OpenClaw: Agent Fixes and Gateway Improvements
OpenClaw merged 20 pull requests on May 22nd, 2026, focusing on agent execution fixes, gateway stability improvements, and enhanced UI features. Key changes include better signal handling for gateway runs, improved exec approval workflows, and new chat picker functionality.
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This episode is a short developer briefing from OpenClaw.
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- Show: OpenClaw
- Published: 2026-05-22T10:02:26Z
- Audio duration: PT2M9S
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Good morning, this is your OpenClaw developer briefing for May 22nd, 2026.
Twenty pull requests were merged yesterday, addressing critical agent and gateway functionality. Kaspre merged a significant fix for route dmScope main event wakes to agent main, resolving issues where completion notifications could sit unseen in unmonitored queues. This PR modified 19 files with over 600 lines of…
Another major contribution from Kaspre improves signal handling for gateway runs. The agent command now properly aborts Gateway-backed runs on SIGINT or SIGTERM instead of just killing the local process, with comprehensive retry logic for cancellation confirmation.
Fuller-stack-dev tackled media completion duplicate delivery issues, implementing better transcript write locks and duplicate guards for image, video, and music generation tools across 42 files. The same contributor also added xAI OAuth web search support with provider timeout configurations.
Samzong fixed a critical issue where denied exec approvals could still feed agent-visible follow-up work, making denials properly terminal for ordinary sessions. This prevents user denials from appearing as new system prompts that keep loops alive.
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