OpenClaw v2026.3.23 (and its follow-up patch v2026.3.23-2) landed on March 23, 2026, focusing on stabilization after the breaking-change-heavy v2026.3.22 release. This version smooths out the Plugin SDK transition, improves browser reliability, and expands Qwen model support.
Plugin SDK Stabilization
Following v2026.3.22's removal of the legacy openclaw/extension-api, this release fixes ClawHub plugin compatibility checks to properly evaluate against the active runtime version. The openclaw plugins uninstall command now correctly accepts clawhub: specs and versionless package names, restoring full uninstall functionality for ClawHub-sourced plugins.
Browser Attach Improvements
Chrome MCP and CDP browser paths received significant reliability fixes. The release resolves repeated timeout issues in browser relay and attach workflows — existing-session browser tabs now wait to become usable after attach instead of treating the initial Chrome MCP handshake as ready. On slower headless Linux setups, the runtime reuses an already-running loopback browser after a short reachability miss instead of immediately falling back to relaunch detection.
Qwen Provider Refresh
Standard (pay-as-you-go) DashScope endpoints are now supported for both China and global Qwen API keys, alongside the existing Coding Plan endpoints. The provider group has been relabeled to Qwen (Alibaba Cloud Model Studio). Bundled Mistral max-token defaults have been lowered to safe output budgets, and openclaw doctor --fix can now repair old persisted Mistral configs automatically.
Other Fixes
- Web search provider selection now uses the active runtime configuration instead of stale defaults
- Slash-command authorization no longer crashes when channel
allowFromresolution hits unresolved SecretRef-backed accounts - macOS auth config and XDG auth paths are now honored for saved ClawHub credentials
- Bundled runtime sidecars for WhatsApp and Matrix have been restored
Self-hosters should run openclaw doctor --fix after upgrading. Users on OpenClaw Launch get these updates automatically with managed hosting.