OpenClaw 2026.5.18 summary:
Reliability pass
- Telegram media now lands in the right forum topic
- final replies are less likely to vanish into preview-mode weirdness
- stale diagnostics and OAuth fallback state recover better
Voice + mobile
- Android Talk Mode now uses realtime Gateway relay sessions
- streaming mic input, playback, tool results, transcripts
Browser automation
- modal dialogs are no longer invisible traps
- actions can report blockedByDialog
- pending dialogs can be answered directly
Developer plumbing
- xAI/Grok OAuth fixes
- plugin SDK/build tooling
- better restart traces and startup attribution
Umbrella line:
A papercut release. Less flashy, more useful.