OpenClaw News & Updates

openclaw/openclaw released version v2026.4.12-beta.1 (pre-release). This release includes breaking changes. Key updates: Plugins/loading: narrow CLI, provider, and channel activation to manifest-declared needs, preserve explicit scope and trust boundaries, and centralize manifest-owner policy so ...

openclaw/openclaw released version v2026.4.11. Key updates: Dreaming/memory-wiki: add ChatGPT import ingestion plus new `Imported Insights` and `Memory Palace` diary subtabs so Dreaming can inspect imported source chats, compiled wiki pages, and full source pages directly from the UI. (#64505); C...

openclaw/openclaw released version v2026.4.11-beta.1 (pre-release). Key updates: Dreaming/memory-wiki: add ChatGPT import ingestion plus new `Imported Insights` and `Memory Palace` diary subtabs so Dreaming can inspect imported source chats, compiled wiki pages, and full source pages directly fro...

openclaw/openclaw released version v2026.4.10. This release includes breaking changes. Key updates: Models/Codex: add the bundled Codex provider and plugin-owned app-server harness so `codex/gpt-*` models use Codex-managed auth, native threads, model discovery, and compaction while `openai/gpt-*`...

openclaw/openclaw released version v2026.4.9. Key updates: Memory/dreaming: add a grounded REM backfill lane with historical `rem-harness --path`, diary commit/reset flows, cleaner durable-fact extraction, and live short-term promotion integration so old daily notes can replay into Dreams and dur...

openclaw/openclaw released version v2026.4.9-beta.1 (pre-release). Key updates: Memory/dreaming: add a grounded REM backfill lane with historical `rem-harness --path`, diary commit/reset flows, cleaner durable-fact extraction, and live short-term promotion integration so old daily notes can repla...

openclaw/openclaw released version v2026.4.8.

openclaw/openclaw released version v2026.4.7. This release includes breaking changes. Key updates: CLI/infer: add a first-class `openclaw infer ...` hub for provider-backed inference workflows across model, media, web, and embedding tasks. Thanks @Takhoffman.; Tools/media generation: auto-fallbac...

openclaw/openclaw released version v2026.4.5. This release includes breaking changes. Key updates: Agents/video generation: add the built-in `video_generate` tool so agents can create videos through configured providers and return the generated media directly in the reply.; Agents/music generatio...

openclaw/openclaw released version v2026.4.2. This release includes breaking changes. Key updates: Tasks/Task Flow: restore the core Task Flow substrate with managed-vs-mirrored sync modes, durable flow state/revision tracking, and `openclaw flows` inspection/recovery primitives so background orc...