Updates finish on their own
OpenClaw v2026.10.5 finishes its own updates and resumes your chats after a restart
OpenClaw's update command now finishes on its own. It gets through Windows elevation and macOS login shells, clears stale handoff leases instead of stranding your install, and a busy Gateway can't hold it up.
Conversations survive a restart
OpenClaw v2026.10.5Conversations pick up again after a Gateway restart
When the OpenClaw Gateway restarts, your conversations now carry on. An interrupted turn resumes, subagents and deferred tasks keep going, and a message sent during worktree setup makes it through.
Stalled turns recover
OpenClaw v2026.10.5Stalled turns recover instead of hanging
A turn that hits a stalled stream or an expired ChatGPT websocket now recovers. So do malformed OpenAI and Google streams, and a turn that can't finish ends with a visible notice.
A lighter Gateway
OpenClaw v2026.10.5The Gateway does less work on every turn
Session and history reads moved onto worker threads, which keeps the Gateway responsive. Each chat turn does far less SQLite work, and startup memory is back to the previous release.
02: New channels
OpenClaw v2026.10.5New ways to reach your agent.
The X channel
OpenClaw v2026.10.5OpenClaw answers your X mentions
A new channel plugin lets OpenClaw answer your mentions on X. Guest mode lets other people ask about your repository, and daily and monthly caps limit your X API spend.
Voice calls
OpenClaw v2026.10.5Voice calls get briefs, reports and voicemail detection
OpenClaw voice calls now take a brief for each call and hand back a report afterward. You can steer a call while it's running, and calls now support callbacks and detect voicemail.
ClawHub in the Gateway
OpenClaw v2026.10.5Browse ClawHub from the Gateway
You can now browse and search ClawHub plugins and skills from inside the Gateway. Plugins pick the newest official release your OpenClaw supports, and keep the working one when that release is unavailable.
More machines host your agent
OpenClaw v2026.10.5More machines can host your agent
Joining a device now installs a background service that can host agent sessions. Workers can run inference locally, dispatched by the Gateway, and the iOS app connects to your Gateway through Cloudflare Access.
03: Models
OpenClaw v2026.10.5New models, and how you pick them.
New models without a release
OpenClaw v2026.10.5New Claude and ChatGPT models show up without an OpenClaw release
New Claude, ChatGPT and Ollama models now appear in OpenClaw's picker without waiting for an update. Pickers list each provider's recommended models first, and downloaded catalogs apply without a Gateway restart.
Gemini 4 Argon
OpenClaw v2026.10.5Gemini 4 Argon becomes the default Google model
If you run OpenClaw on Google models, two new ones arrive, Gemini 4 Argon and Gemini 3.8 Flash. Gemini 4 Argon also becomes OpenClaw's default Google model.
04: Security and limits
OpenClaw v2026.10.5Security, plugins, and who has to wait.
Approved tool calls
OpenClaw v2026.10.5An approved tool call keeps its arguments
A hook that changes them needs a second approval, or the call is blocked.
Once you approve a tool call, its arguments now stay as you approved them. A plugin hook that changes them needs a second approval, and if a transforming plugin skips that request, OpenClaw blocks the call.
Security fixes
OpenClaw v2026.10.5Tool Search results now taint the turn
Network results reached through Tool Search or Code Mode now taint the turn, the same as a direct network call. Browser pairing credentials stay out of process arguments, and Discord and Slack honor command owners for exec approvals.
Codex runtimes and Android
OpenClaw v2026.10.5Older Codex runtimes and Android have to wait
Plugin admission now rejects older official Codex runtimes and explains how to update or repair them. On Android, this release ships without a new APK, so the app stays on its August build.
Which channel?
OpenClaw v2026.10.5Which channel do you talk to OpenClaw on?
Upgrade steps are in OpenClaw's Updating guide, and plugin authors will find the hook changes in the tool policy guide. Which channel do you talk to OpenClaw on?
