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            <title>2026.1.24-1</title>
            <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 14:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[<h2>Clawdbot 2026.1.24-1</h2>
<h3>Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>Packaging: include dist/shared output in npm tarball (fixes missing reasoning-tags import on install).</li>
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            <title>2026.1.24</title>
            <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 13:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[<h2>Clawdbot 2026.1.24</h2>
<h3>Highlights</h3>
<ul>
<li>Providers: Ollama discovery + docs; Venice guide upgrades + cross-links. (#1606) Thanks @abhaymundhara. https://docs.clawd.bot/providers/ollama https://docs.clawd.bot/providers/venice</li>
<li>Channels: LINE plugin (Messaging API) with rich replies + quick replies. (#1630) Thanks @plum-dawg.</li>
<li>TTS: Edge fallback (keyless) + <code>/tts</code> auto modes. (#1668, #1667) Thanks @steipete, @sebslight. https://docs.clawd.bot/tts</li>
<li>Exec approvals: approve in-chat via <code>/approve</code> across all channels (including plugins). (#1621) Thanks @czekaj. https://docs.clawd.bot/tools/exec-approvals https://docs.clawd.bot/tools/slash-commands</li>
<li>Telegram: DM topics as separate sessions + outbound link preview toggle. (#1597, #1700) Thanks @rohannagpal, @zerone0x. https://docs.clawd.bot/channels/telegram</li>
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<h3>Changes</h3>
<ul>
<li>Channels: add LINE plugin (Messaging API) with rich replies, quick replies, and plugin HTTP registry. (#1630) Thanks @plum-dawg.</li>
<li>TTS: add Edge TTS provider fallback, defaulting to keyless Edge with MP3 retry on format failures. (#1668) Thanks @steipete. https://docs.clawd.bot/tts</li>
<li>TTS: add auto mode enum (off/always/inbound/tagged) with per-session <code>/tts</code> override. (#1667) Thanks @sebslight. https://docs.clawd.bot/tts</li>
<li>Telegram: treat DM topics as separate sessions and keep DM history limits stable with thread suffixes. (#1597) Thanks @rohannagpal.</li>
<li>Telegram: add <code>channels.telegram.linkPreview</code> to toggle outbound link previews. (#1700) Thanks @zerone0x. https://docs.clawd.bot/channels/telegram</li>
<li>Web search: add Brave freshness filter parameter for time-scoped results. (#1688) Thanks @JonUleis. https://docs.clawd.bot/tools/web</li>
<li>UI: refresh Control UI dashboard design system (typography, colors, spacing). (#1786) Thanks @mousberg.</li>
<li>Exec approvals: forward approval prompts to chat with <code>/approve</code> for all channels (including plugins). (#1621) Thanks @czekaj. https://docs.clawd.bot/tools/exec-approvals https://docs.clawd.bot/tools/slash-commands</li>
<li>Gateway: expose config.patch in the gateway tool with safe partial updates + restart sentinel. (#1653) Thanks @Glucksberg.</li>
<li>Diagnostics: add diagnostic flags for targeted debug logs (config + env override). https://docs.clawd.bot/diagnostics/flags</li>
<li>Docs: expand FAQ (migration, scheduling, concurrency, model recommendations, OpenAI subscription auth, Pi sizing, hackable install, docs SSL workaround).</li>
<li>Docs: add verbose installer troubleshooting guidance.</li>
<li>Docs: add macOS VM guide with local/hosted options + VPS/nodes guidance. (#1693) Thanks @f-trycua.</li>
<li>Docs: add Bedrock EC2 instance role setup + IAM steps. (#1625) Thanks @sergical. https://docs.clawd.bot/bedrock</li>
<li>Docs: update Fly.io guide notes.</li>
<li>Dev: add prek pre-commit hooks + dependabot config for weekly updates. (#1720) Thanks @dguido.</li>
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<h3>Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>Web UI: fix config/debug layout overflow, scrolling, and code block sizing. (#1715) Thanks @saipreetham589.</li>
<li>Web UI: show Stop button during active runs, swap back to New session when idle. (#1664) Thanks @ndbroadbent.</li>
<li>Web UI: clear stale disconnect banners on reconnect; allow form saves with unsupported schema paths but block missing schema. (#1707) Thanks @Glucksberg.</li>
<li>Web UI: hide internal <code>message_id</code> hints in chat bubbles.</li>
<li>Gateway: allow Control UI token-only auth to skip device pairing even when device identity is present (<code>gateway.controlUi.allowInsecureAuth</code>). (#1679) Thanks @steipete.</li>
<li>Matrix: decrypt E2EE media attachments with preflight size guard. (#1744) Thanks @araa47.</li>
<li>BlueBubbles: route phone-number targets to DMs, avoid leaking routing IDs, and auto-create missing DMs (Private API required). (#1751) Thanks @tyler6204. https://docs.clawd.bot/channels/bluebubbles</li>
<li>BlueBubbles: keep part-index GUIDs in reply tags when short IDs are missing.</li>
<li>Signal: repair reaction sends (group/UUID targets + CLI author flags). (#1651) Thanks @vilkasdev.</li>
<li>Signal: add configurable signal-cli startup timeout + external daemon mode docs. (#1677) https://docs.clawd.bot/channels/signal</li>
<li>Telegram: set fetch duplex="half" for uploads on Node 22 to avoid sendPhoto failures. (#1684) Thanks @commdata2338.</li>
<li>Telegram: use wrapped fetch for long-polling on Node to normalize AbortSignal handling. (#1639)</li>
<li>Telegram: honor per-account proxy for outbound API calls. (#1774) Thanks @radek-paclt.</li>
<li>Telegram: fall back to text when voice notes are blocked by privacy settings. (#1725) Thanks @foeken.</li>
<li>Voice Call: return stream TwiML for outbound conversation calls on initial Twilio webhook. (#1634)</li>
<li>Voice Call: serialize Twilio TTS playback and cancel on barge-in to prevent overlap. (#1713) Thanks @dguido.</li>
<li>Google Chat: tighten email allowlist matching, typing cleanup, media caps, and onboarding/docs/tests. (#1635) Thanks @iHildy.</li>
<li>Google Chat: normalize space targets without double <code>spaces/</code> prefix.</li>
<li>Agents: auto-compact on context overflow prompt errors before failing. (#1627) Thanks @rodrigouroz.</li>
<li>Agents: use the active auth profile for auto-compaction recovery.</li>
<li>Media understanding: skip image understanding when the primary model already supports vision. (#1747) Thanks @tyler6204.</li>
<li>Models: default missing custom provider fields so minimal configs are accepted.</li>
<li>Messaging: keep newline chunking safe for fenced markdown blocks across channels.</li>
<li>TUI: reload history after gateway reconnect to restore session state. (#1663)</li>
<li>Heartbeat: normalize target identifiers for consistent routing.</li>
<li>Exec: keep approvals for elevated ask unless full mode. (#1616) Thanks @ivancasco.</li>
<li>Exec: treat Windows platform labels as Windows for node shell selection. (#1760) Thanks @ymat19.</li>
<li>Gateway: include inline config env vars in service install environments. (#1735) Thanks @Seredeep.</li>
<li>Gateway: skip Tailscale DNS probing when tailscale.mode is off. (#1671)</li>
<li>Gateway: reduce log noise for late invokes + remote node probes; debounce skills refresh. (#1607) Thanks @petter-b.</li>
<li>Gateway: clarify Control UI/WebChat auth error hints for missing tokens. (#1690)</li>
<li>Gateway: listen on IPv6 loopback when bound to 127.0.0.1 so localhost webhooks work.</li>
<li>Gateway: store lock files in the temp directory to avoid stale locks on persistent volumes. (#1676)</li>
<li>macOS: default direct-transport <code>ws://</code> URLs to port 18789; document <code>gateway.remote.transport</code>. (#1603) Thanks @ngutman.</li>
<li>Tests: cap Vitest workers on CI macOS to reduce timeouts. (#1597) Thanks @rohannagpal.</li>
<li>Tests: avoid fake-timer dependency in embedded runner stream mock to reduce CI flakes. (#1597) Thanks @rohannagpal.</li>
<li>Tests: increase embedded runner ordering test timeout to reduce CI flakes. (#1597) Thanks @rohannagpal.</li>
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            <title>2026.1.23</title>
            <pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2026 13:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
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<h3>Highlights</h3>
<ul>
<li>TTS: allow model-driven TTS tags by default for expressive audio replies (laughter, singing cues, etc.).</li>
</ul>
<h3>Changes</h3>
<ul>
<li>Gateway: add /tools/invoke HTTP endpoint for direct tool calls and document it. (#1575) Thanks @vignesh07.</li>
<li>Agents: keep system prompt time zone-only and move current time to <code>session_status</code> for better cache hits.</li>
<li>Agents: remove redundant bash tool alias from tool registration/display. (#1571) Thanks @Takhoffman.</li>
<li>Browser: add node-host proxy auto-routing for remote gateways (configurable per gateway/node).</li>
<li>Heartbeat: add per-channel visibility controls (OK/alerts/indicator). (#1452) Thanks @dlauer.</li>
<li>Plugins: add optional llm-task JSON-only tool for workflows. (#1498) Thanks @vignesh07.</li>
<li>CLI: restart the gateway by default after <code>clawdbot update</code>; add <code>--no-restart</code> to skip it.</li>
<li>CLI: add live auth probes to <code>clawdbot models status</code> for per-profile verification.</li>
<li>CLI: add <code>clawdbot system</code> for system events + heartbeat controls; remove standalone <code>wake</code>.</li>
<li>Agents: add Bedrock auto-discovery defaults + config overrides. (#1553) Thanks @fal3.</li>
<li>Docs: add cron vs heartbeat decision guide (with Lobster workflow notes). (#1533) Thanks @JustYannicc.</li>
<li>Docs: clarify HEARTBEAT.md empty file skips heartbeats, missing file still runs. (#1535) Thanks @JustYannicc.</li>
<li>Markdown: add per-channel table conversion (bullets for Signal/WhatsApp, code blocks elsewhere). (#1495) Thanks @odysseus0.</li>
<li>Tlon: add Urbit channel plugin (DMs, group mentions, thread replies). (#1544) Thanks @wca4a.</li>
<li>Channels: allow per-group tool allow/deny policies across built-in + plugin channels. (#1546) Thanks @adam91holt.</li>
<li>TTS: move Telegram TTS into core with auto-replies, commands, and gateway methods. (#1559) Thanks @Glucksberg.</li>
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<h3>Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>Sessions: accept non-UUID sessionIds for history/send/status while preserving agent scoping. (#1518)</li>
<li>Gateway: compare Linux process start time to avoid PID recycling lock loops; keep locks unless stale. (#1572) Thanks @steipete.</li>
<li>Messaging: mirror outbound sends into target session keys (threads + dmScope) and create session entries on send. (#1520)</li>
<li>Sessions: normalize session key casing to lowercase for consistent routing.</li>
<li>BlueBubbles: normalize group session keys for outbound mirroring. (#1520)</li>
<li>Skills: gate bird Homebrew install to macOS. (#1569) Thanks @bradleypriest.</li>
<li>Slack: honor open groupPolicy for unlisted channels in message + slash gating. (#1563) Thanks @itsjaydesu.</li>
<li>Agents: show tool error fallback when the last assistant turn only invoked tools (prevents silent stops).</li>
<li>Agents: ignore IDENTITY.md template placeholders when parsing identity to avoid placeholder replies. (#1556)</li>
<li>Agents: drop orphaned OpenAI Responses reasoning blocks on model switches. (#1562) Thanks @roshanasingh4.</li>
<li>Docker: update gateway command in docker-compose and Hetzner guide. (#1514)</li>
<li>Sessions: reject array-backed session stores to prevent silent wipes. (#1469)</li>
<li>Voice wake: auto-save wake words on blur/submit across iOS/Android and align limits with macOS.</li>
<li>UI: keep the Control UI sidebar visible while scrolling long pages. (#1515) Thanks @pookNast.</li>
<li>UI: cache Control UI markdown rendering + memoize chat text extraction to reduce Safari typing jank.</li>
<li>Tailscale: retry serve/funnel with sudo only for permission errors and keep original failure details. (#1551) Thanks @sweepies.</li>
<li>Agents: add CLI log hint to "agent failed before reply" messages. (#1550) Thanks @sweepies.</li>
<li>Discord: limit autoThread mention bypass to bot-owned threads; keep ack reactions mention-gated. (#1511) Thanks @pvoo.</li>
<li>Discord: retry rate-limited allowlist resolution + command deploy to avoid gateway crashes.</li>
<li>Mentions: ignore mentionPattern matches when another explicit mention is present in group chats (Slack/Discord/Telegram/WhatsApp).</li>
<li>Gateway: accept null optional fields in exec approval requests. (#1511) Thanks @pvoo.</li>
<li>Exec: honor tools.exec ask/security defaults for elevated approvals (avoid unwanted prompts).</li>
<li>TUI: forward unknown slash commands (for example, <code>/context</code>) to the Gateway.</li>
<li>TUI: include Gateway slash commands in autocomplete and <code>/help</code>.</li>
<li>CLI: skip usage lines in <code>clawdbot models status</code> when provider usage is unavailable.</li>
<li>CLI: suppress diagnostic session/run noise during auth probes.</li>
<li>CLI: hide auth probe timeout warnings from embedded runs.</li>
<li>CLI: render auth probe results as a table in <code>clawdbot models status</code>.</li>
<li>CLI: suppress probe-only embedded logs unless <code>--verbose</code> is set.</li>
<li>CLI: move auth probe errors below the table to reduce wrapping.</li>
<li>CLI: prevent ANSI color bleed when table cells wrap.</li>
<li>CLI: explain when auth profiles are excluded by auth.order in probe details.</li>
<li>CLI: drop the em dash when the banner tagline wraps to a second line.</li>
<li>CLI: inline auth probe errors in status rows to reduce wrapping.</li>
<li>Telegram: render markdown in media captions. (#1478)</li>
<li>Agents: honor enqueue overrides for embedded runs to avoid queue deadlocks in tests.</li>
<li>Agents: trigger model fallback when auth profiles are all in cooldown or unavailable. (#1522)</li>
<li>Daemon: use platform PATH delimiters when building minimal service paths.</li>
<li>Tests: skip embedded runner ordering assertion on Windows to avoid CI timeouts.</li>
<li>Linux: include env-configured user bin roots in systemd PATH and align PATH audits. (#1512) Thanks @robbyczgw-cla.</li>
<li>TUI: render Gateway slash-command replies as system output (for example, <code>/context</code>).</li>
<li>Media: only parse <code>MEDIA:</code> tags when they start the line to avoid stripping prose mentions. (#1206)</li>
<li>Media: preserve PNG alpha when possible; fall back to JPEG when still over size cap. (#1491) Thanks @robbyczgw-cla.</li>
<li>Agents: treat plugin-only tool allowlists as opt-ins; keep core tools enabled. (#1467)</li>
<li>Exec approvals: persist allowlist entry ids to keep macOS allowlist rows stable. (#1521) Thanks @ngutman.</li>
<li>MS Teams (plugin): remove <code>.default</code> suffix from Graph scopes to avoid double-appending. (#1507) Thanks @Evizero.</li>
<li>MS Teams (plugin): remove <code>.default</code> suffix from Bot Framework probe scope to avoid double-appending. (#1574) Thanks @Evizero.</li>
<li>Browser: keep extension relay tabs controllable when the extension reuses a session id after switching tabs. (#1160)</li>
<li>Agents: warn and ignore tool allowlists that only reference unknown or unloaded plugin tools. (#1566)</li>
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