# openclaw v2026.9.2 — openclaw 2026.9.2

- Product: openclaw (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/openclaw)
- Vendor: openclaw
- Date: 2026-09-05
- Version: v2026.9.2
- Original notes: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/releases/tag/v2026.9.2
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/openclaw/releases/v2026.9.2

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- **changed** — Keep chat, dashboards, and session interactions responsive while long transcripts and disk usage are processed, with direct dashboard lookup, less cold-load work, and durable history reads outside the Gateway event loop
- **changed** — Keep active settings, enabled skills, and default-agent ownership in automatic updates, restore Gateway restarts after Git updates, and report outcomes with actionable recovery guidance
- **added** — Support GPT-6 Astra model selection with openai/gpt-6-astra using an OpenAI API-key profile or eligible ChatGPT/Codex account, with text and image input, Responses tool calls, and supported reasoning controls
- **changed** — Recover active, queued, and delegated replies after Gateway restarts without letting one completed reply discard another's recovery marker, and keep continuation instructions through compaction and retry attempts
- **changed** — Preserve complete text containing embedded NUL characters in Git backups, support Nix-managed config and credential links, and reject corrupt archive headers instead of accepting an incomplete backup
- **changed** — Apply more agent, model, tool, channel, browser, node, access, and terminal settings through their running owners without requiring a Gateway restart
- **changed** — Package plugin icon at assets/icon.png instead of a top-level manifest URL, load the packaged image without a network request, and allow missing or invalid icons to not prevent the plugin from loading
- **added** — Run direct function tools asynchronously on OpenAI Platform API-key routes using the built-in OpenClaw runtime and official Responses endpoint, steer active responses over cached WebSockets, and retain request prefixes when changing reasoning effort
- **changed** — Keep supported reasoning and sampling settings correct when catalog metadata is absent, add /think ultra orchestration for OpenClaw and native Codex runtimes, and retain configured Azure deployment capabilities
- **added** — Connect saved Gateways through personal Cloudflare Access browser sign-in on macOS, open the Mac app from the Gateway website, and restore the selected Gateway after app restart while keeping accounts and queued messages separate
- **added** — Enable Settings → Labs → Custom plugin UI to let plugins contribute Control UI pages, panels, and session actions or customize the composer and workspace
- **added** — Opt into standalone Talk on Watch with Gateway-owned tools and transcripts while retaining the existing iPhone-mediated Talk to Claw flow
- **changed** — Guide agents to use supported Block Kit layouts for proactive Slack replies
- **added** — Add provider accounts from Settings → Profile → Connected accounts or the CLI, choose an account for new chats or one existing chat, and keep existing session selections when the default changes
- **changed** — Enable Swarm by default to orchestrate concurrent sub-agents with structured results and live progress, while preserving explicit opt-outs, tool restrictions, and the separate Code Mode opt-in
- **changed** — Browse saved dashboards in a gallery, swap chat and dashboard views, place panels left, right, or below, and keep loaded widget input when hiding and reopening a panel
- **added** — Opt into occupancy-driven, listen-only meeting capture with automatic notes and a Control UI Meetings page for Discord
- **added** — Mention authorized people from the composer and receive temporary Inbox entries, with optional browser notifications
- **changed** — Session tools now default to all-session visibility and ordinary agent-to-agent access is enabled; set tools.sessions.visibility to agent or self for narrower session access
- **added** — Show device types, resource meters, capability chips, and Desktop availability in the Devices page, with native iOS CPU/memory and Android memory/disk reporting

##### 2026.9.2

###### Highlights

- **Faster, more responsive chat:** keep chat, dashboards, and session interactions responsive while long transcripts and disk usage are processed, with direct dashboard lookup, less cold-load work, and durable history reads outside the Gateway event loop. (#136862, #138094, #138669, #138888, #138860, #138894)
- **Reliable upgrades and recovery:** keep active settings, enabled skills, and default-agent ownership in automatic updates, restore Gateway restarts after Git updates, and report outcomes with actionable recovery guidance. Related #138760. (#138837, #138730, #138781, #136588, #136995) Thanks @fuller-stack-dev and @jason-allen-oneal.
- **GPT-6 Astra support:** select `openai/gpt-6-astra` with an OpenAI API-key profile or an eligible ChatGPT/Codex account, with text and image input, Responses tool calls, and supported reasoning controls; subscription availability follows successful account discovery. Related #137549. (#137550, #137561)
- **Replies survive restarts:** recover active, queued, and delegated replies after Gateway restarts without letting one completed reply discard another’s recovery marker, and keep continuation instructions through compaction and retry attempts. Related #138518, #138564. (#138071, #137606, #136236, #138519, #138565) Thanks @vincentkoc.
- **Backups that preserve your data:** preserve complete text containing embedded NUL characters in Git backups, support Nix-managed config and credential links, and reject corrupt archive headers instead of accepting an incomplete backup. Related #138306, #136326. (#138327, #136343, #137718) Thanks @obviyus, @ced-cm, @vsumner, and @NianJiuZst.
- **Change settings without restarting:** apply more agent, model, tool, channel, browser, node, access, and terminal settings through their running owners; settings that still require a Gateway restart remain marked in the configuration reference. (#138112, #137790, #137412, #137160, #136832) Thanks @NianJiuZst and @ylcn91.

###### Changes

- **Plugin branding:** package your plugin icon at `assets/icon.png` instead of a top-level manifest URL; OpenClaw loads the packaged image without a network request, and missing or invalid icons do not prevent the plugin from loading. (#131510) Thanks @Patrick-Erichsen.
- **GPT-6 Astra async tools and steering:** on OpenAI Platform API-key routes using the built-in OpenClaw runtime and official Responses endpoint, run direct function tools asynchronously, steer active responses over cached WebSockets, and retain request prefixes when changing reasoning effort under the documented configuration; keep steering history and encrypted reasoning through continuations. (#138046, #138434)
- **GPT-6 Astra reasoning:** keep supported reasoning and sampling settings correct when catalog metadata is absent, add `/think ultra` orchestration for OpenClaw and native Codex runtimes, and retain configured Azure deployment capabilities. (#138626, #138739)
- **macOS browser sign-in:** connect saved Gateways through personal Cloudflare Access browser sign-in, open the Mac app from the Gateway website, and restore the selected Gateway after app restart while keeping accounts and queued messages separate. Related #138698, #137916. (#138745, #137933)
- **Experimental plugin UI:** enable Settings → Labs → Custom plugin UI to let plugins contribute Control UI pages, panels, and session actions or customize the composer and workspace. (#134943)
- **Experimental Apple Watch Talk:** opt into standalone Talk on Watch with Gateway-owned tools and transcripts while retaining the existing iPhone-mediated Talk to Claw flow; standalone realtime audio requires UDP connectivity. (#135808) Thanks @obviyus.
- **Slack rich replies:** guide agents to use supported Block Kit layouts for proactive Slack replies. (#138896) Thanks @Patrick-Erichsen.
- **Personal connected accounts:** add provider accounts from Settings → Profile → Connected accounts or the CLI, choose an account for new c

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