+            guard self.currentToken == token else {
+                throw SynthesizeError.canceled
+            }
+            self.model = model
+            self.modelRepo = modelRepo
+            return model
+        } catch is CancellationError {
+            throw SynthesizeError.canceled
+        } catch {
+            self.logger.error(
+                "talk mlx load failed: \(error.localizedDescription, privacy: .public)")
+            throw SynthesizeError.modelLoadFailed(modelRepo)
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static func resolvedModelRepo(_ modelRepo: String?) -> String {
+        let trimmed = modelRepo?.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines) ?? ""
+        return trimmed.isEmpty ? Self.defaultModelRepo : trimmed
+    }
+
+    private static func makeWavData(samples: [Float], sampleRate: Double) -> Data {
+        let channels: UInt16 = 1
+        let bitsPerSample: UInt16 = 16
+        let blockAlign = channels * (bitsPerSample / 8)
+        let sampleRateInt = UInt32(sampleRate.rounded())
+        let byteRate = sampleRateInt * UInt32(blockAlign)
+        let dataSize = UInt32(samples.count) * UInt32(blockAlign)
+
+        var data = Data(capacity: Int(44 + dataSize))
+        data.append(contentsOf: [0x52, 0x49, 0x46, 0x46]) // RIFF
+        data.appendLEUInt32(36 + dataSize)
+        data.append(contentsOf: [0x57, 0x41, 0x56, 0x45]) // WAVE
+
+        data.append(contentsOf: [0x66, 0x6D, 0x74, 0x20]) // fmt
+        data.appendLEUInt32(16)
+        data.appendLEUInt16(1)
+        data.appendLEUInt16(channels)
+        data.appendLEUInt32(sampleRateInt)
+        data.appendLEUInt32(byteRate)
+        data.appendLEUInt16(blockAlign)
+        data.appendLEUInt16(bitsPerSample)
+
+        data.append(contentsOf: [0x64, 0x61, 0x74, 0x61]) // data
+        data.appendLEUInt32(dataSize)
+
+        for sample in samples {
+            let clamped = max(-1.0, min(1.0, sample))
+            let scaled = Int16((clamped * Float(Int16.max)).rounded())
+            data.appendLEInt16(scaled)
+        }
+        return data
+    }
+}
+
+extension TalkMLXSpeechSynthesizer: @unchecked Sendable {}
+
+private struct UncheckedSpeechModel {
+    let raw: any SpeechGenerationModel
+
+    func sampleRateValue() -> Int {
+        raw.sampleRate
+    }
+
+    func generateAudio(
+        text: String,
+        voice: String?,
+        language: String?) async throws -> [Float] {
+        let generatedAudio = try await raw.generate(
+            text: text,
+            voice: voice,
+            refAudio: nil,
+            refText: nil,
+            language: language)
+        return generatedAudio.asArray(Float.self)
+    }
+}
+
+extension UncheckedSpeechModel: @unchecked Sendable {}
+
+extension Data {
+    fileprivate mutating func appendLEUInt16(_ value: UInt16) {
+        var littleEndian = value.littleEndian
+        Swift.withUnsafeBytes(of: &littleEndian) { append(contentsOf: $0) }
+    }
+
+    fileprivate mutating func appendLEUInt32(_ value: UInt32) {
+        var littleEndian = value.littleEndian
+        Swift.withUnsafeBytes(of: &littleEndian) { append(contentsOf: $0) }
+    }
+
+    fileprivate mutating func appendLEInt16(_ value: Int16) {
+        var littleEndian = value.littleEndian
+        Swift.withUnsafeBytes(of: &littleEndian) { append(contentsOf: $0) }
+    }
+}
+
+// swiftformat:enable wrap wrapMultilineStatementBraces trailingCommas redundantSelf extensionAccessControl

apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/TalkModeGatewayConfig.swift

@@ -44,7 +44,13 @@ enum TalkModeGatewayConfigParser {
                 acc[key] = value
             } ?? [:]
         let model = activeConfig?["modelId"]?.stringValue?.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
-        let resolvedModel = (model?.isEmpty == false) ? model! : defaultModelIdFallback
+        let resolvedModel: String? = if model?.isEmpty == false {
+            model!
+        } else if activeProvider == defaultProvider {
+            defaultModelIdFallback
+        } else {
+            nil
+        }
         let outputFormat = activeConfig?["outputFormat"]?.stringValue
         let interrupt = talk?["interruptOnSpeech"]?.boolValue
         let apiKey = activeConfig?["apiKey"]?.stringValue

apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/TalkModeRuntime.swift

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ actor TalkModeRuntime {
 
     enum PlaybackPlan: Equatable {
         case elevenLabsThenSystemVoice(apiKey: String, voiceId: String)
+        case mlxThenSystemVoice
         case systemVoiceOnly
     }
 
@@ -17,6 +18,8 @@ actor TalkModeRuntime {
     private let ttsLogger = Logger(subsystem: "ai.openclaw", category: "talk.tts")
     private static let defaultModelIdFallback = "eleven_v3"
     private static let defaultTalkProvider = "elevenlabs"
+    private static let mlxTalkProvider = "mlx"
+    private static let systemTalkProvider = "system"
     private static let defaultSilenceTimeoutMs = TalkDefaults.silenceTimeoutMs
 
     private final class RMSMeter: @unchecked Sendable {
@@ -65,6 +68,7 @@ actor TalkModeRuntime {
     private var modelOverrideActive = false
     private var defaultOutputFormat: String?
     private var interruptOnSpeech: Bool = true
+    private var activeTalkProvider = TalkModeRuntime.defaultTalkProvider
     private var lastInterruptedAtSeconds: Double?
     private var voiceAliases: [String: String] = [:]
     private var lastSpokenText: String?
@@ -462,7 +466,7 @@ 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) {
+        switch Self.playbackPlan(provider: input.provider, apiKey: input.apiKey, voiceId: input.voiceId) {
         case let .elevenLabsThenSystemVoice(apiKey, voiceId):
             do {
                 try await self.playElevenLabs(input: input, apiKey: apiKey, voiceId: voiceId)
@@ -477,6 +481,23 @@ actor TalkModeRuntime {
                     self.ttsLogger.error("talk system voice failed: \(error.localizedDescription, privacy: .public)")
                 }
             }
+        case .mlxThenSystemVoice:
+            do {
+                try await self.playMLX(input: input)
+            } catch TalkMLXSpeechSynthesizer.SynthesizeError.canceled {
+                self.ttsLogger.info("talk mlx canceled")
+                return
+            } catch {
+                self.ttsLogger
+                    .error(
+                        "talk MLX failed: \(error.localizedDescription, privacy: .public); " +
+                            "falling back to system voice")
+                do {
+                    try await self.playSystemVoice(input: input)
+                } catch {
+                    self.ttsLogger.error("talk system voice failed: \(error.localizedDescription, privacy: .public)")
+                }
+            }
         case .systemVoiceOnly:
             do {
                 try await self.playSystemVoice(input: input)
@@ -491,19 +512,30 @@ actor TalkModeRuntime {
         }
     }
 
-    static func playbackPlan(apiKey: String?, voiceId: String?) -> PlaybackPlan {
-        guard let apiKey, !apiKey.isEmpty, let voiceId else {
+    static func playbackPlan(provider: String, apiKey: String?, voiceId: String?) -> PlaybackPlan {
+        switch provider {
+        case self.defaultTalkProvider:
+            guard let apiKey, !apiKey.isEmpty, let voiceId else {
+                return .systemVoiceOnly
+            }
+            return .elevenLabsThenSystemVoice(apiKey: apiKey, voiceId: voiceId)
+        case self.mlxTalkProvider:
+            return .mlxThenSystemVoice
+        case self.systemTalkProvider:
+            return .systemVoiceOnly
+        default:
             return .systemVoiceOnly
         }
-        return .elevenLabsThenSystemVoice(apiKey: apiKey, voiceId: voiceId)
     }
 
     private struct TalkPlaybackInput {
         let generation: Int
+        let provider: String
         let cleanedText: String
         let directive: TalkDirective?
         let apiKey: String?
         let voiceId: String?
+        let voicePreset: String?
         let language: String?
         let synthTimeoutSeconds: Double
     }
@@ -552,18 +584,20 @@ actor TalkModeRuntime {
             resolvedVoice ??
             self.currentVoiceId ??
             self.defaultVoiceId
+        let voicePreset = preferredVoice
+        let provider = self.activeTalkProvider
 
         let language = ElevenLabsTTSClient.validatedLanguage(directive?.language)
 
-        let voiceId: String? = if let apiKey, !apiKey.isEmpty {
+        let voiceId: String? = if provider == Self.defaultTalkProvider, let apiKey, !apiKey.isEmpty {
             await self.resolveVoiceId(preferred: preferredVoice, apiKey: apiKey)
         } else {
             nil
         }
 
-        if apiKey?.isEmpty != false {
+        if provider == Self.defaultTalkProvider, apiKey?.isEmpty != false {
             self.ttsLogger.warning("talk missing ELEVENLABS_API_KEY; falling back to system voice")
-        } else if voiceId == nil {
+        } else if provider == Self.defaultTalkProvider, voiceId == nil {
             self.ttsLogger.warning("talk missing voiceId; falling back to system voice")
         } else if let voiceId {
             self.ttsLogger
@@ -579,15 +613,21 @@ actor TalkModeRuntime {
 
         return TalkPlaybackInput(
             generation: gen,
+            provider: provider,
             cleanedText: cleaned,
             directive: directive,
             apiKey: apiKey,
             voiceId: voiceId,
+            voicePreset: voicePreset,
             language: language,
             synthTimeoutSeconds: synthTimeoutSeconds)
     }
 
-    private func playElevenLabs(input: TalkPlaybackInput, apiKey: String, voiceId: String) async throws {
+    private func playElevenLabs(
+        input: TalkPlaybackInput,
+        apiKey: String,
+        voiceId: String) async throws
+    {
         let desiredOutputFormat = input.directive?.outputFormat ?? self.defaultOutputFormat ?? "pcm_44100"
         let outputFormat = ElevenLabsTTSClient.validatedOutputFormat(desiredOutputFormat)
         if outputFormat == nil, !desiredOutputFormat.isEmpty {
@@ -696,6 +736,39 @@ actor TalkModeRuntime {
         self.ttsLogger.info("talk system voice done")
     }
 
+    private func playMLX(input: TalkPlaybackInput) async throws {
+        self.ttsLogger.info("talk mlx start chars=\(input.cleanedText.count, privacy: .public)")
+        if self.interruptOnSpeech {
+            guard await self.prepareForPlayback(generation: input.generation) else { return }
+        }
+        await MainActor.run { TalkModeController.shared.updatePhase(.speaking) }
+        self.phase = .speaking
+        let modelRepo = input.directive?.modelId ?? self.currentModelId
+        let audioData: Data
+        do {
+            audioData = try await AsyncTimeout.withTimeout(
+                seconds: input.synthTimeoutSeconds,
+                onTimeout: {
+                    TalkMLXSpeechSynthesizer.SynthesizeError.timedOut
+                },
+                operation: { [self] in
+                    try await self.synthesizeMLXVoice(
+                        text: input.cleanedText,
+                        modelRepo: modelRepo,
+                        language: input.language,
+                        voicePreset: input.voicePreset)
+                })
+        } catch TalkMLXSpeechSynthesizer.SynthesizeError.timedOut {
+            self.stopMLXVoice()
+            throw TalkMLXSpeechSynthesizer.SynthesizeError.timedOut
+        }
+        let result = await self.playTalkAudio(data: audioData)
+        if !result.finished, result.interruptedAt == nil {
+            throw TalkMLXSpeechSynthesizer.SynthesizeError.audioPlaybackFailed
+        }
+        self.ttsLogger.info("talk mlx done")
+    }
+
     private func prepareForPlayback(generation: Int) async -> Bool {
         await self.startRecognition()
         return self.isCurrent(generation)
@@ -750,10 +823,13 @@ actor TalkModeRuntime {
 
     func stopSpeaking(reason: TalkStopReason) async {
         let usePCM = self.lastPlaybackWasPCM
-        let interruptedAt = usePCM ? await self.stopPCM() : await self.stopMP3()
+        let remoteInterruptedAt = usePCM ? await self.stopPCM() : await self.stopMP3()
         _ = usePCM ? await self.stopMP3() : await self.stopPCM()
+        let localInterruptedAt = await self.stopTalkAudio()
         await TalkSystemSpeechSynthesizer.shared.stop()
+        self.stopMLXVoice()
         guard self.phase == .speaking else { return }
+        let interruptedAt = remoteInterruptedAt ?? localInterruptedAt
         if reason == .speech, let interruptedAt {
             self.lastInterruptedAtSeconds = interruptedAt
         }
@@ -795,6 +871,33 @@ extension TalkModeRuntime {
         StreamingAudioPlayer.shared.stop()
     }
 
+    @MainActor
+    private func playTalkAudio(data: Data) async -> TalkPlaybackResult {
+        await TalkAudioPlayer.shared.play(data: data)
+    }
+
+    @MainActor
+    private func stopTalkAudio() -> Double? {
+        TalkAudioPlayer.shared.stop()
+    }
+
+    private func synthesizeMLXVoice(
+        text: String,
+        modelRepo: String?,
+        language: String?,
+        voicePreset: String?) async throws -> Data
+    {
+        try await TalkMLXSpeechSynthesizer.shared.synthesize(
+            text: text,
+            modelRepo: modelRepo,
+            language: language,
+            voicePreset: voicePreset)
+    }
+
+    private func stopMLXVoice() {
+        TalkMLXSpeechSynthesizer.shared.stop()
+    }
+
     // MARK: - Config
 
     private func reloadConfig() async {
@@ -810,6 +913,7 @@ extension TalkModeRuntime {
         }
         self.defaultOutputFormat = cfg.outputFormat
         self.interruptOnSpeech = cfg.interruptOnSpeech
+        self.activeTalkProvider = cfg.activeProvider
         self.silenceWindow = TimeInterval(cfg.silenceTimeoutMs) / 1000
         self.apiKey = cfg.apiKey
         let hasApiKey = (cfg.apiKey?.isEmpty == false)
@@ -817,7 +921,8 @@ extension TalkModeRuntime {
         let modelLabel = (cfg.modelId?.isEmpty == false) ? cfg.modelId! : "none"
         self.logger
             .info(
-                "talk config voiceId=\(voiceLabel, privacy: .public) " +
+                "talk config provider=\(cfg.activeProvider, privacy: .public) " +
+                    "talk config voiceId=\(voiceLabel, privacy: .public) " +
                     "modelId=\(modelLabel, privacy: .public) " +
                     "apiKey=\(hasApiKey, privacy: .public) " +
                     "interrupt=\(cfg.interruptOnSpeech, privacy: .public) " +
@@ -859,11 +964,17 @@ extension TalkModeRuntime {
             await MainActor.run {
                 AppStateStore.shared.seamColorHex = parsed.seamColorHex
             }
-            if parsed.activeProvider != Self.defaultTalkProvider {
-                self.ttsLogger
-                    .info("talk provider \(parsed.activeProvider, privacy: .public) unsupported; using system voice")
-            } else if parsed.normalizedPayload {
+            if parsed.activeProvider == Self.defaultTalkProvider {
                 self.ttsLogger.info("talk config provider from talk.resolved")
+            } else if parsed.activeProvider == Self.mlxTalkProvider ||
+                parsed.activeProvider == Self.systemTalkProvider
+            {
+                self.ttsLogger.info(
+                    "talk provider \(parsed.activeProvider, privacy: .public) active")
+            } else {
+                self.ttsLogger
+                    .info(
+                        "talk provider \(parsed.activeProvider, privacy: .public) unsupported; using system voice")
             }
             return parsed
         } catch {

apps/macos/Sources/OpenClawProtocol/GatewayModels.swift

@@ -2510,17 +2510,20 @@ public struct AgentSummary: Codable, Sendable {
 public struct AgentsCreateParams: Codable, Sendable {
     public let name: String
     public let workspace: String
+    public let model: String?
     public let emoji: String?
     public let avatar: String?
 
     public init(
         name: String,
         workspace: String,
+        model: String?,
         emoji: String?,
         avatar: String?)
     {
         self.name = name
         self.workspace = workspace
+        self.model = model
         self.emoji = emoji
         self.avatar = avatar
     }
@@ -2528,6 +2531,7 @@ public struct AgentsCreateParams: Codable, Sendable {
     private enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
         case name
         case workspace
+        case model
         case emoji
         case avatar
     }
@@ -2538,17 +2542,20 @@ public struct AgentsCreateResult: Codable, Sendable {
     public let agentid: String
     public let name: String
     public let workspace: String
+    public let model: String?
 
     public init(
         ok: Bool,
         agentid: String,
         name: String,
-        workspace: String)
+        workspace: String,
+        model: String?)
     {
         self.ok = ok
         self.agentid = agentid
         self.name = name
         self.workspace = workspace
+        self.model = model
     }
 
     private enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
@@ -2556,6 +2563,7 @@ public struct AgentsCreateResult: Codable, Sendable {
         case agentid = "agentId"
         case name
         case workspace
+        case model
     }
 }
 
@@ -2564,6 +2572,7 @@ public struct AgentsUpdateParams: Codable, Sendable {
     public let name: String?
     public let workspace: String?
     public let model: String?
+    public let emoji: String?
     public let avatar: String?
 
     public init(
@@ -2571,12 +2580,14 @@ public struct AgentsUpdateParams: Codable, Sendable {
         name: String?,
         workspace: String?,
         model: String?,
+        emoji: String?,
         avatar: String?)
     {
         self.agentid = agentid
         self.name = name
         self.workspace = workspace
         self.model = model
+        self.emoji = emoji
         self.avatar = avatar
     }
 
@@ -2585,6 +2596,7 @@ public struct AgentsUpdateParams: Codable, Sendable {
         case name
         case workspace
         case model
+        case emoji
         case avatar
     }
 }
@@ -2837,6 +2849,7 @@ public struct ModelChoice: Codable, Sendable {
     public let id: String
     public let name: String
     public let provider: String
+    public let alias: String?
     public let contextwindow: Int?
     public let reasoning: Bool?
 
@@ -2844,12 +2857,14 @@ public struct ModelChoice: Codable, Sendable {
         id: String,
         name: String,
         provider: String,
+        alias: String?,
         contextwindow: Int?,
         reasoning: Bool?)
     {
         self.id = id
         self.name = name
         self.provider = provider
+        self.alias = alias
         self.contextwindow = contextwindow
         self.reasoning = reasoning
     }
@@ -2858,6 +2873,7 @@ public struct ModelChoice: Codable, Sendable {
         case id
         case name
         case provider
+        case alias
         case contextwindow = "contextWindow"
         case reasoning
     }
@@ -2879,6 +2895,92 @@ public struct ModelsListResult: Codable, Sendable {
     }
 }
 
+public struct CommandEntry: Codable, Sendable {
+    public let name: String
+    public let nativename: String?
+    public let textaliases: [String]?
+    public let description: String
+    public let category: AnyCodable?
+    public let source: AnyCodable
+    public let scope: AnyCodable
+    public let acceptsargs: Bool
+    public let args: [[String: AnyCodable]]?
+
+    public init(
+        name: String,
+        nativename: String?,
+        textaliases: [String]?,
+        description: String,
+        category: AnyCodable?,
+        source: AnyCodable,
+        scope: AnyCodable,
+        acceptsargs: Bool,
+        args: [[String: AnyCodable]]?)
+    {
+        self.name = name
+        self.nativename = nativename
+        self.textaliases = textaliases
+        self.description = description
+        self.category = category
+        self.source = source
+        self.scope = scope
+        self.acceptsargs = acceptsargs
+        self.args = args
+    }
+
+    private enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
+        case name
+        case nativename = "nativeName"
+        case textaliases = "textAliases"
+        case description
+        case category
+        case source
+        case scope
+        case acceptsargs = "acceptsArgs"
+        case args
+    }
+}
+
+public struct CommandsListParams: Codable, Sendable {
+    public let agentid: String?
+    public let provider: String?
+    public let scope: AnyCodable?
+    public let includeargs: Bool?
+
+    public init(
+        agentid: String?,
+        provider: String?,
+        scope: AnyCodable?,
+        includeargs: Bool?)
+    {
+        self.agentid = agentid
+        self.provider = provider
+        self.scope = scope
+        self.includeargs = includeargs
+    }
+
+    private enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
+        case agentid = "agentId"
+        case provider
+        case scope
+        case includeargs = "includeArgs"
+    }
+}
+
+public struct CommandsListResult: Codable, Sendable {
+    public let commands: [CommandEntry]
+
+    public init(
+        commands: [CommandEntry])
+    {
+        self.commands = commands
+    }
+
+    private enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
+        case commands
+    }
+}
+
 public struct SkillsStatusParams: Codable, Sendable {
     public let agentid: String?
 
@@ -4170,6 +4272,7 @@ public struct ChatEvent: Codable, Sendable {
     public let state: AnyCodable
     public let message: AnyCodable?
     public let errormessage: String?
+    public let errorkind: AnyCodable?
     public let usage: AnyCodable?
     public let stopreason: String?
 
@@ -4180,6 +4283,7 @@ public struct ChatEvent: Codable, Sendable {
         state: AnyCodable,
         message: AnyCodable?,
         errormessage: String?,
+        errorkind: AnyCodable?,
         usage: AnyCodable?,
         stopreason: String?)
     {
@@ -4189,6 +4293,7 @@ public struct ChatEvent: Codable, Sendable {
         self.state = state
         self.message = message
         self.errormessage = errormessage
+        self.errorkind = errorkind
         self.usage = usage
         self.stopreason = stopreason
     }
@@ -4200,6 +4305,7 @@ public struct ChatEvent: Codable, Sendable {
         case state
         case message
         case errormessage = "errorMessage"
+        case errorkind = "errorKind"
         case usage
         case stopreason = "stopReason"
     }

apps/macos/Tests/OpenClawIPCTests/CommandResolverTests.swift

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import Testing
 
     private func makeProjectRootWithPnpm() throws -> (tmp: URL, pnpmPath: URL) {
         let tmp = try makeTempDirForTests()
-        CommandResolver.setProjectRoot(tmp.path)
         let pnpmPath = tmp.appendingPathComponent("node_modules/.bin/pnpm")
         try makeExecutableForTests(at: pnpmPath)
         return (tmp, pnpmPath)
@@ -27,12 +26,17 @@ import Testing
         let defaults = self.makeLocalDefaults()
 
         let tmp = try makeTempDirForTests()
-        CommandResolver.setProjectRoot(tmp.path)
 
         let openclawPath = tmp.appendingPathComponent("node_modules/.bin/openclaw")
         try makeExecutableForTests(at: openclawPath)
 
-        let cmd = CommandResolver.openclawCommand(subcommand: "gateway", defaults: defaults, configRoot: [:])
+        let searchPaths = [tmp.appendingPathComponent("node_modules/.bin").path]
+        let cmd = CommandResolver.openclawCommand(
+            subcommand: "gateway",
+            defaults: defaults,
+            configRoot: [:],
+            searchPaths: searchPaths,
+            projectRoot: tmp)
         #expect(cmd.prefix(2).elementsEqual([openclawPath.path, "gateway"]))
     }
 
@@ -40,7 +44,6 @@ import Testing
         let defaults = self.makeLocalDefaults()
 
         let tmp = try makeTempDirForTests()
-        CommandResolver.setProjectRoot(tmp.path)
 
         let nodePath = tmp.appendingPathComponent("node_modules/.bin/node")
         let scriptPath = tmp.appendingPathComponent("bin/openclaw.js")
@@ -53,7 +56,8 @@ import Testing
             subcommand: "rpc",
             defaults: defaults,
             configRoot: [:],
-            searchPaths: [tmp.appendingPathComponent("node_modules/.bin").path])
+            searchPaths: [tmp.appendingPathComponent("node_modules/.bin").path],
+            projectRoot: tmp)
 
         #expect(cmd.count >= 3)
         if cmd.count >= 3 {
@@ -67,7 +71,6 @@ import Testing
         let defaults = self.makeLocalDefaults()
 
         let tmp = try makeTempDirForTests()
-        CommandResolver.setProjectRoot(tmp.path)
 
         let binDir = tmp.appendingPathComponent("bin")
         let openclawPath = binDir.appendingPathComponent("openclaw")
@@ -79,7 +82,8 @@ import Testing
             subcommand: "rpc",
             defaults: defaults,
             configRoot: [:],
-            searchPaths: [binDir.path])
+            searchPaths: [binDir.path],
+            projectRoot: tmp)
 
         #expect(cmd.prefix(2).elementsEqual([openclawPath.path, "rpc"]))
     }
@@ -88,7 +92,6 @@ import Testing
         let defaults = self.makeLocalDefaults()
 
         let tmp = try makeTempDirForTests()
-        CommandResolver.setProjectRoot(tmp.path)
 
         let binDir = tmp.appendingPathComponent("bin")
         let openclawPath = binDir.appendingPathComponent("openclaw")
@@ -98,7 +101,8 @@ import Testing
             subcommand: "gateway",
             defaults: defaults,
             configRoot: [:],
-            searchPaths: [binDir.path])
+            searchPaths: [binDir.path],
+            projectRoot: tmp)
 
         #expect(cmd.prefix(2).elementsEqual([openclawPath.path, "gateway"]))
     }
@@ -133,9 +137,11 @@ import Testing
 
     @Test func `preferred paths start with project node bins`() throws {
         let tmp = try makeTempDirForTests()
-        CommandResolver.setProjectRoot(tmp.path)
 
-        let first = CommandResolver.preferredPaths().first
+        let first = CommandResolver.preferredPaths(
+            home: FileManager().homeDirectoryForCurrentUser,
+            current: [],
+            projectRoot: tmp).first
         #expect(first == tmp.appendingPathComponent("node_modules/.bin").path)
     }
 
@@ -182,7 +188,6 @@ import Testing
         defaults.set("openclaw@example.com:2222", forKey: remoteTargetKey)
 
         let tmp = try makeTempDirForTests()
-        CommandResolver.setProjectRoot(tmp.path)
 
         let openclawPath = tmp.appendingPathComponent("node_modules/.bin/openclaw")
         try makeExecutableForTests(at: openclawPath)
@@ -190,7 +195,9 @@ import Testing
         let cmd = CommandResolver.openclawCommand(
             subcommand: "daemon",
             defaults: defaults,
-            configRoot: ["gateway": ["mode": "local"]])
+            configRoot: ["gateway": ["mode": "local"]],
+            searchPaths: [tmp.appendingPathComponent("node_modules/.bin").path],
+            projectRoot: tmp)
 
         #expect(cmd.first == openclawPath.path)
         #expect(cmd.count >= 2)

apps/macos/Tests/OpenClawIPCTests/TalkModeGatewayConfigTests.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import OpenClawProtocol
+import Testing
+@testable import OpenClaw
+
+struct TalkModeGatewayConfigTests {
+    @Test func `mlx provider does not inherit elevenlabs defaults`() {
+        let snapshot = ConfigSnapshot(
+            path: nil,
+            exists: true,
+            raw: nil,
+            hash: nil,
+            parsed: nil,
+            valid: true,
+            config: [
+                "talk": AnyCodable([
+                    "provider": "mlx",
+                    "providers": [
+                        "mlx": [
+                            "voiceId": "unused-voice",
+                        ],
+                    ],
+                    "resolved": [
+                        "provider": "mlx",
+                        "config": [
+                            "voiceId": "unused-voice",
+                        ],
+                    ],
+                ]),
+            ],
+            issues: nil
+        )
+
+        let parsed = TalkModeGatewayConfigParser.parse(
+            snapshot: snapshot,
+            defaultProvider: "elevenlabs",
+            defaultModelIdFallback: "eleven_v3",
+            defaultSilenceTimeoutMs: TalkDefaults.silenceTimeoutMs,
+            envVoice: "env-voice",
+            sagVoice: "sag-voice",
+            envApiKey: "env-key"
+        )
+
+        #expect(parsed.activeProvider == "mlx")
+        #expect(parsed.modelId == nil)
+        #expect(parsed.apiKey == nil)
+        #expect(parsed.voiceId == "unused-voice")
+    }
+}

apps/macos/Tests/OpenClawIPCTests/TalkModeRuntimeSpeechTests.swift

@@ -13,11 +13,34 @@ struct TalkModeRuntimeSpeechTests {
     }
 
     @Test func `playback plan falls back only from elevenlabs`() {
-        #expect(
-            TalkModeRuntime.playbackPlan(apiKey: "key", voiceId: "voice")
-                == .elevenLabsThenSystemVoice(apiKey: "key", voiceId: "voice"))
-        #expect(TalkModeRuntime.playbackPlan(apiKey: nil, voiceId: "voice") == .systemVoiceOnly)
-        #expect(TalkModeRuntime.playbackPlan(apiKey: "key", voiceId: nil) == .systemVoiceOnly)
-        #expect(TalkModeRuntime.playbackPlan(apiKey: "", voiceId: "voice") == .systemVoiceOnly)
+        let elevenLabsPlan = TalkModeRuntime.playbackPlan(
+            provider: "elevenlabs",
+            apiKey: "key",
+            voiceId: "voice"
+        )
+        let missingKeyPlan = TalkModeRuntime.playbackPlan(
+            provider: "elevenlabs",
+            apiKey: nil,
+            voiceId: "voice"
+        )
+        let missingVoicePlan = TalkModeRuntime.playbackPlan(
+            provider: "elevenlabs",
+            apiKey: "key",
+            voiceId: nil
+        )
+        let blankKeyPlan = TalkModeRuntime.playbackPlan(
+            provider: "elevenlabs",
+            apiKey: "",
+            voiceId: "voice"
+        )
+        let mlxPlan = TalkModeRuntime.playbackPlan(provider: "mlx", apiKey: nil, voiceId: nil)
+        let systemPlan = TalkModeRuntime.playbackPlan(provider: "system", apiKey: nil, voiceId: nil)
+
+        #expect(elevenLabsPlan == .elevenLabsThenSystemVoice(apiKey: "key", voiceId: "voice"))
+        #expect(missingKeyPlan == .systemVoiceOnly)
+        #expect(missingVoicePlan == .systemVoiceOnly)
+        #expect(blankKeyPlan == .systemVoiceOnly)
+        #expect(mlxPlan == .mlxThenSystemVoice)
+        #expect(systemPlan == .systemVoiceOnly)
     }
 }

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

@@ -2510,17 +2510,20 @@ public struct AgentSummary: Codable, Sendable {
 public struct AgentsCreateParams: Codable, Sendable {
     public let name: String
     public let workspace: String
+    public let model: String?
     public let emoji: String?
     public let avatar: String?
 
     public init(
         name: String,
         workspace: String,
+        model: String?,
         emoji: String?,
         avatar: String?)
     {
         self.name = name
         self.workspace = workspace
+        self.model = model
         self.emoji = emoji
         self.avatar = avatar
     }
@@ -2528,6 +2531,7 @@ public struct AgentsCreateParams: Codable, Sendable {
     private enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
         case name
         case workspace
+        case model
         case emoji
         case avatar
     }
@@ -2538,17 +2542,20 @@ public struct AgentsCreateResult: Codable, Sendable {
     public let agentid: String
     public let name: String
     public let workspace: String
+    public let model: String?
 
     public init(
         ok: Bool,
         agentid: String,
         name: String,
-        workspace: String)
+        workspace: String,
+        model: String?)
     {
         self.ok = ok
         self.agentid = agentid
         self.name = name
         self.workspace = workspace
+        self.model = model
     }
 
     private enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
@@ -2556,6 +2563,7 @@ public struct AgentsCreateResult: Codable, Sendable {
         case agentid = "agentId"
         case name
         case workspace
+        case model
     }
 }
 
@@ -2564,6 +2572,7 @@ public struct AgentsUpdateParams: Codable, Sendable {
     public let name: String?
     public let workspace: String?
     public let model: String?
+    public let emoji: String?
     public let avatar: String?
 
     public init(
@@ -2571,12 +2580,14 @@ public struct AgentsUpdateParams: Codable, Sendable {
         name: String?,
         workspace: String?,
         model: String?,
+        emoji: String?,
         avatar: String?)
     {
         self.agentid = agentid
         self.name = name
         self.workspace = workspace
         self.model = model
+        self.emoji = emoji
         self.avatar = avatar
     }
 
@@ -2585,6 +2596,7 @@ public struct AgentsUpdateParams: Codable, Sendable {
         case name
         case workspace
         case model
+        case emoji
         case avatar
     }
 }
@@ -2837,6 +2849,7 @@ public struct ModelChoice: Codable, Sendable {
     public let id: String
     public let name: String
     public let provider: String
+    public let alias: String?
     public let contextwindow: Int?
     public let reasoning: Bool?
 
@@ -2844,12 +2857,14 @@ public struct ModelChoice: Codable, Sendable {
         id: String,
         name: String,
         provider: String,
+        alias: String?,
         contextwindow: Int?,
         reasoning: Bool?)
     {
         self.id = id
         self.name = name
         self.provider = provider
+        self.alias = alias
         self.contextwindow = contextwindow
         self.reasoning = reasoning
     }
@@ -2858,6 +2873,7 @@ public struct ModelChoice: Codable, Sendable {
         case id
         case name
         case provider
+        case alias
         case contextwindow = "contextWindow"
         case reasoning
     }
@@ -2879,6 +2895,92 @@ public struct ModelsListResult: Codable, Sendable {
     }
 }
 
+public struct CommandEntry: Codable, Sendable {
+    public let name: String
+    public let nativename: String?
+    public let textaliases: [String]?
+    public let description: String
+    public let category: AnyCodable?
+    public let source: AnyCodable
+    public let scope: AnyCodable
+    public let acceptsargs: Bool
+    public let args: [[String: AnyCodable]]?
+
+    public init(
+        name: String,
+        nativename: String?,
+        textaliases: [String]?,
+        description: String,
+        category: AnyCodable?,
+        source: AnyCodable,
+        scope: AnyCodable,
+        acceptsargs: Bool,
+        args: [[String: AnyCodable]]?)
+    {
+        self.name = name
+        self.nativename = nativename
+        self.textaliases = textaliases
+        self.description = description
+        self.category = category
+        self.source = source
+        self.scope = scope
+        self.acceptsargs = acceptsargs
+        self.args = args
+    }
+
+    private enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
+        case name
+        case nativename = "nativeName"
+        case textaliases = "textAliases"
+        case description
+        case category
+        case source
+        case scope
+        case acceptsargs = "acceptsArgs"
+        case args
+    }
+}
+
+public struct CommandsListParams: Codable, Sendable {
+    public let agentid: String?
+    public let provider: String?
+    public let scope: AnyCodable?
+    public let includeargs: Bool?
+
+    public init(
+        agentid: String?,
+        provider: String?,
+        scope: AnyCodable?,
+        includeargs: Bool?)
+    {
+        self.agentid = agentid
+        self.provider = provider
+        self.scope = scope
+        self.includeargs = includeargs
+    }
+
+    private enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
+        case agentid = "agentId"
+        case provider
+        case scope
+        case includeargs = "includeArgs"
+    }
+}
+
+public struct CommandsListResult: Codable, Sendable {
+    public let commands: [CommandEntry]
+
+    public init(
+        commands: [CommandEntry])
+    {
+        self.commands = commands
+    }
+
+    private enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
+        case commands
+    }
+}
+
 public struct SkillsStatusParams: Codable, Sendable {
     public let agentid: String?
 
@@ -4170,6 +4272,7 @@ public struct ChatEvent: Codable, Sendable {
     public let state: AnyCodable
     public let message: AnyCodable?
     public let errormessage: String?
+    public let errorkind: AnyCodable?
     public let usage: AnyCodable?
     public let stopreason: String?
 
@@ -4180,6 +4283,7 @@ public struct ChatEvent: Codable, Sendable {
         state: AnyCodable,
         message: AnyCodable?,
         errormessage: String?,
+        errorkind: AnyCodable?,
         usage: AnyCodable?,
         stopreason: String?)
     {
@@ -4189,6 +4293,7 @@ public struct ChatEvent: Codable, Sendable {
         self.state = state
         self.message = message
         self.errormessage = errormessage
+        self.errorkind = errorkind
         self.usage = usage
         self.stopreason = stopreason
     }
@@ -4200,6 +4305,7 @@ public struct ChatEvent: Codable, Sendable {
         case state
         case message
         case errormessage = "errorMessage"
+        case errorkind = "errorKind"
         case usage
         case stopreason = "stopReason"
     }

docs/.generated/config-baseline.sha256

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
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-ff15bb8b4231fc80174249ae89bcb61439d7adda5ee6be95e4d304680253a59f  config-baseline.core.json
-7f42b22b46c487d64aaac46001ba9d9096cf7bf0b1c263a54d39946303ff5018  config-baseline.channel.json
-483d4f3c1d516719870ad6f2aba6779b9950f85471ee77b9994a077a7574a892  config-baseline.plugin.json
+1977d4698bb80b9aa99315f1114a61b5692bd5630f2ac4a225d81ddc5459d588  config-baseline.json
+d1ee5c4d01deac5cf8ea284cafcd8b6c952b2554d40947d2463d08e314acfcda  config-baseline.core.json
+e1f94346a8507ce3dec763b598e79f3bb89ff2e33189ce977cc87d3b05e71c1d  config-baseline.channel.json
+0fb10e5cb00e7da2cd07c959e0e3397ecb2fdcf15e13a7eae06a2c5b2346bb10  config-baseline.plugin.json

docs/.generated/plugin-sdk-api-baseline.sha256

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-d8ab30f2e73642c89168acd2e177a4d49568bfc3d64fdfcb37b72206295d4896  plugin-sdk-api-baseline.json
-94419b7f3bfa5d0fe8d1ec97825f05b8da1617c8406b7cdc37a72cd559975374  plugin-sdk-api-baseline.jsonl
+2256ba1237c3608ca981bce3a7c66b6880b12d05025f260d5c086b69038f408b  plugin-sdk-api-baseline.json
+6360529513280140c122020466f0821a9acc83aba64612cf90656c2af0261ab3  plugin-sdk-api-baseline.jsonl

docs/automation/cron-jobs.md

@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ together`, and similar hints) and no descendant subagent run is still
   responsible for the final answer, OpenClaw re-prompts once for the actual
   result before delivery.
 
+<a id="maintenance"></a>
+
 Task reconciliation for cron is runtime-owned: an active cron task stays live while the
 cron runtime still tracks that job as running, even if an old child session row still exists.
 Once the runtime stops owning the job and the 5-minute grace window expires, maintenance can

docs/automation/hooks.md

@@ -164,10 +164,14 @@ Enable any bundled hook:
 openclaw hooks enable <hook-name>
 ```
 
+<a id="session-memory"></a>
+
 ### session-memory details
 
 Extracts the last 15 user/assistant messages, generates a descriptive filename slug via LLM, and saves to `<workspace>/memory/YYYY-MM-DD-slug.md`. Requires `workspace.dir` to be configured.
 
+<a id="bootstrap-extra-files"></a>
+
 ### bootstrap-extra-files config
 
 ```json
@@ -187,6 +191,18 @@ Extracts the last 15 user/assistant messages, generates a descriptive filename s
 
 Paths resolve relative to workspace. Only recognized bootstrap basenames are loaded (`AGENTS.md`, `SOUL.md`, `TOOLS.md`, `IDENTITY.md`, `USER.md`, `HEARTBEAT.md`, `BOOTSTRAP.md`, `MEMORY.md`).
 
+<a id="command-logger"></a>
+
+### command-logger details
+
+Logs every slash command to `~/.openclaw/logs/commands.log`.
+
+<a id="boot-md"></a>
+
+### boot-md details
+
+Runs `BOOT.md` from the active workspace when the gateway starts.
+
 ## Plugin hooks
 
 Plugins can register hooks through the Plugin SDK for deeper integration: intercepting tool calls, modifying prompts, controlling message flow, and more. The Plugin SDK exposes 28 hooks covering model resolution, agent lifecycle, message flow, tool execution, subagent coordination, and gateway lifecycle.

docs/automation/tasks.md

@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ The lookup token accepts a task ID, run ID, or session key. Shows the full recor
 openclaw tasks cancel <lookup>
 ```
 
-For ACP and subagent tasks, this kills the child session. Status transitions to `cancelled` and a delivery notification is sent.
+For ACP and subagent tasks, this kills the child session. For CLI-tracked tasks, cancellation is recorded in the task registry (there is no separate child runtime handle). Status transitions to `cancelled` and a delivery notification is sent when applicable.
 
 ### `tasks notify`
 

docs/ci.md

@@ -12,24 +12,25 @@ The CI runs on every push to `main` and every pull request. It uses smart scopin
 
 ## Job Overview
 
-| Job                      | Purpose                                                                                  | When it runs                        |
-| ------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------- |
-| `preflight`              | Detect docs-only changes, changed scopes, changed extensions, and build the CI manifest  | Always on non-draft pushes and PRs  |
-| `security-fast`          | Private key detection, workflow audit via `zizmor`, production dependency audit          | Always on non-draft pushes and PRs  |
-| `build-artifacts`        | Build `dist/` and the Control UI once, upload reusable artifacts for downstream jobs     | Node-relevant changes               |
-| `checks-fast-core`       | Fast Linux correctness lanes such as bundled/plugin-contract/protocol checks             | Node-relevant changes               |
-| `checks-fast-extensions` | Aggregate the extension shard lanes after `checks-fast-extensions-shard` completes       | Node-relevant changes               |
-| `extension-fast`         | Focused tests for only the changed bundled plugins                                       | When extension changes are detected |
-| `check`                  | Main local gate in CI: `pnpm check` plus `pnpm build:strict-smoke`                       | Node-relevant changes               |
-| `check-additional`       | Architecture and boundary guards plus the gateway watch regression harness               | Node-relevant changes               |
-| `build-smoke`            | Built-CLI smoke tests and startup-memory smoke                                           | Node-relevant changes               |
-| `checks`                 | Heavier Linux Node lanes: full tests, channel tests, and push-only Node 22 compatibility | Node-relevant changes               |
-| `check-docs`             | Docs formatting, lint, and broken-link checks                                            | Docs changed                        |
-| `skills-python`          | Ruff + pytest for Python-backed skills                                                   | Python-skill-relevant changes       |
-| `checks-windows`         | Windows-specific test lanes                                                              | Windows-relevant changes            |
-| `macos-node`             | macOS TypeScript test lane using the shared built artifacts                              | macOS-relevant changes              |
-| `macos-swift`            | Swift lint, build, and tests for the macOS app                                           | macOS-relevant changes              |
-| `android`                | Android build and test matrix                                                            | Android-relevant changes            |
+| Job                      | Purpose                                                                                 | When it runs                        |
+| ------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------- |
+| `preflight`              | Detect docs-only changes, changed scopes, changed extensions, and build the CI manifest | Always on non-draft pushes and PRs  |
+| `security-fast`          | Private key detection, workflow audit via `zizmor`, production dependency audit         | Always on non-draft pushes and PRs  |
+| `build-artifacts`        | Build `dist/` and the Control UI once, upload reusable artifacts for downstream jobs    | Node-relevant changes               |
+| `checks-fast-core`       | Fast Linux correctness lanes such as bundled/plugin-contract/protocol checks            | Node-relevant changes               |
+| `checks-node-extensions` | Full bundled-plugin test shards across the extension suite                              | Node-relevant changes               |
+| `checks-node-core-test`  | Core Node test shards, excluding channel, bundled, contract, and extension lanes        | Node-relevant changes               |
+| `extension-fast`         | Focused tests for only the changed bundled plugins                                      | When extension changes are detected |
+| `check`                  | Main local gate in CI: `pnpm check` plus `pnpm build:strict-smoke`                      | Node-relevant changes               |
+| `check-additional`       | Architecture, boundary, import-cycle guards plus the gateway watch regression harness   | Node-relevant changes               |
+| `build-smoke`            | Built-CLI smoke tests and startup-memory smoke                                          | Node-relevant changes               |
+| `checks`                 | Remaining Linux Node lanes: channel tests and push-only Node 22 compatibility           | Node-relevant changes               |
+| `check-docs`             | Docs formatting, lint, and broken-link checks                                           | Docs changed                        |
+| `skills-python`          | Ruff + pytest for Python-backed skills                                                  | Python-skill-relevant changes       |
+| `checks-windows`         | Windows-specific test lanes                                                             | Windows-relevant changes            |
+| `macos-node`             | macOS TypeScript test lane using the shared built artifacts                             | macOS-relevant changes              |
+| `macos-swift`            | Swift lint, build, and tests for the macOS app                                          | macOS-relevant changes              |
+| `android`                | Android build and test matrix                                                           | Android-relevant changes            |
 
 ## Fail-Fast Order
 
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ Jobs are ordered so cheap checks fail before expensive ones run:
 1. `preflight` decides which lanes exist at all. The `docs-scope` and `changed-scope` logic are steps inside this job, not standalone jobs.
 2. `security-fast`, `check`, `check-additional`, `check-docs`, and `skills-python` fail quickly without waiting on the heavier artifact and platform matrix jobs.
 3. `build-artifacts` overlaps with the fast Linux lanes so downstream consumers can start as soon as the shared build is ready.
-4. Heavier platform and runtime lanes fan out after that: `checks-fast-core`, `checks-fast-extensions`, `extension-fast`, `checks`, `checks-windows`, `macos-node`, `macos-swift`, and `android`.
+4. Heavier platform and runtime lanes fan out after that: `checks-fast-core`, `checks-node-extensions`, `checks-node-core-test`, `extension-fast`, `checks`, `checks-windows`, `macos-node`, `macos-swift`, and `android`.
 
 Scope logic lives in `scripts/ci-changed-scope.mjs` and is covered by unit tests in `src/scripts/ci-changed-scope.test.ts`.
 The separate `install-smoke` workflow reuses the same scope script through its own `preflight` job. It computes `run_install_smoke` from the narrower changed-smoke signal, so Docker/install smoke only runs for install, packaging, and container-relevant changes.
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ On pushes, the `checks` matrix adds the push-only `compat-node22` lane. On pull
 ```bash
 pnpm check          # types + lint + format
 pnpm build:strict-smoke
+pnpm check:import-cycles
 pnpm test:gateway:watch-regression
 pnpm test           # vitest tests
 pnpm test:channels

docs/cli/agents.md

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Use routing bindings to pin inbound channel traffic to a specific agent.
 If you also want different visible skills per agent, configure
 `agents.defaults.skills` and `agents.list[].skills` in `openclaw.json`. See
 [Skills config](/tools/skills-config) and
-[Configuration Reference](/gateway/configuration-reference#agentsdefaultsskills).
+[Configuration Reference](/gateway/configuration-reference#agents-defaults-skills).
 
 List bindings:
 

docs/cli/approvals.md

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-summary: "CLI reference for `openclaw approvals` (exec approvals for gateway or node hosts)"
+summary: "CLI reference for `openclaw approvals` and `openclaw exec-policy`"
 read_when:
   - You want to edit exec approvals from the CLI
   - You need to manage allowlists on gateway or node hosts
@@ -18,6 +18,45 @@ Related:
 - Exec approvals: [Exec approvals](/tools/exec-approvals)
 - Nodes: [Nodes](/nodes)
 
+## `openclaw exec-policy`
+
+`openclaw exec-policy` is the local convenience command for keeping the requested
+`tools.exec.*` config and the local host approvals file aligned in one step.
+
+Use it when you want to:
+
+- inspect the local requested policy, host approvals file, and effective merge
+- apply a local preset such as YOLO or deny-all
+- synchronize local `tools.exec.*` and local `~/.openclaw/exec-approvals.json`
+
+Examples:
+
+```bash
+openclaw exec-policy show
+openclaw exec-policy show --json
+
+openclaw exec-policy preset yolo
+openclaw exec-policy preset cautious --json
+
+openclaw exec-policy set --host gateway --security full --ask off --ask-fallback full
+```
+
+Output modes:
+
+- no `--json`: prints the human-readable table view
+- `--json`: prints machine-readable structured output
+
+Current scope:
+
+- `exec-policy` is **local-only**
+- it updates the local config file and the local approvals file together
+- it does **not** push policy to the gateway host or a node host
+- `--host node` is rejected in this command because node exec approvals are fetched from the node at runtime and must be managed through node-targeted approvals commands instead
+- `openclaw exec-policy show` marks `host=node` scopes as node-managed at runtime instead of deriving an effective policy from the local approvals file
+
+If you need to edit remote host approvals directly, keep using `openclaw approvals set --gateway`
+or `openclaw approvals set --node <id|name|ip>`.
+
 ## Common commands
 
 ```bash
@@ -100,6 +139,16 @@ Why `tools.exec.host=gateway` in this example:
 
 This matches the current host-default YOLO behavior. Tighten it if you want approvals.
 
+Local shortcut:
+
+```bash
+openclaw exec-policy preset yolo
+```
+
+That local shortcut updates both the requested local `tools.exec.*` config and the
+local approvals defaults together. It is equivalent in intent to the manual two-step
+setup above, but only for the local machine.
+
 ## Allowlist helpers
 
 ```bash

docs/concepts/active-memory.md

@@ -0,0 +1,608 @@
+---
+title: "Active Memory"
+summary: "A plugin-owned blocking memory sub-agent that injects relevant memory into interactive chat sessions"
+read_when:
+  - You want to understand what active memory is for
+  - You want to turn active memory on for a conversational agent
+  - You want to tune active memory behavior without enabling it everywhere
+---
+
+# Active Memory
+
+Active memory is an optional plugin-owned blocking memory sub-agent that runs
+before the main reply for eligible conversational sessions.
+
+It exists because most memory systems are capable but reactive. They rely on
+the main agent to decide when to search memory, or on the user to say things
+like "remember this" or "search memory." By then, the moment where memory would
+have made the reply feel natural has already passed.
+
+Active memory gives the system one bounded chance to surface relevant memory
+before the main reply is generated.
+
+## Paste This Into Your Agent
+
+Paste this into your agent if you want it to enable Active Memory with a
+self-contained, safe-default setup:
+
+```json5
+{
+  plugins: {
+    entries: {
+      "active-memory": {
+        enabled: true,
+        config: {
+          enabled: true,
+          agents: ["main"],
+          allowedChatTypes: ["direct"],
+          modelFallbackPolicy: "default-remote",
+          queryMode: "recent",
+          promptStyle: "balanced",
+          timeoutMs: 15000,
+          maxSummaryChars: 220,
+          persistTranscripts: false,
+          logging: true,
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  },
+}
+```
+
+This turns the plugin on for the `main` agent, keeps it limited to direct-message
+style sessions by default, lets it inherit the current session model first, and
+still allows the built-in remote fallback if no explicit or inherited model is
+available.
+
+After that, restart the gateway:
+
+```bash
+node scripts/run-node.mjs gateway --profile dev
+```
+
+To inspect it live in a conversation:
+
+```text
+/verbose on
+```
+
+## Turn active memory on
+
+The safest setup is:
+
+1. enable the plugin
+2. target one conversational agent
+3. keep logging on only while tuning
+
+Start with this in `openclaw.json`:
+
+```json5
+{
+  plugins: {
+    entries: {
+      "active-memory": {
+        enabled: true,
+        config: {
+          agents: ["main"],
+          allowedChatTypes: ["direct"],
+          modelFallbackPolicy: "default-remote",
+          queryMode: "recent",
+          promptStyle: "balanced",
+          timeoutMs: 15000,
+          maxSummaryChars: 220,
+          persistTranscripts: false,
+          logging: true,
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  },
+}
+```
+
+Then restart the gateway:
+
+```bash
+node scripts/run-node.mjs gateway --profile dev
+```
+
+What this means:
+
+- `plugins.entries.active-memory.enabled: true` turns the plugin on
+- `config.agents: ["main"]` opts only the `main` agent into active memory
+- `config.allowedChatTypes: ["direct"]` keeps active memory on for direct-message style sessions only by default
+- if `config.model` is unset, active memory inherits the current session model first
+- `config.modelFallbackPolicy: "default-remote"` keeps the built-in remote fallback as the default when no explicit or inherited model is available
+- `config.promptStyle: "balanced"` uses the default general-purpose prompt style for `recent` mode
+- active memory still runs only on eligible interactive persistent chat sessions
+
+## How to see it
+
+Active memory injects hidden system context for the model. It does not expose
+raw `<active_memory_plugin>...</active_memory_plugin>` tags to the client.
+
+## Session toggle
+
+Use the plugin command when you want to pause or resume active memory for the
+current chat session without editing config:
+
+```text
+/active-memory status
+/active-memory off
+/active-memory on
+```
+
+This is session-scoped. It does not change
+`plugins.entries.active-memory.enabled`, agent targeting, or other global
+configuration.
+
+If you want the command to write config and pause or resume active memory for
+all sessions, use the explicit global form:
+
+```text
+/active-memory status --global
+/active-memory off --global
+/active-memory on --global
+```
+
+The global form writes `plugins.entries.active-memory.config.enabled`. It leaves
+`plugins.entries.active-memory.enabled` on so the command remains available to
+turn active memory back on later.
+
+If you want to see what active memory is doing in a live session, turn verbose
+mode on for that session:
+
+```text
+/verbose on
+```
+
+With verbose enabled, OpenClaw can show:
+
+- an active memory status line such as `Active Memory: ok 842ms recent 34 chars`
+- a readable debug summary such as `Active Memory Debug: Lemon pepper wings with blue cheese.`
+
+Those lines are derived from the same active memory pass that feeds the hidden
+system context, but they are formatted for humans instead of exposing raw prompt
+markup.
+
+By default, the blocking memory sub-agent transcript is temporary and deleted
+after the run completes.
+
+Example flow:
+
+```text
+/verbose on
+what wings should i order?
+```
+
+Expected visible reply shape:
+
+```text
+...normal assistant reply...
+
+🧩 Active Memory: ok 842ms recent 34 chars
+🔎 Active Memory Debug: Lemon pepper wings with blue cheese.
+```
+
+## When it runs
+
+Active memory uses two gates:
+
+1. **Config opt-in**
+   The plugin must be enabled, and the current agent id must appear in
+   `plugins.entries.active-memory.config.agents`.
+2. **Strict runtime eligibility**
+   Even when enabled and targeted, active memory only runs for eligible
+   interactive persistent chat sessions.
+
+The actual rule is:
+
+```text
+plugin enabled
++
+agent id targeted
++
+allowed chat type
++
+eligible interactive persistent chat session
+=
+active memory runs
+```
+
+If any of those fail, active memory does not run.
+
+## Session types
+
+`config.allowedChatTypes` controls which kinds of conversations may run Active
+Memory at all.
+
+The default is:
+
+```json5
+allowedChatTypes: ["direct"]
+```
+
+That means Active Memory runs by default in direct-message style sessions, but
+not in group or channel sessions unless you opt them in explicitly.
+
+Examples:
+
+```json5
+allowedChatTypes: ["direct"]
+```
+
+```json5
+allowedChatTypes: ["direct", "group"]
+```
+
+```json5
+allowedChatTypes: ["direct", "group", "channel"]
+```
+
+## Where it runs
+
+Active memory is a conversational enrichment feature, not a platform-wide
+inference feature.
+
+| Surface                                                             | Runs active memory?                                     |
+| ------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
+| Control UI / web chat persistent sessions                           | Yes, if the plugin is enabled and the agent is targeted |
+| Other interactive channel sessions on the same persistent chat path | Yes, if the plugin is enabled and the agent is targeted |
+| Headless one-shot runs                                              | No                                                      |
+| Heartbeat/background runs                                           | No                                                      |
+| Generic internal `agent-command` paths                              | No                                                      |
+| Sub-agent/internal helper execution                                 | No                                                      |
+
+## Why use it
+
+Use active memory when:
+
+- the session is persistent and user-facing
+- the agent has meaningful long-term memory to search
+- continuity and personalization matter more than raw prompt determinism
+
+It works especially well for:
+
+- stable preferences
+- recurring habits
+- long-term user context that should surface naturally
+
+It is a poor fit for:
+
+- automation
+- internal workers
+- one-shot API tasks
+- places where hidden personalization would be surprising
+
+## How it works
+
+The runtime shape is:
+
+```mermaid
+flowchart LR
+  U["User Message"] --> Q["Build Memory Query"]
+  Q --> R["Active Memory Blocking Memory Sub-Agent"]
+  R -->|NONE or empty| M["Main Reply"]
+  R -->|relevant summary| I["Append Hidden active_memory_plugin System Context"]
+  I --> M["Main Reply"]
+```
+
+The blocking memory sub-agent can use only:
+
+- `memory_search`
+- `memory_get`
+
+If the connection is weak, it should return `NONE`.
+
+## Query modes
+
+`config.queryMode` controls how much conversation the blocking memory sub-agent sees.
+
+## Prompt styles
+
+`config.promptStyle` controls how eager or strict the blocking memory sub-agent is
+when deciding whether to return memory.
+
+Available styles:
+
+- `balanced`: general-purpose default for `recent` mode
+- `strict`: least eager; best when you want very little bleed from nearby context
+- `contextual`: most continuity-friendly; best when conversation history should matter more
+- `recall-heavy`: more willing to surface memory on softer but still plausible matches
+- `precision-heavy`: aggressively prefers `NONE` unless the match is obvious
+- `preference-only`: optimized for favorites, habits, routines, taste, and recurring personal facts
+
+Default mapping when `config.promptStyle` is unset:
+
+```text
+message -> strict
+recent -> balanced
+full -> contextual
+```
+
+If you set `config.promptStyle` explicitly, that override wins.
+
+Example:
+
+```json5
+promptStyle: "preference-only"
+```
+
+## Model fallback policy
+
+If `config.model` is unset, Active Memory tries to resolve a model in this order:
+
+```text
+explicit plugin model
+-> current session model
+-> agent primary model
+-> optional built-in remote fallback
+```
+
+`config.modelFallbackPolicy` controls the last step.
+
+Default:
+
+```json5
+modelFallbackPolicy: "default-remote"
+```
+
+Other option:
+
+```json5
+modelFallbackPolicy: "resolved-only"
+```
+
+Use `resolved-only` if you want Active Memory to skip recall instead of falling
+back to the built-in remote default when no explicit or inherited model is
+available.
+
+## Advanced escape hatches
+
+These options are intentionally not part of the recommended setup.
+
+`config.thinking` can override the blocking memory sub-agent thinking level:
+
+```json5
+thinking: "medium"
+```
+
+Default:
+
+```json5
+thinking: "off"
+```
+
+Do not enable this by default. Active Memory runs in the reply path, so extra
+thinking time directly increases user-visible latency.
+
+`config.promptAppend` adds extra operator instructions after the default Active
+Memory prompt and before the conversation context:
+
+```json5
+promptAppend: "Prefer stable long-term preferences over one-off events."
+```
+
+`config.promptOverride` replaces the default Active Memory prompt. OpenClaw
+still appends the conversation context afterward:
+
+```json5
+promptOverride: "You are a memory search agent. Return NONE or one compact user fact."
+```
+
+Prompt customization is not recommended unless you are deliberately testing a
+different recall contract. The default prompt is tuned to return either `NONE`
+or compact user-fact context for the main model.
+
+### `message`
+
+Only the latest user message is sent.
+
+```text
+Latest user message only
+```
+
+Use this when:
+
+- you want the fastest behavior
+- you want the strongest bias toward stable preference recall
+- follow-up turns do not need conversational context
+
+Recommended timeout:
+
+- start around `3000` to `5000` ms
+
+### `recent`
+
+The latest user message plus a small recent conversational tail is sent.
+
+```text
+Recent conversation tail:
+user: ...
+assistant: ...
+user: ...
+
+Latest user message:
+...
+```
+
+Use this when:
+
+- you want a better balance of speed and conversational grounding
+- follow-up questions often depend on the last few turns
+
+Recommended timeout:
+
+- start around `15000` ms
+
+### `full`
+
+The full conversation is sent to the blocking memory sub-agent.
+
+```text
+Full conversation context:
+user: ...
+assistant: ...
+user: ...
+...
+```
+
+Use this when:
+
+- the strongest recall quality matters more than latency
+- the conversation contains important setup far back in the thread
+
+Recommended timeout:
+
+- increase it substantially compared with `message` or `recent`
+- start around `15000` ms or higher depending on thread size
+
+In general, timeout should increase with context size:
+
+```text
+message < recent < full
+```
+
+## Transcript persistence
+
+Active memory blocking memory sub-agent runs create a real `session.jsonl`
+transcript during the blocking memory sub-agent call.
+
+By default, that transcript is temporary:
+
+- it is written to a temp directory
+- it is used only for the blocking memory sub-agent run
+- it is deleted immediately after the run finishes
+
+If you want to keep those blocking memory sub-agent transcripts on disk for debugging or
+inspection, turn persistence on explicitly:
+
+```json5
+{
+  plugins: {
+    entries: {
+      "active-memory": {
+        enabled: true,
+        config: {
+          agents: ["main"],
+          persistTranscripts: true,
+          transcriptDir: "active-memory",
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  },
+}
+```
+
+When enabled, active memory stores transcripts in a separate directory under the
+target agent's sessions folder, not in the main user conversation transcript
+path.
+
+The default layout is conceptually:
+
+```text
+agents/<agent>/sessions/active-memory/<blocking-memory-sub-agent-session-id>.jsonl
+```
+
+You can change the relative subdirectory with `config.transcriptDir`.
+
+Use this carefully:
+
+- blocking memory sub-agent transcripts can accumulate quickly on busy sessions
+- `full` query mode can duplicate a lot of conversation context
+- these transcripts contain hidden prompt context and recalled memories
+
+## Configuration
+
+All active memory configuration lives under:
+
+```text
+plugins.entries.active-memory
+```
+
+The most important fields are:
+
+| Key                         | Type                                                                                                 | Meaning                                                                                                |
+| --------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| `enabled`                   | `boolean`                                                                                            | Enables the plugin itself                                                                              |
+| `config.agents`             | `string[]`                                                                                           | Agent ids that may use active memory                                                                   |
+| `config.model`              | `string`                                                                                             | Optional blocking memory sub-agent model ref; when unset, active memory uses the current session model |
+| `config.queryMode`          | `"message" \| "recent" \| "full"`                                                                    | Controls how much conversation the blocking memory sub-agent sees                                      |
+| `config.promptStyle`        | `"balanced" \| "strict" \| "contextual" \| "recall-heavy" \| "precision-heavy" \| "preference-only"` | Controls how eager or strict the blocking memory sub-agent is when deciding whether to return memory   |
+| `config.thinking`           | `"off" \| "minimal" \| "low" \| "medium" \| "high" \| "xhigh" \| "adaptive"`                         | Advanced thinking override for the blocking memory sub-agent; default `off` for speed                  |
+| `config.promptOverride`     | `string`                                                                                             | Advanced full prompt replacement; not recommended for normal use                                       |
+| `config.promptAppend`       | `string`                                                                                             | Advanced extra instructions appended to the default or overridden prompt                               |
+| `config.timeoutMs`          | `number`                                                                                             | Hard timeout for the blocking memory sub-agent                                                         |
+| `config.maxSummaryChars`    | `number`                                                                                             | Maximum total characters allowed in the active-memory summary                                          |
+| `config.logging`            | `boolean`                                                                                            | Emits active memory logs while tuning                                                                  |
+| `config.persistTranscripts` | `boolean`                                                                                            | Keeps blocking memory sub-agent transcripts on disk instead of deleting temp files                     |
+| `config.transcriptDir`      | `string`                                                                                             | Relative blocking memory sub-agent transcript directory under the agent sessions folder                |
+
+Useful tuning fields:
+
+| Key                           | Type     | Meaning                                                       |
+| ----------------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `config.maxSummaryChars`      | `number` | Maximum total characters allowed in the active-memory summary |
+| `config.recentUserTurns`      | `number` | Prior user turns to include when `queryMode` is `recent`      |
+| `config.recentAssistantTurns` | `number` | Prior assistant turns to include when `queryMode` is `recent` |
+| `config.recentUserChars`      | `number` | Max chars per recent user turn                                |
+| `config.recentAssistantChars` | `number` | Max chars per recent assistant turn                           |
+| `config.cacheTtlMs`           | `number` | Cache reuse for repeated identical queries                    |
+
+## Recommended setup
+
+Start with `recent`.
+
+```json5
+{
+  plugins: {
+    entries: {
+      "active-memory": {
+        enabled: true,
+        config: {
+          agents: ["main"],
+          queryMode: "recent",
+          promptStyle: "balanced",
+          timeoutMs: 15000,
+          maxSummaryChars: 220,
+          logging: true,
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  },
+}
+```
+
+If you want to inspect live behavior while tuning, use `/verbose on` in the
+session instead of looking for a separate active-memory debug command.
+
+Then move to:
+
+- `message` if you want lower latency
+- `full` if you decide extra context is worth the slower blocking memory sub-agent
+
+## Debugging
+
+If active memory is not showing up where you expect:
+
+1. Confirm the plugin is enabled under `plugins.entries.active-memory.enabled`.
+2. Confirm the current agent id is listed in `config.agents`.
+3. Confirm you are testing through an interactive persistent chat session.
+4. Turn on `config.logging: true` and watch the gateway logs.
+5. Verify memory search itself works with `openclaw memory status --deep`.
+
+If memory hits are noisy, tighten:
+
+- `maxSummaryChars`
+
+If active memory is too slow:
+
+- lower `queryMode`
+- lower `timeoutMs`
+- reduce recent turn counts
+- reduce per-turn char caps
+
+## Related pages
+
+- [Memory Search](/concepts/memory-search)
+- [Memory configuration reference](/reference/memory-config)
+- [Plugin SDK setup](/plugins/sdk-setup)

docs/concepts/agent-loop.md

@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ See [Plugin hooks](/plugins/architecture#provider-runtime-hooks) for the hook AP
 
 - `agent.wait` default: 30s (just the wait). `timeoutMs` param overrides.
 - Agent runtime: `agents.defaults.timeoutSeconds` default 172800s (48 hours); enforced in `runEmbeddedPiAgent` abort timer.
-- LLM idle timeout: `agents.defaults.llm.idleTimeoutSeconds` aborts a model request when no response chunks arrive before the idle window. Set it explicitly for slow local models or reasoning/tool-call providers; set it to 0 to disable. If it is not set, OpenClaw uses `agents.defaults.timeoutSeconds` when configured, otherwise 60s. Cron-triggered runs with no explicit LLM or agent timeout disable the idle watchdog and rely on the cron outer timeout.
+- LLM idle timeout: `agents.defaults.llm.idleTimeoutSeconds` aborts a model request when no response chunks arrive before the idle window. Set it explicitly for slow local models or reasoning/tool-call providers; set it to 0 to disable. If it is not set, OpenClaw uses `agents.defaults.timeoutSeconds` when configured, otherwise 120s. Cron-triggered runs with no explicit LLM or agent timeout disable the idle watchdog and rely on the cron outer timeout.
 
 ## Where things can end early
 

docs/concepts/memory-search.md

@@ -138,5 +138,6 @@ earlier conversations. This is opt-in via
 
 ## Further reading
 
+- [Active Memory](/concepts/active-memory) -- sub-agent memory for interactive chat sessions
 - [Memory](/concepts/memory) -- file layout, backends, tools
 - [Memory configuration reference](/reference/memory-config) -- all config knobs

docs/concepts/model-providers.md

@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ For model selection rules, see [/concepts/models](/concepts/models).
   family, transcript/tooling quirks, transport/cache hints). It is not the
   same as the [public capability model](/plugins/architecture#public-capability-model)
   which describes what a plugin registers (text inference, speech, etc.).
+- The bundled `codex` provider is paired with the bundled Codex agent harness.
+  Use `codex/gpt-*` when you want Codex-owned login, model discovery, native
+  thread resume, and app-server execution. Plain `openai/gpt-*` refs continue
+  to use the OpenAI provider and the normal OpenClaw provider transport.
+  Codex-only deployments can disable automatic PI fallback with
+  `agents.defaults.embeddedHarness.fallback: "none"`; see
+  [Codex Harness](/plugins/codex-harness).
 
 ## Plugin-owned provider behavior
 

docs/concepts/qa-e2e-automation.md

@@ -52,6 +52,25 @@ pnpm qa:lab:watch
 rebuilds that bundle on change, and the browser auto-reloads when the QA Lab
 asset hash changes.
 
+For a disposable Linux VM lane without bringing Docker into the QA path, run:
+
+```bash
+pnpm openclaw qa suite --runner multipass --scenario channel-chat-baseline
+```
+
+This boots a fresh Multipass guest, installs dependencies, builds OpenClaw
+inside the guest, runs `qa suite`, then copies the normal QA report and
+summary back into `.artifacts/qa-e2e/...` on the host.
+It reuses the same scenario-selection behavior as `qa suite` on the host.
+Host and Multipass suite runs execute multiple selected scenarios in parallel
+with isolated gateway workers by default, up to 64 workers or the selected
+scenario count. Use `--concurrency <count>` to tune the worker count, or
+`--concurrency 1` for serial execution.
+Live runs forward the supported QA auth inputs that are practical for the
+guest: env-based provider keys, the QA live provider config path, and
+`CODEX_HOME` when present. Keep `--output-dir` under the repo root so the guest
+can write back through the mounted workspace.
+
 ## Repo-backed seeds
 
 Seed assets live in `qa/`:

docs/docs.json

@@ -1074,6 +1074,7 @@
                       "concepts/memory-qmd",
                       "concepts/memory-honcho",
                       "concepts/memory-search",
+                      "concepts/active-memory",
                       "concepts/dreaming"
                     ]
                   },
@@ -1112,6 +1113,7 @@
                   "tools/plugin",
                   "plugins/community",
                   "plugins/bundles",
+                  "plugins/codex-harness",
                   "plugins/webhooks",
                   "plugins/voice-call",
                   {
@@ -1129,6 +1131,7 @@
                       "plugins/sdk-overview",
                       "plugins/sdk-entrypoints",
                       "plugins/sdk-runtime",
+                      "plugins/sdk-agent-harness",
                       "plugins/sdk-setup",
                       "plugins/sdk-testing",
                       "plugins/manifest",

docs/gateway/cli-backends.md

@@ -159,6 +159,14 @@ model_instructions_file="..."`). Codex does not expose a Claude-style
 `--append-system-prompt` flag, so OpenClaw writes the assembled prompt to a
 temporary file for each fresh Codex CLI session.
 
+The bundled Anthropic `claude-cli` backend receives the OpenClaw skills snapshot
+two ways: the compact OpenClaw skills catalog in the appended system prompt, and
+a temporary Claude Code plugin passed with `--plugin-dir`. The plugin contains
+only the eligible skills for that agent/session, so Claude Code's native skill
+resolver sees the same filtered set that OpenClaw would otherwise advertise in
+the prompt. Skill env/API key overrides are still applied by OpenClaw to the
+child process environment for the run.
+
 ## Sessions
 
 - If the CLI supports sessions, set `sessionArg` (e.g. `--session-id`) or

docs/gateway/configuration-reference.md

@@ -1053,6 +1053,10 @@ Time format in system prompt. Default: `auto` (OS preference).
         fallbacks: ["openai/gpt-5.4-mini"],
       },
       params: { cacheRetention: "long" }, // global default provider params
+      embeddedHarness: {
+        runtime: "auto", // auto | pi | registered harness id, e.g. codex
+        fallback: "pi", // pi | none
+      },
       pdfMaxBytesMb: 10,
       pdfMaxPages: 20,
       thinkingDefault: "low",
@@ -1100,9 +1104,37 @@ Time format in system prompt. Default: `auto` (OS preference).
 - `models`: the configured model catalog and allowlist for `/model`. Each entry can include `alias` (shortcut) and `params` (provider-specific, for example `temperature`, `maxTokens`, `cacheRetention`, `context1m`).
 - `params`: global default provider parameters applied to all models. Set at `agents.defaults.params` (e.g. `{ cacheRetention: "long" }`).
 - `params` merge precedence (config): `agents.defaults.params` (global base) is overridden by `agents.defaults.models["provider/model"].params` (per-model), then `agents.list[].params` (matching agent id) overrides by key. See [Prompt Caching](/reference/prompt-caching) for details.
+- `embeddedHarness`: default low-level embedded agent runtime policy. Use `runtime: "auto"` to let registered plugin harnesses claim supported models, `runtime: "pi"` to force the built-in PI harness, or a registered harness id such as `runtime: "codex"`. Set `fallback: "none"` to disable automatic PI fallback.
 - Config writers that mutate these fields (for example `/models set`, `/models set-image`, and fallback add/remove commands) save canonical object form and preserve existing fallback lists when possible.
 - `maxConcurrent`: max parallel agent runs across sessions (each session still serialized). Default: 4.
 
+### `agents.defaults.embeddedHarness`
+
+`embeddedHarness` controls which low-level executor runs embedded agent turns.
+Most deployments should keep the default `{ runtime: "auto", fallback: "pi" }`.
+Use it when a trusted plugin provides a native harness, such as the bundled
+Codex app-server harness.
+
+```json5
+{
+  agents: {
+    defaults: {
+      model: "codex/gpt-5.4",
+      embeddedHarness: {
+        runtime: "codex",
+        fallback: "none",
+      },
+    },
+  },
+}
+```
+
+- `runtime`: `"auto"`, `"pi"`, or a registered plugin harness id. The bundled Codex plugin registers `codex`.
+- `fallback`: `"pi"` or `"none"`. `"pi"` keeps the built-in PI harness as the compatibility fallback. `"none"` makes missing or unsupported plugin harness selection fail instead of silently using PI.
+- Environment overrides: `OPENCLAW_AGENT_RUNTIME=<id|auto|pi>` overrides `runtime`; `OPENCLAW_AGENT_HARNESS_FALLBACK=none` disables PI fallback for that process.
+- For Codex-only deployments, set `model: "codex/gpt-5.4"`, `embeddedHarness.runtime: "codex"`, and `embeddedHarness.fallback: "none"`.
+- This only controls the embedded chat harness. Media generation, vision, PDF, music, video, and TTS still use their provider/model settings.
+
 **Built-in alias shorthands** (only apply when the model is in `agents.defaults.models`):
 
 | Alias               | Model                                  |
@@ -1583,6 +1615,7 @@ scripts/sandbox-browser-setup.sh   # optional browser image
         thinkingDefault: "high", // per-agent thinking level override
         reasoningDefault: "on", // per-agent reasoning visibility override
         fastModeDefault: false, // per-agent fast mode override
+        embeddedHarness: { runtime: "auto", fallback: "pi" },
         params: { cacheRetention: "none" }, // overrides matching defaults.models params by key
         skills: ["docs-search"], // replaces agents.defaults.skills when set
         identity: {
@@ -1623,6 +1656,7 @@ scripts/sandbox-browser-setup.sh   # optional browser image
 - `thinkingDefault`: optional per-agent default thinking level (`off | minimal | low | medium | high | xhigh | adaptive`). Overrides `agents.defaults.thinkingDefault` for this agent when no per-message or session override is set.
 - `reasoningDefault`: optional per-agent default reasoning visibility (`on | off | stream`). Applies when no per-message or session reasoning override is set.
 - `fastModeDefault`: optional per-agent default for fast mode (`true | false`). Applies when no per-message or session fast-mode override is set.
+- `embeddedHarness`: optional per-agent low-level harness policy override. Use `{ runtime: "codex", fallback: "none" }` to make one agent Codex-only while other agents keep the default PI fallback.
 - `runtime`: optional per-agent runtime descriptor. Use `type: "acp"` with `runtime.acp` defaults (`agent`, `backend`, `mode`, `cwd`) when the agent should default to ACP harness sessions.
 - `identity.avatar`: workspace-relative path, `http(s)` URL, or `data:` URI.
 - `identity` derives defaults: `ackReaction` from `emoji`, `mentionPatterns` from `name`/`emoji`.
@@ -2299,7 +2333,7 @@ Notes:
 
 ### `tools.experimental`
 
-Experimental built-in tool flags. Default off unless a runtime-specific auto-enable rule applies.
+Experimental built-in tool flags. Default off unless a strict-agentic GPT-5 auto-enable rule applies.
 
 ```json5
 {
@@ -2314,7 +2348,7 @@ Experimental built-in tool flags. Default off unless a runtime-specific auto-ena
 Notes:
 
 - `planTool`: enables the structured `update_plan` tool for non-trivial multi-step work tracking.
-- Default: `false` for non-OpenAI providers. OpenAI and OpenAI Codex runs auto-enable it when unset; set `false` to disable that auto-enable.
+- Default: `false` unless `agents.defaults.embeddedPi.executionContract` (or a per-agent override) is set to `"strict-agentic"` for an OpenAI or OpenAI Codex GPT-5-family run. Set `true` to force the tool on outside that scope, or `false` to keep it off even for strict-agentic GPT-5 runs.
 - When enabled, the system prompt also adds usage guidance so the model only uses it for substantial work and keeps at most one step `in_progress`.
 
 ### `agents.defaults.subagents`
@@ -2402,6 +2436,7 @@ OpenClaw uses the built-in model catalog. Add custom providers via `models.provi
   - `request.auth`: auth strategy override. Modes: `"provider-default"` (use provider's built-in auth), `"authorization-bearer"` (with `token`), `"header"` (with `headerName`, `value`, optional `prefix`).
   - `request.proxy`: HTTP proxy override. Modes: `"env-proxy"` (use `HTTP_PROXY`/`HTTPS_PROXY` env vars), `"explicit-proxy"` (with `url`). Both modes accept an optional `tls` sub-object.
   - `request.tls`: TLS override for direct connections. Fields: `ca`, `cert`, `key`, `passphrase` (all accept SecretRef), `serverName`, `insecureSkipVerify`.
+  - `request.allowPrivateNetwork`: when `true`, allow HTTPS to `baseUrl` when DNS resolves to private, CGNAT, or similar ranges, via the provider HTTP fetch guard (operator opt-in for trusted self-hosted OpenAI-compatible endpoints). WebSocket uses the same `request` for headers/TLS but not that fetch SSRF gate. Default `false`.
 - `models.providers.*.models`: explicit provider model catalog entries.
 - `models.providers.*.models.*.contextWindow`: native model context window metadata.
 - `models.providers.*.models.*.contextTokens`: optional runtime context cap. Use this when you want a smaller effective context budget than the model's native `contextWindow`.
@@ -2757,7 +2792,7 @@ See [Plugins](/tools/plugin).
     evaluateEnabled: true,
     defaultProfile: "user",
     ssrfPolicy: {
-      dangerouslyAllowPrivateNetwork: true, // default trusted-network mode
+      // dangerouslyAllowPrivateNetwork: true, // opt in only for trusted private-network access
       // allowPrivateNetwork: true, // legacy alias
       // hostnameAllowlist: ["*.example.com", "example.com"],
       // allowedHostnames: ["localhost"],
@@ -2785,8 +2820,8 @@ See [Plugins](/tools/plugin).
 ```
 
 - `evaluateEnabled: false` disables `act:evaluate` and `wait --fn`.
-- `ssrfPolicy.dangerouslyAllowPrivateNetwork` defaults to `true` when unset (trusted-network model).
-- Set `ssrfPolicy.dangerouslyAllowPrivateNetwork: false` for strict public-only browser navigation.
+- `ssrfPolicy.dangerouslyAllowPrivateNetwork` is disabled when unset, so browser navigation stays strict by default.
+- Set `ssrfPolicy.dangerouslyAllowPrivateNetwork: true` only when you intentionally trust private-network browser navigation.
 - In strict mode, remote CDP profile endpoints (`profiles.*.cdpUrl`) are subject to the same private-network blocking during reachability/discovery checks.
 - `ssrfPolicy.allowPrivateNetwork` remains supported as a legacy alias.
 - In strict mode, use `ssrfPolicy.hostnameAllowlist` and `ssrfPolicy.allowedHostnames` for explicit exceptions.

docs/gateway/configuration.md

@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ When validation fails:
     - Omit `agents.list[].skills` to inherit the defaults.
     - Set `agents.list[].skills: []` for no skills.
     - See [Skills](/tools/skills), [Skills config](/tools/skills-config), and
-      the [Configuration Reference](/gateway/configuration-reference#agentsdefaultsskills).
+      the [Configuration Reference](/gateway/configuration-reference#agents-defaults-skills).
 
   </Accordion>
 

docs/gateway/protocol.md

@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ implemented in `src/gateway/server-methods/*.ts`.
   - `wake` schedules an immediate or next-heartbeat wake text injection
   - `cron.list`, `cron.status`, `cron.add`, `cron.update`, `cron.remove`,
     `cron.run`, `cron.runs`
-- skills/tools: `skills.*`, `tools.catalog`, `tools.effective`
+- skills/tools: `commands.list`, `skills.*`, `tools.catalog`, `tools.effective`
 
 ### Common event families
 
@@ -431,6 +431,18 @@ implemented in `src/gateway/server-methods/*.ts`.
 
 ### Operator helper methods
 
+- Operators may call `commands.list` (`operator.read`) to fetch the runtime
+  command inventory for an agent.
+  - `agentId` is optional; omit it to read the default agent workspace.
+  - `scope` controls which surface the primary `name` targets:
+    - `text` returns the primary text command token without the leading `/`
+    - `native` and the default `both` path return provider-aware native names
+      when available
+  - `textAliases` carries exact slash aliases such as `/model` and `/m`.
+  - `nativeName` carries the provider-aware native command name when one exists.
+  - `provider` is optional and only affects native naming plus native plugin
+    command availability.
+  - `includeArgs=false` omits serialized argument metadata from the response.
 - Operators may call `tools.catalog` (`operator.read`) to fetch the runtime tool catalog for an
   agent. The response includes grouped tools and provenance metadata:
   - `source`: `core` or `plugin`

docs/gateway/security/index.md

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ OpenClaw is **not** a hostile multi-tenant security boundary for multiple advers
 If you need mixed-trust or adversarial-user operation, split trust boundaries (separate gateway + credentials, ideally separate OS users/hosts).
 </Warning>
 
-**On this page:** [Trust model](#scope-first-personal-assistant-security-model) | [Quick audit](#quick-check-openclaw-security-audit) | [Hardened baseline](#hardened-baseline-in-60-seconds) | [DM access model](#dm-access-model-pairing--allowlist--open--disabled) | [Configuration hardening](#configuration-hardening-examples) | [Incident response](#incident-response)
+**On this page:** [Trust model](#scope-first-personal-assistant-security-model) | [Quick audit](#quick-check-openclaw-security-audit) | [Hardened baseline](#hardened-baseline-in-60-seconds) | [DM access model](#dm-access-model-pairing-allowlist-open-disabled) | [Configuration hardening](#configuration-hardening-examples) | [Incident response](#incident-response)
 
 ## Scope first: personal assistant security model
 
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ Allowlists gate triggers and command authorization. The `contextVisibility` sett
 - `contextVisibility: "allowlist"` filters supplemental context to senders allowed by the active allowlist checks.
 - `contextVisibility: "allowlist_quote"` behaves like `allowlist`, but still keeps one explicit quoted reply.
 
-Set `contextVisibility` per channel or per room/conversation. See [Group Chats](/channels/groups#context-visibility) for setup details.
+Set `contextVisibility` per channel or per room/conversation. See [Group Chats](/channels/groups#context-visibility-and-allowlists) for setup details.
 
 Advisory triage guidance:
 
@@ -579,6 +579,8 @@ Plugins run **in-process** with the Gateway. Treat them as trusted code:
 
 Details: [Plugins](/tools/plugin)
 
+<a id="dm-access-model-pairing-allowlist-open-disabled"></a>
+
 ## DM access model (pairing / allowlist / open / disabled)
 
 All current DM-capable channels support a DM policy (`dmPolicy` or `*.dm.policy`) that gates inbound DMs **before** the message is processed:
@@ -1149,13 +1151,13 @@ access those accounts and data. Treat browser profiles as **sensitive state**:
 - Disable browser proxy routing when you don’t need it (`gateway.nodes.browser.mode="off"`).
 - Chrome MCP existing-session mode is **not** “safer”; it can act as you in whatever that host Chrome profile can reach.
 
-### Browser SSRF policy (trusted-network default)
+### Browser SSRF policy (strict by default)
 
-OpenClaw’s browser network policy defaults to the trusted-operator model: private/internal destinations are allowed unless you explicitly disable them.
+OpenClaw’s browser navigation policy is strict by default: private/internal destinations stay blocked unless you explicitly opt in.
 
-- Default: `browser.ssrfPolicy.dangerouslyAllowPrivateNetwork: true` (implicit when unset).
+- Default: `browser.ssrfPolicy.dangerouslyAllowPrivateNetwork` is unset, so browser navigation keeps private/internal/special-use destinations blocked.
 - Legacy alias: `browser.ssrfPolicy.allowPrivateNetwork` is still accepted for compatibility.
-- Strict mode: set `browser.ssrfPolicy.dangerouslyAllowPrivateNetwork: false` to block private/internal/special-use destinations by default.
+- Opt-in mode: set `browser.ssrfPolicy.dangerouslyAllowPrivateNetwork: true` to allow private/internal/special-use destinations.
 - In strict mode, use `hostnameAllowlist` (patterns like `*.example.com`) and `allowedHostnames` (exact host exceptions, including blocked names like `localhost`) for explicit exceptions.
 - Navigation is checked before request and best-effort re-checked on the final `http(s)` URL after navigation to reduce redirect-based pivots.
 

docs/gateway/troubleshooting.md

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ Fix options:
 Related:
 
 - [/gateway/local-models](/gateway/local-models)
-- [/gateway/configuration#models](/gateway/configuration#models)
+- [/gateway/configuration](/gateway/configuration)
 - [/gateway/configuration-reference#openai-compatible-endpoints](/gateway/configuration-reference#openai-compatible-endpoints)
 
 ## No replies

docs/help/testing.md

@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ Most days:
 - Faster local full-suite run on a roomy machine: `pnpm test:max`
 - Direct Vitest watch loop: `pnpm test:watch`
 - Direct file targeting now routes extension/channel paths too: `pnpm test extensions/discord/src/monitor/message-handler.preflight.test.ts`
+- Prefer targeted runs first when you are iterating on a single failure.
 - Docker-backed QA site: `pnpm qa:lab:up`
+- Linux VM-backed QA lane: `pnpm openclaw qa suite --runner multipass --scenario channel-chat-baseline`
 
 When you touch tests or want extra confidence:
 
@@ -40,6 +42,30 @@ When debugging real providers/models (requires real creds):
 
 Tip: when you only need one failing case, prefer narrowing live tests via the allowlist env vars described below.
 
+## QA-specific runners
+
+These commands sit beside the main test suites when you need QA-lab realism:
+
+- `pnpm openclaw qa suite`
+  - Runs repo-backed QA scenarios directly on the host.
+  - Runs multiple selected scenarios in parallel by default with isolated
+    gateway workers, up to 64 workers or the selected scenario count. Use
+    `--concurrency <count>` to tune the worker count, or `--concurrency 1` for
+    the older serial lane.
+- `pnpm openclaw qa suite --runner multipass`
+  - Runs the same QA suite inside a disposable Multipass Linux VM.
+  - Keeps the same scenario-selection behavior as `qa suite` on the host.
+  - Reuses the same provider/model selection flags as `qa suite`.
+  - Live runs forward the supported QA auth inputs that are practical for the guest:
+    env-based provider keys, the QA live provider config path, and `CODEX_HOME`
+    when present.
+  - Output dirs must stay under the repo root so the guest can write back through
+    the mounted workspace.
+  - Writes the normal QA report + summary plus Multipass logs under
+    `.artifacts/qa-e2e/...`.
+- `pnpm qa:lab:up`
+  - Starts the Docker-backed QA site for operator-style QA work.
+
 ## Test suites (what runs where)
 
 Think of the suites as “increasing realism” (and increasing flakiness/cost):
@@ -62,7 +88,7 @@ Think of the suites as “increasing realism” (and increasing flakiness/cost):
   - `pnpm test --watch` still uses the native root `vitest.config.ts` project graph, because a multi-shard watch loop is not practical.
   - `pnpm test`, `pnpm test:watch`, and `pnpm test:perf:imports` route explicit file/directory targets through scoped lanes first, so `pnpm test extensions/discord/src/monitor/message-handler.preflight.test.ts` avoids paying the full root project startup tax.
   - `pnpm test:changed` expands changed git paths into the same scoped lanes when the diff only touches routable source/test files; config/setup edits still fall back to the broad root-project rerun.
-  - Selected `plugin-sdk` and `commands` tests also route through dedicated light lanes that skip `test/setup-openclaw-runtime.ts`; stateful/runtime-heavy files stay on the existing lanes.
+  - Import-light unit tests from agents, commands, plugins, auto-reply helpers, `plugin-sdk`, and similar pure utility areas route through the `unit-fast` lane, which skips `test/setup-openclaw-runtime.ts`; stateful/runtime-heavy files stay on the existing lanes.
   - Selected `plugin-sdk` and `commands` helper source files also map changed-mode runs to explicit sibling tests in those light lanes, so helper edits avoid rerunning the full heavy suite for that directory.
   - `auto-reply` now has three dedicated buckets: top-level core helpers, top-level `reply.*` integration tests, and the `src/auto-reply/reply/**` subtree. This keeps the heaviest reply harness work off the cheap status/chunk/token tests.
 - Embedded runner note:
@@ -294,6 +320,7 @@ Single-provider Docker recipes:
 
 ```bash
 pnpm test:docker:live-cli-backend:claude
+pnpm test:docker:live-cli-backend:claude-subscription
 pnpm test:docker:live-cli-backend:codex
 pnpm test:docker:live-cli-backend:gemini
 ```
@@ -303,6 +330,7 @@ Notes:
 - The Docker runner lives at `scripts/test-live-cli-backend-docker.sh`.
 - It runs the live CLI-backend smoke inside the repo Docker image as the non-root `node` user.
 - It resolves CLI smoke metadata from the owning extension, then installs the matching Linux CLI package (`@anthropic-ai/claude-code`, `@openai/codex`, or `@google/gemini-cli`) into a cached writable prefix at `OPENCLAW_DOCKER_CLI_TOOLS_DIR` (default: `~/.cache/openclaw/docker-cli-tools`).
+- `pnpm test:docker:live-cli-backend:claude-subscription` requires portable Claude Code subscription OAuth through either `~/.claude/.credentials.json` with `claudeAiOauth.subscriptionType` or `CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN` from `claude setup-token`. It first proves direct `claude -p` in Docker, then runs two Gateway CLI-backend turns without preserving Anthropic API-key env vars. This subscription lane disables the Claude MCP/tool and image probes by default because Claude currently routes third-party app usage through extra-usage billing instead of normal subscription plan limits.
 - The live CLI-backend smoke now exercises the same end-to-end flow for Claude, Codex, and Gemini: text turn, image classification turn, then MCP `cron` tool call verified through the gateway CLI.
 - Claude's default smoke also patches the session from Sonnet to Opus and verifies the resumed session still remembers an earlier note.
 
@@ -362,6 +390,55 @@ Docker notes:
 - It sources `~/.profile`, stages the matching CLI auth material into the container, installs `acpx` into a writable npm prefix, then installs the requested live CLI (`@anthropic-ai/claude-code`, `@openai/codex`, or `@google/gemini-cli`) if missing.
 - Inside Docker, the runner sets `OPENCLAW_LIVE_ACP_BIND_ACPX_COMMAND=$HOME/.npm-global/bin/acpx` so acpx keeps provider env vars from the sourced profile available to the child harness CLI.
 
+## Live: Codex app-server harness smoke
+
+- Goal: validate the plugin-owned Codex harness through the normal gateway
+  `agent` method:
+  - load the bundled `codex` plugin
+  - select `OPENCLAW_AGENT_RUNTIME=codex`
+  - send a first gateway agent turn to `codex/gpt-5.4`
+  - send a second turn to the same OpenClaw session and verify the app-server
+    thread can resume
+  - run `/codex status` and `/codex models` through the same gateway command
+    path
+- Test: `src/gateway/gateway-codex-harness.live.test.ts`
+- Enable: `OPENCLAW_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS=1`
+- Default model: `codex/gpt-5.4`
+- Optional image probe: `OPENCLAW_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_IMAGE_PROBE=1`
+- Optional MCP/tool probe: `OPENCLAW_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_MCP_PROBE=1`
+- The smoke sets `OPENCLAW_AGENT_HARNESS_FALLBACK=none` so a broken Codex
+  harness cannot pass by silently falling back to PI.
+- Auth: `OPENAI_API_KEY` from the shell/profile, plus optional copied
+  `~/.codex/auth.json` and `~/.codex/config.toml`
+
+Local recipe:
+
+```bash
+source ~/.profile
+OPENCLAW_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS=1 \
+  OPENCLAW_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_IMAGE_PROBE=1 \
+  OPENCLAW_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_MCP_PROBE=1 \
+  OPENCLAW_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_MODEL=codex/gpt-5.4 \
+  pnpm test:live -- src/gateway/gateway-codex-harness.live.test.ts
+```
+
+Docker recipe:
+
+```bash
+source ~/.profile
+pnpm test:docker:live-codex-harness
+```
+
+Docker notes:
+
+- The Docker runner lives at `scripts/test-live-codex-harness-docker.sh`.
+- It sources the mounted `~/.profile`, passes `OPENAI_API_KEY`, copies Codex CLI
+  auth files when present, installs `@openai/codex` into a writable mounted npm
+  prefix, stages the source tree, then runs only the Codex-harness live test.
+- Docker enables the image and MCP/tool probes by default. Set
+  `OPENCLAW_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_IMAGE_PROBE=0` or
+  `OPENCLAW_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_MCP_PROBE=0` when you need a narrower debug run.
+
 ### Recommended live recipes
 
 Narrow, explicit allowlists are fastest and least flaky:
@@ -590,6 +667,7 @@ The live-model Docker runners also bind-mount only the needed CLI auth homes (or
 - Direct models: `pnpm test:docker:live-models` (script: `scripts/test-live-models-docker.sh`)
 - ACP bind smoke: `pnpm test:docker:live-acp-bind` (script: `scripts/test-live-acp-bind-docker.sh`)
 - CLI backend smoke: `pnpm test:docker:live-cli-backend` (script: `scripts/test-live-cli-backend-docker.sh`)
+- Codex app-server harness smoke: `pnpm test:docker:live-codex-harness` (script: `scripts/test-live-codex-harness-docker.sh`)
 - Gateway + dev agent: `pnpm test:docker:live-gateway` (script: `scripts/test-live-gateway-models-docker.sh`)
 - Open WebUI live smoke: `pnpm test:docker:openwebui` (script: `scripts/e2e/openwebui-docker.sh`)
 - Onboarding wizard (TTY, full scaffolding): `pnpm test:docker:onboard` (script: `scripts/e2e/onboard-docker.sh`)
@@ -647,6 +725,7 @@ Useful env vars:
   - Override manually with `OPENCLAW_DOCKER_AUTH_DIRS=all`, `OPENCLAW_DOCKER_AUTH_DIRS=none`, or a comma list like `OPENCLAW_DOCKER_AUTH_DIRS=.claude,.codex`
 - `OPENCLAW_LIVE_GATEWAY_MODELS=...` / `OPENCLAW_LIVE_MODELS=...` to narrow the run
 - `OPENCLAW_LIVE_GATEWAY_PROVIDERS=...` / `OPENCLAW_LIVE_PROVIDERS=...` to filter providers in-container
+- `OPENCLAW_SKIP_DOCKER_BUILD=1` to reuse an existing `openclaw:local-live` image for reruns that do not need a rebuild
 - `OPENCLAW_LIVE_REQUIRE_PROFILE_KEYS=1` to ensure creds come from the profile store (not env)
 - `OPENCLAW_OPENWEBUI_MODEL=...` to choose the model exposed by the gateway for the Open WebUI smoke
 - `OPENCLAW_OPENWEBUI_PROMPT=...` to override the nonce-check prompt used by the Open WebUI smoke

docs/help/troubleshooting.md

@@ -251,18 +251,19 @@ flowchart TD
 
     Common log signatures:
 
-- `cron: scheduler disabled; jobs will not run automatically` → cron is disabled.
-- `heartbeat skipped` with `reason=quiet-hours` → outside configured active hours.
-- `heartbeat skipped` with `reason=empty-heartbeat-file` → `HEARTBEAT.md` exists but only contains blank/header-only scaffolding.
-- `heartbeat skipped` with `reason=no-tasks-due` → `HEARTBEAT.md` task mode is active but none of the task intervals are due yet.
-- `heartbeat skipped` with `reason=alerts-disabled` → all heartbeat visibility is disabled (`showOk`, `showAlerts`, and `useIndicator` are all off).
-- `requests-in-flight` → main lane busy; heartbeat wake was deferred. - `unknown accountId` → heartbeat delivery target account does not exist.
+    - `cron: scheduler disabled; jobs will not run automatically` → cron is disabled.
+    - `heartbeat skipped` with `reason=quiet-hours` → outside configured active hours.
+    - `heartbeat skipped` with `reason=empty-heartbeat-file` → `HEARTBEAT.md` exists but only contains blank/header-only scaffolding.
+    - `heartbeat skipped` with `reason=no-tasks-due` → `HEARTBEAT.md` task mode is active but none of the task intervals are due yet.
+    - `heartbeat skipped` with `reason=alerts-disabled` → all heartbeat visibility is disabled (`showOk`, `showAlerts`, and `useIndicator` are all off).
+    - `requests-in-flight` → main lane busy; heartbeat wake was deferred.
+    - `unknown accountId` → heartbeat delivery target account does not exist.
 
-      Deep pages:
+    Deep pages:
 
-      - [/gateway/troubleshooting#cron-and-heartbeat-delivery](/gateway/troubleshooting#cron-and-heartbeat-delivery)
-      - [/automation/cron-jobs#troubleshooting](/automation/cron-jobs#troubleshooting)
-      - [/gateway/heartbeat](/gateway/heartbeat)
+    - [/gateway/troubleshooting#cron-and-heartbeat-delivery](/gateway/troubleshooting#cron-and-heartbeat-delivery)
+    - [/automation/cron-jobs#troubleshooting](/automation/cron-jobs#troubleshooting)
+    - [/gateway/heartbeat](/gateway/heartbeat)
 
     </Accordion>
 
@@ -338,7 +339,7 @@ flowchart TD
 
       - [/tools/exec](/tools/exec)
       - [/tools/exec-approvals](/tools/exec-approvals)
-      - [/gateway/security#runtime-expectation-drift](/gateway/security#runtime-expectation-drift)
+      - [/gateway/security#what-the-audit-checks-high-level](/gateway/security#what-the-audit-checks-high-level)
 
     </Accordion>
 
@@ -376,6 +377,7 @@ flowchart TD
       - [/tools/browser-wsl2-windows-remote-cdp-troubleshooting](/tools/browser-wsl2-windows-remote-cdp-troubleshooting)
 
     </Accordion>
+
   </AccordionGroup>
 
 ## Related

docs/plugins/codex-harness.md

@@ -0,0 +1,487 @@
+---
+title: "Codex Harness"
+summary: "Run OpenClaw embedded agent turns through the bundled Codex app-server harness"
+read_when:
+  - You want to use the bundled Codex app-server harness
+  - You need Codex model refs and config examples
+  - You want to disable PI fallback for Codex-only deployments
+---
+
+# Codex Harness
+
+The bundled `codex` plugin lets OpenClaw run embedded agent turns through the
+Codex app-server instead of the built-in PI harness.
+
+Use this when you want Codex to own the low-level agent session: model
+discovery, native thread resume, native compaction, and app-server execution.
+OpenClaw still owns chat channels, session files, model selection, tools,
+approvals, media delivery, and the visible transcript mirror.
+
+The harness is off by default. It is selected only when the `codex` plugin is
+enabled and the resolved model is a `codex/*` model, or when you explicitly
+force `embeddedHarness.runtime: "codex"` or `OPENCLAW_AGENT_RUNTIME=codex`.
+If you never configure `codex/*`, existing PI, OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, local,
+and custom-provider runs keep their current behavior.
+
+## Pick the right model prefix
+
+OpenClaw has separate routes for OpenAI and Codex-shaped access:
+
+| Model ref              | Runtime path                                 | Use when                                                                |
+| ---------------------- | -------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `openai/gpt-5.4`       | OpenAI provider through OpenClaw/PI plumbing | You want direct OpenAI Platform API access with `OPENAI_API_KEY`.       |
+| `openai-codex/gpt-5.4` | OpenAI Codex OAuth provider through PI       | You want ChatGPT/Codex OAuth without the Codex app-server harness.      |
+| `codex/gpt-5.4`        | Bundled Codex provider plus Codex harness    | You want native Codex app-server execution for the embedded agent turn. |
+
+The Codex harness only claims `codex/*` model refs. Existing `openai/*`,
+`openai-codex/*`, Anthropic, Gemini, xAI, local, and custom provider refs keep
+their normal paths.
+
+## Requirements
+
+- OpenClaw with the bundled `codex` plugin available.
+- Codex app-server `0.118.0` or newer.
+- Codex auth available to the app-server process.
+
+The plugin blocks older or unversioned app-server handshakes. That keeps
+OpenClaw on the protocol surface it has been tested against.
+
+For live and Docker smoke tests, auth usually comes from `OPENAI_API_KEY`, plus
+optional Codex CLI files such as `~/.codex/auth.json` and
+`~/.codex/config.toml`. Use the same auth material your local Codex app-server
+uses.
+
+## Minimal config
+
+Use `codex/gpt-5.4`, enable the bundled plugin, and force the `codex` harness:
+
+```json5
+{
+  plugins: {
+    entries: {
+      codex: {
+        enabled: true,
+      },
+    },
+  },
+  agents: {
+    defaults: {
+      model: "codex/gpt-5.4",
+      embeddedHarness: {
+        runtime: "codex",
+        fallback: "none",
+      },
+    },
+  },
+}
+```
+
+If your config uses `plugins.allow`, include `codex` there too:
+
+```json5
+{
+  plugins: {
+    allow: ["codex"],
+    entries: {
+      codex: {
+        enabled: true,
+      },
+    },
+  },
+}
+```
+
+Setting `agents.defaults.model` or an agent model to `codex/<model>` also
+auto-enables the bundled `codex` plugin. The explicit plugin entry is still
+useful in shared configs because it makes the deployment intent obvious.
+
+## Add Codex without replacing other models
+
+Keep `runtime: "auto"` when you want Codex for `codex/*` models and PI for
+everything else:
+
+```json5
+{
+  plugins: {
+    entries: {
+      codex: {
+        enabled: true,
+      },
+    },
+  },
+  agents: {
+    defaults: {
+      model: {
+        primary: "codex/gpt-5.4",
+        fallbacks: ["openai/gpt-5.4", "anthropic/claude-opus-4-6"],
+      },
+      models: {
+        "codex/gpt-5.4": { alias: "codex" },
+        "codex/gpt-5.4-mini": { alias: "codex-mini" },
+        "openai/gpt-5.4": { alias: "gpt" },
+        "anthropic/claude-opus-4-6": { alias: "opus" },
+      },
+      embeddedHarness: {
+        runtime: "auto",
+        fallback: "pi",
+      },
+    },
+  },
+}
+```
+
+With this shape:
+
+- `/model codex` or `/model codex/gpt-5.4` uses the Codex app-server harness.
+- `/model gpt` or `/model openai/gpt-5.4` uses the OpenAI provider path.
+- `/model opus` uses the Anthropic provider path.
+- If a non-Codex model is selected, PI remains the compatibility harness.
+
+## Codex-only deployments
+
+Disable PI fallback when you need to prove that every embedded agent turn uses
+the Codex harness:
+
+```json5
+{
+  agents: {
+    defaults: {
+      model: "codex/gpt-5.4",
+      embeddedHarness: {
+        runtime: "codex",
+        fallback: "none",
+      },
+    },
+  },
+}
+```
+
+Environment override:
+
+```bash
+OPENCLAW_AGENT_RUNTIME=codex \
+OPENCLAW_AGENT_HARNESS_FALLBACK=none \
+openclaw gateway run
+```
+
+With fallback disabled, OpenClaw fails early if the Codex plugin is disabled,
+the requested model is not a `codex/*` ref, the app-server is too old, or the
+app-server cannot start.
+
+## Per-agent Codex
+
+You can make one agent Codex-only while the default agent keeps normal
+auto-selection:
+
+```json5
+{
+  agents: {
+    defaults: {
+      embeddedHarness: {
+        runtime: "auto",
+        fallback: "pi",
+      },
+    },
+    list: [
+      {
+        id: "main",
+        default: true,
+        model: "anthropic/claude-opus-4-6",
+      },
+      {
+        id: "codex",
+        name: "Codex",
+        model: "codex/gpt-5.4",
+        embeddedHarness: {
+          runtime: "codex",
+          fallback: "none",
+        },
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+}
+```
+
+Use normal session commands to switch agents and models. `/new` creates a fresh
+OpenClaw session and the Codex harness creates or resumes its sidecar app-server
+thread as needed. `/reset` clears the OpenClaw session binding for that thread.
+
+## Model discovery
+
+By default, the Codex plugin asks the app-server for available models. If
+discovery fails or times out, it uses the bundled fallback catalog:
+
+- `codex/gpt-5.4`
+- `codex/gpt-5.4-mini`
+- `codex/gpt-5.2`
+
+You can tune discovery under `plugins.entries.codex.config.discovery`:
+
+```json5
+{
+  plugins: {
+    entries: {
+      codex: {
+        enabled: true,
+        config: {
+          discovery: {
+            enabled: true,
+            timeoutMs: 2500,
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  },
+}
+```
+
+Disable discovery when you want startup to avoid probing Codex and stick to the
+fallback catalog:
+
+```json5
+{
+  plugins: {
+    entries: {
+      codex: {
+        enabled: true,
+        config: {
+          discovery: {
+            enabled: false,
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  },
+}
+```
+
+## App-server connection and policy
+
+By default, the plugin starts Codex locally with:
+
+```bash
+codex app-server --listen stdio://
+```
+
+You can keep that default and only tune Codex native policy:
+
+```json5
+{
+  plugins: {
+    entries: {
+      codex: {
+        enabled: true,
+        config: {
+          appServer: {
+            approvalPolicy: "on-request",
+            sandbox: "workspace-write",
+            serviceTier: "priority",
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  },
+}
+```
+
+For an already-running app-server, use WebSocket transport:
+
+```json5
+{
+  plugins: {
+    entries: {
+      codex: {
+        enabled: true,
+        config: {
+          appServer: {
+            transport: "websocket",
+            url: "ws://127.0.0.1:39175",
+            authToken: "${CODEX_APP_SERVER_TOKEN}",
+            requestTimeoutMs: 60000,
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  },
+}
+```
+
+Supported `appServer` fields:
+
+| Field               | Default                                  | Meaning                                                                  |
+| ------------------- | ---------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| `transport`         | `"stdio"`                                | `"stdio"` spawns Codex; `"websocket"` connects to `url`.                 |
+| `command`           | `"codex"`                                | Executable for stdio transport.                                          |
+| `args`              | `["app-server", "--listen", "stdio://"]` | Arguments for stdio transport.                                           |
+| `url`               | unset                                    | WebSocket app-server URL.                                                |
+| `authToken`         | unset                                    | Bearer token for WebSocket transport.                                    |
+| `headers`           | `{}`                                     | Extra WebSocket headers.                                                 |
+| `requestTimeoutMs`  | `60000`                                  | Timeout for app-server control-plane calls.                              |
+| `approvalPolicy`    | `"never"`                                | Native Codex approval policy sent to thread start/resume/turn.           |
+| `sandbox`           | `"workspace-write"`                      | Native Codex sandbox mode sent to thread start/resume.                   |
+| `approvalsReviewer` | `"user"`                                 | Use `"guardian_subagent"` to let Codex guardian review native approvals. |
+| `serviceTier`       | unset                                    | Optional Codex service tier, for example `"priority"`.                   |
+
+The older environment variables still work as fallbacks for local testing when
+the matching config field is unset:
+
+- `OPENCLAW_CODEX_APP_SERVER_BIN`
+- `OPENCLAW_CODEX_APP_SERVER_ARGS`
+- `OPENCLAW_CODEX_APP_SERVER_APPROVAL_POLICY`
+- `OPENCLAW_CODEX_APP_SERVER_SANDBOX`
+- `OPENCLAW_CODEX_APP_SERVER_GUARDIAN=1`
+
+Config is preferred for repeatable deployments.
+
+## Common recipes
+
+Local Codex with default stdio transport:
+
+```json5
+{
+  plugins: {
+    entries: {
+      codex: {
+        enabled: true,
+      },
+    },
+  },
+}
+```
+
+Codex-only harness validation, with PI fallback disabled:
+
+```json5
+{
+  embeddedHarness: {
+    fallback: "none",
+  },
+  plugins: {
+    entries: {
+      codex: {
+        enabled: true,
+      },
+    },
+  },
+}
+```
+
+Guardian-reviewed Codex approvals:
+
+```json5
+{
+  plugins: {
+    entries: {
+      codex: {
+        enabled: true,
+        config: {
+          appServer: {
+            approvalPolicy: "on-request",
+            approvalsReviewer: "guardian_subagent",
+            sandbox: "workspace-write",
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  },
+}
+```
+
+Remote app-server with explicit headers:
+
+```json5
+{
+  plugins: {
+    entries: {
+      codex: {
+        enabled: true,
+        config: {
+          appServer: {
+            transport: "websocket",
+            url: "ws://gateway-host:39175",
+            headers: {
+              "X-OpenClaw-Agent": "main",
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  },
+}
+```
+
+Model switching stays OpenClaw-controlled. When an OpenClaw session is attached
+to an existing Codex thread, the next turn sends the currently selected
+`codex/*` model, provider, approval policy, sandbox, and service tier to
+app-server again. Switching from `codex/gpt-5.4` to `codex/gpt-5.2` keeps the
+thread binding but asks Codex to continue with the newly selected model.
+
+## Codex command
+
+The bundled plugin registers `/codex` as an authorized slash command. It is
+generic and works on any channel that supports OpenClaw text commands.
+
+Common forms:
+
+- `/codex status` shows live app-server connectivity, models, account, rate limits, MCP servers, and skills.
+- `/codex models` lists live Codex app-server models.
+- `/codex threads [filter]` lists recent Codex threads.
+- `/codex resume <thread-id>` attaches the current OpenClaw session to an existing Codex thread.
+- `/codex compact` asks Codex app-server to compact the attached thread.
+- `/codex review` starts Codex native review for the attached thread.
+- `/codex account` shows account and rate-limit status.
+- `/codex mcp` lists Codex app-server MCP server status.
+- `/codex skills` lists Codex app-server skills.
+
+`/codex resume` writes the same sidecar binding file that the harness uses for
+normal turns. On the next message, OpenClaw resumes that Codex thread, passes the
+currently selected OpenClaw `codex/*` model into app-server, and keeps extended
+history enabled.
+
+The command surface requires Codex app-server `0.118.0` or newer. Individual
+control methods are reported as `unsupported by this Codex app-server` if a
+future or custom app-server does not expose that JSON-RPC method.
+
+## Tools, media, and compaction
+
+The Codex harness changes the low-level embedded agent executor only.
+
+OpenClaw still builds the tool list and receives dynamic tool results from the
+harness. Text, images, video, music, TTS, approvals, and messaging-tool output
+continue through the normal OpenClaw delivery path.
+
+When the selected model uses the Codex harness, native thread compaction is
+delegated to Codex app-server. OpenClaw keeps a transcript mirror for channel
+history, search, `/new`, `/reset`, and future model or harness switching.
+
+Media generation does not require PI. Image, video, music, PDF, TTS, and media
+understanding continue to use the matching provider/model settings such as
+`agents.defaults.imageGenerationModel`, `videoGenerationModel`, `pdfModel`, and
+`messages.tts`.
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+**Codex does not appear in `/model`:** enable `plugins.entries.codex.enabled`,
+set a `codex/*` model ref, or check whether `plugins.allow` excludes `codex`.
+
+**OpenClaw falls back to PI:** set `embeddedHarness.fallback: "none"` or
+`OPENCLAW_AGENT_HARNESS_FALLBACK=none` while testing.
+
+**The app-server is rejected:** upgrade Codex so the app-server handshake
+reports version `0.118.0` or newer.
+
+**Model discovery is slow:** lower `plugins.entries.codex.config.discovery.timeoutMs`
+or disable discovery.
+
+**WebSocket transport fails immediately:** check `appServer.url`, `authToken`,
+and that the remote app-server speaks the same Codex app-server protocol version.
+
+**A non-Codex model uses PI:** that is expected. The Codex harness only claims
+`codex/*` model refs.
+
+## Related
+
+- [Agent Harness Plugins](/plugins/sdk-agent-harness)
+- [Model Providers](/concepts/model-providers)
+- [Configuration Reference](/gateway/configuration-reference)
+- [Testing](/help/testing#live-codex-app-server-harness-smoke)

docs/plugins/manifest.md

@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ Those belong in your plugin code and `package.json`.
 | `providers`                         | No       | `string[]`                       | Provider ids owned by this plugin.                                                                                                                                                                           |
 | `modelSupport`                      | No       | `object`                         | Manifest-owned shorthand model-family metadata used to auto-load the plugin before runtime.                                                                                                                  |
 | `cliBackends`                       | No       | `string[]`                       | CLI inference backend ids owned by this plugin. Used for startup auto-activation from explicit config refs.                                                                                                  |
+| `commandAliases`                    | No       | `object[]`                       | Command names owned by this plugin that should produce plugin-aware config and CLI diagnostics before runtime loads.                                                                                         |
 | `providerAuthEnvVars`               | No       | `Record<string, string[]>`       | Cheap provider-auth env metadata that OpenClaw can inspect without loading plugin code.                                                                                                                      |
 | `providerAuthAliases`               | No       | `Record<string, string>`         | Provider ids that should reuse another provider id for auth lookup, for example a coding provider that shares the base provider API key and auth profiles.                                                   |
 | `channelEnvVars`                    | No       | `Record<string, string[]>`       | Cheap channel env metadata that OpenClaw can inspect without loading plugin code. Use this for env-driven channel setup or auth surfaces that generic startup/config helpers should see.                     |
@@ -183,6 +184,30 @@ OpenClaw reads this before provider runtime loads.
 | `cliDescription`      | No       | `string`                                        | Description used in CLI help.                                                                            |
 | `onboardingScopes`    | No       | `Array<"text-inference" \| "image-generation">` | Which onboarding surfaces this choice should appear in. If omitted, it defaults to `["text-inference"]`. |
 
+## commandAliases reference
+
+Use `commandAliases` when a plugin owns a runtime command name that users may
+mistakenly put in `plugins.allow` or try to run as a root CLI command. OpenClaw
+uses this metadata for diagnostics without importing plugin runtime code.
+
+```json
+{
+  "commandAliases": [
+    {
+      "name": "dreaming",
+      "kind": "runtime-slash",
+      "cliCommand": "memory"
+    }
+  ]
+}
+```
+
+| Field        | Required | Type              | What it means                                                           |
+| ------------ | -------- | ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `name`       | Yes      | `string`          | Command name that belongs to this plugin.                               |
+| `kind`       | No       | `"runtime-slash"` | Marks the alias as a chat slash command rather than a root CLI command. |
+| `cliCommand` | No       | `string`          | Related root CLI command to suggest for CLI operations, if one exists.  |
+
 ## uiHints reference
 
 `uiHints` is a map from config field names to small rendering hints.

docs/plugins/sdk-agent-harness.md

@@ -0,0 +1,264 @@
+---
+title: "Agent Harness Plugins"
+sidebarTitle: "Agent Harness"
+summary: "Experimental SDK surface for plugins that replace the low level embedded agent executor"
+read_when:
+  - You are changing the embedded agent runtime or harness registry
+  - You are registering an agent harness from a bundled or trusted plugin
+  - You need to understand how the Codex plugin relates to model providers
+---
+
+# Agent Harness Plugins
+
+An **agent harness** is the low level executor for one prepared OpenClaw agent
+turn. It is not a model provider, not a channel, and not a tool registry.
+
+Use this surface only for bundled or trusted native plugins. The contract is
+still experimental because the parameter types intentionally mirror the current
+embedded runner.
+
+## When to use a harness
+
+Register an agent harness when a model family has its own native session
+runtime and the normal OpenClaw provider transport is the wrong abstraction.
+
+Examples:
+
+- a native coding-agent server that owns threads and compaction
+- a local CLI or daemon that must stream native plan/reasoning/tool events
+- a model runtime that needs its own resume id in addition to the OpenClaw
+  session transcript
+
+Do **not** register a harness just to add a new LLM API. For normal HTTP or
+WebSocket model APIs, build a [provider plugin](/plugins/sdk-provider-plugins).
+
+## What core still owns
+
+Before a harness is selected, OpenClaw has already resolved:
+
+- provider and model
+- runtime auth state
+- thinking level and context budget
+- the OpenClaw transcript/session file
+- workspace, sandbox, and tool policy
+- channel reply callbacks and streaming callbacks
+- model fallback and live model switching policy
+
+That split is intentional. A harness runs a prepared attempt; it does not pick
+providers, replace channel delivery, or silently switch models.
+
+## Register a harness
+
+**Import:** `openclaw/plugin-sdk/agent-harness`
+
+```typescript
+import type { AgentHarness } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/agent-harness";
+import { definePluginEntry } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/plugin-entry";
+
+const myHarness: AgentHarness = {
+  id: "my-harness",
+  label: "My native agent harness",
+
+  supports(ctx) {
+    return ctx.provider === "my-provider"
+      ? { supported: true, priority: 100 }
+      : { supported: false };
+  },
+
+  async runAttempt(params) {
+    // Start or resume your native thread.
+    // Use params.prompt, params.tools, params.images, params.onPartialReply,
+    // params.onAgentEvent, and the other prepared attempt fields.
+    return await runMyNativeTurn(params);
+  },
+};
+
+export default definePluginEntry({
+  id: "my-native-agent",
+  name: "My Native Agent",
+  description: "Runs selected models through a native agent daemon.",
+  register(api) {
+    api.registerAgentHarness(myHarness);
+  },
+});
+```
+
+## Selection policy
+
+OpenClaw chooses a harness after provider/model resolution:
+
+1. `OPENCLAW_AGENT_RUNTIME=<id>` forces a registered harness with that id.
+2. `OPENCLAW_AGENT_RUNTIME=pi` forces the built-in PI harness.
+3. `OPENCLAW_AGENT_RUNTIME=auto` asks registered harnesses if they support the
+   resolved provider/model.
+4. If no registered harness matches, OpenClaw uses PI unless PI fallback is
+   disabled.
+
+Forced plugin harness failures surface as run failures. In `auto` mode,
+OpenClaw may fall back to PI when the selected plugin harness fails before a
+turn has produced side effects. Set `OPENCLAW_AGENT_HARNESS_FALLBACK=none` or
+`embeddedHarness.fallback: "none"` to make that fallback a hard failure instead.
+
+The bundled Codex plugin registers `codex` as its harness id. For compatibility,
+`codex-app-server` and `app-server` also resolve to that same harness when you
+set `OPENCLAW_AGENT_RUNTIME` manually.
+
+## Provider plus harness pairing
+
+Most harnesses should also register a provider. The provider makes model refs,
+auth status, model metadata, and `/model` selection visible to the rest of
+OpenClaw. The harness then claims that provider in `supports(...)`.
+
+The bundled Codex plugin follows this pattern:
+
+- provider id: `codex`
+- user model refs: `codex/gpt-5.4`, `codex/gpt-5.2`, or another model returned
+  by the Codex app server
+- harness id: `codex`
+- auth: synthetic provider availability, because the Codex harness owns the
+  native Codex login/session
+- app-server request: OpenClaw sends the bare model id to Codex and lets the
+  harness talk to the native app-server protocol
+
+The Codex plugin is additive. Plain `openai/gpt-*` refs remain OpenAI provider
+refs and continue to use the normal OpenClaw provider path. Select `codex/gpt-*`
+when you want Codex-managed auth, Codex model discovery, native threads, and
+Codex app-server execution. `/model` can switch among the Codex models returned
+by the Codex app server without requiring OpenAI provider credentials.
+
+For operator setup, model prefix examples, and Codex-only configs, see
+[Codex Harness](/plugins/codex-harness).
+
+OpenClaw requires Codex app-server `0.118.0` or newer. The Codex plugin checks
+the app-server initialize handshake and blocks older or unversioned servers so
+OpenClaw only runs against the protocol surface it has been tested with.
+
+## Disable PI fallback
+
+By default, OpenClaw runs embedded agents with `agents.defaults.embeddedHarness`
+set to `{ runtime: "auto", fallback: "pi" }`. In `auto` mode, registered plugin
+harnesses can claim a provider/model pair. If none match, or if an auto-selected
+plugin harness fails before producing output, OpenClaw falls back to PI.
+
+Set `fallback: "none"` when you need to prove that a plugin harness is the only
+runtime being exercised. This disables automatic PI fallback; it does not block
+an explicit `runtime: "pi"` or `OPENCLAW_AGENT_RUNTIME=pi`.
+
+For Codex-only embedded runs:
+
+```json
+{
+  "agents": {
+    "defaults": {
+      "model": "codex/gpt-5.4",
+      "embeddedHarness": {
+        "runtime": "codex",
+        "fallback": "none"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+If you want any registered plugin harness to claim matching models but never
+want OpenClaw to silently fall back to PI, keep `runtime: "auto"` and disable
+the fallback:
+
+```json
+{
+  "agents": {
+    "defaults": {
+      "embeddedHarness": {
+        "runtime": "auto",
+        "fallback": "none"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Per-agent overrides use the same shape:
+
+```json
+{
+  "agents": {
+    "defaults": {
+      "embeddedHarness": {
+        "runtime": "auto",
+        "fallback": "pi"
+      }
+    },
+    "list": [
+      {
+        "id": "codex-only",
+        "model": "codex/gpt-5.4",
+        "embeddedHarness": {
+          "runtime": "codex",
+          "fallback": "none"
+        }
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+}
+```
+
+`OPENCLAW_AGENT_RUNTIME` still overrides the configured runtime. Use
+`OPENCLAW_AGENT_HARNESS_FALLBACK=none` to disable PI fallback from the
+environment.
+
+```bash
+OPENCLAW_AGENT_RUNTIME=codex \
+OPENCLAW_AGENT_HARNESS_FALLBACK=none \
+openclaw gateway run
+```
+
+With fallback disabled, a session fails early when the requested harness is not
+registered, does not support the resolved provider/model, or fails before
+producing turn side effects. That is intentional for Codex-only deployments and
+for live tests that must prove the Codex app-server path is actually in use.
+
+This setting only controls the embedded agent harness. It does not disable
+image, video, music, TTS, PDF, or other provider-specific model routing.
+
+## Native sessions and transcript mirror
+
+A harness may keep a native session id, thread id, or daemon-side resume token.
+Keep that binding explicitly associated with the OpenClaw session, and keep
+mirroring user-visible assistant/tool output into the OpenClaw transcript.
+
+The OpenClaw transcript remains the compatibility layer for:
+
+- channel-visible session history
+- transcript search and indexing
+- switching back to the built-in PI harness on a later turn
+- generic `/new`, `/reset`, and session deletion behavior
+
+If your harness stores a sidecar binding, implement `reset(...)` so OpenClaw can
+clear it when the owning OpenClaw session is reset.
+
+## Tool and media results
+
+Core constructs the OpenClaw tool list and passes it into the prepared attempt.
+When a harness executes a dynamic tool call, return the tool result back through
+the harness result shape instead of sending channel media yourself.
+
+This keeps text, image, video, music, TTS, approval, and messaging-tool outputs
+on the same delivery path as PI-backed runs.
+
+## Current limitations
+
+- The public import path is generic, but some attempt/result type aliases still
+  carry `Pi` names for compatibility.
+- Third-party harness installation is experimental. Prefer provider plugins
+  until you need a native session runtime.
+- Harness switching is supported across turns. Do not switch harnesses in the
+  middle of a turn after native tools, approvals, assistant text, or message
+  sends have started.
+
+## Related
+
+- [SDK Overview](/plugins/sdk-overview)
+- [Runtime Helpers](/plugins/sdk-runtime)
+- [Provider Plugins](/plugins/sdk-provider-plugins)
+- [Codex Harness](/plugins/codex-harness)
+- [Model Providers](/concepts/model-providers)

docs/plugins/sdk-channel-plugins.md

@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ should use `resolveInboundMentionDecision({ facts, policy })`.
   <Step title="Package and manifest">
     Create the standard plugin files. The `channel` field in `package.json` is
     what makes this a channel plugin. For the full package-metadata surface,
-    see [Plugin Setup and Config](/plugins/sdk-setup#openclawchannel):
+    see [Plugin Setup and Config](/plugins/sdk-setup#openclaw-channel):
 
     <CodeGroup>
     ```json package.json

docs/plugins/sdk-overview.md

@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ explicitly promotes one as public.
     | `plugin-sdk/models-provider-runtime` | `/models` command/provider reply helpers |
     | `plugin-sdk/skill-commands-runtime` | Skill command listing helpers |
     | `plugin-sdk/native-command-registry` | Native command registry/build/serialize helpers |
+    | `plugin-sdk/agent-harness` | Experimental trusted-plugin surface for low-level agent harnesses: harness types, active-run steer/abort helpers, OpenClaw tool bridge helpers, and attempt result utilities |
     | `plugin-sdk/provider-zai-endpoint` | Z.AI endpoint detection helpers |
     | `plugin-sdk/infra-runtime` | System event/heartbeat helpers |
     | `plugin-sdk/collection-runtime` | Small bounded cache helpers |
@@ -302,20 +303,21 @@ methods:
 
 ### Capability registration
 
-| Method                                           | What it registers                |
-| ------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------- |
-| `api.registerProvider(...)`                      | Text inference (LLM)             |
-| `api.registerCliBackend(...)`                    | Local CLI inference backend      |
-| `api.registerChannel(...)`                       | Messaging channel                |
-| `api.registerSpeechProvider(...)`                | Text-to-speech / STT synthesis   |
-| `api.registerRealtimeTranscriptionProvider(...)` | Streaming realtime transcription |
-| `api.registerRealtimeVoiceProvider(...)`         | Duplex realtime voice sessions   |
-| `api.registerMediaUnderstandingProvider(...)`    | Image/audio/video analysis       |
-| `api.registerImageGenerationProvider(...)`       | Image generation                 |
-| `api.registerMusicGenerationProvider(...)`       | Music generation                 |
-| `api.registerVideoGenerationProvider(...)`       | Video generation                 |
-| `api.registerWebFetchProvider(...)`              | Web fetch / scrape provider      |
-| `api.registerWebSearchProvider(...)`             | Web search                       |
+| Method                                           | What it registers                     |
+| ------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------- |
+| `api.registerProvider(...)`                      | Text inference (LLM)                  |
+| `api.registerAgentHarness(...)`                  | Experimental low-level agent executor |
+| `api.registerCliBackend(...)`                    | Local CLI inference backend           |
+| `api.registerChannel(...)`                       | Messaging channel                     |
+| `api.registerSpeechProvider(...)`                | Text-to-speech / STT synthesis        |
+| `api.registerRealtimeTranscriptionProvider(...)` | Streaming realtime transcription      |
+| `api.registerRealtimeVoiceProvider(...)`         | Duplex realtime voice sessions        |
+| `api.registerMediaUnderstandingProvider(...)`    | Image/audio/video analysis            |
+| `api.registerImageGenerationProvider(...)`       | Image generation                      |
+| `api.registerMusicGenerationProvider(...)`       | Music generation                      |
+| `api.registerVideoGenerationProvider(...)`       | Video generation                      |
+| `api.registerWebFetchProvider(...)`              | Web fetch / scrape provider           |
+| `api.registerWebSearchProvider(...)`             | Web search                            |
 
 ### Tools and commands
 

docs/plugins/sdk-provider-plugins.md

@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ API key auth, and dynamic model resolution.
   structure and manifest setup.
 </Info>
 
+<Tip>
+  Provider plugins add models to OpenClaw's normal inference loop. If the model
+  must run through a native agent daemon that owns threads, compaction, or tool
+  events, pair the provider with an [agent harness](/plugins/sdk-agent-harness)
+  instead of putting daemon protocol details in core.
+</Tip>
+
 ## Walkthrough
 
 <Steps>

docs/plugins/sdk-runtime.md

@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ const timeoutMs = api.runtime.agent.resolveAgentTimeoutMs(cfg);
 // Ensure workspace exists
 await api.runtime.agent.ensureAgentWorkspace(cfg);
 
-// Run an embedded Pi agent
+// Run an embedded agent turn
 const agentDir = api.runtime.agent.resolveAgentDir(cfg);
-const result = await api.runtime.agent.runEmbeddedPiAgent({
+const result = await api.runtime.agent.runEmbeddedAgent({
   sessionId: "my-plugin:task-1",
   runId: crypto.randomUUID(),
   sessionFile: path.join(agentDir, "sessions", "my-plugin-task-1.jsonl"),
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ const result = await api.runtime.agent.runEmbeddedPiAgent({
 });
 ```
 
+`runEmbeddedAgent(...)` is the neutral helper for starting a normal OpenClaw
+agent turn from plugin code. It uses the same provider/model resolution and
+agent-harness selection as channel-triggered replies.
+
+`runEmbeddedPiAgent(...)` remains as a compatibility alias.
+
 **Session store helpers** are under `api.runtime.agent.session`:
 
 ```typescript

docs/reference/RELEASING.md

@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ OpenClaw has three public release lanes:
 - npm release preflight fails closed unless the tarball includes both
   `dist/control-ui/index.html` and a non-empty `dist/control-ui/assets/` payload
   so we do not ship an empty browser dashboard again
-- If the release work touched CI planning, extension timing manifests, or fast
-  test matrices, regenerate and review the planner-owned `checks-fast-extensions`
-  workflow matrix outputs from `.github/workflows/ci.yml`
+- If the release work touched CI planning, extension timing manifests, or
+  extension test matrices, regenerate and review the planner-owned
+  `checks-node-extensions` workflow matrix outputs from `.github/workflows/ci.yml`
   before approval so release notes do not describe a stale CI layout
 - Stable macOS release readiness also includes the updater surfaces:
   - the GitHub release must end up with the packaged `.zip`, `.dmg`, and `.dSYM.zip`

docs/reference/memory-config.md

@@ -17,10 +17,22 @@ conceptual overviews, see:
 - [Builtin Engine](/concepts/memory-builtin) -- default SQLite backend
 - [QMD Engine](/concepts/memory-qmd) -- local-first sidecar
 - [Memory Search](/concepts/memory-search) -- search pipeline and tuning
+- [Active Memory](/concepts/active-memory) -- enabling the memory sub-agent for interactive sessions
 
 All memory search settings live under `agents.defaults.memorySearch` in
 `openclaw.json` unless noted otherwise.
 
+If you are looking for the **active memory** feature toggle and sub-agent config,
+that lives under `plugins.entries.active-memory` instead of `memorySearch`.
+
+Active memory uses a two-gate model:
+
+1. the plugin must be enabled and target the current agent id
+2. the request must be an eligible interactive persistent chat session
+
+See [Active Memory](/concepts/active-memory) for the activation model,
+plugin-owned config, transcript persistence, and safe rollout pattern.
+
 ---
 
 ## Provider selection

docs/reference/templates/AGENTS.md

@@ -136,9 +136,6 @@ Skills provide your tools. When you need one, check its `SKILL.md`. Keep local n
 
 When you receive a heartbeat poll (message matches the configured heartbeat prompt), don't just reply `HEARTBEAT_OK` every time. Use heartbeats productively!
 
-Default heartbeat prompt:
-`Read HEARTBEAT.md if it exists (workspace context). Follow it strictly. Do not infer or repeat old tasks from prior chats. If nothing needs attention, reply HEARTBEAT_OK.`
-
 You are free to edit `HEARTBEAT.md` with a short checklist or reminders. Keep it small to limit token burn.
 
 ### Heartbeat vs Cron: When to Use Each

docs/tools/browser.md

@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ Browser settings live in `~/.openclaw/openclaw.json`.
   browser: {
     enabled: true, // default: true
     ssrfPolicy: {
-      dangerouslyAllowPrivateNetwork: true, // default trusted-network mode
+      // dangerouslyAllowPrivateNetwork: true, // opt in only for trusted private-network access
       // allowPrivateNetwork: true, // legacy alias
       // hostnameAllowlist: ["*.example.com", "example.com"],
       // allowedHostnames: ["localhost"],
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ Notes:
 - `remoteCdpHandshakeTimeoutMs` applies to remote CDP WebSocket reachability checks.
 - Browser navigation/open-tab is SSRF-guarded before navigation and best-effort re-checked on final `http(s)` URL after navigation.
 - In strict SSRF mode, remote CDP endpoint discovery/probes (`cdpUrl`, including `/json/version` lookups) are checked too.
-- `browser.ssrfPolicy.dangerouslyAllowPrivateNetwork` defaults to `true` (trusted-network model). Set it to `false` for strict public-only browsing.
+- `browser.ssrfPolicy.dangerouslyAllowPrivateNetwork` is disabled by default. Set it to `true` only when you intentionally trust private-network browser access.
 - `browser.ssrfPolicy.allowPrivateNetwork` remains supported as a legacy alias for compatibility.
 - `attachOnly: true` means “never launch a local browser; only attach if it is already running.”
 - `color` + per-profile `color` tint the browser UI so you can see which profile is active.
@@ -576,6 +576,27 @@ Notes:
 - If `gateway.auth.mode` is `none` or `trusted-proxy`, these loopback browser
   routes do not inherit those identity-bearing modes; keep them loopback-only.
 
+### `/act` error contract
+
+`POST /act` uses a structured error response for route-level validation and
+policy failures:
+
+```json
+{ "error": "<message>", "code": "ACT_*" }
+```
+
+Current `code` values:
+
+- `ACT_KIND_REQUIRED` (HTTP 400): `kind` is missing or unrecognized.
+- `ACT_INVALID_REQUEST` (HTTP 400): action payload failed normalization or validation.
+- `ACT_SELECTOR_UNSUPPORTED` (HTTP 400): `selector` was used with an unsupported action kind.
+- `ACT_EVALUATE_DISABLED` (HTTP 403): `evaluate` (or `wait --fn`) is disabled by config.
+- `ACT_TARGET_ID_MISMATCH` (HTTP 403): top-level or batched `targetId` conflicts with request target.
+- `ACT_EXISTING_SESSION_UNSUPPORTED` (HTTP 501): action is not supported for existing-session profiles.
+
+Other runtime failures may still return `{ "error": "<message>" }` without a
+`code` field.
+
 ### Playwright requirement
 
 Some features (navigate/act/AI snapshot/role snapshot, element screenshots,

docs/tools/exec-approvals.md

@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ session or config defaults request `ask: "on-miss"`.
 Use `openclaw approvals get`, `openclaw approvals get --gateway`, or
 `openclaw approvals get --node <id|name|ip>` to inspect the requested policy,
 host policy sources, and the effective result.
+For the local machine, `openclaw exec-policy show` exposes the same merged view and
+`openclaw exec-policy set|preset` can synchronize the local requested policy with the
+local host approvals file in one step. When a local scope requests `host=node`,
+`openclaw exec-policy show` reports that scope as node-managed at runtime instead of
+pretending the local approvals file is the effective source of truth.
 
 If the companion app UI is **not available**, any request that requires a prompt is
 resolved by the **ask fallback** (default: deny).
@@ -143,6 +148,21 @@ openclaw approvals set --stdin <<'EOF'
 EOF
 ```
 
+Local shortcut for the same gateway-host policy on the current machine:
+
+```bash
+openclaw exec-policy preset yolo
+```
+
+That local shortcut updates both:
+
+- local `tools.exec.host/security/ask`
+- local `~/.openclaw/exec-approvals.json` defaults
+
+It is intentionally local-only. If you need to change gateway-host or node-host approvals
+remotely, continue using `openclaw approvals set --gateway` or
+`openclaw approvals set --node <id|name|ip>`.
+
 For a node host, apply the same approvals file on that node instead:
 
 ```bash
@@ -158,6 +178,12 @@ openclaw approvals set --node <id|name|ip> --stdin <<'EOF'
 EOF
 ```
 
+Important local-only limitation:
+
+- `openclaw exec-policy` does not synchronize node approvals
+- `openclaw exec-policy set --host node` is rejected
+- node exec approvals are fetched from the node at runtime, so node-targeted updates must use `openclaw approvals --node ...`
+
 Session-only shortcut:
 
 - `/exec security=full ask=off` changes only the current session.

docs/tools/reactions.md

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ tool with the `react` action. Reaction behavior varies by channel.
 Per-channel `reactionLevel` config controls how broadly the agent uses reactions. Values are typically `off`, `ack`, `minimal`, or `extensive`.
 
 - [Telegram reactionLevel](/channels/telegram#reaction-notifications) — `channels.telegram.reactionLevel`
-- [WhatsApp reactionLevel](/channels/whatsapp#reactions) — `channels.whatsapp.reactionLevel`
+- [WhatsApp reactionLevel](/channels/whatsapp#reaction-level) — `channels.whatsapp.reactionLevel`
 
 Set `reactionLevel` on individual channels to tune how actively the agent reacts to messages on each platform.
 

docs/tools/skills.md

@@ -303,6 +303,13 @@ When an agent run starts, OpenClaw:
 
 This is **scoped to the agent run**, not a global shell environment.
 
+For the bundled `claude-cli` backend, OpenClaw also materializes the same
+eligible snapshot as a temporary Claude Code plugin and passes it with
+`--plugin-dir`. Claude Code can then use its native skill resolver while
+OpenClaw still owns precedence, per-agent allowlists, gating, and
+`skills.entries.*` env/API key injection. Other CLI backends use the prompt
+catalog only.
+
 ## Session snapshot (performance)
 
 OpenClaw snapshots the eligible skills **when a session starts** and reuses that list for subsequent turns in the same session. Changes to skills or config take effect on the next new session.

docs/tools/slash-commands.md

@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ Bundled plugins can add more slash commands. Current bundled commands in this re
 - `/phone status|arm <camera|screen|writes|all> [duration]|disarm` temporarily arms high-risk phone node commands.
 - `/voice status|list [limit]|set <voiceId|name>` manages Talk voice config. On Discord, the native command name is `/talkvoice`.
 - `/card ...` sends LINE rich card presets. See [LINE](/channels/line).
+- `/codex status|models|threads|resume|compact|review|account|mcp|skills` inspects and controls the bundled Codex app-server harness. See [Codex Harness](/plugins/codex-harness).
 - QQBot-only commands:
   - `/bot-ping`
   - `/bot-version`

extensions/acpx/package.json

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
   "name": "@openclaw/acpx",
-  "version": "2026.4.9",
+  "version": "2026.4.10",
   "description": "OpenClaw ACP runtime backend",
   "type": "module",
   "dependencies": {
-    "acpx": "0.5.2"
+    "acpx": "0.5.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@openclaw/plugin-sdk": "workspace:*"

extensions/acpx/src/runtime-internals/mcp-command-line.test.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 
 type SplitCommandLine = (
   value: string,
-  platform?: NodeJS.Platform | string,
+  platform?: string,
 ) => {
   command: string;
   args: string[];

extensions/acpx/src/runtime.test.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
-import type { AcpSessionStore } from "acpx/runtime";
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import type { AcpRuntime } from "../runtime-api.js";
 import { AcpxRuntime } from "./runtime.js";
 
-function makeRuntime(baseStore: AcpSessionStore): {
+type TestSessionStore = {
+  load(sessionId: string): Promise<Record<string, unknown> | undefined>;
+  save(record: Record<string, unknown>): Promise<void>;
+};
+
+function makeRuntime(baseStore: TestSessionStore): {
   runtime: AcpxRuntime;
-  wrappedStore: AcpSessionStore & { markFresh: (sessionKey: string) => void };
+  wrappedStore: TestSessionStore & { markFresh: (sessionKey: string) => void };
   delegate: { close: AcpRuntime["close"] };
 } {
   const runtime = new AcpxRuntime({
@@ -22,7 +26,7 @@ function makeRuntime(baseStore: AcpSessionStore): {
     runtime,
     wrappedStore: (
       runtime as unknown as {
-        sessionStore: AcpSessionStore & { markFresh: (sessionKey: string) => void };
+        sessionStore: TestSessionStore & { markFresh: (sessionKey: string) => void };
       }
     ).sessionStore,
     delegate: (runtime as unknown as { delegate: { close: AcpRuntime["close"] } }).delegate,
@@ -35,7 +39,7 @@ describe("AcpxRuntime fresh reset wrapper", () => {
   });
 
   it("keeps stale persistent loads hidden until a fresh record is saved", async () => {
-    const baseStore: AcpSessionStore = {
+    const baseStore: TestSessionStore = {
       load: vi.fn(async () => ({ acpxRecordId: "stale" }) as never),
       save: vi.fn(async () => {}),
     };
@@ -68,7 +72,7 @@ describe("AcpxRuntime fresh reset wrapper", () => {
   });
 
   it("marks the session fresh after discardPersistentState close", async () => {
-    const baseStore: AcpSessionStore = {
+    const baseStore: TestSessionStore = {
       load: vi.fn(async () => ({ acpxRecordId: "stale" }) as never),
       save: vi.fn(async () => {}),
     };

extensions/active-memory/openclaw.plugin.json

@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+{
+  "id": "active-memory",
+  "name": "Active Memory",
+  "description": "Runs a bounded blocking memory sub-agent before eligible conversational replies and injects relevant memory into prompt context.",
+  "configSchema": {
+    "type": "object",
+    "additionalProperties": false,
+    "properties": {
+      "enabled": { "type": "boolean" },
+      "agents": {
+        "type": "array",
+        "items": { "type": "string" }
+      },
+      "model": { "type": "string" },
+      "modelFallbackPolicy": {
+        "type": "string",
+        "enum": ["default-remote", "resolved-only"]
+      },
+      "allowedChatTypes": {
+        "type": "array",
+        "items": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "enum": ["direct", "group", "channel"]
+        }
+      },
+      "thinking": {
+        "type": "string",
+        "enum": ["off", "minimal", "low", "medium", "high", "xhigh", "adaptive"]
+      },
+      "timeoutMs": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 250 },
+      "queryMode": {
+        "type": "string",
+        "enum": ["message", "recent", "full"]
+      },
+      "promptStyle": {
+        "type": "string",
+        "enum": [
+          "balanced",
+          "strict",
+          "contextual",
+          "recall-heavy",
+          "precision-heavy",
+          "preference-only"
+        ]
+      },
+      "promptOverride": { "type": "string" },
+      "promptAppend": { "type": "string" },
+      "maxSummaryChars": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 40, "maximum": 1000 },
+      "recentUserTurns": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 4 },
+      "recentAssistantTurns": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 3 },
+      "recentUserChars": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 40, "maximum": 1000 },
+      "recentAssistantChars": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 40, "maximum": 1000 },
+      "logging": { "type": "boolean" },
+      "persistTranscripts": { "type": "boolean" },
+      "transcriptDir": { "type": "string" },
+      "cacheTtlMs": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 1000, "maximum": 120000 }
+    }
+  },
+  "uiHints": {
+    "enabled": {
+      "label": "Active Memory Recall",
+      "help": "Globally enable or pause Active Memory recall while keeping the plugin command available."
+    },
+    "agents": {
+      "label": "Target Agents",
+      "help": "Explicit agent ids that may use active memory."
+    },
+    "model": {
+      "label": "Memory Model",
+      "help": "Provider/model used for the blocking memory sub-agent."
+    },
+    "modelFallbackPolicy": {
+      "label": "Model Fallback Policy",
+      "help": "Choose whether Active Memory falls back to the built-in remote default model when no explicit or inherited model is available."
+    },
+    "allowedChatTypes": {
+      "label": "Allowed Chat Types",
+      "help": "Choose which session types may run Active Memory. Defaults to direct-message style sessions only."
+    },
+    "timeoutMs": {
+      "label": "Timeout (ms)"
+    },
+    "queryMode": {
+      "label": "Query Mode",
+      "help": "Choose whether the blocking memory sub-agent sees only the latest user message, a small recent tail, or the full conversation."
+    },
+    "promptStyle": {
+      "label": "Prompt Style",
+      "help": "Choose how eager or strict the blocking memory sub-agent should be when deciding whether to return memory."
+    },
+    "thinking": {
+      "label": "Thinking Override",
+      "help": "Advanced: optional thinking level for the blocking memory sub-agent. Defaults to off for speed."
+    },
+    "promptOverride": {
+      "label": "Prompt Override",
+      "help": "Advanced: replace the default Active Memory sub-agent instructions. Conversation context is still appended."
+    },
+    "promptAppend": {
+      "label": "Prompt Append",
+      "help": "Advanced: append extra operator instructions after the default Active Memory sub-agent instructions."
+    },
+    "maxSummaryChars": {
+      "label": "Max Summary Characters",
+      "help": "Maximum total characters allowed in the active-memory summary."
+    },
+    "logging": {
+      "label": "Enable Logging",
+      "help": "Emit active memory timing and result logs."
+    },
+    "persistTranscripts": {
+      "label": "Persist Transcripts",
+      "help": "Keep blocking memory sub-agent session transcripts on disk in a separate plugin-owned directory."
+    },
+    "transcriptDir": {
+      "label": "Transcript Directory",
+      "help": "Relative directory under the agent sessions folder used when transcript persistence is enabled."
+    }
+  }
+}

extensions/alibaba/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openclaw/alibaba-provider",
-  "version": "2026.4.9",
+  "version": "2026.4.10",
   "private": true,
   "description": "OpenClaw Alibaba Model Studio video provider plugin",
   "type": "module",

extensions/amazon-bedrock-mantle/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openclaw/amazon-bedrock-mantle-provider",
-  "version": "2026.4.9",
+  "version": "2026.4.10",
   "private": true,
   "description": "OpenClaw Amazon Bedrock Mantle (OpenAI-compatible) provider plugin",
   "type": "module",

extensions/amazon-bedrock/package.json

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
   "name": "@openclaw/amazon-bedrock-provider",
-  "version": "2026.4.9",
+  "version": "2026.4.10",
   "private": true,
   "description": "OpenClaw Amazon Bedrock provider plugin",
   "type": "module",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@aws-sdk/client-bedrock": "3.1024.0"
+    "@aws-sdk/client-bedrock": "3.1028.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@openclaw/plugin-sdk": "workspace:*"

extensions/anthropic-vertex/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openclaw/anthropic-vertex-provider",
-  "version": "2026.4.9",
+  "version": "2026.4.10",
   "private": true,
   "description": "OpenClaw Anthropic Vertex provider plugin",
   "type": "module",

extensions/anthropic/cli-backend.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import {
   CLAUDE_CLI_BACKEND_ID,
   CLAUDE_CLI_DEFAULT_MODEL_REF,
   CLAUDE_CLI_CLEAR_ENV,
-  CLAUDE_CLI_HOST_MANAGED_ENV,
   CLAUDE_CLI_MODEL_ALIASES,
   CLAUDE_CLI_SESSION_ID_FIELDS,
   normalizeClaudeBackendConfig,
@@ -63,7 +62,6 @@ export function buildAnthropicCliBackend(): CliBackendPlugin {
       systemPromptArg: "--append-system-prompt",
       systemPromptMode: "append",
       systemPromptWhen: "first",
-      env: { ...CLAUDE_CLI_HOST_MANAGED_ENV },
       clearEnv: [...CLAUDE_CLI_CLEAR_ENV],
       reliability: {
         watchdog: {

extensions/anthropic/cli-shared.test.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import { buildAnthropicCliBackend } from "./cli-backend.js";
 import {
   CLAUDE_CLI_CLEAR_ENV,
-  CLAUDE_CLI_HOST_MANAGED_ENV,
   normalizeClaudeBackendConfig,
   normalizeClaudePermissionArgs,
   normalizeClaudeSettingSourcesArgs,
@@ -132,16 +131,19 @@ describe("normalizeClaudeBackendConfig", () => {
     expect(normalized?.resumeArgs).toContain("user");
   });
 
-  it("marks claude cli as host-managed, restricts setting sources, and clears inherited env overrides", () => {
+  it("leaves claude cli subscription-managed, restricts setting sources, and clears inherited env overrides", () => {
     const backend = buildAnthropicCliBackend();
 
-    expect(backend.config.env).toEqual(CLAUDE_CLI_HOST_MANAGED_ENV);
+    expect(backend.config.env).toBeUndefined();
     expect(backend.config.args).toContain("--setting-sources");
     expect(backend.config.args).toContain("user");
     expect(backend.config.resumeArgs).toContain("--setting-sources");
     expect(backend.config.resumeArgs).toContain("user");
     expect(backend.config.clearEnv).toEqual([...CLAUDE_CLI_CLEAR_ENV]);
+    expect(backend.config.clearEnv).toContain("ANTHROPIC_API_TOKEN");
     expect(backend.config.clearEnv).toContain("ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL");
+    expect(backend.config.clearEnv).toContain("ANTHROPIC_CUSTOM_HEADERS");
+    expect(backend.config.clearEnv).toContain("ANTHROPIC_OAUTH_TOKEN");
     expect(backend.config.clearEnv).toContain("CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR");
     expect(backend.config.clearEnv).toContain("CLAUDE_CODE_USE_BEDROCK");
     expect(backend.config.clearEnv).toContain("CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN");

extensions/anthropic/cli-shared.ts

@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@ export const CLAUDE_CLI_SESSION_ID_FIELDS = [
   "conversationId",
 ] as const;
 
-export const CLAUDE_CLI_HOST_MANAGED_ENV = {
-  CLAUDE_CODE_PROVIDER_MANAGED_BY_HOST: "1",
-} as const;
-
 // Claude Code honors provider-routing, auth, and config-root env before
 // consulting its local login state, so inherited shell overrides must not
 // steer OpenClaw-managed Claude CLI runs toward a different provider,
@@ -51,8 +47,11 @@ export const CLAUDE_CLI_HOST_MANAGED_ENV = {
 export const CLAUDE_CLI_CLEAR_ENV = [
   "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY",
   "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY_OLD",
+  "ANTHROPIC_API_TOKEN",
   "ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN",
   "ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL",
+  "ANTHROPIC_CUSTOM_HEADERS",
+  "ANTHROPIC_OAUTH_TOKEN",
   "ANTHROPIC_UNIX_SOCKET",
   "CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR",
   "CLAUDE_CODE_API_KEY_FILE_DESCRIPTOR",

extensions/anthropic/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openclaw/anthropic-provider",
-  "version": "2026.4.9",
+  "version": "2026.4.10",
   "private": true,
   "description": "OpenClaw Anthropic provider plugin",
   "type": "module",

extensions/anthropic/stream-wrappers.test.ts

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ function runWrapper(apiKey: string | undefined): Record<string, string> | undefi
     return {} as never;
   };
   const wrapper = createAnthropicBetaHeadersWrapper(base, [CONTEXT_1M_BETA]);
-  wrapper(
+  void wrapper(
     { provider: "anthropic", id: "claude-opus-4-6" } as never,
     {} as never,
     { apiKey } as never,
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ describe("anthropic stream wrappers", () => {
       extraParams: { context1m: true, serviceTier: "auto" },
     } as never);
 
-    wrapped?.(
+    void wrapped?.(
       { provider: "anthropic", api: "anthropic-messages", id: "claude-sonnet-4-6" } as never,
       {} as never,
       { apiKey: "sk-ant-oat01-oauth-token" } as never,
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ describe("anthropic stream wrappers", () => {
       extraParams: { context1m: true, serviceTier: "auto" },
     } as never);
 
-    wrapped?.(
+    void wrapped?.(
       { provider: "anthropic", api: "anthropic-messages", id: "claude-sonnet-4-6" } as never,
       {} as never,
       { apiKey: "sk-ant-api-123" } as never,
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ describe("createAnthropicFastModeWrapper", () => {
     };
 
     const wrapper = createAnthropicFastModeWrapper(base, params.enabled ?? true);
-    wrapper(
+    void wrapper(
       {
         provider: params.provider ?? "anthropic",
         api: params.api ?? "anthropic-messages",
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ describe("createAnthropicServiceTierWrapper", () => {
     };
 
     const wrapper = createAnthropicServiceTierWrapper(base, params.serviceTier ?? "auto");
-    wrapper(
+    void wrapper(
       {
         provider: params.provider ?? "anthropic",
         api: params.api ?? "anthropic-messages",

extensions/arcee/onboard.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import {
   createModelCatalogPresetAppliers,
   type OpenClawConfig,
 } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/provider-onboard";
-import { ARCEE_BASE_URL } from "./api.js";
+import { ARCEE_BASE_URL } from "./models.js";
 import {
   buildArceeCatalogModels,
   buildArceeOpenRouterCatalogModels,

extensions/arcee/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openclaw/arcee-provider",
-  "version": "2026.4.9",
+  "version": "2026.4.10",
   "private": true,
   "description": "OpenClaw Arcee provider plugin",
   "type": "module",

extensions/arcee/provider-catalog.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { ModelProviderConfig } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/provider-model-shared";
-import { buildArceeModelDefinition, ARCEE_BASE_URL, ARCEE_MODEL_CATALOG } from "./api.js";
+import { buildArceeModelDefinition, ARCEE_BASE_URL, ARCEE_MODEL_CATALOG } from "./models.js";
 
 export const OPENROUTER_BASE_URL = "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1";
 

extensions/bluebubbles/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openclaw/bluebubbles",
-  "version": "2026.4.9",
+  "version": "2026.4.10",
   "description": "OpenClaw BlueBubbles channel plugin",
   "type": "module",
   "devDependencies": {
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "openclaw": "workspace:*"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "openclaw": ">=2026.4.9"
+    "openclaw": ">=2026.4.10"
   },
   "peerDependenciesMeta": {
     "openclaw": {
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@
     "install": {
       "npmSpec": "@openclaw/bluebubbles",
       "defaultChoice": "npm",
-      "minHostVersion": ">=2026.4.9"
+      "minHostVersion": ">=2026.4.10"
     },
     "compat": {
-      "pluginApi": ">=2026.4.9"
+      "pluginApi": ">=2026.4.10"
     },
     "build": {
-      "openclawVersion": "2026.4.9"
+      "openclawVersion": "2026.4.10"
     },
     "release": {
       "publishToClawHub": true,

extensions/bluebubbles/src/monitor.test.ts

@@ -1370,7 +1370,7 @@ describe("BlueBubbles webhook monitor", () => {
       mockDispatchReplyWithBufferedBlockDispatcher.mockImplementationOnce(async (params) => {
         await params.dispatcherOptions.onReplyStart?.();
         await params.dispatcherOptions.deliver({ text: "replying now" }, { kind: "final" });
-        await params.dispatcherOptions.onIdle?.();
+        params.dispatcherOptions.onIdle?.();
         return EMPTY_DISPATCH_RESULT;
       });
 

extensions/bluebubbles/src/setup-surface.ts

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ function applyBlueBubblesSetupPatch(
 }
 
 function validateBlueBubblesWebhookPath(value: string): string | undefined {
-  const trimmed = String(value ?? "").trim();
+  const trimmed = value.trim();
   if (!trimmed) {
     return "Required";
   }
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ export const blueBubblesSetupWizard: ChannelSetupWizard = {
       currentValue: ({ cfg, accountId }) =>
         normalizeOptionalString(resolveBlueBubblesAccount({ cfg, accountId }).config.serverUrl),
       validate: ({ value }) => validateBlueBubblesServerUrlInput(value),
-      normalizeValue: ({ value }) => String(value).trim(),
+      normalizeValue: ({ value }) => value.trim(),
       applySet: async ({ cfg, accountId, value }) =>
         applyBlueBubblesSetupPatch(cfg, accountId, {
           serverUrl: value,
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ export const blueBubblesSetupWizard: ChannelSetupWizard = {
       shouldPrompt: ({ credentialValues }) =>
         credentialValues[CONFIGURE_CUSTOM_WEBHOOK_FLAG] === "1",
       validate: ({ value }) => validateBlueBubblesWebhookPath(value),
-      normalizeValue: ({ value }) => String(value).trim(),
+      normalizeValue: ({ value }) => value.trim(),
       applySet: async ({ cfg, accountId, value }) =>
         applyBlueBubblesSetupPatch(cfg, accountId, {
           webhookPath: value,

extensions/bluebubbles/src/status-issues.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+import type { ChannelAccountSnapshot } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/channel-contract";
 import { collectIssuesForEnabledAccounts } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/status-helpers";
 import { asRecord } from "./monitor-normalize.js";
-import type { ChannelAccountSnapshot } from "./runtime-api.js";
 
 type BlueBubblesAccountStatus = {
   accountId?: unknown;

extensions/brave/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openclaw/brave-plugin",
-  "version": "2026.4.9",
+  "version": "2026.4.10",
   "private": true,
   "description": "OpenClaw Brave plugin",
   "type": "module",

extensions/browser/browser-config.ts

@@ -5,13 +5,11 @@ export {
   DEFAULT_OPENCLAW_BROWSER_COLOR,
   DEFAULT_OPENCLAW_BROWSER_ENABLED,
   DEFAULT_OPENCLAW_BROWSER_PROFILE_NAME,
-  parseBrowserHttpUrl,
-  redactCdpUrl,
+  DEFAULT_UPLOAD_DIR,
   resolveBrowserConfig,
-  resolveBrowserControlAuth,
   resolveProfile,
-  type BrowserControlAuth,
   type ResolvedBrowserConfig,
   type ResolvedBrowserProfile,
-} from "./src/browser/config.js";
-export { DEFAULT_UPLOAD_DIR } from "./src/browser/paths.js";
+} from "./browser-profiles.js";
+export { resolveBrowserControlAuth, type BrowserControlAuth } from "./browser-control-auth.js";
+export { parseBrowserHttpUrl, redactCdpUrl } from "./src/browser/config.js";

extensions/browser/browser-control-auth.ts

@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 export type { BrowserControlAuth } from "./src/browser/control-auth.js";
-export { ensureBrowserControlAuth, resolveBrowserControlAuth } from "./src/browser/control-auth.js";
+export {
+  ensureBrowserControlAuth,
+  resolveBrowserControlAuth,
+  shouldAutoGenerateBrowserAuth,
+} from "./src/browser/control-auth.js";

extensions/browser/index.test.ts

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ describe("browser plugin", () => {
 
   it("forwards per-session browser options into the tool factory", async () => {
     const { api, registerTool } = createApi();
-    await registerBrowserPlugin(api);
+    registerBrowserPlugin(api);
 
     const tool = registerTool.mock.calls[0]?.[0];
     if (typeof tool !== "function") {

extensions/browser/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openclaw/browser-plugin",
-  "version": "2026.4.9",
+  "version": "2026.4.10",
   "private": true,
   "description": "OpenClaw browser tool plugin",
   "type": "module",

extensions/browser/src/browser-tool.ts

@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ async function callBrowserProxy(params: {
       ? Math.max(1, Math.floor(params.timeoutMs))
       : DEFAULT_BROWSER_PROXY_TIMEOUT_MS;
   const gatewayTimeoutMs = proxyTimeoutMs + BROWSER_PROXY_GATEWAY_TIMEOUT_SLACK_MS;
-  const payload = await browserToolDeps.callGatewayTool<{ payloadJSON?: string; payload?: string }>(
+  const payload = await browserToolDeps.callGatewayTool(
     "node.invoke",
     { timeoutMs: gatewayTimeoutMs },
     {

extensions/browser/src/browser/act-policy.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+export const ACT_MAX_BATCH_ACTIONS = 100;
+export const ACT_MAX_BATCH_DEPTH = 5;
+export const ACT_MAX_CLICK_DELAY_MS = 5_000;
+export const ACT_MAX_WAIT_TIME_MS = 30_000;
+
+const ACT_MIN_TIMEOUT_MS = 500;
+const ACT_MAX_INTERACTION_TIMEOUT_MS = 60_000;
+const ACT_MAX_WAIT_TIMEOUT_MS = 120_000;
+const ACT_DEFAULT_INTERACTION_TIMEOUT_MS = 8_000;
+const ACT_DEFAULT_WAIT_TIMEOUT_MS = 20_000;
+
+export function normalizeActBoundedNonNegativeMs(
+  value: number | undefined,
+  fieldName: string,
+  maxMs: number,
+): number | undefined {
+  if (value === undefined) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  if (!Number.isFinite(value) || value < 0) {
+    throw new Error(`${fieldName} must be >= 0`);
+  }
+  const normalized = Math.floor(value);
+  if (normalized > maxMs) {
+    throw new Error(`${fieldName} exceeds maximum of ${maxMs}ms`);
+  }
+  return normalized;
+}
+
+export function resolveActInteractionTimeoutMs(timeoutMs?: number): number {
+  const normalized =
+    typeof timeoutMs === "number" && Number.isFinite(timeoutMs)
+      ? Math.floor(timeoutMs)
+      : ACT_DEFAULT_INTERACTION_TIMEOUT_MS;
+  return Math.max(ACT_MIN_TIMEOUT_MS, Math.min(ACT_MAX_INTERACTION_TIMEOUT_MS, normalized));
+}
+
+export function resolveActWaitTimeoutMs(timeoutMs?: number): number {
+  const normalized =
+    typeof timeoutMs === "number" && Number.isFinite(timeoutMs)
+      ? Math.floor(timeoutMs)
+      : ACT_DEFAULT_WAIT_TIMEOUT_MS;
+  return Math.max(ACT_MIN_TIMEOUT_MS, Math.min(ACT_MAX_WAIT_TIMEOUT_MS, normalized));
+}

extensions/browser/src/browser/bridge-server.auth.test.ts

@@ -83,10 +83,12 @@ describe("startBrowserBridgeServer auth", () => {
   });
 
   it("serves noVNC bootstrap html without leaking password in Location header", async () => {
+    let resolveCalls = 0;
     const bridge = await startBrowserBridgeServer({
       resolved: buildResolvedConfig(),
       authToken: "secret-token",
       resolveSandboxNoVncToken: (token) => {
+        resolveCalls += 1;
         if (token !== "valid-token") {
           return null;
         }
@@ -95,8 +97,15 @@ describe("startBrowserBridgeServer auth", () => {
     });
     servers.push({ stop: () => stopBrowserBridgeServer(bridge.server) });
 
-    const res = await fetch(`${bridge.baseUrl}/sandbox/novnc?token=valid-token`);
+    const unauth = await fetch(`${bridge.baseUrl}/sandbox/novnc?token=valid-token`);
+    expect(unauth.status).toBe(401);
+    expect(resolveCalls).toBe(0);
+
+    const res = await fetch(`${bridge.baseUrl}/sandbox/novnc?token=valid-token`, {
+      headers: { Authorization: "Bearer secret-token" },
+    });
     expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(resolveCalls).toBe(1);
     expect(res.headers.get("location")).toBeNull();
     expect(res.headers.get("cache-control")).toContain("no-store");
     expect(res.headers.get("referrer-policy")).toBe("no-referrer");

extensions/browser/src/browser/bridge-server.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   type ProfileContext,
 } from "./server-context.js";
 import {
+  hasVerifiedBrowserAuth,
   installBrowserAuthMiddleware,
   installBrowserCommonMiddleware,
 } from "./server-middleware.js";
@@ -76,8 +77,19 @@ export async function startBrowserBridgeServer(params: {
   const app = express();
   installBrowserCommonMiddleware(app);
 
+  const authToken = normalizeOptionalString(params.authToken);
+  const authPassword = normalizeOptionalString(params.authPassword);
+  if (!authToken && !authPassword) {
+    throw new Error("bridge server requires auth (authToken/authPassword missing)");
+  }
+  installBrowserAuthMiddleware(app, { token: authToken, password: authPassword });
+
   if (params.resolveSandboxNoVncToken) {
     app.get("/sandbox/novnc", (req, res) => {
+      if (!hasVerifiedBrowserAuth(req)) {
+        res.status(401).send("Unauthorized");
+        return;
+      }
       res.setHeader("Cache-Control", "no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate");
       res.setHeader("Pragma", "no-cache");
       res.setHeader("Expires", "0");
@@ -96,13 +108,6 @@ export async function startBrowserBridgeServer(params: {
     });
   }
 
-  const authToken = normalizeOptionalString(params.authToken);
-  const authPassword = normalizeOptionalString(params.authPassword);
-  if (!authToken && !authPassword) {
-    throw new Error("bridge server requires auth (authToken/authPassword missing)");
-  }
-  installBrowserAuthMiddleware(app, { token: authToken, password: authPassword });
-
   const state: BrowserServerState = {
     server: null as unknown as Server,
     port,

extensions/browser/src/browser/cdp.helpers.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+
+const fetchWithSsrFGuardMock = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn());
+
+vi.mock("openclaw/plugin-sdk/ssrf-runtime", async (importOriginal) => {
+  const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import("openclaw/plugin-sdk/ssrf-runtime")>();
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    fetchWithSsrFGuard: (...args: unknown[]) => fetchWithSsrFGuardMock(...args),
+  };
+});
+
+import { fetchJson, fetchOk } from "./cdp.helpers.js";
+
+describe("cdp helpers", () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    fetchWithSsrFGuardMock.mockReset();
+  });
+
+  it("releases guarded CDP fetches after the response body is consumed", async () => {
+    const release = vi.fn(async () => {});
+    const json = vi.fn(async () => {
+      expect(release).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      return { ok: true };
+    });
+    fetchWithSsrFGuardMock.mockResolvedValueOnce({
+      response: {
+        ok: true,
+        status: 200,
+        json,
+      },
+      release,
+    });
+
+    await expect(
+      fetchJson("http://127.0.0.1:9222/json/version", 250, undefined, {
+        dangerouslyAllowPrivateNetwork: false,
+        allowedHostnames: ["127.0.0.1"],
+      }),
+    ).resolves.toEqual({ ok: true });
+
+    expect(json).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(release).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it("releases guarded CDP fetches for bodyless requests", async () => {
+    const release = vi.fn(async () => {});
+    fetchWithSsrFGuardMock.mockResolvedValueOnce({
+      response: {
+        ok: true,
+        status: 200,
+      },
+      release,
+    });
+
+    await expect(
+      fetchOk("http://127.0.0.1:9222/json/close/TARGET_1", 250, undefined, {
+        dangerouslyAllowPrivateNetwork: false,
+        allowedHostnames: ["127.0.0.1"],
+      }),
+    ).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+
+    expect(release).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+});