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Summary

  • Problem: pure-relay agents that successfully accepted a sessions_spawn child session could still be classified as an incomplete empty parent turn.
  • Solution: carry a structured accepted-spawn fact from tool completion through the embedded runner and fallback/replay classifiers.
  • What changed: valid accepted sessions_spawn results now require status: "accepted", non-empty runId, and non-empty childSessionKey; that evidence suppresses only the false incomplete-turn path and prevents duplicate/replay fallback paths.
  • CI drift fixed after rebasing to current main: two qa-lab Codex lifecycle fixtures are now optional Knip unused-file entries so the dependency shard matches the scenario-driven fixture contract.
  • What did NOT change (scope boundary): failed/malformed spawns, parent prompt timeouts, messaging delivery errors, and unrelated tool side effects still use the existing safety/error paths.

Motivation

  • Fixes a real session-state false negative where the runtime accepted a child session but the parent run surfaced Agent couldn't generate a response anyway.

Change Type (select all)

  • Bug fix
  • Refactor required for the fix
  • Feature
  • Docs
  • Security hardening
  • Chore/infra

Scope (select all touched areas)

  • Gateway / orchestration
  • Skills / tool execution
  • Auth / tokens
  • Memory / storage
  • Integrations
  • API / contracts
  • UI / DX
  • CI/CD / infra

Linked Issue/PR

Real behavior proof (required for external PRs)

  • Behavior addressed: accepted sessions_spawn terminal success no longer trips incomplete-turn fallback, abandoned lifecycle state, replay/fallback retries, or duplicate child-session spawn paths.
  • Real environment tested: OpenClaw QA Lab host runner on macOS Darwin 25.4.0, Node v24.14.0, pnpm 11.1.0, using qa-channel + qa-lab bus + real gateway child + mock-openai provider.
  • Exact steps or command run after this patch:
pnpm openclaw qa suite --scenario runtime-tool-sessions-spawn --provider-mode mock-openai --transport qa-channel --concurrency 1 --output-dir .artifacts/real-proof/issue-72541-runtime-tool-sessions-spawn-rebased-final
pnpm openclaw qa suite --scenario subagent-handoff --provider-mode mock-openai --transport qa-channel --concurrency 1 --output-dir .artifacts/real-proof/issue-72541-subagent-handoff-rebased-final
  • Evidence after fix:
Runtime tool fixture - sessions_spawn
Status: pass
Passed: 1
Failed: 0
Details: sessions_spawn happy planned args and denied-input failure path were exercised through the QA channel.

Subagent handoff
Status: pass
Passed: 1
Failed: 0
Result: { "status": "accepted", "childSessionKey": "agent:qa:subagent:10b50ee2-860b-45e4-9a9b-1737a6b28d7a", "runId": "f4a2e737-0922-458d-bb44-98a4ad2c3d45", "mode": "run", "modelApplied": true }
Foldback result: The child result was folded back into the main thread exactly once.
  • Observed result after fix: the real gateway/QA-channel path preserves the accepted child session result and reports it without producing Agent couldn't generate a response or re-running the spawn.
  • What was not tested: live provider credentials, Discord thread-bound behavior, and the broader subagent-completion-direct-fallback QA path; that broader path was not used as final proof because a separate announce empty-response timeout was observed outside this patch's changed surface.
  • Before evidence (optional but encouraged): issue Gateway completeness check false-negative on pure-relay agents #72541 documents the pre-fix false negative; regression tests now cover accepted spawn suppression and the parent-timeout edge case.

Root Cause (if applicable)

  • Root cause: the runtime produced an accepted child-session fact but dropped it before the incomplete-turn classifier, replay metadata, fallback classifier, and terminal trajectory checks could use it.
  • Missing detection / guardrail: no structured accepted-spawn evidence existed on EmbeddedRunAttemptResult or final run results.
  • Contributing context (if known): the classifier correctly avoided treating arbitrary successful tools as completion, but had no narrow contract for accepted sessions_spawn.

Regression Test Plan (if applicable)

  • Coverage level that should have caught this:
    • Unit test
    • Seam / integration test
    • End-to-end test
    • Existing coverage already sufficient
  • Target test or file: src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run.incomplete-turn.test.ts, src/agents/pi-embedded-subscribe.handlers.tools.test.ts, src/agents/pi-embedded-subscribe.subscribe-embedded-pi-session.subscribeembeddedpisession.test.ts, src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/result-fallback-classifier.test.ts, src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run/attempt-trajectory-status.test.ts.
  • Scenario the test should lock in: accepted sessions_spawn is terminal outbound progress, malformed/error spawns are not, replay/fallback retries are blocked after acceptance, and prompt timeout still returns timeout payload.
  • Why this is the smallest reliable guardrail: it exercises the contract where the tool fact is produced and every runner classifier that previously lost it.
  • Existing test that already covers this (if any): none before this PR.
  • If no new test is added, why not: N/A.

User-visible / Behavior Changes

Pure-relay subagent handoffs no longer show a false Agent couldn't generate a response message after a child session was accepted.

Diagram (if applicable)

Before:
sessions_spawn accepted -> accepted child fact dropped -> empty parent turn -> false incomplete-turn error / retry risk

After:
sessions_spawn accepted -> structured accepted-spawn evidence -> terminal success / replay blocked -> child result folded once

Security Impact (required)

  • New permissions/capabilities? No
  • Secrets/tokens handling changed? No
  • New/changed network calls? No
  • Command/tool execution surface changed? No
  • Data access scope changed? No
  • If any Yes, explain risk + mitigation: N/A

Repro + Verification

Environment

  • OS: macOS Darwin 25.4.0
  • Runtime/container: local OpenClaw QA suite, Node v24.14.0, pnpm 11.1.0
  • Model/provider: mock-openai/gpt-5.5
  • Integration/channel (if any): qa-channel + qa-lab bus + real gateway child
  • Relevant config (redacted): no secrets used

Steps

  1. Run the focused regression tests and type/format checks.
  2. Run the two QA suite scenarios listed in Real behavior proof.
  3. Confirm both QA reports show Passed: 1, Failed: 0.

Expected

  • Accepted sessions_spawn is preserved as terminal evidence.
  • The parent does not synthesize the false incomplete-turn error.
  • Prompt timeout after accepted spawn still returns a timeout payload.

Actual

  • Matches expected.

Evidence

  • Failing test/log before + passing after
  • Trace/log snippets
  • Screenshot/recording
  • Perf numbers (if relevant)

Human Verification (required)

  • Verified scenarios:
    • codex review --commit HEAD found no actionable regressions after fixes.
    • node scripts/run-vitest.mjs src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run/attempt-trajectory-status.test.ts src/agents/pi-embedded-subscribe.handlers.tools.test.ts src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run.incomplete-turn.test.ts src/agents/pi-embedded-subscribe.handlers.lifecycle.test.ts src/agents/pi-embedded-subscribe.subscribe-embedded-pi-session.subscribeembeddedpisession.test.ts src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/result-fallback-classifier.test.ts --run passed: 10 files, 425 tests.
    • pnpm exec tsgo -p test/tsconfig/tsconfig.core.test.json --noEmit --pretty false passed.
    • pnpm exec oxfmt --check ... passed on all touched files.
    • git diff --check passed.
    • pnpm deadcode:dependencies, pnpm deadcode:unused-files, and pnpm deadcode:report:ci:ts-unused passed after rebasing to current upstream/main.
    • node scripts/run-vitest.mjs test/scripts/check-deadcode-unused-files.test.ts --run passed: 1 file, 7 tests.
    • Both QA suite Real Proof commands passed.
  • Edge cases checked: malformed accepted spawns, errored tool results, compaction retry preservation, replay invalidation, model fallback classification, terminal trajectory status, lifecycle abandonment, and timeout after accepted spawn.
  • What you did not verify: live provider credentials, Discord thread-bound behavior, and broad full-suite/Testbox gates.

Review Conversations

  • I replied to or resolved every bot review conversation I addressed in this PR.
  • I left unresolved only the conversations that still need reviewer or maintainer judgment.

Compatibility / Migration

  • Backward compatible? Yes
  • Config/env changes? No
  • Migration needed? No
  • If yes, exact upgrade steps: N/A

Risks and Mitigations

  • Risk: accepting sessions_spawn as terminal evidence could hide unrelated timeout failures.
    • Mitigation: timeout guard remains tied to real messaging delivery, and a regression test proves parent prompt timeout still returns a timeout payload after accepted spawn.

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Summary
The branch carries accepted sessions_spawn evidence through embedded subscribe, runner replay/fallback/trajectory classification, and focused regression coverage.

Reproducibility: yes. at source level: current main can accept a child session but the incomplete-turn classifier only recognizes committed messaging delivery before emitting the false warning. I did not run the current-main repro in this read-only review.

PR rating
Overall: 🦞 diamond lobster
Proof: 🦞 diamond lobster
Patch quality: 🦞 diamond lobster
Summary: Strong terminal proof, focused implementation, and broad regression coverage make this above-average merge signal with no blocking findings.

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Shiny media proof means a screenshot, video, or linked artifact directly shows the changed behavior. Runtime, network, CSP, and security claims still need visible diagnostics.

Real behavior proof
Sufficient (terminal): The PR body supplies after-fix terminal QA output from a real OpenClaw QA Lab/gateway child path showing accepted spawn success without the false incomplete-turn error or duplicate spawn.

Risk before merge

  • The supplied real behavior proof uses QA-channel with mock-openai; live provider credentials and Discord thread-bound behavior were not exercised.

Maintainer options:

  1. Decide the mitigation before merge
    Land this structured accepted-spawn evidence fix after normal maintainer and CI validation, keeping the terminal-success contract limited to accepted status with non-empty run and child session identifiers.
  2. Pause or close
    Do not merge this PR until maintainers decide whether the risk is worth taking.

Next step before merge
No repair lane is needed; the remaining action is ordinary maintainer and CI merge judgment.

Security
Cleared: The diff adds internal runtime state, tests, and a deadcode optional allowlist entry without new dependencies, permissions, secret handling, or external code execution.

Review details

Best possible solution:

Land this structured accepted-spawn evidence fix after normal maintainer and CI validation, keeping the terminal-success contract limited to accepted status with non-empty run and child session identifiers.

Do we have a high-confidence way to reproduce the issue?

Yes, at source level: current main can accept a child session but the incomplete-turn classifier only recognizes committed messaging delivery before emitting the false warning. I did not run the current-main repro in this read-only review.

Is this the best way to solve the issue?

Yes. Carrying a structured accepted-spawn fact through the runner is narrower than a config flag or broad tool-success exemption, and the PR preserves malformed/error spawn and timeout paths.

Label changes:

  • add proof: sufficient: Contributor real behavior proof is sufficient. The PR body supplies after-fix terminal QA output from a real OpenClaw QA Lab/gateway child path showing accepted spawn success without the false incomplete-turn error or duplicate spawn.

Label justifications:

  • P2: This is a normal-priority agent runtime/session-state bug fix with limited scope and focused proof.
  • rating: 🦞 diamond lobster: Current PR rating is 🦞 diamond lobster because proof is 🦞 diamond lobster, patch quality is 🦞 diamond lobster, and Strong terminal proof, focused implementation, and broad regression coverage make this above-average merge signal with no blocking findings.
  • status: 👀 ready for maintainer look: ClawSweeper has no concrete contributor-facing blocker left for this PR. Sufficient (terminal): The PR body supplies after-fix terminal QA output from a real OpenClaw QA Lab/gateway child path showing accepted spawn success without the false incomplete-turn error or duplicate spawn.
  • proof: sufficient: Contributor real behavior proof is sufficient. The PR body supplies after-fix terminal QA output from a real OpenClaw QA Lab/gateway child path showing accepted spawn success without the false incomplete-turn error or duplicate spawn.

What I checked:

  • Current-main accepted spawn contract: Native subagent spawn returns status: "accepted" with childSessionKey and runId, and jsonResult stores that payload as tool-result details for the handler to inspect. (src/agents/subagent-spawn.ts:1345, b25a0d013b64)
  • Current-main incomplete-turn path: Current main only exempts committed messaging delivery before returning the Agent couldn't generate a response warning, so accepted spawn identity is not a terminal-success fact in this classifier. (src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run/incomplete-turn.ts:251, b25a0d013b64)
  • Current-main tool handler path: Current main sanitizes tool results and records generic tool metadata/replay state, but has no accepted-spawn state on the subscription result. (src/agents/pi-embedded-subscribe.handlers.tools.ts:928, b25a0d013b64)
  • PR implementation evidence: The PR adds accepted-session-spawn.ts, records accepted sessions_spawn results only when status, run id, and child session key are valid, and threads that evidence through incomplete-turn, replay, lifecycle, trajectory, and fallback classifiers. (src/agents/accepted-session-spawn.ts:1, 0261fcd7306f)
  • Proof supplied in PR body: The PR body includes terminal QA Lab output for runtime-tool-sessions-spawn and subagent-handoff, showing accepted spawn success without the false incomplete-turn error or duplicate spawn on the QA-channel/gateway path. (0261fcd7306f)
  • History and routing evidence: Blame and path history point the current incomplete-turn, delivery-evidence, and fallback classifier surfaces to recent agent-runner work by Shakker, with nearby recent agent/subagent work by Vincent Koc and Peter Steinberger. (src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run/incomplete-turn.ts:202, e3b77d6d2c89)

Likely related people:

  • shakkernerd: Blame and git log -S tie the current incomplete-turn, delivery-evidence, and fallback classifier code to commit e3b77d6d2c897d8c6f83a921527c5c740504d7d9. (role: introduced current classifier surface; confidence: medium; commits: e3b77d6d2c89; files: src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run/incomplete-turn.ts, src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/delivery-evidence.ts, src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/result-fallback-classifier.ts)
  • vincentkoc: Recent commits touched embedded runner and subscription-adjacent agent code, including session write fencing and deadcode helper cleanup. (role: recent area contributor; confidence: medium; commits: 2bb00f6726d4, 88c49f9e68fc; files: src/agents/pi-embedded-runner, src/agents/pi-embedded-subscribe.ts)
  • steipete: Recent subagent-spawn work is adjacent to the accepted sessions_spawn contract this PR relies on. (role: recent adjacent contributor; confidence: medium; commits: 02182d5a3031; files: src/agents/subagent-spawn.ts)

Codex review notes: model gpt-5.5, reasoning high; reviewed against b25a0d013b64.

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- Docs: clarify IPv4-only Gateway BYOH binding, trusted-proxy scope clearing, Android pairing approval, macOS Accessibility grants, Zalo profile env vars, password-store SecretRef setup, and Chinese memory navigation. Thanks [@&#8203;itskai-dev](https://github.com/itskai-dev), [@&#8203;gwh7078](https://github.com/gwh7078), [@&#8203;longstoryscott](https://github.com/longstoryscott), [@&#8203;MoeJaberr](https://github.com/MoeJaberr), and [@&#8203;yuaiccc](https://github.com/yuaiccc).
- Docs: consolidate GLM under Z.AI, add the Upstash Box install guide and Gateway exposure runbook, clarify MEDIA directives, Copilot and Voyage setup, config path quoting, real behavior proof, and memory-file write guidance. Thanks [@&#8203;BobDu](https://github.com/BobDu), [@&#8203;alitariksahin](https://github.com/alitariksahin), [@&#8203;Jefsky](https://github.com/Jefsky), [@&#8203;musaabhasan](https://github.com/musaabhasan), [@&#8203;OmerZeyveli](https://github.com/OmerZeyveli), [@&#8203;leno23](https://github.com/leno23), [@&#8203;WuKongAI-CMU](https://github.com/WuKongAI-CMU), [@&#8203;luoyanglang](https://github.com/luoyanglang), and [@&#8203;majin1102](https://github.com/majin1102).
- Docs: clarify media provider credentials, Codex/OpenClaw code-mode boundaries, Slack and Telegram ack reactions, Feishu dynamic agents, secrets plaintext boundaries, memory guidance, and Chinese glossary terms. Thanks [@&#8203;nielskaspers](https://github.com/nielskaspers), [@&#8203;cosmopolitan033](https://github.com/cosmopolitan033), [@&#8203;drclaw-iq](https://github.com/drclaw-iq), [@&#8203;alexgduarte](https://github.com/alexgduarte), [@&#8203;zccyman](https://github.com/zccyman), [@&#8203;chengoak](https://github.com/chengoak), and [@&#8203;cassthebandit](https://github.com/cassthebandit).
- Packaging: exclude documentation images and assets from the npm tarball, reducing published package size without affecting runtime docs search or CLI behavior. Thanks [@&#8203;SebTardif](https://github.com/SebTardif).
- Media understanding: stop auto-probing Gemini CLI and use Antigravity CLI only as a lower-priority image/video fallback after configured provider APIs.
- Agents/subagents: limit default sub-agent bootstrap context to `AGENTS.md` and `TOOLS.md`, keeping persona, identity, user, memory, heartbeat, and setup files out of delegated workers by default. ([#&#8203;85283](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85283)) Thanks [@&#8203;100yenadmin](https://github.com/100yenadmin).
- Maintainer skills: exclude plugin SDK/API boundary work from `openclaw-landable-bug-sweep` so bugbash sweeps stay focused on small paper-cut fixes.
- QA-Lab/diagnostics: extend the OpenTelemetry smoke harness to prove trace, metric, and log export, and add first-class Prometheus and observability smoke aliases.
- Plugin SDK: add a generic channel-message poll sender so channel plugins can expose poll delivery without depending on channel-specific SDK facades.
- Crabbox: keep the local wrapper's provider validation synced with the installed Crabbox binary while preserving supported aliases such as `docker` and `blacksmith`. ([#&#8203;85302](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85302)) Thanks [@&#8203;hxy91819](https://github.com/hxy91819).
- Maintainer skills: add `openclaw-landable-bug-sweep` for producing five small, reviewed, CI-green OpenClaw bugfix PRs from issue/PR sweeps.
- Control UI/chat: add search and Load More pagination to the chat session picker, keeping initial session loads bounded while making older conversations reachable. ([#&#8203;85237](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85237)) Thanks [@&#8203;amknight](https://github.com/amknight).
- CLI/onboarding: start classic onboarding when bare `openclaw` runs before an authored config exists, while keeping configured installs on Crestodian. ([#&#8203;72343](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/72343)) Thanks [@&#8203;fuller-stack-dev](https://github.com/fuller-stack-dev).
- Discord: allow configuring a bounded `agentComponents.ttlMs` callback registry lifetime for long-running component workflows, with per-account overrides and a 24-hour cap. ([#&#8203;84189](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84189)) Thanks [@&#8203;100menotu001](https://github.com/100menotu001).
- xAI/Grok: reuse xAI OAuth auth profiles for Grok `web_search`, thread active-agent auth through web search, add Grok model aliases, and let media providers declare default operation timeouts. ([#&#8203;85182](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85182)) Thanks [@&#8203;fuller-stack-dev](https://github.com/fuller-stack-dev).
- Plugin SDK: add row-level session workflow helpers and deprecate `loadSessionStore` so plugins can read and patch sessions without depending on the legacy whole-store shape. ([#&#8203;84693](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84693)) Thanks [@&#8203;efpiva](https://github.com/efpiva).
- Gateway/plugins: reuse a compatible Gateway startup plugin registry during dispatch so safe plugin dispatches avoid redundant registry loading. ([#&#8203;84324](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84324)) Thanks [@&#8203;ai-hpc](https://github.com/ai-hpc).
- Plugins/SDK: add a general `embeddingProviders` capability contract and registration API so embeddings can become a reusable provider surface outside memory-specific adapters.
- Dependencies: refresh provider, plugin, UI, and tooling packages, update `protobufjs` to 8.4.0 to clear the current npm advisory, and carry the Claude ACP completion patch forward to `@agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp` 0.36.1.
- Agents/tools: remove the old sender-owner tool gating path so configured tools stay visible for trusted sessions while command and channel-action auth still carry real sender identity.
- QA-Lab: add curated mock JSONL replay fixtures and first-drift reporting for runtime-parity audits. ([#&#8203;80323](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/80323), refs [#&#8203;80176](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/80176)) Thanks [@&#8203;100yenadmin](https://github.com/100yenadmin).
- QA-Lab: add a QA bus tool-trace visibility scenario for sanitized tool-call assertions.
- QA-Lab: replace generic evidence framing in seeded scenario prompts with concrete observed QA behavior.
- QA-Lab: list named scenario packs in the coverage report so personal-agent privacy coverage stays visible in audits.
- QA-Lab: list live transport lane membership in the coverage report so real transport checks stay separate from seeded qa-channel scenarios.
- Release/package: run package integrity checks before package acceptance lanes so public install/update validation fails before private QA assets can leak into the package.
- QA-Lab: include the optional 100-turn runtime parity soak in release-soak artifacts so long-run Codex/Pi transcript drift stays visible outside the default gate. ([#&#8203;80395](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/80395)) Thanks [@&#8203;100yenadmin](https://github.com/100yenadmin).
- QA-Lab: add a live-only long-context progress watchdog scenario for Codex app-server timeout and stalled-run sentinels. ([#&#8203;80323](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/80323)) Thanks [@&#8203;100yenadmin](https://github.com/100yenadmin).
- QA-Lab: tag gateway restart recovery and streaming final-integrity scenarios as live-only runtime parity lanes. ([#&#8203;80323](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/80323)) Thanks [@&#8203;100yenadmin](https://github.com/100yenadmin).
- QA-Lab: add a personal-agent failure recovery scenario that checks honest partial status, retry boundaries, and local recovery artifacts. ([#&#8203;83872](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/83872)) Thanks [@&#8203;iFiras-Max1](https://github.com/iFiras-Max1).
- QA-Lab: include an opt-in `update.run` package self-upgrade sentinel for destructive latest-package recovery checks.
- QA-Lab: add Codex plugin lifecycle and auth-profile fixture coverage for missing installs, pinned-version drift, first-turn install ordering, and doctor migration safety. ([#&#8203;80323](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/80323), refs [#&#8203;80174](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/80174)) Thanks [@&#8203;100yenadmin](https://github.com/100yenadmin).
- Models/perf: pre-warm the provider auth-state map at gateway startup so `/models` and every model-listing call short-circuits the per-provider plugin / external-CLI discovery on the hot path. Per-call cost drops from \~20 s to \~5 ms (\~4,100×); the one-time startup warm resets and re-warms after hot reloads. ([#&#8203;84816](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84816)) Thanks [@&#8203;sjf](https://github.com/sjf).
- Release/security: ship the root npm package and OpenClaw-owned npm plugins with generated shrinkwrap, support bundled plugin runtime dependencies for suitable plugin tarballs, and require review for lockfile/shrinkwrap changes so published installs use locked dependency graphs.
- Tests/perf: isolate doctor core health check unit coverage from real skills/workspace discovery so `doctor-core-checks` no longer dominates unit perf while keeping one real skills-readiness smoke. ([#&#8203;84493](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84493)) Thanks [@&#8203;frankekn](https://github.com/frankekn).

##### Fixes

- WebChat: summarize internal message-tool source replies so tool cards no longer duplicate the visible reply body. ([#&#8203;84773](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84773)) Thanks [@&#8203;jason-allen-oneal](https://github.com/jason-allen-oneal).
- Gateway: preserve deferred lifecycle-error cleanup across later non-terminal events so provider timeouts can persist failed session state instead of leaving sessions stuck running. ([#&#8203;85256](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85256), fixes [#&#8203;63819](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/63819)) Thanks [@&#8203;samzong](https://github.com/samzong).
- Agents/subagents: report tool-only child progress during timeout summaries instead of showing no visible output.
- Telegram/ACP: preserve explicit `:topic:` conversation suffixes when inbound ACP targets do not carry a separate thread id.
- Browser/proxy: bypass the managed proxy for the exact local managed Chrome CDP readiness and DevTools WebSocket endpoints, so `openclaw browser start` works when the operator proxy blocks loopback egress. ([#&#8203;83255](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/83255)) Thanks [@&#8203;lightcap](https://github.com/lightcap).
- Ollama: bypass the managed proxy for configured local embedding origins while keeping SSRF guardrails on unconfigured targets. Thanks [@&#8203;Kaspre](https://github.com/Kaspre).
- OpenAI/images: route Codex API-key image generation through the native OpenAI Images API instead of the Codex OAuth streaming backend, avoiding 401s from valid API keys.
- Agents/OpenAI completions: omit empty tool payload fields for proxy-like OpenAI-compatible endpoints so strict vLLM-style servers accept tool-free turns. ([#&#8203;85835](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85835)) Thanks [@&#8203;rendrag-git](https://github.com/rendrag-git).
- Checks/Windows: route full `pnpm check` stage commands through the managed child runner so Windows avoids Node shell-argv deprecation warnings there too.
- Checks/Windows: run managed child commands through explicit `cmd.exe` wrapping instead of Node shell mode with argv, avoiding Node 24 subprocess deprecation warnings during changed checks.
- Gateway: omit internal stream-error placeholder entries from agent prompt history so failed assistant turns are not replayed as model-authored text. ([#&#8203;85652](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85652)) Thanks [@&#8203;anyech](https://github.com/anyech).
- Sessions: enforce the session write-lock max-hold policy during lock acquisition so long-held locks can be reclaimed before the stale-lock window. ([#&#8203;85764](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85764)) Thanks [@&#8203;njuboy11](https://github.com/njuboy11).
- Models: prune retired Groq, GitHub Copilot, OpenAI, xAI, and old Claude catalog entries, with doctor migration to upgrade existing configs to current provider refs.
- Doctor/update: recognize junction-backed source checkouts as git installs by comparing canonical paths before showing package-manager update guidance. Fixes [#&#8203;82215](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/82215). Thanks [@&#8203;igormf](https://github.com/igormf).
- Channels: honor `/verbose on` for tool/progress summaries across direct chats, groups, channels, and forum topics while preserving quiet default behavior. ([#&#8203;85488](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85488)) Thanks [@&#8203;kurplunkin](https://github.com/kurplunkin).
- CLI/skills: show an all-ready note with next-step commands when skill setup has no missing dependencies to install. ([#&#8203;85032](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85032)) Thanks [@&#8203;aniruddhaadak80](https://github.com/aniruddhaadak80).
- Microsoft Foundry: route DeepSeek V4 Pro and Flash models through the Foundry Responses API while keeping older DeepSeek models on their existing path. ([#&#8203;85549](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85549)) Thanks [@&#8203;roslinmahmud](https://github.com/roslinmahmud).
- Status/usage: show configured cost estimates for AWS SDK models in full usage output while keeping token-only usage replies cost-free. ([#&#8203;85619](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85619)) Thanks [@&#8203;ItsOtherMauridian](https://github.com/ItsOtherMauridian).
- Agents/OpenAI Responses: retry non-visible reasoning-only turns for OpenAI Responses API families instead of treating them as empty failed turns. ([#&#8203;85603](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85603)) Thanks [@&#8203;SebTardif](https://github.com/SebTardif).
- Directive tags: preserve message and content-part object identity when display stripping makes no directive-tag changes. ([#&#8203;85682](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85682)) Thanks [@&#8203;willamhou](https://github.com/willamhou).
- Telegram: send local `path`/`filePath` and structured attachment media from `sendMessage` actions instead of dropping them or sending text-only messages. ([#&#8203;85219](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85219)) Thanks [@&#8203;keshavbotagent](https://github.com/keshavbotagent).
- Sessions/status: show the estimated context budget when fresh provider usage is unavailable and clear stale estimates across session resets and compaction boundaries. ([#&#8203;84830](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84830)) Thanks [@&#8203;giodl73-repo](https://github.com/giodl73-repo).
- Gateway/config: pin relative `OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR` overrides to an absolute path at startup so later working-directory changes cannot retarget gateway state. ([#&#8203;52264](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/52264)) Thanks [@&#8203;PerfectPan](https://github.com/PerfectPan).
- Release/package: run npm release, prepublish, and postpublish verification through Windows-safe npm command shims so native Windows checks can execute `npm.cmd` instead of treating it as a binary.
- Agents/harness: pass CLI runtime aliases through harness selection so provider-owned CLI aliases no longer get rejected before reaching the right runtime. ([#&#8203;85631](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85631)) Thanks [@&#8203;potterdigital](https://github.com/potterdigital).
- Secrets: show the irreversible apply warning after interactive `secrets configure` confirmation so confirmed migrations still get the final safety prompt. ([#&#8203;85638](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85638)) Thanks [@&#8203;alkor2000](https://github.com/alkor2000).
- Agents/CLI output: ignore cumulative Claude `stream-json` result usage when assistant usage events are present, preventing inflated cache-read accounting. ([#&#8203;85625](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85625)) Thanks [@&#8203;zhouhe-xydt](https://github.com/zhouhe-xydt).
- CLI: keep `waitForever()` alive by leaving its keep-alive interval ref'd so the public helper no longer exits immediately with Node's unsettled-await code. ([#&#8203;85694](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85694)) Thanks [@&#8203;m1qaweb](https://github.com/m1qaweb).
- Agents/bootstrap: guard bootstrap name checks against missing file names so malformed bootstrap entries warn and truncate instead of crashing. Fixes [#&#8203;85523](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85523). ([#&#8203;85615](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85615)) Thanks [@&#8203;zhouhe-xydt](https://github.com/zhouhe-xydt).
- CLI/tasks: reject partially numeric `openclaw tasks audit --limit` values so audit limits must be real positive integers instead of accepting strings like `5abc`. ([#&#8203;84901](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84901)) Thanks [@&#8203;jbetala7](https://github.com/jbetala7).
- Status/diagnostics: bound deep Docker audit probes so `openclaw status --deep` reports slow container checks instead of hanging behind unbounded inspection. ([#&#8203;85476](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85476)) Thanks [@&#8203;giodl73-repo](https://github.com/giodl73-repo).
- Providers/Anthropic: migrate 1M context handling to GA-capable Claude 4.x models by sizing eligible models at 1M without the retired `context-1m-2025-08-07` beta, ignoring that retired beta in older configs, and preserving OAuth-required Anthropic beta headers. ([#&#8203;45613](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/45613)) Thanks [@&#8203;haoyu-haoyu](https://github.com/haoyu-haoyu).
- Cron/Telegram: parse forum-topic delivery targets through the Telegram plugin instead of cron core, including `:topic:` and `:topicId` forms for announce delivery. Thanks [@&#8203;etticat](https://github.com/etticat).
- Twitch: keep stale message-handler cleanup callbacks from removing newer handler registrations for the same account, preserving inbound message delivery after reconnects. Fixes [#&#8203;83888](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/83888). ([#&#8203;85425](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85425)) Thanks [@&#8203;alkor2000](https://github.com/alkor2000).
- Memory/LanceDB: expose public memory artifacts through the active memory provider bridge so memory-wiki imports durable memory files, daily notes, dream reports, and event logs without depending on memory-core internals. Fixes [#&#8203;83604](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/83604). ([#&#8203;85060](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85060)) Thanks [@&#8203;brokemac79](https://github.com/brokemac79).
- Crabbox: keep AWS hydration compatible with local Actions replay by inlining the hydrate workflow's Node/pnpm setup instead of invoking repo-local composite actions.
- Agents/subagents: simplify native sub-agent completion handoff so children report their latest visible assistant result to the requester without using `message`, while keeping parent-owned message-tool delivery policy intact. Fixes [#&#8203;85070](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85070). ([#&#8203;85089](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85089)) Thanks [@&#8203;brokemac79](https://github.com/brokemac79).
- Docker setup: stop printing the Gateway bearer token in setup logs and printed follow-up commands.
- Agents: let embedded compaction fallback retries proceed when PI-compatible candidates do not need agent harness plugin preparation.
- Agents/tools: honor configured custom provider API keys when deciding whether media, image-generation, video-generation, music-generation, and PDF tools are available. ([#&#8203;85570](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85570))
- StepFun: stop advertising stale generic API key auth choices so onboarding only offers runtime-backed Standard and Step Plan choices.
- Diagnostics: keep OpenTelemetry log bodies behind explicit content capture and scrub scoped agent-session keys from OpenTelemetry and Prometheus labels while preserving bounded queue-lane prefixes.
- Windows installer: fail Git checkout installs when `pnpm install` or `pnpm build` fails instead of writing a wrapper to a missing CLI build.
- Sessions: surface previous-transcript archive failures during `/new` rotation so disk rename errors are logged instead of silently hiding stranded transcript files. Fixes [#&#8203;81984](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/81984). ([#&#8203;85586](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85586), from [#&#8203;82081](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/82081)) Thanks [@&#8203;0xghost42](https://github.com/0xghost42).
- TUI/agents: mirror internal-ui message-tool replies into final chat output so message-tool-only agents remain visible in `openclaw tui`. Fixes [#&#8203;85538](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85538). Thanks [@&#8203;danpolasek](https://github.com/danpolasek).
- Agents: keep parallel OpenAI-compatible tool-call deltas in separate argument buffers so interleaved tool calls no longer corrupt streamed arguments. ([#&#8203;82263](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/82263)) Thanks [@&#8203;luna-system](https://github.com/luna-system).
- Memory/doctor: report missing or unusable QMD workspace directories as workspace failures instead of generic binary failures. ([#&#8203;63167](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/63167)) Thanks [@&#8203;sercada](https://github.com/sercada).
- Debug proxy: record CONNECT client-socket errors and destroy the paired upstream socket so abrupt client disconnects no longer leak tunnel resources. ([#&#8203;82444](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/82444)) Thanks [@&#8203;SebTardif](https://github.com/SebTardif).
- Diffs: continue hydrating later diff cards when one card fails so a single broken card no longer blanks the whole diff viewer. ([#&#8203;84775](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84775)) Thanks [@&#8203;cosmopolitan033](https://github.com/cosmopolitan033).
- Mac app: use the native settings sidebar window chrome so the sidebar toggle stays on the left and content no longer clips under oversized titlebar padding.
- QA-Lab/Codex: bundle auth/plugin fixture imports for flow scenarios and let terminal async media tools end Codex app-server turns without timing out. ([#&#8203;80397](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/80397), refs [#&#8203;80323](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/80323)) Thanks [@&#8203;100yenadmin](https://github.com/100yenadmin).
- Gateway/agents: preserve fresh session overrides and metadata when stale cached agent-session entries race with store updates, so subagent model/provider overrides and routing policy survive concurrent writes. ([#&#8203;19328](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/19328)) Thanks [@&#8203;CodeReclaimers](https://github.com/CodeReclaimers).
- Control UI/chat: keep chat session search inline with the session selector so the header no longer shows a duplicate standalone search row.
- Control UI/chat: collapse focused-mode header chrome and suppress hidden-header scroll updates so focus mode no longer jumps while scrolling. Thanks [@&#8203;amknight](https://github.com/amknight).
- Codex app-server: restart the native app-server and retry once when server-side compaction times out, so preflight compaction stalls recover instead of failing every dispatch. ([#&#8203;85500](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85500))
- Restore Control UI gateway token pairing \[AI]. ([#&#8203;85459](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85459)) Thanks [@&#8203;pgondhi987](https://github.com/pgondhi987).
- OpenAI video: honor configured provider request private-network opt-in for local/custom video endpoints so explicitly trusted mock and self-hosted providers are not blocked. Thanks [@&#8203;shakkernerd](https://github.com/shakkernerd).
- OpenAI video: send uploaded video edit requests to the documented `/videos/edits` endpoint with a `video` file instead of posting MP4 references to `/videos`. Thanks [@&#8203;shakkernerd](https://github.com/shakkernerd).
- Agents/channels: preserve message-tool delivery evidence through gateway agent completion handoffs so successful generated media sends are not followed by false failure messages. Thanks [@&#8203;shakkernerd](https://github.com/shakkernerd).
- CLI/update: repair managed npm plugin `openclaw` peer links during post-core convergence and reject stale or wrong-target peer links before restart. ([#&#8203;83794](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/83794)) Thanks [@&#8203;fuller-stack-dev](https://github.com/fuller-stack-dev).
- CLI/agents: default new omitted-account bindings to all accounts when the channel has multiple configured accounts, and clarify account-scope docs. ([#&#8203;49769](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/49769)) Thanks [@&#8203;Gcaufy](https://github.com/Gcaufy).
- Codex app-server: let authorized `/codex` control commands such as `/codex detach` escape plugin-owned conversation bindings while keeping unknown or unauthorized slash text routed to the bound plugin. Fixes [#&#8203;85157](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85157). ([#&#8203;85188](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85188)) Thanks [@&#8203;TurboTheTurtle](https://github.com/TurboTheTurtle).
- Auto-reply/models: keep `/models` browse replies fast by sharing the bounded read-only catalog path with Gateway model listing. ([#&#8203;84735](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84735)) Thanks [@&#8203;safrano9999](https://github.com/safrano9999).
- Codex app-server: disable native Code Mode when the effective exec host is `node` and keep OpenClaw `exec`/`process` available, so `/exec host=node` routes shell commands through the selected node instead of the gateway. Fixes [#&#8203;85012](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85012). ([#&#8203;85090](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85090)) Thanks [@&#8203;sahilsatralkar](https://github.com/sahilsatralkar).
- Agents: bound embedded auto-compaction session write-lock watchdogs to the compaction timeout instead of the full run timeout, so stuck compaction cannot hold the live session lock for the whole run window. ([#&#8203;84949](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84949)) Thanks [@&#8203;luoyanglang](https://github.com/luoyanglang).
- Gateway/agents: return phase-aware `agent.wait` timeout attribution and only cool auth profiles on provider-started timeouts. Refs [#&#8203;65504](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/65504). Thanks [@&#8203;100yenadmin](https://github.com/100yenadmin).
- Gateway: defer provider auth-state prewarm until after startup readiness so early gateway tool/session requests are not blocked by provider auth discovery. ([#&#8203;85272](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85272)) Thanks [@&#8203;dutifulbob](https://github.com/dutifulbob).
- Gateway/models: coalesce provider auth-state rewarms after auth-profile failures and log event-loop delay for warm/rewarm work, so provider auth bursts no longer stack full auth sweeps behind channel replies.
- Gateway/models: stop cancelled provider auth-state prewarms from continuing full provider sweeps, so reload and auth-failure bursts no longer keep startup busy.
- Agents/Codex: show the first plan update as a transient chat status notice without counting it as final assistant content.
- CLI/update: walk the macOS process ancestry and honor the inherited Gateway runtime PID before package updates stop the managed Gateway service, so nested in-band updater children can refuse instead of killing the LaunchAgent-supervised Gateway that owns them. Fixes [#&#8203;85120](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85120).
- Gateway/LaunchAgent: wait for launchd reload bootout to finish and fall back to kickstart when bootstrap races, so reload handoff does not leave the service deregistered. Fixes [#&#8203;84630](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84630). ([#&#8203;84641](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84641)) Thanks [@&#8203;NianJiuZst](https://github.com/NianJiuZst).
- Gateway/LaunchAgent: treat a concurrent launchd bootstrap as a successful restart when the service is already loaded, avoiding false macOS Gateway restart failures. Fixes [#&#8203;84721](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84721). ([#&#8203;84722](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84722)) Thanks [@&#8203;googlerest](https://github.com/googlerest).
- Gateway/service: include the active `openclaw` command bin directory in managed service PATH generation and doctor audit expectations for npm-global macOS installs. Fixes [#&#8203;84201](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84201). ([#&#8203;84475](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84475)) Thanks [@&#8203;jbetala7](https://github.com/jbetala7).
- Control UI/chat: disable the thinking selector for known non-reasoning models instead of showing duplicate Off choices. Fixes [#&#8203;84069](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84069). Thanks [@&#8203;DrippingMellow](https://github.com/DrippingMellow).
- Memory: expand `~` in configured extra memory paths before resolving them, so home-relative folders are not treated as workspace-relative. Fixes [#&#8203;58026](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/58026). Thanks [@&#8203;stadman](https://github.com/stadman).
- Skills: treat `openclaw.os: macos` as Darwin when checking skill requirements, so macOS-only skills no longer report as missing on macOS hosts. Fixes [#&#8203;61338](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/61338). Thanks [@&#8203;Jessecq1995](https://github.com/Jessecq1995).
- Control UI/logs: strip ANSI escape sequences from displayed Gateway log messages so color codes no longer appear as raw text. Fixes [#&#8203;64399](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/64399). Thanks [@&#8203;guguangxin-eng](https://github.com/guguangxin-eng).
- Docker: pre-create the workspace and auth-profile config mount points with `node` ownership so first-run named volumes do not start root-owned. Fixes [#&#8203;85076](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85076). Thanks [@&#8203;Noerr](https://github.com/Noerr).
- Telegram: pass configured markdown table mode through outbound markdown chunking so chunked sends render tables consistently. Fixes [#&#8203;85085](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85085). Thanks [@&#8203;ShuaiHui](https://github.com/ShuaiHui).
- CLI/update: preserve managed Gateway service environment during package cutovers so macOS LaunchAgent repair/restart reads the pre-update service state instead of caller shell state. ([#&#8203;83026](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/83026))
- Agents/providers: honor per-model `api` and `baseUrl` overrides in custom provider auth hooks and transport selection. Fixes [#&#8203;80487](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/80487). ([#&#8203;80488](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/80488)) Thanks [@&#8203;huveewomg](https://github.com/huveewomg).
- Gateway/restart: eager-load the lifecycle runtime before in-place upgrade signal handling so package replacement does not deadlock restart imports. ([#&#8203;84890](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84890)) Thanks [@&#8203;myps6415](https://github.com/myps6415).
- CLI/update: start managed Gateway update handoff helpers from a stable existing directory and tolerate deleted cwd/package roots during macOS LaunchAgent handoff. Fixes [#&#8203;83808](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/83808). ([#&#8203;83875](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/83875)) Thanks [@&#8203;jason-allen-oneal](https://github.com/jason-allen-oneal).
- Skills: watch each shared skill directory once across agent workspaces instead of once per agent, preventing file-descriptor exhaustion (`EMFILE`) that disposed bundle-mcp processes and stalled sessions on multi-agent gateways. Fixes [#&#8203;84968](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84968). ([#&#8203;85130](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85130)) Thanks [@&#8203;openperf](https://github.com/openperf).
- Release/security: keep generated npm shrinkwrap package versions inside the pnpm lock graph so published package locks cannot bypass pnpm dependency age and override policy.
- Cron: honor `cron.retry.retryOn: ["network"]` for common network error codes such as `EAI_AGAIN`, `EHOSTUNREACH`, and `ENETUNREACH`.
- Gateway chat: broadcast returned agent-run error payloads after an agent starts so ACP/WebChat clients receive terminal idle-timeout errors. Fixes [#&#8203;84945](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84945).
- Gateway chat display: preserve OpenAI-compatible `prompt_tokens`, `completion_tokens`, and `total_tokens` usage fields in sanitized chat history so llama.cpp sessions keep context counts. Fixes [#&#8203;77992](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/77992). Thanks [@&#8203;MarTT79](https://github.com/MarTT79).
- Dashboard/CLI: allow macOS browser launching through `open` even when SSH environment variables are present, while preserving Linux SSH no-display protection. Fixes [#&#8203;67088](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/67088). Thanks [@&#8203;theglove44](https://github.com/theglove44).
- Codex app-server: keep native web search observations out of mirrored chat transcripts while preserving tool progress telemetry. Fixes [#&#8203;85109](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85109). Thanks [@&#8203;ugitmebaby](https://github.com/ugitmebaby).
- OpenCode Go: strip unsupported Kimi reasoning replay fields before provider requests so repeated `kimi-k2.6` turns do not fail schema validation. Fixes [#&#8203;83812](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/83812). Thanks [@&#8203;Sleeck](https://github.com/Sleeck).
- Browser/CDP: add a WSL2 portproxy self-loop hint when Chrome DevTools endpoints accept connections but return an empty HTTP reply. Fixes [#&#8203;59209](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/59209). Thanks [@&#8203;Owlock](https://github.com/Owlock).
- Agents/OpenAI: preserve structured provider error code, type, and redacted body metadata on boundary-aware transport failures.
- Doctor/Codex: point native Codex asset warnings at the canonical `openclaw migrate plan codex` preview command. Fixes [#&#8203;84948](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84948). Thanks [@&#8203;markoa](https://github.com/markoa).
- CLI/models: make `capability model auth logout --agent` remove auth profiles from the selected non-default agent store. Fixes [#&#8203;85092](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85092). Thanks [@&#8203;islandpreneur007](https://github.com/islandpreneur007).
- Gateway/models: reuse prepared provider auth metadata during model-listing auth checks so repeated lookups avoid broad plugin discovery while preserving synthetic local auth.
- CLI/status: suppress systemd user-service setup hints when `openclaw status --deep` can already reach a running Gateway RPC service. Fixes [#&#8203;85094](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85094). Thanks [@&#8203;islandpreneur007](https://github.com/islandpreneur007).
- CLI/devices: recover local approval when a same-device repair request replaces the request ID being approved.
- CLI/agents: retry transient normal-close Gateway handshakes before falling back to embedded `openclaw agent` execution.
- CLI/update: keep managed Gateway service stop/restart status lines out of `openclaw update --json` stdout so package-update automation can parse the JSON payload.
- Plugins: resolve OpenClaw plugin SDK subpaths for native external plugin runtimes without mutating package installs or broadening process-wide module resolution.
- Agents/OpenAI: preserve Responses and Chat Completions `reasoning_tokens` usage metadata without double-counting it in aggregate output tokens. ([#&#8203;85319](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85319))
- Control UI/chat: convert pasted `data:image/...;base64,...` clipboard text into an image attachment instead of dumping the payload into the composer. Fixes [#&#8203;62604](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/62604). Thanks [@&#8203;cpwilhelmi](https://github.com/cpwilhelmi).
- Providers/Gemini: strip fractional seconds from web-search time range filters so Gemini accepts freshness-bound search requests. ([#&#8203;85071](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85071)) Thanks [@&#8203;Noerr](https://github.com/Noerr).
- OpenAI Codex: preserve image input support for sparse `openai-codex/gpt-5.5` catalog rows. ([#&#8203;85095](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85095)) Thanks [@&#8203;sercada](https://github.com/sercada).
- CLI/models: add a piped or pasted API-key path for OpenAI Codex auth and warn when API keys are pasted into token-mode auth. ([#&#8203;85533](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85533)) Thanks [@&#8203;joshavant](https://github.com/joshavant).
- Telegram: dead-letter missing-harness isolated ingress failures so a poisoned spooled update no longer blocks later same-lane messages. Fixes [#&#8203;85470](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85470). ([#&#8203;85605](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85605)) Thanks [@&#8203;joshavant](https://github.com/joshavant).
- Plugins/discovery: strip `-plugin` package suffixes when deriving plugin id hints so package names line up with manifest ids. ([#&#8203;85170](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85170)) Thanks [@&#8203;JulyanXu](https://github.com/JulyanXu).
- Tlon: stop advertising a non-existent agent tool contract in the plugin manifest.
- Telegram: preserve fenced code block languages through Markdown rendering so Telegram receives `language-*` code classes. ([#&#8203;85209](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85209)) Thanks [@&#8203;leno23](https://github.com/leno23).
- Windows installer: run npm and Corepack command shims from a Windows-local directory so installs launched from WSL2 UNC paths do not fail before OpenClaw is installed.
- Windows updates: roll back git-backed updates to the previous checkout when dependency install, build, UI build, or doctor repair fails.
- Windows installer: persist user-local portable Git on PATH and activate the repo-pinned pnpm version for git-backed installs and updates.
- Windows installer: bootstrap a user-local portable Node.js when native Windows has no Node and no winget, Chocolatey, or Scoop, so first-run installs can continue on raw hosts.
- Windows installer: extract the downloaded portable Node.js directory with native `tar` before falling back to .NET zip extraction, avoiding PowerShell 5.1 archive and path-length failures.
- fix(integrations): enforce channel read target allowlists \[AI]. ([#&#8203;84982](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84982)) Thanks [@&#8203;pgondhi987](https://github.com/pgondhi987).
- Agents/heartbeat: route single-owner `session.dmScope=main` direct-message exec and cron event wakes back to the agent main session so async completions no longer strand context in orphan direct-DM queues. Fixes [#&#8203;71581](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/71581). ([#&#8203;83743](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/83743)) Thanks [@&#8203;Kaspre](https://github.com/Kaspre).
- Agents/code-mode: expose outer code-mode `exec` source through the `command` hook alias with `toolKind`/`toolInputKind` discriminators so exec-shaped policies can distinguish code-mode cells. ([#&#8203;83483](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/83483)) Thanks [@&#8203;Kaspre](https://github.com/Kaspre).
- Agents/code mode: return structured timeout and runtime-unavailable error codes for known worker failures. Fixes [#&#8203;83389](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/83389). ([#&#8203;83444](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/83444)) Thanks [@&#8203;Kaspre](https://github.com/Kaspre).
- QA-Lab: isolate multi-scenario suite workers when scenarios need startup config patches, preventing message-routing config from leaking into unrelated scenarios.
- QA-Lab: make the commitments heartbeat-target-none scenario request an immediate heartbeat instead of waiting for the next scheduled heartbeat.
- Codex/Plugin SDK: deliver Codex-native subagent completions through a generic harness task runtime so harness-backed plugins can mirror durable task lifecycle and completion delivery without Codex-specific SDK imports. ([#&#8203;83445](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/83445)) Thanks [@&#8203;bryanpearson](https://github.com/bryanpearson).
- Gateway CLI: surface local post-challenge connect assembly failures immediately instead of waiting for the wrapper timeout. Fixes [#&#8203;68944](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/68944). ([#&#8203;85253](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85253)) Thanks [@&#8203;samzong](https://github.com/samzong).
- Messages: strip unsupported web-search citation control markers from outbound replies before they reach WebChat or external channels. Fixes [#&#8203;85193](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85193). ([#&#8203;85204](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85204)) Thanks [@&#8203;neeravmakwana](https://github.com/neeravmakwana).
- Agents/exec: treat denied exec approvals as terminal instead of feeding them back into agent follow-up work, and recognize Chinese stop phrases in abort handling. Fixes [#&#8203;69386](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/69386). ([#&#8203;85194](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85194)) Thanks [@&#8203;samzong](https://github.com/samzong).
- CLI/agents: abort accepted Gateway-backed `openclaw agent` runs on SIGINT/SIGTERM so cron and supervisor timeouts do not leave remote agent work alive. Fixes [#&#8203;71710](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/71710). ([#&#8203;84381](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84381)) Thanks [@&#8203;Kaspre](https://github.com/Kaspre).
- Codex app-server: retry replay-safe stdio client-close turns once using structured failure metadata, while surfacing idle `turn/completed` timeouts instead of blindly replaying active shared-server turns. Thanks [@&#8203;VACInc](https://github.com/VACInc).
- Codex app-server: reject command overrides that embed Node or package-manager arguments and point users to `appServer.args`, so Windows startup avoids shell parsing failures. ([#&#8203;84417](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84417)) Thanks [@&#8203;TurboTheTurtle](https://github.com/TurboTheTurtle).
- Agents/Copilot: drop unsafe GitHub Copilot Responses reasoning replay items before send so Telegram direct sessions no longer fail on overlong replay IDs. Fixes [#&#8203;85197](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85197). ([#&#8203;85198](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85198)) Thanks [@&#8203;galiniliev](https://github.com/galiniliev).
- UI: add accessible tooltips to the topbar color-mode buttons so System, Light, and Dark choices are labeled on hover and focus. ([#&#8203;85227](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85227)) Thanks [@&#8203;amknight](https://github.com/amknight).
- fix: constrain Windows task script names \[AI]. ([#&#8203;85064](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85064)) Thanks [@&#8203;pgondhi987](https://github.com/pgondhi987).
- Control UI: keep the chat session picker from hiding older or cross-agent configured conversations while preserving the bounded configured-agent refresh. ([#&#8203;85211](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85211)) Thanks [@&#8203;amknight](https://github.com/amknight).
- Agents/Anthropic: preserve unsafe integer tool-call input values in streamed Anthropic tool-use JSON, preventing Discord-style IDs from being rounded before dispatch. Fixes [#&#8203;47229](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/47229). ([#&#8203;83063](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/83063)) Thanks [@&#8203;leno23](https://github.com/leno23).
- Agents/Codex: estimate tool-heavy prompt pressure at the LLM boundary before provider submission, so persistent sessions compact before overflowing context windows. ([#&#8203;85541](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85541)) Thanks [@&#8203;fuller-stack-dev](https://github.com/fuller-stack-dev) and [@&#8203;joshavant](https://github.com/joshavant).
- Agents/hooks: wait for local one-shot CLI and Codex `agent_end` plugin hooks before process cleanup so terminal observability flushes reliably. ([#&#8203;85007](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85007))
- Providers/Google: preserve Gemini 3 cron `thinkingDefault: "low"` when stale catalog metadata says `reasoning:false`, so scheduled runs keep provider-supported thinking instead of downgrading to off. ([#&#8203;85185](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85185)) Thanks [@&#8203;neeravmakwana](https://github.com/neeravmakwana).
- CLI/agents: allow `openclaw agent --session-key` to target explicit session keys, including agent-scoped legacy keys. ([#&#8203;85121](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85121)) Thanks [@&#8203;Kaspre](https://github.com/Kaspre).
- Auto-reply/ACP: wait for same-channel block reply delivery before starting tool work, while still honoring ACP dispatch aborts so stopped turns do not wait on slow channel sends. ([#&#8203;83722](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/83722)) Thanks [@&#8203;IWhatsskill](https://github.com/IWhatsskill).
- Codex/ACP: mark required child-run completions that only report progress, omit a final deliverable, or fail requester delivery as blocked while preserving real final reports. ([#&#8203;85110](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85110)) Thanks [@&#8203;IWhatsskill](https://github.com/IWhatsskill).
- Channels: treat bare abort messages such as `stop`, `abort`, and `wait` as immediate control commands in inbound debounce paths so stop requests are not delayed behind pending message coalescing. ([#&#8203;83348](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/83348)) Thanks [@&#8203;IWhatsskill](https://github.com/IWhatsskill).
- Channels/message tool: resolve configured external channel plugins during in-agent channel selection, so `openclaw agent --local` message-tool sends no longer report an available channel as unavailable. ([#&#8203;85022](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85022)) Thanks [@&#8203;Kaspre](https://github.com/Kaspre).
- Agents/heartbeat: honor group/channel `message_tool` visible-reply policy and model-specific Codex runtime config for scheduled heartbeat runs, so failed internal tool output stays private. Fixes [#&#8203;85310](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85310). ([#&#8203;85357](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85357)) Thanks [@&#8203;neeravmakwana](https://github.com/neeravmakwana).
- Gateway/ACP: close child ACP sessions spawned via `sessions_spawn` when their parent session is reset or deleted, instead of leaving orphaned `claude-agent-acp` processes that accumulate and exhaust memory. Fixes [#&#8203;68916](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/68916). ([#&#8203;85190](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85190)) Thanks [@&#8203;openperf](https://github.com/openperf).
- Codex app-server: block native execution paths when OpenClaw exec resolves to a node host while preserving the first-party CLI node binding path. Fixes [#&#8203;85012](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85012). ([#&#8203;85534](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85534)) Thanks [@&#8203;joshavant](https://github.com/joshavant).
- Diagnostics: bound cleanup timeout detail logs, emit drop summaries when async diagnostic bursts exceed the queue cap, and surface async queue drops through diagnostic telemetry.
- Agents/subagents: surface blocked child-run completions as errors instead of successful subagent finishes. ([#&#8203;80886](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/80886)) Thanks [@&#8203;TurboTheTurtle](https://github.com/TurboTheTurtle).
- Context engines: fail closed with a descriptive error when the selected agent runtime cannot satisfy declared context-engine host requirements.
- Agents/Pi: treat accepted embedded `sessions_spawn` child-session handoffs as terminal progress so parent turns no longer report false non-deliverable failures. ([#&#8203;85054](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85054)) Thanks [@&#8203;samzong](https://github.com/samzong).
- CLI/models: resolve `openclaw models set` aliases from the runtime config while keeping authored aliases ahead of runtime-only defaults. ([#&#8203;83262](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/83262)) Thanks [@&#8203;IWhatsskill](https://github.com/IWhatsskill).
- Doctor: show personal Codex CLI asset notices as info instead of warnings. Fixes [#&#8203;84859](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84859).
- WhatsApp: update Baileys to `7.0.0-rc13` and drop the obsolete logger type patch.
- CLI/update: pre-pack GitHub/git package update targets before the staged npm install, restoring `openclaw update --tag main` for one-off package updates. ([#&#8203;81296](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/81296)) Thanks [@&#8203;fuller-stack-dev](https://github.com/fuller-stack-dev).
- Gateway: mirror successful same-source message-tool sends into session transcripts so delivered replies stay in later history/context. ([#&#8203;84837](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84837)) Thanks [@&#8203;iFiras-Max1](https://github.com/iFiras-Max1).
- Media generation: keep image, music, and video completion delivery from duplicating or losing task ownership when generated media finishes through active session replies. ([#&#8203;84006](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84006)) Thanks [@&#8203;fuller-stack-dev](https://github.com/fuller-stack-dev).
- Infra/json: retry transient `File changed during read` races while loading JSON state so config and state reads recover instead of failing the turn. ([#&#8203;84285](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84285))
- Plugins/providers: fail closed for workspace provider plugins during setup-mode discovery unless explicitly trusted, preventing untrusted workspace plugin code from running during provider setup. ([#&#8203;81069](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/81069)) Thanks [@&#8203;mmaps](https://github.com/mmaps).
- Providers/Ollama: resolve configured Ollama Cloud `OLLAMA_API_KEY` markers to the real discovery key so cloud provider entries keep authenticated model catalog access. ([#&#8203;85037](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85037))
- Discord: keep persistent component registry fallback warnings actionable by forwarding structured error and cause metadata through the runtime logger. Fixes [#&#8203;84185](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84185). ([#&#8203;84190](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84190)) Thanks [@&#8203;100menotu001](https://github.com/100menotu001).
- Gateway/sessions: preserve compatible session auth profile overrides when switching models within the same provider, including provider-auth aliases. Fixes [#&#8203;81837](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/81837). ([#&#8203;81886](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/81886)) Thanks [@&#8203;TurboTheTurtle](https://github.com/TurboTheTurtle).
- Gateway/status: surface inbound delivery telemetry counters and transport-liveness warnings in `openclaw status --all`. Fixes [#&#8203;49577](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/49577). ([#&#8203;72724](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/72724))
- Docker: prune package-excluded plugin source workspaces and dependency closures so runtime images do not keep packages for plugins that were not opted in.
- Providers/Ollama: treat Docker/OrbStack host aliases as local Ollama endpoints so `ollama-local` marker auth works when OpenClaw runs inside a VM/container and Ollama runs on the host. Fixes [#&#8203;84875](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84875).
- QA-Lab: keep explicitly searchable/deferred OpenClaw dynamic tool rows report-only by default so tool-coverage gates do not treat mock discovery gaps as hard product failures. ([#&#8203;80319](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/80319)) Thanks [@&#8203;100yenadmin](https://github.com/100yenadmin).
- Agents/config: keep non-Google provider model refs from being rewritten by Google Gemini preview-id normalization. ([#&#8203;84762](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84762)) Thanks [@&#8203;zhangguiping-xydt](https://github.com/zhangguiping-xydt).
- Installer: require a real controlling terminal before launching onboarding so headless `curl | bash` installs finish cleanly after installing the CLI.
- Agents/Codex: promote a completed final assistant response when a prompt timeout races Codex app-server completion instead of returning an empty timeout envelope. Refs [#&#8203;84516](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84516).
- Codex app-server: keep interrupted turn statuses from being treated as OpenClaw aborts by themselves, so tool-only turns remain eligible for no-visible-answer recovery. Fixes [#&#8203;84492](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84492).
- Agents: cap heartbeat model bleed context hints by the stored session window when runtime model metadata is unavailable, so overflow recovery advice does not suggest a larger window than the active session actually has.
- Control UI/Web Push: use `https://openclaw.ai` as the generated default VAPID subject instead of the old localhost mailbox so iOS PWA push setup uses an Apple-acceptable subject when `OPENCLAW_VAPID_SUBJECT` is unset. Fixes [#&#8203;83134](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/83134). ([#&#8203;83317](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/83317)) Thanks [@&#8203;IWhatsskill](https://github.com/IWhatsskill).
- Control UI: distinguish inherited thinking-off settings from explicit Off selections so the thinking selector no longer shows two identical Off rows. ([#&#8203;85223](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85223)) Thanks [@&#8203;amknight](https://github.com/amknight).
- Agents/Pi: keep embedded session transcript writes from tripping false takeover detection after packaged npm onboarding agent turns.
- Codex/TUI: surface Codex-native post-turn compaction failures instead of continuing uncompacted, and keep successful native compaction serialized before local idle/next-turn handling. Fixes [#&#8203;84305](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84305). ([#&#8203;85160](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85160)) Thanks [@&#8203;joshavant](https://github.com/joshavant).
- Memory/search: stop recall tracking from writing dreaming side-effect artifacts when `dreaming.enabled=false`, while preserving normal search results. Fixes [#&#8203;84436](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84436). ([#&#8203;84444](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84444)) Thanks [@&#8203;NianJiuZst](https://github.com/NianJiuZst).
- Diffs: render viewer toolbar icons from a closed icon-name map instead of HTML strings, removing the toolbar icon XSS sink. ([#&#8203;83955](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/83955)) Thanks [@&#8203;tanshanshan](https://github.com/tanshanshan).
- QA: keep `pnpm qa:e2e` self-check runs inside the private QA runtime envelope even when inherited shell env disables bundled plugins.
- fix(config): validate browser sandbox bind sources \[AI]. ([#&#8203;84799](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84799)) Thanks [@&#8203;pgondhi987](https://github.com/pgondhi987).
- doctor: constrain legacy plugin cleanup paths \[AI]. ([#&#8203;84801](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84801)) Thanks [@&#8203;pgondhi987](https://github.com/pgondhi987).
- Update/doctor: prune stale local bundled plugin install records that point at old compiled bundled output so current bundled plugin schemas win after upgrade. ([#&#8203;84863](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84863)) Thanks [@&#8203;fuller-stack-dev](https://github.com/fuller-stack-dev).
- Providers/Ollama: preserve native Ollama tool-call IDs across assistant replay so Gemini over Ollama Cloud can keep its hidden function-call thought-signature handle.
- Discord: keep session recovery and `/stop` abort ownership on the source dispatch lane while bound ACP turns continue routing to their target session, so stalled pre-run work and late replies are cleared instead of leaking after stop. Fixes [#&#8203;84477](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84477). ([#&#8203;85100](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85100)) Thanks [@&#8203;joshavant](https://github.com/joshavant).
- Codex app-server: mark missing turn completion after observed execution as replay-unsafe and release the session so follow-up turns can run. Fixes [#&#8203;84076](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84076). ([#&#8203;85107](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85107)) Thanks [@&#8203;joshavant](https://github.com/joshavant).
- Codex app-server: give visible `message` dynamic tool sends a longer timeout budget so slow channel delivery can return its own result or error instead of hitting the 30-second Codex wrapper. ([#&#8203;85216](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85216)) Thanks [@&#8203;amknight](https://github.com/amknight).
- Codex app-server: add a dedicated post-tool raw assistant completion idle timeout config so trusted heavy turns can wait longer after tool handoff without weakening final assistant release.
- Matrix: keep explicitly configured two-person rooms on the room route before stale `m.direct` or strict two-member DM fallback can bypass mention gating. Fixes [#&#8203;85017](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85017). ([#&#8203;85137](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85137)) Thanks [@&#8203;joshavant](https://github.com/joshavant).
- Agents/subagents: require explicit subagent allowlist targets to be configured agents so stale deleted-agent ids are omitted from `agents_list` and rejected by `sessions_spawn`. Fixes [#&#8203;84811](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84811). ([#&#8203;85154](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85154)) Thanks [@&#8203;joshavant](https://github.com/joshavant).
- PDF tool: time out idle remote PDF body reads after 120 seconds so stalled remote documents return an error instead of wedging the session. Fixes [#&#8203;68649](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/68649). ([#&#8203;84768](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84768)) Thanks [@&#8203;luoyanglang](https://github.com/luoyanglang).
- Diagnostics/OpenTelemetry plugin: suppress handled OTLP exporter promise rejections so collector shutdowns no longer crash the Gateway. ([#&#8203;81085](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/81085)) Thanks [@&#8203;luoyanglang](https://github.com/luoyanglang).
- Agents/exec: omit raw command text and env values from denied exec failure logs while keeping safe correlation metadata. Fixes [#&#8203;85049](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85049). ([#&#8203;85140](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85140)) Thanks [@&#8203;joshavant](https://github.com/joshavant).
- Media/audio: skip empty structured sherpa-onnx transcripts instead of treating the raw JSON payload as spoken text. ([#&#8203;84667](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84667)) Thanks [@&#8203;TurboTheTurtle](https://github.com/TurboTheTurtle).
- Agents/exec: preserve inherited XDG base-directory environment values for subprocesses while still rejecting agent-supplied XDG overrides. Fixes [#&#8203;84854](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84854). ([#&#8203;85139](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85139)) Thanks [@&#8203;joshavant](https://github.com/joshavant).
- Node/Linux: keep `OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN` out of generated systemd unit files by writing node service token values to a node-specific env file. ([#&#8203;84408](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84408))
- Memory-core/dreaming: reuse stable narrative subagent session keys per workspace and phase while keeping per-run idempotency and bounded cleanup, so stale `dreaming-narrative-*` sessions do not accumulate. Fixes [#&#8203;68252](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/68252), [#&#8203;69187](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/69187), and [#&#8203;70402](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/70402). ([#&#8203;70464](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/70464)) Thanks [@&#8203;chiyouYCH](https://github.com/chiyouYCH).
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