Merge branch 'main' into pr/plugin-facade-guard

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

@@ -29,10 +29,9 @@ Use this skill for Parallels guest workflows and smoke interpretation. Do not lo
 - Preferred entrypoint: `pnpm test:parallels:npm-update`
 - Flow: fresh snapshot -> install npm package baseline -> smoke -> install current main tgz on the same guest -> smoke again.
 - Same-guest update verification should set the default model explicitly to `openai/gpt-5.4` before the agent turn and use a fresh explicit `--session-id` so old session model state does not leak into the check.
-- The aggregate npm-update wrapper must resolve the Linux VM with the same Ubuntu fallback policy as `parallels-linux-smoke.sh` before both fresh and update lanes. 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`.
+- The aggregate npm-update wrapper must resolve the Linux VM with the same Ubuntu fallback policy as `parallels-linux-smoke.sh` before both fresh and update lanes. On Peter's current host, missing `Ubuntu 24.04.3 ARM64` should fall back to `Ubuntu 25.10`.
 - On Windows same-guest update checks, restart the gateway after the npm upgrade before `gateway status` / `agent`; in-place global npm updates can otherwise leave stale hashed `dist/*` module imports alive in the running service.
 - For Windows same-guest update checks, prefer the done-file/log-drain PowerShell runner pattern over one long-lived `prlctl exec ... powershell -EncodedCommand ...` transport. The guest can finish successfully while the outer `prlctl exec` still hangs.
-- The Windows same-guest update helper should write stage markers to its log before long steps like tgz download and `npm install -g` so the outer progress monitor does not sit on `waiting for first log line` during healthy but quiet installs.
 - Linux same-guest update verification should also export `HOME=/root`, pass `OPENAI_API_KEY` via `prlctl exec ... /usr/bin/env`, and use `openclaw agent --local`; the fresh Linux baseline does not rely on persisted gateway credentials.
 - The npm-update wrapper now prints per-lane progress from the nested log files. If a lane still looks stuck, inspect the nested logs in `runDir` first (`macos-fresh.log`, `windows-fresh.log`, `linux-fresh.log`, `macos-update.log`, `windows-update.log`, `linux-update.log`) instead of assuming the outer wrapper hung.
 - If the wrapper fails a lane, read the auto-dumped tail first, then the full nested lane log under `/tmp/openclaw-parallels-npm-update.*`.
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ Use this skill for Parallels guest workflows and smoke interpretation. Do not lo
 
 - Preferred entrypoint: `pnpm test:parallels:linux`
 - Use the snapshot closest to fresh `Ubuntu 24.04.3 ARM64`.
-- If that exact VM is missing on the host, any Ubuntu guest with major version `>= 24` is acceptable; prefer the closest versioned Ubuntu guest with a fresh poweroff snapshot. On Peter's host today, that is `Ubuntu 25.10`.
+- If that exact VM is missing on the host, fall back to the closest Ubuntu guest with a fresh poweroff snapshot. On Peter's host today, that is `Ubuntu 25.10`.
 - Use plain `prlctl exec`; `--current-user` is not the right transport on this snapshot.
 - Fresh snapshots may be missing `curl`, and `apt-get update` can fail on clock skew. Bootstrap with `apt-get -o Acquire::Check-Date=false update` and install `curl ca-certificates`.
 - Fresh `main` tgz smoke still needs the latest-release installer first because the snapshot has no Node or npm before bootstrap.

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

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Use this skill for release and publish-time workflow. Keep ordinary development
 
 ## Keep release channel naming aligned
 
-- `stable`: tagged releases only, published to npm `beta` by default; operators may target npm `latest` explicitly or promote later
+- `stable`: tagged releases only, published to npm `latest` and then mirrored onto npm `beta` unless `beta` already points at a newer prerelease
 - `beta`: prerelease tags like `vYYYY.M.D-beta.N`, with npm dist-tag `beta`
 - Prefer `-beta.N`; do not mint new `-1` or `-2` beta suffixes
 - `dev`: moving head on `main`
@@ -116,10 +116,6 @@ node --import tsx scripts/openclaw-npm-postpublish-verify.ts <published-version>
 ## Use the right auth flow
 
 - OpenClaw publish uses GitHub trusted publishing.
-- Stable npm promotion from `beta` to `latest` is an explicit mode on
-  `.github/workflows/openclaw-npm-release.yml`, but it still needs a valid
-  `NPM_TOKEN` because `npm dist-tag` management is separate from trusted
-  publishing.
 - The publish run must be started manually with `workflow_dispatch`.
 - The npm workflow and the private mac publish workflow accept
   `preflight_only=true` to run validation/build/package steps without uploading
@@ -222,9 +218,8 @@ node --import tsx scripts/openclaw-npm-postpublish-verify.ts <published-version>
 7. Create and push the git tag.
 8. Create or refresh the matching GitHub release.
 9. Start `.github/workflows/openclaw-npm-release.yml` with `preflight_only=true`
-   and choose the intended `npm_dist_tag` (`beta` default; `latest` only for
-   an intentional direct stable publish). Wait for it to pass. Save that run id
-   because the real publish requires it to reuse the prepared npm tarball.
+   and wait for it to pass. Save that run id because the real publish requires
+   it to reuse the prepared npm tarball.
 10. Start `.github/workflows/macos-release.yml` in `openclaw/openclaw` and wait
     for the public validation-only run to pass.
 11. Start
@@ -239,28 +234,21 @@ node --import tsx scripts/openclaw-npm-postpublish-verify.ts <published-version>
     commit, and rerun all relevant preflights from scratch before continuing.
     Never reuse old preflight results after the commit changes.
 14. Start `.github/workflows/openclaw-npm-release.yml` with the same tag for
-    the real publish, choose `npm_dist_tag` (`beta` default, `latest` only when
-    you intentionally want direct stable publish), keep it the same as the
-    preflight run, and pass the successful npm `preflight_run_id`.
+    the real publish and pass the successful npm `preflight_run_id`.
 15. Wait for `npm-release` approval from `@openclaw/openclaw-release-managers`.
-16. If the stable release was published to `beta`, start
-    `.github/workflows/openclaw-npm-release.yml` again after beta validation
-    passes with the same stable tag, `promote_beta_to_latest=true`,
-    `preflight_only=false`, empty `preflight_run_id`, and `npm_dist_tag=beta`,
-    then verify `latest` now points at that version.
-17. Start
+16. Start
     `openclaw/releases-private/.github/workflows/openclaw-macos-publish.yml`
     for the real publish with the successful private mac `preflight_run_id` and
     wait for success.
-18. Verify the successful real private mac run uploaded the `.zip`, `.dmg`,
+17. Verify the successful real private mac run uploaded the `.zip`, `.dmg`,
     and `.dSYM.zip` artifacts to the existing GitHub release in
     `openclaw/openclaw`.
-19. For stable releases, download `macos-appcast-<tag>` from the successful
+18. For stable releases, download `macos-appcast-<tag>` from the successful
     private mac run, update `appcast.xml` on `main`, and verify the feed.
-20. For beta releases, publish the mac assets but expect no shared production
+19. For beta releases, publish the mac assets but expect no shared production
     `appcast.xml` artifact and do not update the shared production feed unless a
     separate beta feed exists.
-21. After publish, verify npm and the attached release artifacts.
+20. After publish, verify npm and the attached release artifacts.
 
 ## GHSA advisory work
 

.github/labeler.yml

@@ -246,10 +246,6 @@
   - changed-files:
       - any-glob-to-any-file:
           - "extensions/deepseek/**"
-"extensions: stepfun":
-  - changed-files:
-      - any-glob-to-any-file:
-          - "extensions/stepfun/**"
 "extensions: anthropic":
   - changed-files:
       - any-glob-to-any-file:

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

@@ -16,22 +16,9 @@ on:
         description: Existing successful preflight workflow run id to promote without rebuilding
         required: false
         type: string
-      npm_dist_tag:
-        description: npm dist-tag to publish to for stable releases
-        required: true
-        default: beta
-        type: choice
-        options:
-          - beta
-          - latest
-      promote_beta_to_latest:
-        description: Skip publish and promote the stable version already on npm beta to latest
-        required: true
-        default: false
-        type: boolean
 
 concurrency:
-  group: openclaw-npm-release-${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && format('{0}-{1}-{2}', inputs.tag, inputs.npm_dist_tag, inputs.promote_beta_to_latest) || github.ref }}
+  group: openclaw-npm-release-${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.tag || github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: false
 
 env:
@@ -41,7 +28,7 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   preflight_openclaw_npm:
-    if: ${{ inputs.preflight_only && !inputs.promote_beta_to_latest }}
+    if: ${{ inputs.preflight_only }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: read
@@ -49,17 +36,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Validate tag input format
         env:
           RELEASE_TAG: ${{ inputs.tag }}
-          RELEASE_NPM_DIST_TAG: ${{ inputs.npm_dist_tag }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           if [[ ! "${RELEASE_TAG}" =~ ^v[0-9]{4}\.[1-9][0-9]*\.[1-9][0-9]*((-beta\.[1-9][0-9]*)|(-[1-9][0-9]*))?$ ]]; then
             echo "Invalid release tag format: ${RELEASE_TAG}"
             exit 1
           fi
-          if [[ "${RELEASE_TAG}" == *"-beta."* && "${RELEASE_NPM_DIST_TAG}" != "beta" ]]; then
-            echo "Beta prerelease tags must publish to npm dist-tag beta."
-            exit 1
-          fi
 
       - name: Forbid preflight artifact promotion on validation-only runs
         if: ${{ inputs.preflight_only && inputs.preflight_run_id != '' }}
@@ -116,7 +98,6 @@ jobs:
           OPENCLAW_NPM_RELEASE_SKIP_PACK_CHECK: "1"
           RELEASE_TAG: ${{ inputs.tag }}
           RELEASE_MAIN_REF: origin/main
-          OPENCLAW_NPM_PUBLISH_TAG: ${{ inputs.npm_dist_tag }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           RELEASE_SHA=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
@@ -134,7 +115,6 @@ jobs:
         env:
           OPENCLAW_PREPACK_PREPARED: "1"
           RELEASE_TAG: ${{ inputs.tag }}
-          RELEASE_NPM_DIST_TAG: ${{ inputs.npm_dist_tag }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           PACK_JSON="$(npm pack --json)"
@@ -151,7 +131,6 @@ jobs:
           cp "$PACK_PATH" "$ARTIFACT_DIR/"
           printf '%s\n' "$RELEASE_TAG" > "$ARTIFACT_DIR/release-tag.txt"
           printf '%s\n' "$RELEASE_SHA" > "$ARTIFACT_DIR/release-sha.txt"
-          printf '%s\n' "$RELEASE_NPM_DIST_TAG" > "$ARTIFACT_DIR/release-npm-dist-tag.txt"
           echo "dir=$ARTIFACT_DIR" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: Upload prepared npm publish bundle
@@ -162,7 +141,7 @@ jobs:
           if-no-files-found: error
 
   validate_publish_request:
-    if: ${{ !inputs.preflight_only && !inputs.promote_beta_to_latest }}
+    if: ${{ !inputs.preflight_only }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: read
@@ -190,7 +169,7 @@ jobs:
   publish_openclaw_npm:
     # npm trusted publishing + provenance requires a GitHub-hosted runner.
     needs: [validate_publish_request]
-    if: ${{ !inputs.preflight_only && !inputs.promote_beta_to_latest }}
+    if: ${{ !inputs.preflight_only }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     environment: npm-release
     permissions:
@@ -201,17 +180,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Validate tag input format
         env:
           RELEASE_TAG: ${{ inputs.tag }}
-          RELEASE_NPM_DIST_TAG: ${{ inputs.npm_dist_tag }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           if [[ ! "${RELEASE_TAG}" =~ ^v[0-9]{4}\.[1-9][0-9]*\.[1-9][0-9]*((-beta\.[1-9][0-9]*)|(-[1-9][0-9]*))?$ ]]; then
             echo "Invalid release tag format: ${RELEASE_TAG}"
             exit 1
           fi
-          if [[ "${RELEASE_TAG}" == *"-beta."* && "${RELEASE_NPM_DIST_TAG}" != "beta" ]]; then
-            echo "Beta prerelease tags must publish to npm dist-tag beta."
-            exit 1
-          fi
 
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
@@ -275,21 +249,18 @@ jobs:
       - name: Verify prepared tarball provenance
         env:
           RELEASE_TAG: ${{ inputs.tag }}
-          RELEASE_NPM_DIST_TAG: ${{ inputs.npm_dist_tag }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           EXPECTED_RELEASE_SHA="$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
           TAG_FILE="preflight-tarball/release-tag.txt"
           SHA_FILE="preflight-tarball/release-sha.txt"
-          NPM_DIST_TAG_FILE="preflight-tarball/release-npm-dist-tag.txt"
-          if [[ ! -f "$TAG_FILE" || ! -f "$SHA_FILE" || ! -f "$NPM_DIST_TAG_FILE" ]]; then
+          if [[ ! -f "$TAG_FILE" || ! -f "$SHA_FILE" ]]; then
             echo "Prepared preflight metadata is missing." >&2
             ls -la preflight-tarball >&2 || true
             exit 1
           fi
           ARTIFACT_RELEASE_TAG="$(tr -d '\r\n' < "$TAG_FILE")"
           ARTIFACT_RELEASE_SHA="$(tr -d '\r\n' < "$SHA_FILE")"
-          ARTIFACT_RELEASE_NPM_DIST_TAG="$(tr -d '\r\n' < "$NPM_DIST_TAG_FILE")"
           if [[ "$ARTIFACT_RELEASE_TAG" != "$RELEASE_TAG" ]]; then
             echo "Prepared preflight tag mismatch: expected $RELEASE_TAG, got $ARTIFACT_RELEASE_TAG" >&2
             exit 1
@@ -298,10 +269,6 @@ jobs:
             echo "Prepared preflight SHA mismatch: expected $EXPECTED_RELEASE_SHA, got $ARTIFACT_RELEASE_SHA" >&2
             exit 1
           fi
-          if [[ "$ARTIFACT_RELEASE_NPM_DIST_TAG" != "$RELEASE_NPM_DIST_TAG" ]]; then
-            echo "Prepared preflight npm dist-tag mismatch: expected $RELEASE_NPM_DIST_TAG, got $ARTIFACT_RELEASE_NPM_DIST_TAG" >&2
-            exit 1
-          fi
 
       - name: Resolve publish tarball
         id: publish_tarball
@@ -317,8 +284,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Publish
         env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
           OPENCLAW_PREPACK_PREPARED: "1"
-          OPENCLAW_NPM_PUBLISH_TAG: ${{ inputs.npm_dist_tag }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           publish_target="${{ steps.publish_tarball.outputs.path }}"
@@ -326,99 +294,3 @@ jobs:
             publish_target="./${publish_target}"
           fi
           bash scripts/openclaw-npm-publish.sh --publish "${publish_target}"
-
-  promote_beta_to_latest:
-    if: ${{ inputs.promote_beta_to_latest }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    environment: npm-release
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-    steps:
-      - name: Require main workflow ref for promotion
-        env:
-          WORKFLOW_REF: ${{ github.ref }}
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          if [[ "${WORKFLOW_REF}" != "refs/heads/main" ]]; then
-            echo "Promotion runs must be dispatched from main."
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-      - name: Validate promotion inputs
-        env:
-          PREFLIGHT_ONLY: ${{ inputs.preflight_only }}
-          PREFLIGHT_RUN_ID: ${{ inputs.preflight_run_id }}
-          RELEASE_NPM_DIST_TAG: ${{ inputs.npm_dist_tag }}
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          if [[ "${PREFLIGHT_ONLY}" == "true" ]]; then
-            echo "Promotion mode cannot run with preflight_only=true."
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          if [[ -n "${PREFLIGHT_RUN_ID}" ]]; then
-            echo "Promotion mode does not use preflight_run_id."
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          if [[ "${RELEASE_NPM_DIST_TAG}" != "beta" ]]; then
-            echo "Promotion mode expects npm_dist_tag=beta because it moves beta to latest without publishing."
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-      - name: Validate stable tag input format
-        env:
-          RELEASE_TAG: ${{ inputs.tag }}
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          if [[ ! "${RELEASE_TAG}" =~ ^v[0-9]{4}\.[1-9][0-9]*\.[1-9][0-9]*(-[1-9][0-9]*)?$ ]]; then
-            echo "Invalid stable release tag format: ${RELEASE_TAG}" >&2
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          echo "RELEASE_VERSION=${RELEASE_TAG#v}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-
-      - name: Setup Node environment
-        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-node-env
-        with:
-          node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
-          pnpm-version: ${{ env.PNPM_VERSION }}
-          install-bun: "false"
-          use-sticky-disk: "false"
-          install-deps: "false"
-
-      - name: Validate npm dist-tags
-        env:
-          RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          beta_version="$(npm view openclaw dist-tags.beta)"
-          latest_version="$(npm view openclaw dist-tags.latest)"
-
-          echo "Current beta dist-tag: ${beta_version}"
-          echo "Current latest dist-tag: ${latest_version}"
-
-          if [[ "${beta_version}" != "${RELEASE_VERSION}" ]]; then
-            echo "npm beta points at ${beta_version}, expected ${RELEASE_VERSION}." >&2
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-          if ! npm view "openclaw@${RELEASE_VERSION}" version >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-            echo "openclaw@${RELEASE_VERSION} is not published on npm." >&2
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-      - name: Promote beta to latest
-        env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-          RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          npm whoami >/dev/null
-          npm dist-tag add "openclaw@${RELEASE_VERSION}" latest
-          promoted_latest="$(npm view openclaw dist-tags.latest)"
-          if [[ "${promoted_latest}" != "${RELEASE_VERSION}" ]]; then
-            echo "npm latest points at ${promoted_latest}, expected ${RELEASE_VERSION} after promotion." >&2
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          echo "Promoted openclaw@${RELEASE_VERSION} from beta to latest."

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,37 +6,19 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 
 ### Changes
 
-- Channels/context visibility: add configurable `contextVisibility` per channel (`all`, `allowlist`, `allowlist_quote`) so supplemental quote, thread, and fetched history context can be filtered by sender allowlists instead of always passing through as received.
-- Matrix/exec approvals: add Matrix-native exec approval prompts with account-scoped approvers, channel-or-DM delivery, and room-thread aware resolution handling. (#58635) Thanks @gumadeiras.
-- Providers/StepFun: add the bundled StepFun provider plugin with standard and Step Plan endpoints, China/global onboarding choices, `step-3.5-flash` on both catalogs, and `step-3.5-flash-2603` currently exposed on Step Plan. (#60032) Thanks @hengm3467.
+- Android/assistant: auto-send Google Assistant App Actions prompts once chat is healthy and idle, while keeping bare assistant launches as open-only. (#59721) Thanks @obviyus.
 
 ### Fixes
 
-- Telegram/reactions: preserve `reactionNotifications: "own"` across gateway restarts by persisting sent-message ownership state instead of treating cold cache as a permissive fallback. (#59207) Thanks @samzong.
-- Gateway/startup: detect PID recycling in gateway lock files on Windows and macOS, and add startup progress so stale lock conflicts no longer block healthy restarts. (#59843) Thanks @TonyDerek-dot.
-- MS Teams/DM media: download inline images in 1:1 chats via Graph API so Teams DM image attachments stop failing to load. (#52212) Thanks @Ted-developer.
-- MS Teams/threading: preserve channel reply threading in proactive fallback so replies stay in the original thread instead of dropping into the channel root. (#55198) Thanks @hyojin.
-- Telegram/media: preserve `<media:...>` placeholders and `file_id` in captioned messages when Bot API downloads fail, so agents still receive media context. (#59948) Thanks @v1p0r.
-- Telegram/media: keep inbound image attachments readable on upgraded installs where legacy state roots still differ from the managed config-dir media cache. (#59971) Thanks @neeravmakwana.
-- Telegram/local Bot API: thread `channels.telegram.apiRoot` through buffered reply-media and album downloads so self-hosted Bot API file paths stop falling back to `api.telegram.org` and 404ing. (#59544) Thanks @SARAMALI15792.
-- Telegram/replies: preserve explicit topic targets when `replyTo` is present while still inheriting the current topic for same-chat replies without an explicit topic. (#59634) Thanks @dashhuang.
-- Telegram/native commands: clean up metadata-driven progress placeholders when replies fall back, edits fail, or local exec approval prompts are suppressed. (#59300) Thanks @jalehman.
-- Media/request overrides: resolve shared and capability-filtered media request SecretRefs correctly and expose media transport override fields to schema-driven config consumers. (#59848) Thanks @vincentkoc.
-- Matrix: allow secret-storage recreation during automatic repair bootstrap so clients that lose their recovery key can recover and persist new cross-signing keys. (#59846) Thanks @al3mart.
-- Matrix/crypto persistence: capture and write the IndexedDB snapshot while holding the snapshot file lock so concurrent gateway and CLI persists cannot overwrite newer crypto state. (#59851) Thanks @al3mart.
-- Ollama/auth: prefer real cloud auth over local marker during model auth resolution so cloud-backed Ollama auth does not get shadowed by stale local-only markers.
-- Plugins/Kimi Coding: parse tagged Kimi tool-call text into structured tool calls on the provider stream path so tools execute instead of echoing raw markup. (#60051) Thanks @obviyus.
-- Channels/passive hooks: emit passive message hooks for mention-skipped Telegram and Signal group messages when `ingest` is enabled, including wildcard/default fallback and per-group override handling. (#60018) Thanks @obviyus.
-- Plugins/manifest registry: stop warning when an explicit manifest `id` intentionally differs from the discovery hint. (#59185) Thanks @samzong.
-- WhatsApp/streaming: honor `channels.whatsapp.blockStreaming` again for inbound auto-replies so progressive block replies can be enabled explicitly instead of being forced to final-only delivery. Thanks @mcaxtr.
-- Plugins/runtime: reuse compatible active registries for `web_search` and `web_fetch` provider snapshot resolution so repeated runtime reads do not re-import the same bundled plugin set on each agent message. Related #48380.
-- Infra/tailscale: ignore `OPENCLAW_TEST_TAILSCALE_BINARY` outside explicit test environments and block it from workspace `.env`, so test-only binary overrides cannot be injected through trusted repository state. (#58468) Thanks @eleqtrizit.
-- Agents/tool policy: preserve restrictive plugin-only allowlists instead of silently widening access to core tools, and keep allowlist warnings aligned with the enforced policy. (#58476) Thanks @eleqtrizit.
-- Hooks/session_end: preserve deterministic reason metadata for custom reset aliases and overlapping idle-plus-daily rollovers so plugins can rely on lifecycle reason reporting. (#59715) Thanks @jalehman.
-- Tools/image generation: stop inferring unsupported resolution overrides for OpenAI reference-image edits when no explicit `size` or `resolution` is provided, so default edit flows no longer fail before the provider request is sent.
-- Agents/sessions: release embedded runner session locks even when teardown cleanup throws, so timed-out or failed cleanup paths no longer leave sessions wedged until the stale-lock watchdog recovers them. (#59194) Thanks @samzong.
+- Agents/tools: include value-shape hints in missing-parameter tool errors so dropped, empty-string, and wrong-type write payloads are easier to diagnose from logs. (#55317) Thanks @priyansh19.
+- Plugins/browser: block SSRF redirect bypass by installing a real-time Playwright route handler before `page.goto()` so navigation to private/internal IPs is intercepted and aborted mid-redirect instead of checked post-hoc. (#58771) Thanks @pgondhi987.
+- Android/assistant: keep queued App Actions prompts pending when auto-send enqueue is rejected, so transient chat-health drops do not silently lose the assistant request. Thanks @obviyus.
+- Zalo/webhook: scope replay-dedupe cache key to path and account using `JSON.stringify` so multi-account deployments do not silently drop events due to cross-account cache poisoning. (#59387) Thanks @pgondhi987.
+- Plugins/Google: separate OAuth CSRF state from PKCE code verifier during Gemini browser sign-in so state validation and token exchange use independent values. (#59116) Thanks @eleqtrizit.
+- Exec/Windows: reject malformed drive-less rooted executable paths like `:\Users\...` so approval and allowlist candidate resolution no longer treat them as cwd-relative commands. (#58040) Thanks @SnowSky1.
+- Exec/preflight: fail closed on complex interpreter invocations that would otherwise skip script-content validation, and correctly inspect quoted script paths before host execution. Thanks @pgondhi987.
 
-## 2026.4.2
+## 2026.4.2-beta.1
 
 ### Breaking
 
@@ -45,9 +27,9 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 
 ### Changes
 
-- Tasks/Task Flow: restore the core Task Flow substrate with managed-vs-mirrored sync modes, durable flow state/revision tracking, and `openclaw tasks flow` inspection/recovery primitives so background orchestration can persist and be operated separately from plugin authoring layers. (#58930) Thanks @mbelinky.
-- Tasks/Task Flow: add managed child task spawning plus sticky cancel intent, so external orchestrators can stop scheduling immediately and let parent Task Flows settle to `cancelled` once active child tasks finish. (#59610) Thanks @mbelinky.
-- Plugins/Task Flow: add a bound `api.runtime.taskFlow` seam so plugins and trusted authoring layers can create and drive managed Task Flows from host-resolved OpenClaw context without passing owner identifiers on each call. (#59622) Thanks @mbelinky.
+- Tasks/TaskFlow: restore the core TaskFlow substrate with managed-vs-mirrored sync modes, durable flow state/revision tracking, and `openclaw flows` inspection/recovery primitives so background orchestration can persist and be operated separately from plugin authoring layers. (#58930) Thanks @mbelinky.
+- Tasks/TaskFlow: add managed child task spawning plus sticky cancel intent, so external orchestrators can stop scheduling immediately and let parent TaskFlows settle to `cancelled` once active child tasks finish. (#59610) Thanks @mbelinky.
+- Plugins/TaskFlow: add a bound `api.runtime.taskFlow` seam so plugins and trusted authoring layers can create and drive managed TaskFlows from host-resolved OpenClaw context without passing owner identifiers on each call. (#59622) Thanks @mbelinky.
 - Android/assistant: add assistant-role entrypoints plus Google Assistant App Actions metadata so Android can launch OpenClaw from the assistant trigger and hand prompts into the chat composer. (#59596) Thanks @obviyus.
 - Exec defaults: make gateway/node host exec default to YOLO mode by requesting `security=full` with `ask=off`, and align host approval-file fallbacks plus docs/doctor reporting with that no-prompt default.
 - Providers/runtime: add provider-owned replay hook surfaces for transcript policy, replay cleanup, and reasoning-mode dispatch. (#59143) Thanks @jalehman.
@@ -60,7 +42,6 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Agents/compaction: add `agents.defaults.compaction.notifyUser` so the `🧹 Compacting context...` start notice is opt-in instead of always being shown. (#54251) Thanks @oguricap0327.
 - WhatsApp/reactions: add `reactionLevel` guidance for agent reactions. Thanks @mcaxtr.
 - Exec approvals/channels: auto-enable DM-first native chat approvals when supported channels can infer approvers from existing owner config, while keeping channel fanout explicit and clarifying forwarding versus native approval client config.
-- Android/assistant: auto-send Google Assistant App Actions prompts once chat is healthy and idle, while keeping bare assistant launches as open-only. (#59721) Thanks @obviyus.
 
 ### Fixes
 
@@ -74,7 +55,6 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Agents/subagents: pin admin-only subagent gateway calls to `operator.admin` while keeping `agent` at least privilege, so `sessions_spawn` no longer dies on loopback scope-upgrade pairing with `close(1008) "pairing required"`. (#59555) Thanks @openperf.
 - Exec approvals/config: strip invalid `security`, `ask`, and `askFallback` values from `~/.openclaw/exec-approvals.json` during normalization so malformed policy enums fall back cleanly to the documented defaults instead of corrupting runtime policy resolution. (#59112) Thanks @openperf.
 - Exec approvals/doctor: report host policy sources from the real approvals file path and ignore malformed host override values when attributing effective policy conflicts. (#59367) Thanks @gumadeiras.
-- Exec/runtime: treat `tools.exec.host=auto` as routing-only, keep implicit no-config exec on sandbox when available or gateway otherwise, and reject per-call host overrides that would bypass the configured sandbox or host target. (#58897) Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - Slack/mrkdwn formatting: add built-in Slack mrkdwn guidance in inbound context so Slack replies stop falling back to generic Markdown patterns that render poorly in Slack. (#59100) Thanks @jadewon.
 - WhatsApp/presence: send `unavailable` presence on connect in self-chat mode so personal-phone users stop losing all push notifications while the gateway is running. (#59410) Thanks @mcaxtr.
 - WhatsApp/media: add HTML, XML, and CSS to the MIME map and fall back gracefully for unknown media types instead of dropping the attachment. (#51562) Thanks @bobbyt74.
@@ -112,32 +92,16 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Cron/exec timeouts: surface timed-out `exec` and `bash` failures in isolated cron runs even when `verbose: off`, including custom session-target cron jobs, so scheduled runs stop failing silently. (#58247) Thanks @skainguyen1412.
 - Telegram/exec approvals: fall back to the origin session key for async approval followups and keep resume-failure status delivery sanitized so Telegram followups still land without leaking raw exec metadata. (#59351) Thanks @seonang.
 - Node-host/exec approvals: bind `pnpm dlx` invocations through the approval planner's mutable-script path so the effective runtime command is resolved for approval instead of being left unbound. (#58374)
-- Exec/node hosts: stop forwarding the gateway workspace cwd to remote node exec when no workdir was explicitly requested, so cross-platform node approvals fall back to the node default cwd instead of failing with `SYSTEM_RUN_DENIED`. (#58977) Thanks @Starhappysh.
-- Exec approvals/channels: decouple initiating-surface approval availability from native delivery enablement so Telegram, Slack, and Discord still expose approvals when approvers exist and native target routing is configured separately. (#59776) Thanks @joelnishanth.
-- Plugins/runtime: reuse compatible active registries for `web_search` and `web_fetch` provider snapshot resolution so repeated runtime reads do not re-import the same bundled plugin set on each agent message. Related #48380.
-- Plugins/OpenAI: enable reference-image edits for `gpt-image-1` by routing edit calls to `/images/edits` with multipart image uploads, and update image-generation capability/docs metadata accordingly.
-- Android/assistant: keep queued App Actions prompts pending when auto-send enqueue is rejected, so transient chat-health drops do not silently lose the assistant request. Thanks @obviyus.
-- Agents/tools: include value-shape hints in missing-parameter tool errors so dropped, empty-string, and wrong-type write payloads are easier to diagnose from logs. (#55317) Thanks @priyansh19.
-- Plugins/Google: separate OAuth CSRF state from PKCE code verifier during Gemini browser sign-in so state validation and token exchange use independent values. (#59116) Thanks @eleqtrizit.
-- Plugins/browser: block SSRF redirect bypass by installing a real-time Playwright route handler before `page.goto()` so navigation to private/internal IPs is intercepted and aborted mid-redirect instead of checked post-hoc. (#58771) Thanks @pgondhi987.
-- Gateway/connect: omit admin-scoped config and auth metadata from lower-privilege `hello-ok` snapshots while preserving those fields for admin reconnects. (#58469) Thanks @eleqtrizit.
-- iOS/canvas: restrict A2UI bridge trust to the bundled scaffold and exact capability-backed remote canvas URLs, so generic `canvas.navigate` and `canvas.present` loads no longer gain action-dispatch authority. (#58471) Thanks @eleqtrizit.
-- Android/gateway: require TLS for non-loopback remote gateway endpoints while still allowing local loopback and emulator cleartext setup flows. (#58475) Thanks @eleqtrizit.
-- Zalo/webhook: scope replay-dedupe cache key to path and account using `JSON.stringify` so multi-account deployments do not silently drop events due to cross-account cache poisoning. (#59387) Thanks @pgondhi987.
-- Exec/Windows: hide transient console windows for `runExec` and `runCommandWithTimeout` child-process launches, matching other Windows exec paths and stopping visible shell flashes during tool runs. (#59466) Thanks @lawrence3699.
-- Exec/Windows: reject malformed drive-less rooted executable paths like `:\Users\...` so approval and allowlist candidate resolution no longer treat them as cwd-relative commands. (#58040) Thanks @SnowSky1.
-- Exec/preflight: fail closed on complex interpreter invocations that would otherwise skip script-content validation, and correctly inspect quoted script paths before host execution. Thanks @pgondhi987.
-- Exec/Windows: include Windows-compatible env override keys like `ProgramFiles(x86)` in system-run approval binding so changed approved values are rejected instead of silently passing unbound. (#59182) Thanks @pgondhi987.
-- ACP/Windows spawn: fail closed on unresolved `.cmd` and `.bat` OpenClaw wrappers unless a caller explicitly opts into shell fallback, so Windows ACP launches do not silently drop into shell-mediated execution when wrapper unwrapping fails. (#58436) Thanks @eleqtrizit.
-- Exec/Windows: prefer strict-inline-eval denial over generic allowlist prompts for interpreter carriers, while keeping persisted Windows allow-always approvals argv-bound. (#59780) Thanks @luoyanglang.
 
-## 2026.4.1
+## 2026.4.2
 
 ### Changes
 
 - macOS/Voice Wake: add the Voice Wake option to trigger Talk Mode. (#58490) Thanks @SmoothExec.
 - Tasks/chat: add `/tasks` as a chat-native background task board for the current session, with recent task details and agent-local fallback counts when no linked tasks are visible. Related #54226. Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - Web search/SearXNG: add the bundled SearXNG provider plugin for `web_search` with configurable host support. (#57317) Thanks @cgdusek.
+- Feishu/comments: add a dedicated Drive comment-event flow with comment-thread context resolution, in-thread replies, and `feishu_drive` comment actions for document collaboration workflows. (#58497) Thanks @wittam-01.
+- WhatsApp/reactions: add `reactionLevel` guidance for agent reactions. Thanks @mcaxtr.
 - Telegram/errors: add configurable `errorPolicy` and `errorCooldownMs` controls so Telegram can suppress repeated delivery errors per account, chat, and topic without muting distinct failures. (#51914) Thanks @chinar-amrutkar
 - Gateway/webchat: make `chat.history` text truncation configurable with `gateway.webchat.chatHistoryMaxChars` and per-request `maxChars`, while preserving silent-reply filtering and existing default payload limits. (#58900)
 - Amazon Bedrock/Guardrails: add Bedrock Guardrails support to the bundled provider. (#58588) Thanks @MikeORed.
@@ -146,6 +110,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Agents/failover: cap prompt-side and assistant-side same-provider auth-profile retries for rate-limit failures before cross-provider model fallback, add the `auth.cooldowns.rateLimitedProfileRotations` knob, and document the new fallback behavior. (#58707) Thanks @Forgely3D
 - Agents/compaction: resolve `agents.defaults.compaction.model` consistently for manual `/compact` and other context-engine compaction paths, so engine-owned compaction uses the configured override model across runtime entrypoints. (#56710) Thanks @oliviareid-svg
 - Cron/tools allowlist: add `openclaw cron --tools` for per-job tool allowlists. (#58504) Thanks @andyk-ms.
+- Channels/session routing: move provider-specific session conversation grammar into plugin-owned session-key surfaces, preserving Telegram topic routing and Feishu scoped inheritance across bootstrap, model override, restart, and tool-policy paths.
 
 ### Fixes
 
@@ -159,6 +124,62 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Channels/WhatsApp: pass inbound message timestamp to model context so the AI can see when WhatsApp messages were sent. (#58590) Thanks @Maninae
 - QQBot/voice: lazy-load `silk-wasm` in `audio-convert.ts` so qqbot still starts when the optional voice dependency is missing, while voice encode/decode degrades gracefully instead of crashing at module load time. (#58829) Thanks @WideLee.
 
+## 2026.4.1
+
+- Plugins/runtime: stop ambient core helper and setup paths from loading non-selected bundled plugins, keep channel-setup snapshot scoping safe for custom channel plugins, and honor env-scoped plugin auth paths. (#59136) Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Matrix/multi-account: keep room-level `account` scoping, inherited room overrides, and implicit account selection consistent across top-level default auth, named accounts, and cached-credential env setups. (#58449) thanks @Daanvdplas and @gumadeiras.
+- Gateway/pairing: prefer explicit QR bootstrap auth over earlier Tailscale auth classification so iOS `/pair qr` silent bootstrap pairing does not fall through to `pairing required`. (#59232) Thanks @ngutman.
+- Config/Discord: coerce safe integer numeric Discord IDs to strings during config validation, keep unsafe or precision-losing numeric snowflakes rejected, and align `openclaw doctor` repair guidance with the same fail-closed behavior. (#45125) Thanks @moliendocode.
+- Gateway/sessions: scope bare `sessions.create` aliases like `main` to the requested agent while preserving the canonical `global` and `unknown` sentinel keys. (#58207) thanks @jalehman.
+- `/context detail` now compares the tracked prompt estimate with cached context usage and surfaces untracked provider/runtime overhead when present. (#28391) thanks @ImLukeF.
+- Gateway/session reset: emit the typed `before_reset` hook for gateway `/new` and `/reset`, preserving reset-hook behavior even when the previous transcript has already been archived. (#53872) thanks @VACInc
+- Plugins/commands: pass the active host `sessionKey` into plugin command contexts, and include `sessionId` when it is already available from the active session entry, so bundled and third-party commands can resolve the current conversation reliably. (#59044) Thanks @jalehman.
+- Agents/auth: honor `models.providers.*.authHeader` for pi embedded runner model requests by injecting `Authorization: Bearer <apiKey>` when requested. (#54390) Thanks @lndyzwdxhs.
+- UI/compaction: keep the compaction indicator in a retry-pending state until the run actually finishes, so the UI does not show `Context compacted` before compaction actually finishes. (#55132) Thanks @mpz4life.
+- Cron/tool schemas: keep cron tool schemas strict-model-friendly while still preserving `failureAlert=false`, nullable `agentId`/`sessionKey`, and flattened add/update recovery for the newly exposed cron job fields. (#55043) Thanks @brunolorente.
+- BlueBubbles/config: accept `enrichGroupParticipantsFromContacts` in the core strict config schema so gateways no longer fail validation or startup when the BlueBubbles plugin writes that field. (#56889) Thanks @zqchris.
+- Agents/failover: classify AbortError and stream-abort messages as timeout so Ollama NDJSON stream aborts stop showing `reason=unknown` in model fallback logs. (#58324) Thanks @yelog
+- Exec approvals: route Slack, Discord, and Telegram approvals through the shared channel approval-capability path so native approval auth, delivery, and `/approve` handling stay aligned across channels while preserving Telegram session-key agent filtering. (#58634) thanks @gumadeiras
+- Matrix/runtime: resolve the verification/bootstrap runtime from a distinct packaged Matrix entry so global npm installs stop failing on crypto bootstrap with missing-module or recursive runtime alias errors. (#59249) Thanks @gumadeiras.
+- Matrix/streaming: preserve ordered block flushes before tool, message, and agent boundaries, add explicit `channels.matrix.blockStreaming` opt-in so Matrix `streaming: "off"` stays final-only by default, and move MiniMax plain-text final handling into the MiniMax provider runtime instead of the shared core heuristic. (#59266) thanks @gumadeiras
+- Agents/compaction: resolve compaction wait before final reply/channel flush completion so slow end-of-run delivery drains no longer delay compaction completion. (#59308) thanks @gumadeiras
+- Exec approvals: align approval UX, effective-policy reporting, and `allow-always` availability with the host policy so CLI, doctor, and approval surfaces explain the real host-effective decision path. (#59283) Thanks @gumadeiras.
+- Config/Telegram: migrate removed `channels.telegram.groupMentionsOnly` into `channels.telegram.groups["*"].requireMention` on load so legacy configs no longer crash at startup. (#55336) thanks @jameslcowan.
+- Ollama/model picker: show only Ollama models after provider selection in the CLI picker. (#55290) Thanks @Luckymingxuan.
+- MiniMax/plugins: auto-enable the bundled MiniMax plugin for API-key auth/config so MiniMax image generation and other plugin-owned capabilities load without manual plugin allowlisting. (#57127) Thanks @tars90percent.
+- Plugins/bundled runtimes: restore externalized bundled plugin runtime dependency staging across packed installs, Docker builds, and local runtime staging so bundled plugins keep their declared runtime deps after the 2026.3.31 externalization change. (#58782)
+- LINE/runtime: resolve the packaged runtime contract from the built `dist/plugins/runtime` layout so LINE channels start correctly again after global npm installs on `2026.3.31`. (#58799) Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Tasks/status: hide stale completed background tasks from `/status` and `session_status`, prefer live task context, and show recent failures only when no active work remains. (#58661) Thanks @vincentkoc
+- Tasks/gateway: keep the task registry maintenance sweep from stalling the gateway event loop under synchronous SQLite pressure, so upgraded gateways stop hanging about a minute after startup. (#58670) Thanks @openperf
+- Tasks/gateway: re-check the current task record before maintenance marks runs lost or prunes them, so a task heartbeat or cleanup update that lands during a sweep no longer gets overwritten by stale snapshot state.
+- Subagents/tasks: keep subagent completion and cleanup from crashing when task-registry writes fail, so a corrupt or missing task row no longer takes down the gateway during lifecycle finalization. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Gateway/reload: ignore startup config writes by persisted hash in the config reloader so generated auth tokens and seeded Control UI origins do not trigger a restart loop, while real `gateway.auth.*` edits still require restart. (#58678) Thanks @yelog
+- Exec/approvals: honor `exec-approvals.json` security defaults when inline or configured tool policy is unset, and keep Slack and Discord native approval handling aligned with inferred approvers and real channel enablement so remote exec stops falling into false approval timeouts and disabled states. Thanks @scoootscooob and @vincentkoc.
+- Exec/approvals: make `allow-always` persist as durable user-approved trust instead of behaving like `allow-once`, reuse exact-command trust on shell-wrapper paths that cannot safely persist an executable allowlist entry, keep static allowlist entries from silently bypassing `ask:"always"`, and require explicit approval when Windows cannot build an allowlist execution plan instead of hard-dead-ending remote exec. Thanks @scoootscooob and @vincentkoc.
+- Exec/cron: resolve isolated cron no-route approval dead-ends from the effective host fallback policy when trusted automation is allowed, and make `openclaw doctor` warn when `tools.exec` is broader than `~/.openclaw/exec-approvals.json` so stricter host-policy conflicts are explicit. Thanks @scoootscooob and @vincentkoc.
+- Gateway/HTTP: skip failing HTTP request stages so one broken facade no longer forces every HTTP endpoint to return 500. (#58746) Thanks @yelog
+- Gateway/nodes: stop pinning live node commands to the approved node-pair record. Node pairing remains a trust/token flow, while per-node `system.run` policy stays in that node's exec approvals config. Fixes #58824.
+- WebChat/exec approvals: use native approval UI guidance in agent system prompts instead of telling agents to paste manual `/approve` commands in webchat sessions. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Channels/QQ Bot: keep `/bot-logs` export gated behind a truly explicit QQBot allowlist, rejecting wildcard and mixed wildcard entries while preserving the real framework command path. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Channels/plugins: keep bundled channel plugins loadable from legacy `channels.<id>` config even under restrictive plugin allowlists, and make `openclaw doctor` warn only on real plugin blockers instead of misleading setup guidance. (#58873) Thanks @obviyus
+- CDP/profiles: prefer `cdpPort` over stale WebSocket URLs so browser automation reconnects cleanly. (#58499) Thanks @Mlightsnow.
+- Media/paths: resolve relative `MEDIA` paths against the agent workspace so local attachment references keep working. (#58624) Thanks @aquaright1.
+- Memory/session indexing: keep full reindexes from skipping session transcripts when sync is triggered by `session-start` or `watch`, so restart-driven reindexes preserve session memory. (#39732) Thanks @upupc
+- Memory/QMD: prefer `--mask` over `--glob` when creating QMD collections so default memory collections keep their intended patterns and stop colliding on restart. (#58643) Thanks @GitZhangChi.
+- Sandbox/browser: compare browser runtime inspection against `agents.defaults.sandbox.browser.image` so `openclaw sandbox list --browser` stops reporting healthy browser containers as image mismatches. (#58759) Thanks @sandpile.
+- Plugins/install: forward `--dangerously-force-unsafe-install` through archive and npm-spec plugin installs so the documented override reaches the security scanner on those install paths. (#58879) Thanks @ryanlee-gemini.
+- Auto-reply/commands: strip inbound metadata before slash command detection so wrapped `/model`, `/new`, and `/status` commands are recognized. (#58725) Thanks @Mlightsnow.
+- Agents/Anthropic: preserve thinking blocks and signatures across replay, cache-control patching, and context pruning so compacted Anthropic sessions continue working instead of failing on later turns. (#58916) Thanks @obviyus
+- Agents/Anthropic: recover cleanly after a crash leaves the latest assistant turn with incomplete thinking blocks, dropping or retrying the corrupted turn instead of getting stuck on later Anthropic requests. Thanks @explainanalyze. Maintainer refresh: vincentkoc.
+- Agents/failover: unify structured and raw provider error classification so provider-specific `400`/`422` payloads no longer get forced into generic format failures before retry, billing, or compaction logic can inspect them. (#58856) Thanks @aaron-he-zhu.
+- Auth profiles/store: coerce misplaced SecretRef objects out of plaintext `key` and `token` fields during store load so agents without ACP runtime stop crashing on `.trim()` after upgrade. (#58923) Thanks @openperf.
+- ACPX/runtime: repair `queue owner unavailable` session recovery by replacing dead named sessions and resuming the backend session when ACPX exposes a stable session id, so the first ACP prompt no longer inherits a dead handle. (#58669) Thanks @neeravmakwana
+- ACPX/runtime: retry dead-session queue-owner repair without `--resume-session` when the reported ACPX session id is stale, so recovery still creates a fresh named session instead of failing session init. Thanks @obviyus.
+- Auth/OpenAI Codex: persist plugin-refreshed OAuth credentials to `auth-profiles.json` before returning them, so rotated Codex refresh tokens survive restart and stop falling into `refresh_token_reused` loops. (#53082)
+- Agents/Anthropic: honor explicit `cacheRetention` for custom providers using `anthropic-messages`, so Anthropic-compatible proxy providers can reuse prompt caching when they opt in. (#59049) Thanks @wwerst and @vincentkoc.
+- Discord/gateway: hand reconnect ownership back to Carbon, keep runtime status aligned with close/reconnect state, and force-stop sockets that open without reaching READY so Discord monitors recover promptly instead of waiting on stale health timeouts. (#59019) Thanks @obviyus
+- Control UI/build: stop `pnpm ui:build` from reinstalling the UI with production-only dependencies, so fresh self-healing UI builds keep `vite` available instead of failing before asset generation. (#59267) Thanks @juliabush.
+
 ## 2026.3.31
 
 ### Breaking
@@ -271,8 +292,55 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 
 ## 2026.3.31-beta.1
 
+### Breaking
+
+- Nodes/exec: remove the duplicated `nodes.run` shell wrapper from the CLI and agent `nodes` tool so node shell execution always goes through `exec host=node`, keeping node-specific capabilities on `nodes invoke` and the dedicated media/location/notify actions.
+- Plugin SDK: deprecate the legacy provider compat subpaths plus the older bundled provider setup and channel-runtime compatibility shims, emit migration warnings, and keep the current documented `openclaw/plugin-sdk/*` entrypoints plus local `api.ts` / `runtime-api.ts` barrels as the forward path ahead of a future major-release removal.
+- Skills/install and Plugins/install: built-in dangerous-code `critical` findings and install-time scan failures now fail closed by default, so plugin installs and gateway-backed skill dependency installs that previously succeeded may now require an explicit dangerous override such as `--dangerously-force-unsafe-install` to proceed.
+- Gateway/auth: `trusted-proxy` now rejects mixed shared-token configs, and local-direct fallback requires the configured token instead of implicitly authenticating same-host callers. Thanks @zhangning-agent, @jacobtomlinson, and @vincentkoc.
+- Gateway/node commands: node commands now stay disabled until node pairing is approved, so device pairing alone is no longer enough to expose declared node commands. (#57777) Thanks @jacobtomlinson.
+- Gateway/node events: node-originated runs now stay on a reduced trusted surface, so notification-driven or node-triggered flows that previously relied on broader host/session tool access may need adjustment. (#57691) Thanks @jacobtomlinson.
+
+### Changes
+
+- ACP/plugins: add an explicit default-off ACPX plugin-tools MCP bridge config, document the trust boundary, and harden the built-in bridge packaging/logging path so global installs and stdio MCP sessions work reliably. (#56867) Thanks @joe2643.
+- Agents/LLM: add a configurable idle-stream timeout for embedded runner requests so stalled model streams abort cleanly instead of hanging until the broader run timeout fires. (#55072) Thanks @liuy.
+- Agents/MCP: materialize bundle MCP tools with provider-safe names (`serverName__toolName`), support optional `streamable-http` transport selection plus per-server connection timeouts, and preserve real tool results from aborted/error turns unless truncation explicitly drops them. (#49505) Thanks @ziomancer.
+- Android/notifications: add notification-forwarding controls with package filtering, quiet hours, rate limiting, and safer picker behavior for forwarded notification events. (#40175) Thanks @nimbleenigma.
+- Background tasks: turn tasks into a real shared background-run control plane instead of ACP-only bookkeeping by unifying ACP, subagent, cron, and background CLI execution under one SQLite-backed ledger, routing detached lifecycle updates through the executor seam, adding audit/maintenance/status visibility, tightening auto-cleanup and lost-run recovery, improving task awareness in internal status/tool surfaces, and clarifying the split between heartbeat/main-session automation and detached scheduled runs. Thanks @mbelinky and @vincentkoc.
+- Background tasks: add the first linear task flow control surface with `openclaw tasks list|show|cancel`, keep manual multi-task flows separate from one-task auto-sync flows, and surface doctor recovery hints for obviously orphaned or broken flow/task linkage. Thanks @mbelinky and @vincentkoc.
+- Channels/QQ Bot: add QQ Bot as a bundled channel plugin with multi-account setup, SecretRef-aware credentials, slash commands, reminders, and media send/receive support. (#52986) Thanks @sliverp.
+- Diffs: skip unused viewer-versus-file SSR preload work so `diffs` view-only and file-only runs do less render work while keeping mode outputs aligned. (#57909) thanks @gumadeiras.
+- Tasks: add a minimal SQLite-backed task flow registry plus task-to-flow linkage scaffolding, so orchestrated work can start gaining a first-class parent record without changing current task delivery behavior. Thanks @mbelinky and @vincentkoc.
+- Tasks: persist blocked state on one-task task flows and let the same flow reopen cleanly on retry, so blocked detached work can carry a parent-level reason and continue without fragmenting into a new job. Thanks @mbelinky and @vincentkoc.
+- Tasks: route one-task ACP and subagent updates through a parent task-flow owner context, so detached work can emerge back through the intended parent thread/session instead of speaking only as a raw child task. Thanks @mbelinky and @vincentkoc.
+- LINE/outbound media: add LINE image, video, and audio outbound sends on the LINE-specific delivery path, including explicit preview/tracking handling for videos while keeping generic media sends on the existing image-only route. (#45826) Thanks @masatohoshino.
+- Matrix/history: add optional room history context for Matrix group triggers via `channels.matrix.historyLimit`, with per-agent watermarks and retry-safe snapshots so failed trigger retries do not drift into newer room messages. (#57022) thanks @chain710.
+- Matrix/network: add explicit `channels.matrix.proxy` config for routing Matrix traffic through an HTTP(S) proxy, including account-level overrides and matching probe/runtime behavior. (#56931) thanks @patrick-yingxi-pan.
+- Matrix/streaming: add draft streaming so partial Matrix replies update the same message in place instead of sending a new message for each chunk. (#56387) Thanks @jrusz.
+- Matrix/threads: add per-DM `threadReplies` overrides and keep thread session isolation aligned with the effective room or DM thread policy from the triggering message onward. (#57995) thanks @teconomix.
+- MCP: add remote HTTP/SSE server support for `mcp.servers` URL configs, including auth headers and safer config redaction for MCP credentials. (#50396) Thanks @dhananjai1729.
+- Memory/QMD: add per-agent `memorySearch.qmd.extraCollections` so agents can opt into cross-agent session search without flattening every transcript collection into one shared QMD namespace. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Microsoft Teams/member info: add a Graph-backed member info action so Teams automations and tools can resolve channel member details directly from Microsoft Graph. (#57528) Thanks @sudie-codes.
+- Nostr/inbound DMs: verify inbound event signatures before pairing or sender-authorization side effects, so forged DM events no longer create pairing requests or trigger reply attempts. Thanks @smaeljaish771 and @vincentkoc.
+- OpenAI/Responses: forward configured `text.verbosity` across Responses HTTP and WebSocket transports, surface it in `/status`, and keep per-agent verbosity precedence aligned with runtime behavior. (#47106) Thanks @merc1305 and @vincentkoc.
+- Pi/Codex: add native Codex web search support for embedded Pi runs, including config/docs/wizard coverage and managed-tool suppression when native Codex search is active. (#46579) Thanks @Evizero.
+- Slack/exec approvals: add native Slack approval routing and approver authorization so exec approval prompts can stay in Slack instead of falling back to the Web UI or terminal. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- TTS: Add structured provider diagnostics and fallback attempt analytics. (#57954) Thanks @joshavant.
+- WhatsApp/reactions: agents can now react with emoji on incoming WhatsApp messages, enabling more natural conversational interactions like acknowledging a photo with ❤️ instead of typing a reply. Thanks @mcaxtr.
+- Agents/BTW: force `/btw` side questions to disable provider reasoning so Anthropic adaptive-thinking sessions stop failing with `No BTW response generated`. Fixes #55376. Thanks @Catteres and @vincentkoc.
+- CLI/onboarding: reset the remote gateway URL prompt to the safe loopback default after declining a discovered endpoint, so onboarding does not keep a previously rejected remote URL. (#57828)
+- Agents/exec defaults: honor per-agent `tools.exec` defaults when no inline directive or session override is present, so configured exec host, security, ask, and node settings actually apply. (#57689)
+- Sandbox/networking: sanitize SSH subprocess env vars through the shared sandbox policy and route marketplace archive downloads plus Ollama discovery, auth, and pull requests through the guarded fetch path so sandboxed execution and remote fetches follow the repo's trust boundaries. (#57848, #57850)
+
 ### Fixes
 
+- Agents/OpenAI Responses: normalize raw bundled MCP tool schemas on the WebSocket/Responses path so bare-object, object-ish, and top-level union MCP tools no longer get rejected by OpenAI during tool registration. (#58299) Thanks @yelog.
+- ACP/security: replace ACP's dangerous-tool name override with semantic approval classes, so only narrow readonly reads/searches can auto-approve while indirect exec-capable and control-plane tools always require explicit prompt approval. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- ACP/sessions_spawn: register ACP child runs for completion tracking and lifecycle cleanup, and make registration-failure cleanup explicitly best-effort so callers do not assume an already-started ACP turn was fully aborted. (#40885) Thanks @xaeon2026 and @vincentkoc.
+- ACP/tasks: mark cleanly exited ACP runs as blocked when they end on deterministic write or authorization blockers, and wake the parent session with a follow-up instead of falsely reporting success.
+- ACPX/runtime: derive the bundled ACPX expected version from the extension package metadata instead of hardcoding a separate literal, so plugin-local ACPX installs stop drifting out of health-check parity after version bumps. (#49089) Thanks @jiejiesks and @vincentkoc.
+- Agents/Anthropic failover: treat Anthropic `api_error` payloads with `An unexpected error occurred while processing the response` as transient so retry/fallback can engage instead of surfacing a terminal failure. (#57441) Thanks @zijiess and @vincentkoc.
 - Agents/compaction: keep late compaction-retry rejections handled after the aggregate timeout path wins without swallowing real pre-timeout wait failures, so timed-out retries no longer surface an unhandled rejection on later unsubscribe. (#57451) Thanks @mpz4life and @vincentkoc.
 - Agents/context pruning: count supplementary-plane CJK characters with the shared code-point-aware estimator so context pruning stops underestimating Japanese and Chinese text that uses Extension B ideographs. (#39985) Thanks @Edward-Qiang-2024.
 - Agents/Kimi: preserve already-valid Anthropic-compatible tool call argument objects while still clearing cached repairs when later trailing junk exceeds the repair allowance. (#54491) Thanks @yuanaichi.
@@ -293,6 +361,49 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Tasks: add a small task-flow runtime substrate for authoring layers with persisted wait targets and output bags, plus bundled skills/Lobster examples and richer `flows show` / `doctor` recovery hints for multi-task flow state. (#58336) Thanks @mbelinky and @vincentkoc.
 - Config/legacy cleanup: stop probing obsolete alternate legacy config names and service labels during local config/service detection, while keeping the active `~/.openclaw/openclaw.json` path canonical.
 - Config/runtime: pin the first successful config load in memory for the running process and refresh that snapshot on successful writes/reloads, so hot paths stop reparsing `openclaw.json` between watcher-driven swaps.
+- Config/SecretRef + Control UI: harden SecretRef redaction round-trip restore, block unsafe raw fallback (force Form mode when raw is unavailable), and preflight submitted-config SecretRefs before config write RPC persistence. (#58044) Thanks @joshavant.
+- Config/Telegram: migrate removed `channels.telegram.groupMentionsOnly` into `channels.telegram.groups["*"].requireMention` on load so legacy configs no longer crash at startup. (#55336) thanks @jameslcowan.
+- Config/update: stop `openclaw doctor` write-backs from persisting plugin-injected channel defaults, so `openclaw update` no longer seeds config keys that later break service refresh validation. (#56834) Thanks @openperf.
+- Control UI/agents: auto-load agent workspace files on initial Files panel open, and populate overview model/workspace/fallbacks from effective runtime agent metadata so defaulted models no longer show as `Not set`. (#56637) Thanks @dxsx84.
+- Control UI/slash commands: make `/steer` and `/redirect` work from the chat command palette with visible pending state for active-run `/steer`, correct redirected-run tracking, and a single canonical `/steer` entry in the command menu. (#54625) Thanks @fuller-stack-dev.
+- Cron/announce: preserve all deliverable text payloads for announce mode instead of collapsing to the last chunk, so multi-line cron reports deliver in full to Telegram forum topics.
+- Cron/isolated sessions: carry the full live-session provider, model, and auth-profile selection across retry restarts so cron jobs with model overrides no longer fail or loop on mid-run model-switch requests. (#57972) Thanks @issaba1.
+- Diffs/config: preserve schema-shaped plugin config parsing from `diffsPluginConfigSchema.safeParse()`, so direct callers keep `defaults` and `security` sections instead of receiving flattened tool defaults. (#57904) Thanks @gumadeiras.
+- Diffs: fall back to plain text when `lang` hints are invalid during diff render and viewer hydration, so bad or stale language values no longer break the diff viewer. (#57902) Thanks @gumadeiras.
+- Discord/voice: enforce the same guild channel and member allowlist checks on spoken voice ingress before transcription, so joined voice channels no longer accept speech from users outside the configured Discord access policy. Thanks @cyjhhh and @vincentkoc.
+- Docker/setup: force BuildKit for local image builds (including sandbox image builds) so `./docker-setup.sh` no longer fails on `RUN --mount=...` when hosts default to Docker's legacy builder. (#56681) Thanks @zhanghui-china.
+- Docs/anchors: fix broken English docs links and make Mint anchor audits run against the English-source docs tree. (#57039) thanks @velvet-shark.
+- Doctor/plugins: skip false Matrix legacy-helper warnings when no migration plans exist, and keep bundled `enabledByDefault` plugins in the gateway startup set. (#57931) Thanks @dinakars777.
+- Exec approvals/macOS: unwrap `arch` and `xcrun` before deriving shell payloads and allow-always patterns, so wrapper approvals stay bound to the carried command instead of the outer carrier. Thanks @tdjackey and @vincentkoc.
+- Exec approvals: unwrap `caffeinate` and `sandbox-exec` before persisting allow-always trust so later shell payload changes still require a fresh approval. Thanks @tdjackey and @vincentkoc.
+- Exec/approvals: infer Discord and Telegram exec approvers from existing owner config when `execApprovals.approvers` is unset, extend the default approval window to 30 minutes, and clarify approval-unavailable guidance so approvals do not appear to silently disappear.
+- Exec/approvals: keep `awk` and `sed` family binaries out of the low-risk `safeBins` fast path, and stop doctor profile scaffolding from treating them like ordinary custom filters. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Exec/env: block proxy, TLS, and Docker endpoint env overrides in host execution so request-scoped commands cannot silently reroute outbound traffic or trust attacker-supplied certificate settings. Thanks @AntAISecurityLab.
+- Exec/env: block Python package index override variables from request-scoped host exec environment sanitization so package fetches cannot be redirected through a caller-supplied index. Thanks @nexrin and @vincentkoc.
+- Exec/node: stop gateway-side workdir fallback from rewriting explicit `host=node` cwd values to the gateway filesystem, so remote node exec approval and runs keep using the intended node-local directory. (#50961) Thanks @openperf.
+- Exec/runtime: default implicit exec to `host=auto`, resolve that target to sandbox only when a sandbox runtime exists, keep explicit `host=sandbox` fail-closed without sandbox, and show `/exec` effective host state in runtime status/docs.
+- Exec: fail closed when the implicit sandbox host has no sandbox runtime, and stop denied async approval followups from reusing prior command output from the same session. (#56800) Thanks @scoootscooob.
+- Feishu/groups: keep quoted replies and topic bootstrap context aligned with group sender allowlists so only allowlisted thread messages seed agent context. Thanks @AntAISecurityLab and @vincentkoc.
+- Gateway/attachments: offload large inbound images without leaking `media://` markers into text-only runs, preserve mixed attachment order for model input/transcripts, and fail closed when model image capability cannot be resolved. (#55513) Thanks @Syysean.
+- Gateway/auth: keep shared-auth rate limiting active during WebSocket handshake attempts even when callers also send device-token candidates, so bogus device-token fields no longer suppress shared-secret brute-force tracking. Thanks @kexinoh and @vincentkoc.
+- Gateway/auth: reject mismatched browser `Origin` headers on trusted-proxy HTTP operator requests while keeping origin-less headless proxy clients working. Thanks @AntAISecurityLab and @vincentkoc.
+- Gateway/device tokens: disconnect active device sessions after token rotation so newly rotated credentials revoke existing live connections immediately instead of waiting for those sockets to close naturally. Thanks @zsxsoft and @vincentkoc.
+- Gateway/health: carry webhook-vs-polling account mode from channel descriptors into runtime snapshots so passive channels like LINE and BlueBubbles skip false stale-socket health failures. (#47488) Thanks @karesansui-u.
+- Gateway/pairing: restore QR bootstrap onboarding handoff so fresh `/pair qr` iPhone setup can auto-approve the initial node pairing, receive a reusable node device token, and stop retrying with spent bootstrap auth. (#58382) Thanks @ngutman.
+- Gateway/OpenAI compatibility: accept flat Responses API function tool definitions on `/v1/responses` and preserve `strict` when normalizing hosted tools into the embedded runner, so spec-compliant clients like Codex no longer fail validation or silently lose strict tool enforcement. Thanks @malaiwah and @vincentkoc.
+- Gateway/OpenAI HTTP: restore default operator scopes for bearer-authenticated requests that omit `x-openclaw-scopes`, so headless `/v1/chat/completions` and session-history callers work again after the recent method-scope hardening. (#57596) Thanks @openperf.
+- Gateway/plugins: scope plugin-auth HTTP route runtime clients to read-only access and keep gateway-authenticated plugin routes on write scope, so plugin-owned webhook handlers do not inherit write-capable runtime access by default. Thanks @davidluzsilva and @vincentkoc.
+- Gateway/SecretRef: resolve restart token drift checks with merged service/runtime env sources and hard-fail unsupported mutable SecretRef plus OAuth-profile combinations so restart warnings and policy enforcement match runtime behavior. (#58141) Thanks @joshavant.
+- Gateway/tools HTTP: tighten HTTP tool-invoke authorization so owner-only tools stay off HTTP invoke paths. (#57773) Thanks @jacobtomlinson.
+- Harden async approval followup delivery in webchat-only sessions (#57359) Thanks @joshavant.
+- Heartbeat/auth: prevent exec-event heartbeat runs from inheriting owner-only tool access from the session delivery target, so node exec output stays on the non-owner tool surface even when the target session belongs to the owner. Thanks @AntAISecurityLab and @vincentkoc.
+- Hooks/config: accept runtime channel plugin ids in `hooks.mappings[].channel` (for example `feishu`) instead of rejecting non-core channels during config validation. (#56226) Thanks @AiKrai001.
+- Hooks/session routing: rebind hook-triggered `agent:` session keys to the actual target agent before isolated dispatch so dedicated hook agents keep their own session-scoped tool and plugin identity. Thanks @kexinoh and @vincentkoc.
+- Host exec/env: block additional request-scoped env overrides that can redirect Docker endpoints, trust roots, compiler include paths, package resolution, or Python environment roots during approved host runs. Thanks @tdjackey and @vincentkoc.
+- Image generation/build: write stable runtime alias files into `dist/` and route provider-auth runtime lookups through those aliases so image-generation providers keep resolving auth/runtime modules after rebuilds instead of crashing on missing hashed chunk files.
+- iOS/Live Activities: mark the `ActivityKit` import in `LiveActivityManager.swift` as `@preconcurrency` so Xcode 26.4 / Swift 6 builds stop failing on strict concurrency checks. (#57180) Thanks @ngutman.
+- LINE/ACP: add current-conversation binding and inbound binding-routing parity so `/acp spawn ... --thread here`, configured ACP bindings, and active conversation-bound ACP sessions work on LINE like the other conversation channels.
+- LINE/markdown: preserve underscores inside Latin, Cyrillic, and CJK words when stripping markdown, while still removing standalone `_italic_` markers on the shared text-runtime path used by LINE and TTS. (#47465) Thanks @jackjin1997.
 - LINE/status: stop `openclaw status` from warning about missing credentials when sanitized LINE snapshots are already configured, while still surfacing whether the missing field is the token or secret. (#45701) Thanks @tamaosamu.
 - macOS/local gateway: stop OpenClaw.app from killing healthy local gateway listeners after startup by recognizing the current `openclaw-gateway` process title and using the current `openclaw gateway` launch shape.
 - macOS/wide-area discovery: switch gateway discovery to Tailscale MagicDNS names so Mac clients recover more reliably across changing tailnet IPs. (#57833) Thanks @jacobtomlinson.
@@ -442,6 +553,8 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Telegram/delivery: skip whitespace-only and hook-blanked text replies in bot delivery to prevent GrammyError 400 empty-text crashes. (#56620)
 - Telegram/send: validate `replyToMessageId` at all four API sinks with a shared normalizer that rejects non-numeric, NaN, and mixed-content strings. (#56587)
 - Telegram/cron topics: route announce target parsing through the Telegram extension seam and carry explicit `delivery.threadId` through cron delivery resolution, so legacy `group:` routes and topic-targeted cron sends keep their forum topic destination. (#58489) Thanks @cwmine.
+- Approvals/UI: keep the newest pending approval at the front of the Control UI queue so approving one request does not accidentally target an older expired id. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Plugin approvals: accept unique short approval-id prefixes on `plugin.approval.resolve`, matching exec approvals and restoring `/approve` fallback flows on chat approval surfaces. Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - Mistral: normalize OpenAI-compatible request flags so official Mistral API runs no longer fail with remaining `422 status code (no body)` chat errors.
 - Control UI/config: keep sensitive raw config hidden by default, replace the blank blocked editor with an explicit reveal-to-edit state, and restore raw JSON editing without auto-exposing secrets. Fixes #55322.
 - CLI/zsh: defer `compdef` registration until `compinit` is available so zsh completion loads cleanly with plugin managers and manual setups. (#56555)
@@ -486,6 +599,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Control UI/Skills: open skill detail dialogs with the browser modal lifecycle so clicking a skill row keeps the panel centered instead of rendering it off-screen at the bottom of the page.
 - Matrix/replies: include quoted poll question/options in inbound reply context so the agent sees the original poll content when users reply to Matrix poll messages. (#55056) Thanks @alberthild.
 - Matrix/plugins: keep plugin bootstrap from crashing when built runtime mixes bare and deep `matrix-js-sdk` entrypoints, so unrelated channels do not get taken down during plugin load. (#56273) Thanks @aquaright1.
+- Agents/sandbox: honor `tools.sandbox.tools.alsoAllow`, let explicit sandbox re-allows remove matching built-in default-deny tools, and keep sandbox explain/error guidance aligned with the effective sandbox tool policy. (#54492) Thanks @ngutman.
 - Agents/sandbox: make blocked-tool guidance glob-aware again, redact/sanitize session-specific explain hints for safer copy-paste, and avoid leaking control-character session keys in those hints. (#54684) Thanks @ngutman.
 - Agents/compaction: trigger timeout recovery compaction before retrying high-context LLM timeouts so embedded runs stop repeating oversized requests. (#46417) thanks @joeykrug.
 - Agents/compaction: reconcile `sessions.json.compactionCount` after a late embedded auto-compaction success so persisted session counts catch up once the handler reports completion. (#45493) Thanks @jackal092927.
@@ -539,6 +653,8 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 
 ## 2026.3.24
 
+### Breaking
+
 ### Changes
 
 - Gateway/OpenAI compatibility: add `/v1/models` and `/v1/embeddings`, and forward explicit model overrides through `/v1/chat/completions` and `/v1/responses` for broader client and RAG compatibility. Thanks @vincentkoc.
@@ -586,17 +702,60 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Security/path resolution: prefer non-user-writable absolute helper binaries for OpenClaw CLI, ffmpeg, and OpenSSL resolution so PATH hijacks cannot replace trusted helpers with attacker-controlled executables.
 - Security/gateway command scopes: require `operator.admin` before Telegram target writeback and Talk Voice `/voice set` config writes persist through gateway message flows.
 - Security/OpenShell mirror: exclude workspace `hooks/` from mirror sync so untrusted sandbox files cannot become trusted host hooks on gateway startup.
+- Exec approvals/channels: unify Discord and Telegram exec approval runtime handling, move approval buttons onto the shared interactive reply model, and fix Telegram approval buttons and typed `/approve` commands so configured approvers can resolve requests reliably again. (#57516) Thanks @scoootscooob.
 
 ## 2026.3.24-beta.2
 
+### Breaking
+
+### Changes
+
 ### Fixes
 
+- Outbound media/local files: align outbound media access with the configured fs policy so host-local files and inbound-media paths keep sending when `workspaceOnly` is off, while strict workspace-only agents remain sandboxed.
+- Runtime/install: lower the supported Node 22 floor to `22.14+` while continuing to recommend Node 24, so npm installs and self-updates do not strand Node 22.14 users on older releases.
+- CLI/update: preflight the target npm package `engines.node` before `openclaw update` runs a global package install, so outdated Node runtimes fail with a clear upgrade message instead of attempting an unsupported latest release.
 - Tests/security audit: isolate audit-test home and personal skill resolution so local `~/.agents/skills` installs no longer make maintainer prep runs fail nondeterministically. (#54473) thanks @huntharo
 
 ## 2026.3.24-beta.1
 
+### Breaking
+
+### Changes
+
+- Gateway/OpenAI compatibility: add `/v1/models` and `/v1/embeddings`, and forward explicit model overrides through `/v1/chat/completions` and `/v1/responses` for broader client and RAG compatibility. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Agents/tools: make `/tools` show the tools the current agent can actually use right now, add a compact default view with an optional detailed mode, and add a live "Available Right Now" section in the Control UI so it is easier to see what will work before you ask.
+- Microsoft Teams: migrate to the official Teams SDK and add AI-agent UX best practices including streaming 1:1 replies, welcome cards with prompt starters, feedback/reflection, informative status updates, typing indicators, and native AI labeling. (#51808)
+- Microsoft Teams: add message edit and delete support for sent messages, including in-thread fallbacks when no explicit target is provided. (#49925)
+- Skills/install metadata: add one-click install recipes to bundled skills (coding-agent, gh-issues, openai-whisper-api, session-logs, tmux, trello, weather) so the CLI and Control UI can offer dependency installation when requirements are missing. (#53411) Thanks @BunsDev.
+- Control UI/skills: add status-filter tabs (All / Ready / Needs Setup / Disabled) with counts, replace inline skill cards with a click-to-detail dialog showing requirements, toggle switch, install action, API key entry, source metadata, and homepage link. (#53411) Thanks @BunsDev.
+- Slack/interactive replies: restore rich reply parity for direct deliveries, auto-render simple trailing `Options:` lines as buttons/selects, improve Slack interactive setup defaults, and isolate reply controls from plugin interactive handlers. (#53389) Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- CLI/containers: add `--container` and `OPENCLAW_CONTAINER` to run `openclaw` commands inside a running Docker or Podman OpenClaw container. (#52651) Thanks @sallyom.
+- Discord/auto threads: add optional `autoThreadName: "generated"` naming so new auto-created threads can be renamed asynchronously with concise LLM-generated titles while keeping the existing message-based naming as the default. (#43366) Thanks @davidguttman.
+- Plugins/hooks: add `before_dispatch` with canonical inbound metadata and route handled replies through the normal final-delivery path, preserving TTS and routed delivery semantics. (#50444) Thanks @gfzhx.
+- Control UI/agents: convert agent workspace file rows to expandable `<details>` with lazy-loaded inline markdown preview, and add comprehensive `.sidebar-markdown` styles for headings, lists, code blocks, tables, blockquotes, and details/summary elements. (#53411) Thanks @BunsDev.
+- Control UI/markdown preview: restyle the agent workspace file preview dialog with a frosted backdrop, sized panel, and styled header, and integrate `@create-markdown/preview` v2 system theme for rich markdown rendering (headings, tables, code blocks, callouts, blockquotes) that auto-adapts to the app's light/dark design tokens. (#53411) Thanks @BunsDev.
+- macOS app/config: replace horizontal pill-based subsection navigation with a collapsible tree sidebar using disclosure chevrons and indented subsection rows. (#53411) Thanks @BunsDev.
+- CLI/skills: soften missing-requirements label from "missing" to "needs setup" and surface API key setup guidance (where to get a key, CLI save command, storage path) in `openclaw skills info` output. (#53411) Thanks @BunsDev.
+- macOS app/skills: add "Get your key" homepage link and storage-path hint to the API key editor dialog, and show the config path in save confirmation messages. (#53411) Thanks @BunsDev.
+- Control UI/agents: add a "Not set" placeholder to the default agent model selector dropdown. (#53411) Thanks @BunsDev.
+
 ### Fixes
 
+- Security/sandbox media dispatch: close the `mediaUrl`/`fileUrl` alias bypass so outbound tool and message actions cannot escape media-root restrictions. (#54034)
+- Gateway/restart sentinel: wake the interrupted agent session via heartbeat after restart instead of only sending a best-effort restart note, retry outbound delivery once on transient failure, and preserve explicit thread/topic routing through the wake path so replies land in the correct Telegram topic or Slack thread. (#53940) Thanks @VACInc.
+- Docker/setup: avoid the pre-start `openclaw-cli` shared-network namespace loop by routing setup-time onboard/config writes through `openclaw-gateway`, so fresh Docker installs stop failing before the gateway comes up. (#53385) Thanks @amsminn.
+- Gateway/channels: keep channel startup sequential while isolating per-channel boot failures, so one broken channel no longer blocks later channels from starting. (#54215) Thanks @JonathanJing.
+- Embedded runs/secrets: stop unresolved `SecretRef` config from crashing embedded agent runs by falling back to the resolved runtime snapshot when needed. Fixes #45838.
+- WhatsApp/groups: track recent gateway-sent message IDs and suppress only matching group echoes, preserving owner `/status`, `/new`, and `/activation` commands from linked-account `fromMe` traffic. (#53624) Thanks @w-sss.
+- WhatsApp/reply-to-bot detection: restore implicit group reply detection by unwrapping `botInvokeMessage` payloads and reading `selfLid` from `creds.json`, so reply-based mentions reach the bot again in linked-account group chats.
+- Telegram/forum topics: recover `#General` topic `1` routing when Telegram omits forum metadata, including native commands, interactive callbacks, inbound message context, and fallback error replies. (#53699) thanks @huntharo
+- Discord/gateway supervision: centralize gateway error handling behind a lifetime-owned supervisor so early, active, and late-teardown Carbon gateway errors stay classified consistently and stop surfacing as process-killing teardown crashes.
+- Discord/timeouts: send a visible timeout reply when the inbound Discord worker times out before a final reply starts, including created auto-thread targets and queued-run ordering. (#53823) Thanks @Kimbo7870.
+- ACP/direct chats: always deliver a terminal ACP result when final TTS does not yield audio, even if block text already streamed earlier, and skip redundant empty-text final synthesis. (#53692) Thanks @w-sss.
+- Telegram/outbound errors: preserve actionable 403 membership/block/kick details and treat `bot not a member` as a permanent delivery failure so Telegram sends stop retrying doomed chats. (#53635) Thanks @w-sss.
+- Telegram/photos: preflight Telegram photo dimension and aspect-ratio rules, and fall back to document sends when image metadata is invalid or unavailable so photo uploads stop failing with `PHOTO_INVALID_DIMENSIONS`. (#52545) Thanks @hnshah.
+- Slack/runtime defaults: trim Slack DM reply overhead, restore Codex auto transport, and tighten Slack/web-search runtime defaults around DM preview threading, cache scoping, warning dedupe, and explicit web-search opt-in. (#53957) Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - Doctor/image generation: seed migrated legacy Nano Banana Google provider config with the `/v1beta` API root and an empty model list so `openclaw doctor --fix` completes and the migrated native Google image path keeps hitting the correct endpoint. (#53757) Thanks @mahopan.
 - Models/google: normalize bare Google Generative AI API roots for custom provider names, and keep built-in Google model-id rewrites working when `api` is declared only on individual models, so custom Google lanes and older configs stop missing `/v1beta` or preview-id normalization. (#44969) Thanks @Kathie-yu.
 - Feishu/startup: treat unresolved `SecretRef` app credentials as not configured during account resolution so CLI startup and read-only Feishu config surfaces stop crashing before runtime-backed secret resolution is available. (#53675) Thanks @hpt.
@@ -633,6 +792,8 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 
 ## 2026.3.23
 
+### Breaking
+
 ### Changes
 
 - ModelStudio/Qwen: add standard (pay-as-you-go) DashScope endpoints for China and global Qwen API keys alongside the existing Coding Plan endpoints, and relabel the provider group to `Qwen (Alibaba Cloud Model Studio)`. (#43878)
@@ -810,7 +971,9 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - CLI/auth choice: lazy-load plugin/provider fallback resolution so mapped auth choices stay on the static path and only unknown choices pay the heavy provider load. (#47495) Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - Gateway/Discord startup: load only configured channel plugins during gateway boot, and lazy-load Discord provider/session runtime setup so startup stops importing unrelated providers and trims cold-start delay. Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - Agents/inbound: lazy-load media and link understanding for plain-text turns and cache synced auth stores by auth-file state so ordinary inbound replies avoid unnecessary startup churn. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Agents/openai-compatible tool calls: deduplicate repeated tool call ids across live assistant messages and replayed history so OpenAI-compatible backends no longer reject duplicate `tool_call_id` values with HTTP 400. (#40996) Thanks @xaeon2026.
 - Agents/openai-responses: strip `prompt_cache_key` and `prompt_cache_retention` for non-OpenAI-compatible Responses endpoints while keeping them on direct OpenAI and Azure OpenAI paths, so third-party OpenAI-compatible providers no longer reject those requests with HTTP 400. (#49877) Thanks @ShaunTsai.
+- Models/openai-completions: default non-native OpenAI-compatible providers to omit tool-definition `strict` fields unless users explicitly opt back in, so tool calling keeps working on providers that reject that option. (#45497) Thanks @sahancava.
 - Models/OpenRouter runtime capabilities: fetch uncatalogued OpenRouter model metadata on first use so newly added vision models keep image input instead of silently degrading to text-only, with top-level capability field fallbacks for `/api/v1/models`. (#45824) Thanks @DJjjjhao.
 - Control UI/session routing: preserve established external delivery routes when webchat views or sends in externally originated sessions, so subagent completions still return to the original channel instead of the dashboard. (#47797) Thanks @brokemac79.
 - Telegram/replies: set `allow_sending_without_reply` on reply-targeted sends and media-error notices so deleted parent messages no longer drop otherwise valid replies. (#52524) Thanks @moltbot886.
@@ -862,6 +1025,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Google Chat/runtime API: thin the private runtime barrel onto the curated public SDK surface while keeping public Google Chat exports intact. (#49504) Thanks @scoootscooob.
 - Onboarding/custom providers: keep Azure AI Foundry `*.services.ai.azure.com` custom endpoints on the selected compatibility path instead of forcing Responses, so chat-completions Foundry models still work after setup. Fixes #50528. (#50535) Thanks @obviyus.
 - make `openclaw update status` explicitly say `up to date` when the local version already matches npm latest, while keeping the availability logic unchanged. (#51409) Thanks @dongzhenye.
+- Agents/embedded transport errors: distinguish common network failures like connection refused, DNS lookup failure, and interrupted sockets from true timeouts in embedded-run user messaging and lifecycle diagnostics. (#51419) Thanks @scoootscooob.
 - Browser/node proxy: enforce `nodeHost.browserProxy.allowProfiles` across `query.profile` and `body.profile`, block proxy-side profile create/delete when the allowlist is set, and keep the default full proxy surface when the allowlist is empty.
 - Security/device pairing: harden `device.token.rotate` deny handling by keeping public failures generic while logging internal deny reasons and preserving approved-baseline enforcement. (`GHSA-7jrw-x62h-64p8`)
 - Security/exec safe bins: remove `jq` from the default safe-bin allowlist and fail closed on the `jq` `env` builtin when operators explicitly opt `jq` back in, so `jq -n env` cannot dump host secrets without an explicit trust path. Thanks @gladiator9797 for reporting.
@@ -985,6 +1149,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Plugins/subagents: preserve gateway-owned plugin subagent access across runtime, tool, and embedded-runner load paths so gateway plugin tools and context engines can still spawn and manage subagents after the loader cache split. (#46648) Thanks @jalehman.
 - Plugins/subagents: forward per-run provider and model overrides through gateway plugin subagent dispatch so plugin-launched agent delegations honor explicit model selection again. (#48277) Thanks @jalehman.
 - Tests/OpenAI Codex auth: align login expectations with the default `gpt-5.4` model so CI coverage stays consistent with the current OpenAI Codex default. (#44367) Thanks @jrrcdev.
+- Plugins/Matrix TTS: send auto-TTS replies as native Matrix voice bubbles instead of generic audio attachments. (#37080) thanks @Matthew19990919.
 - Plugins/discovery: distinguish missing package entry files from package-path escape violations so startup skips absent plugin entry paths without raising false security diagnostics. (#52491) Thanks @hclsys.
 - Plugins/Matrix: accept shared send-tool media aliases (`mediaUrl`, `filePath`, `path`) and preserve `asVoice` / `audioAsVoice` through Matrix action dispatch so media-only sends and voice-message intents reach the plugin send layer correctly. Thanks @psacc and @vincentkoc.
 - Plugins/runtime-api: pin extension runtime-api export surfaces with explicit guardrail coverage so future surface creep becomes a deliberate diff. Thanks @vincentkoc.
@@ -992,6 +1157,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Plugins/update: let `openclaw plugins update <npm-spec>` target tracked npm installs by dist-tag or exact version, and preserve the recorded npm spec for later id-based updates. (#49998) Thanks @huntharo.
 - Tests/CLI: reduce command-secret gateway test import pressure while keeping the real protocol payload validator in place, so the isolated lane no longer carries the heavier runtime-web and message-channel graphs. (#50663) Thanks @huntharo.
 - Gateway/plugins: share plugin interactive callback routing and plugin bind approval state across duplicate module graphs so Telegram Codex picker buttons and plugin bind approvals no longer fall through to normal inbound message routing. (#50722) Thanks @huntharo.
+- Plugins/context engines: retry strict legacy `assemble()` calls without the new `prompt` field when older engines reject it, preserving prompt-aware retrieval compatibility for pre-prompt plugins. (#50848) thanks @danhdoan.
 - Plugins/runtime state: share plugin-facing infra singleton state across duplicate module graphs and keep session-binding adapter ownership stable until the active owner unregisters. (#50725) thanks @huntharo.
 - Discord/pickers: keep `/codex_resume --browse-projects` picker callbacks alive in Discord by sharing component callback state across duplicate module graphs, preserving callback fallbacks, and acknowledging matched plugin interactions before dispatch. (#51260) Thanks @huntharo.
 - Telegram/Mattermost message tool: keep plugin button schemas optional in isolated and cron sessions so plain sends do not fail validation when no current channel is active. (#52589) Thanks @tylerliu612.
@@ -1169,6 +1335,8 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Docs/Brave pricing: escape literal dollar signs in Brave Search cost text so the docs render the free credit and per-request pricing correctly. (#44989) Thanks @keelanfh.
 - Feishu/file uploads: preserve literal UTF-8 filenames in `im.file.create` so Chinese and other non-ASCII filenames no longer appear percent-encoded in chat. (#34262) Thanks @fabiaodemianyang and @KangShuaiFu.
 - Agents/compaction safeguard: trim large kept `toolResult` payloads consistently for budgeting, pruning, and identifier seeding, then restore preserved payloads after prune so oversized safeguard summaries stay stable. (#44133) thanks @SayrWolfridge.
+- Agents/compaction: compare post-compaction token sanity checks against full-session pre-compaction totals and skip the check when token estimation fails, so sessions with large bootstrap context keep real token counts instead of falling back to unknown. (#28347) thanks @efe-arv.
+- Discord/gateway startup: treat plain-text and transient `/gateway/bot` metadata fetch failures as transient startup errors so Discord gateway boot no longer crashes on unhandled rejections. (#44397) Thanks @jalehman.
 - Agents/Ollama overflow: rewrite Ollama `prompt too long` API payloads through the normal context-overflow sanitizer so embedded sessions keep the friendly overflow copy and auto-compaction trigger. (#34019) thanks @lishuaigit.
 
 - Control UI/auth: restore one-time legacy `?token=` imports for shared Control UI links while keeping `#token=` preferred, and carry pending query tokens through gateway URL confirmation so compatibility links still authenticate after confirmation. (#43979) Thanks @stim64045-spec.
@@ -1212,6 +1380,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - macOS/LaunchAgent install: tighten LaunchAgent directory and plist permissions during install so launchd bootstrap does not fail when the target home path or generated plist inherited group/world-writable modes.
 - Discord/reply chunking: resolve the effective `maxLinesPerMessage` config across live reply paths and preserve `chunkMode` in the fast send path so long Discord replies no longer split unexpectedly at the default 17-line limit. (#40133) thanks @rbutera.
 - Feishu/local image auto-convert: pass `mediaLocalRoots` through the `sendText` local-image shim so allowed local image paths upload as Feishu images again instead of falling back to raw path text. (#40623) Thanks @ayanesakura.
+- Models/Kimi Coding: send `anthropic-messages` tools in native Anthropic format again so `kimi-coding` stops degrading tool calls into XML/plain-text pseudo invocations instead of real `tool_use` blocks. (#38669, #39907, #40552) Thanks @opriz.
 - Telegram/outbound HTML sends: chunk long HTML-mode messages, preserve plain-text fallback and silent-delivery params across retries, and cut over to plain text when HTML chunk planning cannot safely preserve the full message. (#42240) thanks @obviyus.
 - Telegram/final preview delivery: split active preview lifecycle from cleanup retention so missing archived preview edits avoid duplicate fallback sends without clearing the live preview or blocking later in-place finalization. (#41662) thanks @hougangdev.
 - Telegram/final preview delivery followup: keep ambiguous missing-`message_id` finals only when a preview was already visible, while first-preview/no-id cases still fall back so Telegram users do not lose the final reply. (#41932) thanks @hougangdev.
@@ -1391,6 +1560,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - CLI/skills tables: keep terminal table borders aligned for wide graphemes, use full reported terminal width, and switch a few ambiguous skill icons to Terminal-safe emoji so `openclaw skills` renders more consistently in Terminal.app and iTerm. Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - Memory/Gemini: normalize returned Gemini embeddings across direct query, direct batch, and async batch paths so memory search uses consistent vector handling for Gemini too. (#43409) Thanks @gumadeiras.
 - Agents/failover: recognize additional serialized network errno strings plus `EHOSTDOWN` and `EPIPE` structured codes so transient transport failures trigger timeout failover more reliably. (#42830) Thanks @jnMetaCode.
+- Telegram/model picker: make inline model button selections persist the chosen session model correctly, clear overrides when selecting the configured default, and include effective fallback models in `/models` button validation. (#40105) Thanks @avirweb.
 - Agents/embedded runner: carry provider-observed overflow token counts into compaction so overflow retries and diagnostics use the rejected live prompt size instead of only transcript estimates. (#40357) thanks @rabsef-bicrym.
 - Agents/compaction transcript updates: emit a transcript-update event immediately after successful embedded compaction so downstream listeners observe the post-compact transcript without waiting for a later write. (#25558) thanks @rodrigouroz.
 - Agents/sessions_spawn: use the target agent workspace for cross-agent spawned runs instead of inheriting the caller workspace, so child sessions load the correct workspace-scoped instructions and persona files. (#40176) Thanks @moshehbenavraham.

SECURITY.md

@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ These are frequently reported but are typically closed with no code change:
 - Authorized user-triggered local actions presented as privilege escalation. Example: an allowlisted/owner sender running `/export-session /absolute/path.html` to write on the host. In this trust model, authorized user actions are trusted host actions unless you demonstrate an auth/sandbox/boundary bypass.
 - Reports that only show a malicious plugin executing privileged actions after a trusted operator installs/enables it.
 - Reports that assume per-user multi-tenant authorization on a shared gateway host/config.
-- Reports that only show quoted/replied/thread/forwarded supplemental context from non-allowlisted senders being visible to the model, without demonstrating an auth, policy, approval, or sandbox boundary bypass.
 - Reports that treat the Gateway HTTP compatibility endpoints (`POST /v1/chat/completions`, `POST /v1/responses`) as if they implemented scoped operator auth (`operator.write` vs `operator.admin`). These endpoints authenticate the shared Gateway bearer secret/password and are documented full operator-access surfaces, not per-user/per-scope boundaries.
 - Reports that assume `x-openclaw-scopes` can reduce or redefine shared-secret bearer auth on the OpenAI-compatible HTTP endpoints. For shared-secret auth (`gateway.auth.mode="token"` or `"password"`), those endpoints ignore narrower bearer-declared scopes and restore the full default operator scope set plus owner semantics.
 - Reports that treat `POST /tools/invoke` under shared-secret bearer auth (`gateway.auth.mode="token"` or `"password"`) as a narrower per-request/per-scope authorization surface. That endpoint is designed as the same trusted-operator HTTP boundary: shared-secret bearer auth is full operator access there, narrower `x-openclaw-scopes` values do not reduce that path, and owner-only tool policy follows the shared-secret operator contract.
@@ -168,24 +167,6 @@ OpenClaw's security model is "personal assistant" (one trusted operator, potenti
 - For company-shared setups, use a dedicated machine/VM/container and dedicated accounts; avoid mixing personal data on that runtime.
 - If that host/browser profile is logged into personal accounts (for example Apple/Google/personal password manager), you have collapsed the boundary and increased personal-data exposure risk.
 
-## Context Visibility and Allowlists
-
-OpenClaw distinguishes:
-
-- **Trigger authorization**: who can trigger the agent (`dmPolicy`, `groupPolicy`, allowlists, mention gates)
-- **Context visibility**: what supplemental context is provided to the model (reply body, quoted text, thread history, forwarded metadata)
-
-In current releases, allowlists primarily gate triggering and owner-style command access. They do not guarantee universal supplemental-context redaction across every channel/surface.
-
-Current channel behavior is not fully uniform:
-
-- some channels already filter parts of supplemental context by sender allowlist
-- other channels still pass supplemental context as received
-
-Reports that only show supplemental-context visibility differences are typically hardening/consistency findings unless they also demonstrate a documented boundary bypass (auth, policy, approvals, sandbox, or equivalent).
-
-Hardening roadmap may add explicit visibility modes (for example `all`, `allowlist`, `allowlist_quote`) so operators can opt into stricter context filtering with predictable tradeoffs.
-
 ## Agent and Model Assumptions
 
 - The model/agent is **not** a trusted principal. Assume prompt/content injection can manipulate behavior.

appcast.xml

@@ -2,120 +2,6 @@
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     <channel>
         <title>OpenClaw</title>
-        <item>
-            <title>2026.4.2</title>
-            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
-            <link>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openclaw/openclaw/main/appcast.xml</link>
-            <sparkle:version>2026040290</sparkle:version>
-            <sparkle:shortVersionString>2026.4.2</sparkle:shortVersionString>
-            <sparkle:minimumSystemVersion>15.0</sparkle:minimumSystemVersion>
-            <description><![CDATA[<h2>OpenClaw 2026.4.2</h2>
-<h3>Breaking</h3>
-<ul>
-<li>Plugins/xAI: move <code>x_search</code> settings from the legacy core <code>tools.web.x_search.*</code> path to the plugin-owned <code>plugins.entries.xai.config.xSearch.*</code> path, standardize <code>x_search</code> auth on <code>plugins.entries.xai.config.webSearch.apiKey</code> / <code>XAI_API_KEY</code>, and migrate legacy config with <code>openclaw doctor --fix</code>. (#59674) Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Plugins/web fetch: move Firecrawl <code>web_fetch</code> config from the legacy core <code>tools.web.fetch.firecrawl.*</code> path to the plugin-owned <code>plugins.entries.firecrawl.config.webFetch.*</code> path, route <code>web_fetch</code> fallback through the new fetch-provider boundary instead of a Firecrawl-only core branch, and migrate legacy config with <code>openclaw doctor --fix</code>. (#59465) Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-</ul>
-<h3>Changes</h3>
-<ul>
-<li>Tasks/Task Flow: restore the core Task Flow substrate with managed-vs-mirrored sync modes, durable flow state/revision tracking, and <code>openclaw flows</code> inspection/recovery primitives so background orchestration can persist and be operated separately from plugin authoring layers. (#58930) Thanks @mbelinky.</li>
-<li>Tasks/Task Flow: add managed child task spawning plus sticky cancel intent, so external orchestrators can stop scheduling immediately and let parent Task Flows settle to <code>cancelled</code> once active child tasks finish. (#59610) Thanks @mbelinky.</li>
-<li>Plugins/Task Flow: add a bound <code>api.runtime.taskFlow</code> seam so plugins and trusted authoring layers can create and drive managed Task Flows from host-resolved OpenClaw context without passing owner identifiers on each call. (#59622) Thanks @mbelinky.</li>
-<li>Android/assistant: add assistant-role entrypoints plus Google Assistant App Actions metadata so Android can launch OpenClaw from the assistant trigger and hand prompts into the chat composer. (#59596) Thanks @obviyus.</li>
-<li>Exec defaults: make gateway/node host exec default to YOLO mode by requesting <code>security=full</code> with <code>ask=off</code>, and align host approval-file fallbacks plus docs/doctor reporting with that no-prompt default.</li>
-<li>Providers/runtime: add provider-owned replay hook surfaces for transcript policy, replay cleanup, and reasoning-mode dispatch. (#59143) Thanks @jalehman.</li>
-<li>Plugins/hooks: add <code>before_agent_reply</code> so plugins can short-circuit the LLM with synthetic replies after inline actions. (#20067) Thanks @JoshuaLelon.</li>
-<li>Channels/session routing: move provider-specific session conversation grammar into plugin-owned session-key surfaces, preserving Telegram topic routing and Feishu scoped inheritance across bootstrap, model override, restart, and tool-policy paths.</li>
-<li>Feishu/comments: add a dedicated Drive comment-event flow with comment-thread context resolution, in-thread replies, and <code>feishu_drive</code> comment actions for document collaboration workflows. (#58497) Thanks @wittam-01.</li>
-<li>Matrix/plugin: emit spec-compliant <code>m.mentions</code> metadata across text sends, media captions, edits, poll fallback text, and action-driven edits so Matrix mentions notify reliably in clients like Element. (#59323) Thanks @gumadeiras.</li>
-<li>Diffs: add plugin-owned <code>viewerBaseUrl</code> so viewer links can use a stable proxy/public origin without passing <code>baseUrl</code> on every tool call. (#59341) Related #59227. Thanks @gumadeiras.</li>
-<li>Agents/compaction: resolve <code>agents.defaults.compaction.model</code> consistently for manual <code>/compact</code> and other context-engine compaction paths, so engine-owned compaction uses the configured override model across runtime entrypoints. (#56710) Thanks @oliviareid-svg.</li>
-<li>Agents/compaction: add <code>agents.defaults.compaction.notifyUser</code> so the <code>🧹 Compacting context...</code> start notice is opt-in instead of always being shown. (#54251) Thanks @oguricap0327.</li>
-<li>WhatsApp/reactions: add <code>reactionLevel</code> guidance for agent reactions. Thanks @mcaxtr.</li>
-<li>Exec approvals/channels: auto-enable DM-first native chat approvals when supported channels can infer approvers from existing owner config, while keeping channel fanout explicit and clarifying forwarding versus native approval client config.</li>
-</ul>
-<h3>Fixes</h3>
-<ul>
-<li>Providers/transport policy: centralize request auth, proxy, TLS, and header shaping across shared HTTP, stream, and websocket paths, block insecure TLS/runtime transport overrides, and keep proxy-hop TLS separate from target mTLS settings. (#59682) Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Providers/Copilot: classify native GitHub Copilot API hosts in the shared provider endpoint resolver and harden token-derived proxy endpoint parsing so Copilot base URL routing stays centralized and fails closed on malformed hints. (#59644) Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Providers/streaming headers: centralize default and attribution header merging across OpenAI websocket, embedded-runner, and proxy stream paths so provider-specific headers stay consistent and caller overrides only win where intended. (#59542) Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Providers/media HTTP: centralize base URL normalization, default auth/header injection, and explicit header override handling across shared OpenAI-compatible audio, Deepgram audio, Gemini media/image, and Moonshot video request paths. (#59469) Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Providers/OpenAI-compatible routing: centralize native-vs-proxy request policy so hidden attribution and related OpenAI-family defaults only apply on verified native endpoints across stream, websocket, and shared audio HTTP paths. (#59433) Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Providers/Anthropic routing: centralize native-vs-proxy endpoint classification for direct Anthropic <code>service_tier</code> handling so spoofed or proxied hosts do not inherit native Anthropic defaults. (#59608) Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Gateway/exec loopback: restore legacy-role fallback for empty paired-device token maps and allow silent local role upgrades so local exec and node clients stop failing with pairing-required errors after <code>2026.3.31</code>. (#59092) Thanks @openperf.</li>
-<li>Agents/subagents: pin admin-only subagent gateway calls to <code>operator.admin</code> while keeping <code>agent</code> at least privilege, so <code>sessions_spawn</code> no longer dies on loopback scope-upgrade pairing with <code>close(1008) "pairing required"</code>. (#59555) Thanks @openperf.</li>
-<li>Exec approvals/config: strip invalid <code>security</code>, <code>ask</code>, and <code>askFallback</code> values from <code>~/.openclaw/exec-approvals.json</code> during normalization so malformed policy enums fall back cleanly to the documented defaults instead of corrupting runtime policy resolution. (#59112) Thanks @openperf.</li>
-<li>Exec approvals/doctor: report host policy sources from the real approvals file path and ignore malformed host override values when attributing effective policy conflicts. (#59367) Thanks @gumadeiras.</li>
-<li>Exec/runtime: treat <code>tools.exec.host=auto</code> as routing-only, keep implicit no-config exec on sandbox when available or gateway otherwise, and reject per-call host overrides that would bypass the configured sandbox or host target. (#58897) Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Slack/mrkdwn formatting: add built-in Slack mrkdwn guidance in inbound context so Slack replies stop falling back to generic Markdown patterns that render poorly in Slack. (#59100) Thanks @jadewon.</li>
-<li>WhatsApp/presence: send <code>unavailable</code> presence on connect in self-chat mode so personal-phone users stop losing all push notifications while the gateway is running. (#59410) Thanks @mcaxtr.</li>
-<li>WhatsApp/media: add HTML, XML, and CSS to the MIME map and fall back gracefully for unknown media types instead of dropping the attachment. (#51562) Thanks @bobbyt74.</li>
-<li>Matrix/onboarding: restore guided setup in <code>openclaw channels add</code> and <code>openclaw configure --section channels</code>, while keeping custom plugin wizards on the shared <code>setupWizard</code> seam. (#59462) Thanks @gumadeiras.</li>
-<li>Matrix/streaming: keep live partial previews for the current assistant block while preserving completed block updates as separate messages when <code>channels.matrix.blockStreaming</code> is enabled. (#59384) Thanks @gumadeiras.</li>
-<li>Feishu/comment threads: harden document comment-thread delivery so whole-document comments fall back to <code>add_comment</code>, delayed reply lookups retry more reliably, and user-visible replies avoid reasoning/planning spillover. (#59129) Thanks @wittam-01.</li>
-<li>MS Teams/streaming: strip already-streamed text from fallback block delivery when replies exceed the 4000-character streaming limit so long responses stop duplicating content. (#59297) Thanks @bradgroux.</li>
-<li>Slack/thread context: filter thread starter and history by the effective conversation allowlist without dropping valid open-room, DM, or group DM context. (#58380) Thanks @jacobtomlinson.</li>
-<li>Mattermost/probes: route status probes through the SSRF guard and honor <code>allowPrivateNetwork</code> so connectivity checks stay safe for self-hosted Mattermost deployments. (#58529) Thanks @mappel-nv.</li>
-<li>Zalo/webhook replay: scope replay dedupe key by chat and sender so reused message IDs across different chats or senders no longer collide, and harden metadata reads for partially missing payloads. (#58444)</li>
-<li>QQBot/structured payloads: restrict local file paths to QQ Bot-owned media storage, block traversal outside that root, reduce path leakage in logs, and keep inline image data URLs working. (#58453) Thanks @jacobtomlinson.</li>
-<li>Image generation/providers: route OpenAI, MiniMax, and fal image requests through the shared provider HTTP transport path so custom base URLs, guarded private-network routing, and provider request defaults stay aligned with the rest of provider HTTP. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Image generation/providers: stop inferring private-network access from configured OpenAI, MiniMax, and fal image base URLs, and cap shared HTTP error-body reads so hostile or misconfigured endpoints fail closed without relaxing SSRF policy or buffering unbounded error payloads. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Browser/host inspection: keep static Chrome inspection helpers out of the activated browser runtime so <code>openclaw doctor browser</code> and related checks do not eagerly load the bundled browser plugin. (#59471) Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Browser/CDP: normalize trailing-dot localhost absolute-form hosts before loopback checks so remote CDP websocket URLs like <code>ws://localhost.:...</code> rewrite back to the configured remote host. (#59236) Thanks @mappel-nv.</li>
-<li>Agents/output sanitization: strip namespaced <code>antml:thinking</code> blocks from user-visible text so Anthropic-style internal monologue tags do not leak into replies. (#59550) Thanks @obviyus.</li>
-<li>Kimi Coding/tools: normalize Anthropic tool payloads into the OpenAI-compatible function shape Kimi Coding expects so tool calls stop losing required arguments. (#59440) Thanks @obviyus.</li>
-<li>Image tool/paths: resolve relative local media paths against the agent <code>workspaceDir</code> instead of <code>process.cwd()</code> so inputs like <code>inbox/receipt.png</code> pass the local-path allowlist reliably. (#57222) Thanks Priyansh Gupta.</li>
-<li>Podman/launch: remove noisy container output from <code>scripts/run-openclaw-podman.sh</code> and align the Podman install guidance with the quieter startup flow. (#59368) Thanks @sallyom.</li>
-<li>Plugins/runtime: keep LINE reply directives and browser-backed cleanup/reset flows working even when those plugins are disabled while tightening bundled plugin activation guards. (#59412) Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>ACP/gateway reconnects: keep ACP prompts alive across transient websocket drops while still failing boundedly when reconnect recovery does not complete. (#59473) Thanks @obviyus.</li>
-<li>ACP/gateway reconnects: reject stale pre-ack ACP prompts after reconnect grace expiry so callers fail cleanly instead of hanging indefinitely when the gateway never confirms the run.</li>
-<li>Gateway/session kill: enforce HTTP operator scopes on session kill requests and gate authorization before session lookup so unauthenticated callers cannot probe session existence. (#59128) Thanks @jacobtomlinson.</li>
-<li>MS Teams/logging: format non-<code>Error</code> failures with the shared unknown-error helper so logs stop collapsing caught SDK or Axios objects into <code>[object Object]</code>. (#59321) Thanks @bradgroux.</li>
-<li>Channels/setup: ignore untrusted workspace channel plugins during setup resolution so a shadowing workspace plugin cannot override built-in channel setup/login flows unless explicitly trusted in config. (#59158) Thanks @mappel-nv.</li>
-<li>Exec/Windows: restore allowlist enforcement with quote-aware <code>argPattern</code> matching across gateway and node exec, and surface accurate dynamic pre-approved executable hints in the exec tool description. (#56285) Thanks @kpngr.</li>
-<li>Gateway: prune empty <code>node-pending-work</code> state entries after explicit acknowledgments and natural expiry so the per-node state map no longer grows indefinitely. (#58179) Thanks @gavyngong.</li>
-<li>Webhooks/secret comparison: replace ad-hoc timing-safe secret comparisons across BlueBubbles, Feishu, Mattermost, Telegram, Twilio, and Zalo webhook handlers with the shared <code>safeEqualSecret</code> helper and reject empty auth tokens in BlueBubbles. (#58432) Thanks @eleqtrizit.</li>
-<li>OpenShell/mirror: constrain <code>remoteWorkspaceDir</code> and <code>remoteAgentWorkspaceDir</code> to the managed <code>/sandbox</code> and <code>/agent</code> roots, and keep mirror sync from overwriting or removing user-added shell roots during config synchronization. (#58515) Thanks @eleqtrizit.</li>
-<li>Plugins/activation: preserve explicit, auto-enabled, and default activation provenance plus reason metadata across CLI, gateway bootstrap, and status surfaces so plugin enablement state stays accurate after auto-enable resolution. (#59641) Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Exec/env: block additional host environment override pivots for package roots, language runtimes, compiler include paths, and credential/config locations so request-scoped exec cannot redirect trusted toolchains or config lookups. (#59233) Thanks @drobison00.</li>
-<li>Dotenv/workspace overrides: block workspace <code>.env</code> files from overriding <code>OPENCLAW_PINNED_PYTHON</code> and <code>OPENCLAW_PINNED_WRITE_PYTHON</code> so trusted helper interpreters cannot be redirected by repo-local env injection. (#58473) Thanks @eleqtrizit.</li>
-<li>Plugins/install: accept JSON5 syntax in <code>openclaw.plugin.json</code> and bundle <code>plugin.json</code> manifests during install/validation, so third-party plugins with trailing commas, comments, or unquoted keys no longer fail to install. (#59084) Thanks @singleGanghood.</li>
-<li>Telegram/exec approvals: rewrite shared <code>/approve … allow-always</code> callback payloads to <code>/approve … always</code> before Telegram button rendering so plugin approval IDs still fit Telegram's <code>callback_data</code> limit and keep the Allow Always action visible. (#59217) Thanks @jameslcowan.</li>
-<li>Cron/exec timeouts: surface timed-out <code>exec</code> and <code>bash</code> failures in isolated cron runs even when <code>verbose: off</code>, including custom session-target cron jobs, so scheduled runs stop failing silently. (#58247) Thanks @skainguyen1412.</li>
-<li>Telegram/exec approvals: fall back to the origin session key for async approval followups and keep resume-failure status delivery sanitized so Telegram followups still land without leaking raw exec metadata. (#59351) Thanks @seonang.</li>
-<li>Node-host/exec approvals: bind <code>pnpm dlx</code> invocations through the approval planner's mutable-script path so the effective runtime command is resolved for approval instead of being left unbound. (#58374)</li>
-<li>Exec/node hosts: stop forwarding the gateway workspace cwd to remote node exec when no workdir was explicitly requested, so cross-platform node approvals fall back to the node default cwd instead of failing with <code>SYSTEM_RUN_DENIED</code>. (#58977) Thanks @Starhappysh.</li>
-<li>Exec approvals/channels: decouple initiating-surface approval availability from native delivery enablement so Telegram, Slack, and Discord still expose approvals when approvers exist and native target routing is configured separately. (#59776) Thanks @joelnishanth.</li>
-</ul>
-<h3>Changes</h3>
-<ul>
-<li>macOS/Voice Wake: add the Voice Wake option to trigger Talk Mode. (#58490) Thanks @SmoothExec.</li>
-<li>Tasks/chat: add <code>/tasks</code> as a chat-native background task board for the current session, with recent task details and agent-local fallback counts when no linked tasks are visible. Related #54226. Thanks @vincentkoc.</li>
-<li>Web search/SearXNG: add the bundled SearXNG provider plugin for <code>web_search</code> with configurable host support. (#57317) Thanks @cgdusek.</li>
-<li>Telegram/errors: add configurable <code>errorPolicy</code> and <code>errorCooldownMs</code> controls so Telegram can suppress repeated delivery errors per account, chat, and topic without muting distinct failures. (#51914) Thanks @chinar-amrutkar</li>
-<li>Gateway/webchat: make <code>chat.history</code> text truncation configurable with <code>gateway.webchat.chatHistoryMaxChars</code> and per-request <code>maxChars</code>, while preserving silent-reply filtering and existing default payload limits. (#58900)</li>
-<li>Amazon Bedrock/Guardrails: add Bedrock Guardrails support to the bundled provider. (#58588) Thanks @MikeORed.</li>
-<li>ZAI/models: add <code>glm-5.1</code> and <code>glm-5v-turbo</code> to the bundled Z.AI provider catalog. (#58793) Thanks @tomsun28</li>
-<li>Agents/default params: add <code>agents.defaults.params</code> for global default provider parameters. (#58548) Thanks @lpender.</li>
-<li>Agents/failover: cap prompt-side and assistant-side same-provider auth-profile retries for rate-limit failures before cross-provider model fallback, add the <code>auth.cooldowns.rateLimitedProfileRotations</code> knob, and document the new fallback behavior. (#58707) Thanks @Forgely3D</li>
-<li>Agents/compaction: resolve <code>agents.defaults.compaction.model</code> consistently for manual <code>/compact</code> and other context-engine compaction paths, so engine-owned compaction uses the configured override model across runtime entrypoints. (#56710) Thanks @oliviareid-svg</li>
-<li>Cron/tools allowlist: add <code>openclaw cron --tools</code> for per-job tool allowlists. (#58504) Thanks @andyk-ms.</li>
-</ul>
-<h3>Fixes</h3>
-<ul>
-<li>Chat/error replies: stop leaking raw provider/runtime failures into external chat channels, return a friendly retry message instead, and add a specific <code>/new</code> hint for Bedrock toolResult/toolUse session mismatches. (#58831) Thanks @ImLukeF.</li>
-<li>Sessions/model switching: keep <code>/model</code> changes queued behind busy runs instead of interrupting the active turn, and retarget queued followups so later work picks up the new model as soon as the current turn finishes.</li>
-<li>Web UI/OpenResponses: preserve rewritten stream snapshots in webchat and keep OpenResponses final streamed text aligned when models rewind earlier output. (#58641) Thanks @neeravmakwana</li>
-<li>Discord/inbound media: pass Discord attachment and sticker downloads through the shared idle-timeout and worker-abort path so slow or stuck inbound media fetches stop hanging message processing. (#58593) Thanks @aquaright1</li>
-<li>Telegram/retries: keep non-idempotent sends on the strict safe-send path, retry wrapped pre-connect failures, and preserve <code>429</code> / <code>retry_after</code> backoff for safe delivery retries. (#51895) Thanks @chinar-amrutkar</li>
-<li>Telegram/exec approvals: route topic-aware exec approval followups through Telegram-owned threading and approval-target parsing, so forum-topic approvals stay in the originating topic instead of falling back to the root chat. (#58783)</li>
-<li>Telegram/local Bot API: preserve media MIME types for absolute-path downloads so local audio files still trigger transcription and other MIME-based handling. (#54603) Thanks @jzakirov</li>
-<li>Channels/WhatsApp: pass inbound message timestamp to model context so the AI can see when WhatsApp messages were sent. (#58590) Thanks @Maninae</li>
-<li>QQBot/voice: lazy-load <code>silk-wasm</code> in <code>audio-convert.ts</code> so qqbot still starts when the optional voice dependency is missing, while voice encode/decode degrades gracefully instead of crashing at module load time. (#58829) Thanks @WideLee.</li>
-</ul>
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+<h3>Breaking</h3>
+<ul>
+<li>Providers/Qwen: remove the deprecated <code>qwen-portal-auth</code> OAuth integration for <code>portal.qwen.ai</code>; migrate to Model Studio with <code>openclaw onboard --auth-choice modelstudio-api-key</code>. (#52709) Thanks @pomelo-nwu.</li>
+<li>Config/Doctor: drop automatic config migrations older than two months; very old legacy keys now fail validation instead of being rewritten on load or by <code>openclaw doctor</code>.</li>
+</ul>
+<h3>Changes</h3>
+<ul>
+<li>xAI/tools: move the bundled xAI provider to the Responses API, add first-class <code>x_search</code>, and auto-enable the xAI plugin from owned web-search and tool config so bundled Grok auth/configured search flows work without manual plugin toggles. (#56048) Thanks @huntharo.</li>
+<li>xAI/onboarding: let the bundled Grok web-search plugin offer optional <code>x_search</code> setup during <code>openclaw onboard</code> and <code>openclaw configure --section web</code>, including an x_search model picker with the shared xAI key.</li>
+<li>MiniMax: add image generation provider for <code>image-01</code> model, supporting generate and image-to-image editing with aspect ratio control. (#54487) Thanks @liyuan97.</li>
+<li>Plugins/hooks: add async <code>requireApproval</code> to <code>before_tool_call</code> hooks, letting plugins pause tool execution and prompt the user for approval via the exec approval overlay, Telegram buttons, Discord interactions, or the <code>/approve</code> command on any channel. The <code>/approve</code> command now handles both exec and plugin approvals with automatic fallback. (#55339) Thanks @vaclavbelak and @joshavant.</li>
+<li>ACP/channels: add current-conversation ACP binds for Discord, BlueBubbles, and iMessage so <code>/acp spawn codex --bind here</code> can turn the current chat into a Codex-backed workspace without creating a child thread, and document the distinction between chat surface, ACP session, and runtime workspace.</li>
+<li>OpenAI/apply_patch: enable <code>apply_patch</code> by default for OpenAI and OpenAI Codex models, and align its sandbox policy access with <code>write</code> permissions.</li>
+<li>Plugins/CLI backends: move bundled Claude CLI, Codex CLI, and Gemini CLI inference defaults onto the plugin surface, add bundled Gemini CLI backend support, and replace <code>gateway run --claude-cli-logs</code> with generic <code>--cli-backend-logs</code> while keeping the old flag as a compatibility alias.</li>
+<li>Plugins/startup: auto-load bundled provider and CLI-backend plugins from explicit config refs, so bundled Claude CLI, Codex CLI, and Gemini CLI message-provider setups no longer need manual <code>plugins.allow</code> entries.</li>
+<li>Podman: simplify the container setup around the current rootless user, install the launch helper under <code>~/.local/bin</code>, and document the host-CLI <code>openclaw --container <name> ...</code> workflow instead of a dedicated <code>openclaw</code> service user.</li>
+<li>Slack/tool actions: add an explicit <code>upload-file</code> Slack action that routes file uploads through the existing Slack upload transport, with optional filename/title/comment overrides for channels and DMs.</li>
+<li>Message actions/files: start unifying file-first sends on the canonical <code>upload-file</code> action by adding explicit support for Microsoft Teams and Google Chat, and by exposing BlueBubbles file sends through <code>upload-file</code> while keeping the legacy <code>sendAttachment</code> alias.</li>
+<li>Plugins/Matrix TTS: send auto-TTS replies as native Matrix voice bubbles instead of generic audio attachments. (#37080) thanks @Matthew19990919.</li>
+<li>CLI: add <code>openclaw config schema</code> to print the generated JSON schema for <code>openclaw.json</code>. (#54523) Thanks @kvokka.</li>
+<li>Config/TTS: auto-migrate legacy speech config on normal reads and secret resolution, keep legacy diagnostics for Doctor, and remove regular-mode runtime fallback for old bundled <code>tts.<provider></code> API-key shapes.</li>
+<li>Memory/plugins: move the pre-compaction memory flush plan behind the active memory plugin contract so <code>memory-core</code> owns flush prompts and target-path policy instead of hardcoded core logic.</li>
+<li>MiniMax: trim model catalog to M2.7 only, removing legacy M2, M2.1, M2.5, and VL-01 models. (#54487) Thanks @liyuan97.</li>
+<li>Plugins/runtime: expose <code>runHeartbeatOnce</code> in the plugin runtime <code>system</code> namespace so plugins can trigger a single heartbeat cycle with an explicit delivery target override (e.g. <code>heartbeat: { target: "last" }</code>). (#40299) Thanks @loveyana.</li>
+<li>Agents/compaction: preserve the post-compaction AGENTS refresh on stale-usage preflight compaction for both immediate replies and queued followups. (#49479) Thanks @jared596.</li>
+<li>Agents/compaction: surface safeguard-specific cancel reasons and relabel benign manual <code>/compact</code> no-op cases as skipped instead of failed. (#51072) Thanks @afurm.</li>
+<li>Docs: add <code>pnpm docs:check-links:anchors</code> for Mintlify anchor validation while keeping <code>scripts/docs-link-audit.mjs</code> as the stable link-audit entrypoint. (#55912) Thanks @velvet-shark.</li>
+<li>Tavily: mark outbound API requests with <code>X-Client-Source: openclaw</code> so Tavily can attribute OpenClaw-originated traffic. (#55335) Thanks @lakshyaag-tavily.</li>
+</ul>
+<h3>Fixes</h3>
+<ul>
+<li>Agents/Anthropic: recover unhandled provider stop reasons (e.g. <code>sensitive</code>) as structured assistant errors instead of crashing the agent run. (#56639)</li>
+<li>Google/models: resolve Gemini 3.1 pro, flash, and flash-lite for all Google provider aliases by passing the actual runtime provider ID and adding a template-provider fallback; fix flash-lite prefix ordering. (#56567)</li>
+<li>OpenAI Codex/image tools: register Codex for media understanding and route image prompts through Codex instructions so image analysis no longer fails on missing provider registration or missing <code>instructions</code>. (#54829) Thanks @neeravmakwana.</li>
+<li>Agents/image tool: restore the generic image-runtime fallback when no provider-specific media-understanding provider is registered, so image analysis works again for providers like <code>openrouter</code> and <code>minimax-portal</code>. (#54858) Thanks @MonkeyLeeT.</li>
+<li>WhatsApp: fix infinite echo loop in self-chat DM mode where the bot's own outbound replies were re-processed as new inbound user messages. (#54570) Thanks @joelnishanth</li>
+<li>Telegram/splitting: replace proportional text estimate with verified HTML-length search so long messages split at word boundaries instead of mid-word; gracefully degrade when tag overhead exceeds the limit. (#56595)</li>
+<li>Telegram/delivery: skip whitespace-only and hook-blanked text replies in bot delivery to prevent GrammyError 400 empty-text crashes. (#56620)</li>
+<li>Telegram/send: validate <code>replyToMessageId</code> at all four API sinks with a shared normalizer that rejects non-numeric, NaN, and mixed-content strings. (#56587)</li>
+<li>Mistral: normalize OpenAI-compatible request flags so official Mistral API runs no longer fail with remaining <code>422 status code (no body)</code> chat errors.</li>
+<li>Control UI/config: keep sensitive raw config hidden by default, replace the blank blocked editor with an explicit reveal-to-edit state, and restore raw JSON editing without auto-exposing secrets. Fixes #55322.</li>
+<li>CLI/zsh: defer <code>compdef</code> registration until <code>compinit</code> is available so zsh completion loads cleanly with plugin managers and manual setups. (#56555)</li>
+<li>BlueBubbles/debounce: guard debounce flush against null message text by sanitizing at the enqueue boundary and adding an independent combiner guard. (#56573)</li>
+<li>Auto-reply: suppress JSON-wrapped <code>{"action":"NO_REPLY"}</code> control envelopes before channel delivery with a strict single-key detector; preserves media when text is only a silent envelope. (#56612)</li>
+<li>ACP/ACPX agent registry: align OpenClaw's ACPX built-in agent mirror with the latest <code>openclaw/acpx</code> command defaults and built-in aliases, pin versioned <code>npx</code> built-ins to exact versions, and stop unknown ACP agent ids from falling through to raw <code>--agent</code> command execution on the MCP-proxy path. (#28321) Thanks @m0nkmaster and @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>Security/audit: extend web search key audit to recognize Gemini, Grok/xAI, Kimi, Moonshot, and OpenRouter credentials via a boundary-safe bundled-web-search registry shim. (#56540)</li>
+<li>Docs/FAQ: remove broken Xfinity SSL troubleshooting cross-links from English and zh-CN FAQ entries — both sections already contain the full workaround inline. (#56500)</li>
+<li>Telegram: deliver verbose tool summaries inside forum topic sessions again, so threaded topic chats now match DM verbose behavior. (#43236) Thanks @frankbuild.</li>
+<li>BlueBubbles/CLI agents: restore inbound prompt image refs for CLI routed turns, reapply embedded runner image size guardrails, and cover both CLI image transport paths with regression tests. (#51373)</li>
+<li>BlueBubbles/groups: optionally enrich unnamed participant lists with local macOS Contacts names after group gating passes, so group member context can show names instead of only raw phone numbers.</li>
+<li>Discord/reconnect: drain stale gateway sockets, clear cached resume state before forced fresh reconnects, and fail closed when old sockets refuse to die so Discord recovery stops looping on poisoned resume state. (#54697) Thanks @ngutman.</li>
+<li>iMessage: stop leaking inline <code>[[reply_to:...]]</code> tags into delivered text by sending <code>reply_to</code> as RPC metadata and stripping stray directive tags from outbound messages. (#39512) Thanks @mvanhorn.</li>
+<li>CLI/plugins: make routed commands use the same auto-enabled bundled-channel snapshot as gateway startup, so configured bundled channels like Slack load without requiring a prior config rewrite. (#54809) Thanks @neeravmakwana.</li>
+<li>CLI/message send: write manual <code>openclaw message send</code> deliveries into the resolved agent session transcript again by always threading the default CLI agent through outbound mirroring. (#54187) Thanks @KevInTheCloud5617.</li>
+<li>CLI/onboarding: show the Kimi Code API key option again in the Moonshot setup menu so the interactive picker includes all Kimi setup paths together. Fixes #54412 Thanks @sparkyrider</li>
+<li>Agents/status: use provider-aware context window lookup for fresh Anthropic 4.6 model overrides so <code>/status</code> shows the correct 1.0m window instead of an underreported shared-cache minimum. (#54796) Thanks @neeravmakwana.</li>
+<li>OpenAI/WebSocket: preserve reasoning replay metadata and tool-call item ids on WebSocket tool turns, and start a fresh response chain when full-context resend is required. (#53856) Thanks @xujingchen1996.</li>
+<li>OpenAI/WS: restore reasoning blocks for Responses WebSocket runs and keep reasoning/tool-call replay metadata intact so resumed sessions do not lose or break follow-up reasoning-capable turns. (#53856) Thanks @xujingchen1996.</li>
+<li>Agents/errors: surface provider quota/reset details when available, but keep HTML/Cloudflare rate-limit pages on the generic fallback so raw error pages are not shown to users. (#54512) Thanks @bugkill3r.</li>
+<li>Claude CLI: switch the bundled Claude CLI backend to <code>stream-json</code> output so watchdogs see progress on long runs, and keep session/usage metadata even when Claude finishes with an empty result line. (#49698) Thanks @felear2022.</li>
+<li>Claude CLI/MCP: always pass a strict generated <code>--mcp-config</code> overlay for background Claude CLI runs, including the empty-server case, so Claude does not inherit ambient user/global MCP servers. (#54961) Thanks @markojak.</li>
+<li>Agents/embedded replies: surface mid-turn 429 and overload failures when embedded runs end without a user-visible reply, while preserving successful media-only replies that still use legacy <code>mediaUrl</code>. (#50930) Thanks @infichen.</li>
+<li>Chat/UI: move the chat send button onto the shared ghost-button theme styling, while keeping the stop button icon readable on the danger state. (#55075) Thanks @bottenbenny.</li>
+<li>WhatsApp/allowFrom: show a specific allowFrom policy error for valid blocked targets instead of the misleading <code><E.164|group JID></code> format hint. Thanks @mcaxtr.</li>
+<li>Agents/cooldowns: scope rate-limit cooldowns per model so one 429 no longer blocks every model on the same auth profile, replace the exponential 1 min -> 1 h escalation with a stepped 30 s / 1 min / 5 min ladder, and surface a user-facing countdown message when all models are rate-limited. (#49834) Thanks @kiranvk-2011.</li>
+<li>Agents/embedded transport errors: distinguish common network failures like connection refused, DNS lookup failure, and interrupted sockets from true timeouts in embedded-run user messaging and lifecycle diagnostics. (#51419) Thanks @scoootscooob.</li>
+<li>Telegram/pairing: ignore self-authored DM <code>message</code> updates so bot-pinned status cards and similar service updates do not trigger bogus pairing requests or re-enter inbound dispatch. (#54530) thanks @huntharo</li>
+<li>Mattermost/replies: keep pairing replies, slash-command fallback replies, and model-picker messages on the resolved config path so <code>exec:</code> SecretRef bot tokens work across all outbound reply branches. (#48347) thanks @mathiasnagler.</li>
+<li>Microsoft Teams/config: accept the existing <code>welcomeCard</code>, <code>groupWelcomeCard</code>, <code>promptStarters</code>, and feedback/reflection keys in strict config validation so already-supported Teams runtime settings stop failing schema checks. (#54679) Thanks @gumclaw.</li>
+<li>MCP/channels: add a Gateway-backed channel MCP bridge with Codex/Claude-facing conversation tools, Claude channel notifications, and safer stdio bridge lifecycle handling for reconnects and routed session discovery.</li>
+<li>Plugins/SDK: thread <code>moduleUrl</code> through plugin-sdk alias resolution so user-installed plugins outside the openclaw directory correctly resolve <code>openclaw/plugin-sdk/*</code> subpath imports, and gate <code>plugin-sdk:check-exports</code> in <code>release:check</code>. (#54283) Thanks @xieyongliang.</li>
+<li>Config/web fetch: allow the documented <code>tools.web.fetch.maxResponseBytes</code> setting in runtime schema validation so valid configs no longer fail with unrecognized-key errors. (#53401) Thanks @erhhung.</li>
+<li>Message tool/buttons: keep the shared <code>buttons</code> schema optional in merged tool definitions so plain <code>action=send</code> calls stop failing validation when no buttons are provided. (#54418) Thanks @adzendo.</li>
+<li>Agents/openai-compatible tool calls: deduplicate repeated tool call ids across live assistant messages and replayed history so OpenAI-compatible backends no longer reject duplicate <code>tool_call_id</code> values with HTTP 400. (#40996) Thanks @xaeon2026.</li>
+<li>Models/openai-completions: default non-native OpenAI-compatible providers to omit tool-definition <code>strict</code> fields unless users explicitly opt back in, so tool calling keeps working on providers that reject that option. (#45497) Thanks @sahancava.</li>
+<li>Plugins/context engines: retry strict legacy <code>assemble()</code> calls without the new <code>prompt</code> field when older engines reject it, preserving prompt-aware retrieval compatibility for pre-prompt plugins. (#50848) thanks @danhdoan.</li>
+<li>CLI/update status: explicitly say <code>up to date</code> when the local version already matches npm latest, while keeping the availability logic unchanged. (#51409) Thanks @dongzhenye.</li>
+<li>Daemon/Linux: stop flagging non-gateway systemd services as duplicate gateways just because their unit files mention OpenClaw, reducing false-positive doctor/log noise. (#45328) Thanks @gregretkowski.</li>
+<li>Feishu: close WebSocket connections on monitor stop/abort so ghost connections no longer persist, preventing duplicate event processing and resource leaks across restart cycles. (#52844) Thanks @schumilin.</li>
+<li>Feishu: use the original message <code>create_time</code> instead of <code>Date.now()</code> for inbound timestamps so offline-retried messages carry the correct authoring time, preventing mis-targeted agent actions on stale instructions. (#52809) Thanks @schumilin.</li>
+<li>Control UI/Skills: open skill detail dialogs with the browser modal lifecycle so clicking a skill row keeps the panel centered instead of rendering it off-screen at the bottom of the page.</li>
+<li>Matrix/replies: include quoted poll question/options in inbound reply context so the agent sees the original poll content when users reply to Matrix poll messages. (#55056) Thanks @alberthild.</li>
+<li>Matrix/plugins: keep plugin bootstrap from crashing when built runtime mixes bare and deep <code>matrix-js-sdk</code> entrypoints, so unrelated channels do not get taken down during plugin load. (#56273) Thanks @aquaright1.</li>
+<li>Agents/sandbox: honor <code>tools.sandbox.tools.alsoAllow</code>, let explicit sandbox re-allows remove matching built-in default-deny tools, and keep sandbox explain/error guidance aligned with the effective sandbox tool policy. (#54492) Thanks @ngutman.</li>
+<li>Agents/sandbox: make blocked-tool guidance glob-aware again, redact/sanitize session-specific explain hints for safer copy-paste, and avoid leaking control-character session keys in those hints. (#54684) Thanks @ngutman.</li>
+<li>Agents/compaction: trigger timeout recovery compaction before retrying high-context LLM timeouts so embedded runs stop repeating oversized requests. (#46417) thanks @joeykrug.</li>
+<li>Agents/compaction: reconcile <code>sessions.json.compactionCount</code> after a late embedded auto-compaction success so persisted session counts catch up once the handler reports completion. (#45493) Thanks @jackal092927.</li>
+<li>Agents/failover: classify Codex accountId token extraction failures as auth errors so model fallback continues to the next configured candidate. (#55206) Thanks @cosmicnet.</li>
+<li>Plugins/runtime: reuse only compatible active plugin registries across tools, providers, web search, and channel bootstrap, align <code>/tools/invoke</code> plugin loading with the session workspace, and retry outbound channel recovery when the pinned channel surface changes so plugin tools and channels stop disappearing or re-registering from mismatched runtime loads. Thanks @gumadeiras.</li>
+<li>Talk/macOS: stop direct system-voice failures from replaying system speech, use app-locale fallback for shared watchdog timing, and add regression coverage for the macOS fallback route and language-aware timeout policy. (#53511) thanks @hongsw.</li>
+<li>Discord/gateway cleanup: keep late Carbon reconnect-exhausted errors suppressed through startup/dispose cleanup so Discord monitor shutdown no longer crashes on late gateway close events. (#55373) Thanks @Takhoffman.</li>
+<li>Discord/gateway shutdown: treat expected reconnect-exhausted events during intentional lifecycle stop as clean shutdowns so startup-abort cleanup no longer surfaces false gateway failures. (#55324) Thanks @joelnishanth.</li>
+<li>Discord/gateway shutdown: suppress reconnect-exhausted events that were already buffered before teardown flips <code>lifecycleStopping</code>, so stale-socket Discord restarts no longer crash the whole gateway. Fixes #55403 and #55421. Thanks @lml2468 and @vincentkoc.</li>
+<li>GitHub Copilot/auth refresh: treat large <code>expires_at</code> values as seconds epochs and clamp far-future runtime auth refresh timers so Copilot token refresh cannot fall into a <code>setTimeout</code> overflow hot loop. (#55360) Thanks @michael-abdo.</li>
+<li>Agents/status: use the persisted runtime session model in <code>session_status</code> when no explicit override exists, and honor per-agent <code>thinkingDefault</code> in both <code>session_status</code> and <code>/status</code>. (#55425) Thanks @scoootscooob, @xaeon2026, and @ysfbsf.</li>
+<li>Heartbeat/runner: guarantee the interval timer is re-armed after heartbeat runs and unexpected runner errors so scheduled heartbeats do not silently stop after an interrupted cycle. (#52270) Thanks @MiloStack.</li>
+<li>Config/Doctor: rewrite stale bundled plugin load paths from legacy bundled-plugin locations to the packaged bundled path, including directory-name mismatches and slash-suffixed config entries. (#55054) Thanks @SnowSky1.</li>
+<li>WhatsApp/mentions: stop treating mentions embedded in quoted messages as direct mentions so replying to a message that @mentioned the bot no longer falsely triggers mention gating. (#52711) Thanks @lurebat.</li>
+<li>Matrix: keep separate 2-person rooms out of DM routing after <code>m.direct</code> seeds successfully, while still honoring explicit <code>is_direct</code> state and startup fallback recovery. (#54890) thanks @private-peter</li>
+<li>Agents/ollama fallback: surface non-2xx Ollama HTTP errors with a leading status code so HTTP 503 responses trigger model fallback again. (#55214) Thanks @bugkill3r.</li>
+<li>Feishu/tools: stop synthetic agent ids like <code>agent-spawner</code> from being treated as Feishu account ids during tool execution, so tools fall back to the configured/default Feishu account unless the contextual id is a real enabled Feishu account. (#55627) Thanks @MonkeyLeeT.</li>
+<li>Google/tools: strip empty <code>required: []</code> arrays from Gemini tool schemas so optional-only tool parameters no longer trigger Google validator 400s. (#52106) Thanks @oliviareid-svg.</li>
+<li>Onboarding/TUI/local gateways: show the resolved gateway port in setup output, clarify no-daemon local health/dashboard messaging, and preserve loopback Control UI auth on reruns and explicit local gateway URLs so local quickstart flows recover cleanly. (#55730) Thanks @shakkernerd.</li>
+<li>TUI/chat log: keep system messages as single logical entries and prune overflow at whole-message boundaries so wrapped system spacing stays intact. (#55732) Thanks @shakkernerd.</li>
+<li>TUI/activation: validate <code>/activation</code> arguments in the TUI and reject invalid values instead of silently coercing them to <code>mention</code>. (#55733) Thanks @shakkernerd.</li>
+<li>Agents/model switching: apply <code>/model</code> changes to active embedded runs at the next safe retry boundary, so overloaded or retrying turns switch to the newly selected model instead of staying pinned to the old provider.</li>
+<li>Agents/Codex fallback: classify Codex <code>server_error</code> payloads as failoverable, sanitize <code>Codex error:</code> payloads before they reach chat, preserve context-overflow guidance for prefixed <code>invalid_request_error</code> payloads, and omit provider <code>request_id</code> values from user-facing UI copy. (#42892) Thanks @xaeon2026.</li>
+<li>Memory/search: share memory embedding provider registrations across split plugin runtimes so memory search no longer fails with unknown provider errors after memory-core registers built-in adapters. (#55945) Thanks @glitch418x.</li>
+<li>Discord/Carbon beta: update <code>@buape/carbon</code> to the latest beta and pass the new <code>RateLimitError</code> request argument so Discord stays compatible with the upstream beta constructor change. (#55980) Thanks @ngutman.</li>
+<li>Plugins/inbound claims: pass full inbound attachment arrays through <code>inbound_claim</code> hook metadata while keeping the legacy singular media attachment fields for compatibility. (#55452) Thanks @huntharo.</li>
+<li>Plugins/Matrix: preserve sender filenames for inbound media by forwarding <code>originalFilename</code> to <code>saveMediaBuffer</code>. (#55692) thanks @esrehmki.</li>
+<li>Matrix/mentions: recognize <code>matrix.to</code> mentions whose visible label uses the bot's room display name, so <code>requireMention: true</code> rooms respond correctly in modern Matrix clients. (#55393) thanks @nickludlam.</li>
+<li>Ollama/thinking off: route <code>thinkingLevel=off</code> through the live Ollama extension request path so thinking-capable Ollama models now receive top-level <code>think: false</code> instead of silently generating hidden reasoning tokens. (#53200) Thanks @BruceMacD.</li>
+<li>Plugins/diffs: stage bundled <code>@pierre/diffs</code> runtime dependencies during packaged updates so the bundled diff viewer keeps loading after global installs and updates. (#56077) Thanks @gumadeiras.</li>
+<li>Plugins/diffs: load bundled Pierre themes without JSON module imports so diff rendering keeps working on newer Node builds. (#45869) thanks @NickHood1984.</li>
+<li>Plugins/uninstall: remove owned <code>channels.<id></code> config when uninstalling channel plugins, and keep the uninstall preview aligned with explicit channel ownership so built-in channels and shared keys stay intact. (#35915) Thanks @wbxl2000.</li>
+<li>Plugins/Matrix: prefer explicit DM signals when choosing outbound direct rooms and routing unmapped verification summaries, so strict 2-person fallback rooms do not outrank the real DM. (#56076) thanks @gumadeiras</li>
+<li>Plugins/Matrix: resolve env-backed <code>accessToken</code> and <code>password</code> SecretRefs against the active Matrix config env path during startup, and officially accept SecretRef <code>accessToken</code> config values. (#54980) thanks @kakahu2015.</li>
+<li>Microsoft Teams/proactive DMs: prefer the freshest personal conversation reference for <code>user:<aadObjectId></code> sends when multiple stored references exist, so replies stop targeting stale DM threads. (#54702) Thanks @gumclaw.</li>
+<li>Gateway/plugins: reuse the session workspace when building HTTP <code>/tools/invoke</code> tool lists and harden tool construction to infer the session agent workspace by default, so workspace plugins do not re-register on repeated HTTP tool calls. (#56101) thanks @neeravmakwana</li>
+<li>Brave/web search: normalize unsupported Brave <code>country</code> filters to <code>ALL</code> before request and cache-key generation so locale-derived values like <code>VN</code> stop failing with upstream 422 validation errors. (#55695) Thanks @chen-zhang-cs-code.</li>
+<li>Discord/replies: preserve leading indentation when stripping inline reply tags so reply-tagged plain text and fenced code blocks keep their formatting. (#55960) Thanks @Nanako0129.</li>
+<li>Daemon/status: surface immediate gateway close reasons from lightweight probes and prefer those concrete auth or pairing failures over generic timeouts in <code>openclaw daemon status</code>. (#56282) Thanks @mbelinky.</li>
+<li>Agents/failover: classify HTTP 410 errors as retryable timeouts by default while still preserving explicit session-expired, billing, and auth signals from the payload. (#55201) thanks @nikus-pan.</li>
+<li>Agents/subagents: restore completion announce delivery for extension channels like BlueBubbles. (#56348)</li>
+<li>Plugins/Matrix: load bundled <code>@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-nodejs</code> through <code>createRequire(...)</code> so E2EE media send and receive keep the package-local native binding lookup working in packaged ESM builds. (#54566) thanks @joelnishanth.</li>
+<li>Plugins/Matrix: encrypt E2EE image thumbnails with <code>thumbnail_file</code> while keeping unencrypted-room previews on <code>thumbnail_url</code>, so encrypted Matrix image events keep thumbnail metadata without leaking plaintext previews. (#54711) thanks @frischeDaten.</li>
+<li>Telegram/forum topics: keep native <code>/new</code> and <code>/reset</code> routed to the active topic by preserving the topic target on forum-thread command context. (#35963)</li>
+</ul>
+<p><a href="https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md">View full changelog</a></p>
+]]></description>
+            <enclosure url="https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/releases/download/v2026.3.28/OpenClaw-2026.3.28.zip" length="25811288" type="application/octet-stream" sparkle:edSignature="SJp4ptVaGlOIXRPevS89DbfN2WKP0bKMXQoaT0fmLhy7pataDfHN0kxC3zu6P0Q/HtsxaESEhJUw48SCUNNKDA=="/>
+        </item>
     </channel>
 </rss>

apps/android/app/build.gradle.kts

@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ android {
         applicationId = "ai.openclaw.app"
         minSdk = 31
         targetSdk = 36
-        versionCode = 2026040301
-        versionName = "2026.4.3"
+        versionCode = 2026040201
+        versionName = "2026.4.2-beta.1"
         ndk {
             // Support all major ABIs — native libs are tiny (~47 KB per ABI)
             abiFilters += listOf("armeabi-v7a", "arm64-v8a", "x86", "x86_64")

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

@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong
 class NodeRuntime(
   context: Context,
   val prefs: SecurePrefs = SecurePrefs(context.applicationContext),
-  private val tlsFingerprintProbe: suspend (String, Int) -> String? = ::probeGatewayTlsFingerprint,
 ) {
   data class GatewayConnectAuth(
     val token: String?,
@@ -190,7 +189,6 @@ class NodeRuntime(
   data class GatewayTrustPrompt(
     val endpoint: GatewayEndpoint,
     val fingerprintSha256: String,
-    val auth: GatewayConnectAuth,
   )
 
   private val _isConnected = MutableStateFlow(false)
@@ -830,21 +828,17 @@ class NodeRuntime(
     }
   }
 
-  private fun beginConnect(
-    endpoint: GatewayEndpoint,
-    auth: GatewayConnectAuth,
-  ) {
+  fun connect(endpoint: GatewayEndpoint) {
     val tls = connectionManager.resolveTlsParams(endpoint)
     if (tls?.required == true && tls.expectedFingerprint.isNullOrBlank()) {
       // First-time TLS: capture fingerprint, ask user to verify out-of-band, then store and connect.
       _statusText.value = "Verify gateway TLS fingerprint…"
       scope.launch {
-        val fp = tlsFingerprintProbe(endpoint.host, endpoint.port) ?: run {
+        val fp = probeGatewayTlsFingerprint(endpoint.host, endpoint.port) ?: run {
           _statusText.value = "Failed: can't read TLS fingerprint"
           return@launch
         }
-        _pendingGatewayTrust.value =
-          GatewayTrustPrompt(endpoint = endpoint, fingerprintSha256 = fp, auth = auth)
+        _pendingGatewayTrust.value = GatewayTrustPrompt(endpoint = endpoint, fingerprintSha256 = fp)
       }
       return
     }
@@ -853,18 +847,18 @@ class NodeRuntime(
     operatorStatusText = "Connecting…"
     nodeStatusText = "Connecting…"
     updateStatus()
-    connectWithAuth(endpoint = endpoint, auth = auth)
-  }
-
-  fun connect(endpoint: GatewayEndpoint) {
-    beginConnect(endpoint = endpoint, auth = resolveGatewayConnectAuth())
+    connectWithAuth(endpoint = endpoint, auth = resolveGatewayConnectAuth())
   }
 
   fun connect(
     endpoint: GatewayEndpoint,
     auth: GatewayConnectAuth,
   ) {
-    beginConnect(endpoint = endpoint, auth = resolveGatewayConnectAuth(auth))
+    connectedEndpoint = endpoint
+    operatorStatusText = "Connecting…"
+    nodeStatusText = "Connecting…"
+    updateStatus()
+    connectWithAuth(endpoint = endpoint, auth = resolveGatewayConnectAuth(auth))
   }
 
   internal fun resolveGatewayConnectAuth(explicitAuth: GatewayConnectAuth? = null): GatewayConnectAuth {
@@ -880,7 +874,7 @@ class NodeRuntime(
     val prompt = _pendingGatewayTrust.value ?: return
     _pendingGatewayTrust.value = null
     prefs.saveGatewayTlsFingerprint(prompt.endpoint.stableId, prompt.fingerprintSha256)
-    beginConnect(endpoint = prompt.endpoint, auth = prompt.auth)
+    connect(prompt.endpoint)
   }
 
   fun declineGatewayTrustPrompt() {

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

@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-package ai.openclaw.app.gateway
-
-import android.os.Build
-import java.net.InetAddress
-import java.util.Locale
-
-internal fun isLoopbackGatewayHost(
-  rawHost: String?,
-  allowEmulatorBridgeAlias: Boolean = isAndroidEmulatorRuntime(),
-): Boolean {
-  var host =
-    rawHost
-      ?.trim()
-      ?.lowercase(Locale.US)
-      ?.trim('[', ']')
-      .orEmpty()
-  if (host.endsWith(".")) {
-    host = host.dropLast(1)
-  }
-  val zoneIndex = host.indexOf('%')
-  if (zoneIndex >= 0) {
-    host = host.substring(0, zoneIndex)
-  }
-  if (host.isEmpty()) return false
-  if (host == "localhost") return true
-  if (allowEmulatorBridgeAlias && host == "10.0.2.2") return true
-
-  parseIpv4Address(host)?.let { ipv4 ->
-    return ipv4.first() == 127.toByte()
-  }
-  if (!host.contains(':') || !host.all(::isIpv6LiteralChar)) return false
-
-  val address = runCatching { InetAddress.getByName(host) }.getOrNull()?.address ?: return false
-  if (address.size == 4) {
-    return address[0] == 127.toByte()
-  }
-  if (address.size != 16) return false
-  // `::1` is 15 zero bytes followed by `0x01`.
-  val isIpv6Loopback = address.copyOfRange(0, 15).all { it == 0.toByte() } && address[15] == 1.toByte()
-  if (isIpv6Loopback) return true
-
-  val isMappedIpv4 =
-    address.copyOfRange(0, 10).all { it == 0.toByte() } &&
-      address[10] == 0xFF.toByte() &&
-      address[11] == 0xFF.toByte()
-  return isMappedIpv4 && address[12] == 127.toByte()
-}
-
-private fun isAndroidEmulatorRuntime(): Boolean {
-  val fingerprint = Build.FINGERPRINT?.lowercase(Locale.US).orEmpty()
-  val model = Build.MODEL?.lowercase(Locale.US).orEmpty()
-  val manufacturer = Build.MANUFACTURER?.lowercase(Locale.US).orEmpty()
-  val brand = Build.BRAND?.lowercase(Locale.US).orEmpty()
-  val device = Build.DEVICE?.lowercase(Locale.US).orEmpty()
-  val product = Build.PRODUCT?.lowercase(Locale.US).orEmpty()
-
-  return fingerprint.contains("generic") ||
-    fingerprint.contains("robolectric") ||
-    model.contains("emulator") ||
-    model.contains("sdk_gphone") ||
-    manufacturer.contains("genymotion") ||
-    (brand.contains("generic") && device.contains("generic")) ||
-    product.contains("sdk_gphone") ||
-    product.contains("emulator") ||
-    product.contains("simulator")
-}
-
-private fun parseIpv4Address(host: String): ByteArray? {
-  val parts = host.split('.')
-  if (parts.size != 4) return null
-  val bytes = ByteArray(4)
-  for ((index, part) in parts.withIndex()) {
-    val value = part.toIntOrNull() ?: return null
-    if (value !in 0..255) return null
-    bytes[index] = value.toByte()
-  }
-  return bytes
-}
-
-private fun isIpv6LiteralChar(char: Char): Boolean = char in '0'..'9' || char in 'a'..'f' || char == ':' || char == '.'

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

@@ -268,10 +268,16 @@ class GatewaySession(
     private var socket: WebSocket? = null
     private val loggerTag = "OpenClawGateway"
 
-    val remoteAddress: String = formatGatewayAuthority(endpoint.host, endpoint.port)
+    val remoteAddress: String =
+      if (endpoint.host.contains(":")) {
+        "[${endpoint.host}]:${endpoint.port}"
+      } else {
+        "${endpoint.host}:${endpoint.port}"
+      }
 
     suspend fun connect() {
-      val url = buildGatewayWebSocketUrl(endpoint.host, endpoint.port, tls != null)
+      val scheme = if (tls != null) "wss" else "ws"
+      val url = "$scheme://${endpoint.host}:${endpoint.port}"
       val request = Request.Builder().url(url).build()
       socket = client.newWebSocket(request, Listener())
       try {
@@ -746,7 +752,7 @@ class GatewaySession(
 
     // If raw URL is a non-loopback address and this connection uses TLS,
     // normalize scheme/port to the endpoint we actually connected to.
-    if (trimmed.isNotBlank() && host.isNotBlank() && !isLoopbackGatewayHost(host)) {
+    if (trimmed.isNotBlank() && host.isNotBlank() && !isLoopbackHost(host)) {
       val needsTlsRewrite =
         isTlsConnection &&
           (
@@ -775,7 +781,7 @@ class GatewaySession(
 
   private fun buildCanvasUrl(host: String, scheme: String, port: Int, suffix: String): String {
     val loweredScheme = scheme.lowercase()
-    val formattedHost = formatGatewayAuthorityHost(host)
+    val formattedHost = if (host.contains(":")) "[${host}]" else host
     val portSuffix = if ((loweredScheme == "https" && port == 443) || (loweredScheme == "http" && port == 80)) "" else ":$port"
     return "$loweredScheme://$formattedHost$portSuffix$suffix"
   }
@@ -788,6 +794,15 @@ class GatewaySession(
     return "$path$query$fragment"
   }
 
+  private fun isLoopbackHost(raw: String?): Boolean {
+    val host = raw?.trim()?.lowercase().orEmpty()
+    if (host.isEmpty()) return false
+    if (host == "localhost") return true
+    if (host == "::1") return true
+    if (host == "0.0.0.0" || host == "::") return true
+    return host.startsWith("127.")
+  }
+
   private fun selectConnectAuth(
     endpoint: GatewayEndpoint,
     tls: GatewayTlsParams?,
@@ -876,27 +891,13 @@ class GatewaySession(
     endpoint: GatewayEndpoint,
     tls: GatewayTlsParams?,
   ): Boolean {
-    if (isLoopbackGatewayHost(endpoint.host)) {
+    if (isLoopbackHost(endpoint.host)) {
       return true
     }
     return tls?.expectedFingerprint?.trim()?.isNotEmpty() == true
   }
 }
 
-internal fun buildGatewayWebSocketUrl(host: String, port: Int, useTls: Boolean): String {
-  val scheme = if (useTls) "wss" else "ws"
-  return "$scheme://${formatGatewayAuthority(host, port)}"
-}
-
-internal fun formatGatewayAuthority(host: String, port: Int): String {
-  return "${formatGatewayAuthorityHost(host)}:$port"
-}
-
-private fun formatGatewayAuthorityHost(host: String): String {
-  val normalizedHost = host.trim().trim('[', ']')
-  return if (normalizedHost.contains(":")) "[${normalizedHost}]" else normalizedHost
-}
-
 private fun JsonElement?.asObjectOrNull(): JsonObject? = this as? JsonObject
 
 private fun JsonElement?.asStringOrNull(): String? =

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

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

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

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package ai.openclaw.app.ui
 
-import ai.openclaw.app.gateway.isLoopbackGatewayHost
 import java.util.Base64
 import java.util.Locale
 import java.net.URI
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@ internal fun parseGatewayEndpoint(rawInput: String): GatewayEndpointConfig? {
 
   val normalized = if (raw.contains("://")) raw else "https://$raw"
   val uri = runCatching { URI(normalized) }.getOrNull() ?: return null
-  val host = uri.host?.trim()?.trim('[', ']').orEmpty()
+  val host = uri.host?.trim().orEmpty()
   if (host.isEmpty()) return null
 
   val scheme = uri.scheme?.trim()?.lowercase(Locale.US).orEmpty()
@@ -112,7 +111,6 @@ internal fun parseGatewayEndpoint(rawInput: String): GatewayEndpointConfig? {
       "wss", "https" -> true
       else -> true
     }
-  if (!tls && !isLoopbackGatewayHost(host)) return null
   val defaultPort =
     when (scheme) {
       "wss", "https" -> 443
@@ -126,12 +124,11 @@ internal fun parseGatewayEndpoint(rawInput: String): GatewayEndpointConfig? {
       else -> 443
     }
   val port = uri.port.takeIf { it in 1..65535 } ?: defaultPort
-  val displayHost = if (host.contains(":")) "[$host]" else host
   val displayUrl =
     if (port == displayPort && defaultPort == displayPort) {
-      "${if (tls) "https" else "http"}://$displayHost"
+      "${if (tls) "https" else "http"}://$host"
     } else {
-      "${if (tls) "https" else "http"}://$displayHost:$port"
+      "${if (tls) "https" else "http"}://$host:$port"
     }
 
   return GatewayEndpointConfig(host = host, port = port, tls = tls, displayUrl = displayUrl)
@@ -166,8 +163,7 @@ internal fun decodeGatewaySetupCode(rawInput: String): GatewaySetupCode? {
 
 internal fun resolveScannedSetupCode(rawInput: String): String? {
   val setupCode = resolveSetupCodeCandidate(rawInput) ?: return null
-  val decoded = decodeGatewaySetupCode(setupCode) ?: return null
-  return setupCode.takeIf { parseGatewayEndpoint(decoded.url) != null }
+  return setupCode.takeIf { decodeGatewaySetupCode(it) != null }
 }
 
 internal fun composeGatewayManualUrl(hostInput: String, portInput: String, tls: Boolean): String? {

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

@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 package ai.openclaw.app
 
-import ai.openclaw.app.gateway.GatewayEndpoint
-import ai.openclaw.app.gateway.GatewaySession
-import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
 import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
 import org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
 import org.junit.Assert.assertNull
@@ -12,7 +9,6 @@ import org.junit.runner.RunWith
 import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner
 import org.robolectric.RuntimeEnvironment
 import org.robolectric.annotation.Config
-import java.lang.reflect.Field
 import java.util.UUID
 
 @RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner::class)
@@ -59,71 +55,4 @@ class GatewayBootstrapAuthTest {
     assertEquals("setup-bootstrap-token", auth.bootstrapToken)
     assertNull(auth.password)
   }
-
-  @Test
-  fun acceptGatewayTrustPrompt_preservesExplicitSetupAuth() =
-    runBlocking {
-      val app = RuntimeEnvironment.getApplication()
-      val securePrefs =
-        app.getSharedPreferences(
-          "openclaw.node.secure.test.${UUID.randomUUID()}",
-          android.content.Context.MODE_PRIVATE,
-        )
-      val prefs = SecurePrefs(app, securePrefsOverride = securePrefs)
-      prefs.setGatewayToken("stale-shared-token")
-      prefs.setGatewayBootstrapToken("")
-      prefs.setGatewayPassword("stale-password")
-      val runtime =
-        NodeRuntime(
-          app,
-          prefs,
-          tlsFingerprintProbe = { _, _ -> "fp-1" },
-        )
-      val endpoint = GatewayEndpoint.manual(host = "gateway.example", port = 18789)
-      val explicitAuth =
-        NodeRuntime.GatewayConnectAuth(
-          token = null,
-          bootstrapToken = "setup-bootstrap-token",
-          password = null,
-        )
-
-      runtime.connect(endpoint, explicitAuth)
-      val prompt = waitForGatewayTrustPrompt(runtime)
-      assertEquals("setup-bootstrap-token", prompt.auth.bootstrapToken)
-
-      runtime.acceptGatewayTrustPrompt()
-
-      assertEquals("fp-1", prefs.loadGatewayTlsFingerprint(endpoint.stableId))
-      assertEquals("setup-bootstrap-token", desiredBootstrapToken(runtime, "nodeSession"))
-      assertEquals("setup-bootstrap-token", desiredBootstrapToken(runtime, "operatorSession"))
-    }
-
-  private fun waitForGatewayTrustPrompt(runtime: NodeRuntime): NodeRuntime.GatewayTrustPrompt {
-    repeat(50) {
-      runtime.pendingGatewayTrust.value?.let { return it }
-      Thread.sleep(10)
-    }
-    error("Expected pending gateway trust prompt")
-  }
-
-  private fun desiredBootstrapToken(runtime: NodeRuntime, sessionFieldName: String): String? {
-    val session = readField<GatewaySession>(runtime, sessionFieldName)
-    val desired = readField<Any?>(session, "desired") ?: return null
-    return readField(desired, "bootstrapToken")
-  }
-
-  private fun <T> readField(target: Any, name: String): T {
-    var type: Class<*>? = target.javaClass
-    while (type != null) {
-      try {
-        val field: Field = type.getDeclaredField(name)
-        field.isAccessible = true
-        @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
-        return field.get(target) as T
-      } catch (_: NoSuchFieldException) {
-        type = type.superclass
-      }
-    }
-    error("Field $name not found on ${target.javaClass.name}")
-  }
 }

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

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

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

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import ai.openclaw.app.protocol.OpenClawLocationCommand
 import ai.openclaw.app.protocol.OpenClawMotionCommand
 import ai.openclaw.app.protocol.OpenClawSmsCommand
 import ai.openclaw.app.gateway.GatewayEndpoint
-import ai.openclaw.app.gateway.isLoopbackGatewayHost
 import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
 import org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
 import org.junit.Assert.assertNull
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ class ConnectionManagerTest {
 
   @Test
   fun resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint_manualRespectsManualTlsToggle() {
-    val endpoint = GatewayEndpoint.manual(host = "127.0.0.1", port = 443)
+    val endpoint = GatewayEndpoint.manual(host = "example.com", port = 443)
 
     val off =
       ConnectionManager.resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint(
@@ -90,234 +89,6 @@ class ConnectionManagerTest {
     assertEquals(false, on?.allowTOFU)
   }
 
-  @Test
-  fun resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint_manualNonLoopbackForcesTlsWhenToggleIsOff() {
-    val endpoint = GatewayEndpoint.manual(host = "example.com", port = 443)
-
-    val params =
-      ConnectionManager.resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint(
-        endpoint,
-        storedFingerprint = null,
-        manualTlsEnabled = false,
-      )
-
-    assertEquals(true, params?.required)
-    assertNull(params?.expectedFingerprint)
-    assertEquals(false, params?.allowTOFU)
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  fun resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint_discoveryNonLoopbackWithoutHintsStillRequiresTls() {
-    val endpoint =
-      GatewayEndpoint(
-        stableId = "_openclaw-gw._tcp.|local.|Test",
-        name = "Test",
-        host = "10.0.0.2",
-        port = 18789,
-        tlsEnabled = false,
-        tlsFingerprintSha256 = null,
-      )
-
-    val params =
-      ConnectionManager.resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint(
-        endpoint,
-        storedFingerprint = null,
-        manualTlsEnabled = false,
-      )
-
-    assertEquals(true, params?.required)
-    assertNull(params?.expectedFingerprint)
-    assertEquals(false, params?.allowTOFU)
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  fun resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint_discoveryLoopbackWithoutHintsCanStayCleartext() {
-    val endpoint =
-      GatewayEndpoint(
-        stableId = "_openclaw-gw._tcp.|local.|Test",
-        name = "Test",
-        host = "127.0.0.1",
-        port = 18789,
-        tlsEnabled = false,
-        tlsFingerprintSha256 = null,
-      )
-
-    val params =
-      ConnectionManager.resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint(
-        endpoint,
-        storedFingerprint = null,
-        manualTlsEnabled = false,
-      )
-
-    assertNull(params)
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  fun resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint_discoveryLocalhostWithoutHintsCanStayCleartext() {
-    val endpoint =
-      GatewayEndpoint(
-        stableId = "_openclaw-gw._tcp.|local.|Test",
-        name = "Test",
-        host = "localhost",
-        port = 18789,
-        tlsEnabled = false,
-        tlsFingerprintSha256 = null,
-      )
-
-    val params =
-      ConnectionManager.resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint(
-        endpoint,
-        storedFingerprint = null,
-        manualTlsEnabled = false,
-      )
-
-    assertNull(params)
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  fun resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint_discoveryAndroidEmulatorWithoutHintsCanStayCleartext() {
-    val endpoint =
-      GatewayEndpoint(
-        stableId = "_openclaw-gw._tcp.|local.|Test",
-        name = "Test",
-        host = "10.0.2.2",
-        port = 18789,
-        tlsEnabled = false,
-        tlsFingerprintSha256 = null,
-      )
-
-    val params =
-      ConnectionManager.resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint(
-        endpoint,
-        storedFingerprint = null,
-        manualTlsEnabled = false,
-      )
-
-    assertNull(params)
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  fun isLoopbackGatewayHost_onlyTreatsEmulatorBridgeAsLocalWhenAllowed() {
-    assertTrue(isLoopbackGatewayHost("10.0.2.2", allowEmulatorBridgeAlias = true))
-    assertFalse(isLoopbackGatewayHost("10.0.2.2", allowEmulatorBridgeAlias = false))
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  fun resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint_discoveryIpv6LoopbackWithoutHintsCanStayCleartext() {
-    val endpoint =
-      GatewayEndpoint(
-        stableId = "_openclaw-gw._tcp.|local.|Test",
-        name = "Test",
-        host = "::1",
-        port = 18789,
-        tlsEnabled = false,
-        tlsFingerprintSha256 = null,
-      )
-
-    val params =
-      ConnectionManager.resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint(
-        endpoint,
-        storedFingerprint = null,
-        manualTlsEnabled = false,
-      )
-
-    assertNull(params)
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  fun resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint_discoveryMappedIpv4LoopbackWithoutHintsCanStayCleartext() {
-    val endpoint =
-      GatewayEndpoint(
-        stableId = "_openclaw-gw._tcp.|local.|Test",
-        name = "Test",
-        host = "::ffff:127.0.0.1",
-        port = 18789,
-        tlsEnabled = false,
-        tlsFingerprintSha256 = null,
-      )
-
-    val params =
-      ConnectionManager.resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint(
-        endpoint,
-        storedFingerprint = null,
-        manualTlsEnabled = false,
-      )
-
-    assertNull(params)
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  fun resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint_discoveryNonLoopbackIpv6WithoutHintsRequiresTls() {
-    val endpoint =
-      GatewayEndpoint(
-        stableId = "_openclaw-gw._tcp.|local.|Test",
-        name = "Test",
-        host = "2001:db8::1",
-        port = 18789,
-        tlsEnabled = false,
-        tlsFingerprintSha256 = null,
-      )
-
-    val params =
-      ConnectionManager.resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint(
-        endpoint,
-        storedFingerprint = null,
-        manualTlsEnabled = false,
-      )
-
-    assertEquals(true, params?.required)
-    assertNull(params?.expectedFingerprint)
-    assertEquals(false, params?.allowTOFU)
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  fun resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint_discoveryUnspecifiedIpv4WithoutHintsRequiresTls() {
-    val endpoint =
-      GatewayEndpoint(
-        stableId = "_openclaw-gw._tcp.|local.|Test",
-        name = "Test",
-        host = "0.0.0.0",
-        port = 18789,
-        tlsEnabled = false,
-        tlsFingerprintSha256 = null,
-      )
-
-    val params =
-      ConnectionManager.resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint(
-        endpoint,
-        storedFingerprint = null,
-        manualTlsEnabled = false,
-      )
-
-    assertEquals(true, params?.required)
-    assertNull(params?.expectedFingerprint)
-    assertEquals(false, params?.allowTOFU)
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  fun resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint_discoveryUnspecifiedIpv6WithoutHintsRequiresTls() {
-    val endpoint =
-      GatewayEndpoint(
-        stableId = "_openclaw-gw._tcp.|local.|Test",
-        name = "Test",
-        host = "::",
-        port = 18789,
-        tlsEnabled = false,
-        tlsFingerprintSha256 = null,
-      )
-
-    val params =
-      ConnectionManager.resolveTlsParamsForEndpoint(
-        endpoint,
-        storedFingerprint = null,
-        manualTlsEnabled = false,
-      )
-
-    assertEquals(true, params?.required)
-    assertNull(params?.expectedFingerprint)
-    assertEquals(false, params?.allowTOFU)
-  }
-
   @Test
   fun buildNodeConnectOptions_advertisesRequestableSmsSearchWithoutSmsCapability() {
     val options =

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

@@ -25,10 +25,18 @@ class GatewayConfigResolverTest {
   }
 
   @Test
-  fun parseGatewayEndpointRejectsNonLoopbackCleartextWsUrls() {
+  fun parseGatewayEndpointUsesDefaultCleartextPortForBareWsUrls() {
     val parsed = parseGatewayEndpoint("ws://gateway.example")
 
-    assertNull(parsed)
+    assertEquals(
+      GatewayEndpointConfig(
+        host = "gateway.example",
+        port = 18789,
+        tls = false,
+        displayUrl = "http://gateway.example:18789",
+      ),
+      parsed,
+    )
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -47,115 +55,30 @@ class GatewayConfigResolverTest {
   }
 
   @Test
-  fun parseGatewayEndpointAllowsLoopbackCleartextWsUrls() {
-    val parsed = parseGatewayEndpoint("ws://127.0.0.1")
+  fun parseGatewayEndpointKeepsExplicitNonDefaultPortInDisplayUrl() {
+    val parsed = parseGatewayEndpoint("http://gateway.example:8080")
 
     assertEquals(
       GatewayEndpointConfig(
-        host = "127.0.0.1",
-        port = 18789,
+        host = "gateway.example",
+        port = 8080,
         tls = false,
-        displayUrl = "http://127.0.0.1:18789",
+        displayUrl = "http://gateway.example:8080",
       ),
       parsed,
     )
   }
 
   @Test
-  fun parseGatewayEndpointAllowsLocalhostCleartextWsUrls() {
-    val parsed = parseGatewayEndpoint("ws://localhost:18789")
+  fun parseGatewayEndpointKeepsExplicitCleartextPort80InDisplayUrl() {
+    val parsed = parseGatewayEndpoint("http://gateway.example:80")
 
     assertEquals(
       GatewayEndpointConfig(
-        host = "localhost",
-        port = 18789,
-        tls = false,
-        displayUrl = "http://localhost:18789",
-      ),
-      parsed,
-    )
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  fun parseGatewayEndpointAllowsAndroidEmulatorCleartextWsUrls() {
-    val parsed = parseGatewayEndpoint("ws://10.0.2.2:18789")
-
-    assertEquals(
-      GatewayEndpointConfig(
-        host = "10.0.2.2",
-        port = 18789,
-        tls = false,
-        displayUrl = "http://10.0.2.2:18789",
-      ),
-      parsed,
-    )
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  fun parseGatewayEndpointAllowsIpv6LoopbackCleartextWsUrls() {
-    val parsed = parseGatewayEndpoint("ws://[::1]")
-
-    assertEquals("::1", parsed?.host)
-    assertEquals(18789, parsed?.port)
-    assertEquals(false, parsed?.tls)
-    assertEquals("http://[::1]:18789", parsed?.displayUrl)
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  fun parseGatewayEndpointAllowsIpv4MappedIpv6LoopbackCleartextWsUrls() {
-    val parsed = parseGatewayEndpoint("ws://[::ffff:127.0.0.1]")
-
-    assertEquals("::ffff:127.0.0.1", parsed?.host)
-    assertEquals(18789, parsed?.port)
-    assertEquals(false, parsed?.tls)
-    assertEquals("http://[::ffff:127.0.0.1]:18789", parsed?.displayUrl)
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  fun parseGatewayEndpointRejectsCleartextLoopbackPrefixBypassHost() {
-    val parsed = parseGatewayEndpoint("http://127.attacker.example:80")
-
-    assertNull(parsed)
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  fun parseGatewayEndpointRejectsNonLoopbackIpv6CleartextWsUrls() {
-    val parsed = parseGatewayEndpoint("ws://[2001:db8::1]")
-
-    assertNull(parsed)
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  fun parseGatewayEndpointRejectsLinkLocalIpv6ZoneCleartextWsUrls() {
-    val parsed = parseGatewayEndpoint("ws://[fe80::1%25eth0]")
-
-    assertNull(parsed)
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  fun parseGatewayEndpointRejectsUnspecifiedIpv4CleartextHttpUrls() {
-    val parsed = parseGatewayEndpoint("http://0.0.0.0:80")
-
-    assertNull(parsed)
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  fun parseGatewayEndpointRejectsUnspecifiedIpv6CleartextWsUrls() {
-    val parsed = parseGatewayEndpoint("ws://[::]")
-
-    assertNull(parsed)
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  fun parseGatewayEndpointAllowsLoopbackCleartextHttpUrls() {
-    val parsed = parseGatewayEndpoint("http://localhost:80")
-
-    assertEquals(
-      GatewayEndpointConfig(
-        host = "localhost",
+        host = "gateway.example",
         port = 80,
         tls = false,
-        displayUrl = "http://localhost:80",
+        displayUrl = "http://gateway.example:80",
       ),
       parsed,
     )
@@ -210,16 +133,6 @@ class GatewayConfigResolverTest {
     assertNull(resolved)
   }
 
-  @Test
-  fun resolveScannedSetupCodeRejectsNonLoopbackCleartextGateway() {
-    val setupCode =
-      encodeSetupCode("""{"url":"ws://attacker.example:18789","bootstrapToken":"bootstrap-1"}""")
-
-    val resolved = resolveScannedSetupCode(setupCode)
-
-    assertNull(resolved)
-  }
-
   @Test
   fun decodeGatewaySetupCodeParsesBootstrapToken() {
     val setupCode =
@@ -295,10 +208,10 @@ class GatewayConfigResolverTest {
       resolveGatewayConnectConfig(
         useSetupCode = false,
         setupCode = "",
-        savedManualHost = "127.0.0.1",
+        savedManualHost = "192.168.31.100",
         savedManualPort = "18789",
         savedManualTls = false,
-        manualHostInput = "127.0.0.1",
+        manualHostInput = "192.168.31.100",
         manualPortInput = "18789",
         manualTlsInput = false,
         fallbackBootstrapToken = "bootstrap-1",
@@ -306,7 +219,7 @@ class GatewayConfigResolverTest {
         fallbackPassword = "",
       )
 
-    assertEquals("127.0.0.1", resolved?.host)
+    assertEquals("192.168.31.100", resolved?.host)
     assertEquals(18789, resolved?.port)
     assertEquals(false, resolved?.tls)
     assertEquals("bootstrap-1", resolved?.bootstrapToken)
@@ -320,10 +233,10 @@ class GatewayConfigResolverTest {
       resolveGatewayConnectConfig(
         useSetupCode = false,
         setupCode = "",
-        savedManualHost = "127.0.0.1",
+        savedManualHost = "192.168.31.100",
         savedManualPort = "18789",
         savedManualTls = false,
-        manualHostInput = "127.0.0.1",
+        manualHostInput = "192.168.31.100",
         manualPortInput = "18789",
         manualTlsInput = false,
         fallbackBootstrapToken = "bootstrap-1",
@@ -342,10 +255,10 @@ class GatewayConfigResolverTest {
       resolveGatewayConnectConfig(
         useSetupCode = false,
         setupCode = "",
-        savedManualHost = "127.0.0.1",
+        savedManualHost = "192.168.31.100",
         savedManualPort = "18789",
         savedManualTls = false,
-        manualHostInput = "127.0.0.2",
+        manualHostInput = "192.168.31.101",
         manualPortInput = "18789",
         manualTlsInput = false,
         fallbackBootstrapToken = "bootstrap-1",
@@ -354,27 +267,7 @@ class GatewayConfigResolverTest {
       )
 
     assertEquals("", resolved?.bootstrapToken)
-    assertEquals("127.0.0.2", resolved?.host)
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  fun resolveGatewayConnectConfigRejectsNonLoopbackManualCleartextEndpoint() {
-    val resolved =
-      resolveGatewayConnectConfig(
-        useSetupCode = false,
-        setupCode = "",
-        savedManualHost = "",
-        savedManualPort = "",
-        savedManualTls = false,
-        manualHostInput = "192.168.31.100",
-        manualPortInput = "18789",
-        manualTlsInput = false,
-        fallbackBootstrapToken = "bootstrap-1",
-        fallbackToken = "",
-        fallbackPassword = "",
-      )
-
-    assertNull(resolved)
+    assertEquals("192.168.31.101", resolved?.host)
   }
 
   private fun encodeSetupCode(payloadJson: String): String {

apps/ios/Config/Version.xcconfig

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 // Shared iOS version defaults.
 // Generated overrides live in build/Version.xcconfig (git-ignored).
 
-OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_VERSION = 2026.4.3
-OPENCLAW_MARKETING_VERSION = 2026.4.3
-OPENCLAW_BUILD_VERSION = 2026040301
+OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_VERSION = 2026.4.2-beta.1
+OPENCLAW_MARKETING_VERSION = 2026.4.2
+OPENCLAW_BUILD_VERSION = 2026040201
 
 #include? "../build/Version.xcconfig"

apps/ios/Sources/Gateway/ExecApprovalPromptDialog.swift

@@ -1,196 +0,0 @@
-import SwiftUI
-
-private struct ExecApprovalPromptDialogModifier: ViewModifier {
-    @Environment(NodeAppModel.self) private var appModel: NodeAppModel
-    @Environment(\.colorScheme) private var colorScheme
-
-    func body(content: Content) -> some View {
-        content
-            .overlay {
-                if let prompt = self.appModel.pendingExecApprovalPrompt {
-                    ZStack {
-                        Color.black.opacity(0.38)
-                            .ignoresSafeArea()
-
-                        ExecApprovalPromptCard(
-                            prompt: prompt,
-                            isResolving: self.appModel.pendingExecApprovalPromptResolving,
-                            errorText: self.appModel.pendingExecApprovalPromptErrorText,
-                            brighten: self.colorScheme == .light,
-                            onAllowOnce: {
-                                Task {
-                                    await self.appModel.resolvePendingExecApprovalPrompt(decision: "allow-once")
-                                }
-                            },
-                            onAllowAlways: {
-                                Task {
-                                    await self.appModel.resolvePendingExecApprovalPrompt(decision: "allow-always")
-                                }
-                            },
-                            onDeny: {
-                                Task {
-                                    await self.appModel.resolvePendingExecApprovalPrompt(decision: "deny")
-                                }
-                            },
-                            onCancel: {
-                                self.appModel.dismissPendingExecApprovalPrompt()
-                            })
-                            .padding(.horizontal, 20)
-                            .frame(maxWidth: 460)
-                            .transition(.scale(scale: 0.98).combined(with: .opacity))
-                    }
-                    .zIndex(1)
-                }
-            }
-            .animation(.easeInOut(duration: 0.18), value: self.appModel.pendingExecApprovalPrompt?.id)
-    }
-}
-
-private struct ExecApprovalPromptCard: View {
-    let prompt: NodeAppModel.ExecApprovalPrompt
-    let isResolving: Bool
-    let errorText: String?
-    let brighten: Bool
-    let onAllowOnce: () -> Void
-    let onAllowAlways: () -> Void
-    let onDeny: () -> Void
-    let onCancel: () -> Void
-
-    var body: some View {
-        VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 14) {
-            VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 6) {
-                Text("Exec approval required")
-                    .font(.headline)
-                Text("OpenClaw opened from a notification. Review this exec request before continuing.")
-                    .font(.subheadline)
-                    .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
-            }
-
-            Text(self.prompt.commandText)
-                .font(.system(size: 15, weight: .regular, design: .monospaced))
-                .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .leading)
-                .padding(10)
-                .background(.black.opacity(0.14), in: RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 12, style: .continuous))
-
-            VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 8) {
-                if let host = self.normalized(self.prompt.host) {
-                    ExecApprovalPromptMetadataRow(label: "Host", value: host)
-                }
-                if let nodeId = self.normalized(self.prompt.nodeId) {
-                    ExecApprovalPromptMetadataRow(label: "Node", value: nodeId)
-                }
-                if let agentId = self.normalized(self.prompt.agentId) {
-                    ExecApprovalPromptMetadataRow(label: "Agent", value: agentId)
-                }
-                if let expiresText = self.expiresText(self.prompt.expiresAtMs) {
-                    ExecApprovalPromptMetadataRow(label: "Expires", value: expiresText)
-                }
-            }
-
-            if let errorText = self.normalized(self.errorText) {
-                Text(errorText)
-                    .font(.footnote)
-                    .foregroundStyle(.red)
-            }
-
-            if self.isResolving {
-                HStack(spacing: 8) {
-                    ProgressView()
-                        .progressViewStyle(.circular)
-                    Text("Resolving…")
-                        .font(.footnote)
-                        .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
-                }
-            }
-
-            VStack(spacing: 10) {
-                Button {
-                    self.onAllowOnce()
-                } label: {
-                    Text("Allow Once")
-                        .frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
-                }
-                .buttonStyle(.borderedProminent)
-                .disabled(self.isResolving)
-
-                if self.prompt.allowsAllowAlways {
-                    Button {
-                        self.onAllowAlways()
-                    } label: {
-                        Text("Allow Always")
-                            .frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
-                    }
-                    .buttonStyle(.bordered)
-                    .disabled(self.isResolving)
-                }
-
-                HStack(spacing: 10) {
-                    Button(role: .destructive) {
-                        self.onDeny()
-                    } label: {
-                        Text("Deny")
-                            .frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
-                    }
-                    .buttonStyle(.bordered)
-                    .disabled(self.isResolving)
-
-                    Button(role: .cancel) {
-                        self.onCancel()
-                    } label: {
-                        Text("Cancel")
-                            .frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
-                    }
-                    .buttonStyle(.bordered)
-                    .disabled(self.isResolving)
-                }
-            }
-            .controlSize(.large)
-            .frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
-        }
-        .statusGlassCard(brighten: self.brighten, verticalPadding: 18, horizontalPadding: 18)
-    }
-
-    private func normalized(_ value: String?) -> String? {
-        let trimmed = (value ?? "").trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
-        return trimmed.isEmpty ? nil : trimmed
-    }
-
-    private func expiresText(_ expiresAtMs: Int?) -> String? {
-        guard let expiresAtMs else { return nil }
-        let remainingSeconds = Int((Double(expiresAtMs) / 1000.0) - Date().timeIntervalSince1970)
-        if remainingSeconds <= 0 {
-            return "expired"
-        }
-        if remainingSeconds < 60 {
-            return "under a minute"
-        }
-        if remainingSeconds < 3600 {
-            let minutes = Int(ceil(Double(remainingSeconds) / 60.0))
-            return minutes == 1 ? "about 1 minute" : "about \(minutes) minutes"
-        }
-        let hours = Int(ceil(Double(remainingSeconds) / 3600.0))
-        return hours == 1 ? "about 1 hour" : "about \(hours) hours"
-    }
-}
-
-private struct ExecApprovalPromptMetadataRow: View {
-    let label: String
-    let value: String
-
-    var body: some View {
-        VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 2) {
-            Text(self.label)
-                .font(.caption)
-                .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
-            Text(self.value)
-                .font(.footnote)
-                .textSelection(.enabled)
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-extension View {
-    func execApprovalPromptDialog() -> some View {
-        self.modifier(ExecApprovalPromptDialogModifier())
-    }
-}

apps/ios/Sources/Model/NodeAppModel+Canvas.swift

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

apps/ios/Sources/Model/NodeAppModel.swift

@@ -61,35 +61,11 @@ final class NodeAppModel {
         let request: AgentDeepLink
     }
 
-    struct ExecApprovalPrompt: Identifiable, Equatable {
-        let id: String
-        let commandText: String
-        let allowedDecisions: [String]
-        let host: String?
-        let nodeId: String?
-        let agentId: String?
-        let expiresAtMs: Int?
-
-        var allowsAllowAlways: Bool {
-            self.allowedDecisions.contains("allow-always")
-        }
-    }
-
-    private enum ExecApprovalResolutionOutcome {
-        case resolved
-        case stale
-        case unavailable
-        case failed(message: String)
-    }
-
     private let deepLinkLogger = Logger(subsystem: "ai.openclaw.ios", category: "DeepLink")
     private let pushWakeLogger = Logger(subsystem: "ai.openclaw.ios", category: "PushWake")
     private let pendingActionLogger = Logger(subsystem: "ai.openclaw.ios", category: "PendingAction")
     private let locationWakeLogger = Logger(subsystem: "ai.openclaw.ios", category: "LocationWake")
     private let watchReplyLogger = Logger(subsystem: "ai.openclaw.ios", category: "WatchReply")
-    private let execApprovalNotificationLogger = Logger(
-        subsystem: "ai.openclaw.ios",
-        category: "ExecApprovalNotification")
     enum CameraHUDKind {
         case photo
         case recording
@@ -122,9 +98,6 @@ final class NodeAppModel {
     var lastShareEventText: String = "No share events yet."
     var openChatRequestID: Int = 0
     private(set) var pendingAgentDeepLinkPrompt: AgentDeepLinkPrompt?
-    private(set) var pendingExecApprovalPrompt: ExecApprovalPrompt?
-    private(set) var pendingExecApprovalPromptResolving: Bool = false
-    private(set) var pendingExecApprovalPromptErrorText: String?
     private var queuedAgentDeepLinkPrompt: AgentDeepLinkPrompt?
     private var lastAgentDeepLinkPromptAt: Date = .distantPast
     @ObservationIgnored private var queuedAgentDeepLinkPromptTask: Task<Void, Never>?
@@ -878,8 +851,7 @@ final class NodeAppModel {
             if url.isEmpty {
                 self.screen.showDefaultCanvas()
             } else {
-                let trustedA2UIURL = await self.resolveA2UIHostURL()
-                self.screen.navigate(to: url, trustA2UIActions: trustedA2UIURL == Self.normalizeURLForTrustComparison(url))
+                self.screen.navigate(to: url)
             }
             return BridgeInvokeResponse(id: req.id, ok: true)
         case OpenClawCanvasCommand.hide.rawValue:
@@ -887,9 +859,7 @@ final class NodeAppModel {
             return BridgeInvokeResponse(id: req.id, ok: true)
         case OpenClawCanvasCommand.navigate.rawValue:
             let params = try Self.decodeParams(OpenClawCanvasNavigateParams.self, from: req.paramsJSON)
-            let trimmedURL = params.url.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
-            let trustedA2UIURL = await self.resolveA2UIHostURL()
-            self.screen.navigate(to: trimmedURL, trustA2UIActions: trustedA2UIURL == Self.normalizeURLForTrustComparison(trimmedURL))
+            self.screen.navigate(to: params.url)
             return BridgeInvokeResponse(id: req.id, ok: true)
         case OpenClawCanvasCommand.evalJS.rawValue:
             let params = try Self.decodeParams(OpenClawCanvasEvalParams.self, from: req.paramsJSON)
@@ -1843,7 +1813,7 @@ private extension NodeAppModel {
         return DeviceAuthStore.loadToken(deviceId: identity.deviceId, role: role) != nil
     }
 
-    nonisolated static func shouldStartOperatorGatewayLoop(
+    static func shouldStartOperatorGatewayLoop(
         token: String?,
         bootstrapToken: String?,
         password: String?,
@@ -1864,7 +1834,7 @@ private extension NodeAppModel {
         return hasStoredOperatorToken
     }
 
-    nonisolated static func clearingBootstrapToken(in config: GatewayConnectConfig?) -> GatewayConnectConfig? {
+    static func clearingBootstrapToken(in config: GatewayConnectConfig?) -> GatewayConnectConfig? {
         guard let config else { return nil }
         let trimmedBootstrapToken = config.bootstrapToken?
             .trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines) ?? ""
@@ -1905,36 +1875,6 @@ private extension NodeAppModel {
         GatewaySettingsStore.clearGatewayBootstrapToken(instanceId: trimmedInstanceId)
     }
 
-    private func handleSuccessfulBootstrapGatewayOnboarding(
-        url: URL,
-        stableID: String,
-        token: String?,
-        password: String?,
-        nodeOptions: GatewayConnectOptions,
-        sessionBox: WebSocketSessionBox?) async
-    {
-        self.clearPersistedGatewayBootstrapTokenIfNeeded()
-        if self.operatorGatewayTask == nil && self.shouldStartOperatorGatewayLoop(
-            token: token,
-            bootstrapToken: nil,
-            password: password,
-            stableID: stableID)
-        {
-            self.startOperatorGatewayLoop(
-                url: url,
-                stableID: stableID,
-                token: token,
-                bootstrapToken: nil,
-                password: password,
-                nodeOptions: nodeOptions,
-                sessionBox: sessionBox)
-        }
-
-        // QR bootstrap onboarding should surface the system notification permission
-        // prompt immediately so visible APNs alerts work without a second manual step.
-        _ = await self.requestNotificationAuthorizationIfNeeded()
-    }
-
     func refreshBackgroundReconnectSuppressionIfNeeded(source: String) {
         guard self.isBackgrounded else { return }
         guard !self.backgroundReconnectSuppressed else { return }
@@ -2106,14 +2046,13 @@ private extension NodeAppModel {
                         fallbackToken: token,
                         fallbackBootstrapToken: bootstrapToken,
                         fallbackPassword: password)
-                    let connectedOptions = currentOptions
                     GatewayDiagnostics.log("connect attempt epochMs=\(epochMs) url=\(url.absoluteString)")
                     try await self.nodeGateway.connect(
                         url: url,
                         token: reconnectAuth.token,
                         bootstrapToken: reconnectAuth.bootstrapToken,
                         password: reconnectAuth.password,
-                        connectOptions: connectedOptions,
+                        connectOptions: currentOptions,
                         sessionBox: sessionBox,
                         onConnected: { [weak self] in
                             guard let self else { return }
@@ -2129,13 +2068,24 @@ private extension NodeAppModel {
                                 reconnectAuth.bootstrapToken?.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
                                     .isEmpty == false
                             if usedBootstrapToken {
-                                await self.handleSuccessfulBootstrapGatewayOnboarding(
-                                    url: url,
-                                    stableID: stableID,
-                                    token: reconnectAuth.token,
-                                    password: reconnectAuth.password,
-                                    nodeOptions: connectedOptions,
-                                    sessionBox: sessionBox)
+                                await MainActor.run {
+                                    self.clearPersistedGatewayBootstrapTokenIfNeeded()
+                                    if self.operatorGatewayTask == nil && self.shouldStartOperatorGatewayLoop(
+                                        token: reconnectAuth.token,
+                                        bootstrapToken: nil,
+                                        password: reconnectAuth.password,
+                                        stableID: stableID)
+                                    {
+                                        self.startOperatorGatewayLoop(
+                                            url: url,
+                                            stableID: stableID,
+                                            token: reconnectAuth.token,
+                                            bootstrapToken: nil,
+                                            password: reconnectAuth.password,
+                                            nodeOptions: currentOptions,
+                                            sessionBox: sessionBox)
+                                    }
+                                }
                             }
                             let relayData = await MainActor.run {
                                 (
@@ -2296,7 +2246,7 @@ private extension NodeAppModel {
     func makeOperatorConnectOptions(clientId: String, displayName: String?) -> GatewayConnectOptions {
         GatewayConnectOptions(
             role: "operator",
-            scopes: ["operator.read", "operator.write", "operator.approvals", "operator.talk.secrets"],
+            scopes: ["operator.read", "operator.write", "operator.talk.secrets"],
             caps: [],
             commands: [],
             permissions: [:],
@@ -2594,19 +2544,6 @@ extension NodeAppModel {
             + "backgrounded=\(self.isBackgrounded) "
             + "autoReconnect=\(self.gatewayAutoReconnectEnabled)"
         self.pushWakeLogger.info("\(receivedMessage, privacy: .public)")
-
-        if await ExecApprovalNotificationBridge.handleResolvedPushIfNeeded(
-            userInfo: userInfo,
-            notificationCenter: self.notificationCenter)
-        {
-            if let approvalId = ExecApprovalNotificationBridge.approvalID(from: userInfo) {
-                self.clearPendingExecApprovalPromptIfMatches(approvalId)
-            }
-            self.execApprovalNotificationLogger.info(
-                "Handled exec approval cleanup push wakeId=\(wakeId, privacy: .public)")
-            return true
-        }
-
         let result = await self.reconnectGatewaySessionsForSilentPushIfNeeded(wakeId: wakeId)
         let outcomeMessage =
             "Silent push outcome wakeId=\(wakeId) "
@@ -2779,203 +2716,6 @@ extension NodeAppModel {
         return "unknown"
     }
 
-    private struct ExecApprovalGetRequest: Encodable {
-        var id: String
-    }
-
-    private struct ExecApprovalResolveRequest: Encodable {
-        var id: String
-        var decision: String
-    }
-
-    private struct ExecApprovalGetResponse: Decodable {
-        var id: String
-        var commandText: String
-        var allowedDecisions: [String]
-        var host: String?
-        var nodeId: String?
-        var agentId: String?
-        var expiresAtMs: Int?
-    }
-
-    func presentExecApprovalNotificationPrompt(_ prompt: ExecApprovalNotificationPrompt) async {
-        let approvalId = prompt.approvalId.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
-        guard !approvalId.isEmpty else { return }
-
-        self.pendingExecApprovalPromptResolving = true
-        self.pendingExecApprovalPromptErrorText = nil
-
-        let fetchedPrompt = await self.fetchExecApprovalPrompt(approvalId: approvalId)
-        self.pendingExecApprovalPromptResolving = false
-        switch fetchedPrompt {
-        case let .loaded(fetchedPrompt):
-            self.presentFetchedExecApprovalPrompt(fetchedPrompt)
-        case .stale:
-            await ExecApprovalNotificationBridge.removeNotifications(
-                forApprovalID: approvalId,
-                notificationCenter: self.notificationCenter)
-            self.dismissPendingExecApprovalPrompt()
-        case let .failed(message):
-            self.execApprovalNotificationLogger.error(
-                "Exec approval prompt fetch failed id=\(approvalId, privacy: .public) reason=\(message, privacy: .public)")
-        }
-    }
-
-    private enum ExecApprovalPromptFetchOutcome {
-        case loaded(ExecApprovalPrompt)
-        case stale
-        case failed(message: String)
-    }
-
-    private func presentFetchedExecApprovalPrompt(_ prompt: ExecApprovalPrompt) {
-        self.pendingExecApprovalPrompt = prompt
-        self.pendingExecApprovalPromptResolving = false
-        self.pendingExecApprovalPromptErrorText = nil
-    }
-
-    private static func makeExecApprovalPrompt(from details: ExecApprovalGetResponse) -> ExecApprovalPrompt? {
-        let approvalId = details.id.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
-        let commandText = details.commandText.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
-        guard !approvalId.isEmpty, !commandText.isEmpty else { return nil }
-        return ExecApprovalPrompt(
-            id: approvalId,
-            commandText: commandText,
-            allowedDecisions: details.allowedDecisions.compactMap { decision in
-                let trimmed = decision.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
-                return trimmed.isEmpty ? nil : trimmed
-            },
-            host: details.host?.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines),
-            nodeId: details.nodeId?.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines),
-            agentId: details.agentId?.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines),
-            expiresAtMs: details.expiresAtMs)
-    }
-
-    private func fetchExecApprovalPrompt(approvalId: String) async -> ExecApprovalPromptFetchOutcome {
-        let connected = await self.ensureOperatorApprovalConnection(timeoutMs: 12_000)
-        guard connected else {
-            return .failed(message: "operator_not_connected")
-        }
-
-        do {
-            let payloadJSON = try Self.encodePayload(ExecApprovalGetRequest(id: approvalId))
-            let response = try await self.operatorGateway.request(
-                method: "exec.approval.get",
-                paramsJSON: payloadJSON,
-                timeoutSeconds: 12)
-            let details = try JSONDecoder().decode(ExecApprovalGetResponse.self, from: response)
-            guard let prompt = Self.makeExecApprovalPrompt(from: details) else {
-                return .failed(message: "invalid_prompt_payload")
-            }
-            return .loaded(prompt)
-        } catch {
-            if Self.isApprovalNotificationStaleError(error) {
-                return .stale
-            }
-            return .failed(message: error.localizedDescription)
-        }
-    }
-
-    func dismissPendingExecApprovalPrompt() {
-        self.pendingExecApprovalPrompt = nil
-        self.pendingExecApprovalPromptResolving = false
-        self.pendingExecApprovalPromptErrorText = nil
-    }
-
-    func dismissPendingExecApprovalPrompt(approvalId: String) {
-        self.clearPendingExecApprovalPromptIfMatches(approvalId)
-    }
-
-    func resolvePendingExecApprovalPrompt(decision: String) async {
-        guard let prompt = self.pendingExecApprovalPrompt else { return }
-        let normalizedDecision = decision.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
-        guard !normalizedDecision.isEmpty else { return }
-
-        self.pendingExecApprovalPromptResolving = true
-        self.pendingExecApprovalPromptErrorText = nil
-        let outcome = await self.resolveExecApprovalNotificationDecision(
-            approvalId: prompt.id,
-            decision: normalizedDecision)
-        switch outcome {
-        case .resolved, .stale, .unavailable:
-            break
-        case let .failed(message):
-            self.pendingExecApprovalPromptResolving = false
-            self.pendingExecApprovalPromptErrorText = message
-        }
-    }
-
-    private func resolveExecApprovalNotificationDecision(
-        approvalId: String,
-        decision: String
-    ) async -> ExecApprovalResolutionOutcome {
-        let normalizedApprovalID = approvalId.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
-        let normalizedDecision = decision.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
-        guard !normalizedApprovalID.isEmpty, !normalizedDecision.isEmpty else {
-            return .failed(message: "Invalid approval request.")
-        }
-
-        let connected = await self.ensureOperatorApprovalConnection(timeoutMs: 12_000)
-        guard connected else {
-            self.execApprovalNotificationLogger.error(
-                "Exec approval action failed id=\(normalizedApprovalID, privacy: .public): operator not connected")
-            return .failed(message: "OpenClaw couldn't connect to the gateway operator session.")
-        }
-
-        do {
-            let payloadJSON = try Self.encodePayload(
-                ExecApprovalResolveRequest(id: normalizedApprovalID, decision: normalizedDecision))
-            _ = try await self.operatorGateway.request(
-                method: "exec.approval.resolve",
-                paramsJSON: payloadJSON,
-                timeoutSeconds: 12)
-            await ExecApprovalNotificationBridge.removeNotifications(
-                forApprovalID: normalizedApprovalID,
-                notificationCenter: self.notificationCenter)
-            self.clearPendingExecApprovalPromptIfMatches(normalizedApprovalID)
-            return .resolved
-        } catch {
-            if Self.isApprovalNotificationStaleError(error) {
-                await ExecApprovalNotificationBridge.removeNotifications(
-                    forApprovalID: normalizedApprovalID,
-                    notificationCenter: self.notificationCenter)
-                self.clearPendingExecApprovalPromptIfMatches(normalizedApprovalID)
-                return .stale
-            }
-            if Self.isApprovalNotificationUnavailableError(error) {
-                await ExecApprovalNotificationBridge.removeNotifications(
-                    forApprovalID: normalizedApprovalID,
-                    notificationCenter: self.notificationCenter)
-                self.clearPendingExecApprovalPromptIfMatches(normalizedApprovalID)
-                return .unavailable
-            }
-            let logMessage =
-                "Exec approval action failed id=\(normalizedApprovalID) error=\(error.localizedDescription)"
-            self.execApprovalNotificationLogger.error("\(logMessage, privacy: .public)")
-            return .failed(
-                message: "OpenClaw couldn't resolve this approval right now. Try again.")
-        }
-    }
-
-    private func clearPendingExecApprovalPromptIfMatches(_ approvalId: String) {
-        let normalizedApprovalID = approvalId.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
-        guard self.pendingExecApprovalPrompt?.id == normalizedApprovalID else { return }
-        self.dismissPendingExecApprovalPrompt()
-    }
-
-    private static func isApprovalNotificationStaleError(_ error: Error) -> Bool {
-        guard let gatewayError = error as? GatewayResponseError else { return false }
-        let message = gatewayError.message.lowercased()
-        return gatewayError.code == "INVALID_REQUEST"
-            && (message.contains("unknown or expired approval id") || message.contains("approval_not_found"))
-    }
-
-    private static func isApprovalNotificationUnavailableError(_ error: Error) -> Bool {
-        guard let gatewayError = error as? GatewayResponseError else { return false }
-        let message = gatewayError.message.lowercased()
-        return gatewayError.code == "INVALID_REQUEST"
-            && message.contains("allow-always is unavailable")
-    }
-
     private struct SilentPushWakeAttemptResult {
         var applied: Bool
         var reason: String
@@ -2987,51 +2727,14 @@ extension NodeAppModel {
         let pollIntervalNs = UInt64(max(50, pollMs)) * 1_000_000
         let deadline = Date().addingTimeInterval(Double(clampedTimeoutMs) / 1000.0)
         while Date() < deadline {
-            if Task.isCancelled {
-                return false
-            }
             if await self.isGatewayConnected() {
                 return true
             }
-            do {
-                try await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: pollIntervalNs)
-            } catch {
-                return false
-            }
+            try? await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: pollIntervalNs)
         }
         return await self.isGatewayConnected()
     }
 
-    private func waitForOperatorConnection(timeoutMs: Int, pollMs: Int) async -> Bool {
-        let clampedTimeoutMs = max(0, timeoutMs)
-        let pollIntervalNs = UInt64(max(50, pollMs)) * 1_000_000
-        let deadline = Date().addingTimeInterval(Double(clampedTimeoutMs) / 1000.0)
-        while Date() < deadline {
-            if Task.isCancelled {
-                return false
-            }
-            if await self.isOperatorConnected() {
-                return true
-            }
-            do {
-                try await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: pollIntervalNs)
-            } catch {
-                return false
-            }
-        }
-        return await self.isOperatorConnected()
-    }
-
-    private func ensureOperatorApprovalConnection(timeoutMs: Int) async -> Bool {
-        if await self.isOperatorConnected() {
-            return true
-        }
-        if let cfg = self.activeGatewayConnectConfig {
-            self.applyGatewayConnectConfig(cfg)
-        }
-        return await self.waitForOperatorConnection(timeoutMs: timeoutMs, pollMs: 250)
-    }
-
     private func reconnectGatewaySessionsForSilentPushIfNeeded(
         wakeId: String
     ) async -> SilentPushWakeAttemptResult {
@@ -3431,50 +3134,11 @@ extension NodeAppModel {
         await self.applyPendingForegroundNodeActions(mapped, trigger: "test")
     }
 
-    func _test_makeOperatorConnectOptions(
-        clientId: String,
-        displayName: String?
-    ) -> GatewayConnectOptions {
-        self.makeOperatorConnectOptions(clientId: clientId, displayName: displayName)
-    }
-
-    func _test_presentExecApprovalPrompt(_ prompt: ExecApprovalPrompt) {
-        self.presentFetchedExecApprovalPrompt(prompt)
-    }
-
-    func _test_dismissPendingExecApprovalPrompt() {
-        self.dismissPendingExecApprovalPrompt()
-    }
-
-    func _test_pendingExecApprovalPrompt() -> ExecApprovalPrompt? {
-        self.pendingExecApprovalPrompt
-    }
-
-    static func _test_makeExecApprovalPrompt(
-        id: String,
-        commandText: String,
-        allowedDecisions: [String],
-        host: String?,
-        nodeId: String?,
-        agentId: String?,
-        expiresAtMs: Int?
-    ) -> ExecApprovalPrompt? {
-        self.makeExecApprovalPrompt(
-            from: ExecApprovalGetResponse(
-                id: id,
-                commandText: commandText,
-                allowedDecisions: allowedDecisions,
-                host: host,
-                nodeId: nodeId,
-                agentId: agentId,
-                expiresAtMs: expiresAtMs))
-    }
-
     static func _test_currentDeepLinkKey() -> String {
         self.expectedDeepLinkKey()
     }
 
-    nonisolated static func _test_shouldStartOperatorGatewayLoop(
+    static func _test_shouldStartOperatorGatewayLoop(
         token: String?,
         bootstrapToken: String?,
         password: String?,
@@ -3487,29 +3151,6 @@ extension NodeAppModel {
             hasStoredOperatorToken: hasStoredOperatorToken)
     }
 
-    nonisolated static func _test_clearingBootstrapToken(
-        in config: GatewayConnectConfig?
-    ) -> GatewayConnectConfig? {
-        self.clearingBootstrapToken(in: config)
-    }
-
-    func _test_handleSuccessfulBootstrapGatewayOnboarding() async {
-        await self.handleSuccessfulBootstrapGatewayOnboarding(
-            url: URL(string: "wss://gateway.example")!,
-            stableID: "test-gateway",
-            token: nil,
-            password: nil,
-            nodeOptions: GatewayConnectOptions(
-                role: "node",
-                scopes: [],
-                caps: [],
-                commands: [],
-                permissions: [:],
-                clientId: "openclaw-ios",
-                clientMode: "node",
-                clientDisplayName: nil),
-            sessionBox: nil)
-    }
 }
 #endif
 // swiftlint:enable type_body_length file_length

apps/ios/Sources/OpenClawApp.swift

@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ private struct PendingWatchPromptAction {
     var sessionKey: String?
 }
 
-private typealias PendingExecApprovalPrompt = ExecApprovalNotificationPrompt
-
 @MainActor
 final class OpenClawAppDelegate: NSObject, UIApplicationDelegate, @preconcurrency UNUserNotificationCenterDelegate {
     private let logger = Logger(subsystem: "ai.openclaw.ios", category: "Push")
@@ -23,7 +21,6 @@ final class OpenClawAppDelegate: NSObject, UIApplicationDelegate, @preconcurrenc
     private var backgroundWakeTask: Task<Bool, Never>?
     private var pendingAPNsDeviceToken: Data?
     private var pendingWatchPromptActions: [PendingWatchPromptAction] = []
-    private var pendingExecApprovalPrompts: [PendingExecApprovalPrompt] = []
 
     weak var appModel: NodeAppModel? {
         didSet {
@@ -47,15 +44,6 @@ final class OpenClawAppDelegate: NSObject, UIApplicationDelegate, @preconcurrenc
                     }
                 }
             }
-            if !self.pendingExecApprovalPrompts.isEmpty {
-                let pending = self.pendingExecApprovalPrompts
-                self.pendingExecApprovalPrompts.removeAll()
-                Task { @MainActor in
-                    for prompt in pending {
-                        await model.presentExecApprovalNotificationPrompt(prompt)
-                    }
-                }
-            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -92,17 +80,6 @@ final class OpenClawAppDelegate: NSObject, UIApplicationDelegate, @preconcurrenc
     {
         self.logger.info("APNs remote notification received keys=\(userInfo.keys.count, privacy: .public)")
         Task { @MainActor in
-            let notificationCenter = LiveNotificationCenter()
-            if await ExecApprovalNotificationBridge.handleResolvedPushIfNeeded(
-                userInfo: userInfo,
-                notificationCenter: notificationCenter)
-            {
-                if let approvalId = ExecApprovalNotificationBridge.approvalID(from: userInfo) {
-                    self.appModel?.dismissPendingExecApprovalPrompt(approvalId: approvalId)
-                }
-                completionHandler(.newData)
-                return
-            }
             guard let appModel = self.appModel else {
                 self.logger.info("APNs wake skipped: appModel unavailable")
                 self.scheduleBackgroundWakeRefresh(afterSeconds: 90, reason: "silent_push_no_model")
@@ -239,14 +216,6 @@ final class OpenClawAppDelegate: NSObject, UIApplicationDelegate, @preconcurrenc
             sessionKey: sessionKey)
     }
 
-    private static func parseExecApprovalPrompt(
-        from response: UNNotificationResponse) -> PendingExecApprovalPrompt?
-    {
-        ExecApprovalNotificationBridge.parsePrompt(
-            actionIdentifier: response.actionIdentifier,
-            userInfo: response.notification.request.content.userInfo)
-    }
-
     private func routeWatchPromptAction(_ action: PendingWatchPromptAction) async {
         guard let appModel = self.appModel else {
             self.pendingWatchPromptActions.append(action)
@@ -260,25 +229,13 @@ final class OpenClawAppDelegate: NSObject, UIApplicationDelegate, @preconcurrenc
         _ = await appModel.handleBackgroundRefreshWake(trigger: "watch_prompt_action")
     }
 
-    private func routeExecApprovalPrompt(_ prompt: PendingExecApprovalPrompt) {
-        guard let appModel = self.appModel else {
-            self.pendingExecApprovalPrompts.append(prompt)
-            return
-        }
-        Task { @MainActor in
-            await appModel.presentExecApprovalNotificationPrompt(prompt)
-        }
-    }
-
     func userNotificationCenter(
         _ center: UNUserNotificationCenter,
         willPresent notification: UNNotification,
         withCompletionHandler completionHandler: @escaping (UNNotificationPresentationOptions) -> Void)
     {
         let userInfo = notification.request.content.userInfo
-        if Self.isWatchPromptNotification(userInfo)
-            || ExecApprovalNotificationBridge.shouldPresentNotification(userInfo: userInfo)
-        {
+        if Self.isWatchPromptNotification(userInfo) {
             completionHandler([.banner, .list, .sound])
             return
         }
@@ -290,29 +247,18 @@ final class OpenClawAppDelegate: NSObject, UIApplicationDelegate, @preconcurrenc
         didReceive response: UNNotificationResponse,
         withCompletionHandler completionHandler: @escaping () -> Void)
     {
-        if let action = Self.parseWatchPromptAction(from: response) {
-            Task { @MainActor [weak self] in
-                guard let self else {
-                    completionHandler()
-                    return
-                }
-                await self.routeWatchPromptAction(action)
-                completionHandler()
-            }
+        guard let action = Self.parseWatchPromptAction(from: response) else {
+            completionHandler()
             return
         }
-        if let prompt = Self.parseExecApprovalPrompt(from: response) {
-            Task { @MainActor [weak self] in
-                guard let self else {
-                    completionHandler()
-                    return
-                }
-                self.routeExecApprovalPrompt(prompt)
+        Task { @MainActor [weak self] in
+            guard let self else {
                 completionHandler()
+                return
             }
-            return
+            await self.routeWatchPromptAction(action)
+            completionHandler()
         }
-        completionHandler()
     }
 }
 

apps/ios/Sources/Push/ExecApprovalNotificationBridge.swift

@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-import Foundation
-import UserNotifications
-
-struct ExecApprovalNotificationPrompt: Sendable, Equatable {
-    let approvalId: String
-}
-
-enum ExecApprovalNotificationBridge {
-    static let requestedKind = "exec.approval.requested"
-    static let resolvedKind = "exec.approval.resolved"
-
-    private static let localRequestPrefix = "exec.approval."
-
-    static func shouldPresentNotification(userInfo: [AnyHashable: Any]) -> Bool {
-        self.payloadKind(userInfo: userInfo) == self.requestedKind
-    }
-
-    static func parsePrompt(
-        actionIdentifier: String,
-        userInfo: [AnyHashable: Any]
-    ) -> ExecApprovalNotificationPrompt?
-    {
-        guard actionIdentifier == UNNotificationDefaultActionIdentifier else { return nil }
-        guard self.payloadKind(userInfo: userInfo) == self.requestedKind else { return nil }
-        guard let approvalId = self.approvalID(from: userInfo) else { return nil }
-        return ExecApprovalNotificationPrompt(approvalId: approvalId)
-    }
-
-    @MainActor
-    static func handleResolvedPushIfNeeded(
-        userInfo: [AnyHashable: Any],
-        notificationCenter: NotificationCentering
-    ) async -> Bool
-    {
-        guard self.payloadKind(userInfo: userInfo) == self.resolvedKind,
-              let approvalId = self.approvalID(from: userInfo)
-        else {
-            return false
-        }
-
-        await self.removeNotifications(forApprovalID: approvalId, notificationCenter: notificationCenter)
-        return true
-    }
-
-    @MainActor
-    static func removeNotifications(
-        forApprovalID approvalId: String,
-        notificationCenter: NotificationCentering
-    ) async {
-        let normalizedID = approvalId.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
-        guard !normalizedID.isEmpty else { return }
-
-        await notificationCenter.removePendingNotificationRequests(
-            withIdentifiers: [self.localRequestIdentifier(for: normalizedID)])
-
-        let delivered = await notificationCenter.deliveredNotifications()
-        let identifiers = delivered.compactMap { snapshot -> String? in
-            guard self.approvalID(from: snapshot.userInfo) == normalizedID else { return nil }
-            return snapshot.identifier
-        }
-        await notificationCenter.removeDeliveredNotifications(withIdentifiers: identifiers)
-    }
-
-    static func approvalID(from userInfo: [AnyHashable: Any]) -> String? {
-        let raw = self.openClawPayload(userInfo: userInfo)?["approvalId"] as? String
-        let trimmed = raw?.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines) ?? ""
-        return trimmed.isEmpty ? nil : trimmed
-    }
-
-    private static func localRequestIdentifier(for approvalId: String) -> String {
-        "\(self.localRequestPrefix)\(approvalId)"
-    }
-
-    private static func payloadKind(userInfo: [AnyHashable: Any]) -> String {
-        let raw = self.openClawPayload(userInfo: userInfo)?["kind"] as? String
-        let trimmed = raw?.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines) ?? ""
-        return trimmed.isEmpty ? "unknown" : trimmed
-    }
-
-    private static func openClawPayload(userInfo: [AnyHashable: Any]) -> [String: Any]? {
-        if let payload = userInfo["openclaw"] as? [String: Any] {
-            return payload
-        }
-        if let payload = userInfo["openclaw"] as? [AnyHashable: Any] {
-            return payload.reduce(into: [String: Any]()) { partialResult, pair in
-                guard let key = pair.key as? String else { return }
-                partialResult[key] = pair.value
-            }
-        }
-        return nil
-    }
-}

apps/ios/Sources/RootCanvas.swift

@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ struct RootCanvas: View {
         }
         .gatewayTrustPromptAlert()
         .deepLinkAgentPromptAlert()
-        .execApprovalPromptDialog()
         .sheet(item: self.$presentedSheet) { sheet in
             switch sheet {
             case .settings:

apps/ios/Sources/Screen/ScreenController.swift

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

apps/ios/Sources/Screen/ScreenWebView.swift

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

apps/ios/Sources/Services/NotificationService.swift

@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 import Foundation
 import UserNotifications
 
-struct NotificationSnapshot: @unchecked Sendable {
-    let identifier: String
-    let userInfo: [AnyHashable: Any]
-}
-
 enum NotificationAuthorizationStatus: Sendable {
     case notDetermined
     case denied
@@ -18,9 +13,6 @@ protocol NotificationCentering: Sendable {
     func authorizationStatus() async -> NotificationAuthorizationStatus
     func requestAuthorization(options: UNAuthorizationOptions) async throws -> Bool
     func add(_ request: UNNotificationRequest) async throws
-    func removePendingNotificationRequests(withIdentifiers identifiers: [String]) async
-    func removeDeliveredNotifications(withIdentifiers identifiers: [String]) async
-    func deliveredNotifications() async -> [NotificationSnapshot]
 }
 
 struct LiveNotificationCenter: NotificationCentering, @unchecked Sendable {
@@ -63,27 +55,4 @@ struct LiveNotificationCenter: NotificationCentering, @unchecked Sendable {
             }
         }
     }
-
-    func removePendingNotificationRequests(withIdentifiers identifiers: [String]) async {
-        guard !identifiers.isEmpty else { return }
-        self.center.removePendingNotificationRequests(withIdentifiers: identifiers)
-    }
-
-    func removeDeliveredNotifications(withIdentifiers identifiers: [String]) async {
-        guard !identifiers.isEmpty else { return }
-        self.center.removeDeliveredNotifications(withIdentifiers: identifiers)
-    }
-
-    func deliveredNotifications() async -> [NotificationSnapshot] {
-        await withCheckedContinuation { continuation in
-            self.center.getDeliveredNotifications { notifications in
-                continuation.resume(
-                    returning: notifications.map { notification in
-                        NotificationSnapshot(
-                            identifier: notification.request.identifier,
-                            userInfo: notification.request.content.userInfo)
-                    })
-            }
-        }
-    }
 }

apps/ios/Tests/ExecApprovalNotificationBridgeTests.swift

@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-import Foundation
-import Testing
-import UserNotifications
-@testable import OpenClaw
-
-private final class MockNotificationCenter: NotificationCentering, @unchecked Sendable {
-    var authorization: NotificationAuthorizationStatus = .authorized
-    var addedRequests: [UNNotificationRequest] = []
-    var pendingRemovedIdentifiers: [[String]] = []
-    var deliveredRemovedIdentifiers: [[String]] = []
-    var delivered: [NotificationSnapshot] = []
-
-    func authorizationStatus() async -> NotificationAuthorizationStatus {
-        self.authorization
-    }
-
-    func requestAuthorization(options _: UNAuthorizationOptions) async throws -> Bool {
-        true
-    }
-
-    func add(_ request: UNNotificationRequest) async throws {
-        self.addedRequests.append(request)
-    }
-
-    func removePendingNotificationRequests(withIdentifiers identifiers: [String]) async {
-        self.pendingRemovedIdentifiers.append(identifiers)
-    }
-
-    func removeDeliveredNotifications(withIdentifiers identifiers: [String]) async {
-        self.deliveredRemovedIdentifiers.append(identifiers)
-    }
-
-    func deliveredNotifications() async -> [NotificationSnapshot] {
-        self.delivered
-    }
-}
-
-@Suite(.serialized) struct ExecApprovalNotificationBridgeTests {
-    @Test func parsePromptMapsDefaultNotificationTap() {
-        let prompt = ExecApprovalNotificationBridge.parsePrompt(
-            actionIdentifier: UNNotificationDefaultActionIdentifier,
-            userInfo: [
-                "openclaw": [
-                    "kind": ExecApprovalNotificationBridge.requestedKind,
-                    "approvalId": "approval-123",
-                ],
-            ])
-
-        #expect(prompt == ExecApprovalNotificationPrompt(approvalId: "approval-123"))
-    }
-
-    @Test @MainActor func handleResolvedPushRemovesMatchingNotifications() async {
-        let center = MockNotificationCenter()
-        center.delivered = [
-            NotificationSnapshot(
-                identifier: "remote-approval-1",
-                userInfo: [
-                    "openclaw": [
-                        "kind": ExecApprovalNotificationBridge.requestedKind,
-                        "approvalId": "approval-123",
-                    ],
-                ]),
-            NotificationSnapshot(
-                identifier: "remote-other",
-                userInfo: [
-                    "openclaw": [
-                        "kind": ExecApprovalNotificationBridge.requestedKind,
-                        "approvalId": "approval-999",
-                    ],
-                ]),
-        ]
-
-        let handled = await ExecApprovalNotificationBridge.handleResolvedPushIfNeeded(
-            userInfo: [
-                "openclaw": [
-                    "kind": ExecApprovalNotificationBridge.resolvedKind,
-                    "approvalId": "approval-123",
-                ],
-            ],
-            notificationCenter: center)
-
-        #expect(handled)
-        #expect(center.pendingRemovedIdentifiers == [["exec.approval.approval-123"]])
-        #expect(center.deliveredRemovedIdentifiers == [["remote-approval-1"]])
-    }
-}

apps/ios/Tests/GatewayConnectionControllerTests.swift

@@ -70,19 +70,6 @@ import UIKit
         }
     }
 
-    @Test @MainActor func operatorConnectOptionsRequestApprovalScope() {
-        let appModel = NodeAppModel()
-        let options = appModel._test_makeOperatorConnectOptions(
-            clientId: "openclaw-ios",
-            displayName: "OpenClaw iOS")
-
-        #expect(options.role == "operator")
-        #expect(options.scopes.contains("operator.read"))
-        #expect(options.scopes.contains("operator.write"))
-        #expect(options.scopes.contains("operator.approvals"))
-        #expect(options.scopes.contains("operator.talk.secrets"))
-    }
-
     @Test @MainActor func loadLastConnectionReadsSavedValues() {
         let prior = KeychainStore.loadString(service: "ai.openclaw.gateway", account: "lastConnection")
         defer {

apps/ios/Tests/NodeAppModelInvokeTests.swift

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import OpenClawKit
 import Foundation
 import Testing
 import UIKit
-import UserNotifications
 @testable import OpenClaw
 
 private func makeAgentDeepLinkURL(
@@ -69,36 +68,6 @@ private final class MockWatchMessagingService: @preconcurrency WatchMessagingSer
     }
 }
 
-private final class MockBootstrapNotificationCenter: NotificationCentering, @unchecked Sendable {
-    var status: NotificationAuthorizationStatus = .notDetermined
-    var requestAuthorizationResult = false
-    var requestAuthorizationCalls = 0
-
-    func authorizationStatus() async -> NotificationAuthorizationStatus {
-        self.status
-    }
-
-    func requestAuthorization(options _: UNAuthorizationOptions) async throws -> Bool {
-        self.requestAuthorizationCalls += 1
-        if self.requestAuthorizationResult {
-            self.status = .authorized
-        } else {
-            self.status = .denied
-        }
-        return self.requestAuthorizationResult
-    }
-
-    func add(_: UNNotificationRequest) async throws {}
-
-    func removePendingNotificationRequests(withIdentifiers _: [String]) async {}
-
-    func removeDeliveredNotifications(withIdentifiers _: [String]) async {}
-
-    func deliveredNotifications() async -> [NotificationSnapshot] {
-        []
-    }
-}
-
 @Suite(.serialized) struct NodeAppModelInvokeTests {
     @Test @MainActor func decodeParamsFailsWithoutJSON() {
         #expect(throws: Error.self) {
@@ -127,44 +96,6 @@ private final class MockBootstrapNotificationCenter: NotificationCentering, @unc
         #expect(appModel.mainSessionKey == "agent:agent-123:main")
     }
 
-    @Test @MainActor func execApprovalPromptPresentationTracksLatestNotificationTap() throws {
-        let appModel = NodeAppModel()
-        appModel._test_presentExecApprovalPrompt(
-            try #require(
-                NodeAppModel._test_makeExecApprovalPrompt(
-                    id: "approval-1",
-                    commandText: "echo first",
-                    allowedDecisions: ["allow-once", "deny"],
-                    host: "gateway",
-                    nodeId: nil,
-                    agentId: "main",
-                    expiresAtMs: 1)))
-
-        let firstPrompt = try #require(appModel._test_pendingExecApprovalPrompt())
-        #expect(firstPrompt.id == "approval-1")
-        #expect(firstPrompt.commandText == "echo first")
-        #expect(firstPrompt.allowsAllowAlways == false)
-
-        appModel._test_presentExecApprovalPrompt(
-            try #require(
-                NodeAppModel._test_makeExecApprovalPrompt(
-                    id: "approval-2",
-                    commandText: "echo second",
-                    allowedDecisions: ["allow-once", "allow-always", "deny"],
-                    host: "gateway",
-                    nodeId: "node-2",
-                    agentId: nil,
-                    expiresAtMs: 2)))
-
-        let secondPrompt = try #require(appModel._test_pendingExecApprovalPrompt())
-        #expect(secondPrompt.id == "approval-2")
-        #expect(secondPrompt.commandText == "echo second")
-        #expect(secondPrompt.allowsAllowAlways)
-
-        appModel._test_dismissPendingExecApprovalPrompt()
-        #expect(appModel._test_pendingExecApprovalPrompt() == nil)
-    }
-
     @Test func operatorLoopWaitsForBootstrapHandoffBeforeUsingStoredToken() {
         #expect(
             !NodeAppModel._test_shouldStartOperatorGatewayLoop(
@@ -196,15 +127,6 @@ private final class MockBootstrapNotificationCenter: NotificationCentering, @unc
         )
     }
 
-    @Test @MainActor func successfulBootstrapOnboardingRequestsNotificationAuthorization() async {
-        let center = MockBootstrapNotificationCenter()
-        let appModel = NodeAppModel(notificationCenter: center)
-
-        await appModel._test_handleSuccessfulBootstrapGatewayOnboarding()
-
-        #expect(center.requestAuthorizationCalls == 1)
-    }
-
     @Test func clearingBootstrapTokenStripsReconnectConfigEvenWithoutPersistence() {
         let config = GatewayConnectConfig(
             url: URL(string: "wss://gateway.example")!,
@@ -223,7 +145,7 @@ private final class MockBootstrapNotificationCenter: NotificationCentering, @unc
                 clientMode: "node",
                 clientDisplayName: nil))
 
-        let cleared = NodeAppModel._test_clearingBootstrapToken(in: config)
+        let cleared = NodeAppModel.clearingBootstrapToken(in: config)
         #expect(cleared?.bootstrapToken == nil)
         #expect(cleared?.url == config.url)
         #expect(cleared?.stableID == config.stableID)

apps/ios/Tests/ScreenControllerTests.swift

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

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

@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
     <key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
     <string>APPL</string>
     <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
-    <string>2026.4.3</string>
+    <string>2026.4.2-beta.1</string>
     <key>CFBundleVersion</key>
-    <string>2026040301</string>
+    <string>2026040201</string>
     <key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
     <string>OpenClaw</string>
     <key>CFBundleURLTypes</key>

apps/shared/OpenClawKit/Sources/OpenClawKit/GatewayChannel.swift

@@ -542,52 +542,6 @@ public actor GatewayChannelActor {
             authSource: authSource)
     }
 
-    private func shouldPersistBootstrapHandoffTokens() -> Bool {
-        guard self.lastAuthSource == .bootstrapToken else { return false }
-        let scheme = self.url.scheme?.lowercased()
-        if scheme == "wss" {
-            return true
-        }
-        if let host = self.url.host, LoopbackHost.isLoopback(host) {
-            return true
-        }
-        return false
-    }
-
-    private func filteredBootstrapHandoffScopes(role: String, scopes: [String]) -> [String]? {
-        let normalizedRole = role.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
-        switch normalizedRole {
-        case "node":
-            return []
-        case "operator":
-            let allowedOperatorScopes: Set<String> = [
-                "operator.approvals",
-                "operator.read",
-                "operator.talk.secrets",
-                "operator.write",
-            ]
-            return Array(Set(scopes.filter { allowedOperatorScopes.contains($0) })).sorted()
-        default:
-            return nil
-        }
-    }
-
-    private func persistBootstrapHandoffToken(
-        deviceId: String,
-        role: String,
-        token: String,
-        scopes: [String]
-    ) {
-        guard let filteredScopes = self.filteredBootstrapHandoffScopes(role: role, scopes: scopes) else {
-            return
-        }
-        _ = DeviceAuthStore.storeToken(
-            deviceId: deviceId,
-            role: role,
-            token: token,
-            scopes: filteredScopes)
-    }
-
     private func handleConnectResponse(
         _ res: ResponseFrame,
         identity: DeviceIdentity?,
@@ -618,34 +572,18 @@ public actor GatewayChannelActor {
         } else if let tick = ok.policy["tickIntervalMs"]?.value as? Int {
             self.tickIntervalMs = Double(tick)
         }
-        if let auth = ok.auth, let identity, self.shouldPersistBootstrapHandoffTokens() {
-            if let deviceToken = auth["deviceToken"]?.value as? String {
-                let authRole = auth["role"]?.value as? String ?? role
-                let scopes = (auth["scopes"]?.value as? [ProtoAnyCodable])?
-                    .compactMap { $0.value as? String } ?? []
-                self.persistBootstrapHandoffToken(
+        if let auth = ok.auth,
+           let deviceToken = auth["deviceToken"]?.value as? String {
+            let authRole = auth["role"]?.value as? String ?? role
+            let scopes = (auth["scopes"]?.value as? [ProtoAnyCodable])?
+                .compactMap { $0.value as? String } ?? []
+            if let identity {
+                _ = DeviceAuthStore.storeToken(
                     deviceId: identity.deviceId,
                     role: authRole,
                     token: deviceToken,
                     scopes: scopes)
             }
-            if let tokenEntries = auth["deviceTokens"]?.value as? [ProtoAnyCodable] {
-                for entry in tokenEntries {
-                    guard let rawEntry = entry.value as? [String: ProtoAnyCodable],
-                          let deviceToken = rawEntry["deviceToken"]?.value as? String,
-                          let authRole = rawEntry["role"]?.value as? String
-                    else {
-                        continue
-                    }
-                    let scopes = (rawEntry["scopes"]?.value as? [ProtoAnyCodable])?
-                        .compactMap { $0.value as? String } ?? []
-                    self.persistBootstrapHandoffToken(
-                        deviceId: identity.deviceId,
-                        role: authRole,
-                        token: deviceToken,
-                        scopes: scopes)
-                }
-            }
         }
         self.lastTick = Date()
         self.tickTask?.cancel()

apps/shared/OpenClawKit/Tests/OpenClawKitTests/GatewayNodeSessionTests.swift

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ private extension NSLock {
 
 private final class FakeGatewayWebSocketTask: WebSocketTasking, @unchecked Sendable {
     private let lock = NSLock()
-    private let helloAuth: [String: Any]?
     private var _state: URLSessionTask.State = .suspended
     private var connectRequestId: String?
     private var connectAuth: [String: Any]?
@@ -21,10 +20,6 @@ private final class FakeGatewayWebSocketTask: WebSocketTasking, @unchecked Senda
     private var pendingReceiveHandler:
         (@Sendable (Result<URLSessionWebSocketTask.Message, Error>) -> Void)?
 
-    init(helloAuth: [String: Any]? = nil) {
-        self.helloAuth = helloAuth
-    }
-
     var state: URLSessionTask.State {
         get { self.lock.withLock { self._state } }
         set { self.lock.withLock { self._state = newValue } }
@@ -84,11 +79,11 @@ private final class FakeGatewayWebSocketTask: WebSocketTasking, @unchecked Senda
         for _ in 0..<50 {
             let id = self.lock.withLock { self.connectRequestId }
             if let id {
-                return .data(Self.connectOkData(id: id, auth: self.helloAuth))
+                return .data(Self.connectOkData(id: id))
             }
             try await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: 1_000_000)
         }
-        return .data(Self.connectOkData(id: "connect", auth: self.helloAuth))
+        return .data(Self.connectOkData(id: "connect"))
     }
 
     func receive(
@@ -115,8 +110,8 @@ private final class FakeGatewayWebSocketTask: WebSocketTasking, @unchecked Senda
         return (try? JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: frame)) ?? Data()
     }
 
-    private static func connectOkData(id: String, auth: [String: Any]? = nil) -> Data {
-        var payload: [String: Any] = [
+    private static func connectOkData(id: String) -> Data {
+        let payload: [String: Any] = [
             "type": "hello-ok",
             "protocol": 2,
             "server": [
@@ -142,9 +137,6 @@ private final class FakeGatewayWebSocketTask: WebSocketTasking, @unchecked Senda
                 "tickIntervalMs": 30_000,
             ],
         ]
-        if let auth {
-            payload["auth"] = auth
-        }
         let frame: [String: Any] = [
             "type": "res",
             "id": id,
@@ -157,14 +149,9 @@ private final class FakeGatewayWebSocketTask: WebSocketTasking, @unchecked Senda
 
 private final class FakeGatewayWebSocketSession: WebSocketSessioning, @unchecked Sendable {
     private let lock = NSLock()
-    private let helloAuth: [String: Any]?
     private var tasks: [FakeGatewayWebSocketTask] = []
     private var makeCount = 0
 
-    init(helloAuth: [String: Any]? = nil) {
-        self.helloAuth = helloAuth
-    }
-
     func snapshotMakeCount() -> Int {
         self.lock.withLock { self.makeCount }
     }
@@ -177,7 +164,7 @@ private final class FakeGatewayWebSocketSession: WebSocketSessioning, @unchecked
         _ = url
         return self.lock.withLock {
             self.makeCount += 1
-            let task = FakeGatewayWebSocketTask(helloAuth: self.helloAuth)
+            let task = FakeGatewayWebSocketTask()
             self.tasks.append(task)
             return WebSocketTaskBox(task: task)
         }
@@ -247,145 +234,6 @@ struct GatewayNodeSessionTests {
         await gateway.disconnect()
     }
 
-    @Test
-    func bootstrapHelloStoresAdditionalDeviceTokens() async throws {
-        let tempDir = FileManager.default.temporaryDirectory
-            .appendingPathComponent(UUID().uuidString, isDirectory: true)
-        try FileManager.default.createDirectory(at: tempDir, withIntermediateDirectories: true)
-        let previousStateDir = ProcessInfo.processInfo.environment["OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR"]
-        setenv("OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR", tempDir.path, 1)
-        defer {
-            if let previousStateDir {
-                setenv("OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR", previousStateDir, 1)
-            } else {
-                unsetenv("OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR")
-            }
-            try? FileManager.default.removeItem(at: tempDir)
-        }
-
-        let identity = DeviceIdentityStore.loadOrCreate()
-        let session = FakeGatewayWebSocketSession(helloAuth: [
-            "deviceToken": "node-device-token",
-            "role": "node",
-            "scopes": [],
-            "issuedAtMs": 1000,
-            "deviceTokens": [
-                [
-                    "deviceToken": "node-device-token",
-                    "role": "node",
-                    "scopes": ["operator.admin"],
-                    "issuedAtMs": 1000,
-                ],
-                [
-                    "deviceToken": "operator-device-token",
-                    "role": "operator",
-                    "scopes": [
-                        "operator.admin",
-                        "operator.approvals",
-                        "operator.read",
-                        "operator.talk.secrets",
-                        "operator.write",
-                    ],
-                    "issuedAtMs": 1001,
-                ],
-            ],
-        ])
-        let gateway = GatewayNodeSession()
-        let options = GatewayConnectOptions(
-            role: "node",
-            scopes: [],
-            caps: [],
-            commands: [],
-            permissions: [:],
-            clientId: "openclaw-ios-test",
-            clientMode: "node",
-            clientDisplayName: "iOS Test",
-            includeDeviceIdentity: true)
-
-        try await gateway.connect(
-            url: URL(string: "wss://example.invalid")!,
-            token: nil,
-            bootstrapToken: "fresh-bootstrap-token",
-            password: nil,
-            connectOptions: options,
-            sessionBox: WebSocketSessionBox(session: session),
-            onConnected: {},
-            onDisconnected: { _ in },
-            onInvoke: { req in
-                BridgeInvokeResponse(id: req.id, ok: true, payloadJSON: nil, error: nil)
-            })
-
-        let nodeEntry = try #require(DeviceAuthStore.loadToken(deviceId: identity.deviceId, role: "node"))
-        let operatorEntry = try #require(DeviceAuthStore.loadToken(deviceId: identity.deviceId, role: "operator"))
-        #expect(nodeEntry.token == "node-device-token")
-        #expect(nodeEntry.scopes == [])
-        #expect(operatorEntry.token == "operator-device-token")
-        #expect(operatorEntry.scopes.contains("operator.approvals"))
-        #expect(!operatorEntry.scopes.contains("operator.admin"))
-
-        await gateway.disconnect()
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    func nonBootstrapHelloDoesNotOverwriteStoredDeviceTokens() async throws {
-        let tempDir = FileManager.default.temporaryDirectory
-            .appendingPathComponent(UUID().uuidString, isDirectory: true)
-        try FileManager.default.createDirectory(at: tempDir, withIntermediateDirectories: true)
-        let previousStateDir = ProcessInfo.processInfo.environment["OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR"]
-        setenv("OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR", tempDir.path, 1)
-        defer {
-            if let previousStateDir {
-                setenv("OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR", previousStateDir, 1)
-            } else {
-                unsetenv("OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR")
-            }
-            try? FileManager.default.removeItem(at: tempDir)
-        }
-
-        let identity = DeviceIdentityStore.loadOrCreate()
-        let session = FakeGatewayWebSocketSession(helloAuth: [
-            "deviceToken": "server-node-token",
-            "role": "node",
-            "scopes": [],
-            "deviceTokens": [
-                [
-                    "deviceToken": "server-operator-token",
-                    "role": "operator",
-                    "scopes": ["operator.admin"],
-                ],
-            ],
-        ])
-        let gateway = GatewayNodeSession()
-        let options = GatewayConnectOptions(
-            role: "node",
-            scopes: [],
-            caps: [],
-            commands: [],
-            permissions: [:],
-            clientId: "openclaw-ios-test",
-            clientMode: "node",
-            clientDisplayName: "iOS Test",
-            includeDeviceIdentity: true)
-
-        try await gateway.connect(
-            url: URL(string: "wss://example.invalid")!,
-            token: "shared-token",
-            bootstrapToken: nil,
-            password: nil,
-            connectOptions: options,
-            sessionBox: WebSocketSessionBox(session: session),
-            onConnected: {},
-            onDisconnected: { _ in },
-            onInvoke: { req in
-                BridgeInvokeResponse(id: req.id, ok: true, payloadJSON: nil, error: nil)
-            })
-
-        #expect(DeviceAuthStore.loadToken(deviceId: identity.deviceId, role: "node") == nil)
-        #expect(DeviceAuthStore.loadToken(deviceId: identity.deviceId, role: "operator") == nil)
-
-        await gateway.disconnect()
-    }
-
     @Test
     func normalizeCanvasHostUrlPreservesExplicitSecureCanvasPort() {
         let normalized = canonicalizeCanvasHostUrl(

docs/automation/auth-monitoring.md

@@ -1,8 +1,44 @@
 ---
-summary: "Redirect to /gateway/authentication"
+summary: "Monitor OAuth expiry for model providers"
+read_when:
+  - Setting up auth expiry monitoring or alerts
+  - Automating Claude Code / Codex OAuth refresh checks
 title: "Auth Monitoring"
 ---
 
-# Auth Monitoring
+# Auth monitoring
 
-This page moved to [Authentication](/gateway/authentication). See [Authentication](/gateway/authentication) for auth monitoring documentation.
+OpenClaw exposes OAuth expiry health via `openclaw models status`. Use that for
+automation and alerting; scripts are optional extras for phone workflows.
+
+## Preferred: CLI check (portable)
+
+```bash
+openclaw models status --check
+```
+
+Exit codes:
+
+- `0`: OK
+- `1`: expired or missing credentials
+- `2`: expiring soon (within 24h)
+
+This works in cron/systemd and requires no extra scripts.
+
+## Optional scripts (ops / phone workflows)
+
+These live under `scripts/` and are **optional**. They assume SSH access to the
+gateway host and are tuned for systemd + Termux.
+
+- `scripts/claude-auth-status.sh` now uses `openclaw models status --json` as the
+  source of truth (falling back to direct file reads if the CLI is unavailable),
+  so keep `openclaw` on `PATH` for timers.
+- `scripts/auth-monitor.sh`: cron/systemd timer target; sends alerts (ntfy or phone).
+- `scripts/systemd/openclaw-auth-monitor.{service,timer}`: systemd user timer.
+- `scripts/claude-auth-status.sh`: Claude Code + OpenClaw auth checker (full/json/simple).
+- `scripts/mobile-reauth.sh`: guided re‑auth flow over SSH.
+- `scripts/termux-quick-auth.sh`: one‑tap widget status + open auth URL.
+- `scripts/termux-auth-widget.sh`: full guided widget flow.
+- `scripts/termux-sync-widget.sh`: sync Claude Code creds → OpenClaw.
+
+If you don’t need phone automation or systemd timers, skip these scripts.

docs/automation/clawflow.md

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

docs/automation/cron-vs-heartbeat.md

@@ -1,8 +1,299 @@
 ---
-summary: "Redirect to /automation"
+summary: "Guidance for choosing between heartbeat and cron jobs for automation"
+read_when:
+  - Deciding how to schedule recurring tasks
+  - Setting up background monitoring or notifications
+  - Optimizing token usage for periodic checks
 title: "Cron vs Heartbeat"
 ---
 
-# Cron vs Heartbeat
+# Cron vs Heartbeat: When to Use Each
 
-This page moved to [Automation & Tasks](/automation). See [Automation & Tasks](/automation) for the decision guide comparing cron and heartbeat.
+Both heartbeats and cron jobs let you run tasks on a schedule. This guide helps you choose the right mechanism for your use case.
+
+One important distinction:
+
+- **Heartbeat** is a scheduled **main-session turn** — no task record created.
+- **Cron (main)** is a scheduled **system event into the main session** — creates a task record with `silent` notify policy.
+- **Cron (isolated)** is a scheduled **background run** — creates a task record tracked in `openclaw tasks`.
+
+All cron job executions (main and isolated) create [task records](/automation/tasks). Heartbeat turns do not. Main-session cron tasks use `silent` notify policy by default so they do not generate notifications.
+
+## Quick Decision Guide
+
+| Use Case                             | Recommended         | Why                                      |
+| ------------------------------------ | ------------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
+| Check inbox every 30 min             | Heartbeat           | Batches with other checks, context-aware |
+| Send daily report at 9am sharp       | Cron (isolated)     | Exact timing needed                      |
+| Monitor calendar for upcoming events | Heartbeat           | Natural fit for periodic awareness       |
+| Run weekly deep analysis             | Cron (isolated)     | Standalone task, can use different model |
+| Remind me in 20 minutes              | Cron (main, `--at`) | One-shot with precise timing             |
+| Background project health check      | Heartbeat           | Piggybacks on existing cycle             |
+
+## Heartbeat: Periodic Awareness
+
+Heartbeats run in the **main session** at a regular interval (default: 30 min). They're designed for the agent to check on things and surface anything important.
+
+### When to use heartbeat
+
+- **Multiple periodic checks**: Instead of 5 separate cron jobs checking inbox, calendar, weather, notifications, and project status, a single heartbeat can batch all of these.
+- **Context-aware decisions**: The agent has full main-session context, so it can make smart decisions about what's urgent vs. what can wait.
+- **Conversational continuity**: Heartbeat runs share the same session, so the agent remembers recent conversations and can follow up naturally.
+- **Low-overhead monitoring**: One heartbeat replaces many small polling tasks.
+
+### Heartbeat advantages
+
+- **Batches multiple checks**: One agent turn can review inbox, calendar, and notifications together.
+- **Reduces API calls**: A single heartbeat is cheaper than 5 isolated cron jobs.
+- **Context-aware**: The agent knows what you've been working on and can prioritize accordingly.
+- **Smart suppression**: If nothing needs attention, the agent replies `HEARTBEAT_OK` and no message is delivered.
+- **Natural timing**: Drifts slightly based on queue load, which is fine for most monitoring.
+- **No task record**: heartbeat turns stay in main-session history (see [Background Tasks](/automation/tasks)).
+
+### Heartbeat example: HEARTBEAT.md checklist
+
+```md
+# Heartbeat checklist
+
+- Check email for urgent messages
+- Review calendar for events in next 2 hours
+- If a background task finished, summarize results
+- If idle for 8+ hours, send a brief check-in
+```
+
+The agent reads this on each heartbeat and handles all items in one turn.
+
+### Configuring heartbeat
+
+```json5
+{
+  agents: {
+    defaults: {
+      heartbeat: {
+        every: "30m", // interval
+        target: "last", // explicit alert delivery target (default is "none")
+        activeHours: { start: "08:00", end: "22:00" }, // optional
+      },
+    },
+  },
+}
+```
+
+See [Heartbeat](/gateway/heartbeat) for full configuration.
+
+## Cron: Precise Scheduling
+
+Cron jobs run at precise times and can run in isolated sessions without affecting main context.
+Recurring top-of-hour schedules are automatically spread by a deterministic
+per-job offset in a 0-5 minute window.
+
+### When to use cron
+
+- **Exact timing required**: "Send this at 9:00 AM every Monday" (not "sometime around 9").
+- **Standalone tasks**: Tasks that don't need conversational context.
+- **Different model/thinking**: Heavy analysis that warrants a more powerful model.
+- **One-shot reminders**: "Remind me in 20 minutes" with `--at`.
+- **Noisy/frequent tasks**: Tasks that would clutter main session history.
+- **External triggers**: Tasks that should run independently of whether the agent is otherwise active.
+
+### Cron advantages
+
+- **Precise timing**: 5-field or 6-field (seconds) cron expressions with timezone support.
+- **Built-in load spreading**: recurring top-of-hour schedules are staggered by up to 5 minutes by default.
+- **Per-job control**: override stagger with `--stagger <duration>` or force exact timing with `--exact`.
+- **Session isolation**: Runs in `cron:<jobId>` without polluting main history.
+- **Model overrides**: Use a cheaper or more powerful model per job.
+- **Delivery control**: Isolated jobs default to `announce` (summary); choose `none` as needed.
+- **Immediate delivery**: Announce mode posts directly without waiting for heartbeat.
+- **No agent context needed**: Runs even if main session is idle or compacted.
+- **One-shot support**: `--at` for precise future timestamps.
+- **Task tracking**: isolated jobs create [background task](/automation/tasks) records visible in `openclaw tasks` and `openclaw tasks audit`.
+
+### Cron example: Daily morning briefing
+
+```bash
+openclaw cron add \
+  --name "Morning briefing" \
+  --cron "0 7 * * *" \
+  --tz "America/New_York" \
+  --session isolated \
+  --message "Generate today's briefing: weather, calendar, top emails, news summary." \
+  --model opus \
+  --announce \
+  --channel whatsapp \
+  --to "+15551234567"
+```
+
+This runs at exactly 7:00 AM New York time, uses Opus for quality, and announces a summary directly to WhatsApp.
+
+### Cron example: One-shot reminder
+
+```bash
+openclaw cron add \
+  --name "Meeting reminder" \
+  --at "20m" \
+  --session main \
+  --system-event "Reminder: standup meeting starts in 10 minutes." \
+  --wake now \
+  --delete-after-run
+```
+
+See [Cron jobs](/automation/cron-jobs) for full CLI reference.
+
+## Decision Flowchart
+
+```
+Does the task need to run at an EXACT time?
+  YES -> Use cron
+  NO  -> Continue...
+
+Does the task need isolation from main session?
+  YES -> Use cron (isolated)
+  NO  -> Continue...
+
+Can this task be batched with other periodic checks?
+  YES -> Use heartbeat (add to HEARTBEAT.md)
+  NO  -> Use cron
+
+Is this a one-shot reminder?
+  YES -> Use cron with --at
+  NO  -> Continue...
+
+Does it need a different model or thinking level?
+  YES -> Use cron (isolated) with --model/--thinking
+  NO  -> Use heartbeat
+```
+
+## Combining Both
+
+The most efficient setup uses **both**:
+
+1. **Heartbeat** handles routine monitoring (inbox, calendar, notifications) in one batched turn every 30 minutes.
+2. **Cron** handles precise schedules (daily reports, weekly reviews) and one-shot reminders.
+
+### Example: Efficient automation setup
+
+**HEARTBEAT.md** (checked every 30 min):
+
+```md
+# Heartbeat checklist
+
+- Scan inbox for urgent emails
+- Check calendar for events in next 2h
+- Review any pending tasks
+- Light check-in if quiet for 8+ hours
+```
+
+**Cron jobs** (precise timing):
+
+```bash
+# Daily morning briefing at 7am
+openclaw cron add --name "Morning brief" --cron "0 7 * * *" --session isolated --message "..." --announce
+
+# Weekly project review on Mondays at 9am
+openclaw cron add --name "Weekly review" --cron "0 9 * * 1" --session isolated --message "..." --model opus
+
+# One-shot reminder
+openclaw cron add --name "Call back" --at "2h" --session main --system-event "Call back the client" --wake now
+```
+
+## Lobster: Deterministic workflows with approvals
+
+Lobster is the workflow runtime for **multi-step tool pipelines** that need deterministic execution and explicit approvals.
+Use it when the task is more than a single agent turn, and you want a resumable workflow with human checkpoints.
+
+### When Lobster fits
+
+- **Multi-step automation**: You need a fixed pipeline of tool calls, not a one-off prompt.
+- **Approval gates**: Side effects should pause until you approve, then resume.
+- **Resumable runs**: Continue a paused workflow without re-running earlier steps.
+
+### How it pairs with heartbeat and cron
+
+- **Heartbeat/cron** decide _when_ a run happens.
+- **Lobster** defines _what steps_ happen once the run starts.
+
+For scheduled workflows, use cron or heartbeat to trigger an agent turn that calls Lobster.
+For ad-hoc workflows, call Lobster directly.
+
+### Operational notes (from the code)
+
+- Lobster runs as a **local subprocess** (`lobster` CLI) in tool mode and returns a **JSON envelope**.
+- If the tool returns `needs_approval`, you resume with a `resumeToken` and `approve` flag.
+- The tool is an **optional plugin**; enable it additively via `tools.alsoAllow: ["lobster"]` (recommended).
+- Lobster expects the `lobster` CLI to be available on `PATH`.
+
+See [Lobster](/tools/lobster) for full usage and examples.
+
+## Main Session vs Isolated Session
+
+Both heartbeat and cron can interact with the main session, but differently:
+
+|                            | Heartbeat                       | Cron (main)              | Cron (isolated)                                 |
+| -------------------------- | ------------------------------- | ------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------- |
+| Session                    | Main                            | Main (via system event)  | `cron:<jobId>` or custom session                |
+| History                    | Shared                          | Shared                   | Fresh each run (isolated) / Persistent (custom) |
+| Context                    | Full                            | Full                     | None (isolated) / Cumulative (custom)           |
+| Model                      | Main session model              | Main session model       | Can override                                    |
+| Output                     | Delivered if not `HEARTBEAT_OK` | Heartbeat prompt + event | Announce summary (default)                      |
+| [Tasks](/automation/tasks) | No task record                  | Task record (silent)     | Task record (visible in `openclaw tasks`)       |
+
+### When to use main session cron
+
+Use `--session main` with `--system-event` when you want:
+
+- The reminder/event to appear in main session context
+- The agent to handle it during the next heartbeat with full context
+- No separate isolated run
+
+```bash
+openclaw cron add \
+  --name "Check project" \
+  --every "4h" \
+  --session main \
+  --system-event "Time for a project health check" \
+  --wake now
+```
+
+### When to use isolated cron
+
+Use `--session isolated` when you want:
+
+- A clean slate without prior context
+- Different model or thinking settings
+- Announce summaries directly to a channel
+- History that doesn't clutter main session
+
+```bash
+openclaw cron add \
+  --name "Deep analysis" \
+  --cron "0 6 * * 0" \
+  --session isolated \
+  --message "Weekly codebase analysis..." \
+  --model opus \
+  --thinking high \
+  --announce
+```
+
+## Cost Considerations
+
+| Mechanism       | Cost Profile                                            |
+| --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
+| Heartbeat       | One turn every N minutes; scales with HEARTBEAT.md size |
+| Cron (main)     | Adds event to next heartbeat (no isolated turn)         |
+| Cron (isolated) | Full agent turn per job; can use cheaper model          |
+
+**Tips**:
+
+- Keep `HEARTBEAT.md` small to minimize token overhead.
+- Batch similar checks into heartbeat instead of multiple cron jobs.
+- Use `target: "none"` on heartbeat if you only want internal processing.
+- Use isolated cron with a cheaper model for routine tasks.
+
+## Related
+
+- [Automation Overview](/automation) — all automation mechanisms at a glance
+- [Heartbeat](/gateway/heartbeat) — full heartbeat configuration
+- [Cron jobs](/automation/cron-jobs) — full cron CLI and API reference
+- [Background Tasks](/automation/tasks) — task ledger, audit, and lifecycle
+- [System](/cli/system) — system events + heartbeat controls

docs/automation/gmail-pubsub.md

@@ -1,8 +1,256 @@
 ---
-summary: "Redirect to /automation/cron-jobs"
+summary: "Gmail Pub/Sub push wired into OpenClaw webhooks via gogcli"
+read_when:
+  - Wiring Gmail inbox triggers to OpenClaw
+  - Setting up Pub/Sub push for agent wake
 title: "Gmail PubSub"
 ---
 
-# Gmail PubSub
+# Gmail Pub/Sub -> OpenClaw
 
-This page moved to [Scheduled Tasks](/automation/cron-jobs#gmail-pubsub-integration). See [Scheduled Tasks](/automation/cron-jobs#gmail-pubsub-integration) for Gmail PubSub documentation.
+Goal: Gmail watch -> Pub/Sub push -> `gog gmail watch serve` -> OpenClaw webhook.
+
+## Prereqs
+
+- `gcloud` installed and logged in ([install guide](https://docs.cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/install-sdk)).
+- `gog` (gogcli) installed and authorized for the Gmail account ([gogcli.sh](https://gogcli.sh/)).
+- OpenClaw hooks enabled (see [Webhooks](/automation/webhook)).
+- `tailscale` logged in ([tailscale.com](https://tailscale.com/)). Supported setup uses Tailscale Funnel for the public HTTPS endpoint.
+  Other tunnel services can work, but are DIY/unsupported and require manual wiring.
+  Right now, Tailscale is what we support.
+
+Example hook config (enable Gmail preset mapping):
+
+```json5
+{
+  hooks: {
+    enabled: true,
+    token: "OPENCLAW_HOOK_TOKEN",
+    path: "/hooks",
+    presets: ["gmail"],
+  },
+}
+```
+
+To deliver the Gmail summary to a chat surface, override the preset with a mapping
+that sets `deliver` + optional `channel`/`to`:
+
+```json5
+{
+  hooks: {
+    enabled: true,
+    token: "OPENCLAW_HOOK_TOKEN",
+    presets: ["gmail"],
+    mappings: [
+      {
+        match: { path: "gmail" },
+        action: "agent",
+        wakeMode: "now",
+        name: "Gmail",
+        sessionKey: "hook:gmail:{{messages[0].id}}",
+        messageTemplate: "New email from {{messages[0].from}}\nSubject: {{messages[0].subject}}\n{{messages[0].snippet}}\n{{messages[0].body}}",
+        model: "openai/gpt-5.2-mini",
+        deliver: true,
+        channel: "last",
+        // to: "+15551234567"
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+}
+```
+
+If you want a fixed channel, set `channel` + `to`. Otherwise `channel: "last"`
+uses the last delivery route (falls back to WhatsApp).
+
+To force a cheaper model for Gmail runs, set `model` in the mapping
+(`provider/model` or alias). If you enforce `agents.defaults.models`, include it there.
+
+To set a default model and thinking level specifically for Gmail hooks, add
+`hooks.gmail.model` / `hooks.gmail.thinking` in your config:
+
+```json5
+{
+  hooks: {
+    gmail: {
+      model: "openrouter/meta-llama/llama-3.3-70b-instruct:free",
+      thinking: "off",
+    },
+  },
+}
+```
+
+Notes:
+
+- Per-hook `model`/`thinking` in the mapping still overrides these defaults.
+- Fallback order: `hooks.gmail.model` → `agents.defaults.model.fallbacks` → primary (auth/rate-limit/timeouts).
+- If `agents.defaults.models` is set, the Gmail model must be in the allowlist.
+- Gmail hook content is wrapped with external-content safety boundaries by default.
+  To disable (dangerous), set `hooks.gmail.allowUnsafeExternalContent: true`.
+
+To customize payload handling further, add `hooks.mappings` or a JS/TS transform module
+under `~/.openclaw/hooks/transforms` (see [Webhooks](/automation/webhook)).
+
+## Wizard (recommended)
+
+Use the OpenClaw helper to wire everything together (installs deps on macOS via brew):
+
+```bash
+openclaw webhooks gmail setup \
+  --account openclaw@gmail.com
+```
+
+Defaults:
+
+- Uses Tailscale Funnel for the public push endpoint.
+- Writes `hooks.gmail` config for `openclaw webhooks gmail run`.
+- Enables the Gmail hook preset (`hooks.presets: ["gmail"]`).
+
+Path note: when `tailscale.mode` is enabled, OpenClaw automatically sets
+`hooks.gmail.serve.path` to `/` and keeps the public path at
+`hooks.gmail.tailscale.path` (default `/gmail-pubsub`) because Tailscale
+strips the set-path prefix before proxying.
+If you need the backend to receive the prefixed path, set
+`hooks.gmail.tailscale.target` (or `--tailscale-target`) to a full URL like
+`http://127.0.0.1:8788/gmail-pubsub` and match `hooks.gmail.serve.path`.
+
+Want a custom endpoint? Use `--push-endpoint <url>` or `--tailscale off`.
+
+Platform note: on macOS the wizard installs `gcloud`, `gogcli`, and `tailscale`
+via Homebrew; on Linux install them manually first.
+
+Gateway auto-start (recommended):
+
+- When `hooks.enabled=true` and `hooks.gmail.account` is set, the Gateway starts
+  `gog gmail watch serve` on boot and auto-renews the watch.
+- Set `OPENCLAW_SKIP_GMAIL_WATCHER=1` to opt out (useful if you run the daemon yourself).
+- Do not run the manual daemon at the same time, or you will hit
+  `listen tcp 127.0.0.1:8788: bind: address already in use`.
+
+Manual daemon (starts `gog gmail watch serve` + auto-renew):
+
+```bash
+openclaw webhooks gmail run
+```
+
+## One-time setup
+
+1. Select the GCP project **that owns the OAuth client** used by `gog`.
+
+```bash
+gcloud auth login
+gcloud config set project <project-id>
+```
+
+Note: Gmail watch requires the Pub/Sub topic to live in the same project as the OAuth client.
+
+2. Enable APIs:
+
+```bash
+gcloud services enable gmail.googleapis.com pubsub.googleapis.com
+```
+
+3. Create a topic:
+
+```bash
+gcloud pubsub topics create gog-gmail-watch
+```
+
+4. Allow Gmail push to publish:
+
+```bash
+gcloud pubsub topics add-iam-policy-binding gog-gmail-watch \
+  --member=serviceAccount:gmail-api-push@system.gserviceaccount.com \
+  --role=roles/pubsub.publisher
+```
+
+## Start the watch
+
+```bash
+gog gmail watch start \
+  --account openclaw@gmail.com \
+  --label INBOX \
+  --topic projects/<project-id>/topics/gog-gmail-watch
+```
+
+Save the `history_id` from the output (for debugging).
+
+## Run the push handler
+
+Local example (shared token auth):
+
+```bash
+gog gmail watch serve \
+  --account openclaw@gmail.com \
+  --bind 127.0.0.1 \
+  --port 8788 \
+  --path /gmail-pubsub \
+  --token <shared> \
+  --hook-url http://127.0.0.1:18789/hooks/gmail \
+  --hook-token OPENCLAW_HOOK_TOKEN \
+  --include-body \
+  --max-bytes 20000
+```
+
+Notes:
+
+- `--token` protects the push endpoint (`x-gog-token` or `?token=`).
+- `--hook-url` points to OpenClaw `/hooks/gmail` (mapped; isolated run + summary to main).
+- `--include-body` and `--max-bytes` control the body snippet sent to OpenClaw.
+
+Recommended: `openclaw webhooks gmail run` wraps the same flow and auto-renews the watch.
+
+## Expose the handler (advanced, unsupported)
+
+If you need a non-Tailscale tunnel, wire it manually and use the public URL in the push
+subscription (unsupported, no guardrails):
+
+```bash
+cloudflared tunnel --url http://127.0.0.1:8788 --no-autoupdate
+```
+
+Use the generated URL as the push endpoint:
+
+```bash
+gcloud pubsub subscriptions create gog-gmail-watch-push \
+  --topic gog-gmail-watch \
+  --push-endpoint "https://<public-url>/gmail-pubsub?token=<shared>"
+```
+
+Production: use a stable HTTPS endpoint and configure Pub/Sub OIDC JWT, then run:
+
+```bash
+gog gmail watch serve --verify-oidc --oidc-email <svc@...>
+```
+
+## Test
+
+Send a message to the watched inbox:
+
+```bash
+gog gmail send \
+  --account openclaw@gmail.com \
+  --to openclaw@gmail.com \
+  --subject "watch test" \
+  --body "ping"
+```
+
+Check watch state and history:
+
+```bash
+gog gmail watch status --account openclaw@gmail.com
+gog gmail history --account openclaw@gmail.com --since <historyId>
+```
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+- `Invalid topicName`: project mismatch (topic not in the OAuth client project).
+- `User not authorized`: missing `roles/pubsub.publisher` on the topic.
+- Empty messages: Gmail push only provides `historyId`; fetch via `gog gmail history`.
+
+## Cleanup
+
+```bash
+gog gmail watch stop --account openclaw@gmail.com
+gcloud pubsub subscriptions delete gog-gmail-watch-push
+gcloud pubsub topics delete gog-gmail-watch
+```

docs/automation/index.md

@@ -1,115 +1,66 @@
 ---
-summary: "Overview of automation mechanisms: tasks, cron, hooks, standing orders, and Task Flow"
+summary: "Overview of all automation mechanisms: heartbeat, cron, tasks, hooks, webhooks, and more"
 read_when:
   - Deciding how to automate work with OpenClaw
-  - Choosing between heartbeat, cron, hooks, and standing orders
+  - Choosing between heartbeat, cron, hooks, and webhooks
   - Looking for the right automation entry point
-title: "Automation & Tasks"
+title: "Automation Overview"
 ---
 
-# Automation & Tasks
+# Automation
 
-OpenClaw runs work in the background through tasks, scheduled jobs, event hooks, and standing instructions. This page helps you choose the right mechanism and understand how they fit together.
+OpenClaw provides several automation mechanisms, each suited to different use cases. This page helps you choose the right one.
 
 ## Quick decision guide
 
 ```mermaid
 flowchart TD
-    START([What do you need?]) --> Q1{Schedule work?}
-    START --> Q2{Track detached work?}
-    START --> Q3{Orchestrate multi-step flows?}
-    START --> Q4{React to lifecycle events?}
-    START --> Q5{Give the agent persistent instructions?}
-
-    Q1 -->|Yes| Q1a{Exact timing or flexible?}
-    Q1a -->|Exact| CRON["Scheduled Tasks (Cron)"]
-    Q1a -->|Flexible| HEARTBEAT[Heartbeat]
-
-    Q2 -->|Yes| TASKS[Background Tasks]
-    Q3 -->|Yes| FLOW[Task Flow]
-    Q4 -->|Yes| HOOKS[Hooks]
-    Q5 -->|Yes| SO[Standing Orders]
+    A{Run on a schedule?} -->|Yes| B{Exact timing needed?}
+    A -->|No| C{React to events?}
+    B -->|Yes| D[Cron]
+    B -->|No| E[Heartbeat]
+    C -->|Yes| F[Hooks]
+    C -->|No| G[Standing Orders]
 ```
 
-| Use case                                | Recommended            | Why                                              |
-| --------------------------------------- | ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
-| Send daily report at 9 AM sharp         | Scheduled Tasks (Cron) | Exact timing, isolated execution                 |
-| Remind me in 20 minutes                 | Scheduled Tasks (Cron) | One-shot with precise timing (`--at`)            |
-| Run weekly deep analysis                | Scheduled Tasks (Cron) | Standalone task, can use different model         |
-| Check inbox every 30 min                | Heartbeat              | Batches with other checks, context-aware         |
-| Monitor calendar for upcoming events    | Heartbeat              | Natural fit for periodic awareness               |
-| Inspect status of a subagent or ACP run | Background Tasks       | Tasks ledger tracks all detached work            |
-| Audit what ran and when                 | Background Tasks       | `openclaw tasks list` and `openclaw tasks audit` |
-| Multi-step research then summarize      | Task Flow              | Durable orchestration with revision tracking     |
-| Run a script on session reset           | Hooks                  | Event-driven, fires on lifecycle events          |
-| Execute code on every tool call         | Hooks                  | Hooks can filter by event type                   |
-| Always check compliance before replying | Standing Orders        | Injected into every session automatically        |
+## Mechanisms at a glance
 
-### Scheduled Tasks (Cron) vs Heartbeat
+| Mechanism                                      | What it does                                             | Runs in                  | Creates task record |
+| ---------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------ | ------------------- |
+| [Heartbeat](/gateway/heartbeat)                | Periodic main-session turn — batches multiple checks     | Main session             | No                  |
+| [Cron](/automation/cron-jobs)                  | Scheduled jobs with precise timing                       | Main or isolated session | Yes (all types)     |
+| [Background Tasks](/automation/tasks)          | Tracks detached work (cron, ACP, subagents, CLI)         | N/A (ledger)             | N/A                 |
+| [Hooks](/automation/hooks)                     | Event-driven scripts triggered by agent lifecycle events | Hook runner              | No                  |
+| [Standing Orders](/automation/standing-orders) | Persistent instructions injected into the system prompt  | Main session             | No                  |
+| [Webhooks](/automation/webhook)                | Receive inbound HTTP events and route to the agent       | Gateway HTTP             | No                  |
 
-| Dimension       | Scheduled Tasks (Cron)              | Heartbeat                             |
-| --------------- | ----------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- |
-| Timing          | Exact (cron expressions, one-shot)  | Approximate (default every 30 min)    |
-| Session context | Fresh (isolated) or shared          | Full main-session context             |
-| Task records    | Always created                      | Never created                         |
-| Delivery        | Channel, webhook, or silent         | Inline in main session                |
-| Best for        | Reports, reminders, background jobs | Inbox checks, calendar, notifications |
+### Specialized automation
 
-Use Scheduled Tasks (Cron) when you need precise timing or isolated execution. Use Heartbeat when the work benefits from full session context and approximate timing is fine.
-
-## Core concepts
-
-### Scheduled tasks (cron)
-
-Cron is the Gateway's built-in scheduler for precise timing. It persists jobs, wakes the agent at the right time, and can deliver output to a chat channel or webhook endpoint. Supports one-shot reminders, recurring expressions, and inbound webhook triggers.
-
-See [Scheduled Tasks](/automation/cron-jobs).
-
-### Tasks
-
-The background task ledger tracks all detached work: ACP runs, subagent spawns, isolated cron executions, and CLI operations. Tasks are records, not schedulers. Use `openclaw tasks list` and `openclaw tasks audit` to inspect them.
-
-See [Background Tasks](/automation/tasks).
-
-### Task Flow
-
-Task Flow is the flow orchestration substrate above background tasks. It manages durable multi-step flows with managed and mirrored sync modes, revision tracking, and `openclaw tasks flow list|show|cancel` for inspection.
-
-See [Task Flow](/automation/taskflow).
-
-### Standing orders
-
-Standing orders grant the agent permanent operating authority for defined programs. They live in workspace files (typically `AGENTS.md`) and are injected into every session. Combine with cron for time-based enforcement.
-
-See [Standing Orders](/automation/standing-orders).
-
-### Hooks
-
-Hooks are event-driven scripts triggered by agent lifecycle events (`/new`, `/reset`, `/stop`), session compaction, gateway startup, message flow, and tool calls. Hooks are automatically discovered from directories and can be managed with `openclaw hooks`.
-
-See [Hooks](/automation/hooks).
-
-### Heartbeat
-
-Heartbeat is a periodic main-session turn (default every 30 minutes). It batches multiple checks (inbox, calendar, notifications) in one agent turn with full session context. Heartbeat turns do not create task records. Use `HEARTBEAT.md` to define what the agent checks.
-
-See [Heartbeat](/gateway/heartbeat).
+| Mechanism                                      | What it does                                    |
+| ---------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
+| [Gmail PubSub](/automation/gmail-pubsub)       | Real-time Gmail notifications via Google PubSub |
+| [Polling](/automation/poll)                    | Periodic data source checks (RSS, APIs, etc.)   |
+| [Auth Monitoring](/automation/auth-monitoring) | Credential health and expiry alerts             |
 
 ## How they work together
 
-- **Cron** handles precise schedules (daily reports, weekly reviews) and one-shot reminders. All cron executions create task records.
-- **Heartbeat** handles routine monitoring (inbox, calendar, notifications) in one batched turn every 30 minutes.
-- **Hooks** react to specific events (tool calls, session resets, compaction) with custom scripts.
-- **Standing orders** give the agent persistent context and authority boundaries.
-- **Task Flow** coordinates multi-step flows above individual tasks.
-- **Tasks** automatically track all detached work so you can inspect and audit it.
+The most effective setups combine multiple mechanisms:
+
+1. **Heartbeat** handles routine monitoring (inbox, calendar, notifications) in one batched turn every 30 minutes.
+2. **Cron** handles precise schedules (daily reports, weekly reviews) and one-shot reminders.
+3. **Hooks** react to specific events (tool calls, session resets, compaction) with custom scripts.
+4. **Standing Orders** give the agent persistent context ("always check the project board before replying").
+5. **Background Tasks** automatically track all detached work so you can inspect and audit it.
+
+See [Cron vs Heartbeat](/automation/cron-vs-heartbeat) for a detailed comparison of the two scheduling mechanisms.
+
+## TaskFlow
+
+[TaskFlow](/automation/taskflow) is the flow orchestration substrate above background tasks. It manages durable multi-step flows with managed and mirrored sync modes, and exposes `openclaw flows list|show|cancel` for inspection and recovery. See [TaskFlow](/automation/taskflow) for details.
 
 ## Related
 
-- [Scheduled Tasks](/automation/cron-jobs) — precise scheduling and one-shot reminders
-- [Background Tasks](/automation/tasks) — task ledger for all detached work
-- [Task Flow](/automation/taskflow) — durable multi-step flow orchestration
-- [Hooks](/automation/hooks) — event-driven lifecycle scripts
-- [Standing Orders](/automation/standing-orders) — persistent agent instructions
-- [Heartbeat](/gateway/heartbeat) — periodic main-session turns
+- [Cron vs Heartbeat](/automation/cron-vs-heartbeat) — detailed comparison guide
+- [TaskFlow](/automation/taskflow) — flow orchestration above tasks
+- [Troubleshooting](/automation/troubleshooting) — debugging automation issues
 - [Configuration Reference](/gateway/configuration-reference) — all config keys

docs/automation/poll.md

@@ -1,8 +1,86 @@
 ---
-summary: "Redirect to /tools/message"
+summary: "Poll sending via gateway + CLI"
+read_when:
+  - Adding or modifying poll support
+  - Debugging poll sends from the CLI or gateway
 title: "Polls"
 ---
 
 # Polls
 
-This page moved to [Message tool](/cli/message). See [Message tool](/cli/message) for poll documentation.
+## Supported channels
+
+- Telegram
+- WhatsApp (web channel)
+- Discord
+- Microsoft Teams (Adaptive Cards)
+
+## CLI
+
+```bash
+# Telegram
+openclaw message poll --channel telegram --target 123456789 \
+  --poll-question "Ship it?" --poll-option "Yes" --poll-option "No"
+openclaw message poll --channel telegram --target -1001234567890:topic:42 \
+  --poll-question "Pick a time" --poll-option "10am" --poll-option "2pm" \
+  --poll-duration-seconds 300
+
+# WhatsApp
+openclaw message poll --target +15555550123 \
+  --poll-question "Lunch today?" --poll-option "Yes" --poll-option "No" --poll-option "Maybe"
+openclaw message poll --target 123456789@g.us \
+  --poll-question "Meeting time?" --poll-option "10am" --poll-option "2pm" --poll-option "4pm" --poll-multi
+
+# Discord
+openclaw message poll --channel discord --target channel:123456789 \
+  --poll-question "Snack?" --poll-option "Pizza" --poll-option "Sushi"
+openclaw message poll --channel discord --target channel:123456789 \
+  --poll-question "Plan?" --poll-option "A" --poll-option "B" --poll-duration-hours 48
+
+# Microsoft Teams
+openclaw message poll --channel msteams --target conversation:19:abc@thread.tacv2 \
+  --poll-question "Lunch?" --poll-option "Pizza" --poll-option "Sushi"
+```
+
+Options:
+
+- `--channel`: `whatsapp` (default), `telegram`, `discord`, or `msteams`
+- `--poll-multi`: allow selecting multiple options
+- `--poll-duration-hours`: Discord-only (defaults to 24 when omitted)
+- `--poll-duration-seconds`: Telegram-only (5-600 seconds)
+- `--poll-anonymous` / `--poll-public`: Telegram-only poll visibility
+
+## Gateway RPC
+
+Method: `poll`
+
+Params:
+
+- `to` (string, required)
+- `question` (string, required)
+- `options` (string[], required)
+- `maxSelections` (number, optional)
+- `durationHours` (number, optional)
+- `durationSeconds` (number, optional, Telegram-only)
+- `isAnonymous` (boolean, optional, Telegram-only)
+- `channel` (string, optional, default: `whatsapp`)
+- `idempotencyKey` (string, required)
+
+## Channel differences
+
+- Telegram: 2-10 options. Supports forum topics via `threadId` or `:topic:` targets. Uses `durationSeconds` instead of `durationHours`, limited to 5-600 seconds. Supports anonymous and public polls.
+- WhatsApp: 2-12 options, `maxSelections` must be within option count, ignores `durationHours`.
+- Discord: 2-10 options, `durationHours` clamped to 1-768 hours (default 24). `maxSelections > 1` enables multi-select; Discord does not support a strict selection count.
+- Microsoft Teams: Adaptive Card polls (OpenClaw-managed). No native poll API; `durationHours` is ignored.
+
+## Agent tool (Message)
+
+Use the `message` tool with `poll` action (`to`, `pollQuestion`, `pollOption`, optional `pollMulti`, `pollDurationHours`, `channel`).
+
+For Telegram, the tool also accepts `pollDurationSeconds`, `pollAnonymous`, and `pollPublic`.
+
+Use `action: "poll"` for poll creation. Poll fields passed with `action: "send"` are rejected.
+
+Note: Discord has no “pick exactly N” mode; `pollMulti` maps to multi-select.
+Teams polls are rendered as Adaptive Cards and require the gateway to stay online
+to record votes in `~/.openclaw/msteams-polls.json`.

docs/automation/standing-orders.md

@@ -247,8 +247,8 @@ Each program should have:
 
 ## Related
 
-- [Automation & Tasks](/automation) — all automation mechanisms at a glance
+- [Automation Overview](/automation) — all automation mechanisms at a glance
 - [Cron Jobs](/automation/cron-jobs) — schedule enforcement for standing orders
 - [Hooks](/automation/hooks) — event-driven scripts for agent lifecycle events
-- [Webhooks](/automation/cron-jobs#webhooks) — inbound HTTP event triggers
+- [Webhooks](/automation/webhook) — inbound HTTP event triggers
 - [Agent Workspace](/concepts/agent-workspace) — where standing orders live, including the full list of auto-injected bootstrap files (AGENTS.md, SOUL.md, etc.)

docs/automation/taskflow.md

@@ -1,82 +1,51 @@
 ---
-summary: "Task Flow flow orchestration layer above background tasks"
+summary: "TaskFlow flow orchestration layer above background tasks"
 read_when:
-  - You want to understand how Task Flow relates to background tasks
-  - You encounter Task Flow or openclaw tasks flow in release notes or docs
+  - You want to understand how TaskFlow relates to background tasks
+  - You encounter TaskFlow or openclaw flows in release notes or docs
   - You want to inspect or manage durable flow state
-title: "Task Flow"
+title: "TaskFlow"
 ---
 
-# Task Flow
+# TaskFlow
 
-Task Flow is the flow orchestration substrate that sits above [background tasks](/automation/tasks). It manages durable multi-step flows with their own state, revision tracking, and sync semantics while individual tasks remain the unit of detached work.
-
-## When to use Task Flow
-
-Use Task Flow when work spans multiple sequential or branching steps and you need durable progress tracking across gateway restarts. For single background operations, a plain [task](/automation/tasks) is sufficient.
-
-| Scenario                              | Use                  |
-| ------------------------------------- | -------------------- |
-| Single background job                 | Plain task           |
-| Multi-step pipeline (A then B then C) | Task Flow (managed)  |
-| Observe externally created tasks      | Task Flow (mirrored) |
-| One-shot reminder                     | Cron job             |
+TaskFlow is the flow orchestration substrate that sits above [background tasks](/automation/tasks). It manages durable multi-step flows with their own state, revision tracking, and sync semantics while individual tasks remain the unit of detached work.
 
 ## Sync modes
 
-### Managed mode
+TaskFlow supports two sync modes:
 
-Task Flow owns the lifecycle end-to-end. It creates tasks as flow steps, drives them to completion, and advances the flow state automatically.
-
-Example: a weekly report flow that (1) gathers data, (2) generates the report, and (3) delivers it. Task Flow creates each step as a background task, waits for completion, then moves to the next step.
-
-```
-Flow: weekly-report
-  Step 1: gather-data     → task created → succeeded
-  Step 2: generate-report → task created → succeeded
-  Step 3: deliver         → task created → running
-```
-
-### Mirrored mode
-
-Task Flow observes externally created tasks and keeps flow state in sync without taking ownership of task creation. This is useful when tasks originate from cron jobs, CLI commands, or other sources and you want a unified view of their progress as a flow.
-
-Example: three independent cron jobs that together form a "morning ops" routine. A mirrored flow tracks their collective progress without controlling when or how they run.
+- **Managed** — TaskFlow owns the lifecycle end-to-end, creating and driving tasks as flow steps progress.
+- **Mirrored** — TaskFlow observes externally created tasks and keeps flow state in sync without taking ownership of task creation.
 
 ## Durable state and revision tracking
 
-Each flow persists its own state and tracks revisions so progress survives gateway restarts. Revision tracking enables conflict detection when multiple sources attempt to advance the same flow concurrently.
-
-## Cancel behavior
-
-`openclaw tasks flow cancel` sets a sticky cancel intent on the flow. Active tasks within the flow are cancelled, and no new steps are started. The cancel intent persists across restarts, so a cancelled flow stays cancelled even if the gateway restarts before all child tasks have terminated.
+Each flow persists its own state and tracks revisions so progress survives gateway restarts. Revision tracking enables conflict detection when multiple sources attempt to advance the same flow.
 
 ## CLI commands
 
 ```bash
 # List active and recent flows
-openclaw tasks flow list
+openclaw flows list
 
 # Show details for a specific flow
-openclaw tasks flow show <lookup>
+openclaw flows show <lookup>
 
-# Cancel a running flow and its active tasks
-openclaw tasks flow cancel <lookup>
+# Cancel a running flow
+openclaw flows cancel <lookup>
 ```
 
-| Command                           | Description                                   |
-| --------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- |
-| `openclaw tasks flow list`        | Shows tracked flows with status and sync mode |
-| `openclaw tasks flow show <id>`   | Inspect one flow by flow id or lookup key     |
-| `openclaw tasks flow cancel <id>` | Cancel a running flow and its active tasks    |
+- `openclaw flows list` — shows tracked flows with status and sync mode
+- `openclaw flows show <lookup>` — inspect one flow by flow id or lookup key
+- `openclaw flows cancel <lookup>` — cancel a running flow and its active tasks
 
 ## How flows relate to tasks
 
-Flows coordinate tasks, not replace them. A single flow may drive multiple background tasks over its lifetime. Use `openclaw tasks` to inspect individual task records and `openclaw tasks flow` to inspect the orchestrating flow.
+Flows coordinate tasks, not replace them. A single flow may drive multiple background tasks over its lifetime. Use `openclaw tasks` to inspect individual task records and `openclaw flows` to inspect the orchestrating flow.
 
 ## Related
 
 - [Background Tasks](/automation/tasks) — the detached work ledger that flows coordinate
-- [CLI: tasks](/cli/index#tasks) — CLI command reference for `openclaw tasks flow`
+- [CLI: flows](/cli/flows) — CLI command reference for `openclaw flows`
 - [Automation Overview](/automation) — all automation mechanisms at a glance
 - [Cron Jobs](/automation/cron-jobs) — scheduled jobs that may feed into flows

docs/automation/tasks.md

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ title: "Background Tasks"
 
 # Background Tasks
 
-> **Looking for scheduling?** See [Automation & Tasks](/automation) for choosing the right mechanism. This page covers **tracking** background work, not scheduling it.
+> **Cron vs Heartbeat vs Tasks?** See [Cron vs Heartbeat](/automation/cron-vs-heartbeat) for choosing the right scheduling mechanism. This page covers **tracking** background work, not scheduling it.
 
 Background tasks track work that runs **outside your main conversation session**:
 ACP runs, subagent spawns, isolated cron job executions, and CLI-initiated operations.
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ openclaw tasks audit
 | ACP background runs    | `acp`        | Spawning a child ACP session                           | `done_only`           |
 | Subagent orchestration | `subagent`   | Spawning a subagent via `sessions_spawn`               | `done_only`           |
 | Cron jobs (all types)  | `cron`       | Every cron execution (main-session and isolated)       | `silent`              |
-| CLI operations         | `cli`        | `openclaw agent` commands that run through the gateway | `silent`              |
+| CLI operations         | `cli`        | `openclaw agent` commands that run through the gateway | `done_only`           |
 
 Main-session cron tasks use `silent` notify policy by default — they create records for tracking but do not generate notifications. Isolated cron tasks also default to `silent` but are more visible because they run in their own session.
 
@@ -224,11 +224,11 @@ A sweeper runs every **60 seconds** and handles three things:
 
 ## How tasks relate to other systems
 
-### Tasks and Task Flow
+### Tasks and TaskFlow
 
-[Task Flow](/automation/taskflow) is the flow orchestration layer above background tasks. A single flow may coordinate multiple tasks over its lifetime using managed or mirrored sync modes. Use `openclaw tasks` to inspect individual task records and `openclaw tasks flow` to inspect the orchestrating flow.
+[TaskFlow](/automation/taskflow) is the flow orchestration layer above background tasks. A single flow may coordinate multiple tasks over its lifetime using managed or mirrored sync modes. Use `openclaw tasks` to inspect individual task records and `openclaw flows` to inspect the orchestrating flow.
 
-See [Task Flow](/automation/taskflow) for details.
+See [TaskFlow](/automation/taskflow) and [CLI: flows](/cli/flows) for details.
 
 ### Tasks and cron
 
@@ -252,8 +252,10 @@ A task's `runId` links to the agent run doing the work. Agent lifecycle events (
 
 ## Related
 
-- [Automation & Tasks](/automation) — all automation mechanisms at a glance
-- [Task Flow](/automation/taskflow) — flow orchestration above tasks
-- [Scheduled Tasks](/automation/cron-jobs) — scheduling background work
+- [Automation Overview](/automation) — all automation mechanisms at a glance
+- [TaskFlow](/automation/taskflow) — flow orchestration above tasks
+- [Cron Jobs](/automation/cron-jobs) — scheduling background work
+- [Cron vs Heartbeat](/automation/cron-vs-heartbeat) — choosing the right mechanism
 - [Heartbeat](/gateway/heartbeat) — periodic main-session turns
+- [CLI: flows](/cli/flows) — CLI reference for `openclaw flows`
 - [CLI: Tasks](/cli/index#tasks) — CLI command reference

docs/automation/troubleshooting.md

@@ -1,8 +1,122 @@
 ---
-summary: "Redirect to /automation/cron-jobs"
+summary: "Troubleshoot cron and heartbeat scheduling and delivery"
+read_when:
+  - Cron did not run
+  - Cron ran but no message was delivered
+  - Heartbeat seems silent or skipped
 title: "Automation Troubleshooting"
 ---
 
-# Automation Troubleshooting
+# Automation troubleshooting
 
-This page moved to [Scheduled Tasks](/automation/cron-jobs#troubleshooting). See [Scheduled Tasks](/automation/cron-jobs#troubleshooting) for troubleshooting documentation.
+Use this page for scheduler and delivery issues (`cron` + `heartbeat`).
+
+## Command ladder
+
+```bash
+openclaw status
+openclaw gateway status
+openclaw logs --follow
+openclaw doctor
+openclaw channels status --probe
+```
+
+Then run automation checks:
+
+```bash
+openclaw cron status
+openclaw cron list
+openclaw system heartbeat last
+```
+
+## Cron not firing
+
+```bash
+openclaw cron status
+openclaw cron list
+openclaw cron runs --id <jobId> --limit 20
+openclaw logs --follow
+```
+
+Good output looks like:
+
+- `cron status` reports enabled and a future `nextWakeAtMs`.
+- Job is enabled and has a valid schedule/timezone.
+- `cron runs` shows `ok` or explicit skip reason.
+
+Common signatures:
+
+- `cron: scheduler disabled; jobs will not run automatically` → cron disabled in config/env.
+- `cron: timer tick failed` → scheduler tick crashed; inspect surrounding stack/log context.
+- `reason: not-due` in run output → manual run called without `--force` and job not due yet.
+
+## Cron fired but no delivery
+
+```bash
+openclaw cron runs --id <jobId> --limit 20
+openclaw cron list
+openclaw channels status --probe
+openclaw logs --follow
+```
+
+Good output looks like:
+
+- Run status is `ok`.
+- Delivery mode/target are set for isolated jobs.
+- Channel probe reports target channel connected.
+
+Common signatures:
+
+- Run succeeded but delivery mode is `none` → no external message is expected.
+- Delivery target missing/invalid (`channel`/`to`) → run may succeed internally but skip outbound.
+- Channel auth errors (`unauthorized`, `missing_scope`, `Forbidden`) → delivery blocked by channel credentials/permissions.
+
+## Heartbeat suppressed or skipped
+
+```bash
+openclaw system heartbeat last
+openclaw logs --follow
+openclaw config get agents.defaults.heartbeat
+openclaw channels status --probe
+```
+
+Good output looks like:
+
+- Heartbeat enabled with non-zero interval.
+- Last heartbeat result is `ran` (or skip reason is understood).
+
+Common signatures:
+
+- `heartbeat skipped` with `reason=quiet-hours` → outside `activeHours`.
+- `requests-in-flight` → main lane busy; heartbeat deferred.
+- `empty-heartbeat-file` → interval heartbeat skipped because `HEARTBEAT.md` has no actionable content and no tagged cron event is queued.
+- `alerts-disabled` → visibility settings suppress outbound heartbeat messages.
+
+## Timezone and activeHours gotchas
+
+```bash
+openclaw config get agents.defaults.heartbeat.activeHours
+openclaw config get agents.defaults.heartbeat.activeHours.timezone
+openclaw config get agents.defaults.userTimezone || echo "agents.defaults.userTimezone not set"
+openclaw cron list
+openclaw logs --follow
+```
+
+Quick rules:
+
+- `Config path not found: agents.defaults.userTimezone` means the key is unset; heartbeat falls back to host timezone (or `activeHours.timezone` if set).
+- Cron without `--tz` uses gateway host timezone.
+- Heartbeat `activeHours` uses configured timezone resolution (`user`, `local`, or explicit IANA tz).
+- Cron `at` schedules treat ISO timestamps without timezone as UTC unless you used CLI `--at "<offset-less-iso>" --tz <iana>`.
+
+Common signatures:
+
+- Jobs run at the wrong wall-clock time after host timezone changes.
+- Heartbeat always skipped during your daytime because `activeHours.timezone` is wrong.
+
+Related:
+
+- [/automation/cron-jobs](/automation/cron-jobs)
+- [/gateway/heartbeat](/gateway/heartbeat)
+- [/automation/cron-vs-heartbeat](/automation/cron-vs-heartbeat)
+- [/concepts/timezone](/concepts/timezone)

docs/automation/webhook.md

@@ -1,8 +1,217 @@
 ---
-summary: "Redirect to /automation/cron-jobs"
+summary: "Webhook ingress for wake and isolated agent runs"
+read_when:
+  - Adding or changing webhook endpoints
+  - Wiring external systems into OpenClaw
 title: "Webhooks"
 ---
 
 # Webhooks
 
-This page moved to [Scheduled Tasks](/automation/cron-jobs#webhooks). See [Scheduled Tasks](/automation/cron-jobs#webhooks) for webhook documentation.
+Gateway can expose a small HTTP webhook endpoint for external triggers.
+
+## Enable
+
+```json5
+{
+  hooks: {
+    enabled: true,
+    token: "shared-secret",
+    path: "/hooks",
+    // Optional: restrict explicit `agentId` routing to this allowlist.
+    // Omit or include "*" to allow any agent.
+    // Set [] to deny all explicit `agentId` routing.
+    allowedAgentIds: ["hooks", "main"],
+  },
+}
+```
+
+Notes:
+
+- `hooks.token` is required when `hooks.enabled=true`.
+- `hooks.path` defaults to `/hooks`.
+
+## Auth
+
+Every request must include the hook token. Prefer headers:
+
+- `Authorization: Bearer <token>` (recommended)
+- `x-openclaw-token: <token>`
+- Query-string tokens are rejected (`?token=...` returns `400`).
+- Treat `hooks.token` holders as full-trust callers for the hook ingress surface on that gateway. Hook payload content is still untrusted, but this is not a separate non-owner auth boundary.
+
+## Endpoints
+
+### `POST /hooks/wake`
+
+Payload:
+
+```json
+{ "text": "System line", "mode": "now" }
+```
+
+- `text` **required** (string): The description of the event (e.g., "New email received").
+- `mode` optional (`now` | `next-heartbeat`): Whether to trigger an immediate heartbeat (default `now`) or wait for the next periodic check.
+
+Effect:
+
+- Enqueues a system event for the **main** session
+- If `mode=now`, triggers an immediate heartbeat
+
+### `POST /hooks/agent`
+
+Payload:
+
+```json
+{
+  "message": "Run this",
+  "name": "Email",
+  "agentId": "hooks",
+  "sessionKey": "hook:email:msg-123",
+  "wakeMode": "now",
+  "deliver": true,
+  "channel": "last",
+  "to": "+15551234567",
+  "model": "openai/gpt-5.2-mini",
+  "thinking": "low",
+  "timeoutSeconds": 120
+}
+```
+
+- `message` **required** (string): The prompt or message for the agent to process.
+- `name` optional (string): Human-readable name for the hook (e.g., "GitHub"), used as a prefix in session summaries.
+- `agentId` optional (string): Route this hook to a specific agent. Unknown IDs fall back to the default agent. When set, the hook runs using the resolved agent's workspace and configuration.
+- `sessionKey` optional (string): The key used to identify the agent's session. By default this field is rejected unless `hooks.allowRequestSessionKey=true`.
+- `wakeMode` optional (`now` | `next-heartbeat`): Whether to trigger an immediate heartbeat (default `now`) or wait for the next periodic check.
+- `deliver` optional (boolean): If `true`, the agent's response will be sent to the messaging channel. Defaults to `true`. Responses that are only heartbeat acknowledgments are automatically skipped.
+- `channel` optional (string): The messaging channel for delivery. Use `last` or any configured channel or plugin id, for example `discord`, `matrix`, `telegram`, or `whatsapp`. Defaults to `last`.
+- `to` optional (string): The recipient identifier for the channel (e.g., phone number for WhatsApp/Signal, chat ID for Telegram, channel ID for Discord/Slack/Mattermost (plugin), conversation ID for Microsoft Teams). Defaults to the last recipient in the main session.
+- `model` optional (string): Model override (e.g., `anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6` or an alias). Must be in the allowed model list if restricted.
+- `thinking` optional (string): Thinking level override (e.g., `low`, `medium`, `high`).
+- `timeoutSeconds` optional (number): Maximum duration for the agent run in seconds.
+
+Effect:
+
+- Runs an **isolated** agent turn (own session key)
+- Always posts a summary into the **main** session
+- If `wakeMode=now`, triggers an immediate heartbeat
+
+## Session key policy (breaking change)
+
+`/hooks/agent` payload `sessionKey` overrides are disabled by default.
+
+- Recommended: set a fixed `hooks.defaultSessionKey` and keep request overrides off.
+- Optional: allow request overrides only when needed, and restrict prefixes.
+
+Recommended config:
+
+```json5
+{
+  hooks: {
+    enabled: true,
+    token: "${OPENCLAW_HOOKS_TOKEN}",
+    defaultSessionKey: "hook:ingress",
+    allowRequestSessionKey: false,
+    allowedSessionKeyPrefixes: ["hook:"],
+  },
+}
+```
+
+Compatibility config (legacy behavior):
+
+```json5
+{
+  hooks: {
+    enabled: true,
+    token: "${OPENCLAW_HOOKS_TOKEN}",
+    allowRequestSessionKey: true,
+    allowedSessionKeyPrefixes: ["hook:"], // strongly recommended
+  },
+}
+```
+
+### `POST /hooks/<name>` (mapped)
+
+Custom hook names are resolved via `hooks.mappings` (see configuration). A mapping can
+turn arbitrary payloads into `wake` or `agent` actions, with optional templates or
+code transforms.
+
+Mapping options (summary):
+
+- `hooks.presets: ["gmail"]` enables the built-in Gmail mapping.
+- `hooks.mappings` lets you define `match`, `action`, and templates in config.
+- `hooks.transformsDir` + `transform.module` loads a JS/TS module for custom logic.
+  - `hooks.transformsDir` (if set) must stay within the transforms root under your OpenClaw config directory (typically `~/.openclaw/hooks/transforms`).
+  - `transform.module` must resolve within the effective transforms directory (traversal/escape paths are rejected).
+- Use `match.source` to keep a generic ingest endpoint (payload-driven routing).
+- TS transforms require a TS loader (e.g. `bun` or `tsx`) or precompiled `.js` at runtime.
+- Set `deliver: true` + `channel`/`to` on mappings to route replies to a chat surface
+  (`channel` defaults to `last` and falls back to WhatsApp).
+- `agentId` routes the hook to a specific agent; unknown IDs fall back to the default agent.
+- `hooks.allowedAgentIds` restricts explicit `agentId` routing. Omit it (or include `*`) to allow any agent. Set `[]` to deny explicit `agentId` routing.
+- `hooks.defaultSessionKey` sets the default session for hook agent runs when no explicit key is provided.
+- `hooks.allowRequestSessionKey` controls whether `/hooks/agent` payloads may set `sessionKey` (default: `false`).
+- `hooks.allowedSessionKeyPrefixes` optionally restricts explicit `sessionKey` values from request payloads and mappings.
+- `allowUnsafeExternalContent: true` disables the external content safety wrapper for that hook
+  (dangerous; only for trusted internal sources).
+- `openclaw webhooks gmail setup` writes `hooks.gmail` config for `openclaw webhooks gmail run`.
+  See [Gmail Pub/Sub](/automation/gmail-pubsub) for the full Gmail watch flow.
+
+## Responses
+
+- `200` for `/hooks/wake`
+- `200` for `/hooks/agent` (async run accepted)
+- `401` on auth failure
+- `429` after repeated auth failures from the same client (check `Retry-After`)
+- `400` on invalid payload
+- `413` on oversized payloads
+
+## Examples
+
+```bash
+curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:18789/hooks/wake \
+  -H 'Authorization: Bearer SECRET' \
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+  -d '{"text":"New email received","mode":"now"}'
+```
+
+```bash
+curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:18789/hooks/agent \
+  -H 'x-openclaw-token: SECRET' \
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+  -d '{"message":"Summarize inbox","name":"Email","wakeMode":"next-heartbeat"}'
+```
+
+### Use a different model
+
+Add `model` to the agent payload (or mapping) to override the model for that run:
+
+```bash
+curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:18789/hooks/agent \
+  -H 'x-openclaw-token: SECRET' \
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+  -d '{"message":"Summarize inbox","name":"Email","model":"openai/gpt-5.2-mini"}'
+```
+
+If you enforce `agents.defaults.models`, make sure the override model is included there.
+
+```bash
+curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:18789/hooks/gmail \
+  -H 'Authorization: Bearer SECRET' \
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+  -d '{"source":"gmail","messages":[{"from":"Ada","subject":"Hello","snippet":"Hi"}]}'
+```
+
+## Security
+
+- Keep hook endpoints behind loopback, tailnet, or trusted reverse proxy.
+- Use a dedicated hook token; do not reuse gateway auth tokens.
+- Prefer a dedicated hook agent with strict `tools.profile` and sandboxing so hook ingress has a narrower blast radius.
+- Repeated auth failures are rate-limited per client address to slow brute-force attempts.
+- If you use multi-agent routing, set `hooks.allowedAgentIds` to limit explicit `agentId` selection.
+- Keep `hooks.allowRequestSessionKey=false` unless you require caller-selected sessions.
+- If you enable request `sessionKey`, restrict `hooks.allowedSessionKeyPrefixes` (for example, `["hook:"]`).
+- Avoid including sensitive raw payloads in webhook logs.
+- Hook payloads are treated as untrusted and wrapped with safety boundaries by default.
+  If you must disable this for a specific hook, set `allowUnsafeExternalContent: true`
+  in that hook's mapping (dangerous).

docs/channels/discord.md

@@ -643,8 +643,6 @@ Default slash command settings:
     - thread config inherits parent channel config unless a thread-specific entry exists
 
     Channel topics are injected as **untrusted** context (not as system prompt).
-    Reply and quoted-message context currently stays as received.
-    Discord allowlists primarily gate who can trigger the agent, not a full supplemental-context redaction boundary.
 
   </Accordion>
 

docs/channels/groups.md

@@ -36,28 +36,6 @@ requireMention? yes -> mentioned? no -> store for context only
 otherwise -> reply
 ```
 
-## Context visibility and allowlists
-
-Two different controls are involved in group safety:
-
-- **Trigger authorization**: who can trigger the agent (`groupPolicy`, `groups`, `groupAllowFrom`, channel-specific allowlists).
-- **Context visibility**: what supplemental context is injected into the model (reply text, quotes, thread history, forwarded metadata).
-
-By default, OpenClaw prioritizes normal chat behavior and keeps context mostly as received. This means allowlists primarily decide who can trigger actions, not a universal redaction boundary for every quoted or historical snippet.
-
-Current behavior is channel-specific:
-
-- Some channels already apply sender-based filtering for supplemental context in specific paths (for example Slack thread seeding, Matrix reply/thread lookups).
-- Other channels still pass quote/reply/forward context through as received.
-
-Hardening direction (planned):
-
-- `contextVisibility: "all"` (default) keeps current as-received behavior.
-- `contextVisibility: "allowlist"` filters supplemental context to allowlisted senders.
-- `contextVisibility: "allowlist_quote"` is `allowlist` plus one explicit quote/reply exception.
-
-Until this hardening model is implemented consistently across channels, expect differences by surface.
-
 ![Group message flow](/images/groups-flow.svg)
 
 If you want...

docs/channels/matrix.md

@@ -123,11 +123,8 @@ Example for account `ops`:
 
 For normalized account ID `ops-bot`, use:
 
-- `MATRIX_OPS_X2D_BOT_HOMESERVER`
-- `MATRIX_OPS_X2D_BOT_ACCESS_TOKEN`
-
-Matrix escapes punctuation in account IDs to keep scoped env vars collision-free.
-For example, `-` becomes `_X2D_`, so `ops-prod` maps to `MATRIX_OPS_X2D_PROD_*`.
+- `MATRIX_OPS_BOT_HOMESERVER`
+- `MATRIX_OPS_BOT_ACCESS_TOKEN`
 
 The interactive wizard only offers the env-var shortcut when those auth env vars are already present and the selected account does not already have Matrix auth saved in config.
 
@@ -193,9 +190,6 @@ done:
 - Media replies still send attachments normally. If a stale preview can no longer be reused safely, OpenClaw redacts it before sending the final media reply.
 - Preview edits cost extra Matrix API calls. Leave streaming off if you want the most conservative rate-limit behavior.
 
-`blockStreaming` does not enable draft previews by itself.
-Use `streaming: "partial"` for preview edits; then add `blockStreaming: true` only if you also want completed assistant blocks to remain visible as separate progress messages.
-
 ## Encryption and verification
 
 In encrypted (E2EE) rooms, outbound image events use `thumbnail_file` so image previews are encrypted alongside the full attachment. Unencrypted rooms still use plain `thumbnail_url`. No configuration is needed — the plugin detects E2EE state automatically.
@@ -428,7 +422,6 @@ OpenClaw currently provides that in Node by:
 - using `fake-indexeddb` as the IndexedDB API shim expected by the SDK
 - restoring the Rust crypto IndexedDB contents from `crypto-idb-snapshot.json` before `initRustCrypto`
 - persisting the updated IndexedDB contents back to `crypto-idb-snapshot.json` after init and during runtime
-- serializing snapshot restore and persist against `crypto-idb-snapshot.json` with an advisory file lock so gateway runtime persistence and CLI maintenance do not race on the same snapshot file
 
 This is compatibility/storage plumbing, not a custom crypto implementation.
 The snapshot file is sensitive runtime state and is stored with restrictive file permissions.
@@ -596,17 +589,7 @@ Current behavior:
 - Matrix room history is pending-only: OpenClaw buffers room messages that did not trigger a reply yet, then snapshots that window when a mention or other trigger arrives.
 - The current trigger message is not included in `InboundHistory`; it stays in the main inbound body for that turn.
 - Retries of the same Matrix event reuse the original history snapshot instead of drifting forward to newer room messages.
-
-## Context visibility
-
-Matrix supports the shared `contextVisibility` control for supplemental room context such as fetched reply text, thread roots, and pending history.
-
-- `contextVisibility: "all"` is the default. Supplemental context is kept as received.
-- `contextVisibility: "allowlist"` filters supplemental context to senders allowed by the active room/user allowlist checks.
-- `contextVisibility: "allowlist_quote"` behaves like `allowlist`, but still keeps one explicit quoted reply.
-
-This setting affects supplemental context visibility, not whether the inbound message itself can trigger a reply.
-Trigger authorization still comes from `groupPolicy`, `groups`, `groupAllowFrom`, and DM policy settings.
+- Fetched room context (including reply and thread context lookups) is filtered by sender allowlists (`groupAllowFrom`), so non-allowlisted messages are excluded from agent context.
 
 ## DM and room policy example
 
@@ -644,36 +627,6 @@ If an unapproved Matrix user keeps messaging you before approval, OpenClaw reuse
 
 See [Pairing](/channels/pairing) for the shared DM pairing flow and storage layout.
 
-## Exec approvals
-
-Matrix can act as an exec approval client for a Matrix account.
-
-- `channels.matrix.execApprovals.enabled`
-- `channels.matrix.execApprovals.approvers` (optional; falls back to `channels.matrix.dm.allowFrom`)
-- `channels.matrix.execApprovals.target` (`dm` | `channel` | `both`, default: `dm`)
-- `channels.matrix.execApprovals.agentFilter`
-- `channels.matrix.execApprovals.sessionFilter`
-
-Matrix becomes an exec approval client when `enabled` is true and at least one approver can be resolved. Approvers must be Matrix user IDs such as `@owner:example.org`.
-
-Delivery rules:
-
-- `target: "dm"` sends approval prompts to approver DMs
-- `target: "channel"` sends the prompt back to the originating Matrix room or DM
-- `target: "both"` sends to approver DMs and the originating Matrix room or DM
-
-Matrix uses text approval prompts today. Approvers resolve them with `/approve <id> allow-once`, `/approve <id> allow-always`, or `/approve <id> deny`.
-
-Only resolved approvers can approve or deny. Channel delivery includes the command text, so only enable `channel` or `both` in trusted rooms.
-
-Matrix approval prompts reuse the shared core approval planner. The Matrix-specific surface is transport only: room/DM routing and message send/update/delete behavior.
-
-Per-account override:
-
-- `channels.matrix.accounts.<account>.execApprovals`
-
-Related docs: [Exec approvals](/tools/exec-approvals)
-
 ## Multi-account example
 
 ```json5
@@ -795,16 +748,13 @@ Live directory lookup uses the logged-in Matrix account:
 - `initialSyncLimit`: startup sync event limit.
 - `encryption`: enable E2EE.
 - `allowlistOnly`: force allowlist-only behavior for DMs and rooms.
-- `allowBots`: allow messages from other configured OpenClaw Matrix accounts (`true` or `"mentions"`).
 - `groupPolicy`: `open`, `allowlist`, or `disabled`.
-- `contextVisibility`: supplemental room-context visibility mode (`all`, `allowlist`, `allowlist_quote`).
 - `groupAllowFrom`: allowlist of user IDs for room traffic.
 - `groupAllowFrom` entries should be full Matrix user IDs. Unresolved names are ignored at runtime.
 - `historyLimit`: max room messages to include as group history context. Falls back to `messages.groupChat.historyLimit`. Set `0` to disable.
 - `replyToMode`: `off`, `first`, or `all`.
-- `markdown`: optional Markdown rendering configuration for outbound Matrix text.
-- `streaming`: `off` (default), `partial`, `true`, or `false`. `partial` and `true` enable single-message draft previews with edit-in-place updates.
-- `blockStreaming`: `true` enables separate progress messages for completed assistant blocks while draft preview streaming is active.
+- `streaming`: `off` (default) or `partial`. `partial` enables single-message draft previews with edit-in-place updates.
+- `blockStreaming`: `true` enables separate progress messages; when unset, Matrix keeps `streaming: "off"` as final-only delivery.
 - `threadReplies`: `off`, `inbound`, or `always`.
 - `threadBindings`: per-channel overrides for thread-bound session routing and lifecycle.
 - `startupVerification`: automatic self-verification request mode on startup (`if-unverified`, `off`).
@@ -821,18 +771,8 @@ Live directory lookup uses the logged-in Matrix account:
 - `dm`: DM policy block (`enabled`, `policy`, `allowFrom`, `threadReplies`).
 - `dm.allowFrom` entries should be full Matrix user IDs unless you already resolved them through live directory lookup.
 - `dm.threadReplies`: DM-only thread policy override (`off`, `inbound`, `always`). It overrides the top-level `threadReplies` setting for both reply placement and session isolation in DMs.
-- `execApprovals`: Matrix-native exec approval delivery (`enabled`, `approvers`, `target`, `agentFilter`, `sessionFilter`).
-- `execApprovals.approvers`: Matrix user IDs allowed to approve exec requests. Optional when `dm.allowFrom` already identifies the approvers.
-- `execApprovals.target`: `dm | channel | both` (default: `dm`).
 - `accounts`: named per-account overrides. Top-level `channels.matrix` values act as defaults for these entries.
 - `groups`: per-room policy map. Prefer room IDs or aliases; unresolved room names are ignored at runtime. Session/group identity uses the stable room ID after resolution, while human-readable labels still come from room names.
-- `groups.<room>.account`: restrict one inherited room entry to a specific Matrix account in multi-account setups.
-- `groups.<room>.allowBots`: room-level override for configured-bot senders (`true` or `"mentions"`).
-- `groups.<room>.users`: per-room sender allowlist.
-- `groups.<room>.tools`: per-room tool allow/deny overrides.
-- `groups.<room>.autoReply`: room-level mention-gating override. `true` disables mention requirements for that room; `false` forces them back on.
-- `groups.<room>.skills`: optional room-level skill filter.
-- `groups.<room>.systemPrompt`: optional room-level system prompt snippet.
 - `rooms`: legacy alias for `groups`.
 - `actions`: per-action tool gating (`messages`, `reactions`, `pins`, `profile`, `memberInfo`, `channelInfo`, `verification`).
 

docs/channels/msteams.md

@@ -302,8 +302,6 @@ The action is gated by `channels.msteams.actions.memberInfo` (default: enabled w
 - `channels.msteams.historyLimit` controls how many recent channel/group messages are wrapped into the prompt.
 - Falls back to `messages.groupChat.historyLimit`. Set `0` to disable (default 50).
 - Fetched thread history is filtered by sender allowlists (`allowFrom` / `groupAllowFrom`), so thread context seeding only includes messages from allowed senders.
-- Quoted attachment context (`ReplyTo*` derived from Teams reply HTML) is currently passed as received.
-- In other words, allowlists gate who can trigger the agent; only specific supplemental context paths are filtered today.
 - DM history can be limited with `channels.msteams.dmHistoryLimit` (user turns). Per-user overrides: `channels.msteams.dms["<user_id>"].historyLimit`.
 
 ## Current Teams RSC Permissions (Manifest)

docs/channels/slack.md

@@ -354,7 +354,6 @@ Current Slack message actions include `send`, `upload-file`, `download-file`, `r
 - Assistant thread status updates (for "is typing..." indicators in threads) use `assistant.threads.setStatus` and require bot scope `assistant:write`.
 - `channel_id_changed` can migrate channel config keys when `configWrites` is enabled.
 - Channel topic/purpose metadata is treated as untrusted context and can be injected into routing context.
-- Thread starter and initial thread-history context seeding are filtered by configured sender allowlists when applicable.
 - Block actions and modal interactions emit structured `Slack interaction: ...` system events with rich payload fields:
   - block actions: selected values, labels, picker values, and `workflow_*` metadata
   - modal `view_submission` and `view_closed` events with routed channel metadata and form inputs
@@ -420,15 +419,9 @@ Notes:
   "oauth_config": {
     "scopes": {
       "bot": [
-        "app_mentions:read",
-        "assistant:write",
+        "chat:write",
         "channels:history",
         "channels:read",
-        "chat:write",
-        "commands",
-        "emoji:read",
-        "files:read",
-        "files:write",
         "groups:history",
         "im:history",
         "im:read",
@@ -436,11 +429,17 @@ Notes:
         "mpim:history",
         "mpim:read",
         "mpim:write",
-        "pins:read",
-        "pins:write",
+        "users:read",
+        "app_mentions:read",
+        "assistant:write",
         "reactions:read",
         "reactions:write",
-        "users:read"
+        "pins:read",
+        "pins:write",
+        "emoji:read",
+        "commands",
+        "files:read",
+        "files:write"
       ]
     }
   },
@@ -449,17 +448,17 @@ Notes:
     "event_subscriptions": {
       "bot_events": [
         "app_mention",
-        "channel_rename",
-        "member_joined_channel",
-        "member_left_channel",
         "message.channels",
         "message.groups",
         "message.im",
         "message.mpim",
-        "pin_added",
-        "pin_removed",
         "reaction_added",
-        "reaction_removed"
+        "reaction_removed",
+        "member_joined_channel",
+        "member_left_channel",
+        "channel_rename",
+        "pin_added",
+        "pin_removed"
       ]
     }
   }

docs/channels/telegram.md

@@ -759,8 +759,6 @@ curl "https://api.telegram.org/bot<bot_token>/getUpdates"
     - `channels.telegram.mediaMaxMb` (default 100) caps inbound and outbound Telegram media size.
     - `channels.telegram.timeoutSeconds` overrides Telegram API client timeout (if unset, grammY default applies).
     - group context history uses `channels.telegram.historyLimit` or `messages.groupChat.historyLimit` (default 50); `0` disables.
-    - reply/quote/forward supplemental context is currently passed as received.
-    - Telegram allowlists primarily gate who can trigger the agent, not a full supplemental-context redaction boundary.
     - DM history controls:
       - `channels.telegram.dmHistoryLimit`
       - `channels.telegram.dms["<user_id>"].historyLimit`

docs/channels/troubleshooting.md

@@ -122,12 +122,10 @@ Full troubleshooting: [/channels/qqbot#troubleshooting](/channels/qqbot#troubles
 
 ### Matrix failure signatures
 
-| Symptom                             | Fastest check                          | Fix                                                                       |
-| ----------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| Logged in but ignores room messages | `openclaw channels status --probe`     | Check `groupPolicy`, room allowlist, and mention gating.                  |
-| DMs do not process                  | `openclaw pairing list matrix`         | Approve sender or adjust DM policy.                                       |
-| Encrypted rooms fail                | `openclaw matrix verify status`        | Re-verify the device, then check `openclaw matrix verify backup status`.  |
-| Backup restore is pending/broken    | `openclaw matrix verify backup status` | Run `openclaw matrix verify backup restore` or rerun with a recovery key. |
-| Cross-signing/bootstrap looks wrong | `openclaw matrix verify bootstrap`     | Repair secret storage, cross-signing, and backup state in one pass.       |
+| Symptom                             | Fastest check                                | Fix                                             |
+| ----------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
+| Logged in but ignores room messages | `openclaw channels status --probe`           | Check `groupPolicy` and room allowlist.         |
+| DMs do not process                  | `openclaw pairing list matrix`               | Approve sender or adjust DM policy.             |
+| Encrypted rooms fail                | Verify crypto module and encryption settings | Enable encryption support and rejoin/sync room. |
 
 Full setup and config: [Matrix](/channels/matrix)

docs/cli/approvals.md

@@ -85,12 +85,6 @@ openclaw config set tools.exec.security full
 openclaw config set tools.exec.ask off
 ```
 
-Why `tools.exec.host=gateway` in this example:
-
-- `host=auto` still means "sandbox when available, otherwise gateway".
-- YOLO is about approvals, not routing.
-- If you want host exec even when a sandbox is configured, make the host choice explicit with `gateway` or `/exec host=gateway`.
-
 This matches the current host-default YOLO behavior. Tighten it if you want approvals.
 
 ## Allowlist helpers

docs/cli/flows.md

@@ -1,18 +1,43 @@
 ---
-summary: "Redirect: flow commands live under `openclaw tasks flow`"
+summary: "CLI reference for `openclaw flows` commands"
 read_when:
-  - You encounter openclaw flows in older docs or release notes
-title: "flows (redirect)"
+  - You want to list, inspect, or cancel TaskFlow flows from the CLI
+  - You encounter openclaw flows in release notes or docs
+title: "flows"
 ---
 
-# `openclaw tasks flow`
+# `openclaw flows`
 
-Flow commands are subcommands of `openclaw tasks`, not a standalone `flows` command.
+Inspect and manage [TaskFlow](/automation/taskflow) flows from the command line.
+
+## Commands
+
+### `flows list`
 
 ```bash
-openclaw tasks flow list [--json]
-openclaw tasks flow show <lookup>
-openclaw tasks flow cancel <lookup>
+openclaw flows list [--json]
 ```
 
-For full documentation see [Task Flow](/automation/taskflow) and the [tasks CLI reference](/cli/index#tasks).
+List active and recent flows with status and sync mode.
+
+### `flows show`
+
+```bash
+openclaw flows show <lookup>
+```
+
+Show details for a specific flow by flow id or lookup key, including state, revision history, and associated tasks.
+
+### `flows cancel`
+
+```bash
+openclaw flows cancel <lookup>
+```
+
+Cancel a running flow and its active tasks.
+
+## Related
+
+- [TaskFlow](/automation/taskflow) — flow orchestration overview
+- [Background Tasks](/automation/tasks) — the detached work ledger
+- [CLI reference](/cli/index) — full command tree

docs/cli/index.md

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ This page describes the current CLI behavior. If commands change, update this do
 - [`browser`](/cli/browser)
 - [`cron`](/cli/cron)
 - [`tasks`](/cli/index#tasks)
+- [`flows`](/cli/flows)
 - [`dns`](/cli/dns)
 - [`docs`](/cli/docs)
 - [`hooks`](/cli/hooks)
@@ -172,7 +173,10 @@ openclaw [--dev] [--profile <name>] <command>
     show
     notify
     cancel
-    flow list|show|cancel
+  flows
+    list
+    show
+    cancel
   gateway
     call
     health
@@ -566,7 +570,7 @@ Subcommands:
 
 ### `webhooks gmail`
 
-Gmail Pub/Sub hook setup + runner. See [Gmail Pub/Sub](/automation/cron-jobs#gmail-pubsub-integration).
+Gmail Pub/Sub hook setup + runner. See [/automation/gmail-pubsub](/automation/gmail-pubsub).
 
 Subcommands:
 
@@ -810,9 +814,6 @@ List and manage [background task](/automation/tasks) runs across agents.
 - `tasks notify <id>` — change notification policy for a task run
 - `tasks cancel <id>` — cancel a running task
 - `tasks audit` — surface operational issues (stale, lost, delivery failures)
-- `tasks flow list` — list active and recent Task Flow flows
-- `tasks flow show <lookup>` — inspect a flow by id or lookup key
-- `tasks flow cancel <lookup>` — cancel a running flow and its active tasks
 
 ## Gateway
 

docs/cli/webhooks.md

@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ Webhook helpers and integrations (Gmail Pub/Sub, webhook helpers).
 
 Related:
 
-- Webhooks: [Webhooks](/automation/cron-jobs#webhooks)
-- Gmail Pub/Sub: [Gmail Pub/Sub](/automation/cron-jobs#gmail-pubsub-integration)
+- Webhooks: [Webhook](/automation/webhook)
+- Gmail Pub/Sub: [Gmail Pub/Sub](/automation/gmail-pubsub)
 
 ## Gmail
 
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ openclaw webhooks gmail setup --account you@example.com
 openclaw webhooks gmail run
 ```
 
-See [Gmail Pub/Sub documentation](/automation/cron-jobs#gmail-pubsub-integration) for details.
+See [Gmail Pub/Sub documentation](/automation/gmail-pubsub) for details.

docs/concepts/model-providers.md

@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ Current bundled examples:
   policy, binary-thinking/live-model policy, and usage auth + quota fetching
 - `mistral`, `opencode`, and `opencode-go`: plugin-owned capability metadata
 - `byteplus`, `cloudflare-ai-gateway`, `huggingface`, `kimi-coding`,
-  `modelstudio`, `nvidia`, `qianfan`, `stepfun`, `synthetic`, `together`, `venice`,
+  `modelstudio`, `nvidia`, `qianfan`, `synthetic`, `together`, `venice`,
   `vercel-ai-gateway`, and `volcengine`: plugin-owned catalogs only
 - `minimax` and `xiaomi`: plugin-owned catalogs plus usage auth/snapshot logic
 
@@ -265,8 +265,6 @@ See [/providers/kilocode](/providers/kilocode) for setup details.
 - Qianfan: `qianfan` (`QIANFAN_API_KEY`)
 - Model Studio: `modelstudio` (`MODELSTUDIO_API_KEY`)
 - NVIDIA: `nvidia` (`NVIDIA_API_KEY`)
-- StepFun: `stepfun` / `stepfun-plan` (`STEPFUN_API_KEY`)
-- Example models: `stepfun/step-3.5-flash`, `stepfun-plan/step-3.5-flash-2603`
 - Together: `together` (`TOGETHER_API_KEY`)
 - Venice: `venice` (`VENICE_API_KEY`)
 - Xiaomi: `xiaomi` (`XIAOMI_API_KEY`)

docs/docs.json

@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@
     },
     {
       "source": "/auth-monitoring",
-      "destination": "/gateway/authentication"
+      "destination": "/automation/auth-monitoring"
     },
     {
       "source": "/camera",
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@
     },
     {
       "source": "/cron-vs-heartbeat",
-      "destination": "/automation"
+      "destination": "/automation/cron-vs-heartbeat"
     },
     {
       "source": "/dashboard",
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@
     },
     {
       "source": "/gmail-pubsub",
-      "destination": "/automation/cron-jobs"
+      "destination": "/automation/gmail-pubsub"
     },
     {
       "source": "/grammy",
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@
     },
     {
       "source": "/poll",
-      "destination": "/cli/message"
+      "destination": "/automation/poll"
     },
     {
       "source": "/presence",
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@
     },
     {
       "source": "/webhook",
-      "destination": "/automation/cron-jobs"
+      "destination": "/automation/webhook"
     },
     {
       "source": "/whatsapp",
@@ -883,30 +883,6 @@
     {
       "source": "/automation/clawflow",
       "destination": "/automation/taskflow"
-    },
-    {
-      "source": "/automation/poll",
-      "destination": "/cli/message"
-    },
-    {
-      "source": "/automation/auth-monitoring",
-      "destination": "/gateway/authentication"
-    },
-    {
-      "source": "/automation/troubleshooting",
-      "destination": "/automation/cron-jobs"
-    },
-    {
-      "source": "/automation/cron-vs-heartbeat",
-      "destination": "/automation"
-    },
-    {
-      "source": "/automation/webhook",
-      "destination": "/automation/cron-jobs"
-    },
-    {
-      "source": "/automation/gmail-pubsub",
-      "destination": "/automation/cron-jobs"
     }
   ],
   "navigation": {
@@ -1142,14 +1118,20 @@
                 ]
               },
               {
-                "group": "Automation & Tasks",
+                "group": "Automation",
                 "pages": [
                   "automation/index",
+                  "automation/hooks",
+                  "automation/standing-orders",
                   "automation/cron-jobs",
+                  "automation/cron-vs-heartbeat",
                   "automation/tasks",
                   "automation/taskflow",
-                  "automation/standing-orders",
-                  "automation/hooks"
+                  "automation/troubleshooting",
+                  "automation/webhook",
+                  "automation/gmail-pubsub",
+                  "automation/poll",
+                  "automation/auth-monitoring"
                 ]
               },
               {
@@ -1249,7 +1231,6 @@
                   "providers/qwen_modelstudio",
                   "providers/qwen",
                   "providers/sglang",
-                  "providers/stepfun",
                   "providers/synthetic",
                   "providers/together",
                   "providers/venice",
@@ -1812,8 +1793,17 @@
                 ]
               },
               {
-                "group": "自动化与任务",
-                "pages": ["zh-CN/automation/hooks", "zh-CN/automation/cron-jobs"]
+                "group": "自动化",
+                "pages": [
+                  "zh-CN/automation/hooks",
+                  "zh-CN/automation/cron-jobs",
+                  "zh-CN/automation/cron-vs-heartbeat",
+                  "zh-CN/automation/troubleshooting",
+                  "zh-CN/automation/webhook",
+                  "zh-CN/automation/gmail-pubsub",
+                  "zh-CN/automation/poll",
+                  "zh-CN/automation/auth-monitoring"
+                ]
               },
               {
                 "group": "媒体与设备",

docs/gateway/authentication.md

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ openclaw models status --check
 ```
 
 Optional ops scripts (systemd/Termux) are documented here:
-[Auth monitoring scripts](/help/scripts#auth-monitoring-scripts)
+[/automation/auth-monitoring](/automation/auth-monitoring)
 
 > `claude setup-token` requires an interactive TTY.
 

docs/gateway/heartbeat.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ title: "Heartbeat"
 
 # Heartbeat (Gateway)
 
-> **Heartbeat vs Cron?** See [Automation & Tasks](/automation) for guidance on when to use each.
+> **Heartbeat vs Cron?** See [Cron vs Heartbeat](/automation/cron-vs-heartbeat) for guidance on when to use each.
 
 Heartbeat runs **periodic agent turns** in the main session so the model can
 surface anything that needs attention without spamming you.
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ surface anything that needs attention without spamming you.
 Heartbeat is a scheduled main-session turn — it does **not** create [background task](/automation/tasks) records.
 Task records are for detached work (ACP runs, subagents, isolated cron jobs).
 
-Troubleshooting: [Scheduled Tasks](/automation/cron-jobs#troubleshooting)
+Troubleshooting: [/automation/troubleshooting](/automation/troubleshooting)
 
 ## Quick start (beginner)
 
@@ -400,7 +400,8 @@ Heartbeats run full agent turns. Shorter intervals burn more tokens. To reduce c
 
 ## Related
 
-- [Automation & Tasks](/automation) — all automation mechanisms at a glance
+- [Automation Overview](/automation) — all automation mechanisms at a glance
+- [Cron vs Heartbeat](/automation/cron-vs-heartbeat) — when to use each
 - [Background Tasks](/automation/tasks) — how detached work is tracked
 - [Timezone](/concepts/timezone) — how timezone affects heartbeat scheduling
-- [Troubleshooting](/automation/cron-jobs#troubleshooting) — debugging automation issues
+- [Troubleshooting](/automation/troubleshooting) — debugging automation issues

docs/gateway/security/index.md

@@ -169,26 +169,6 @@ If more than one person can DM your bot:
 - Never combine shared DMs with broad tool access.
 - This hardens cooperative/shared inboxes, but is not designed as hostile co-tenant isolation when users share host/config write access.
 
-## Context visibility model
-
-OpenClaw separates two concepts:
-
-- **Trigger authorization**: who can trigger the agent (`dmPolicy`, `groupPolicy`, allowlists, mention gates).
-- **Context visibility**: what supplemental context is injected into model input (reply body, quoted text, thread history, forwarded metadata).
-
-Allowlists gate triggers and command authorization. The `contextVisibility` setting controls how supplemental context (quoted replies, thread roots, fetched history) is filtered:
-
-- `contextVisibility: "all"` (default) keeps supplemental context as received.
-- `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.
-
-Advisory triage guidance:
-
-- Claims that only show "model can see quoted or historical text from non-allowlisted senders" are hardening findings addressable with `contextVisibility`, not auth or sandbox boundary bypasses by themselves.
-- To be security-impacting, reports still need a demonstrated trust-boundary bypass (auth, policy, sandbox, approval, or another documented boundary).
-
 ## What the audit checks (high level)
 
 - **Inbound access** (DM policies, group policies, allowlists): can strangers trigger the bot?

docs/gateway/troubleshooting.md

@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ Common signatures:
 
 Related:
 
-- [/automation/cron-jobs#troubleshooting](/automation/cron-jobs#troubleshooting)
+- [/automation/troubleshooting](/automation/troubleshooting)
 - [/automation/cron-jobs](/automation/cron-jobs)
 - [/gateway/heartbeat](/gateway/heartbeat)
 

docs/help/faq.md

@@ -301,10 +301,9 @@ Quick answers plus deeper troubleshooting for real-world setups (local dev, VPS,
     - `latest` = stable
     - `beta` = early build for testing
 
-    Usually, a stable release lands on **beta** first, then an explicit
-    promotion step moves that same version to `latest`. Maintainers can also
-    publish straight to `latest` when needed. That's why beta and stable can
-    point at the **same version** after promotion.
+    We ship builds to **beta**, test them, and once a build is solid we **promote
+    that same version to `latest`**. That's why beta and stable can point at the
+    **same version**.
 
     See what changed:
     [https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
@@ -314,7 +313,7 @@ Quick answers plus deeper troubleshooting for real-world setups (local dev, VPS,
   </Accordion>
 
   <Accordion title="How do I install the beta version and what is the difference between beta and dev?">
-    **Beta** is the npm dist-tag `beta` (may match `latest` after promotion).
+    **Beta** is the npm dist-tag `beta` (may match `latest`).
     **Dev** is the moving head of `main` (git); when published, it uses the npm dist-tag `dev`.
 
     One-liners (macOS/Linux):
@@ -1016,7 +1015,7 @@ for usage/billing and raise limits as needed.
     openclaw cron runs --id <jobId> --limit 50
     ```
 
-    Docs: [Cron jobs](/automation/cron-jobs), [Automation & Tasks](/automation).
+    Docs: [Cron jobs](/automation/cron-jobs), [Cron vs Heartbeat](/automation/cron-vs-heartbeat).
 
   </Accordion>
 
@@ -1041,7 +1040,7 @@ for usage/billing and raise limits as needed.
     - **Heartbeat** for "main session" periodic checks.
     - **Isolated jobs** for autonomous agents that post summaries or deliver to chats.
 
-    Docs: [Cron jobs](/automation/cron-jobs), [Automation & Tasks](/automation),
+    Docs: [Cron jobs](/automation/cron-jobs), [Cron vs Heartbeat](/automation/cron-vs-heartbeat),
     [Heartbeat](/gateway/heartbeat).
 
   </Accordion>

docs/help/scripts.md

@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ Use these when a task is clearly tied to a script; otherwise prefer the CLI.
 
 ## Auth monitoring scripts
 
-Auth monitoring is covered in [Authentication](/gateway/authentication). The scripts under `scripts/` are optional extras for systemd/Termux phone workflows.
+Auth monitoring scripts are documented here:
+[/automation/auth-monitoring](/automation/auth-monitoring)
 
 ## When adding scripts
 

docs/help/troubleshooting.md

@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ flowchart TD
     Deep pages:
 
     - [/gateway/troubleshooting#cron-and-heartbeat-delivery](/gateway/troubleshooting#cron-and-heartbeat-delivery)
-    - [/automation/cron-jobs#troubleshooting](/automation/cron-jobs#troubleshooting)
+    - [/automation/troubleshooting](/automation/troubleshooting)
     - [/gateway/heartbeat](/gateway/heartbeat)
 
   </Accordion>
@@ -278,7 +278,6 @@ flowchart TD
 
     - If `tools.exec.host` is unset, the default is `auto`.
     - `host=auto` resolves to `sandbox` when a sandbox runtime is active, `gateway` otherwise.
-    - `host=auto` is routing only; the no-prompt "YOLO" behavior comes from `security=full` plus `ask=off` on gateway/node.
     - On `gateway` and `node`, unset `tools.exec.security` defaults to `full`.
     - Unset `tools.exec.ask` defaults to `off`.
     - Result: if you are seeing approvals, some host-local or per-session policy tightened exec away from the current defaults.
@@ -350,4 +349,4 @@ flowchart TD
 - [Gateway Troubleshooting](/gateway/troubleshooting) — gateway-specific issues
 - [Doctor](/gateway/doctor) — automated health checks and repairs
 - [Channel Troubleshooting](/channels/troubleshooting) — channel connectivity issues
-- [Automation Troubleshooting](/automation/cron-jobs#troubleshooting) — cron and heartbeat issues
+- [Automation Troubleshooting](/automation/troubleshooting) — cron and heartbeat issues

docs/install/development-channels.md

@@ -18,11 +18,8 @@ OpenClaw ships three update channels:
   The `main` branch is for experimentation and active development. It may contain
   incomplete features or breaking changes. Do not use it for production gateways.
 
-We usually ship stable builds to **beta** first, test them there, then run an
-explicit promotion step that moves the vetted build to `latest` without
-changing the version number. Maintainers can also publish a stable release
-directly to `latest` when needed. Dist-tags are the source of truth for npm
-installs.
+We ship builds to **beta**, test them, then **promote a vetted build to `latest`**
+without changing the version number -- dist-tags are the source of truth for npm installs.
 
 ## Switching channels
 
@@ -112,7 +109,7 @@ source (config, git tag, git branch, or default).
 - Keep tags immutable: never move or reuse a tag.
 - npm dist-tags remain the source of truth for npm installs:
   - `latest` -> stable
-  - `beta` -> candidate build or beta-first stable build
+  - `beta` -> candidate build
   - `dev` -> main snapshot (optional)
 
 ## macOS app availability

docs/nodes/index.md

@@ -157,8 +157,6 @@ Or per session:
 Once set, any `exec` call with `host=node` runs on the node host (subject to the
 node allowlist/approvals).
 
-`host=auto` will not silently hop to the node just because a tool call requests it. If you want node exec, set `tools.exec.host=node` or `/exec host=node ...` explicitly.
-
 Related:
 
 - [Node host CLI](/cli/node)

docs/plugins/sdk-migration.md

@@ -49,29 +49,6 @@ is a small, self-contained module with a clear purpose and documented contract.
 ## How to migrate
 
 <Steps>
-  <Step title="Audit Windows wrapper fallback behavior">
-    If your plugin uses `openclaw/plugin-sdk/windows-spawn`, unresolved Windows
-    `.cmd`/`.bat` wrappers now fail closed unless you explicitly pass
-    `allowShellFallback: true`.
-
-    ```typescript
-    // Before
-    const program = applyWindowsSpawnProgramPolicy({ candidate });
-
-    // After
-    const program = applyWindowsSpawnProgramPolicy({
-      candidate,
-      // Only set this for trusted compatibility callers that intentionally
-      // accept shell-mediated fallback.
-      allowShellFallback: true,
-    });
-    ```
-
-    If your caller does not intentionally rely on shell fallback, do not set
-    `allowShellFallback` and handle the thrown error instead.
-
-  </Step>
-
   <Step title="Find deprecated imports">
     Search your plugin for imports from either deprecated surface:
 

docs/plugins/sdk-runtime.md

@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ await api.runtime.subagent.deleteSession({
 
 ### `api.runtime.taskFlow`
 
-Bind a Task Flow runtime to an existing OpenClaw session key or trusted tool
-context, then create and manage Task Flows without passing an owner on every call.
+Bind a TaskFlow runtime to an existing OpenClaw session key or trusted tool
+context, then create and manage TaskFlows without passing an owner on every call.
 
 ```typescript
 const taskFlow = api.runtime.taskFlow.fromToolContext(ctx);

docs/providers/index.md

@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ Looking for chat channel docs (WhatsApp/Telegram/Discord/Slack/Mattermost (plugi
 - [Qianfan](/providers/qianfan)
 - [Qwen / Model Studio (Alibaba Cloud)](/providers/qwen_modelstudio)
 - [SGLang (local models)](/providers/sglang)
-- [StepFun](/providers/stepfun)
 - [Synthetic](/providers/synthetic)
 - [Together AI](/providers/together)
 - [Venice (Venice AI, privacy-focused)](/providers/venice)

docs/providers/models.md

@@ -24,23 +24,22 @@ model as `provider/model`.
 
 ## Supported providers (starter set)
 
+- [OpenAI (API + Codex)](/providers/openai)
 - [Anthropic (API + Claude Code CLI)](/providers/anthropic)
-- [Amazon Bedrock](/providers/bedrock)
+- [OpenRouter](/providers/openrouter)
+- [Vercel AI Gateway](/providers/vercel-ai-gateway)
 - [Cloudflare AI Gateway](/providers/cloudflare-ai-gateway)
+- [Moonshot AI (Kimi + Kimi Coding)](/providers/moonshot)
+- [Mistral](/providers/mistral)
+- [Synthetic](/providers/synthetic)
+- [OpenCode (Zen + Go)](/providers/opencode)
+- [Z.AI](/providers/zai)
 - [GLM models](/providers/glm)
 - [MiniMax](/providers/minimax)
-- [Mistral](/providers/mistral)
-- [Moonshot AI (Kimi + Kimi Coding)](/providers/moonshot)
-- [OpenAI (API + Codex)](/providers/openai)
-- [OpenCode (Zen + Go)](/providers/opencode)
-- [OpenRouter](/providers/openrouter)
-- [Qianfan](/providers/qianfan)
-- [StepFun](/providers/stepfun)
-- [Synthetic](/providers/synthetic)
-- [Vercel AI Gateway](/providers/vercel-ai-gateway)
 - [Venice (Venice AI)](/providers/venice)
+- [Amazon Bedrock](/providers/bedrock)
+- [Qianfan](/providers/qianfan)
 - [xAI](/providers/xai)
-- [Z.AI](/providers/zai)
 
 For the full provider catalog (xAI, Groq, Mistral, etc.) and advanced configuration,
 see [Model providers](/concepts/model-providers).

docs/providers/stepfun.md

@@ -1,137 +0,0 @@
----
-summary: "Use StepFun models with OpenClaw"
-read_when:
-  - You want StepFun models in OpenClaw
-  - You need StepFun setup guidance
-title: "StepFun"
----
-
-# StepFun
-
-OpenClaw includes a bundled StepFun provider plugin with two provider ids:
-
-- `stepfun` for the standard endpoint
-- `stepfun-plan` for the Step Plan endpoint
-
-The built-in catalogs currently differ by surface:
-
-- Standard: `step-3.5-flash`
-- Step Plan: `step-3.5-flash`, `step-3.5-flash-2603`
-
-## Region and endpoint overview
-
-- China standard endpoint: `https://api.stepfun.com/v1`
-- Global standard endpoint: `https://api.stepfun.ai/v1`
-- China Step Plan endpoint: `https://api.stepfun.com/step_plan/v1`
-- Global Step Plan endpoint: `https://api.stepfun.ai/step_plan/v1`
-- Auth env var: `STEPFUN_API_KEY`
-
-Use a China key with the `.com` endpoints and a global key with the `.ai`
-endpoints.
-
-## CLI setup
-
-Interactive setup:
-
-```bash
-openclaw onboard
-```
-
-Choose one of these auth choices:
-
-- `stepfun-standard-api-key-cn`
-- `stepfun-standard-api-key-intl`
-- `stepfun-plan-api-key-cn`
-- `stepfun-plan-api-key-intl`
-
-Non-interactive examples:
-
-```bash
-openclaw onboard --auth-choice stepfun-standard-api-key-intl --stepfun-api-key "$STEPFUN_API_KEY"
-openclaw onboard --auth-choice stepfun-plan-api-key-intl --stepfun-api-key "$STEPFUN_API_KEY"
-```
-
-## Model refs
-
-- Standard default model: `stepfun/step-3.5-flash`
-- Step Plan default model: `stepfun-plan/step-3.5-flash`
-- Step Plan alternate model: `stepfun-plan/step-3.5-flash-2603`
-
-## Config snippets
-
-Standard provider:
-
-```json5
-{
-  env: { STEPFUN_API_KEY: "your-key" },
-  agents: { defaults: { model: { primary: "stepfun/step-3.5-flash" } } },
-  models: {
-    mode: "merge",
-    providers: {
-      stepfun: {
-        baseUrl: "https://api.stepfun.ai/v1",
-        api: "openai-completions",
-        apiKey: "${STEPFUN_API_KEY}",
-        models: [
-          {
-            id: "step-3.5-flash",
-            name: "Step 3.5 Flash",
-            reasoning: true,
-            input: ["text"],
-            cost: { input: 0, output: 0, cacheRead: 0, cacheWrite: 0 },
-            contextWindow: 262144,
-            maxTokens: 65536,
-          },
-        ],
-      },
-    },
-  },
-}
-```
-
-Step Plan provider:
-
-```json5
-{
-  env: { STEPFUN_API_KEY: "your-key" },
-  agents: { defaults: { model: { primary: "stepfun-plan/step-3.5-flash" } } },
-  models: {
-    mode: "merge",
-    providers: {
-      "stepfun-plan": {
-        baseUrl: "https://api.stepfun.ai/step_plan/v1",
-        api: "openai-completions",
-        apiKey: "${STEPFUN_API_KEY}",
-        models: [
-          {
-            id: "step-3.5-flash",
-            name: "Step 3.5 Flash",
-            reasoning: true,
-            input: ["text"],
-            cost: { input: 0, output: 0, cacheRead: 0, cacheWrite: 0 },
-            contextWindow: 262144,
-            maxTokens: 65536,
-          },
-          {
-            id: "step-3.5-flash-2603",
-            name: "Step 3.5 Flash 2603",
-            reasoning: true,
-            input: ["text"],
-            cost: { input: 0, output: 0, cacheRead: 0, cacheWrite: 0 },
-            contextWindow: 262144,
-            maxTokens: 65536,
-          },
-        ],
-      },
-    },
-  },
-}
-```
-
-## Notes
-
-- The provider is bundled with OpenClaw, so there is no separate plugin install step.
-- `step-3.5-flash-2603` is currently exposed only on `stepfun-plan`.
-- A single auth flow writes region-matched profiles for both `stepfun` and `stepfun-plan`, so both surfaces can be discovered together.
-- Use `openclaw models list` and `openclaw models set <provider/model>` to inspect or switch models.
-- For the broader provider overview, see [Model providers](/concepts/model-providers).

docs/reference/RELEASING.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ read_when:
 
 OpenClaw has three public release lanes:
 
-- stable: tagged releases that publish to npm `beta` by default, or to npm `latest` when explicitly requested
+- stable: tagged releases that publish to npm `latest` and mirror the same version onto `beta` unless `beta` already points at a newer prerelease
 - beta: prerelease tags that publish to npm `beta`
 - dev: the moving head of `main`
 
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ OpenClaw has three public release lanes:
 - Beta prerelease version: `YYYY.M.D-beta.N`
   - Git tag: `vYYYY.M.D-beta.N`
 - Do not zero-pad month or day
-- `latest` means the current promoted stable npm release
-- `beta` means the current beta install target
-- Stable and stable correction releases publish to npm `beta` by default; release operators can target `latest` explicitly, or promote a vetted beta build later
+- `latest` means the current stable npm release
+- `beta` means the current beta install target, which may point to either the active prerelease or the latest promoted stable build
+- Stable and stable correction releases publish to npm `latest` and also retag npm `beta` to that same non-beta version after promotion, unless `beta` already points at a newer prerelease
 - Every OpenClaw release ships the npm package and macOS app together
 
 ## Release cadence
@@ -49,10 +49,6 @@ OpenClaw has three public release lanes:
   install path in a fresh temp prefix
 - Maintainer release automation now uses preflight-then-promote:
   - real npm publish must pass a successful npm `preflight_run_id`
-  - stable npm releases default to `beta`
-  - stable npm publish can target `latest` explicitly via workflow input
-  - stable npm promotion from `beta` to `latest` is still available as an explicit manual mode on the trusted `OpenClaw NPM Release` workflow
-  - that promotion mode still needs a valid `NPM_TOKEN` in the `npm-release` environment because npm `dist-tag` management is separate from trusted publishing
   - public `macOS Release` is validation-only
   - real private mac publish must pass successful private mac
     `preflight_run_id` and `validate_run_id`
@@ -76,52 +72,6 @@ OpenClaw has three public release lanes:
     URL, and a `CFBundleVersion` at or above the canonical Sparkle build floor
     for that release version
 
-## NPM workflow inputs
-
-`OpenClaw NPM Release` accepts these operator-controlled inputs:
-
-- `tag`: required release tag such as `v2026.4.2`, `v2026.4.2-1`, or
-  `v2026.4.2-beta.1`
-- `preflight_only`: `true` for validation/build/package only, `false` for the
-  real publish path
-- `preflight_run_id`: required on the real publish path so the workflow reuses
-  the prepared tarball from the successful preflight run
-- `npm_dist_tag`: npm target tag for the publish path; defaults to `beta`
-- `promote_beta_to_latest`: `true` to skip publish and move an already-published
-  stable `beta` build onto `latest`
-
-Rules:
-
-- Stable and correction tags may publish to either `beta` or `latest`
-- Beta prerelease tags may publish only to `beta`
-- The real publish path must use the same `npm_dist_tag` used during preflight;
-  the workflow verifies that metadata before publish continues
-- Promotion mode must use a stable or correction tag, `preflight_only=false`,
-  an empty `preflight_run_id`, and `npm_dist_tag=beta`
-- Promotion mode also requires a valid `NPM_TOKEN` in the `npm-release`
-  environment because `npm dist-tag add` still needs regular npm auth
-
-## Stable npm release sequence
-
-When cutting a stable npm release:
-
-1. Run `OpenClaw NPM Release` with `preflight_only=true`
-2. Choose `npm_dist_tag=beta` for the normal beta-first flow, or `latest` only
-   when you intentionally want a direct stable publish
-3. Save the successful `preflight_run_id`
-4. Run `OpenClaw NPM Release` again with `preflight_only=false`, the same
-   `tag`, the same `npm_dist_tag`, and the saved `preflight_run_id`
-5. If the release landed on `beta`, run `OpenClaw NPM Release` later with the
-   same stable `tag`, `promote_beta_to_latest=true`, `preflight_only=false`,
-   `preflight_run_id` empty, and `npm_dist_tag=beta` when you want to move that
-   published build to `latest`
-
-The promotion mode still requires the `npm-release` environment approval and a
-valid `NPM_TOKEN` in that environment.
-
-That keeps the direct publish path and the beta-first promotion path both
-documented and operator-visible.
-
 ## Public references
 
 - [`.github/workflows/openclaw-npm-release.yml`](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/blob/main/.github/workflows/openclaw-npm-release.yml)

docs/reference/wizard.md

@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@ For a high-level overview, see [Onboarding (CLI)](/start/wizard).
     - More detail: [Cloudflare AI Gateway](/providers/cloudflare-ai-gateway)
     - **MiniMax**: config is auto-written; hosted default is `MiniMax-M2.7`.
     - More detail: [MiniMax](/providers/minimax)
-    - **StepFun**: config is auto-written for StepFun standard or Step Plan on China or global endpoints.
-    - Standard currently includes `step-3.5-flash`, and Step Plan also includes `step-3.5-flash-2603`.
-    - More detail: [StepFun](/providers/stepfun)
     - **Synthetic (Anthropic-compatible)**: prompts for `SYNTHETIC_API_KEY`.
     - More detail: [Synthetic](/providers/synthetic)
     - **Moonshot (Kimi K2)**: config is auto-written.

docs/start/docs-directory.md

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ For a complete map of the docs, see [Docs hubs](/start/hubs).
 
 - [Sessions](/concepts/session)
 - [Cron jobs](/automation/cron-jobs)
-- [Webhooks](/automation/cron-jobs#webhooks)
-- [Gmail hooks (Pub/Sub)](/automation/cron-jobs#gmail-pubsub-integration)
+- [Webhooks](/automation/webhook)
+- [Gmail hooks (Pub/Sub)](/automation/gmail-pubsub)
 - [Security](/gateway/security)
 - [Troubleshooting](/gateway/troubleshooting)

docs/start/hubs.md

@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ Use these hubs to discover every page, including deep dives and reference docs t
 - [iMessage (legacy)](/channels/imessage)
 - [Location parsing](/channels/location)
 - [WebChat](/web/webchat)
-- [Webhooks](/automation/cron-jobs#webhooks)
-- [Gmail Pub/Sub](/automation/cron-jobs#gmail-pubsub-integration)
+- [Webhooks](/automation/webhook)
+- [Gmail Pub/Sub](/automation/gmail-pubsub)
 
 ## Gateway + operations
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ Use these hubs to discover every page, including deep dives and reference docs t
 - [PDF tool](/tools/pdf)
 - [Elevated mode](/tools/elevated)
 - [Cron jobs](/automation/cron-jobs)
-- [Automation & Tasks](/automation)
+- [Cron vs Heartbeat](/automation/cron-vs-heartbeat)
 - [Thinking + verbose](/tools/thinking)
 - [Models](/concepts/models)
 - [Sub-agents](/tools/subagents)
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ Use these hubs to discover every page, including deep dives and reference docs t
 - [Terminal UI](/web/tui)
 - [Browser control](/tools/browser)
 - [Browser (Linux troubleshooting)](/tools/browser-linux-troubleshooting)
-- [Polls](/cli/message)
+- [Polls](/automation/poll)
 
 ## Nodes, media, voice
 

docs/start/wizard-cli-reference.md

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ For the short guide, see [Onboarding (CLI)](/start/wizard).
 
 Local mode (default) walks you through:
 
-- Model and auth setup (OpenAI Code subscription OAuth, Anthropic API key or setup token, plus MiniMax, GLM, Ollama, Moonshot, StepFun, and AI Gateway options)
+- Model and auth setup (OpenAI Code subscription OAuth, Anthropic API key or setup token, plus MiniMax, GLM, Ollama, Moonshot, and AI Gateway options)
 - Workspace location and bootstrap files
 - Gateway settings (port, bind, auth, tailscale)
 - Channels and providers (Telegram, WhatsApp, Discord, Google Chat, Mattermost plugin, Signal)
@@ -177,11 +177,6 @@ What you set:
     Config is auto-written. Hosted default is `MiniMax-M2.7`.
     More detail: [MiniMax](/providers/minimax).
   </Accordion>
-  <Accordion title="StepFun">
-    Config is auto-written for StepFun standard or Step Plan on China or global endpoints.
-    Standard currently includes `step-3.5-flash`, and Step Plan also includes `step-3.5-flash-2603`.
-    More detail: [StepFun](/providers/stepfun).
-  </Accordion>
   <Accordion title="Synthetic (Anthropic-compatible)">
     Prompts for `SYNTHETIC_API_KEY`.
     More detail: [Synthetic](/providers/synthetic).

docs/tools/diffs.md

@@ -118,17 +118,9 @@ All fields are optional unless noted:
 - `fileQuality` (`"standard" | "hq" | "print"`): quality preset for PNG or PDF rendering.
 - `fileScale` (`number`): device scale override (`1`-`4`).
 - `fileMaxWidth` (`number`): max render width in CSS pixels (`640`-`2400`).
-- `ttlSeconds` (`number`): artifact TTL in seconds for viewer and standalone file outputs. Default 1800, max 21600.
+- `ttlSeconds` (`number`): viewer artifact TTL in seconds. Default 1800, max 21600.
 - `baseUrl` (`string`): viewer URL origin override. Overrides plugin `viewerBaseUrl`. Must be `http` or `https`, no query/hash.
 
-Legacy input aliases still accepted for backward compatibility:
-
-- `format` -> `fileFormat`
-- `imageFormat` -> `fileFormat`
-- `imageQuality` -> `fileQuality`
-- `imageScale` -> `fileScale`
-- `imageMaxWidth` -> `fileMaxWidth`
-
 Validation and limits:
 
 - `before` and `after` each max 512 KiB.
@@ -172,20 +164,11 @@ File fields when PNG or PDF is rendered:
 - `fileScale`
 - `fileMaxWidth`
 
-Compatibility aliases also returned for existing callers:
-
-- `format` (same value as `fileFormat`)
-- `imagePath` (same value as `filePath`)
-- `imageBytes` (same value as `fileBytes`)
-- `imageQuality` (same value as `fileQuality`)
-- `imageScale` (same value as `fileScale`)
-- `imageMaxWidth` (same value as `fileMaxWidth`)
-
 Mode behavior summary:
 
 - `mode: "view"`: viewer fields only.
 - `mode: "file"`: file fields only, no viewer artifact.
-- `mode: "both"`: viewer fields plus file fields. If file rendering fails, viewer still returns with `fileError` and compatibility alias `imageError`.
+- `mode: "both"`: viewer fields plus file fields. If file rendering fails, viewer still returns with `fileError`.
 
 ## Collapsed unchanged sections
 
@@ -304,7 +287,7 @@ Example:
   - random token (48 hex chars)
   - `createdAt` and `expiresAt`
   - stored `viewer.html` path
-- Default artifact TTL is 30 minutes when not specified.
+- Default viewer TTL is 30 minutes when not specified.
 - Maximum accepted viewer TTL is 6 hours.
 - Cleanup runs opportunistically after artifact creation.
 - Expired artifacts are deleted.

docs/tools/exec-approvals.md

@@ -104,12 +104,6 @@ This is now the default host behavior unless you tighten it explicitly:
 - `tools.exec.ask`: `off`
 - host `askFallback`: `full`
 
-Important distinction:
-
-- `tools.exec.host=auto` chooses where exec runs: sandbox when available, otherwise gateway.
-- YOLO chooses how host exec is approved: `security=full` plus `ask=off`.
-- `auto` does not let a tool call override a sandboxed session to `gateway` or `node`. If you want a different host, set `tools.exec.host` or use `/exec host=...` explicitly.
-
 If you want a more conservative setup, tighten either layer back to `allowlist` / `on-miss`
 or `deny`.
 

docs/tools/exec.md

@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ Background sessions are scoped per agent; `process` only sees sessions from the
 Notes:
 
 - `host` defaults to `auto`: sandbox when sandbox runtime is active for the session, otherwise gateway.
-- `auto` is only the default routing strategy. It is not a wildcard override that lets a tool call jump from sandbox to gateway or node.
-- With no extra config, `host=auto` still "just works": no sandbox means it resolves to `gateway`; a live sandbox means it stays in the sandbox.
 - `elevated` forces `host=gateway`; it is only available when elevated access is enabled for the current session/provider.
 - `gateway`/`node` approvals are controlled by `~/.openclaw/exec-approvals.json`.
 - `node` requires a paired node (companion app or headless node host).
@@ -59,7 +57,6 @@ Notes:
 - `tools.exec.security` (default: `deny` for sandbox, `full` for gateway + node when unset)
 - `tools.exec.ask` (default: `off`)
 - No-approval host exec is the default for gateway + node. If you want approvals/allowlist behavior, tighten both `tools.exec.*` and the host `~/.openclaw/exec-approvals.json`; see [Exec approvals](/tools/exec-approvals#no-approval-yolo-mode).
-- YOLO comes from the host-policy defaults (`security=full`, `ask=off`), not from `host=auto`. If you want to force gateway or node routing, set `tools.exec.host` or use `/exec host=...`.
 - `tools.exec.node` (default: unset)
 - `tools.exec.strictInlineEval` (default: false): when true, inline interpreter eval forms such as `python -c`, `node -e`, `ruby -e`, `perl -e`, `php -r`, `lua -e`, and `osascript -e` always require explicit approval. `allow-always` can still persist benign interpreter/script invocations, but inline-eval forms still prompt each time.
 - `tools.exec.pathPrepend`: list of directories to prepend to `PATH` for exec runs (gateway + sandbox only).

docs/tools/image-generation.md

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ The agent calls `image_generate` automatically. No tool allow-listing needed —
 
 | Provider | Default model                    | Edit support            | API key                              |
 | -------- | -------------------------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------------------ |
-| OpenAI   | `gpt-image-1`                    | Yes (up to 5 images)    | `OPENAI_API_KEY`                     |
+| OpenAI   | `gpt-image-1`                    | No                      | `OPENAI_API_KEY`                     |
 | Google   | `gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview` | Yes                     | `GEMINI_API_KEY` or `GOOGLE_API_KEY` |
 | fal      | `fal-ai/flux/dev`                | Yes                     | `FAL_KEY`                            |
 | MiniMax  | `image-01`                       | Yes (subject reference) | `MINIMAX_API_KEY`                    |
@@ -100,23 +100,23 @@ If a provider fails (auth error, rate limit, etc.), the next candidate is tried
 
 ### Image editing
 
-OpenAI, Google, fal, and MiniMax support editing reference images. Pass a reference image path or URL:
+Google, fal, and MiniMax support editing reference images. Pass a reference image path or URL:
 
 ```
 "Generate a watercolor version of this photo" + image: "/path/to/photo.jpg"
 ```
 
-OpenAI and Google support up to 5 reference images via the `images` parameter. fal and MiniMax support 1.
+Google supports up to 5 reference images via the `images` parameter. fal and MiniMax support 1.
 
 ## Provider capabilities
 
-| Capability            | OpenAI               | Google               | fal                 | MiniMax                    |
-| --------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | ------------------- | -------------------------- |
-| Generate              | Yes (up to 4)        | Yes (up to 4)        | Yes (up to 4)       | Yes (up to 9)              |
-| Edit/reference        | Yes (up to 5 images) | Yes (up to 5 images) | Yes (1 image)       | Yes (1 image, subject ref) |
-| Size control          | Yes                  | Yes                  | Yes                 | No                         |
-| Aspect ratio          | No                   | Yes                  | Yes (generate only) | Yes                        |
-| Resolution (1K/2K/4K) | No                   | Yes                  | Yes                 | No                         |
+| Capability            | OpenAI        | Google               | fal                 | MiniMax                    |
+| --------------------- | ------------- | -------------------- | ------------------- | -------------------------- |
+| Generate              | Yes (up to 4) | Yes (up to 4)        | Yes (up to 4)       | Yes (up to 9)              |
+| Edit/reference        | No            | Yes (up to 5 images) | Yes (1 image)       | Yes (1 image, subject ref) |
+| Size control          | Yes           | Yes                  | Yes                 | No                         |
+| Aspect ratio          | No            | Yes                  | Yes (generate only) | Yes                        |
+| Resolution (1K/2K/4K) | No            | Yes                  | Yes                 | No                         |
 
 ## Related
 

docs/tools/lobster.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ read_when:
 
 Lobster is a workflow shell that lets OpenClaw run multi-step tool sequences as a single, deterministic operation with explicit approval checkpoints.
 
-Lobster is one authoring layer above detached background work. For flow orchestration above individual tasks, see [Task Flow](/automation/taskflow) (`openclaw tasks flow`). For the task activity ledger, see [`openclaw tasks`](/automation/tasks).
+Lobster is one authoring layer above detached background work. For flow orchestration above individual tasks, see [TaskFlow](/automation/taskflow) (`openclaw flows`). For the task activity ledger, see [`openclaw tasks`](/automation/tasks).
 
 ## Hook
 
@@ -343,6 +343,6 @@ One public example: a “second brain” CLI + Lobster pipelines that manage thr
 
 ## Related
 
-- [Automation & Tasks](/automation) — scheduling Lobster workflows
+- [Cron vs Heartbeat](/automation/cron-vs-heartbeat) — scheduling Lobster workflows
 - [Automation Overview](/automation) — all automation mechanisms
 - [Tools Overview](/tools) — all available agent tools

extensions/amazon-bedrock/package.json

@@ -13,11 +13,6 @@
     },
     "extensions": [
       "./index.ts"
-    ],
-    "releaseChecks": {
-      "rootDependencyMirrorAllowlist": [
-        "@aws-sdk/client-bedrock"
-      ]
-    }
+    ]
   }
 }

extensions/bluebubbles/src/channel.pairing.test.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { beforeAll, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "./runtime-api.js";
 
 const sendMessageBlueBubblesMock = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn());
@@ -17,13 +17,11 @@ vi.mock("../../../src/channels/plugins/bundled.js", () => ({
 let bluebubblesPlugin: typeof import("./channel.js").bluebubblesPlugin;
 
 describe("bluebubblesPlugin.pairing.notifyApproval", () => {
-  beforeAll(async () => {
-    ({ bluebubblesPlugin } = await import("./channel.js"));
-  });
-
-  beforeEach(() => {
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    vi.resetModules();
     sendMessageBlueBubblesMock.mockReset();
     sendMessageBlueBubblesMock.mockResolvedValue({ messageId: "bb-pairing" });
+    ({ bluebubblesPlugin } = await import("./channel.js"));
   });
 
   it("preserves accountId when sending pairing approvals", async () => {

extensions/bluebubbles/src/monitor-processing.ts

@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ import {
   createChannelPairingController,
   createChannelReplyPipeline,
   evictOldHistoryKeys,
-  evaluateSupplementalContextVisibility,
   logAckFailure,
   logInboundDrop,
   logTypingFailure,
@@ -52,7 +51,6 @@ import {
   readStoreAllowFromForDmPolicy,
   recordPendingHistoryEntryIfEnabled,
   resolveAckReaction,
-  resolveChannelContextVisibilityMode,
   resolveDmGroupAccessWithLists,
   resolveControlCommandGate,
   stripMarkdown,
@@ -846,11 +844,6 @@ export async function processMessage(
     chatGuid,
     chatIdentifier,
   });
-  const contextVisibilityMode = resolveChannelContextVisibilityMode({
-    cfg: config,
-    channel: "bluebubbles",
-    accountId: account.accountId,
-  });
 
   // Mention gating for group chats (parity with iMessage/WhatsApp)
   const messageText = text;
@@ -1055,45 +1048,11 @@ export async function processMessage(
   if (replyToId && !replyToShortId) {
     replyToShortId = getShortIdForUuid(replyToId);
   }
-  const hasReplyContext = Boolean(replyToId || replyToBody || replyToSender);
-  const replySenderAllowed =
-    !isGroup || effectiveGroupAllowFrom.length === 0
-      ? true
-      : replyToSender
-        ? isAllowedBlueBubblesSender({
-            allowFrom: effectiveGroupAllowFrom,
-            sender: replyToSender,
-            chatId: message.chatId ?? undefined,
-            chatGuid: message.chatGuid ?? undefined,
-            chatIdentifier: message.chatIdentifier ?? undefined,
-          })
-        : false;
-  const includeReplyContext =
-    !hasReplyContext ||
-    evaluateSupplementalContextVisibility({
-      mode: contextVisibilityMode,
-      kind: "quote",
-      senderAllowed: replySenderAllowed,
-    }).include;
-  if (hasReplyContext && !includeReplyContext && isGroup) {
-    logVerbose(
-      core,
-      runtime,
-      `bluebubbles: drop reply context (mode=${contextVisibilityMode}, sender_allowed=${replySenderAllowed ? "yes" : "no"})`,
-    );
-  }
-  const visibleReplyToId = includeReplyContext ? replyToId : undefined;
-  const visibleReplyToShortId = includeReplyContext ? replyToShortId : undefined;
-  const visibleReplyToBody = includeReplyContext ? replyToBody : undefined;
-  const visibleReplyToSender = includeReplyContext ? replyToSender : undefined;
 
   // Use inline [[reply_to:N]] tag format
   // For tapbacks/reactions: append at end (e.g., "reacted with ❤️ [[reply_to:4]]")
   // For regular replies: prepend at start (e.g., "[[reply_to:4]] Awesome")
-  const replyTag = formatReplyTag({
-    replyToId: visibleReplyToId,
-    replyToShortId: visibleReplyToShortId,
-  });
+  const replyTag = formatReplyTag({ replyToId, replyToShortId });
   const baseBody = replyTag
     ? isTapbackMessage
       ? `${rawBody} ${replyTag}`
@@ -1386,10 +1345,10 @@ export async function processMessage(
     ChatType: isGroup ? "group" : "direct",
     ConversationLabel: fromLabel,
     // Use short ID for token savings (agent can use this to reference the message)
-    ReplyToId: visibleReplyToShortId || visibleReplyToId,
-    ReplyToIdFull: visibleReplyToId,
-    ReplyToBody: visibleReplyToBody,
-    ReplyToSender: visibleReplyToSender,
+    ReplyToId: replyToShortId || replyToId,
+    ReplyToIdFull: replyToId,
+    ReplyToBody: replyToBody,
+    ReplyToSender: replyToSender,
     GroupSubject: groupSubject,
     GroupMembers: groupMembers,
     SenderName: message.senderName || undefined,

extensions/bluebubbles/src/monitor.test.ts

@@ -994,79 +994,6 @@ describe("BlueBubbles webhook monitor", () => {
       expect(callArgs.ctx.Body).toContain("[[reply_to:msg-0]]");
     });
 
-    it("drops group reply context from non-allowlisted senders in allowlist mode", async () => {
-      setupWebhookTarget({
-        account: createMockAccount({
-          groupPolicy: "allowlist",
-          groupAllowFrom: ["+15551234567"],
-        }),
-        config: {
-          channels: {
-            bluebubbles: {
-              contextVisibility: "allowlist",
-            },
-          },
-        } as OpenClawConfig,
-      });
-
-      const payload = createTimestampedNewMessagePayloadForTest({
-        text: "replying now",
-        isGroup: true,
-        chatGuid: "iMessage;+;chat-reply-visibility",
-        replyTo: {
-          guid: "msg-0",
-          text: "blocked context",
-          handle: { address: "+15550000000", displayName: "Alice" },
-        },
-      });
-
-      await dispatchWebhookPayload(payload);
-
-      expect(mockDispatchReplyWithBufferedBlockDispatcher).toHaveBeenCalled();
-      const callArgs = getFirstDispatchCall();
-      expect(callArgs.ctx.ReplyToId).toBeUndefined();
-      expect(callArgs.ctx.ReplyToIdFull).toBeUndefined();
-      expect(callArgs.ctx.ReplyToBody).toBeUndefined();
-      expect(callArgs.ctx.ReplyToSender).toBeUndefined();
-      expect(callArgs.ctx.Body).not.toContain("[[reply_to:");
-    });
-
-    it("keeps group reply context in allowlist_quote mode", async () => {
-      setupWebhookTarget({
-        account: createMockAccount({
-          groupPolicy: "allowlist",
-          groupAllowFrom: ["+15551234567"],
-        }),
-        config: {
-          channels: {
-            bluebubbles: {
-              contextVisibility: "allowlist_quote",
-            },
-          },
-        } as OpenClawConfig,
-      });
-
-      const payload = createTimestampedNewMessagePayloadForTest({
-        text: "replying now",
-        isGroup: true,
-        chatGuid: "iMessage;+;chat-reply-visibility",
-        replyTo: {
-          guid: "msg-0",
-          text: "quoted context",
-          handle: { address: "+15550000000", displayName: "Alice" },
-        },
-      });
-
-      await dispatchWebhookPayload(payload);
-
-      expect(mockDispatchReplyWithBufferedBlockDispatcher).toHaveBeenCalled();
-      const callArgs = getFirstDispatchCall();
-      expect(callArgs.ctx.ReplyToId).toBe("msg-0");
-      expect(callArgs.ctx.ReplyToBody).toBe("quoted context");
-      expect(callArgs.ctx.ReplyToSender).toBe("+15550000000");
-      expect(callArgs.ctx.Body).toContain("[[reply_to:msg-0]]");
-    });
-
     it("preserves part index prefixes in reply tags when short IDs are unavailable", async () => {
       setupWebhookTarget();
 

extensions/bluebubbles/src/runtime-api.ts

@@ -51,8 +51,3 @@ export {
   resolveWebhookTargetWithAuthOrRejectSync,
   withResolvedWebhookRequestPipeline,
 } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/bluebubbles";
-export { resolveChannelContextVisibilityMode } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/config-runtime";
-export {
-  evaluateSupplementalContextVisibility,
-  shouldIncludeSupplementalContext,
-} from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/security-runtime";

extensions/browser/src/browser/client-fetch.loopback-auth.test.ts

@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ async function expectThrownBrowserFetchError(
 
 describe("fetchBrowserJson loopback auth", () => {
   beforeAll(async () => {
+    vi.resetModules();
     ({ fetchBrowserJson } = await import("./client-fetch.js"));
   });
 

extensions/browser/src/browser/pw-tools-core.clamps-timeoutms-scrollintoview.test.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ let mod: typeof import("./pw-tools-core.js");
 
 describe("pw-tools-core", () => {
   beforeAll(async () => {
+    vi.resetModules();
     mod = await import("./pw-tools-core.js");
   });
 

extensions/browser/src/browser/pw-tools-core.interactions.batch.test.ts

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ let batchViaPlaywright: typeof import("./pw-tools-core.interactions.js").batchVi
 
 describe("batchViaPlaywright", () => {
   beforeAll(async () => {
+    vi.resetModules();
     ({ batchViaPlaywright } = await import("./pw-tools-core.interactions.js"));
   });
 

extensions/browser/src/browser/pw-tools-core.last-file-chooser-arm-wins.test.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ let mod: typeof import("./pw-tools-core.js");
 
 describe("pw-tools-core", () => {
   beforeAll(async () => {
+    vi.resetModules();
     mod = await import("./pw-tools-core.js");
   });
 

extensions/browser/src/browser/pw-tools-core.screenshots-element-selector.test.ts

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ function createFileChooserPageMocks() {
 
 describe("pw-tools-core", () => {
   beforeAll(async () => {
+    vi.resetModules();
     mod = await import("./pw-tools-core.js");
   });
 

extensions/browser/src/browser/pw-tools-core.waits-next-download-saves-it.test.ts

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ let tmpDirModule: typeof import("../infra/tmp-openclaw-dir.js");
 
 describe("pw-tools-core", () => {
   beforeAll(async () => {
+    vi.resetModules();
     vi.doMock("./pw-session.js", () => sessionMocks);
     vi.doMock("./chrome.js", () => chromeMocks);
     tmpDirModule = await import("../infra/tmp-openclaw-dir.js");

extensions/browser/src/browser/routes/agent.existing-session.test.ts

@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ let registerBrowserAgentActRoutes: typeof import("./agent.act.js").registerBrows
 let registerBrowserAgentSnapshotRoutes: typeof import("./agent.snapshot.js").registerBrowserAgentSnapshotRoutes;
 
 beforeAll(async () => {
+  vi.resetModules();
   ({ registerBrowserAgentActRoutes } = await import("./agent.act.js"));
   ({ registerBrowserAgentSnapshotRoutes } = await import("./agent.snapshot.js"));
 });

extensions/browser/src/browser/server-context.existing-session.test.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import fs from "node:fs";
-import { beforeAll, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { afterEach, beforeAll, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import type { BrowserServerState } from "./server-context.js";
 
 vi.mock("./chrome-mcp.js", () => ({
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ function makeState(): BrowserServerState {
   };
 }
 
+afterEach(() => {
+  vi.clearAllMocks();
+});
+
 beforeAll(async () => {
   ({ createBrowserRouteContext } = await import("./server-context.js"));
   chromeMcp = await import("./chrome-mcp.js");

extensions/browser/src/browser/server.auth-fail-closed.test.ts

@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ describe("browser control auth bootstrap failures", () => {
 
   afterEach(async () => {
     await stopBrowserControlServer();
+    vi.resetModules();
   });
 
   it("fails closed when auth bootstrap throws and no auth is configured", async () => {