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Evidence record / openclaw

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2026-10-13-openclaw-published-beta-3-adds-an-x-channel-and-plugin-browsing-beyond-stable

Published beta.3 adds an X channel and plugin browsing beyond stable. npm beta no longer equals stable: beta.3 is published with the 10.5 feature line. It includes an X mentions channel admitting allowlisted accounts and replying publicly with API spend limits, ClawHub plugin/skill browsing from the Gateway, directed session sends without transcript access, Telegram/Discord progress display by default and managed official plugins preferring a build matched to the host. The X PR’s live round trip was pending; synthetic proof is not production acceptance. Beta.3 also adds the Telegram import repair and device-join suggestion described in sections 12 and 13. A main-only Ollama change exposes policy-approved web tools directly when Tool Search is unset; it does not enable denied tools.

Channel: preview-or-beta; specified Ollama schema change is main-unreleased. Half: capability. Date: 2026-10-11 beta.1, 2026-10-12 beta.2, 2026-10-13 beta.3.

Operator consequence: Test the exact beta.3 package on a non-production Gateway for X ingress or transforming-hook compatibility. Use 10.3 as the main stable pin while monitoring release inclusion of the beta fixes, not a guessed future version. A public-reply channel requires explicit account admission and API budget decisions.

Receipt

Finding metadata

Confidence
high

Run: 2026-10-13-profile-refresh-2026-09-21_2026-10-13-frontier-v0

Finding ID: 2026-10-13-openclaw-published-beta-3-adds-an-x-channel-and-plugin-browsing-beyond-stable

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Source links

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  1. OpenClaw
    github release2026-10-13-openclaw-published-beta-3-adds-an-x-channel-and-plugin-browsing-beyond-stableopenclaw/openclaw / v2026.10.5-beta.1github release2026-10-13-openclaw-published-beta-3-adds-an-x-channel-and-plugin-browsing-beyond-stableopenclaw/openclaw / v2026.10.5-beta.2github release2026-10-13-openclaw-published-beta-3-adds-an-x-channel-and-plugin-browsing-beyond-stableopenclaw/openclaw / v2026.10.5-beta.3official docs2026-10-13-openclaw-published-beta-3-adds-an-x-channel-and-plugin-browsing-beyond-stableregistry.npmjs.org/openclaw/2026.10.5-beta.3merged pr2026-10-13-openclaw-published-beta-3-adds-an-x-channel-and-plugin-browsing-beyond-stablegithub.com/openclaw/openclaw/pull/165138git compare2026-10-13-openclaw-published-beta-3-adds-an-x-channel-and-plugin-browsing-beyond-stablegithub.com/openclaw/openclaw/compare/9666c02c...v2026.10.5-beta.3git compare2026-10-13-openclaw-published-beta-3-adds-an-x-channel-and-plugin-browsing-beyond-stablegithub.com/openclaw/openclaw/compare/v2026.10.3...7e4c0f7378ea285e405bdb9cfca3207d2529d30fmerged pr2026-10-13-openclaw-published-beta-3-adds-an-x-channel-and-plugin-browsing-beyond-stablegithub.com/openclaw/openclaw/pull/169556

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