v2026.8.1: Maintainer and Internal Changes

Improvements

• Reduce CI time across QA smoke and audited lanes 00164c7
• Rebalance compact CI jobs using measured agents-core-models runtime 1d2d44c
• Balance Windows CI across two concurrent jobs 1f1aa88
• Cache Node toolchains for Blacksmith CI jobs 782d52c
• Speed up CI preflight and shrink the pnpm cache 7e54cc9
• Route trusted contributor pull requests to faster CI runners 8d86fe7
• Shorten CI by combining built-runtime verification with artifact checks bba5730
• Streamline release metadata and ClawHub checkouts c149489
• Speed up release preparation cb70d71
• Speed up the hybrid checks-ui job d612949
• Speed up CI with wider sharding and parallel verification ed5e489
• Give the dev branch badge its own sidebar strip #104300
• Keep native platform validation warning-free #107101
• Speed up agent command tests #107107
• Accelerate the SQLite reliability test suite #107134
• Speed up SQLite state benchmark CLI tests #107150
• Use retry-safe temp cleanup in Plugin SDK tests #107151
• Install skills.sh references through ClawHub #112517
• Give pinned sessions their own sidebar group #121712
• Speed up fresh changed-check runs #121805
• Rebalance CI tests without adding workers #121807
• Rebalance compact Node test jobs #121834
• Speed up Gateway session-list performance tests #121853
• feat(mantis): let proof agents extend desktop control #127271
• improve(ui): skip video pacing in ordinary browser tests #127313
• improve(qa): avoid repeated coverage inventory work in tests #127376
• improve(ci): add trusted FRV proof broker #128966

Bug fixes

• Allow excluded shipped PR references in generated ledger metadata 01b0989
• Format Google Meet test type annotation 0471b29
• Honor explicit Unreleased changelog opt-in in release checks 0476243
• Conflicting Control UI sidebar type-import repair 08843c7
• Keep beta npm performance checks advisory during publish 08987d8
• Stream release evidence artifact downloads to disk 0b78116
• Route fork pull-request checks to hosted runners 0d73229
• Accept protected-environment waiting state in publication evidence 0e9db60
• Bind ClawHub bootstrap publishing to its workflow identity 0f7fbfa
• Keep hybrid Windows CI on one Blacksmith lane 19ae7f2
• Retry briefly stale npm provenance checks 1d27775
• Shorten Testbox SSH socket paths for parallel review tests 1fe3a5f
• Restore CI after declaration and smoke-test drift 2256387
• use the shared record guard in the protocol coverage checker 2276dca
• Preserve the validated Node runtime in candidate checks 2372c71
• Retain npm provenance verification evidence 23d2f66
• Stabilize Telegram release QA commit-to-PR checks 2a52e45
• Declare the release-checklist direct-execution helper 33a354c
• Isolate dependencies used by trusted release-candidate checks 34b8a3f
• Honor explicit unreleased-changelog opt-in during release validation 363e8b0
• Preserve gateway watch logs and hand off managed ports 38e6365
• Remove orphaned ClawHub workspace-dir helper 4af3a85
• Speed up real-Gateway UI tests in hybrid CI 4fb2736
• Prevent gateway port races in installer release checks 5a8b25c
• Harden proxy tunnel test teardown 5b1ce69
• Compare max-lines debt from the branch merge base 5fa348f
• Align extension prerelease tests with current contracts 662e79d
• Default package-acceptance omission control to false 69b83b5
• Retry public release checks without exhausted credentials 6c0725e
• Point locale drift repair to generated sync 6f3aa0f
• Bind Telegram QA proof to the exact package artifact 732fb5f
• Detach optional ClawHub publishing from the core release workflow 73d0439
• Rebalance CI lanes to reduce five-minute stragglers 76e4ef6
• Remove duplicate docs-sync declaration 7a58956
• Resolve Docker packaging tools from the source checkout 7e705ed
• Allow more time for release macOS cache finalization 7f28679
• Validate tags from frozen release branches 7f50fb6
• Allow cancelled main runs to refresh the Vitest cache 8367253
• Isolate trusted release tooling dependencies 8858944
• Restore formatting compliance after merge skew 8f3b2ab
• Preserve retired workspace state in update smoke tests 905395a
• Retry flaky fresh Parallels release lanes 9275f47
• Declare release evidence API helpers 95c6add
• Keep beta performance checks advisory at publish 97f75ed
• Route measured CI bottlenecks to Blacksmith on first attempts 9adfe07
• Recognize release tooling through symlinked roots 9bd51e9
• Formats browser tab discovery abort test 9cdb976
• Rebalance storage-state CI test stripes a2d1b0c
• Raise the Vitest cache warmer heap ceiling a8857ee
• Resolve the trusted release loader a9ac13b
• Overlap TypeScript-Go test graphs in CI ad508a5
• Correct the run-inspector E2E sub-pixel tolerance af76f49
• Restore the Control UI sidebar after accidental truncation b5273e7
• Stop release smoke tests from recreating retired workspace state b6535fb
• Format the Docker installer test b847d1a
• Limit duplicate parity handling to image generation bac7744
• Pin release publishing to protected workflow tags bb1a7e5
• Restore sole ownership of run-attempt state tests c28e9a4
• retry transient ClawHub HTTP 500 responses c392727
• Stabilize Control UI deep-link E2E boot checks c59ef0b
• Mount normalization source in the Docker E2E harness c69a75f
• Run candidate Parallels smoke from trusted release tooling c8733ea
• Allow detached release jobs after parent success ced50f8
• Clear ClickClack setup lint and dead-code failures d6026ff
• Retry transient Telegram release provenance API reads d6a33b5
• Compare release evidence archives by contents d8b3e1c
• Make plugin npm bootstrap retries idempotent d8dd59b
• Complete protected SHA-pinned publish tooling dfa246e
• Keep beta performance checks advisory dffb136
• Reconcile duplicate QA parity capture rows e23ba67
• Validate trusted npm preflight workflow source e297bc2
• Prepare trusted Parallels harness dependencies at point of use ed49673
• Preserve Markdown list structure in translated docs edef982
• Stabilize extension artifact freshness repair on CI filesystems ee4bd4a
• Unshadow Control UI E2E diagnostic catch bindings f2c721b
• Allow slower fallback CI runners more setup time f329a94
• bind resumed npm verification to the original publisher f4f5bb1
• Remove a timing race from OpenAI payload contract tests f530b70
• Add missing TypeScript declaration for error formatting f656d96
• Route Docker release lanes through the trusted harness #103504
• Bound iMessage drop-diagnostic state #103512
• Stabilize ClawRouter release E2E log assertions #103536
• Fix lint in Telegram turn-adoption test #103549
• Repair bundled AI runtime checks in installer smoke #103556
• Prevent startup test mocks from poisoning shared Vitest workers #103582
• Contain installer-smoke artifact restores within the checkout #103608
• Keep scheduled runtime-parity QA on compatible scenarios #103609
• Restore strict lint for Mattermost tests #107079
• Fix the Mattermost slash-state test response type #107084
• Exclude live-only tests from tooling performance shards #107088
• Isolate the Pond baseline MCP proof tool #107128
• Refresh the Plugin SDK API baseline checksum #107140
• Clean up orphaned workshop skill usage rows #107144
• Clear stale label timestamps when sessions are replaced #107638
• Show clear QA Lab dashboard response errors #108943
• Release failed docs-search response bodies #109508
• Release failed Google Chat certificate responses promptly #109519
• Close failed ClawRouter usage responses promptly #109525
• Release failed GitHub Copilot usage connections promptly #109540
• Cancel unread APNs relay redirect bodies #109728
• Close failed Kilocode discovery streams before fallback #109950
• Release Discord PluralKit response streams on missing messages #109960
• Close failed Ollama discovery response bodies #109967
• Release failed Microsoft Teams Graph response streams #109970
• Cancel failed QQBot media response bodies #110008
• Release failed Google video download streams #110045
• Reject malformed MCP App sandbox policies #110264
• Clear completed Web Push readiness timers #110879
• Keep source installs out of operator state #111514
• Keep CI=1 test runs within one worker budget #111521
• Prevent cross-file mock leakage in Control UI tests #111554
• Reset plugin runtime state between shared test files #111556
• fix(release): bound beta verifier command execution #111581
• Prevent repository inventory scripts from hanging on Git lookups #111582
• Forward QA credentials into maturity scorecard generation #112201
• Prevent false lint failures in generated Wear translations #112254
• Validate frozen AI package exports against their manifests #112258
• Include shared chat progress text in macOS translations #112279
• Populate identity in mock Control UI profile settings #112296
• Accept canonical extended-stable npm provenance #112301
• Allow translated prose inside pure fenced code blocks #115204
• Make Android Wear channel-close tests deterministic #116788
• Enforce QA-channel thread and message lifecycle ownership #116801
• Add QA Lab group conversations and safer thread navigation #116803
• Restore WebChat auto-TTS managed-artifact proof #116810
• Repair release harness path and diagnostic contracts #116812
• Reject blocked QA evidence and invalid media artifacts #116828
• Make QA module-flow selection adapter-aware #118069
• Prevent Teams attachment tests from hanging on cloned response bodies #118096
• Cut QA smoke package-build overhead #118111
• Reject false compaction-write success in QA #118115
• Report failed QA suites and evaluations accurately #118120
• Canonicalize the macOS session-lock test path #118121
• Reject invalid character-evaluation judge rankings #118423
• fix(macos): timestamp hash-pinned Developer ID signatures #118989
• ci(macos): budget macos-swift by runner so fork PRs finish #119017
• Keep Gateway RPCs responsive during memory startup #119676
• Revert standalone Enterprise Grid Slack approval changes #121219
• Prevent duplicate final replies after Gateway restart #121507
• Route release validation evidence reads through cached GitHub access #121619
• Keep release checks portable on macOS Bash 3.2 #121669
• Carry branch authority in ClawSweeper dispatches #121674
• Make QA Gateway stress runs measure real concurrency #121677
• Stabilize workshop collection tests on macOS #121800
• Separate frozen release context from live candidate identity #121835
• Run source-scanning policy tests for watched changes #121841
• Allow PR review with restricted GitHub tokens #121848
• Scope iOS version checks to native releases #121863
• Avoid rebuilding identical session rows on duplicate reconciliation #124326
• Retire stale ownerless requested worker placements #124609
• Report provider request acceptance consistently #125807
• fix(secrets): compare proxy bearer tokens directly #127054
• Explicitly target Android notification intents #127055
• fix(test): nostr doctor and state-store suites fail Windows teardown with EBUSY #127236
• Repair release-validation onboarding and ClawHub fixtures #127263
• fix(qa): model-switch proof accepts served model reroutes #127281
• fix(qa): exercise a real config restart boundary #127285
• fix(qa): let scenario-owned timeouts settle before watchdog #127289
• fix(ci): align lifecycle retry fixtures with terminal replies #127295
• fix(qa): pin Slack draft progress transport #127298
• fix(qa): label execution configuration selects #127299
• fix(qa): restore QA Lab web build #127310
• fix(release): preserve validation plan across reruns #127343
• test(agents): canonicalize macOS tmpdir fixtures #127366
• fix(qa): retain failed isolated scenarios in fail-fast results #127715
• fix(ci): apply Kova runtime-major RSS calibration #127763
• fix(codex): preserve child hooks across turns #128485
• fix(deps): restore frozen installs for Anthropic SDK #128671
• perf(ui): stop loading shimmers from repainting #128687
• fix(scripts): ignore superseded target dispatch checks #128704
• fix(ci): preserve iOS Fastlane root after cwd changes #128854
• fix: release onboarding handles telemetry consent #128943
• fix: plugin prerelease fails after geolocation startup #128947
• fix: plugin prerelease checks accept active registry reuse #128949
• fix: release live gateway checks misroute scoped models #128950
• fix: QA MCP parity fails during effective tool inventory #128959
• fix(gateway): settle live fixtures before Codex reconnects #128965
• fix(qa): clean partial cloud proof startup #128977
• test(inworld): make voices timeout proof hermetic #129024
• test(gateway): fix flaky settled-run-ownership assertion in gateway chat suite #129033
• fix(release): preserve focused evidence lineage #129060
• test(google): isolate Vertex streams from ambient ADC #129121
• fix(qa): OpenClaw harness planning check fails after progress-card migration #129143
• fix(release): full validation survives queued parent states #129166
• fix(pr): keep older contributor worktree checkouts within OS argument limits #129169
• fix(release): approved VCR mirror recovery never starts #129829
• fix(qa): reject token confidence lanes without executed evidence #129830
• fix(qa): reject blocked sender replies in allowlist scenarios #129840
• fix(qa): align repeated-request proof with provider timeout #129851
• fix(parallels): avoid host networking for macOS upgrades #129861
• fix(i18n): include concatenated Apple UI strings #129882
• fix(memory): keep doctor discovery free of database imports #129963
• fix(release): preserve beta channel in prerelease survivor #129966
• fix(ui): remove unused startup styles to restore css budget #130027
• fix(e2e): stable candidate plugin repair fails after update #130306
• fix(ci): run changed-path-facts in fast routing checks #130843
• fix(ci): preserve Crabbox proof across main advancement #131572
• fix(release): preserve frozen plugin harness compatibility #131596
• fix(gateway): restore rollback manual-stop regression checks #131627
• fix(ci): let publisher own Crabbox proof #131635
• fix(ci): let plugin prerelease build its own registry #131639
• test(release): seed plugin ownership for the installed schema #131685
• fix(release): avoid rate limits during exact-SHA validation #131714
• fix(qa): keep leases when Gateway startup teardown fails #131740
• fix(ci): accept broker-owned Crabbox identity #131754
• fix(release): preserve publish evidence identity #131782
• fix(release): pin publish children to approved tooling #131798
• fix(release): separate parent approval identity #131833
• fix(release): canonicalize composite job ordering #131853
• fix(release): resume protected child publication #131878
• fix(test): await Gateway readiness and finish lifecycle cleanup #131890
• fix(qa): retain WhatsApp lease and auth until Gateway stops #131893
• fix(ci): finish watcher waits after successful reruns #131926
• fix(release): accept active publication transitions #131986
• fix(release): full verification fails as main comparison grows #132029
• fix(tooling): report every deadcode scan outcome #132412
• fix(maintainers): wait for mergeability before admission #132418
• fix(skills): preserve recovery evidence in live review fixtures #132463
• fix(maintainers): wait for calculated PR mergeability #132522
• fix(release): validate extended-stable maintenance patches #132523
• fix(build): local plugin checks rewrite declarations and miss inherited config changes #132532
• fix(build): cold declaration checks reject their own workspace outputs #132603
• fix(plugin-sdk): registration leaves private declarations in packages #132645
• fix(test): join tsgo cleanup after operation timeout #132654
• fix(maintainers): accept the repository id shape gh returns during merge admission #132690
• fix: show Crabbox help before preparing remote execution #132698
• fix(ci): keep canceled docs-agent runs out of review history #132699
• fix(qa): keep Telegram release bootstrap configs current #132710
• fix(release): prevent FRV reruns from losing candidate artifacts #132711
• fix(maintainers): compare gh and GraphQL repository identity by matching id shape #132715
• fix(release): retain bounded npm diagnostics per phase #132748
• fix(test): synchronize custom worker shutdown proof #132824
• fix(qa): retain debug logs across cleanup retries #132836
• fix(ci): restore post-update service fixture isolation #132856
• fix(testing): reject invalid profiler CLI options #132858
• fix(qa): reject explicitly blank scenario selections #132901
• fix(ci): stop Workflow Sanity Git descendants before fallback #132921
• fix(qa): prevent runtime directories reappearing after cleanup #132958
• fix(release): audit tool dependencies and preserve Sandbox failures #132971
• test(desktop): make Unix socket fixture support explicit #132976
• fix(ci): stop QA Git descendants before trust handoff #132991
• fix(ci): keep provider alias service ports distinct #133080
• fix(protocol): protocol:check passes when the published schema drifts #133090
• fix(ci): stop docs publish Git descendants before retries #133093
• fix(changelog): retain explicitly marked breaking changes in release notes #133104
• fix(changelog): classify declared types and scopes before title prose #133113
• fix(ci): drain docs-agent Git trees before recovery #133124
• fix(ci): keep native release verification bounded and complete #133180
• fix(ci): drain generated publication Git trees before recovery #133228
• fix(ci): drain performance Git trees before retry and fallback #133280
• fix(ci): drain release admission Git before handoff #133308

Documentation

• Clarify the onboarding card icon 16daa88
• Records rejected CI artifact checkout experiment 1ce67d5
• Document safe isolation for live gateway tests 2ca4d92
• Protect product names in localized documentation links 2d7be9e
• Default automated iOS releases to the gateway version 3d7e996
• Remove invented inline-code formatting from translated prose 4302896
• Preserve runtime and plugin names in docs translations 477f3af
• Stabilize documentation translation split validation 4d4b176
• Preserve ambiguous product names in translated docs 514d718
• Add pragmatic code guidance for contributors 523c07d
• Keep Dutch documentation address informal 5fe350c
• Document the audited maintainer CI gate bypass 63985f2
• Document the required QA coverage summary path 6bc5fc2
• Clarify schema-version policy for additive SQLite tables 6d5ebac
• Preserve slash-based numeric literals in translated docs 7651ef5
• Preserve docs translation boundaries and plugin names 9d3de46
• docs(gateway): require pre-commit authority guards 9fc5037
• Crop whitespace from README banners a661804
• Add four existing fixes to the changelog af9d583
• Preserve Render branding in documentation translations be74297
• Refresh the generated documentation map c55ea0b
• Require approval before SQLite schema-version bumps cc0b847
• Align the agent-hierarchy roadmap guardrail with planned work e40bd56
• Preserve canonical product names in maturity documentation fee4490
• Explain the pull request automation review flow #101748
• Replace the stale maintainer roster with the current people page #102998
• Refresh the README hero with dark and light brand banners #103123
• Refresh the generated documentation map #104926
• Document GitHub Actions workflow filename resolution #105333
• Guide maintainers to sparse CI polling #106821
• Publish v2026.7.1 release documentation #107040
• Document the Control UI catalog terminal workflow #107204
• Clarify supported PR stats and yielded-exec handling #107819
• Document bounded maintainer automation commands #107830
• Document explicit CI rerun attempt selection #108095
• Align QA transport and release-validation guidance #108463
• Refresh the onboarding redesign plan after phases 1-3 #110121
• Update onboarding phase status and frame the phase 7 decision #110543
• Document draft-then-ready PR creation for reliable CI #110970
• Update stale debugging skill file references #111474
• Document script and dependency troubleshooting rules for agents #112543
• Attribute published packages and docs to the OpenClaw Foundation #112633
• Make Auto QA campaign evidence verifiable #113857
• Replace the rate-limited Star History badge #114762
• Fix the security warning's line wrapping #115388
• Clarify product growth, privacy, and model-guidance policy #115854
• Clarify the exported user timezone contract #116160
• Refresh maturity scorecard from August QA evidence #118074
• Repair stale references in bundled repository skills #120042
• Document a unified runner model for future session placement #120657
• Keep maintainer agents hands-on #121225
• Correct database-first implementation and schema documentation #122085
• Document session evidence retrieval for debugging #122904
• Document the Control UI stylesheet policy #123185
• Mark the Peekaboo v2 tracker item as landed #123838
• Correct computer-use tool inventory counts in the implementation plan #124074
• Mark the computer-use ref lifecycle work as landed #124403
• docs: prefer gh attach for PR media #127417
• docs(mantis): script catalog-tool turns through Code Mode exec #127878
• docs: require discussion for material SQLite changes #128876
• docs(plan): record CUA production vertical, node-channel fix, and channel schema repair #130117
• docs: compact generated maturity scorecard rows #130331
• docs(start): add Why OpenClaw enterprise architecture page #130709
• docs(start): add architecture diagrams to Why OpenClaw #130776
• docs(start): human introduction for Why OpenClaw #130812
• docs(start): restructure Why OpenClaw intro into a question-answer flow #130874
• docs(start): bridge paragraph for personal readers on Why OpenClaw #131105
• docs: prohibit publishing unreleased model identifiers #131942
• docs(ci): correct SDK declaration ownership and caching #132728
• docs: remove AI-assistance disclosure requirement for PRs #132968