Browser Automation, Mobile Refresh & 60+ Improvements
Released March 15, 2026
Batch operations & improved session handling
Android & iOS redesigns
Timezone support & security hardening
Slack, Telegram, Discord enhancements
Normalized batch operation handling with selector support
Better batch failure detection and limit enforcement
Hardened session management and driver validation
Advanced selector and batch operation capabilities
Completely redesigned chat settings UI with better organization
Native QR code scanning integration for Android
New welcome pager for smoother first-time experience
Improved drawer navigation and theme variants
New OPENCLAW_TZ environment variable for container timezone control
Prevent gateway token leaks and improved secret handling
All Dockerfiles now include apt-get upgrade for latest patches
Better restart handling and updater refresh logic
Interactive reply directives (opt-in) for better conversation flow
IPv4 fallback for media downloads + thread media SSRF fix
Handle gateway metadata fetch failures gracefully
Event-level dedup & preserve non-ASCII filenames
Limit unanswered client requests to prevent resource exhaustion
Treat scope-limited probe RPC as degraded for better diagnostics
Restore control-ui authentication bypass for local access
Prevent PortGuard from killing Docker Desktop processes
Respect explicit user compatibility settings across providers
Rephrase session reset prompt to avoid Azure content filter issues
Hide native reasoning-only output for cleaner responses
Apply model-id normalization to google-vertex provider
Preserve lastAccountId/lastThreadId on session reset
Avoid injecting memory file twice on case-insensitive mounts
Drop Anthropic thinking blocks on replay for cleaner history
Preserve persona and language in compaction summaries
Stop chat history reload storm for faster dashboard loading
Keep oversized chat replies readable with better formatting
Restore chat-new-messages class on scroll pill indicator
Improved drawer navigation and icon sizing fixes
Fix token count sanity check during context compaction
Resolve target agent workspace for cross-agent subagent spawns
Prevent isolated cron nested lane deadlocks
Suppress visible console windows during restart on Windows
Fail fast on channel and binding collisions for clearer errors
Add missing params field to agents.list[] schema
Restore web fetch firecrawl config in runtime schema
Add groups config to Signal channel schema
Fix ~2x memory regression by deduplicating plugin-sdk chunks
Better isolation for scheduled tasks to prevent interference
Request bounding prevents resource exhaustion
Improved session management reduces memory leaks
npm install -g openclaw@2026.3.13
Full changelog:
github.com/openclaw/openclaw/releases