v2026.7.1
Published: 2026-07-13
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Changes
- **Control UI overhaul:** conversations are easier to organize and work with side by side, with live Tasks, clearer chat controls, better usage and cost views, files, downloads, pairing, approvals, and Gateway health kept close to the conversation.
- **Easier setup from install to first chat:** guided setup provides clearer steps toward a working first chat, checks connections before saving them, and preserves earlier choices when setup is interrupted.
- **Official app updates:** iOS and iPadOS, Android, and macOS received substantial work across setup, navigation, chat, voice, permissions, localization, files, scheduled work, offline reading, queued sends, connection recovery, and native session controls.
- **Models and providers:** GPT-5.6 compatibility improves across supported OpenAI and Codex routes, Tencent Hy3 gains a complete setup path, Meta Model API adds Muse Spark 1.1, and broader Claude, Ollama, ClawRouter, LongCat, and provider work expands choice and reliability.
- **Codex and connected coding agents:** `openclaw attach` gives Claude Code temporary access to a selected session, Codex delegation and native subagents return tracked results more reliably, Copilot gains broader provider choices, and long-running sessions and goals are easier to resume.
- **Telegram:** live progress, photos and documents, topics, commands, retries, account routing, setup, and delivery all received substantial work.
- **Slack:** threads, cards, progress, identity, reactions, and duplicate prevention improve, while longer conversations avoid more unnecessary waits.
- **Discord:** replies, attachments, voice sessions, progress, reconnects, and multi-account behavior improve, with better unread cues and recovery from repeated session-resume failures.
- **Apple Messages:** replies, typing, media, routing, setup guidance, and chat continuity improve across supported bridge setups.
- **Gateway crashes stop restarting forever:** repeatedly failing Gateways now leave a stable repair path instead of restarting indefinitely.
- **Scheduled work, remote browser control, and workspace terminals:** scheduled work can wake only when something changes, selected signed-in browser tabs can pair remotely and save completed downloads safely, and guarded terminals are available across web, iOS, and Android.
- **Channels and messaging:** expanded native capabilities, clearer progress and delivery behavior, stronger media handling, and broader controls across Telegram, Slack, Discord, Signal, WhatsApp, Apple Messages, Teams, Matrix, Feishu, and other channels.
- **Models and providers:** more models can be discovered, selected, authenticated, and used across cloud, managed, and local routes, with clearer reasoning controls and provider-specific setup.
- **Memory, sessions, and state:** session groups, titles, unread state, checkpoints, context handling, goals, and recovery paths are more consistent across web, mobile, CLI, and connected agents.
- **Tools and automation:** browser control, downloads, cron jobs, terminals, files, search, fetch, MCP, and background task workflows gain new capabilities and clearer controls.
- **Account, device, and data protection:** passwords and tokens stay out of more logs, sensitive controls remain limited to approved users, device pairing is clearer, and unsafe downloads, files, and network requests are blocked earlier.
- **Plugins and packaging:** bundled and external plugins gain improved installation, discovery, updates, compatibility, diagnostics, and distribution behavior.
- **CLI, setup, and administration:** onboarding, Doctor, updates, configuration, status, diagnostics, node management, backup, and deployment workflows are easier to inspect and recover.
- **Chat delivery and replies:** messages, progress updates, quoted replies, media, and final results stay tied to the intended conversation more reliably across reconnects, restarts, retries, and channel-specific limits.
- **Control UI and native apps:** fixes cover session state, stale completions, responsive layouts, scrolling, focus, accessibility, localization, pairing, voice, offline chat, and mobile recovery.
- **Gateway and provider reliability:** startup, restart, migration, authentication, fallback, streaming, model discovery, and oversized-response failures now stop or recover more cleanly.
- **Sessions and memory:** transcript, compaction, checkpoint, cache, rotation, search, and persistence fixes reduce lost state, stale views, and cross-session confusion.
- **Browser, tools, and automation:** browser actions, downloads, fetches, searches, scheduled jobs, terminals, subprocesses, and MCP calls now handle cancellation, malformed input, timeouts, and broken streams more safely.
- **Setup, updates, and packaging:** installers, containers, plugin updates, runtime checks, temporary files, and platform-specific launch paths receive recovery and compatibility fixes.
- **Security and credentials:** additional hardening protects tokens, secrets, approval scopes, local paths, network destinations, attachments, archives, and untrusted provider or plugin responses.
- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/openclaw/v/2026.7.1
- registry tarball: https://registry.npmjs.org/openclaw/-/openclaw-2026.7.1.tgz
- integrity: `sha512-ge/Xss99CHAjPL/ikmH/UFoiOrjcxDB4sW3y9mhyCD+dYW3wzV7TKbAVdkrXFgAG2d2BjpJofP97zUZ+umxo8g==`
- release SHA: `2d2ddc43d0dcf71f31283d780f9fe9ff4cc04fe4`
- full release CI report: https://github.com/openclaw/releases/blob/main/evidence/2026.7.1/release-evidence.md
- release publish: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/actions/runs/29269577304
- npm preflight: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/actions/runs/29268707256
- full release validation: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/actions/runs/29257432684
- plugin npm publish: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/actions/runs/29270283750
- plugin ClawHub publish: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/actions/runs/29270285823
- plugin ClawHub bootstrap: not needed
- OpenClaw npm publish: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/actions/runs/29272090669
- npm Telegram beta E2E: not supplied
- Windows Hub promotion: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/actions/runs/29274408977 from openclaw/openclaw-windows-node@v0.6.12
- macOS preflight: [https://github.com/openclaw/releases/actions/runs/29309287697](https://github.com/openclaw/releases/actions/runs/29309287697)
- macOS validation: [https://github.com/openclaw/releases/actions/runs/29308489277](https://github.com/openclaw/releases/actions/runs/29308489277)
- macOS publish: [https://github.com/openclaw/releases/actions/runs/29311628904](https://github.com/openclaw/releases/actions/runs/29311628904)
- macOS appcast: [https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/b3239a5f0febefcc26bb9d51e9b0ef764ad185fb](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/b3239a5f0febefcc26bb9d51e9b0ef764ad185fb)
- Android release: [https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/actions/runs/29293423573](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/actions/runs/29293423573)
- stable main closeout: [https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/actions/runs/29302553990](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/actions/runs/29302553990)
- immutable closeout manifest: [manifest](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/releases/download/v2026.7.1/openclaw-2026.7.1-stable-main-closeout.json) · [checksum](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/releases/download/v2026.7.1/openclaw-2026.7.1-stable-main-closeout.json.sha256)
- Linux package and Gateway smoke: [https://crabbox.openclaw.ai/portal/runs/run_c3257c19e269](https://crabbox.openclaw.ai/portal/runs/run_c3257c19e269)