Reliability First
OpenClaw 2026.6.1 focuses on the "last mile" of reliability, ensuring that agent runtimes and messaging channels remain stable even during interruptions and restarts.
Interruption & Runtime Recovery
Agents and CLI-backed runtimes are now significantly more resilient to transient failures during complex operations.
- Tool Call Recovery: Cleaner recovery from interrupted tool calls and stale session bindings ensures work isn't lost mid-task.
- Compaction Handoffs: Improved handling of context compaction during active turns prevents context-window overflows from breaking the flow.
- Media Delivery: Hardened retry logic for media delivery ensures images, audio, and video reach their destination even on flaky connections.
Messaging Channel Hardening
We've applied stability updates across the entire messaging stack to ensure consistent delivery across platforms.
- Universal Stability: Steadier delivery across Telegram, WhatsApp, iMessage, Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams, and Google Chat.
- Meeting Integration: Improved reliability for Google Meet and Discord voice handoffs.
- iOS Talk Mode: Guarded WebSocket ping paths and hosted push relay defaults for more reliable mobile voice sessions.
SQLite-Backed State Management
Moving away from heavy filesystem scanning, several core monitors now use SQLite for state persistence.
- iMessage Monitor: Monitor state and inbound queues are now SQLite-backed, allowing for near-instant recovery after restarts.
- Plugin Ledger: The plugin install index is now managed in SQLite, speeding up package lookup and reducing I/O overhead.
- Inbound Queues: Cleaner recovery for all inbound message queues across gateway restarts.
Control UI & UX Polish
The Control UI received several updates to improve responsiveness and the editing experience.
- Latency Instrumentation: New instrumentation traces first-output latency to help diagnose performance bottlenecks.
- Incremental Rendering: Chat history now renders incrementally, making large sessions feel much faster.
- Local Drafts: Chat drafts now stay local while typing, preventing data loss if the session switches unexpectedly.
- MiniMax M3: Native support for the MiniMax M3 model family is now live.
Stability Improvements
- Bounded Timers: More aggressive timer bounds for OAuth, device-code lifetimes, and local service probes.
- Readiness Probes: Capped logs and response bodies in diagnostics to prevent memory bloat during failures.
- Docker Cleanup: Optimized package hydration and cleanup paths in Docker environments.
Upgrade Guide
Who should upgrade?
- Users running OpenClaw on mobile channels (Telegram, iMessage, WhatsApp)
- Builders using the CLI-backed runtimes or Codex integration
- Operators looking for faster startup times and lower I/O overhead
How to Upgrade
Update your installation via the terminal:
openclaw update
FAQ
What is interruption recovery?
It allows agents and runtimes to recover more cleanly from interrupted tool calls, stale session bindings, and compaction handoffs without losing the current turn context.
Which channels received stability updates?
Telegram, WhatsApp, iMessage, Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams, Google Chat, and Google Meet all received hardening for steadier delivery.
What are the benefits of SQLite-backed state?
Restarts and local monitors (like the iMessage monitor) now recover with significantly less filesystem scanning, leading to faster startup and lower overhead.
Are there any UI improvements?
Yes, the Control UI now includes first-output latency instrumentation, incremental history rendering, and local draft typing state to prevent data loss.
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