# OpenClaw 2026.7.1-beta.2: second beta of the same 2026.7.1 changelog

> Second prerelease of 2026.7.1, publishing the same changelog as beta.1: new providers and models (Featherless, Claude Sonnet 5, Mythos 5, Meta Muse Spark 1.1, ClawRouter), GPT-5.6 as the new-setup default, a reworked Control UI with native macOS chat, agent-loop onboarding, and crash-loop recovery. Slack lifecycle reaction updates now require opting in via `messages.statusReactions.enabled: true`. The upstream note is truncated mid-entry.

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|---|---|
| **Tool** | OpenClaw |
| **Version** | v2026.7.1-beta.2 |
| **Kind** | release |
| **Published** | 2026-07-05 |
| **Observed** | 2026-08-11 |
| **Significance** | 3/5 |
| **Breaking** | yes |
| **Categories** | feature, model-support, capability, breaking |

## What changed


- New providers/models: Featherless, Claude Sonnet 5, Mythos 5, Meta Muse Spark 1.1 (`muse-spark-1.1` via bundled Responses API provider, also shipped as `@openclaw/meta-provider`), ClawRouter
- GPT-5.6 becomes the new-setup default; `/think ultra` for Sol and Terra, `max` for Luna; Z.AI `max` honoured; model availability refreshed after OAuth renewal
- Control UI: sessions primary, searchable sidebar, context ring, reasoning-effort slider, customizable pinned nav, GitHub issue/PR hover previews, Gateway host status, per-message token/context detail on the timestamp
- Native macOS session browser with model and thinking pickers, slash commands, transcript export, context usage
- Conversational onboarding (Crestodian) runs an agent loop across CLI, web install and macOS app, with model-judged approvals bound to exact operations and deterministic fallback
- Mobile: bounded offline session/transcript caches on iOS and Android, Apple Watch voice turns, iOS speech via Gateway TTS with on-device fallback
- Session groups, generated titles, unread state, rename/fork/archive/delete across web, iOS, Android
- Telegram/Codex: private `/login` pairing, `/steer` and `/tell`, message preservation on missing transcript ack, flood-wait recovery
- Startup: container migrations before Gateway readiness, control-plane-safe mode after repeated unclean boots, `EX_CONFIG` exit for fatal config errors to stop systemd/launchd restart flapping
- Slack: native assistant thread status and rotating loading messages by default; lifecycle reaction updates now require `messages.statusReactions.enabled: true`
- Logbook plugin (disabled by default) turns paired-node screen snapshots into a private timeline and standup
- Operator-scoped `tts.speak` RPC (upstream note truncated here)


## Sources

- [github_release](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/releases/tag/v2026.7.1-beta.2) — retrieved 2026-08-11

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