### Changes
- Control UI: add copy-as-markdown with error feedback. (#1345) https://docs.clawd.bot/web/control-ui
- Control UI: drop the legacy list view. (#1345) https://docs.clawd.bot/web/control-ui
- TUI: add syntax highlighting for code blocks. (#1200) https://docs.clawd.bot/tui
- TUI: session picker shows derived titles, fuzzy search, relative times, and last message preview. (#1271) https://docs.clawd.bot/tui
- TUI: add a searchable model picker for quicker model selection. (#1198) https://docs.clawd.bot/tui
- TUI: add input history (up/down) for submitted messages. (#1348) https://docs.clawd.bot/tui
- ACP: add `clawdbot acp` for IDE integrations. https://docs.clawd.bot/cli/acp
- ACP: add `clawdbot acp client` interactive harness for debugging. https://docs.clawd.bot/cli/acp
- Skills: add download installs with OS-filtered options. https://docs.clawd.bot/tools/skills
- Skills: add the local sherpa-onnx-tts skill. https://docs.clawd.bot/tools/skills
- Memory: add hybrid BM25 + vector search (FTS5) with weighted merging and fallback. https://docs.clawd.bot/concepts/memory
- Memory: add SQLite embedding cache to speed up reindexing and frequent updates. https://docs.clawd.bot/concepts/memory
- Memory: add OpenAI batch indexing for embeddings when configured. https://docs.clawd.bot/concepts/memory
- Memory: enable OpenAI batch indexing by default for OpenAI embeddings. https://docs.clawd.bot/concepts/memory
- Memory: allow parallel OpenAI batch indexing jobs (default concurrency: 2). https://docs.clawd.bot/concepts/memory
- Memory: render progress immediately, color batch statuses in verbose logs, and poll OpenAI batch status every 2s by default. https://docs.clawd.bot/concepts/memory
- Memory: add `--verbose` logging for memory status + batch indexing details. https://docs.clawd.bot/concepts/memory
- Memory: add native Gemini embeddings provider for memory search. (#1151) https://docs.clawd.bot/concepts/memory
- Browser: allow config defaults for efficient snapshots in the tool/CLI. (#1336) https://docs.clawd.bot/tools/browser
- Nostr: add the Nostr channel plugin with profile management + onboarding defaults. (#1323) https://docs.clawd.bot/channels/nostr
- Matrix: migrate to matrix-bot-sdk with E2EE support, location handling, and group allowlist upgrades. (#1298) https://docs.clawd.bot/channels/matrix
- Slack: add HTTP webhook mode via Bolt HTTP receiver. (#1143) https://docs.clawd.bot/channels/slack
- Telegram: enrich forwarded-message context with normalized origin details + legacy fallback. (#1090) https://docs.clawd.bot/channels/telegram
- Discord: fall back to `/skill` when native command limits are exceeded. (#1287)
- Discord: expose `/skill` globally. (#1287)
- Zalouser: add channel dock metadata, config schema, setup wiring, probe, and status issues. (#1219) https://docs.clawd.bot/plugins/zalouser
- Plugins: require manifest-embedded config schemas with preflight validation warnings. (#1272) https://docs.clawd.bot/plugins/manifest
- Plugins: move channel catalog metadata into plugin manifests. (#1290) https://docs.clawd.bot/plugins/manifest
- Plugins: align Nextcloud Talk policy helpers with core patterns. (#1290) https://docs.clawd.bot/plugins/manifest
- Plugins/UI: let channel plugin metadata drive UI labels/icons and cron channel options. (#1306) https://docs.clawd.bot/web/control-ui
- Plugins: add plugin slots with a dedicated memory slot selector. https://docs.clawd.bot/plugins/agent-tools
- Plugins: ship the bundled BlueBubbles channel plugin (disabled by default). https://docs.clawd.bot/channels/bluebubbles
- Plugins: migrate bundled messaging extensions to the plugin SDK and resolve plugin-sdk imports in the loader.
- Plugins: migrate the Zalo plugin to the shared plugin SDK runtime. https://docs.clawd.bot/channels/zalo
- Plugins: migrate the Zalo Personal plugin to the shared plugin SDK runtime. https://docs.clawd.bot/plugins/zalouser
- Plugins: allow optional agent tools with explicit allowlists and add the plugin tool authoring guide. https://docs.clawd.bot/plugins/agent-tools
- Plugins: auto-enable bundled channel/provider plugins when configuration is present.
- Plugins: sync plugin sources on channel switches and update npm-installed plugins during `clawdbot update`.
- Plugins: share npm plugin update logic between `clawdbot update` and `clawdbot plugins update`.
- Gateway/API: add `/v1/responses` (OpenResponses) with item-based input + semantic streaming events. (#1229)
- Gateway/API: expand `/v1/responses` to support file/image inputs, tool_choice, usage, and output limits. (#1229)
- Usage: add `/usage cost` summaries and macOS menu cost charts. https://docs.clawd.bot/reference/api-usage-costs
- Security: warn when <=300B models run without sandboxing while web tools are enabled. https://docs.clawd.bot/cli/security
- Exec: add host/security/ask routing for gateway + node exec. https://docs.clawd.bot/tools/exec
- Exec: add `/exec` directive for per-session exec defaults (host/security/ask/node). https://docs.clawd.bot/tools/exec
- Exec approvals: migrate approvals to `~/.clawdbot/exec-approvals.json` with per-agent allowlists + skill auto-allow toggle, and add approvals UI + node exec lifecycle events. https://docs.clawd.bot/tools/exec-approvals
- Nodes: add headless node host (`clawdbot node start`) for `system.run`/`system.which`. https://docs.clawd.bot/cli/node
- Nodes: add node daemon service install/status/start/stop/restart. https://docs.clawd.bot/cli/node
- Bridge: add `skills.bins` RPC to support node host auto-allow skill bins.
- Sessions: add daily reset policy with per-type overrides and idle windows (default 4am local), preserving legacy idle-only configs. (#1146) https://docs.clawd.bot/concepts/session
- Sessions: allow `sessions_spawn` to override thinking level for sub-agent runs. https://docs.clawd.bot/tools/subagents
- Channels: unify thread/topic allowlist matching + command/mention gating helpers across core providers. https://docs.clawd.bot/concepts/groups
- Models: add Qwen Portal OAuth provider support. (#1120) https://docs.clawd.bot/providers/qwen
- Onboarding: add allowlist prompts and username-to-id resolution across core and extension channels. https://docs.clawd.bot/start/onboarding
- Docs: clarify allowlist input types and onboarding behavior for messaging channels. https://docs.clawd.bot/start/onboarding
- Docs: refresh Android node discovery docs for the Gateway WS service type. https://docs.clawd.bot/platforms/android
- Docs: surface Amazon Bedrock in provider lists and clarify Bedrock auth env vars. (#1289) https://docs.clawd.bot/bedrock
- Docs: clarify WhatsApp voice notes. https://docs.clawd.bot/channels/whatsapp
- Docs: clarify Windows WSL portproxy LAN access notes. https://docs.clawd.bot/platforms/windows
- Docs: refresh bird skill install metadata and usage notes. (#1302) https://docs.clawd.bot/tools/browser-login
- Agents: add local docs path resolution and include docs/mirror/source/community pointers in the system prompt.
- Agents: clarify node_modules read-only guidance in agent instructions.
- Config: stamp last-touched metadata on write and warn if the config is newer than the running build.
- macOS: hide usage section when usage is unavailable instead of showing provider errors.
- Android: migrate node transport to the Gateway WebSocket protocol with TLS pinning support + gateway discovery naming.
- Android: send structured payloads in node events/invokes and include user-agent metadata in gateway connects.
- Android: remove legacy bridge transport code now that nodes use the gateway protocol.
- Android: bump okhttp + dnsjava to satisfy lint dependency checks.
- Build: update workspace + core/plugin deps.
- Build: use tsgo for dev/watch builds by default (opt out with `CLAWDBOT_TS_COMPILER=tsc`).
- Repo: remove the Peekaboo git submodule now that the SPM release is used.
- macOS: switch PeekabooBridge integration to the tagged Swift Package Manager release.
- macOS: stop syncing Peekaboo in postinstall.
- Swabble: use the tagged Commander Swift package release.
### Breaking
- **BREAKING:** Reject invalid/unknown config entries and refuse to start the gateway for safety. Run `clawdbot doctor --fix` to repair, then update plugins (`clawdbot plugins update`) if you use any.
### Fixes
- Discovery: shorten Bonjour DNS-SD service type to `_clawdbot-gw._tcp` and update discovery clients/docs.
- Diagnostics: export OTLP logs, correct queue depth tracking, and document message-flow telemetry.
- Diagnostics: emit message-flow diagnostics across channels via shared dispatch. (#1244)
- Diagnostics: gate heartbeat/webhook logging. (#1244)
- Gateway: strip inbound envelope headers from chat history messages to keep clients clean.
- Gateway: clarify unauthorized handshake responses with token/password mismatch guidance.
- Gateway: allow mobile node client ids for iOS + Android handshake validation. (#1354)
- Gateway: clarify connect/validation errors for gateway params. (#1347)
- Gateway: preserve restart wake routing + thread replies across restarts. (#1337)
- Gateway: reschedule per-agent heartbeats on config hot reload without restarting the runner.
- Gateway: require authorized restarts for SIGUSR1 (restart/apply/update) so config gating can't be bypassed.
- Cron: auto-deliver isolated agent output to explicit targets without tool calls. (#1285)
- Agents: preserve subagent announce thread/topic routing + queued replies across channels. (#1241)
- Agents: propagate accountId into embedded runs so sub-agent announce routing honors the originating account. (#1058)
- Agents: avoid treating timeout errors with "aborted" messages as user aborts, so model fallback still runs. (#1137)
- Agents: sanitize oversized image payloads before send and surface image-dimension errors.
- Sessions: fall back to session labels when listing display names. (#1124)
- Compaction: include tool failure summaries in safeguard compaction to prevent retry loops. (#1084)
- Config: log invalid config issues once per run and keep invalid-config errors stackless.
- Config: allow Perplexity as a web_search provider in config validation. (#1230)
- Config: allow custom fields under `skills.entries.<name>.config` for skill credentials/config. (#1226)
- Doctor: clarify plugin auto-enable hint text in the startup banner.
- Doctor: canonicalize legacy session keys in session stores to prevent stale metadata. (#1169)
- Docs: make docs:list fail fast with a clear error if the docs directory is missing.
- Plugins: add Nextcloud Talk manifest for plugin config validation. (#1297)
- Plugins: surface plugin load/register/config errors in gateway logs with plugin/source context.
- CLI: preserve cron delivery settings when editing message payloads. (#1322)
- CLI: keep `clawdbot logs` output resilient to broken pipes while preserving progress output.
- CLI: avoid duplicating --profile/--dev flags when formatting commands.
- CLI: centralize CLI command registration to keep fast-path routing and program wiring in sync. (#1207)
- CLI: keep banners on routed commands, restore config guarding outside fast-path routing, and tighten fast-path flag parsing while skipping console capture for extra speed. (#1195)
- CLI: skip runner rebuilds when dist is fresh. (#1231)
- CLI: add WSL2/systemd unavailable hints in daemon status/doctor output.
- Status: route native `/status` to the active agent so model selection reflects the correct profile. (#1301)
- Status: show both usage windows with reset hints when usage data is available. (#1101)
- UI: keep config form enums typed, preserve empty strings, protect sensitive defaults, and deepen config search. (#1315)
- UI: preserve ordered list numbering in chat markdown. (#1341)
- UI: allow Control UI to read gatewayUrl from URL params for remote WebSocket targets. (#1342)
- UI: prevent double-scroll in Control UI chat by locking chat layout to the viewport. (#1283)
- UI: enable shell mode for sync Windows spawns to avoid `pnpm ui:build` EINVAL. (#1212)
- TUI: keep thinking blocks ordered before content during streaming and isolate per-run assembly. (#1202)
- TUI: align custom editor initialization with the latest pi-tui API. (#1298)
- TUI: show generic empty-state text for searchable pickers. (#1201)
- TUI: highlight model search matches and stabilize search ordering.
- Configure: hide OpenRouter auto routing model from the model picker. (#1182)
- Memory: show total file counts + scan issues in `clawdbot memory status`.
- Memory: fall back to non-batch embeddings after repeated batch failures.
- Memory: apply OpenAI batch defaults even without explicit remote config.
- Memory: index atomically so failed reindex preserves the previous memory database. (#1151)
- Memory: avoid sqlite-vec unique constraint failures when reindexing duplicate chunk ids. (#1151)
- Memory: retry transient 5xx errors (Cloudflare) during embedding indexing.
- Memory: parallelize embedding indexing with rate-limit retries.
- Memory: split overly long lines to keep embeddings under token limits.
- Memory: skip empty chunks to avoid invalid embedding inputs.
- Memory: split embedding batches to avoid OpenAI token limits during indexing.
- Memory: probe sqlite-vec availability in `clawdbot memory status`.
- Exec approvals: enforce allowlist when ask is off.
- Exec approvals: prefer raw command for node approvals/events.
- Tools: show exec elevated flag before the command and keep it outside markdown in tool summaries.
- Tools: return a companion-app-required message when node exec is requested with no paired node.
- Tools: return a companion-app-required message when `system.run` is requested without a supporting node.
- Exec: default gateway/node exec security to allowlist when unset (sandbox stays deny).
- Exec: prefer bash when fish is default shell, falling back to sh if bash is missing. (#1297)
- Exec: merge login-shell PATH for host=gateway exec while keeping daemon PATH minimal. (#1304)
- Streaming: emit assistant deltas for OpenAI-compatible SSE chunks. (#1147)
- Discord: make resolve warnings avoid raw JSON payloads on rate limits.
- Discord: process message handlers in parallel across sessions to avoid event queue blocking. (#1295)
- Discord: stop reconnecting the gateway after aborts to prevent duplicate listeners.
- Discord: only emit slow listener warnings after 30s.
- Discord: inherit parent channel allowlists for thread slash commands and reactions. (#1123)
- Telegram: honor pairing allowlists for native slash commands.
- Telegram: preserve hidden text_link URLs by expanding entities in inbound text. (#1118)
- Slack: resolve Bolt import interop for Bun + Node. (#1191)
- Web search: infer Perplexity base URL from API key source (direct vs OpenRouter).
- Web fetch: harden SSRF protection with shared hostname checks and redirect limits. (#1346)
- Browser: register AI snapshot refs for act commands. (#1282)
- Voice call: include request query in Twilio webhook verification when publicUrl is set. (#864)
- Anthropic: default API prompt caching to 1h with configurable TTL override.
- Anthropic: ignore TTL for OAuth.
- Auth profiles: keep auto-pinned preference while allowing rotation on failover. (#1138)
- Auth profiles: user pins stay locked. (#1138)
- Model catalog: avoid caching import failures, log transient discovery errors, and keep partial results. (#1332)
- Tests: stabilize Windows gateway/CLI tests by skipping sidecars, normalizing argv, and extending timeouts.
- Tests: stabilize plugin SDK resolution and embedded agent timeouts.
- Windows: install gateway scheduled task as the current user.
- Windows: show friendly guidance instead of failing on access denied.
- macOS: load menu session previews asynchronously so items populate while the menu is open.
- macOS: use label colors for session preview text so previews render in menu subviews.
- macOS: suppress usage error text in the menubar cost view.
- macOS: Doctor repairs LaunchAgent bootstrap issues for Gateway + Node when listed but not loaded. (#1166)
- macOS: avoid touching launchd in Remote over SSH so quitting the app no longer disables the remote gateway. (#1105)
- macOS: bundle Textual resources in packaged app builds to avoid code block crashes. (#1006)
- Daemon: include HOME in service environments to avoid missing HOME errors. (#1214)
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