OpenClaw v2026.4.8, released on April 8, 2026, is a targeted stability update that addresses configuration and runtime issues across more than ten bundled channel integrations. The release prioritizes reliability over new features.
Broad Channel Fixes
The update patches configuration handling for BlueBubbles, Feishu, Google Chat, IRC, Matrix, Mattermost, Microsoft Teams, Nextcloud Talk, Slack, and Zalo. Each channel plugin received metadata alignment to ensure consistent behavior with the v2026.4.x release line.
A notable fix addresses Telegram and gateway setup, loading setup and secret contracts through packaged top-level sidecars to prevent npm build failures during startup — an issue that had caused intermittent deployment failures for Docker-based installations.
Slack Proxy Support
For enterprise environments behind corporate proxies, the release adds ambient HTTP and HTTPS proxy support for Slack Socket Mode connections, including proper NO_PROXY exclusion handling. A separate fix resolves SecretRef-backed bot token failures that occurred after configuration re-reads.
Security Improvements
The release includes a DNS pinning bypass for trusted proxy environments in sandbox deployments, and corrections to runtime reporting for the /exec endpoint to accurately reflect host-aware fallback policies.
Users running OpenClaw through OpenClaw Launch receive these stability improvements automatically as managed instances are updated.