📦 Release Notes

OpenClaw 2026.5.7

📅 May 7, 2026 · By Tony Slavin

OpenClaw 2026.5.7 brings stability improvements, security enhancements, and quality-of-life updates.

Improvements & Fixes

• Release/plugin publishing: retry transient ClawHub CLI dependency install failures, keep preview-passing plugins publishable when one preview cell flakes, and verify every expected ClawHub package version after publish so maintenance releases are faster to recover and less likely to hide partial plugin publishes
• OpenAI: support `openai/chat-latest` as an explicit direct API-key model override for trying the moving ChatGPT Instant API alias without changing the stable default model
• Cron CLI: include computed `status` in `cron list –json` and `cron show –json` output so external tooling can read disabled/running/ok/error/skipped/idle state without reimplementing cron status derivation
• Channels CLI: make `openclaw channels list` channel-only, add `–all` for bundled and catalog channels, render installed/configured/enabled state, and move model auth/usage details to `openclaw models auth list`, `openclaw status`, and `openclaw models list`
• Native commands: honor owner enforcement for native command handlers
• Active Memory: require admin scope for global memory toggles

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