OpenClaw 2026.4.12 is a massive update packed with new features that fundamentally expand what your agent can do. This is one of the most important releases of the month.
Highlights
🧠 Active Memory Plugin
The new Active Memory plugin gives OpenClaw a dedicated memory sub-agent that runs automatically before each reply. Your agent now proactively pulls in relevant preferences, context, and past details — without you having to say “remember this” or “search memory.”
Features include configurable message/recent/full context modes, live /verbose inspection, and opt-in transcript persistence for debugging.
🖥️ LM Studio Provider
Local models get first-class support with the bundled LM Studio provider. Includes onboarding, runtime model discovery, stream preload support, and memory-search embeddings for self-hosted OpenAI-compatible models.
🤖 Codex Provider
The bundled Codex provider brings Codex-managed auth, native threads, model discovery, and compaction. Use codex/gpt-* models natively while openai/gpt-* stays on the normal OpenAI path.
🍎 macOS Talk: Local MLX Speech
macOS users get an experimental local MLX speech provider for Talk Mode with local utterance playback and interruption handling.
🔒 Security Fixes
- Removed busybox/toybox from interpreter-like safe bins
- Prevented empty approver lists from granting authorization
- Broadened shell-wrapper detection and blocked env-argv injection
Other Improvements
- Convex-backed pooled Telegram credential leasing for QA
- CLI exec policy management commands
- Matrix partial streaming with live typewriter animation
- Docs i18n improvements
- Dreaming improvements — consume heartbeat events exactly once, stop re-ingesting own transcripts
How to Update
npm install -g openclaw@latest
openclaw gateway restart
