v1.5.3

v1.5.3 tightens workspace-in-chat flows, improves file browsing on touch devices, and fixes several session, upload, and shell UX rough edges.

Highlights

• You can now add files and directories to chat directly from the workspace, and chat path links support configurable aliases (#239, #271, #273, #288, thanks @DerrickBarra)
• The file browser now has a markdown document viewer and in-app PDF support (#248, #254, thanks @DerrickBarra and @gauravprasadgp)
• Touch behavior in the file browser is better: long-press opens the context menu, and compact actions moved into kebab menus (#299, #303, #307, thanks @DrJsPBs)
• Session visibility is more reliable: spawned child sessions, channel sessions, and orphaned agent sessions stay in the sidebar (#226, #236, #297, thanks @DerrickBarra and @cyan-ember)
• Uploads are cleaner: the paperclip is now the main upload entry point, and attachments use a canonical reference contract (#229, #231, thanks @DerrickBarra)
• The command palette is easier to find on desktop and mobile (#291, #292, #293, thanks @DrJsPBs)
• The UI now supports adaptive thinking selection (#302)

More in this release

• Built-in Kanban can now be disabled in settings while staying default-on for existing installs (#242, thanks @DerrickBarra)
• Added an in-app bead viewer with context-safe bead links (#275, thanks @DerrickBarra)
• The workspace panel can now hide selected entries (#274, thanks @DerrickBarra)
• Subagent lifecycle handling moved to the server for cleaner cleanup (#247)
• Restored the server-side upload config endpoint (#265, thanks @DerrickBarra)
• Update flows now show a copy-paste command for manual recovery (#295)
• Refreshed local setup wording in the README and fixed Tailscale Serve command examples (#276, #277, thanks @JiwaniZakir)

Fixes

• Uploaded user images now survive history reconciliation (#220)
• Workspace config watch and workspace labels refresh correctly again (#261, #284, thanks @DrJsPBs)
• Local chat path link defaults are more resilient, and inline workspace references replay correctly after follow-up renders (#267, #285, thanks @DerrickBarra)
• Inherited effort labels now persist across reloads, and root labels derive more reliably from identity (#257, #259, thanks @DerrickBarra and @DrJsPBs)
• Assigned Kanban execution now falls back to the full session list when narrower queries miss valid targets (#287, thanks @DrJsPBs)
• The panel divider stays interactive while the sidebar is collapsed, and a follow-up resizable-panel lint issue is fixed (#281, #289, thanks @zhangyihao697-art)
• Chat fixes cover ArrowUp history recall, untrusted system event parsing, and nested edit diff rendering (#278, #280, #308, thanks @zhangyihao697-art)

Full Changelog: v1.5.2...v1.5.3

v1.5.2

v1.5.2

v1.5.2 is a stability patch release focused on tightening Kanban execution, cleaning up session-tree behavior, and making remote / hybrid deployments less brittle.

Highlights

• Assigned Kanban tasks now launch as real child sessions under the assignee root, report completion back to that root, and behave correctly with background unread / ping updates (#198)
• Remote and hybrid installs are smoother: installer now supports --gateway-url, missing cron capability is explained clearly in the UI, and remote-workspace gateway RPC now resolves its origin from public config instead of hardcoded loopback (#181, #197, #200)
• Model selection now comes from the active OpenClaw config instead of stale fallback lists (#174)

More in this release

• Kanban task forms now use an assignee picker instead of manual raw assignee entry, with filtering plus clear Unassigned / Operator options (#203)
• Kanban boards now support custom column keys via board config (#173), thanks @scotsman2k
• Setup now ensures sessions_spawn is allowlisted for Kanban task execution on current OpenClaw builds (#159)
• Kanban tasks can be looked up directly by id (#176)
• Setup now prints the right deployment guide links after configuration (#179)
• AI agent setup docs and stale operator docs were refreshed to match the current runtime (#182, #191)
• Extensionless executable files now infer syntax highlighting from their shebang (#190), thanks @cyan-ember

Fixes

• Skills API now falls back to structured stderr JSON output when tools emit machine-readable results there (#161)
• Session tree cleanup: the sidebar filters to real roots (#177), direct-message sessions nest under their owning agent root (#185, thanks @cyan-ember), and agent:main:main now always renders with a canonical root label (#196)
• Session selection is less twitchy thanks to a small hover delay on click targets (#187), thanks @cyan-ember
• Duplicate root-agent creation now registers the correct suffixed agent in openclaw.json (#192), thanks @cyan-ember
• Added data: to the font CSP directive so embedded font data no longer gets blocked (#199), thanks @gregb100

Full Changelog: v1.5.1...v1.5.2

v1.5.1

v1.5.1

Hotfix release for the 1.5.0 browser auth regression affecting some remote deployments.

Fixed

• Restored the browser websocket auth identity to webchat-ui so Nerve no longer trips the gateway's stricter Control UI device-identity requirement on non-secure remote page origins.
• Fixes the login failure reported by users connecting to remote gateway endpoints from plain remote HTTP Nerve pages.

Notes

• If you hit the control ui requires device identity https or localhost secure context error on 1.5.0, update to 1.5.1.
• HTTPS for the Nerve page is still the better long-term deployment shape for remote use.

Full Changelog: v1.5.0...v1.5.1

v1.5.0

v1.5.0

v1.5.0 tightens multi-agent workspace behavior, hardens setup and execution paths, improves remote and sandboxed workspace support, and makes workspace file references much more usable.

Highlights

• Workspace context now follows the owning top-level agent instead of leaking across agents (#123)
• Remote and sandboxed workspace access now falls back cleanly through the gateway when local filesystem access is unavailable (#145), thanks @Kirizan
• Setup defaults are stricter around device approval and can now infer AGENT_NAME from local metadata (#141, #151), thanks @DerrickBarra
• Kanban reruns now keep stable identifiers without stale completion state leaking across runs (#143)
• Markdown and chat workspace path references can now resolve and reveal files safely in the file browser (#148), thanks @DerrickBarra

More in this release

• Added Tailscale IP and Tailscale Serve setup flows in the installer (#116)
• Added an After run selector for one-shot subagents (#120)
• Added a font size selector in Appearance settings (#128), thanks @Kirizan
• Added Xiaomi MiMo as a first-class TTS provider (#129)
• Added safe file resolve / reveal flow from markdown and chat references into the file browser (#148), thanks @DerrickBarra
• Improved model catalog cold-start behavior so configured Codex and other models appear more reliably in the spawn dialog (#124)
• Restored older top-level agent chats in the sidebar (#134), thanks @kimbotai1337
• Refreshed docs for current workspace, gateway, and file-browser behavior (#117, #126)

Fixes

• Subagent session deletion no longer fails when the gateway closes a proxied WebSocket normally during delete flows (#119)
• Setup no longer attempts to approve malformed pending device request IDs (#141)
• Gateway auth validation now uses a working token probe during defaults and check flows (#141)
• Kanban run completion now accepts stable child identifiers consistently (#143)
• Stale kanban pollers no longer leak completion state across reruns (#143)
• Spawn session aliases are normalized consistently for kanban polling (#143)
• Remote and sandboxed workspace gateway fallback now authenticates correctly with device identity in real OpenShell-style deployments (#145), thanks @Kirizan
• Safe missing file-resolve targets now return 404 instead of collapsing into 403 (#149)
• Markdown file-link handlers now refresh correctly when workspace callbacks change (#149)

Full Changelog: v1.4.9...v1.5.0

v1.4.9

v1.4.9

v1.4.9 sharpens reliability and polish across agent management, installer flow, gateway behavior, mobile UI, and chat rendering.

Highlights

• Support multiple top-level agents (#111)
• Harden installer edge cases and service startup paths (#115)
• Polish cron runs, session surfacing, and overall UX (#112)
• Improve mobile responsiveness and add a mobile chat header toggle (#113, #114)
• Add server-side token injection for trusted clients (#109), thanks @jamesjmartin

More in this release

• Added custom workspace root support via FILE_BROWSER_ROOT (#92), thanks @jamesjmartin
• Added responsive file browser collapse for mobile layouts (#96), thanks @jamesjmartin
• Refined shell, responsive layout, and Kanban UX (#108)
• Refreshed docs for the current gateway auth flow
• Aligned composer actions to the textarea baseline

Fixes

• Prevented inotify exhaustion and improved WebSocket reconnect and subagent visibility (#102), thanks @DerrickBarra
• Evicted invalid paths from the file tree cache (#105), thanks @jamesjmartin
• Avoided session 404s when model transcripts are missing (#107), thanks @DerrickBarra
• Fixed gateway trust boundary and connection auto-connect behavior
• Prevented infinite reconnect loops on auth failure
• Restored Ctrl+B shortcut handling
• Restored correct install.sh execute permission
• Fixed connect dialog overflow on smaller screens
• Restored markdown list markers in chat bubbles
• Right-aligned operator messages in chat while keeping message text left-aligned

v1.4.8

Highlights

Voice input overhauled — Free voice input modes improved with better finalization, shortened wake/send chimes, and reduced mic delay from 800ms to 370ms to stop clipping the first word. English phrase fallback no longer bleeds into non-English sessions.

Kanban skill bundled — nerve-kanban skill now auto-installs during setup. Agents can use the kanban skill to manage the Nerve task board directly: create tasks, move columns, update status, all through natural conversation.

Added

• Bundled nerve-kanban skill with auto-install during setup (#83)
• Improved free voice input modes and finalization (#80)

Fixed

• File browser no longer overwrites dirty editor content when re-opening an already-open file (#85)
• Infinite scroll no longer stalls after loading older messages (#86)
• Chat message sends use atomic state updates to prevent race conditions with streaming events (#86)
• groupToolMessages and mergeFinalMessages no longer mutate shared React state (#86)
• Stale WebSocket onclose handlers no longer kill active connections during reconnect (#87)
• TTS voice flag resets on session switch, preventing phantom auto-speak (#88)
• TTS config fetch/save checks response status before parsing JSON (#88)
• TTS audio fetch includes credentials for cookie-based auth (#88)
• Voice phrase editor uses stable keys, fixing stale input on delete (#88)
• ConfirmDialog Enter key no longer fires confirm when Cancel is focused (#89)
• Dockerfile and Makefile syntax highlighting works in file browser (#89)
• Theme switch no longer reloads highlight.js stylesheet redundantly (#89)
• Updater rollback completes before releasing the lock (#90)
• .env parser strips surrounding quotes from values (#90)
• Image compression rejects oversized output instead of silently exceeding WS payload limit (#90)
• Kanban drag-and-drop no longer crashes on concurrent task deletion (#90)
• Duplicate task execution rejected with 409 instead of spawning a second agent session (#90)
• Shortened wake and send voice chimes and reduced mic delay from 800ms to 370ms (#91)
• File browser wrapper has proper height constraint for vertical scroll (#84)
• Kanban config migration backfills missing fields (#82)
• English phrase fallback no longer merges into non-English sessions (#81)

v1.4.7

v1.4.7

Changed

• Added a Live Transcription Preview toggle in Audio settings so browser interim transcript rendering can be enabled/disabled per user (PR #78)
• Fresh defaults for local Whisper STT now use multilingual base across installer, server fallback, and fresh UI state (PR #78)
• Installer Whisper bootstrap now resolves and normalizes WHISPER_MODEL from .env (supports quotes/comments/aliases like tiny, base, small and .en variants) (PR #78)

Fixed

• Edge TTS voice now auto-switches on language change and validates language-compatible voice overrides to prevent language/voice mismatch (PR #78)
• English custom en-* Edge voice overrides are preserved during auto-reconcile; server-side English override detection is now gender-aware (PR #78)
• Local Whisper model management now cancels stale model downloads and syncs active server model state on startup (PR #79)

Full Changelog: v1.4.6...v1.4.7

v1.4.6

Added

• Live interim transcription preview in chat input during voice recording (PR #75)
• OpenAI TTS voice options expanded to all 13 supported voices (PR #72)
• Voice interaction sounds upgraded from oscillator beeps to custom MP3 effects (PR #70)

Changed

• System notifications in chat now render as collapsible strips (PR #69)
• Kanban task IDs and session labels are now human-readable (PR #67)

Fixed

• Voice audio playback quality improvements (PR #74)
• Chat panel remains mounted during tab switches to avoid voice/session disruption (PR #71)
• Chat keydown handling now safely guards IME composition input (PR #68)

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v1.4.5

What's New

Features

• Task board with full kanban workflow: drag-and-drop, agent execution, proposals, SSE live updates, board configuration, and audit log (#61)
• Gateway restart button in the top bar for one-click gateway restarts (#49 by @jamesjmartin)
• File browser operations: rename, move, trash, and restore files from the workspace panel (#44)
• Deployment guides for three topology scenarios: localhost, LAN/tailnet, and public cloud (#60)
• Updater now resolves the latest published GitHub release instead of defaulting to master HEAD (#45)

Fixes

• Server build (build:server) now included in npm run build; npm run prod runs both builds (#47 by @jamesjmartin)
• Memory expand toggle: memory chat bubbles using mem0 plugin expand toggle no longer silently ignored (#62 by @jamesjmartin)
• Kanban board columns scroll vertically when tasks overflow viewport (#63)
• Switching TTS provider no longer sends the previous provider's model ID

Contributors

Thanks to @jamesjmartin for three PRs this release: build fix (#47), gateway restart button (#49), and memory toggle fix (#62) 🎉

v1.4.4

Focused around fixes for OpenClaw 2026.2.26 compatibility

What's Changed

• fix(setup): allow cron + gateway tools for HTTP invoke policy by @daggerhashimoto in #40
• fix(skills): fail loud on CLI errors and parse warning-prefixed JSON by @daggerhashimoto in #41
• fix(setup): align pre-pair metadata with webchat identity by @daggerhashimoto in #42

Full Changelog: v1.4.3...v1.4.4