OpenClaw v2026.6.9 was published on June 20, 2026. This article is a plain-English guide to the published GitHub release notes, not a separate changelog.

This audited record covers the complete v2026.6.8..HEAD history: 422 merged PRs. The generation manifest also supplies direct commits as editorial input; the grouped notes above prioritize user impact.

Highlights from the GitHub notes

• Richer Telegram delivery: Telegram now sends rich HTML, preserves rich markdown and sticker paths, renders progress drafts and command output more faithfully, normalizes HTML tables safely, and keeps mentions and spooled handlers on the right delivery path.
• More dependable agent recovery: retries, terminal outcomes, usage after compaction, session history repair, and reply reconciliation now keep more interrupted or partial turns moving toward a visible final result.
• A stronger Codex integration: Codex gains automatic plugin approvals, GPT-5.3 Spark OAuth routing, remote-node exec as a dynamic tool, and more reliable app-server teardown and terminal outcomes.
• Standalone official provider plugins: external provider packages are now first-class npm releases, externally installed channel plugins load at Gateway startup, and StepFun is available from npm and ClawHub.
• More capable web and native clients: the Control UI adds a session workspace rail and extension health, iOS adds Watch controls, and Android shows chat context.
• More useful search and skills: Codex Hosted Search is available, key-free search providers remain deliberate opt-ins, and ClawHub skill installs retain verified source provenance.

Notable changes

• Providers and auth: add Codex Hosted Search, improve Gemini CLI OAuth behind proxies, and keep external provider onboarding on current choices and package metadata.
• Plugins and installs: externalized official providers publish as independent npm packages, Gateway discovers installed channel plugins at startup, and StepFun installs from npm or ClawHub.
• Dashboard and mobile: add a session workspace rail, plugin health in status, compact cron lists, and iOS Watch controls.
• Codex, observability, and skills: add automatic plugin approvals and SecretRefs, preserve ClawHub skill provenance, add OpenTelemetry log export, and expose remote-node execution to Codex when a node is connected.
• QA and release engineering: QA scenarios now use YAML, with broader profile evidence and release coverage for the plugin and channel matrix.

Fixes worth noticing

• Security and privacy: redact secrets from debug/config output, block internal HTTP session overrides, audit open-DM tool exposure, and retain plugin write ownership checks.
• Agent and session runtime: retry thinking-only and empty post-tool turns, prevent duplicate hook execution, preserve pending subagent delivery, preserve fresh usage through compaction, and repair partial JSON/history artifacts.
• Channels and replies: fix Telegram rich delivery, table rendering, action-error handling, and ingress recovery; preserve command progress detail across channel adapters; retain WhatsApp opening text after a media failure; keep Mattermost thread replies intact; and harden Discord action handling.
• Storage and migrations: avoid SQLite WAL on network filesystems, clean reindex artifacts, keep setup state out of workspace dot-directories, and import default-agent auth profiles into SQLite.
• Provider and model behavior: fix Gemini CLI proxy OAuth, restore Codex Spark OAuth routing, correct Bedrock embedding model IDs, and preserve configured defaults in embedded runs.
• CLI, TUI, and apps: accept global flags after subcommands, keep terminal output and activity indicators visible, preserve CJK IME composition, and refresh stale UI state.
• Operations and updates: harden official plugin recovery, restart managed Gateways after failed update handoff, keep safe cron delivery defaults, avoid Node-specific npm prefixes, and keep package validation paths reliable.

Should you update?

If one of the highlighted areas matches how you use OpenClaw, this release is worth reviewing. For production systems, read the full upstream notes first, especially when the tag is marked as stable.

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Full changelog: View v2026.6.9 on GitHub

Generated release page: Read the structured release notes

- Fred