v2026.4.27 — Codex Computer Use + DeepInfra + Yuanbao/QQBot Groups

Released: April 27, 2026 Theme: Codex desktop control + provider expansion + Chinese channel enhancements Breaking Changes: None

Core Highlights

Codex-mode agents gain Computer Use setup:

/codex computer-use status/install commands
Marketplace discovery
Optional auto-install
Fail-closed MCP server checks before Codex-mode turns start
Docs explain how Computer Use, cua-driver mcp, and PeekabooBridge fit together

New bundled DeepInfra provider:

Yuanbao: openclaw-plugin-yuanbao registered in official channel catalog, contract suites, community plugin docs; new docs/channels/yuanbao.md quick-start
QQBot: full group chat support (history tracking, @-mention gating, activation modes, per-group config, FIFO message queue with deliver debounce), C2C stream_messages streaming (StreamingController lifecycle), unified sendMedia with chunked upload, engine refactored into pipeline stages + focused outbound submodules + builtin slash-command modules + explicit DI ports

Model catalog progress:

Manifest modelCatalog.aliases and modelCatalog.suppressions wired into model-catalog planning and built-in model suppression
Qianfan, Xiaomi, NVIDIA, Cerebras, Mistral, Moonshot, DeepSeek, Tencent TokenHub, StepFun all moved onto plugin manifest modelCatalog rows
BytePlus / Volcano Engine standard and plan-provider catalogs also migrated
Fireworks and Together AI follow
Core no longer carries extension-specific pricing tables

Startup imports only bundled plugins that explicitly declare startup needs:

Through explicit activation.onStartup declarations
New opt-in future-mode gate disables old implicit loading
Compatibility warnings to guide plugin author migration
Lookup-table reuse of plugin manifests — gateway boot avoids rebuilding plugin discovery
Tokenjuice and other bundled agent tool-result middleware load on-demand from manifest contracts

New opt-in sandbox.docker.gpus passthrough:

New proxy.enabled + proxy.proxyUrl / OPENCLAW_PROXY_URL:

Slack/Socket Mode: 15s pong timeout default, new clientPingTimeout, serverPingTimeout, pingPongLoggingEnabled overrides
Slack/media: private file and forwarded attachment downloads bound by idle / total timeouts — stalled file_share media no longer wedges inbound
Telegram/gateway: outbound Bot API calls bounded, slow Telegram sends no longer wedge gateway replies
Mattermost: regular inbound posts no longer enqueued as system events (user messages only as user-role inbound)
LINE: image/video/audio/file downloads persist in ~/.openclaw/media/inbound/ (not temp — survives /tmp cleanup)

Chat channels start without waiting for primary model prewarm (model warmup in background, Slack et al. come online promptly)
chat.history and sessions.list thinking defaults align with owning-agent and catalog-aware resolution
Devices/pairing recovers from array-shaped corrupt state files (pending / paired UUID-keyed entries don’t disappear after JSON write failures)
Approvals: duplicate same-decision resolves treated as idempotent during grace window
models.pricing.enabled setting lets offline / restricted-network installs skip OpenRouter and LiteLLM pricing-catalog fetches

New authenticated node.presence.alive protocol event + node.list last-seen fields:

Cross-provider: DeepSeek V4 backfills reasoning_content on plain assistant replay messages with prior tool use
Anthropic: cancel stalled SSE body reads when abort signals fire — active-memory timeouts release transport resources
Skills: coding-agent skill requires explicit skills.entries.coding-agent.enabled to expose
Build/runtime: tsdown rebuilds preserve staged bundled-plugin runtime dep caches

Customers wanting Codex desktop control: ready to use
DeepInfra users: upgrade and use
Chinese / Tencent channel users (Yuanbao, QQBot): big group support expansion
Customers focused on gateway startup speed: manifest-first + lazy startup brings real improvement
Customers running OpenClaw behind a corporate proxy: opt-in proxy config available
GPU sandbox workload users: Docker GPU passthrough available