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OpenClaw v2026.5.4 Stable: Gemini Voice, File Transfer, and a Much Faster Gateway
OpenClaw v2026.5.4 stable ships today with a Gemini-powered Meet voice bridge, a new file-transfer plugin, unified streaming progress drafts, and sweeping gateway startup improvements.
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OpenClaw 2026.5.4-beta.3 Fixes Silent Discord Token Bug
OpenClaw 2026.5.4-beta.3 patches a silent Discord token failure introduced in 2026.5.3, adds a new models auth list command, and ships gateway startup speedups.
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OpenClaw 2026.5.4 Beta Brings Gemini Voice Bridge to Google Meet
OpenClaw v2026.5.4-beta.1 ships a Gemini voice bridge for Twilio Meet calls, unified streaming progress drafts across all channels, and the new /steer command.
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OpenClaw v2026.5.3-1: Plugin Scanner Hotfix for Bundled Packages
OpenClaw v2026.5.3-1 hotfix resolves a plugin scanner false positive that blocked official bundled packages from installing correctly.
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OpenClaw v2026.5.3: Streaming Progress Drafts, File Transfer, and 110+ Contributors
OpenClaw v2026.5.3 stable lands with streaming progress mode, a file-transfer plugin, /steer command, and hardened gateway config.
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SmolVM: Run OpenClaw Pi Agents in Parallel microVM Sandboxes
SmolVM is an open-source microVM abstraction for coding agents that lets you run parallel Pi agents in isolated sandboxes — lighter than Docker.
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OpenClaw Community Roundup: May 3, 2026
This week on HN: tank-os turns OpenClaw into a bootable Linux appliance, Clawback rehearses upgrades safely, and a new EC2 deployment guide arrives.
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OpenClaw 2026.5.3 Beta: File Transfer Plugin and Shell Command Explainer
OpenClaw v2026.5.3-beta.2 ships a bundled file-transfer plugin for binary file ops on paired nodes, a tree-sitter shell explainer, and gateway config hardening.
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OpenClaw v2026.5.2 Released: Plugin Overhaul, Grok 4.3, and SDK Tools API
OpenClaw v2026.5.2 ships a plugin engine rewrite, Grok 4.3 as the new default xAI model, SDK tools.invoke, and fixes across Discord, Slack, and Telegram.
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OpenClaw 2026.5.2 Beta: Grok 4.3 Default and Plugin Externalization Wave
OpenClaw drops two beta builds on May 2nd, making Grok 4.3 the default xAI model and externalizing ACPX, OTEL, and a dozen channel plugins.
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OpenClaw Goes Async: Major Session I/O Refactor Lands
Ten coordinated PRs merged today move all OpenClaw session reads, transcript access, and history lookups off the synchronous I/O path for better gateway performance.
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OpenClaw Simplifies Thread-Bound Subagent Spawning
OpenClaw unifies thread-bound subagent spawning under threadBindings.spawnSessions, with default context and parent-fork fallback across Discord, Telegram, Matrix, and LINE.
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OpenClaw Gets Crestodian Plugin Management via CLI
OpenClaw now supports plugin search, install, and uninstall via Crestodian and CLI, with approval gates blocking executable code over message channels.
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BetterClaw Enforces OpenClaw Workflows at Runtime, Not Just in Prompts
BetterClaw compiles plain-English paragraphs into directed workflow graphs that block OpenClaw agents from calling tools outside their declared scope.
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How OpenClaw Got Safer in Public: A Security Retrospective
OpenClaw's creator details 1,309 security advisories, enterprise partnerships with NVIDIA and Tencent, and why being open is how the project got safer.
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