OpenClaw 2026.6.9: 422 PRs of Telegram Delivery, Agent Recovery, and Codex Integration
By BurmDesk
OpenClaw's latest stable release improves Telegram HTML delivery, agent session recovery, Codex plugin approvals, and makes provider plugins standalone npm packages.
OpenClaw shipped 2026.6.9 on June 21 with 422 merged pull requests. The release focuses on four areas: richer Telegram delivery, more dependable agent recovery, a stronger Codex integration, and standalone official provider plugins.
What changed
Telegram delivery is now substantially richer. The bot sends proper HTML, preserves markdown and sticker paths, renders progress drafts and command output more faithfully, normalizes HTML tables safely, and keeps mentions and spooled handlers on the correct delivery path. Previously, formatting often stripped or misrendered during transit.
Agent recovery got more dependable. Retries, terminal outcomes, usage tracking after compaction, session history repair, and reply reconciliation now keep more interrupted or partial turns moving toward a visible final result. The fix for fresh usage through compaction addresses a specific bug where token counts reset incorrectly after context compression.
Codex integration strengthened. Automatic plugin approvals remove manual gating for trusted plugins. GPT-5.3 Spark OAuth routing is now supported. Remote-node exec is exposed as a dynamic tool when a node is connected. App-server teardown and terminal outcomes are more reliable, reducing orphaned processes.
Official provider plugins are now standalone npm releases. Externally installed channel plugins load at Gateway startup. StepFun is available from npm and ClawHub. This decouples provider updates from the core release cycle.
Web and native clients
The Control UI adds a session workspace rail and extension health indicators. iOS gains Watch controls. Android shows chat context. Codex Hosted Search is now available, with key-free search providers remaining deliberate opt-ins. ClawHub skill installs retain verified source provenance.
Security and privacy
Secrets are redacted from debug and config output. Internal HTTP session overrides are blocked. Open-DM tool exposure is audited. Plugin write ownership checks are retained.
Context
The release follows 2026.6.8, which focused on provider model resolution and gateway stability. OpenClaw remains at 380,000 GitHub stars and 79,500 forks. The update is available via npm as [email protected] and on the project's GitHub releases page.