What's new in OpenClaw 2026.7.1-beta.5?

OpenClaw 2026.7.1-beta.5 lands Crestodian, an agent-loop onboarding wizard that runs across the CLI, web installer, and macOS app; the bundled ClawRouter provider with credential-scoped model discovery; native GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna support; offline session and transcript caches on iOS and Android; and an openclaw attach command that hands an existing Gateway session to Claude Code with scoped, revocable MCP grants.

ClawRouter is OpenClaw's bundled routing provider that discovers models per credential at runtime, with OpenAI-compatible plus native Anthropic and Gemini transports, and reports quota and budget usage back to the Gateway. ClawRouter lets a single OpenClaw install talk to multiple provider accounts without hand-editing config, and the beta.5 release turns it on by default.

Which OpenAI models does OpenClaw 2026.7.1-beta.5 support?

OpenClaw 2026.7.1-beta.5 recognizes OpenAI's GPT-5.6 family — Sol, Terra, and Luna — across API-key, ChatGPT and Codex OAuth, and simple-completion paths, with the correct context window and pricing metadata for each variant. Older OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Mistral, and Meta Muse Spark 1.1 endpoints continue to work through the same provider stack.

Is OpenClaw 2026.7.1-beta.5 a stable release?

OpenClaw 2026.7.1-beta.5 is a beta build in the 2026.7.1 series, published on npm with a SHA-256 integrity hash. The release notes call out a broad round of fixes across browser actions on Node 24, credential handling, Telegram token redaction, task delivery recovery, and OAuth refresh contention, so daily-driver users typically wait for the matching stable tag.

OpenClaw · 2026-07-11 · major

OpenClaw 2026.7.1-beta.5 — conversational setup and GPT-5.6 support land

OpenClaw 2026.7.1-beta.5 adds Crestodian, an agent-loop onboarding flow for CLI, web, and macOS, plus the ClawRouter provider with credential-scoped model discovery, GPT-5.6 Sol/Terra/Luna support, and offline mobile chat on iOS and Android.

OpenClaw v2026.7.1-beta.5 release header on GitHub

OpenClaw's beta.5 turns first-run setup into a live agent conversation and wires GPT-5.6 into the whole stack.

Key specs

Version	2026.7.1-beta.5
GitHub stars	382,626

Quick facts

Maker	OpenClaw
Version	2026.7.1-beta.5
Release date	2026-07-11
Language	TypeScript
GitHub stars	382,626
Availability	npm, CLI, web installer, macOS, iOS, Android
What's new	Crestodian onboarding, ClawRouter, GPT-5.6 support

What is it?

OpenClaw 2026.7.1-beta.5 introduces Crestodian, an agent-loop onboarding flow that walks new users through provider setup on the CLI, the web installer, and the macOS app with masked credential prompts and a deterministic fallback when no model is available. The same build adds the bundled ClawRouter provider, offline mobile chat, and OpenAI's Sol, Terra, and Luna models across the stack.

How does it work?

Crestodian runs a real OpenClaw agent loop against your local install to gather keys, pick a default model, and verify the pipeline before writing config. ClawRouter then handles per-request routing with credential-scoped dynamic model discovery over OpenAI-compatible, native Anthropic, and native Gemini transports, feeding quota and budget reporting back to the Gateway. A new openclaw attach command hands an existing Gateway session to Claude Code with scoped, revocable, TTL-bound MCP grants.

Why does it matter?

First-time setup was the biggest wall for OpenClaw's 382k-star audience — beta.5 replaces long config files with a chat that installs itself, so new users can go from a fresh terminal to a working self-hosted assistant in one session. ClawRouter and the openclaw attach handoff also make it practical to run one OpenClaw install as the hub for Claude Code, Codex, and multiple provider accounts side by side.

Who is it for?

self-hosters, coding-agent power users, and teams standardizing on one Gateway

Frequently asked questions

What's new in OpenClaw 2026.7.1-beta.5?: OpenClaw 2026.7.1-beta.5 lands Crestodian, an agent-loop onboarding wizard that runs across the CLI, web installer, and macOS app; the bundled ClawRouter provider with credential-scoped model discovery; native GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna support; offline session and transcript caches on iOS and Android; and an openclaw attach command that hands an existing Gateway session to Claude Code with scoped, revocable MCP grants.
What is ClawRouter?: ClawRouter is OpenClaw's bundled routing provider that discovers models per credential at runtime, with OpenAI-compatible plus native Anthropic and Gemini transports, and reports quota and budget usage back to the Gateway. ClawRouter lets a single OpenClaw install talk to multiple provider accounts without hand-editing config, and the beta.5 release turns it on by default.
Which OpenAI models does OpenClaw 2026.7.1-beta.5 support?: OpenClaw 2026.7.1-beta.5 recognizes OpenAI's GPT-5.6 family — Sol, Terra, and Luna — across API-key, ChatGPT and Codex OAuth, and simple-completion paths, with the correct context window and pricing metadata for each variant. Older OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Mistral, and Meta Muse Spark 1.1 endpoints continue to work through the same provider stack.
Is OpenClaw 2026.7.1-beta.5 a stable release?: OpenClaw 2026.7.1-beta.5 is a beta build in the 2026.7.1 series, published on npm with a SHA-256 integrity hash. The release notes call out a broad round of fixes across browser actions on Node 24, credential handling, Telegram token redaction, task delivery recovery, and OAuth refresh contention, so daily-driver users typically wait for the matching stable tag.

Try it

npm install -g openclaw@2026.7.1-beta.5 && openclaw