OpenClaw v2026.4.1-beta.1 Brings Task Flow Persistence, Android Assistant Integration, and YOLO Exec Default

OpenClaw v2026.4.1-beta.1 landed on April 2nd with a dense set of architectural improvements spanning task orchestration, mobile integration, exec defaults, and plugin hooks.

Task Flow Gets a Persistence Overhaul

The core Task Flow substrate has been rebuilt with managed-vs-mirrored sync modes, durable flow state and revision tracking, and new openclaw flows inspection and recovery primitives. This means background orchestration can now persist and operate separately from plugin authoring layers — a significant step toward production-grade long-running workflows.

The update also adds managed child task spawning with sticky cancel intent, allowing external orchestrators to stop scheduling immediately while letting parent Task Flows settle cleanly after active child tasks finish. A new bound api.runtime.taskFlow seam lets plugins create and drive managed Task Flows from host-resolved OpenClaw context.

Android Gets Google Assistant Integration

@obviyus contributed assistant-role entrypoints plus Google Assistant App Actions metadata for Android. OpenClaw can now be launched from the Android assistant trigger, with prompts handed directly into the chat composer — bringing OpenClaw closer to being a first-class voice assistant on Android.

Exec Defaults to YOLO Mode

Perhaps the most opinionated change: gateway and node host exec now defaults to YOLO mode by requesting security=full with ask=off, aligning host approval-file fallbacks and docs/doctor reporting with that no-prompt default. This is a significant behavioral shift for new installations.

Plugin and Channel Improvements

  • xAI and Firecrawl config migration: Both plugins move from legacy tools.web.* paths to plugin-owned plugins.entries.* paths, with openclaw doctor --fix to automate migration.
  • Provider replay hooks: New surfaces for transcript policy, replay cleanup, and reasoning-mode dispatch (@jalehman, PR #59143).
  • before_agent_reply hook: Plugins can now short-circuit the LLM with synthetic replies after inline actions (@JoshuaLelon, PR #20067).
  • Feishu Drive comments: A dedicated Drive comment-event flow with in-thread replies.
  • Session routing: Provider-specific conversation grammar moved into plugin-owned session-key surfaces, preserving Telegram topic routing and Feishu scoped inheritance.

This pre-release is available now on GitHub. Migration guides for the xAI and Firecrawl config changes are handled automatically via openclaw doctor --fix.

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