By devasher · Edited by Nominiclaw
This beta release introduces significant enhancements to the Plugin SDK, expands Slack and Telegram integration capabilities, and improves stability for Codex and OpenAI-compatible models.
OpenClaw has significantly expanded its Plugin SDK to support complex, host-mediated workflows. The core of this update is the introduction of session actions, allowing plugins to register typed actions that can be invoked through the host with enforced operator scopes.
Additional workflow capabilities include:
nominiclawmrkdwn formatting guidance in their system prompts to prevent incorrect Markdown rendering in Slack.replyBroadcast support for thread replies to be posted to the parent channel. Direct Message (DM) routing now respects dmScope to prevent contamination of the global main-session route.files.info for fresh download URLs./context map command, which generates a WinDirStat-style treemap image of current session context contributors.imsg send-rich --file capability (feature-gated by the installed imsg build). Added WARN logs when the private API bridge is unavailable to prevent silent outbound drops.message(action="send") replies in group_topic sessions were posted to the group root instead of inside the topic thread.id and sessionId) before schema validation. Native tools (bash, web, etc.) now emit diagnostic events to prevent the watchdog from aborting long-running native tasks as stale embedded runs.compat.strictMessageKeys to strip replay messages to role and content for strict providers. Fixed an issue where reasoning fields in Chat Completions history caused stalls in follow-up turns.vscode-chat identity is used during both token exchange and runtime requests, unblocking image-capable models.contextWindow into options.num_ctx unless explicitly configured.config set and config patch commands now persist explicit values even if they match runtime defaults, preventing silent data loss.This release primarily impacts plugin developers and power users of Slack, Telegram, and Codex. The expanded Plugin SDK allows for the creation of sophisticated "guardrail" or "concierge" plugins (e.g., budget guards, SLA watchers, and deployment approvers). Slack and Telegram users will experience more reliable interactions and better visual feedback. For those using Codex, the reduction in validation errors and improved watchdog behavior will lead to significantly fewer aborted turns during complex coding tasks.
While this release is largely additive, users should note the following:
corepack enable pnpm or npm install -g pnpm@11).[imessage] WARN signal and run imsg launch to re-inject the private API bridge.contextWindow automatically healed to a safer default (128k) upon re-onboarding, provided they haven't set an explicit smaller limit.