openclaw 2026.10.1-beta.1

Original release notes

2026.10.1

Highlights

Sessions and memory: preserved usage across registry changes, delivered worker attachments from remote workspaces, prevented queued cancellations and transcript aliases from stalling active turns, kept continuation signatures aligned, and migrated embedding caches in bounded batches with oversized-row reporting. (#164217, #164219, #163708, #164230, #164251, #164289, #164287, #164303) Thanks @vincentkoc.
Replies and media: restored inline playback for local videos, replaced rejected media links with useful errors, kept Telegram progress updates free of preview cards, and fixed speech-only replies when reasoning is enabled. (#164137, #163727, #164285, #164256) Thanks @ivan-magda, @obviyus, and @Twilight-Networks.
Updates and Doctor: improved serving-verdict recovery guidance, kept repairs working with read-only managed config, removed repeated config, backup, metadata, and pnpm-root probes, reported successful cleanup as progress without corrupting JSON output, and treated a still-starting Gateway as a warning. (#164193, #161924, #164235, #162259, #164182, #164186, #164183, #164184, #163477, #164261, #162236, #164312) Thanks @DonnieFi, @JD8855122, @Patrick-Erichsen, and @waynegault.
Windows workspaces and browser startup: fixed empty and nested Windows worktree creation, improved Linux Chromium discovery, and automatically started Playwright Chromium on ARM64. (#164202, #164249, #163510, #163281) Thanks @ly85206559, @jesse-merhi, and @obviyus.
Cloud workers and Crabbox: surfaced the real cloud-worker failure, enforced Linux leases, overlapped worker-bundle downloads with bootstrap, removed unrelated warm-image cleanup waits, and prevented slow reads or unsupported backends from stranding workers. (#164129, #164187, #164128, #164231)
Plugins, Codex, and MCP: preserved Bun package-import capture, reduced prerelease metadata requests, kept expired remote-exec approvals from poisoning auth profiles, restored node policy hooks, synchronized MCP forms/files/context, and routed background skill reviews through Workshop proposals. (#164223, #164185, #164237, #164270, #164277, #164292)

Changes

Added inactive-foundation support for incognito actor memory and Codex history routing. (#164224)
Migrated existing agents to local Claws. (#162329) Thanks @Patrick-Erichsen.
Reduced Sessions-board and state-path overhead by serving prepared facts, reusing card payloads per store revision, moving lifecycle mutations off the main thread, and retaining canonical state handles. (#164218, #164301, #163815, #164110)

Fixes

Preserved plugin lifecycle fences for cancelled queued turns and retained investigated failures in ready PR reviews. (#164247, #164253) Thanks @vincentkoc.
Honored agent-local model aliases in status summaries. (#164126, #164115) Thanks @ooiuuii and @obviyus.
Kept Gateway tests on the selected Bun runtime and ran native Codex subagent checks in Docker. (#164276, #164163)
Left webhook config migrations to Doctor and avoided Nextcloud Talk webhook migration for unconfigured channels.

Upcoming deprecations

channel-webhook-listener-config-inputs began warning on 2026-09-26; migrate to legacyWebhook for canonical listener config. See /gateway/doctor/config-migrations#channel-webhook-listeners.
session-manager-sync-persistence began warning on 2026-10-01; await the matching Async-suffixed SessionManager method and its rewrite commit. See /plugins/sdk-migration/how-to-migrate#await-session-transcript-persistence.
extension-session-sync-persistence began warning on 2026-10-01; await the Async-suffixed ExtensionAPI and AgentSession persistence methods. See /plugins/sdk-migration/how-to-migrate#await-extension-session-changes.
provider-replay-sync-persistence began warning on 2026-10-01; use the async replay sanitizer and session-state APIs. See /plugins/sdk-migration/how-to-migrate#await-provider-replay-metadata.
memory-session-sync-inventory began warning on 2026-10-01; await loadArchivedSessionsAsync and resolveMemorySessionTargetsAsync. See /plugins/sdk-migration/compatibility-policy#memory-session-inventory-readers.
workspace-mutation-guard-callback began warning on 2026-10-02; await database preparation and use SQL-free guard.assertHost for live authority. See /plugins/sdk-migration/how-to-migrate#workspace-mutation-guards.
gateway-placement-sync-results began warning on 2026-10-02; await the Async-suffixed Gateway placement and publication readers. See /plugins/sdk-migration/compatibility-policy#gateway-placement-and-publication-readers.
watched-sessions-sync-harness-context began warning on 2026-10-03; await prepareWatchedSessionsHarnessContext with a current-host capability assertion. See /plugins/sdk-migration/compatibility-policy#watched-session-harness-context.
plugin-sdk-media-understanding-public-demotion reached its 2026-09-30 removal target; migrate to api.registerMediaUnderstandingProvider(...) and provider-owned request helpers. It remains removal-pending until the focused public-artifact read seam is complete. See /plugins/architecture.
plugin-sdk-memory-host-core-public-demotion reached its 2026-09-30 removal target; use host-prepared memory prompts and injected memory capability registration. It remains removal-pending until the focused public-artifact read seam is complete. See /plugins/architecture-internals#context-engine-plugins.
plugin-sdk-channel-setup-input-fields reached its 2026-10-01 removal target; use plugin-local setup input intersections. It remains removal-pending until a published-plugin artifact sweep finds no readers. See /plugins/sdk-migration#published-channel-setup-compatibility.
plugin-sdk-broad-runtime-barrels reached its 2026-10-01 removal target; use focused plugin SDK subpaths. It remains removal-pending until bundled and published plugins stop importing the broad barrels. See /plugins/sdk-migration#compatibility-policy.
plugin-sdk-provider-owned-helper-shims reached its 2026-10-01 removal target; use provider-local auth, model, replay, OAuth, and stream helpers. It remains removal-pending until official and published-plugin readers are gone. See /plugins/sdk-migration#compatibility-policy.
message-presentation-legacy-bridges reached its 2026-10-01 removal target; use MessagePresentation values and channel renderers. It remains removal-pending until official producers and channels no longer use legacy interactive replies. See /plugins/sdk-migration#compatibility-policy.
plugin-sdk-focused-compat-aliases reached its 2026-10-01 removal target; use each alias's focused replacement. It remains removal-pending until all enumerated aliases have no bundled or published readers. See /plugins/sdk-migration#compatibility-policy.
agent-harness-terminal-result-aliases reached its 2026-10-01 removal target; use AgentHarnessAttemptResult.terminal and AgentHarnessDeliveryDefaults.visibleReplies. It remains removal-pending until legacy readers are gone. See /plugins/sdk-agent-harness.
official-plugin-export-aliases reached its 2026-10-01 removal target; use MessagePresentation renderers and host-owned runtime behavior. It remains removal-pending until supported official plugins stop importing the aliases. See /plugins/compatibility#current-compatibility-areas.
memory-host-compatibility-aliases reached its 2026-10-01 removal target; use canonical memory cache and FTS tables. It remains removal-pending until supported integrations and legacy data are verified. See /plugins/sdk-migration#compatibility-policy.
plugin-runtime-api-compat-aliases reached its 2026-10-01 removal target; use the namespaced plugin API and focused runtime methods. It remains removal-pending until all flat API/runtime readers are gone. See /plugins/sdk-migration#compatibility-policy.
plugin-provider-manifest-compat-aliases reached its 2026-10-01 removal target; use manifest-owned plugin metadata and model-catalog registration. It remains removal-pending until provider readers are gone. See /plugins/sdk-migration#compatibility-policy.
media-legacy-projection reached its 2026-10-01 removal target; use ordered media facts, typed hook media, attachment templates, and media-local-roots. It remains removal-pending until a clean published-plugin sweep finds no readers. See /plugins/sdk-migration#media-legacy-projection.

Complete contribution record

This audited record covers the complete 9da28ad4bd0ee3a9ba9757b9d6f444a6306ac3a0..8ea8bb11a5bd5c0fa66665861c10b49aaf8ed989 history: 283 in-range PRs + 0 retained seed-only PRs = 283 unique PRs. The generation manifest also supplies direct commits as editorial input; the grouped notes above prioritize user impact.

Shipped baseline exclusions: v2026.9.8 (4 PRs: #108683, #137149, #145632, #146361).

Pull requests

PR #164194
PR #164137
PR #164198
PR #164218
PR #164110
PR #164205 Thanks @vincentkoc.
PR #164129
PR #163510 Thanks @ly85206559 and @obviyus.
PR #163281 Thanks @jesse-merhi and @obviyus.
PR #164225
PR #164217
PR #164202
PR #163815
PR #164193 Related #161924. Thanks @DonnieFi.
PR #164239
PR #164230 Thanks @vincentkoc.
PR #164187
PR #164235 Related #162259. Thanks @JD8855122.
PR #164204
PR #164134
PR #164238
PR #164244
PR #164182
PR #164126 Related #164115. Thanks @ooiuuii and @obviyus.
PR #164186
PR #164219 Related #163708.
PR #164237
PR #164247 Thanks @vincentkoc.
PR #164245 Thanks @vincentkoc.
PR #164128
PR #164242
PR #164185
PR #164183
PR #164253
PR #164184
PR #164248
PR #164159
PR #163477 Thanks @Patrick-Erichsen.
PR #164240
PR #164260
PR #164153
PR #164163
PR #163727 Thanks @ivan-magda and @obviyus.
PR #163137
PR #163112
PR #162329 Thanks @Patrick-Erichsen.
PR #164223
PR #164261 Related #162236. Thanks @waynegault.
PR #164251
PR #164165
PR #164270
PR #163930
PR #163812 Related #163810. Thanks @vincentkoc.
PR #164252
PR #164268
PR #164276
PR #164231
PR #164262
PR #164277
PR #164281
PR #164289 Thanks @vincentkoc.
PR #164287
PR #164221
PR #164299
PR #164271
PR #164301
PR #164302
PR #164249
PR #164243
PR #164295
PR #164280 Thanks @vincentkoc.
PR #164224
PR #164303
PR #163535
PR #164292
PR #164285 Related #164256. Thanks @obviyus and @Twilight-Networks.
PR #164284
PR #164222
PR #164288
PR #164312
PR #163842 Thanks @jalehman.
PR #163857 Thanks @jalehman.
PR #164116 Thanks @joshavant.
PR #164135 Thanks @joshavant.
PR #164213 Thanks @joshavant.
PR #162177 Thanks @jalehman.
PR #162033 Related #161953. Thanks @cestercian and @RomneyDa and @zhyx1996.
PR #164317
PR #164322
PR #164331
PR #164332
PR #164333
PR #164307
PR #164313
PR #164321
PR #164197 Thanks @galiniliev and @KirDE.
PR #164335
PR #164336 Related #164283. Thanks @jayzhou2309 and @obviyus and @nkarkare.
PR #164326
PR #162954 Thanks @vincentkoc.
PR #160108 Thanks @galiniliev.
PR #164203
PR #164348
PR #164340
PR #164161 Thanks @GoldArowana and @obviyus.
PR #164358
PR #163350
PR #164361
PR #164353
PR #162036 Thanks @LinzeShi and @obviyus.
PR #164337
PR #164345 Thanks @vincentkoc.
PR #164349
PR #164370
PR #164352
PR #164374
PR #164151 Related #164149. Thanks @ooiuuii and @obviyus.
PR #164380
PR #164367
PR #164359
PR #164350
PR #164360
PR #164364 Related #164362. Thanks @ooiuuii and @obviyus.
PR #164376
PR #164386
PR #164398
PR #164291
PR #164400
PR #162938 Thanks @vincentkoc.
PR #164373
PR #164378
PR #164389
PR #163701 Related #163700. Thanks @sxh313 and @obviyus.
PR #164173
PR #164387
PR #165 Thanks @Nachx639.
PR #164236 Related #163961. Thanks @JakeMalis.
PR #164410
PR #164306
PR #163799
PR #164377
PR #164296
PR #164391
PR #164402 Thanks @vincentkoc.
PR #164381
PR #164418
PR #164103
PR #164413
PR #164325 Related #164323. Thanks @ooiuuii and @obviyus.
PR #163203
PR #164264
PR #164428
PR #164342 Thanks @RomneyDa.
PR #164434
PR #164421
PR #164419
PR #164432 Thanks @RomneyDa.
PR #164437
PR #164430
PR #164259 Related #164257. Thanks @ooiuuii and @obviyus.
PR #160582 Related #122476. Thanks @jayzhou2309 and @obviyus and @imabotone-ui.
PR #164403
PR #164423 Thanks @vincentkoc.
PR #164438
PR #164446 Thanks @RomneyDa.
PR #164436
PR #164411
PR #164440 Thanks @RomneyDa.
PR #164435 Related #150152. Thanks @fuller-stack-dev and @joryirving.
PR #160619 Thanks @LinzeShi and @obviyus.
PR #164451 Thanks @RomneyDa.
PR #164457 Thanks @vincentkoc.
PR #163487 Thanks @ericcurtin and @obviyus.
PR #162258 Thanks @RomneyDa.
PR #162612
PR #163766
PR #163623
PR #164483 Thanks @RomneyDa.
PR #164450 Thanks @RomneyDa.
PR #164481
PR #164469
PR #164460 Thanks @vincentkoc.
PR #164206 Related #164148. Thanks @jayzhou2309 and @obviyus and @TrevorDGreen33.
PR #164414
PR #164487 Thanks @RomneyDa.
PR #164482
PR #164495
PR #164463
PR #164467
PR #164278
PR #164489 Thanks @RomneyDa.
PR #164488
PR #164486
PR #164493