OpenClaw 2026.8.1-beta.3 adds GPT-5.6 reasoning, CDP relay and verified Gateway restart handoff

OpenClaw

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OpenClaw published pre-release 2026.8.1-beta.3 on 2026-08-24. It adds GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, Luna and Ultra reasoning support across OpenClaw and the Codex runtime, a Puppeteer-compatible CDP relay for paired Chrome sessions, explicit external Gateway lifecycle supervision with verified restart handoff, compact verified SQLite backup and fresh-target restore commands, and shared durable ingress monitors for channel plugins. The bundled Codex runtime pins @openai/codex@0.149.1.

Why it matters

Largest OpenClaw drop in the window; threads the Codex-CLI 0.149.1 runtime into the OpenClaw platform layer and ships the Gateway/ingress primitives needed for managed multi-channel agent deployments.

Importance: 2/5

Standard release of a niche agent runtime

openclaw agent-runtime gpt-5.6 codex codex-cli cdp puppeteer sqlite gateway release beta

Sources

official Release 2026.8.1-beta.3 — openclaw/openclaw

official Releases — openclaw/openclaw