OpenClaw 2026.2.12 — What Shipped (Operator Guide)

This post covers what shipped in v2026.2.12 and what it means for OpenClaw VPS operators.

What shipped

Changes

• CLI: add openclaw logs --local-time to display log timestamps in local timezone. (#13818) Thanks @xialonglee.
• Telegram: render blockquotes as native <blockquote> tags instead of stripping them. (#14608)
• Config: avoid redacting maxTokens-like fields during config snapshot redaction, preventing round-trip validation failures in /config. (#14006) Thanks @constansino.

Breaking

• Hooks: POST /hooks/agent now rejects payload sessionKey overrides by default. To keep fixed hook context, set hooks.defaultSessionKey (recommended with hooks.allowedSessionKeyPrefixes: ["hook:"]). If you need legacy behavior, explicitly set hooks.allowRequestSessionKey: true. Thanks @alpernae for reporting.

Fixes

• Gateway/OpenResponses: harden URL-based inputfile/inputimage handling with explicit SSRF deny policy, hostname allowlists (files.urlAllowlist / images.urlAllowlist), per-request URL input caps (maxUrlParts), blocked-fetch audit logging, and regression coverage/docs updates.
• Security: fix unauthenticated Nostr profile API remote config tampering. (#13719) Thanks @coygeek.
• Security: remove bundled soul-evil hook. (#14757) Thanks @Imccccc.
• Security/Audit: add hook session-routing hardening checks (hooks.defaultSessionKey, hooks.allowRequestSessionKey, and prefix allowlists), and warn when HTTP API endpoints allow explicit session-key routing.
• Security/Sandbox: confine mirrored skill sync destinations to the sandbox skills/ root and stop using frontmatter-controlled skill names as filesystem destination paths. Thanks @1seal.
• Security/Web tools: treat browser/web content as untrusted by default (wrapped outputs for browser snapshot/tabs/console and structured external-content metadata for web tools), and strip toolResult.details from model-facing transcript/compaction inputs to reduce prompt-injection replay risk.
• Security/Hooks: harden webhook and device token verification with shared constant-time secret comparison, and add per-client auth-failure throttling for hook endpoints (429 + Retry-After). Thanks @akhmittra.
• Security/Browser: require auth for loopback browser control HTTP routes, auto-generate gateway.auth.token when browser control starts without auth, and add a security-audit check for unauthenticated browser control. Thanks @tcusolle.
• Sessions/Gateway: harden transcript path resolution and reject unsafe session IDs/file paths so session operations stay within agent sessions directories. Thanks @akhmittra.
• Gateway: raise WS payload/buffer limits so 5,000,000-byte image attachments work reliably. (#14486) Thanks @0xRaini.
• Logging/CLI: use local timezone timestamps for console prefixing, and include ±HH:MM offsets when using openclaw logs --local-time to avoid ambiguity. (#14771) Thanks @0xRaini.
• Gateway: drain active turns before restart to prevent message loss. (#13931) Thanks @0xRaini.
• Gateway: auto-generate auth token during install to prevent launchd restart loops. (#13813) Thanks @cathrynlavery.
• Gateway: prevent undefined/missing token in auth config. (#13809) Thanks @asklee-klawd.
• Gateway: handle async EPIPE on stdout/stderr during shutdown. (#13414) Thanks @keshav55.
• Gateway/Control UI: resolve missing dashboard assets when openclaw is installed globally via symlink-based Node managers (nvm/fnm/n/Homebrew). (#14919) Thanks @aynorica.
• Cron: use requested agentId for isolated job auth resolution. (#13983) Thanks @0xRaini.
• Cron: prevent cron jobs from skipping execution when nextRunAtMs advances. (#14068) Thanks @WalterSumbon.
• Cron: pass agentId to runHeartbeatOnce for main-session jobs. (#14140) Thanks @ishikawa-pro.
• Cron: re-arm timers when onTimer fires while a job is still executing. (#14233) Thanks @tomron87.
• Cron: prevent duplicate fires when multiple jobs trigger simultaneously. (#14256) Thanks @xinhuagu.
• Cron: isolate scheduler errors so one bad job does not break all jobs. (#14385) Thanks @MarvinDontPanic.
• Cron: prevent one-shot at jobs from re-firing on restart after skipped/errored runs. (#13878) Thanks @lailoo.
• Heartbeat: prevent scheduler stalls on unexpected run errors and avoid immediate rerun loops after requests-in-flight skips. (#14901) Thanks @joeykrug.
• Cron: honor stored session model overrides for isolated-agent runs while preserving hooks.gmail.model precedence for Gmail hook sessions. (#14983) Thanks @shtse8.
• Logging/Browser: fall back to os.tmpdir()/openclaw for default log, browser trace, and browser download temp paths when /tmp/openclaw is unavailable.
• WhatsApp: convert Markdown bold/strikethrough to WhatsApp formatting. (#14285) Thanks @Raikan10.
• WhatsApp: allow media-only sends and normalize leading blank payloads. (#14408) Thanks @karimnaguib.
• WhatsApp: default MIME type for voice messages when Baileys omits it. (#14444) Thanks @mcaxtr.
• Telegram: handle no-text message in model picker editMessageText. (#14397) Thanks @0xRaini.
• Telegram: surface REACTION_INVALID as non-fatal warning. (#14340) Thanks @0xRaini.
• BlueBubbles: fix webhook auth bypass via loopback proxy trust. (#13787) Thanks @coygeek.
• Slack: change default replyToMode from "off" to "all". (#14364) Thanks @nm-de.
• Slack: detect control commands when channel messages start with bot mention prefixes (for example, @Bot /new). (#14142) Thanks @beefiker.
• Signal: enforce E.164 validation for the Signal bot account prompt so mistyped numbers are caught early. (#15063) Thanks @Duartemartins.
• Discord: process DM reactions instead of silently dropping them. (#10418) Thanks @mcaxtr.
• Discord: respect replyToMode in threads. (#11062) Thanks @cordx56.
• Heartbeat: filter noise-only system events so scheduled reminder notifications do not fire when cron runs carry only heartbeat markers. (#13317) Thanks @pvtclawn.
• Signal: render mention placeholders as @uuid/@phone so mention gating and Clawdbot targeting work. (#2013) Thanks @alexgleason.
• Discord: omit empty content fields for media-only messages while preserving caption whitespace. (#9507) Thanks @leszekszpunar.
• Onboarding/Providers: add Z.AI endpoint-specific auth choices (zai-coding-global, zai-coding-cn, zai-global, zai-cn) and expand default Z.AI model wiring. (#13456) Thanks @tomsun28.
• Onboarding/Providers: update MiniMax API default/recommended models from M2.1 to M2.5, add M2.5/M2.5-Lightning model entries, and include minimax-m2.5 in modern model filtering. (#14865) Thanks @adao-max.
• Ollama: use configured models.providers.ollama.baseUrl for model discovery and normalize /v1 endpoints to the native Ollama API root. (#14131) Thanks @shtse8.
• Voice Call: pass Twilio stream auth token via <Parameter> instead of query string. (#14029) Thanks @mcwigglesmcgee.
• Feishu: pass Buffer directly to the Feishu SDK upload APIs instead of Readable.from(...) to avoid form-data upload failures. (#10345) Thanks @youngerstyle.
• Feishu: trigger mention-gated group handling only when the bot itself is mentioned (not just any mention). (#11088) Thanks @openperf.
• Feishu: probe status uses the resolved account context for multi-account credential checks. (#11233) Thanks @onevcat.
• Feishu DocX: preserve top-level converted block order using firstLevelBlockIds when writing/appending documents. (#13994) Thanks @Cynosure159.
• Feishu plugin packaging: remove workspace:* openclaw dependency from extensions/feishu and sync lockfile for install compatibility. (#14423) Thanks @jackcooper2015.
• CLI/Wizard: exit with code 1 when configure, agents add, or interactive onboard wizards are canceled, so set -e automation stops correctly. (#14156) Thanks @0xRaini.
• Media: strip MEDIA: lines with local paths instead of leaking as visible text. (#14399) Thanks @0xRaini.
• Config/Cron: exclude maxTokens from config redaction and honor deleteAfterRun on skipped cron jobs. (#13342) Thanks @niceysam.
• Config: ignore meta field changes in config file watcher. (#13460) Thanks @brandonwise.
• Cron: use requested agentId for isolated job auth resolution. (#13983) Thanks @0xRaini.
• Cron: pass agentId to runHeartbeatOnce for main-session jobs. (#14140) Thanks @ishikawa-pro.
• Cron: prevent cron jobs from skipping execution when nextRunAtMs advances. (#14068) Thanks @WalterSumbon.
• Cron: re-arm timers when onTimer fires while a job is still executing. (#14233) Thanks @tomron87.
• Cron: prevent duplicate fires when multiple jobs trigger simultaneously. (#14256) Thanks @xinhuagu.
• Cron: isolate scheduler errors so one bad job does not break all jobs. (#14385) Thanks @MarvinDontPanic.
• Cron: prevent one-shot at jobs from re-firing on restart after skipped/errored runs. (#13878) Thanks @lailoo.
• Daemon: suppress EPIPE error when restarting LaunchAgent. (#14343) Thanks @0xRaini.
• Antigravity: add opus 4.6 forward-compat model and bypass thinking signature sanitization. (#14218) Thanks @jg-noncelogic.
• Agents: prevent file descriptor leaks in child process cleanup. (#13565) Thanks @KyleChen26.
• Agents: prevent double compaction caused by cache TTL bypassing guard. (#13514) Thanks @taw0002.
• Agents: use last API call's cache tokens for context display instead of accumulated sum. (#13805) Thanks @akari-musubi.
• Agents: keep followup-runner session totalTokens aligned with post-compaction context by using last-call usage and shared token-accounting logic. (#14979) Thanks @shtse8.
• Hooks/Plugins: wire 9 previously unwired plugin lifecycle hooks into core runtime paths (session, compaction, gateway, and outbound message hooks). (#14882) Thanks @shtse8.
• Hooks/Tools: dispatch beforetoolcall and aftertoolcall hooks from both tool execution paths with rebased conflict fixes. (#15012) Thanks @Patrick-Barletta, @Takhoffman.
• Discord: allow channel-edit to archive/lock threads and set auto-archive duration. (#5542) Thanks @stumct.
• Discord tests: use a partial @buape/carbon mock in slash command coverage. (#13262) Thanks @arosstale.
• Tests: update thread ID handling in Slack message collection tests. (#14108) Thanks @swizzmagik.

What matters for hosted operators

• Validate channel delivery behavior (web chat + Telegram).
• Verify model/provider settings and fallback behavior.
• Run a smoke test after deploy: message flow, tool call, and response quality.

Post-upgrade checklist

1. Send/receive test messages in active channels.
2. Confirm bot settings and auth paths still behave as expected.
3. Check billing/usage visibility and dashboard status.
4. Log regressions immediately and keep rollback notes.

Related reading

• OpenClaw Release Notes Hub (2026)
• Best OpenClaw Hosting in 2026
• Pricing · Why OpenClaw VPS · FAQ

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Source

• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/releases/tag/v2026.2.12