OpenClaw 2026.8.1-beta.2 pre-release ships GPT-5.6 Ultra switching and secret-egress binding

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openclaw/openclaw 2026.8.1-beta.2 released 15 Aug 2026: adds GPT-5.6 Ultra across OpenClaw and Codex with atomic model/runtime/thinking switching via /model and fallback, secret egress host binding that fails closed on unbound substitution, channel plugin ingress monitors on IRC/Synology Chat/Google Chat, SQLite snapshot backup commands, macOS app profiles isolating Keychain/prefs/state, and plugin install provenance warnings requiring --force for arbitrary executable sources.

Why it matters

Closed fail-safe for secret substitution plus official plugin-provenance guard closes two real attack surfaces in the open-source multi-channel agent framework.

Importance: 2/5

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openclaw coding-agent gpt-5 security release

Sources

official OpenClaw GitHub releases