August 6, 2026
- OpenClaw Main Repairs Cross‑Channel Delivery Ordering and Fallbacks — https://openclaw.academy/blog/openclaw-channel-delivery-ordering-contracts-main/ — August 6, 2026. A P1 repair plus Slack and Telegram fixes ensure replies, file metadata, previews and final speech settle coherently, preventing mis‑ordered or duplicated outputs during active conversations. Operators are advised to retest Slack message ordering and Telegram final‑mode TTS flows. (openclaw.academy)
August 6, 2026
- OpenClaw Main Preserves Media and Run State Through Long Finalization — https://openclaw.academy/blog/openclaw-live-run-media-finalization-state-main/ — August 6, 2026. Merged changes keep generated media from being garbage‑collected during long turns and ensure sessions settle correctly, preserving truthful history and completed action facts. (openclaw.academy)
August 6, 2026
- OpenClaw Main Stops Bodyless HTTP 400 Errors Triggering Compaction — https://openclaw.academy/blog/openclaw-provider-failure-false-recovery-main/ — August 6, 2026. An overflow‑classifier correction prevents ambiguous bodyless 400 responses from being misread as context overflow, avoiding unnecessary compaction and retries. (openclaw.academy)
August 6, 2026
- OpenClaw Main Fixes P0 Worktree Cleanup Data Loss — https://openclaw.academy/blog/openclaw-worktree-orphan-cleanup-data-loss-main/ — August 6, 2026. A critical fix stops recursive cleanup from deleting registered Git checkouts placed under the worktrees root, protecting operator code and state. (openclaw.academy)
August 5, 2026
- Rethinking defense in the wake of OpenClaw attacks — https://www.techradar.com/pro/rethinking-defense-in-the-wake-of-openclaw-attacks — August 5, 2026. TechRadar argues recent OpenClaw-driven incidents show why organizations must shift from detect-and-respond to deny‑by‑default controls like allowlisting and application containment for AI agents. It frames OpenClaw as a catalyst for rethinking “Shadow AI” and agent autonomy across endpoints. (techradar.com)
August 5, 2026
- OpenClaw Main Fixes Three Silent Final‑Reply Delivery Failures — https://openclaw.academy/blog/openclaw-final-reply-multimodal-heartbeat-delivery-main/ — August 5, 2026. Corrections across dedupe, hidden multimodal context and heartbeat delivery prevent short interim updates and structure handling from silently swallowing full answers. (openclaw.academy)
August 5, 2026
- OpenClaw Main Moves Gateway Warmups Off Latency‑Critical RPC Paths — https://openclaw.academy/blog/openclaw-gateway-warmup-rpc-responsiveness-main/ — August 5, 2026. Startup and warmup work is deferred or made on‑demand so health checks, config reads and chat startup don’t starve behind speculative initialization on large deployments. (openclaw.academy)
August 4, 2026
- openclaw 2026.7.1‑2 (stable correction) — https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/releases/tag/v2026.7.1-2 — August 4, 2026. A minor follow‑up to 7.1 adjusts npm plugin metadata handling to ensure official plugins install and update cleanly under newer npm clients. (github.com)
August 4, 2026
- openclaw 2026.7.1‑1 (stable correction) — https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/releases/tag/v2026.7.1-1 — August 4, 2026. Fixes include keeping Codex/GPT app‑server turns running after progress messages and hardening Memory Core startup so legacy index conflicts don’t trap gateways in restart loops. (github.com)
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August 3, 2026
VIDEO
- How to Setup Openclaw for FREE in 2 Mins | https://vimeo.com/1163001266 | Channel: Julian Goldie SEO | Upload date: August 3, 2026 (estimated) | A fast, step-by-step walkthrough showing how to get OpenClaw running at no cost using a free trial provider and a simplified config. (vimeo.com)
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August 2, 2026
VIDEO
- New OpenClaw Update (FREE!) | https://vimeo.com/1163025729 | Channel: Julian Goldie SEO | Upload date: August 2, 2026 (estimated) | A concise news-style recap of the latest OpenClaw release with a quick demo of what changed and how to try it free. (vimeo.com)
August 2, 2026
- OpenClaw 2026.7.2‑beta.7 Adds Three Targeted Corrections Beyond beta.6 — https://openclaw.academy/blog/openclaw-2026-7-2-beta-7-upgrade-decision/ — August 2, 2026. The new beta focuses on Telegram directive validation and concurrent‑ingress session repairs while not yet including later same‑day main‑branch fixes. (openclaw.academy)
August 2, 2026
- OpenClaw Main Makes Partial Channel Delivery and Watchdog Failures Visible — https://openclaw.academy/blog/openclaw-delivery-receipts-watchdog-fixes-main/ — August 2, 2026. Changes preserve multipart Telegram/Zalo receipts, surface partial failures properly, and ensure watchdog error reporting can’t crash the gateway. (openclaw.academy)
August 1, 2026
- OpenClaw 2026.7.2‑beta.6 Replaces the Beta Candidate — https://openclaw.academy/blog/openclaw-2026-7-2-beta-6-upgrade-decision/ — August 1, 2026. With the npm beta tag now on beta.6, operators are urged to redo acceptance tests due to notable additions around delivery recovery, session continuity and upgrade resilience. (openclaw.academy)
July 30, 2026
- On the Road to LTS: Extended‑Stable Releases and the Maturity Scorecard — https://openclaw.ai/blog/extended-stable-releases-and-maturity-scorecards — July 30, 2026. OpenClaw introduced a monthly “extended‑stable” channel starting with 2026.6.33 plus a public maturity scorecard to signal which features are production‑ready, moving the project toward eventual LTS. The post includes install commands and explains how backported fixes will be handled. (openclaw.ai)
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July 30, 2026
VIDEO
- How We Built an AI Employee Workflow with OpenClaw, Base44, OpenAI and Claude | https://vimeo.com/1207346470 | Channel: Shay Bar | Upload date: July 30, 2026 (estimated) | A practical, end-to-end demo showing multiple OpenClaw agents collaborating on a real business workflow with governance and human-in-the-loop. (vimeo.com)
July 30, 2026
- OpenClaw Fixes Two Silent Message‑Loss Paths in Durable Ingress — https://openclaw.academy/blog/openclaw-whatsapp-ingress-queue-message-loss-main/ — July 30, 2026. WhatsApp pending‑work retention and queued‑run retries were corrected so accepted messages aren’t lost under backlog pressure or dropped‑run dedupe side effects. (openclaw.academy)
July 28, 2026
- OpenClaw 2026.7.2‑beta.5 Can Exhaust Gateway Memory When Usage Opens on Large Session Histories — https://openclaw.academy/blog/openclaw-beta-5-usage-rollup-gateway-oom/ — July 28, 2026. A beta.5 dashboard read could blow up memory due to oversized cached pricing fingerprints; a main‑branch fix moves to hashed rollups and adds a doctor‑assisted cleanup path. (openclaw.academy)
July 28, 2026
- OpenClaw 2026.7.2‑beta.5 Packages the Recovery Work — https://openclaw.academy/blog/openclaw-2026-7-2-beta-5-upgrade-decision/ — July 28, 2026. This beta is the first 7.2 package to include broad state‑recovery, durable‑ingress and session‑branching changes, and the article lays out a practical acceptance matrix. (openclaw.academy)
July 28, 2026
- OpenClaw Retires Phone Control Arming Leases: Node Consent Is Now Durable on Main — https://openclaw.academy/blog/openclaw-phone-control-durable-node-consent-main/ — July 28, 2026. The interactive phone control gate moves to durable node‑local enablement plus pairing, removing a brittle arming‑lease concept. (openclaw.academy)
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July 27, 2026
VIDEO
- Clawdbot + Antigravity is INSANE! | https://vimeo.com/1160085149 | Channel: Julian Goldie SEO | Upload date: July 27, 2026 (estimated) | A developer‑centric demo showing OpenClaw/Clawdbot orchestrating local coding and automation tasks through an “Anti‑Gravity” workflow. (vimeo.com)
July 27, 2026
- OpenClaw Fixes a Control UI Cross‑Session Isolation Bug for Case‑Distinct Channel IDs — https://openclaw.academy/blog/openclaw-control-ui-case-sensitive-session-isolation-main/ — July 27, 2026. A UI isolation bug where Matrix/Signal sessions differing only by case could share state is fixed by using canonical session identity to prevent transcript/approval leakage. (openclaw.academy)
July 27, 2026
- OpenClaw Adds Recovery for Tool Loops That Keep Changing Arguments but Make No Progress — https://openclaw.academy/blog/openclaw-stable-tool-argument-churn-recovery-main/ — July 27, 2026. Runtime loop detection now catches stable no‑progress outputs across changing tool arguments, reducing costly stalls in unattended runs. (openclaw.academy)
July 27, 2026
- OpenClaw Blocks Windows cmd Startup Paths That Auto‑Review Could Not See — https://openclaw.academy/blog/openclaw-windows-cmd-auto-review-boundary-main/ — July 27, 2026. Auto‑review no longer approves cmd launches that could hit hidden AutoRun or persistent‑shell paths, closing a risky blind spot on Windows. (openclaw.academy)
July 27, 2026
- OpenClaw Tightens Exec Approval After an Escaped‑Newline Parsing Gap — https://openclaw.academy/blog/openclaw-shell-approval-parser-boundary-main/ — July 27, 2026. Shell allowlist analysis is hardened so an escaped newline can’t shift POSIX word boundaries and slip past approval. (openclaw.academy)
July 27, 2026
- OpenClaw Bounds Trajectory Runtime Events After a 1.7 GiB Production Database Case — https://openclaw.academy/blog/openclaw-trajectory-runtime-event-retention-main/ — July 27, 2026. Retention limits were added for trajectory runtime events after a real‑world database ballooned to 1.7 GiB from unbounded rows. (openclaw.academy)
July 26, 2026
- OpenClaw Moves Auth and Exec Approvals to SQLite: Run Doctor Before the Cutover — https://openclaw.academy/blog/openclaw-auth-exec-approvals-sqlite-cutover-main/ — July 26, 2026. Authentication profiles and exec‑approval policy are migrated from JSON to SQLite with fail‑closed gates, requiring a doctor‑assisted, testable cutover. (openclaw.academy)
July 26, 2026
- OpenClaw Enables the Operator Terminal by Default on Main — https://openclaw.academy/blog/openclaw-phone-control-durable-node-consent-main/ — July 26, 2026. The Control UI’s admin‑scoped host terminal becomes default‑on; operators that don’t want browser PTY access should explicitly opt out before upgrading. (openclaw.academy)
July 25, 2026
- OpenClaw Browser Batches Now Stop at Navigation — https://openclaw.academy/blog/openclaw-browser-batch-navigation-abort-contract-main/ — July 25, 2026. Browser automation now aborts remaining batch actions on main‑frame navigation or page close and surfaces structured “aborted” metadata, requiring callers to re‑snapshot before continuing. (openclaw.academy)
July 25, 2026
- OpenClaw Fixes Silent and Misrouted Global Cron Failure Alerts — https://openclaw.academy/blog/openclaw-global-cron-failure-alert-routing-main/ — July 25, 2026. Global cron failure alerts now route correctly to webhook/chat destinations and avoid duplicates when per‑job settings exist, improving incident visibility. (openclaw.academy)
July 25, 2026
- OpenClaw Hardens Vault Setup Plans Against Symlink and File‑Clobber Attacks — https://openclaw.academy/blog/openclaw-vault-secret-plan-file-hardening-main/ — July 25, 2026. Secret‑plan writes for Vault and 1Password are made exclusive and owner‑only to prevent symlink and clobber attacks, with guidance to protect older plans. (openclaw.academy)
July 25, 2026
- OpenClaw Restores Outbound Safety Hooks on Routed Channel Replies — https://openclaw.academy/blog/openclaw-routed-replies-outbound-hooks-main/ — July 25, 2026. Routed replies again pass through plugin rewrite/cancellation hooks before delivery, restoring safety checks that could otherwise be bypassed. (openclaw.academy)
July 25, 2026
- OpenClaw Hardens SQLite Recovery and Crash‑Durable State Publication — https://openclaw.academy/blog/openclaw-sqlite-recovery-crash-durability-main/ — July 25, 2026. Multiple changes tighten read‑only diagnostics, quarantine of questionable state, schema upgrades, and on‑disk durability to make crashes fail‑safe rather than silent. (openclaw.academy)
July 24, 2026
- OpenClaw Relays Claude Native Tool Requests Into Gateway Approvals — https://openclaw.academy/blog/openclaw-claude-native-tool-approvals-main/ — July 24, 2026. Under restrictive policy, Claude CLI sessions can now route native/extension tool requests to human approval rather than failing silently, with safeguards for bash and timeouts. (openclaw.academy)
July 24, 2026
- OpenClaw Makes GPT‑5 Million‑Token Context an Explicit Cost Opt‑In — https://openclaw.academy/blog/openclaw-gpt-5-million-context-opt-in-main/ — July 24, 2026. OpenClaw defaults Anthropic GPT‑5.5/5.6 sessions to a smaller budget while preserving an explicit opt‑in for “million‑token” contexts to control spend and stability. (openclaw.academy)
July 24, 2026
- OpenClaw Adds Incognito Chats and Enforced Session Sharing on Main — https://openclaw.academy/blog/openclaw-incognito-session-sharing-controls-main/ — July 24, 2026. New session models add private drafts, ephemeral chats and enforced sharing semantics at the gateway boundary, not just in the UI. (openclaw.academy)
July 24, 2026
- OpenClaw Meeting Bots Now Default to Durable Transcripts on Main — https://openclaw.academy/blog/openclaw-meeting-transcripts-default-on-main/ — July 24, 2026. Google Meet, Teams and Zoom integrations default to saving speaker‑attributed transcripts and summaries in SQLite unless operators opt out. (openclaw.academy)