- Discord/voice: make `openclaw channels capabilities --channel discord --target channel:<id>` and `channels status --probe` audit voice-channel permissions, including auto-join targets, so missing Connect/Speak/Read Message History permissions show up before `/vc join`.

- Channels CLI: make `openclaw channels list` channel-only — drop the `Auth providers (OAuth + API keys)` block (use `openclaw models auth list`), drop the per-provider usage/quota fetch and the `--no-usage` flag (use `openclaw status` or `openclaw models list`), add `--all` to surface bundled-unconfigured, catalog-not-installed, and catalog-installed-but-unconfigured channels, and render explicit `installed` / `configured` / `enabled` tags per row plus an `origin` + `installed` field in JSON. Fixes WeCom-class catalog channels disappearing from `--all` when installed on disk but not yet configured. (#78456) Thanks @sliverp.

- CLI/cron: add computed `status` field to `cron list --json` and `cron show <id> --json` output, mirroring the human-readable status column (disabled/running/ok/error/skipped/idle) so external tooling can determine job state without re-deriving it from raw state fields. (#78701) Thanks @aweiker.

- Channels/iMessage: remove the bundled BlueBubbles channel surface and docs, make `imsg` the supported iMessage setup path, and report non-macOS default `imsg` configs with remote-Mac wrapper guidance.

- Discord/voice: make voice capture less choppy by extending the default post-speech silence grace to 2.5s, add `voice.captureSilenceGraceMs` for noisy Discord sessions, and tighten the spoken-output prompt around live STT fragments. Thanks @vincentkoc.

- Discord/streaming: default Discord replies to progress draft previews so tool/work activity appears in one edited Discord message unless `channels.discord.streaming.mode` is set to `off`.

- OpenAI: support `openai/chat-latest` as an explicit direct API-key model override for trying the moving ChatGPT Instant API alias without changing the stable default model.

- Config/Nix: keep startup-derived plugin enablement, gateway auth tokens, control UI origins, and owner-display secrets runtime-only instead of rewriting `openclaw.json`; in Nix mode, config writers, mutating `openclaw update`, plugin lifecycle mutators, and doctor repair/token-generation now refuse with agent-first nix-openclaw guidance. (#78047) Thanks @joshp123.

- Agents/context engine: invalidate cached assembled context views when source history shrinks or assembly fails, preventing stale pre-reset history from being reused. Fixes #77968. (#78163) Thanks @brokemac79 and @ChrisBot2026.

### Breaking

- Channels/iMessage: remove the bundled BlueBubbles channel surface and deprecate BlueBubbles-backed iMessage setup in OpenClaw. Existing `channels.bluebubbles` configs must migrate to `channels.imessage` using `imsg` on a signed-in Mac or an SSH wrapper, and non-macOS default `imsg` configs now report remote-Mac wrapper guidance.

### Fixes

- Docs/Docker: document a local Compose override for Docker Desktop DNS failures in the shared-network `openclaw-cli` sidecar, keeping the default compose setup hardened while unblocking `openclaw plugins install` when users opt in. Fixes #79018. Thanks @Jason-Vaughan.

For OpenClaw iMessage deployments, use `imsg` on a signed-in macOS Messages host. If your Gateway runs on Linux or Windows, point `channels.imessage.cliPath` at an SSH wrapper that runs `imsg` on the Mac.

</Note>

<Warning>

BlueBubbles is deprecated and no longer ships as a bundled OpenClaw channel. Migrate `channels.bluebubbles` configs to `channels.imessage`; OpenClaw now supports iMessage through `imsg` only. If you still need a BlueBubbles-backed bridge, publish or install it as a third-party plugin outside core.

</Warning>

Status: native external CLI integration. Gateway spawns `imsg rpc` and communicates over JSON-RPC on stdio (no separate daemon/port).

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]

},

"redirects": [

{

"source": "/channels/bluebubbles",

"destination": "/channels/imessage"

},

{

"source": "/install/migrating-matrix",

"destination": "/channels/matrix-migration"

OpenClaw spawns `imsg rpc` (JSON-RPC over stdio). No daemon or port required. This is the preferred path for new OpenClaw iMessage setups when the host can grant Messages database and Automation permissions.

BlueBubbles is deprecated and no longer ships as a bundled OpenClaw channel. Migrate `channels.bluebubbles` configs to `channels.imessage`; third-party BlueBubbles bridges belong outside core.

If the Gateway is not running on the signed-in Messages Mac, keep `channels.imessage.enabled=true` and set `channels.imessage.cliPath` to an SSH wrapper that runs `imsg "$@"` on that Mac. The default local `imsg` path is macOS-only.

```json5

close: true,

message: thirdPartyExtensionMessage,

},

{

label: "r: bluebubbles",

close: true,

commentTriggers: ["bluebubbles", "blue bubbles"],

message:

"BlueBubbles is deprecated and no longer ships as a bundled OpenClaw channel. Use iMessage via `imsg` instead: https://docs.openclaw.ai/channels/imessage. If this needs to stay BlueBubbles-backed, publish it as a third-party plugin on ClawHub instead of adding it back to core.",

},

{

label: "r: moltbook",

close: true,

color: "5319E7",

description: "Auto-close: third-party plugins/capabilities belong on ClawHub.",

},

"r: bluebubbles": {

color: "D93F0B",

description: "Auto-close: BlueBubbles is deprecated; use iMessage via imsg or ClawHub.",

},

"r: moltbook": {

color: "B60205",

description: "Auto-close and lock: Moltbook is off-topic for OpenClaw.",

expect(managedLabelSpecs["r: support"].description).toContain("support requests");

expect(managedLabelSpecs["r: false-positive"].description).toContain("false positive");

expect(managedLabelSpecs["r: third-party-extension"].description).toContain("ClawHub");

expect(managedLabelSpecs["r: bluebubbles"].description).toContain("deprecated");

expect(managedLabelSpecs["r: too-many-prs"].description).toContain("twenty active PRs");

expect(managedLabelSpecs[PROOF_SUPPLIED_LABEL].color).toBe("C2E0C6");

expect(managedLabelSpecs[PROOF_SUFFICIENT_LABEL].color).toBe("0E8A16");

expect(calls.update).toContainEqual(expect.objectContaining({ state: "closed" }));

});

it("closes manually labeled BlueBubbles requests with imsg migration guidance", async () => {

const { calls, github } = barnacleGithub([]);

await runBarnacleAutoResponse({

github,

context: barnacleIssueContext({}, ["r: bluebubbles"], {

action: "labeled",

label: { name: "r: bluebubbles" },

sender: { login: "maintainer", type: "User" },

}),

core: {

info: () => undefined,

},

});

expect(calls.createComment).toContainEqual(

expect.objectContaining({

body: expect.stringContaining("/channels/imessage"),

}),

);

expect(calls.update).toContainEqual(expect.objectContaining({ state: "closed" }));

});

it("keeps bot-applied candidate labels passive", async () => {

const { calls, github } = barnacleGithub([file("extensions/example/openclaw.plugin.json")]);