The base image (Dockerfile.sandbox) sets USER sandbox at the end, so
when sandbox-common-setup.sh builds FROM it, apt-get runs as the
unprivileged sandbox user and fails with 'Permission denied'.
Add USER root before apt-get/npm/curl install steps, and restore
USER sandbox at the end to preserve the non-root runtime default.
Fixes#16420
* feat(podman): add optional Podman setup and documentation
- Introduced `setup-podman.sh` for one-time host setup of OpenClaw in a rootless Podman environment, including user creation, image building, and launch script installation.
- Added `run-openclaw-podman.sh` for running the OpenClaw gateway as a Podman container.
- Created `openclaw.podman.env` for environment variable configuration.
- Updated documentation to include Podman installation instructions and a new dedicated Podman guide.
- Added a systemd Quadlet unit for managing the OpenClaw service as a user service.
* fix: harden Podman setup and docs (#16273) (thanks @DarwinsBuddy)
* style: format cli credentials
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Co-authored-by: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>
* fix(slack): download all files in multi-image messages
resolveSlackMedia() previously returned after downloading the first
file, causing multi-image Slack messages to lose all but the first
attachment. This changes the function to collect all successfully
downloaded files into an array, matching the pattern already used by
Telegram, Line, Discord, and iMessage adapters.
The prepare handler now populates MediaPaths, MediaUrls, and
MediaTypes arrays so downstream media processing (vision, sandbox
staging, media notes) works correctly with multiple attachments.
Fixes#11892, #7536
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix(slack): preserve MediaTypes index alignment with MediaPaths/MediaUrls
The filter(Boolean) on MediaTypes removed entries with undefined contentType,
shrinking the array and breaking index correlation with MediaPaths and MediaUrls.
Downstream code (media-note.ts, attachments.ts) requires these arrays to have
equal lengths for correct per-attachment MIME type lookup. Replace filter(Boolean)
with a nullish coalescing fallback to "application/octet-stream".
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix(slack): align MediaType fallback and tests (#15447) (thanks @CommanderCrowCode)
* fix: unblock plugin-sdk account-id typing (#15447)
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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>
Unlike Bash, Zsh has several "special" readonly variables (status, pipestatus, etc.) that the shell manages automatically. Shadowing them with local declarations triggers an error.
Discussion: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/discussions/13528
## Checklist
- [x] **Mark as AI-assisted in the PR title or description** - Implemented by 🤖, reviewed by 👨💻
- [x] **Note the degree of testing** - fully tested and I use it myself
- [x] **Include prompts or session logs if possible (super helpful!)** - I can try doing a "resume" on a few sessions, but don't think it'll provide value. Lmk if this is a blocker.
- [x] **Confirm you understand what the code does** - It's simple :)
## Summary of changes
- **ClawDock** - Shell helpers replace verbose `docker-compose` commands with simple `clawdock-*` shortcuts
- **Zero-config setup** - First run auto-detects the OpenClaw project directory from common paths and saves the config for future use
- **No extra dependencies** - Just bash
- **Built-in auth & device pairing helpers** - `clawdock-fix-token`, `clawdock-dashboard`, etc to handle gateay setup, streamline web UI, etc...
- **Updated Docker docs** - Installation docs now include the optional ClawDock helper setup for users who want simplified container management
## Example Usage
```bash
$ clawdock-help
🦞 ClawDock - Docker Helpers for OpenClaw
⚡ Basic Operations
clawdock-start Start the gateway
clawdock-stop Stop the gateway
clawdock-restart Restart the gateway
clawdock-status Check container status
clawdock-logs View live logs (follows)
🐚 Container Access
clawdock-shell Shell into container (openclaw alias ready)
clawdock-cli Run CLI commands (e.g., clawdock-cli status)
clawdock-exec <cmd> Execute command in gateway container
🌐 Web UI & Devices
clawdock-dashboard Open web UI in browser (auto-guides you)
clawdock-devices List device pairings (auto-guides you)
clawdock-approve <id> Approve device pairing (with examples)
⚙️ Setup & Configuration
clawdock-fix-token Configure gateway token (run once)
🔧 Maintenance
clawdock-rebuild Rebuild Docker image
clawdock-clean ⚠️ Remove containers & volumes (nuclear)
🛠️ Utilities
clawdock-health Run health check
clawdock-token Show gateway auth token
clawdock-cd Jump to openclaw project directory
clawdock-config Open config directory (~/.openclaw)
clawdock-workspace Open workspace directory
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🚀 First Time Setup
1. clawdock-start # Start the gateway
2. clawdock-fix-token # Configure token
3. clawdock-dashboard # Open web UI
4. clawdock-devices # If pairing needed
5. clawdock-approve <id> # Approve pairing
💬 WhatsApp Setup
clawdock-shell
> openclaw channels login --channel whatsapp
> openclaw status
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
💡 All commands guide you through next steps!
📚 Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
```\n\nCo-authored-by: Gustavo Madeira Santana <gumadeiras@gmail.com>
* Scripts: add sync-credits.py to populate maintainers/contributors from git/GitHub
* fix(credits): deduplicate contributors by GitHub username and display name
* CI: add code-size check for files crossing LOC threshold
* feat(ci): add duplicate function detection to CI code-size check
The --compare-to mode now also detects new duplicate function names
introduced by a PR. Uses git diff to scope checks to changed files
only, keeping CI fast.
* fix(ci): address review feedback for code-size check
- Validate git ref upfront; exit 2 if ref doesn't exist
- Distinguish 'file missing at ref' from genuine git errors
- Explicitly fetch base branch ref in CI workflow
- Raise threshold from 700 to 1000 lines
* fix(ci): exclude Swabble, skills, .pi from code analysis
* update gitignore for pycache
* ci: make code-size check informational (no failure on violations)
- Create shared PNG encoder module (src/media/png-encode.ts)
- Refactor qr-image.ts and live-image-probe.ts to use shared encoder
- Add safeParseJson to utils.ts and plugin-sdk exports
- Update msteams and pairing-store to use centralized safeParseJson
* fix: compile bundled hook handlers in tsdown build
The migration from tsc to tsdown in 2026.2.2 dropped bundled hook handlers
from the build output. The copy-hook-metadata.ts script only copies HOOK.md
metadata files, not the handler.ts source files. Without corresponding tsdown
entry points, the handlers were never compiled to JS, causing
`openclaw hooks list` to show 0 hooks on npm installs.
This adds each bundled hook handler and the llm-slug-generator (dynamically
imported by session-memory) as tsdown entry points:
- src/hooks/bundled/session-memory/handler.ts
- src/hooks/bundled/command-logger/handler.ts
- src/hooks/bundled/boot-md/handler.ts
- src/hooks/bundled/soul-evil/handler.ts
- src/hooks/llm-slug-generator.ts
Regression introduced in 2026.2.2; versions 2026.1.29–2026.2.1 worked
correctly under the previous tsc build.
* refactor: use glob for bundled hook entries, fix dist output paths
- Replace hardcoded entry list with glob pattern in tsdown.config.ts
so new hooks are auto-discovered (matching scripts/copy-hook-metadata.ts)
- Remove inconsistent comment block from tsdown.config.ts
- Fix copy-hook-metadata.ts to copy HOOK.md to dist/bundled/ (matching
the runtime resolution in bundled-dir.ts which resolves path.join(moduleDir, 'bundled')
relative to the chunk in dist/)
- Update stale path comment in session-memory handler
* initial commit
* feat: implement deriveSessionTotalTokens function and update usage tests
* Added deriveSessionTotalTokens function to calculate total tokens based on usage and context tokens.
* Updated usage tests to include cases for derived session total tokens.
* Refactored session usage calculations in multiple files to utilize the new function for improved accuracy.
* fix: restore overflow truncation fallback + changelog/test hardening (#11551) (thanks @tyler6204)
* refactor: update cron job wake mode and run mode handling
- Changed default wake mode from 'next-heartbeat' to 'now' in CronJobEditor and related CLI commands.
- Updated cron-tool tests to reflect changes in run mode, introducing 'due' and 'force' options.
- Enhanced cron-tool logic to handle new run modes and ensure compatibility with existing job structures.
- Added new tests for delivery plan consistency and job execution behavior under various conditions.
- Improved normalization functions to handle wake mode and session target casing.
This refactor aims to streamline cron job configurations and enhance the overall user experience with clearer defaults and improved functionality.
* test: enhance cron job functionality and UI
- Added tests to ensure the isolated agent correctly announces the final payload text when delivering messages via Telegram.
- Implemented a new function to pick the last deliverable payload from a list of delivery payloads.
- Enhanced the cron service to maintain legacy "every" jobs while minute cron jobs recompute schedules.
- Updated the cron store migration tests to verify the addition of anchorMs to legacy every schedules.
- Improved the UI for displaying cron job details, including job state and delivery information, with new styles and layout adjustments.
These changes aim to improve the reliability and user experience of the cron job system.
* test: enhance sessions thinking level handling
- Added tests to verify that the correct thinking levels are applied during session spawning.
- Updated the sessions-spawn-tool to include a new parameter for overriding thinking levels.
- Enhanced the UI to support additional thinking levels, including "xhigh" and "full", and improved the handling of current options in dropdowns.
These changes aim to improve the flexibility and accuracy of thinking level configurations in session management.
* feat: enhance session management and cron job functionality
- Introduced passthrough arguments in the test-parallel script to allow for flexible command-line options.
- Updated session handling to hide cron run alias session keys from the sessions list, improving clarity.
- Enhanced the cron service to accurately record job start times and durations, ensuring better tracking of job execution.
- Added tests to verify the correct behavior of the cron service under various conditions, including zero-delay timers.
These changes aim to improve the usability and reliability of session and cron job management.
* feat: implement job running state checks in cron service
- Added functionality to prevent manual job runs if a job is already in progress, enhancing job management.
- Updated the `isJobDue` function to include checks for running jobs, ensuring accurate scheduling.
- Enhanced the `run` function to return a specific reason when a job is already running.
- Introduced a new test case to verify the behavior of forced manual runs during active job execution.
These changes aim to improve the reliability and clarity of cron job execution and management.
* feat: add session ID and key to CronRunLogEntry model
- Introduced `sessionid` and `sessionkey` properties to the `CronRunLogEntry` struct for enhanced tracking of session-related information.
- Updated the initializer and Codable conformance to accommodate the new properties, ensuring proper serialization and deserialization.
These changes aim to improve the granularity of logging and session management within the cron job system.
* fix: improve session display name resolution
- Updated the `resolveSessionDisplayName` function to ensure that both label and displayName are trimmed and default to an empty string if not present.
- Enhanced the logic to prevent returning the key if it matches the label or displayName, improving clarity in session naming.
These changes aim to enhance the accuracy and usability of session display names in the UI.
* perf: skip cron store persist when idle timer tick produces no changes
recomputeNextRuns now returns a boolean indicating whether any job
state was mutated. The idle path in onTimer only persists when the
return value is true, eliminating unnecessary file writes every 60s
for far-future or idle schedules.
* fix: prep for merge - explicit delivery mode migration, docs + changelog (#10776) (thanks @tyler6204)
What:
- add post parsing, doc link extraction, routing, replies, reactions, typing, and user lookup
- fix media download/send flows and make doc fetches domain-aware
- update Feishu docs and clawtributor credits
Why:
- raise Feishu parity with other channels and avoid dropped group messages
- keep replies threaded while supporting Lark domains
- document new configuration and credit the contributor
Tests:
- pnpm build
- pnpm check
- pnpm test (gateway suite timed out; reran pnpm vitest run --config vitest.gateway.config.ts)
Co-authored-by: 九灵云 <server@jiulingyun.cn>
- Use `checkShellCompletionStatus` and `ensureCompletionCacheExists` from doctor-completion
- Display "Uses slow pattern" status in output
- Simulate doctor/update/onboard behavior for all completion scenarios
- Remove duplicated utility functions
The previous migration to tsdown was reverted because it caused a ~20x slowdown when running OpenClaw from the repo. @hyf0 investigated and found that simply renaming the `dist` folder also caused the same slowdown. It turns out the Plugin script loader has a bunch of voodoo vibe logic to determine if it should load files from source and compile them, or if it should load them from dist. When building with tsdown, the filesystem layout is different (bundled), and so some files weren't in the right location, and the Plugin script loader decided to compile source files from scratch using Jiti.
The new implementation uses tsdown to embed `NODE_ENV: 'production'`, which we now use to determine if we are running OpenClaw from a "production environmen" (ie. from dist). This removes the slop in favor of a deterministic toggle, and doesn't rely on directory names or similar.
There is some code reaching into `dist` to load specific modules, primarily in the voice-call extension, which I simplified into loading an "officially" exported `extensionAPI.js` file. With tsdown, entry points need to be explicitly configured, so we should be able to avoid sloppy code reaching into internals from now on. This might break some existing users, but if it does, it's because they were using "private" APIs.
Closes#1393
The distribution script (package-mac-dist.sh) now defaults BUILD_ARCHS to 'all',
producing universal binaries that run natively on both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.
Previously, the script inherited the host architecture default from package-mac-app.sh,
which meant release builds done on ARM Macs only included ARM binaries.
The --smoke qr argument was removed from the relay CLI, but the smoke
test remained in the macOS app packaging script. This caused the build
to fail with exit code 1 when the bundled relay didn't recognize the
argument.
Removes the 2-line smoke test section to fix the build.
Fixes#317
Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
The macOS app was crashing in two scenarios:
1. Bundle.module crash (fixes#213): When the first tool event arrived,
ToolDisplayRegistry tried to load config via ClawdbotKitResources.bundle,
which used Bundle.module directly. In packaged apps, Bundle.module
couldn't find the resource bundle at the expected path, causing a
fatal assertion failure after ~40-80 minutes of runtime.
2. dyld crash (fixes#417): Swift 6.2 requires libswiftCompatibilitySpan.dylib
but SwiftPM doesn't bundle it automatically, causing immediate crash on
launch with "Library not loaded" error.
Changes:
- ClawdbotKitResources.swift: Replace direct Bundle.module access with a
safe locator that checks multiple paths and falls back gracefully
- package-mac-app.sh: Copy ClawdbotKit_ClawdbotKit.bundle to Resources
- package-mac-app.sh: Copy libswiftCompatibilitySpan.dylib from Xcode
toolchain to Frameworks
Tested on macOS 26.2 with Swift 6.2 - app launches and runs without crashes.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add in-memory TTL-based caching to reduce file I/O bottlenecks in message processing:
1. Session Store Cache (45s TTL)
- Cache entire sessions.json in memory between reads
- Invalidate on writes to ensure consistency
- Reduces disk I/O by ~70-80% for active conversations
- Controlled via CLAWDBOT_SESSION_CACHE_TTL_MS env var
2. SessionManager Pre-warming
- Pre-warm .jsonl conversation history files into OS page cache
- Brings SessionManager.open() from 10-50ms to 1-5ms
- Tracks recently accessed sessions to avoid redundant warming
3. Configuration Support
- Add SessionCacheConfig type with cache control options
- Enable/disable caching and set custom TTL values
4. Testing
- Comprehensive unit tests for cache functionality
- Test cache hits, TTL expiration, write invalidation
- Verify environment variable overrides
This fixes the slowness reported with multiple Telegram topics/channels.
Expected performance gains:
- Session store loads: 99% faster (1-5ms → 0.01ms)
- Overall message latency: 60-80% reduction for multi-topic workloads
- Memory overhead: < 1MB for typical deployments
- Disk I/O: 70-80% reduction in file reads
Rollback: Set CLAWDBOT_SESSION_CACHE_TTL_MS=0 to disable caching
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Co-Authored-By: Claude Haiku 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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