https://openclawchronicles.com The #1 source for OpenClaw news, releases, tutorials, and community updates. en-us https://openclawchronicles.com OpenClaw v2026.4.11-beta.1 adds Memory Palace views for imported chats, structured web embeds, plugin setup descriptors, and key Codex OAuth fixes. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 23:00:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com OpenClaw v2026.4.10 ships the most comprehensive security hardening wave yet, covering browser SSRF, exec preflight, dotenv injection, node exec events, and more. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:10:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com Active Memory is OpenClaw's new plugin that searches your memory store before every reply, so your agent recalls preferences and context without being asked. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:05:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com OpenClaw v2026.4.10 lands with a built-in Active Memory plugin, a bundled Codex provider, local MLX speech, and sweeping security hardening across browser, exec, and tools. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com Eleven security-focused PRs merged on April 10th lock down SSRF escapes, tighten browser navigation guards, pin axios against CVE-2025-27152, and add a plugin dependency denylist. Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:00:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com New beginner tutorial videos from Darrel Wilson and others hit YouTube, while Reddit lights up over update friction and a heated GPT-5.4 vs Opus 4.6 performance debate. Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:00:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com Two major PRs merged April 10th: a strict-agentic execution contract that formalizes update_plan semantics, and a full refactor of the agent harness into a first-class Codex extension. Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:00:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com A merged PR fixes a critical bug where SKILL.md symlinks caused OpenClaw to silently skip all 23 plugin skills at load time due to a security path check failure. Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com OpenClaw v2026.4.9 is out with grounded REM backfill for memory dreaming, provider auth aliases, QA vibes reports, and 10+ security fixes. Thu, 09 Apr 2026 23:00:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com OpenClaw v2026.4.9 ships a major security batch covering SSRF bypasses, dotenv injection, exec sanitization, and more. Upgrade immediately. Thu, 09 Apr 2026 23:00:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com The new grounded REM backfill lane in OpenClaw lets you replay historical daily notes into Dreams, extracting durable facts from everything you have ever written. Thu, 09 Apr 2026 23:00:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com OpenClaw v2026.4.9 lands with a grounded REM backfill lane for persistent memory, a new diary UI, and multiple security patches including SSRF and dotenv fixes. Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com A wave of post-release PRs lands on OpenClaw main — fixing Matrix DM policy migration, browser navigation guards, and memory grounded backfill promotion. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:00:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com OpenClaw v2026.4.7 lands music generation, a restored memory-wiki stack, the openclaw infer CLI hub, Gemma 4, multilingual UI, and dozens of fixes. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com OpenClaw v2026.4.8 fixes bundled channel startup failures in npm installs, adds HTTP proxy support for Slack Socket Mode, and patches exec host reporting. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com freeCodeCamp published a deep-dive on building and securing OpenClaw agents, and the official onboarding now suggests fresher Ollama models for local setups. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 23:00:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com A new security fix requires nodes to re-pair whenever they reconnect claiming expanded command sets, closing a privilege escalation path in multi-node setups. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 23:00:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com OpenClaw's experimental Dreaming system promotes short-term notes into lasting memory through three cooperative phases. Here is how it works and how to enable it. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:05:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com A newly merged PR fixes Docker runtime images crashing under Node 24 due to a bundled plugin path override pointing at source instead of compiled artifacts. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com New OpenClaw tutorial videos dropped this week covering one-click setup, Hostinger VPS deployment, and full beginner guides. Here are the ones worth watching. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 23:10:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com A scope-ceiling bypass vulnerability in OpenClaw allows authorized users to escalate to admin. Here is what happened, the actual risk, and how to protect yourself. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 23:05:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com As of April 4, Anthropic blocked Claude Pro and Max subscribers from using OpenClaw without paying separately under a new extra usage billing system. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 23:00:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com OpenClaw v2026.4.5 lands with built-in music and video generation, a fully rebuilt dreaming memory system, multilingual UI, and critical security fixes. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com Google Gemma 4 TurboQuant makes fully local OpenClaw agents viable on a 16GB MacBook Air — no cloud, no API key, just a one-click app and a warm context cache. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 23:00:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com OpenClaw v2026.4.2 lands a fully restored Task Flow substrate, Android Google Assistant launch support, plugin config migrations, and a sweeping provider security overhaul. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 23:00:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com PR #61194 fixes a Bedrock AWS SDK bug that injected 'AWS_PROFILE' as a literal API key, breaking IAM role-based auth on EC2 instances and ECS task environments. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com PR #61236 reorders project context injection so HEARTBEAT.md sits below the cache boundary, preventing heartbeat updates from invalidating your stable prompt cache prefix. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com After Anthropic blocked subscription OAuth for OpenClaw today, users are rallying around alternatives, migration guides, and competing frameworks. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 23:10:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com Anthropic blocked subscription OAuth for OpenClaw today. Here is the fastest path to restore your agents using the Claude CLI backend. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 23:00:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com Anthropic announced Claude subscriptions will no longer cover OpenClaw usage as of April 4, 2026, pushing users to a separate pay-as-you-go API plan. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com PR #60707 adds embedded-runner prompt cache observability to OpenClaw, surfacing cache reuse stats in status and emitting JSONL traces when cache breaks are detected. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com OpenClaw v2026.4.2 adds Google Assistant App Actions on Android, letting users launch their AI agent hands-free from the assistant trigger or lock screen. Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:00:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com From 50-day self-hosted AI journals to OpenClaw-powered home labs, the community has been sharing impressive real-world deployments this week. Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:00:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com A fresh April 2026 YouTube tutorial walks through the complete OpenClaw VPS setup — from API keys and Telegram to skill installs and security hardening. Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:00:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com A new ingest config flag lets OpenClaw plugins observe group messages on Telegram and Signal without triggering a reply, opening up silent automation workflows. Fri, 03 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com OpenClaw now parses Kimi's tagged tool call format natively, enabling Moonshot's Kimi coding models to use tools reliably without raw markup leaking as text. Fri, 03 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com OpenClaw's session_end plugin lifecycle hook now ships transcript metadata — and a HIGH-severity symlink issue was flagged during review. Fri, 03 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com OpenClaw 2026.4.2 lets Android users invoke their AI agent via the Google Assistant trigger. Here is how App Actions work and what to expect. Thu, 02 Apr 2026 23:05:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com OpenClaw 2026.4.2 lands with restored Task Flow substrate, Android Google Assistant App Actions, and breaking plugin config migrations for xAI and Firecrawl. Thu, 02 Apr 2026 23:00:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com A regression broke the Matrix channel setup wizard in OpenClaw CLI flows. PR #59462 restores guided Matrix onboarding and adds end-to-end regression tests. Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:05:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com OpenClaw agents in Matrix rooms now emit proper m.mentions metadata and matrix.to anchors, so clients reliably highlight and notify mentioned users. Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com Shenzhen's new policy proposal offers OpenClaw-based startups up to $1.4M in funding, hardware subsidies, and AI compute vouchers — signaling serious enterprise momentum. Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:20:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com From AI-assisted coding setups to full beginner crash courses, the OpenClaw YouTube community had a productive week. Here are the standout videos worth watching. Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:10:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com OpenClaw v2026.4.1 ships 14 new features including macOS Voice Wake for Talk Mode, a bundled SearXNG web search provider, and per-job cron tool allowlists. Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:00:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com PR #58474 teaches OpenClaw to look up custom model catalog entries when inferring provider identity for the session status card, fixing blank provider fields. Wed, 01 Apr 2026 08:05:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com PR #58489 resolves a longstanding bug where Telegram forum topic IDs were silently dropped in subagent announces, cron delivery, and session recovery paths. Wed, 01 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com OpenClaw v2026.3.31 unifies ACP, subagents, cron, and CLI under one SQLite-backed task ledger — and adds a new `openclaw flows` command to manage them. Tue, 31 Mar 2026 23:00:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com A Solutions Architect documents how he runs 8 OpenClaw orchestrators and 35 personas to ship across homelab, writing, smart home, and engineering — solo. Tue, 31 Mar 2026 23:00:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com A fix merged to OpenClaw main closes a WebSocket auth bypass where supplying any device token alongside shared credentials disabled brute-force rate limiting. Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT https://openclawchronicles.com https://openclawchronicles.com OpenClaw main now routes exec approval requests through Slack natively, matching the Discord and Telegram approval UX with configurable approvers and session filters. 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