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OpenClaw 2026.6.11 is a reliability release for the messy parts of real agent work
OpenClaw 2026.6.11 focuses on reliability fixes for chat routing, provider recovery, Gateway sessions, plugins, scheduled jobs, and release evidence rather than a single splashy new interface.
OpenClaw 2026.6.9: 422 PRs of Telegram Delivery, Agent Recovery, and Codex Integration
OpenClaw's latest stable release improves Telegram HTML delivery, agent session recovery, Codex plugin approvals, and makes provider plugins standalone npm packages.
Hermes Agent v0.16.0: The Surface Release Puts a Native Desktop App in Your Hands
Nous Research shipped 874 commits, 542 merged PRs, and a brand-new Electron desktop app in one week. Hermes v0.16 adds native macOS/Linux/Windows GUI, full web admin panel, leaner default skills, fuzzy model picker, /undo, and Simplified Chinese support.
Hermes Agent v0.14.0 Turns Grok Subscriptions Into Agent Infrastructure
Hermes Agent v0.14.0 adds a wide installation and performance release, while xAI now lets Grok subscribers connect Grok 4.3, text-to-speech, and Grok Imagine directly inside Hermes.