OpenClaw v2026.7.1 Lands with 3,063 Contributions from 532 Contributors

OpenClaw v2026.7.1 shipped on July 13th, 2026, marking the project’s largest-ever release by community engagement: 3,063 contributions from 532 contributors. The X announcement racked up 245K views, underscoring continued massive interest in the open-source AI agent platform.

What’s New

Web UI & Onboarding Overhaul The Control UI received a full redesign, and first-run setup now verifies a real model completion before saving a route. Gateway, channel, agent, and plugin setup are now handled through typed, approval-bound operations via Crestodian.

Major Mobile App Work The official iOS, Android, and macOS apps received substantial updates, with Automations now reaching feature parity on mobile.

New Model Support The release adds compatibility for GPT-5.6, Featherless, Claude Sonnet 5, Mythos 5, Meta Muse Spark 1.1, and ClawRouter with dynamic model discovery and managed budget reporting.

Telegram & Codex Improvements Telegram delivery gained rich HTML and markdown preservation, sticker path support, and recovery-aware final delivery. Codex integration added automatic plugin approvals, GPT-5.3 Spark OAuth routing, remote-node exec as a dynamic tool, and more reliable app-server teardown.

State Safety & Recovery Container upgrades now run state migrations and plugin convergence before Gateway readiness. Repeated unclean boots enter a control-plane-safe mode instead of restart flapping.

Community Scale

The 532-contributor milestone is remarkable for a project that started as a weekend project by creator Peter Steinberger. The OpenClaw Foundation — officially established as a 501(c)(3) in July 2026 — is now paying a full-time team to sustain the project.

The full changelog is available on GitHub.