clawdbot/CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

2026.1.10

New Features and Changes

• Onboarding/Models: add first-class Z.AI (GLM) auth choice (zai-api-key) + --zai-api-key flag.
• Agents: add human-delay pacing between block replies (per-agent configurable). (#446) — thanks @tony-freedomology.

Fixes

• Agents/OpenAI: fix Responses tool-only → follow-up turn handling (avoid standalone reasoning items that trigger 400 “required following item”).
• Auth: update Claude Code keychain credentials in-place during refresh sync; share JSON file helpers; add CLI fallback coverage.
• Onboarding/Gateway: persist non-interactive gateway token auth in config; add WS wizard + gateway tool-calling regression coverage.
• CLI: clawdbot sessions now includes elev:* + usage:* flags in the table output.
• CLI/Pairing: accept positional provider for pairing list|approve (npm-run compatible); update docs/bot hints.
• Branding: normalize user-facing “ClawdBot”/“CLAWDBOT” → “Clawdbot” (CLI, status, docs).
• Auto-reply: fix native /model not updating the actual chat session (Telegram/Slack/Discord). (#646)
• Doctor: avoid false legacy workspace warning when install dir is ~/clawdbot. (#660)
• iMessage: fix reasoning persistence across DMs; avoid partial/duplicate replies when reasoning is enabled. (#655) — thanks @antons.
• Models/Auth: allow MiniMax API configs without models.providers.minimax.apiKey (auth profiles / MINIMAX_API_KEY). (#656) — thanks @mneves75.
• Agents: avoid duplicate replies when the message tool sends. (#659) — thanks @mickahouan.
• Docs: showcase entries for ParentPay, R2 Upload, iOS TestFlight, and Oura Health. (#650) — thanks @henrino3.

2026.1.9

Highlights

• Microsoft Teams provider: polling, attachments, outbound CLI send, per-channel policy.
• Models/Auth expansion: OpenCode Zen + MiniMax API onboarding; token auth profiles + auth order; OAuth health in doctor/status.
• CLI/Gateway UX: message subcommands, gateway discover/status/SSH, /config + /debug, sandbox CLI.
• Provider reliability sweep: WhatsApp contact cards/targets, Telegram audio-as-voice + streaming, Signal reactions, Slack threading, Discord stability.
• Auto-reply + status: block-streaming controls, reasoning handling, usage/cost reporting.
• Control UI/TUI: queued messages, session links, reasoning view, mobile polish, logs UX.

Breaking

• CLI: clawdbot message now subcommands (message send|poll|...) and requires --provider unless only one provider configured.
• Commands/Tools: /restart and gateway restart tool disabled by default; enable with commands.restart=true.

New Features and Changes

• Models/Auth: OpenCode Zen onboarding (#623) — thanks @magimetal; MiniMax Anthropic-compatible API + hosted onboarding (#590, #495) — thanks @mneves75, @tobiasbischoff.
• Models/Auth: setup-token + token auth profiles; clawdbot models auth order {get,set,clear}; per-agent auth candidates in /model status; OAuth expiry checks in doctor/status.
• Agent/System: claude-cli runner; session_status tool (and sandbox allow); adaptive context pruning default; system prompt messaging guidance + no auto self-update; eligible skills list injection; sub-agent context trimmed.
• Commands: /commands list; /models alias; /usage alias; /debug runtime overrides + effective config view; /config chat updates + /config get; config --section.
• CLI/Gateway: unified message tool + message subcommands; gateway discover (local + wide-area DNS-SD) with JSON/timeout; gateway status human-readable + JSON + SSH loopback; wide-area records include gatewayPort/sshPort/cliPath + tailnet DNS fallback.
• CLI UX: logs output modes (pretty/plain/JSONL) + colorized health/daemon output; global --no-color; lobster palette in onboarding/config.
• Dev ergonomics: gateway --dev/--reset + dev profile auto-config; C-3PO dev templates; dev gateway/TUI helper scripts.
• Sandbox/Workspace: sandbox list/recreate commands; sync skills into sandbox workspace; sandbox browser auto-start.
• Config/Onboarding: inline env vars; OpenAI API key flow to shared ~/.clawdbot/.env; Opus 4.5 default prompt for Anthropic auth; QuickStart auto-install gateway (Node-only) + provider picker tweaks + skip-systemd flags; TUI bootstrap prompt (tui --message); remove Bun runtime choice.
• Providers: Microsoft Teams provider (polling, attachments, outbound sends, requireMention, config reload/DM policy). (#404) — thanks @onutc
• Providers: WhatsApp broadcast groups for multi-agent replies (#547) — thanks @pasogott; inbound media size cap configurable (#505) — thanks @koala73; identity-based message prefixes (#578) — thanks @p6l-richard.
• Providers: Telegram inline keyboard buttons + callback payload routing (#491) — thanks @azade-c; cron topic delivery targets (#474/#478) — thanks @mitschabaude-bot, @nachoiacovino; [[audio_as_voice]] tag support (#490) — thanks @jarvis-medmatic.
• Providers: Signal reactions + notifications with allowlist support.
• Status/Usage: /status cost reporting + /cost lines; auth profile snippet; provider usage windows.
• Control UI: mobile responsiveness (#558) — thanks @carlulsoe; queued messages + Enter-to-send (#527) — thanks @YuriNachos; session links (#471) — thanks @HazAT; reasoning view; skill install feedback (#445) — thanks @pkrmf; chat layout refresh (#475) — thanks @rahthakor; docs link + new session button; drop explicit ui:install.
• TUI: agent picker + agents list RPC; improved status line.
• Doctor/Daemon: audit/repair flows, permissions checks, supervisor config audits; provider status probes + warnings for Discord intents and Telegram privacy; last activity timestamps; gateway restart guidance.
• Docs: Hetzner Docker VPS guide + cross-links (#556/#592) — thanks @Iamadig; Ansible guide (#545) — thanks @pasogott; provider troubleshooting index; hook parameter expansion (#532) — thanks @mcinteerj; model allowlist notes; OAuth deep dive; showcase refresh.
• Apps/Branding: refreshed iOS/Android/macOS icons (#521) — thanks @fishfisher.

Fixes

• Packaging: include MS Teams send module in npm tarball.
• Sandbox/Browser: auto-start CDP endpoint; proxy CDP out of container for attachOnly; relax Bun fetch typing; align sandbox list output with config images.
• Agents/Runtime: gate heartbeat prompt to default sessions; /stop aborts between tool calls; require explicit system-event session keys; guard small context windows; fix model fallback stringification; sessions_spawn inherits provider; failover on billing/credits; respect auth cooldown ordering; restore Anthropic OAuth tool dispatch + tool-name bypass; avoid OpenAI invalid reasoning replay; harden Gmail hook model defaults.
• Agent history/schema: strip/skip empty assistant/error blocks to prevent session corruption/Claude 400s; scrub unsupported JSON Schema keywords + sanitize tool call IDs for Cloud Code Assist; simplify Gemini-compatible tool/session schemas; require raw for config.apply.
• Auto-reply/Streaming: default audioAsVoice false; preserve audio_as_voice propagation + buffer audio blocks + guard voice notes; block reply ordering (timeout) + forced-block fence-safe; avoid chunk splits inside parentheses + fence-close breaks + invalid UTF-16 truncation; preserve inline directive spacing + allow whitespace in reply tags; filter NO_REPLY prefixes + normalize routed replies; suppress leakage with separate Reasoning; block streaming defaults (off by default, minChars/idle tuning) + coalesced blocks; dedupe followup queue; restore explicit responsePrefix default.
• Status/Commands: provider prefix in /status model display; usage filtering + provider mapping; auth label + usage snapshots (claude-cli fallback + optional claude.ai); show Verbose/Elevated only when enabled; compact usage/cost line + restore emoji-rich status; /status in directive-only + multi-directive handling; mention-bypass elevated handling; surface provider usage errors; wire /usage to /status; restore hidden gateway-daemon alias; fallback /model list when catalog unavailable.
• WhatsApp: vCard/contact cards (prefer FN, include numbers, show all contacts, keep summary counts, better empty summaries); preserve group JIDs + normalize targets; resolve @lid mappings/JIDs (Baileys/auth-dir) + inbound mapping; route queued replies to sender; improve web listener errors + remove provider name from errors; record outbound activity account id; fix web media fetch errors; broadcast group history consistency.
• Telegram: keep streamMode draft-only; long-poll conflict retries + update dedupe; grammY fetch mismatch fixes + restrict native fetch to Bun; suppress getUpdates stack traces; include user id in pairing; audio_as_voice handling fixes.
• Discord/Slack: thread context helpers + forum thread starters; avoid category parent overrides; gateway reconnect logs + HELLO timeout + stop provider after reconnect exhaustion; DM recipient parsing for numeric IDs; remove incorrect limited warning; reply threading + mrkdwn edge cases; remove ack reactions after reply; gateway debug event visibility.
• Signal: reaction handling safety; own-reaction matching (uuid+phone); UUID-only senders accepted; ignore reaction-only messages.
• MS Teams: download image attachments reliably; fix top-level replies; stop on shutdown + honor chunk limits; normalize poll providers/deps; pairing label fixes.
• iMessage: isolate group-ish threads by chat_id.
• Gateway/Daemon/Doctor: atomic config writes; repair gateway service entrypoint + install switches; non-interactive legacy migrations; systemd unit alignment + KillMode=process; node bridge keepalive/pings; Launch at Login persistence; bundle ClawdbotKit resources + Swift 6.2 compat dylib; relay version check + remove smoke test; regen Swift GatewayModels + keep agent provider string; cron jobId alias + channel alias migration + main session key normalization; heartbeat Telegram accountId resolution; avoid WhatsApp fallback for internal runs; gateway listener error wording; serveBaseUrl param; honor gateway --dev; fix wide-area discovery updates; align agents.defaults schema; provider account metadata in daemon status; refresh Carbon patch for gateway fixes; restore doctor prompter initialValue handling.
• Control UI/TUI: persist per-session verbose off + hide tool cards; logs tab opens at bottom; relative asset paths + landing cleanup; session labels lookup/persistence; stop pinning main session in recents; start logs at bottom; TUI status bar refresh + timeout handling + hide reasoning label when off.
• Onboarding/Configure: QuickStart single-select provider picker; avoid Codex CLI false-expiry warnings; clarify WhatsApp owner prompt; fix Minimax hosted onboarding (agents.defaults + msteams heartbeat target); remove configure Control UI prompt; honor gateway --dev flag.

Maintenance

• Dependencies: bump pi-* stack to 0.42.2.

• Dependencies: Pi 0.40.0 bump (#543) — thanks @mcinteerj.

• Build: Docker build cache layer (#605) — thanks @zknicker.

• Auth: enable OAuth token refresh for Claude CLI credentials (anthropic:claude-cli) with bidirectional sync back to Claude Code storage (file on Linux/Windows, Keychain on macOS). This allows long-running agents to operate autonomously without manual re-authentication (#654 — thanks @radek-paclt).

2026.1.8

Highlights

• Security: DMs locked down by default across providers; pairing-first + allowlist guidance.
• Sandbox: per-agent scope defaults + workspace access controls; tool/session isolation tuned.
• Agent loop: compaction, pruning, streaming, and error handling hardened.
• Providers: Telegram/WhatsApp/Discord/Slack reliability, threading, reactions, media, and retries improved.
• Control UI: logs tab, streaming stability, focus mode, and large-output rendering fixes.
• CLI/Gateway/Doctor: daemon/logs/status, auth migration, and diagnostics significantly expanded.

Breaking

• SECURITY (update ASAP): inbound DMs are now locked down by default on Telegram/WhatsApp/Signal/iMessage/Discord/Slack.
  • Previously, if you didn’t configure an allowlist, your bot could be open to anyone (especially discoverable Telegram bots).
  • New default: DM pairing (dmPolicy="pairing" / discord.dm.policy="pairing" / slack.dm.policy="pairing").
  • To keep old “open to everyone” behavior: set dmPolicy="open" and include "*" in the relevant allowFrom (Discord/Slack: discord.dm.allowFrom / slack.dm.allowFrom).
  • Approve requests via clawdbot pairing list <provider> + clawdbot pairing approve <provider> <code>.
• Sandbox: default agent.sandbox.scope to "agent" (one container/workspace per agent). Use "session" for per-session isolation; "shared" disables cross-session isolation.
• Timestamps in agent envelopes are now UTC (compact YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mmZ); removed messages.timestampPrefix. Add agent.userTimezone to tell the model the user’s local time (system prompt only).
• Model config schema changes (auth profiles + model lists); doctor auto-migrates and the gateway rewrites legacy configs on startup.
• Commands: gate all slash commands to authorized senders; add /compact to manually compact session context.
• Groups: whatsapp.groups, telegram.groups, and imessage.groups now act as allowlists when set. Add "*" to keep allow-all behavior.
• Auto-reply: removed autoReply from Discord/Slack/Telegram channel configs; use requireMention instead (Telegram topics now support requireMention overrides).
• CLI: remove update, gateway-daemon, gateway {install|uninstall|start|stop|restart|daemon status|wake|send|agent}, and telegram commands; move login/logout to providers login/logout (top-level aliases hidden); use daemon for service control, send/agent/wake for RPC, and nodes canvas for canvas ops.

Fixes

• CLI/Gateway/Doctor: daemon runtime selection + improved logs/status/health/errors; auth/password handling for local CLI; richer close/timeout details; auto-migrate legacy config/sessions/state; integrity checks + repair prompts; --yes/--non-interactive; --deep gateway scans; better restart/service hints.
• Agent loop + compaction: compaction/pruning tuning, overflow handling, safer bootstrap context, and per-provider threading/confirmations; opt-in tool-result pruning + compact tracking.
• Sandbox + tools: per-agent sandbox overrides, workspaceAccess controls, session tool visibility, tool policy overrides, process isolation, and tool schema/timeout/reaction unification.
• Providers (Telegram/WhatsApp/Discord/Slack/Signal/iMessage): retry/backoff, threading, reactions, media groups/attachments, mention gating, typing behavior, and error/log stability; long polling + forum topic isolation for Telegram.
• Gateway/CLI UX: clawdbot logs, cron list colors/aliases, docs search, agents list/add/delete flows, status usage snapshots, runtime/auth source display, and /status/commands auth unification.
• Control UI/Web: logs tab, focus mode polish, config form resilience, streaming stability, tool output caps, windowed chat history, and reconnect/password URL auth.
• macOS/Android/TUI/Build: macOS gateway races, QR bundling, JSON5 config safety, Voice Wake hardening; Android EXIF rotation + APK naming/versioning; TUI key handling; tooling/bundling fixes.
• Packaging/compat: npm dist folder coverage, Node 25 qrcode-terminal import fixes, Bun/Playwright/WebSocket patches, and Docker Bun install.
• Docs: new FAQ/ClawdHub/config examples/showcase entries and clarified auth, sandbox, and systemd docs.

Maintenance

• Skills additions (Himalaya email, CodexBar, 1Password).
• Dependency refreshes (pi-* stack, Slack SDK, discord-api-types, file-type, zod, Biome, Vite).
• Refactors: centralized group allowlist/mention policy; lint/import cleanup; switch tsx → bun for TS execution.

2026.1.5

Highlights

• Models: add image-specific model config (agent.imageModel + fallbacks) and scan support.
• Agent tools: new image tool routed to the image model (when configured).
• Config: default model shorthands (opus, sonnet, gpt, gpt-mini, gemini, gemini-flash).
• Docs: document built-in model shorthands + precedence (user config wins).
• Bun: optional local install/build workflow without maintaining a Bun lockfile (see docs/bun.md).

Fixes

• Control UI: render Markdown in tool result cards.
• Control UI: prevent overlapping action buttons in Discord guild rules on narrow layouts.
• Android: tapping the foreground service notification brings the app to the front. (#179) — thanks @Syhids
• Cron tool uses id for update/remove/run/runs (aligns with gateway params). (#180) — thanks @adamgall
• Control UI: chat view uses page scroll with sticky header/sidebar and fixed composer (no inner scroll frame).
• macOS: treat location permission as always-only to avoid iOS-only enums. (#165) — thanks @Nachx639
• macOS: make generated gateway protocol models Sendable for Swift 6 strict concurrency. (#195) — thanks @andranik-sahakyan
• macOS: bundle QR code renderer modules so DMG gateway boot doesn't crash on missing qrcode-terminal vendor files.
• macOS: parse JSON5 config safely to avoid wiping user settings when comments are present.
• WhatsApp: suppress typing indicator during heartbeat background tasks. (#190) — thanks @mcinteerj
• WhatsApp: mark offline history sync messages as read without auto-reply. (#193) — thanks @mcinteerj
• Discord: avoid duplicate replies when a provider emits late streaming text_end events (OpenAI/GPT).
• CLI: use tailnet IP for local gateway calls when bind is tailnet/auto (fixes #176).
• Env: load global $CLAWDBOT_STATE_DIR/.env (~/.clawdbot/.env) as a fallback after CWD .env.
• Env: optional login-shell env fallback (opt-in; imports expected keys without overriding existing env).
• Agent tools: OpenAI-compatible tool JSON Schemas (fix browser, normalize union schemas).
• Onboarding: when running from source, auto-build missing Control UI assets (bun run ui:build).
• Discord/Slack: route reaction + system notifications to the correct session (no main-session bleed).
• Agent tools: honor agent.tools allow/deny policy even when sandbox is off.
• Discord: avoid duplicate replies when OpenAI emits repeated message_end events.
• Commands: unify /status (inline) and command auth across providers; group bypass for authorized control commands; remove Discord /clawd slash handler.
• CLI: run clawdbot agent via the Gateway by default; use --local to force embedded mode.