OpenClaw v2026.4.14, released on April 14, 2026, is a broad quality release focused on model provider reliability, explicit-turn handling for the GPT-5 family, and channel robustness. Upstream calls it "another broad quality release" with refactors to the underlying core.
GPT-5.4 Pro Support
The release adds forward-compat support for gpt-5.4-pro, including Codex pricing, limits, and list/status visibility — all landing before OpenAI's own catalog caught up. Users can point at the new model and have it treated as a first-class entry rather than an unknown ref.
Telegram Forum Topic Names
Telegram forum topics now surface human topic names in agent context, prompt metadata, and plugin hook metadata. OpenClaw learns names from Telegram forum service messages and persists them to the Telegram session sidecar store, so restarts keep readable topic names instead of opaque IDs.
Active Memory Polish
Recalled memory now moves onto a hidden untrusted prompt-prefix path instead of being injected into the system prompt. The visible Active Memory status line labels its fields, and gateway debug logs include the resolved recall provider and model so trace output matches what the model actually saw.
Channel & Provider Fixes
A wide set of channel fixes lands: Slack interactive events now apply the allowFrom owner allowlist and require an expected sender id; Feishu allowlist canonicalizes entries by explicit user/chat kind and stops folding opaque IDs to lowercase; Telegram status slash commands bypass busy topic turns while /export-session stays on the normal lane. On the provider side, GitHub Copilot gpt-5.4 now accepts xhigh reasoning, Ollama OpenAI-compat streaming reports real usage, and Google Gemini image requests correctly strip trailing /openai suffixes.
Security Hardening
The gateway model-facing config.patch tool now rejects newly-enabling any flag flagged by openclaw security audit, including dangerouslyDisableDeviceAuth, allowInsecureAuth, and similar — already-enabled flags pass through unchanged. Media-understanding attachments fail closed when realpath can't canonicalize, and Microsoft Teams SSO signin invokes now enforce sender allowlist checks. Managed instances on OpenClaw Launch are updated automatically.