OpenClaw v2026.10.7 adds Gemini 4 Argon and replay-safe session recovery

OpenClaw 2026.10.7 adds Google's Gemini 4 Argon to the bundled model catalog. Pick it by name or with the Gemini 4 alias, and newer Gemini 4 models resolve from the same template.

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openclaw/openclaw · CHANGELOG/2026.10.7.md

OpenClaw 2026.10.7 adds Gemini 4 Argon

Bundled model catalog

gemini-4-argon

Newer Gemini 4 models resolve too

Pointed at Argon by hand, older builds took the Gemini 2.5 path, and Google's API rejected replayed tool calls with an HTTP 400. Argon now gets its own thinking levels: low, medium and high.

Gemini 4 relies on implicit caching only, so explicit cached contents are off for it. A config asking for minimal thinking, or none, gets low, because Argon rejects minimal.

Tool turns on GPT-5.6 no longer fail with an HTTP 400 error over reasoning effort. OpenRouter onboarding keeps a valid setup instead of rejecting it, and external TypeScript plugins start faster.

Sessions that survive an interruption.

When a session is interrupted, OpenClaw keeps the outcomes of tool calls still in flight, and notes where each recovery came from. The same recovery covers a model returning an empty reply at its output limit.

After you stop a conversation, OpenClaw clears leftover recovery state before your next message. Rejected Claude CLI drafts stay out of final replies, and Codex previews stop holding up replies after a context refresh.

On Claude CLI, a finished child task used to swap out the running session's cached prefix. Now the prefix stays put, and the session keeps its context when caller-only tools come and go.

A multi-file patch with one bad hunk could rewrite or delete the earlier files before it failed. Now apply_patch checks the whole patch before changing anything. A disk error partway through the writes can still leave earlier edits.

Upgrades and backups.

An interrupted package update now resumes safely. A verified activation stays successful even if later maintenance fails. On Windows, 8.3 short names and deep state paths no longer abort onboarding.

A backup of an older exec approval policy used to restore as deny-all, wiping your allowlist. Now the rules come back. Interrupted R2 restores resume, and Memory Wiki re-imports keep your handwritten notes.

If the Gateway's temporary log folder was deleted or went stale, the Gateway could get stuck at full CPU. It happened when the date rolled over, and this release fixes it.

Around the Gateway.

Saved Gateway dashboards on Linux now keep their pairing, instead of asking for approval after every restart. Talk on macOS keeps replies from slow agent runs, and passkey prompts stop blocking headless browser clicks.

Native computer control now recovers when its session expires. A GitHub operator attached partway through a task can still publish the pull request, and cron announcements leave your CLI chats intact.

This release ships without a new Android app build, so Android stays on its August version. The rest of the fixes are in the release changelog. So which model does your OpenClaw run on today?