# openclaw v2026.8.2 — openclaw 2026.8.2

- Product: openclaw (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/openclaw)
- Vendor: openclaw
- Date: 2026-09-01
- Version: v2026.8.2
- Original notes: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/releases/tag/v2026.8.2
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/openclaw/releases/v2026.8.2

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- **added** — Open Home in a right or bottom dock with Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+H, keep your current page in view, and preview or remove its work-context snapshot or attach selected text to your message
- **added** — Install the .deb or AppImage on x86-64 Linux, connect to a local or remote Gateway, and open Quick Chat from the system tray or an X11 keyboard shortcut
- **added** — Create and run a background session from New Session, keep its selected local, cloud, or paired-device placement, and open it from the completion notice
- **added** — Let supported macOS and Linux Chrome extension builds wake their paired local relay for authenticated CDP clients
- **added** — Personalize the Control UI with CRT, Manuscript, Rosé, or Miami theme choices, preserved offline and applied without flashing the wrong theme during reload
- **changed** — Preserve newer configuration, stop incomplete session migrations before claiming success, and recover a stopped Gateway after a failed update when the installed package or rollback is verified safe
- **changed** — Return a final answer after settled tool work and surface failures after an accepted turn, fixing conversations that stopped at tool output or an initial acknowledgement
- **changed** — Keep internal reasoning out of speech, preserve tool-generated audio through delivery, and keep later browser Talk turns working after call setup
- **changed** — Preview retained migration originals with openclaw update cleanup --dry-run, then explicitly remove eligible originals while the selected Gateway is stopped
- **changed** — Let unsandboxed sessions work with other sessions of the same agent by default, including retained cron sessions
- **changed** — Render forwarded messages as distinct speech bubbles with source-session links and sending-agent identity, preserving attribution when messages steer an active conversation
- **changed** — Group session actions into clearer menus, copy transcripts as Markdown, open sessions in tabs, windows, or splits, edit icons and colors together, and optionally hide empty session groups
- **changed** — Dock the selected agent's existing Home conversation beside your work, retain its draft and attachments when opening it full page, and inspect or remove the Working on context before sending
- **changed** — Reuse prepared project snapshots and validated workspace hashes before starting a cloud session, and preserve the required stop, snapshot, and restart cycle for Daytona-backed projects
- **changed** — Share transcripts through readable /beam/ URLs named after their sessions, with existing access checks and contextual navigation preserved
- **changed** — Support standalone local relays that start on demand, share their paired browser with the Gateway, and remain available to other CDP clients when the Gateway disconnects
- **changed** — Type Telegram botToken as SecretInput (string | SecretRef), matching existing secret-reference support
- **changed** — Start work from New Session without leaving the page with Cmd/Ctrl+Enter, retain the selected local, cloud, or paired-device placement, and open the session from its completion notice
- **changed** — Bring inline model, thinking, permission, attachment, and context controls closer to the web experience on iOS composer, keeping queued sends bound to the session settings that authorized them
- **changed** — Let plugins describe an external verification choice in approval presentations while OpenClaw retains approval identity, authorization, timeouts, and the final decision

##### 2026.8.2

###### Highlights

- **Your Home agent, beside your work:** open Home in a right or bottom dock with `Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+H`, keep your current page in view, and preview or remove its work-context snapshot or attach selected text to your message. Related #133632. (#133676)
- **A desktop companion for Linux:** install the `.deb` or AppImage on x86-64 Linux, connect to a local or remote Gateway, and open Quick Chat from the system tray or an X11 keyboard shortcut. AppImage updates are signature-verified; `.deb` installs remain under your package manager. See the [Linux guide](https://docs.openclaw.ai/platforms/linux).
- **Start work without switching pages:** create and run a background session from New Session, keep its selected local, cloud, or paired-device placement, and open it from the completion notice. Related #128037. (#128050) Thanks @Takhoffman.
- **Safer upgrades:** preserve newer configuration, stop incomplete session migrations before claiming success, and recover a stopped Gateway after a failed update when the installed package or rollback is verified safe. Related #118244, #90551, #134206. (#134025, #134228, #119516) Thanks @obviyus, @stuart-minion-ai, @shakkernerd, @zyw02, @Issue-Hunter, @cursoragent, and @sercada.
- **Replies that finish the job:** return a final answer after settled tool work and surface failures after an accepted turn, fixing conversations that stopped at tool output or an initial acknowledgement. Related #133960. (#133520, #133979) Thanks @fuller-stack-dev.
- **More dependable voice:** keep internal reasoning out of speech, preserve tool-generated audio through delivery, and keep later browser Talk turns working after call setup. Related #90364, #83636, #134081. (#133615, #133324, #134170, #134138) Thanks @camball-strategies, @obviyus, @TurboTheTurtle, @clawSean, @Conan-Scott, and @mastertyko.
- **Browser control without a running Gateway:** let supported macOS and Linux Chrome extension builds wake their paired local relay for authenticated CDP clients; this needs the updated native host and an extension build with relay wake-up support. (#128379)
- **Four new looks:** personalize the Control UI with CRT, Manuscript, Rosé, or Miami, with theme choices preserved offline and applied without flashing the wrong theme during reload. Related #133416, #132785. (#133495, #133593, #133417, #132789) Thanks @vyctorbrzezowski.

###### Changes

- **Recovery cleanup:** preview retained migration originals with `openclaw update cleanup --dry-run`, then explicitly remove eligible originals while the selected Gateway is stopped; cleanup preserves current SQLite history but permanently gives up rollback to removed originals. Related #133805. (#133864)
- **Session visibility default:** let unsandboxed sessions work with other sessions of the same agent by default, including retained cron sessions; shared-agent operators should set `tools.sessions.visibility` to `tree` or `self` when they need narrower access, while sandbox and cross-agent restrictions remain enforced. Related #133456. (#133469)
- **Cross-session conversations:** render forwarded messages as distinct speech bubbles with source-session links and sending-agent identity, preserving attribution when messages steer an active conversation. (#132054, #133439)
- **Session organization:** group session actions into clearer menus, copy transcripts as Markdown, open sessions in tabs, windows, or splits, edit icons and colors together, and optionally hide empty session groups. Related #133480, #133629. (#133490, #133638)
- **Home without switching pages:** dock the selected agent’s existing Home conversation beside your work, retain its draft and attachments when opening it full page, and inspect or remove the “Working on” context before sending. Related #133632. (#133676)
- **Prepared cloud projects:** reuse prepared project snapshots and validated workspace hashes before starting a cloud session, and preserve the required stop, snapshot, and

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