Clawdbot 2026.1.21 Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:18:22 +0000 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clawdbot/clawdbot/main/appcast.xml 7116 2026.1.21 15.0 Clawdbot 2026.1.21

Changes

  • Control UI: add copy-as-markdown with error feedback. (#1345) https://docs.clawd.bot/web/control-ui
  • Control UI: drop the legacy list view. (#1345) https://docs.clawd.bot/web/control-ui
  • TUI: add syntax highlighting for code blocks. (#1200) https://docs.clawd.bot/tui
  • TUI: session picker shows derived titles, fuzzy search, relative times, and last message preview. (#1271) https://docs.clawd.bot/tui
  • TUI: add a searchable model picker for quicker model selection. (#1198) https://docs.clawd.bot/tui
  • TUI: add input history (up/down) for submitted messages. (#1348) https://docs.clawd.bot/tui
  • ACP: add clawdbot acp for IDE integrations. https://docs.clawd.bot/cli/acp
  • ACP: add clawdbot acp client interactive harness for debugging. https://docs.clawd.bot/cli/acp
  • Skills: add download installs with OS-filtered options. https://docs.clawd.bot/tools/skills
  • Skills: add the local sherpa-onnx-tts skill. https://docs.clawd.bot/tools/skills
  • Memory: add hybrid BM25 + vector search (FTS5) with weighted merging and fallback. https://docs.clawd.bot/concepts/memory
  • Memory: add SQLite embedding cache to speed up reindexing and frequent updates. https://docs.clawd.bot/concepts/memory
  • Memory: add OpenAI batch indexing for embeddings when configured. https://docs.clawd.bot/concepts/memory
  • Memory: enable OpenAI batch indexing by default for OpenAI embeddings. https://docs.clawd.bot/concepts/memory
  • Memory: allow parallel OpenAI batch indexing jobs (default concurrency: 2). https://docs.clawd.bot/concepts/memory
  • Memory: render progress immediately, color batch statuses in verbose logs, and poll OpenAI batch status every 2s by default. https://docs.clawd.bot/concepts/memory
  • Memory: add --verbose logging for memory status + batch indexing details. https://docs.clawd.bot/concepts/memory
  • Memory: add native Gemini embeddings provider for memory search. (#1151) https://docs.clawd.bot/concepts/memory
  • Browser: allow config defaults for efficient snapshots in the tool/CLI. (#1336) https://docs.clawd.bot/tools/browser
  • Nostr: add the Nostr channel plugin with profile management + onboarding defaults. (#1323) https://docs.clawd.bot/channels/nostr
  • Matrix: migrate to matrix-bot-sdk with E2EE support, location handling, and group allowlist upgrades. (#1298) https://docs.clawd.bot/channels/matrix
  • Slack: add HTTP webhook mode via Bolt HTTP receiver. (#1143) https://docs.clawd.bot/channels/slack
  • Telegram: enrich forwarded-message context with normalized origin details + legacy fallback. (#1090) https://docs.clawd.bot/channels/telegram
  • Discord: fall back to /skill when native command limits are exceeded. (#1287)
  • Discord: expose /skill globally. (#1287)
  • Zalouser: add channel dock metadata, config schema, setup wiring, probe, and status issues. (#1219) https://docs.clawd.bot/plugins/zalouser
  • Plugins: require manifest-embedded config schemas with preflight validation warnings. (#1272) https://docs.clawd.bot/plugins/manifest
  • Plugins: move channel catalog metadata into plugin manifests. (#1290) https://docs.clawd.bot/plugins/manifest
  • Plugins: align Nextcloud Talk policy helpers with core patterns. (#1290) https://docs.clawd.bot/plugins/manifest
  • Plugins/UI: let channel plugin metadata drive UI labels/icons and cron channel options. (#1306) https://docs.clawd.bot/web/control-ui
  • Plugins: add plugin slots with a dedicated memory slot selector. https://docs.clawd.bot/plugins/agent-tools
  • Plugins: ship the bundled BlueBubbles channel plugin (disabled by default). https://docs.clawd.bot/channels/bluebubbles
  • Plugins: migrate bundled messaging extensions to the plugin SDK and resolve plugin-sdk imports in the loader.
  • Plugins: migrate the Zalo plugin to the shared plugin SDK runtime. https://docs.clawd.bot/channels/zalo
  • Plugins: migrate the Zalo Personal plugin to the shared plugin SDK runtime. https://docs.clawd.bot/plugins/zalouser
  • Plugins: allow optional agent tools with explicit allowlists and add the plugin tool authoring guide. https://docs.clawd.bot/plugins/agent-tools
  • Plugins: auto-enable bundled channel/provider plugins when configuration is present.
  • Plugins: sync plugin sources on channel switches and update npm-installed plugins during clawdbot update.
  • Plugins: share npm plugin update logic between clawdbot update and clawdbot plugins update.
  • Gateway/API: add /v1/responses (OpenResponses) with item-based input + semantic streaming events. (#1229)
  • Gateway/API: expand /v1/responses to support file/image inputs, tool_choice, usage, and output limits. (#1229)
  • Usage: add /usage cost summaries and macOS menu cost charts. https://docs.clawd.bot/reference/api-usage-costs
  • Security: warn when <=300B models run without sandboxing while web tools are enabled. https://docs.clawd.bot/cli/security
  • Exec: add host/security/ask routing for gateway + node exec. https://docs.clawd.bot/tools/exec
  • Exec: add /exec directive for per-session exec defaults (host/security/ask/node). https://docs.clawd.bot/tools/exec
  • Exec approvals: migrate approvals to ~/.clawdbot/exec-approvals.json with per-agent allowlists + skill auto-allow toggle, and add approvals UI + node exec lifecycle events. https://docs.clawd.bot/tools/exec-approvals
  • Nodes: add headless node host (clawdbot node start) for system.run/system.which. https://docs.clawd.bot/cli/node
  • Nodes: add node daemon service install/status/start/stop/restart. https://docs.clawd.bot/cli/node
  • Bridge: add skills.bins RPC to support node host auto-allow skill bins.
  • Sessions: add daily reset policy with per-type overrides and idle windows (default 4am local), preserving legacy idle-only configs. (#1146) https://docs.clawd.bot/concepts/session
  • Sessions: allow sessions_spawn to override thinking level for sub-agent runs. https://docs.clawd.bot/tools/subagents
  • Channels: unify thread/topic allowlist matching + command/mention gating helpers across core providers. https://docs.clawd.bot/concepts/groups
  • Models: add Qwen Portal OAuth provider support. (#1120) https://docs.clawd.bot/providers/qwen
  • Onboarding: add allowlist prompts and username-to-id resolution across core and extension channels. https://docs.clawd.bot/start/onboarding
  • Docs: clarify allowlist input types and onboarding behavior for messaging channels. https://docs.clawd.bot/start/onboarding
  • Docs: refresh Android node discovery docs for the Gateway WS service type. https://docs.clawd.bot/platforms/android
  • Docs: surface Amazon Bedrock in provider lists and clarify Bedrock auth env vars. (#1289) https://docs.clawd.bot/bedrock
  • Docs: clarify WhatsApp voice notes. https://docs.clawd.bot/channels/whatsapp
  • Docs: clarify Windows WSL portproxy LAN access notes. https://docs.clawd.bot/platforms/windows
  • Docs: refresh bird skill install metadata and usage notes. (#1302) https://docs.clawd.bot/tools/browser-login
  • Agents: add local docs path resolution and include docs/mirror/source/community pointers in the system prompt.
  • Agents: clarify node_modules read-only guidance in agent instructions.
  • Config: stamp last-touched metadata on write and warn if the config is newer than the running build.
  • macOS: hide usage section when usage is unavailable instead of showing provider errors.
  • Android: migrate node transport to the Gateway WebSocket protocol with TLS pinning support + gateway discovery naming.
  • Android: send structured payloads in node events/invokes and include user-agent metadata in gateway connects.
  • Android: remove legacy bridge transport code now that nodes use the gateway protocol.
  • Android: bump okhttp + dnsjava to satisfy lint dependency checks.
  • Build: update workspace + core/plugin deps.
  • Build: use tsgo for dev/watch builds by default (opt out with CLAWDBOT_TS_COMPILER=tsc).
  • Repo: remove the Peekaboo git submodule now that the SPM release is used.
  • macOS: switch PeekabooBridge integration to the tagged Swift Package Manager release.
  • macOS: stop syncing Peekaboo in postinstall.
  • Swabble: use the tagged Commander Swift package release.

Breaking

  • BREAKING: Reject invalid/unknown config entries and refuse to start the gateway for safety. Run clawdbot doctor --fix to repair, then update plugins (clawdbot plugins update) if you use any.

Fixes

  • Discovery: shorten Bonjour DNS-SD service type to _clawdbot-gw._tcp and update discovery clients/docs.
  • Diagnostics: export OTLP logs, correct queue depth tracking, and document message-flow telemetry.
  • Diagnostics: emit message-flow diagnostics across channels via shared dispatch. (#1244)
  • Diagnostics: gate heartbeat/webhook logging. (#1244)
  • Gateway: strip inbound envelope headers from chat history messages to keep clients clean.
  • Gateway: clarify unauthorized handshake responses with token/password mismatch guidance.
  • Gateway: allow mobile node client ids for iOS + Android handshake validation. (#1354)
  • Gateway: clarify connect/validation errors for gateway params. (#1347)
  • Gateway: preserve restart wake routing + thread replies across restarts. (#1337)
  • Gateway: reschedule per-agent heartbeats on config hot reload without restarting the runner.
  • Gateway: require authorized restarts for SIGUSR1 (restart/apply/update) so config gating can't be bypassed.
  • Cron: auto-deliver isolated agent output to explicit targets without tool calls. (#1285)
  • Agents: preserve subagent announce thread/topic routing + queued replies across channels. (#1241)
  • Agents: propagate accountId into embedded runs so sub-agent announce routing honors the originating account. (#1058)
  • Agents: avoid treating timeout errors with "aborted" messages as user aborts, so model fallback still runs. (#1137)
  • Agents: sanitize oversized image payloads before send and surface image-dimension errors.
  • Sessions: fall back to session labels when listing display names. (#1124)
  • Compaction: include tool failure summaries in safeguard compaction to prevent retry loops. (#1084)
  • Config: log invalid config issues once per run and keep invalid-config errors stackless.
  • Config: allow Perplexity as a web_search provider in config validation. (#1230)
  • Config: allow custom fields under skills.entries..config for skill credentials/config. (#1226)
  • Doctor: clarify plugin auto-enable hint text in the startup banner.
  • Doctor: canonicalize legacy session keys in session stores to prevent stale metadata. (#1169)
  • Docs: make docs:list fail fast with a clear error if the docs directory is missing.
  • Plugins: add Nextcloud Talk manifest for plugin config validation. (#1297)
  • Plugins: surface plugin load/register/config errors in gateway logs with plugin/source context.
  • CLI: preserve cron delivery settings when editing message payloads. (#1322)
  • CLI: keep clawdbot logs output resilient to broken pipes while preserving progress output.
  • CLI: avoid duplicating --profile/--dev flags when formatting commands.
  • CLI: centralize CLI command registration to keep fast-path routing and program wiring in sync. (#1207)
  • CLI: keep banners on routed commands, restore config guarding outside fast-path routing, and tighten fast-path flag parsing while skipping console capture for extra speed. (#1195)
  • CLI: skip runner rebuilds when dist is fresh. (#1231)
  • CLI: add WSL2/systemd unavailable hints in daemon status/doctor output.
  • Status: route native /status to the active agent so model selection reflects the correct profile. (#1301)
  • Status: show both usage windows with reset hints when usage data is available. (#1101)
  • UI: keep config form enums typed, preserve empty strings, protect sensitive defaults, and deepen config search. (#1315)
  • UI: preserve ordered list numbering in chat markdown. (#1341)
  • UI: allow Control UI to read gatewayUrl from URL params for remote WebSocket targets. (#1342)
  • UI: prevent double-scroll in Control UI chat by locking chat layout to the viewport. (#1283)
  • UI: enable shell mode for sync Windows spawns to avoid pnpm ui:build EINVAL. (#1212)
  • TUI: keep thinking blocks ordered before content during streaming and isolate per-run assembly. (#1202)
  • TUI: align custom editor initialization with the latest pi-tui API. (#1298)
  • TUI: show generic empty-state text for searchable pickers. (#1201)
  • TUI: highlight model search matches and stabilize search ordering.
  • Configure: hide OpenRouter auto routing model from the model picker. (#1182)
  • Memory: show total file counts + scan issues in clawdbot memory status.
  • Memory: fall back to non-batch embeddings after repeated batch failures.
  • Memory: apply OpenAI batch defaults even without explicit remote config.
  • Memory: index atomically so failed reindex preserves the previous memory database. (#1151)
  • Memory: avoid sqlite-vec unique constraint failures when reindexing duplicate chunk ids. (#1151)
  • Memory: retry transient 5xx errors (Cloudflare) during embedding indexing.
  • Memory: parallelize embedding indexing with rate-limit retries.
  • Memory: split overly long lines to keep embeddings under token limits.
  • Memory: skip empty chunks to avoid invalid embedding inputs.
  • Memory: split embedding batches to avoid OpenAI token limits during indexing.
  • Memory: probe sqlite-vec availability in clawdbot memory status.
  • Exec approvals: enforce allowlist when ask is off.
  • Exec approvals: prefer raw command for node approvals/events.
  • Tools: show exec elevated flag before the command and keep it outside markdown in tool summaries.
  • Tools: return a companion-app-required message when node exec is requested with no paired node.
  • Tools: return a companion-app-required message when system.run is requested without a supporting node.
  • Exec: default gateway/node exec security to allowlist when unset (sandbox stays deny).
  • Exec: prefer bash when fish is default shell, falling back to sh if bash is missing. (#1297)
  • Exec: merge login-shell PATH for host=gateway exec while keeping daemon PATH minimal. (#1304)
  • Streaming: emit assistant deltas for OpenAI-compatible SSE chunks. (#1147)
  • Discord: make resolve warnings avoid raw JSON payloads on rate limits.
  • Discord: process message handlers in parallel across sessions to avoid event queue blocking. (#1295)
  • Discord: stop reconnecting the gateway after aborts to prevent duplicate listeners.
  • Discord: only emit slow listener warnings after 30s.
  • Discord: inherit parent channel allowlists for thread slash commands and reactions. (#1123)
  • Telegram: honor pairing allowlists for native slash commands.
  • Telegram: preserve hidden text_link URLs by expanding entities in inbound text. (#1118)
  • Slack: resolve Bolt import interop for Bun + Node. (#1191)
  • Web search: infer Perplexity base URL from API key source (direct vs OpenRouter).
  • Web fetch: harden SSRF protection with shared hostname checks and redirect limits. (#1346)
  • Browser: register AI snapshot refs for act commands. (#1282)
  • Voice call: include request query in Twilio webhook verification when publicUrl is set. (#864)
  • Anthropic: default API prompt caching to 1h with configurable TTL override.
  • Anthropic: ignore TTL for OAuth.
  • Auth profiles: keep auto-pinned preference while allowing rotation on failover. (#1138)
  • Auth profiles: user pins stay locked. (#1138)
  • Model catalog: avoid caching import failures, log transient discovery errors, and keep partial results. (#1332)
  • Tests: stabilize Windows gateway/CLI tests by skipping sidecars, normalizing argv, and extending timeouts.
  • Tests: stabilize plugin SDK resolution and embedded agent timeouts.
  • Windows: install gateway scheduled task as the current user.
  • Windows: show friendly guidance instead of failing on access denied.
  • macOS: load menu session previews asynchronously so items populate while the menu is open.
  • macOS: use label colors for session preview text so previews render in menu subviews.
  • macOS: suppress usage error text in the menubar cost view.
  • macOS: Doctor repairs LaunchAgent bootstrap issues for Gateway + Node when listed but not loaded. (#1166)
  • macOS: avoid touching launchd in Remote over SSH so quitting the app no longer disables the remote gateway. (#1105)
  • macOS: bundle Textual resources in packaged app builds to avoid code block crashes. (#1006)
  • Daemon: include HOME in service environments to avoid missing HOME errors. (#1214)
Thanks @AlexMikhalev, @CoreyH, @John-Rood, @KrauseFx, @MaudeBot, @Nachx639, @NicholaiVogel, @RyanLisse, @ThePickle31, @VACInc, @Whoaa512, @YuriNachos, @aaronveklabs, @abdaraxus, @alauppe, @ameno-, @artuskg, @austinm911, @bradleypriest, @cheeeee, @dougvk, @fogboots, @gnarco, @gumadeiras, @jdrhyne, @joelklabo, @longmaba, @mukhtharcm, @odysseus0, @oscargavin, @rhjoh, @sebslight, @sibbl, @sleontenko, @steipete, @suminhthanh, @thewilloftheshadow, @tyler6204, @vignesh07, @visionik, @ysqander, @zerone0x.

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Changes

  • CLI: stamp build commit into dist metadata so banners show the commit in npm installs.

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Highlights

  • Plugins: add provider auth registry + clawdbot models auth login for plugin-driven OAuth/API key flows.
  • Browser: improve remote CDP/Browserless support (auth passthrough, wss upgrade, timeouts, clearer errors).
  • Heartbeat: per-agent configuration + 24h duplicate suppression. (#980) — thanks @voidserf.
  • Security: audit warns on weak model tiers; app nodes store auth tokens encrypted (Keychain/SecurePrefs).

Breaking

  • BREAKING: iOS minimum version is now 18.0 to support Textual markdown rendering in native chat. (#702)
  • BREAKING: Microsoft Teams is now a plugin; install @clawdbot/msteams via clawdbot plugins install @clawdbot/msteams.

Changes

  • CLI: set process titles to clawdbot- for clearer process listings.
  • CLI/macOS: sync remote SSH target/identity to config and let gateway status auto-infer SSH targets (ssh-config aware).
  • Heartbeat: tighten prompt guidance + suppress duplicate alerts for 24h. (#980) — thanks @voidserf.
  • Sessions/Security: add session.dmScope for multi-user DM isolation and audit warnings. (#948) — thanks @Alphonse-arianee.
  • Plugins: add provider auth registry + clawdbot models auth login for plugin-driven OAuth/API key flows.
  • Onboarding: switch channels setup to a single-select loop with per-channel actions and disabled hints in the picker.
  • TUI: show provider/model labels for the active session and default model.
  • Heartbeat: add per-agent heartbeat configuration and multi-agent docs example.
  • UI: show gateway auth guidance + doc link on unauthorized Control UI connections.
  • Security: warn on weak model tiers (Haiku, below GPT-5, below Claude 4.5) in clawdbot security audit.
  • Apps: store node auth tokens encrypted (Keychain/SecurePrefs).
  • Daemon: share profile/state-dir resolution across service helpers and honor CLAWDBOT_STATE_DIR for Windows task scripts.
  • Docs: clarify multi-gateway rescue bot guidance. (#969) — thanks @bjesuiter.
  • Agents: add Current Date & Time system prompt section with configurable time format (auto/12/24).
  • Tools: normalize Slack/Discord message timestamps with timestampMs/timestampUtc while keeping raw provider fields.
  • macOS: add system.which for prompt-free remote skill discovery (with gateway fallback to system.run).
  • Docs: add Date & Time guide and update prompt/timezone configuration docs.
  • Messages: debounce rapid inbound messages across channels with per-connector overrides. (#971) — thanks @juanpablodlc.
  • Messages: allow media-only sends (CLI/tool) and show Telegram voice recording status for voice notes. (#957) — thanks @rdev.
  • Auth/Status: keep auth profiles sticky per session (rotate on compaction/new), surface provider usage headers in /status and clawdbot models status, and update docs.
  • CLI: add --json output for clawdbot daemon lifecycle/install commands.
  • Memory: make node-llama-cpp an optional dependency (avoid Node 25 install failures) and improve local-embeddings fallback/errors.
  • Browser: add snapshot refs=aria (Playwright aria-ref ids) for self-resolving refs across snapshotact.
  • Browser: profile="chrome" now defaults to host control and returns clearer “attach a tab” errors.
  • Browser: prefer stable Chrome for auto-detect, with Brave/Edge fallbacks and updated docs. (#983) — thanks @cpojer.
  • Browser: increase remote CDP reachability timeouts + add remoteCdpTimeoutMs/remoteCdpHandshakeTimeoutMs.
  • Browser: preserve auth/query tokens for remote CDP endpoints and pass Basic auth for CDP HTTP/WS. (#895) — thanks @mukhtharcm.
  • Telegram: add bidirectional reaction support with configurable notifications and agent guidance. (#964) — thanks @bohdanpodvirnyi.
  • Telegram: allow custom commands in the bot menu (merged with native; conflicts ignored). (#860) — thanks @nachoiacovino.
  • Discord: allow allowlisted guilds without channel lists to receive messages when groupPolicy="allowlist". — thanks @thewilloftheshadow.
  • Discord: allow emoji/sticker uploads + channel actions in config defaults. (#870) — thanks @JDIVE.

Fixes

  • Fix: list model picker entries as provider/model pairs for explicit selection. (#970) — thanks @mcinteerj.
  • Fix: align OpenAI image-gen defaults with DALL-E 3 standard quality and document output formats. (#880) — thanks @mkbehr.
  • Fix: persist gateway.mode=local after selecting Local run mode in clawdbot configure, even if no other sections are chosen.
  • Daemon: fix profile-aware service label resolution (env-driven) and add coverage for launchd/systemd/schtasks. (#969) — thanks @bjesuiter.
  • Agents: avoid false positives when logging unsupported Google tool schema keywords.
  • Agents: skip Gemini history downgrades for google-antigravity to preserve tool calls. (#894) — thanks @mukhtharcm.
  • Status: restore usage summary line for current provider when no OAuth profiles exist.
  • Fix: guard model fallback against undefined provider/model values. (#954) — thanks @roshanasingh4.
  • Fix: refactor session store updates, add chat.inject, and harden subagent cleanup flow. (#944) — thanks @tyler6204.
  • Fix: clean up suspended CLI processes across backends. (#978) — thanks @Nachx639.
  • Fix: support MiniMax coding plan usage responses with model_remains/current_interval_* payloads.
  • Fix: suppress WhatsApp pairing replies for historical catch-up DMs on initial link. (#904)
  • Browser: extension mode recovers when only one tab is attached (stale targetId fallback).
  • Browser: fix tab not found for extension relay snapshots/actions when Playwright blocks newCDPSession (use the single available Page).
  • Browser: upgrade wswss when remote CDP uses https (fixes Browserless handshake).
  • Telegram: skip message_thread_id=1 for General topic sends while keeping typing indicators. (#848) — thanks @azade-c.
  • Fix: sanitize user-facing error text + strip tags across reply pipelines. (#975) — thanks @ThomsenDrake.
  • Fix: normalize pairing CLI aliases, allow extension channels, and harden Zalo webhook payload parsing. (#991) — thanks @longmaba.
  • Fix: allow local Tailscale Serve hostnames without treating tailnet clients as direct. (#885) — thanks @oswalpalash.
  • Fix: reset sessions after role-ordering conflicts to recover from consecutive user turns. (#998)

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