- Agents/context + Memory: trim default startup/skills prompt budgets, cap `memory_get` excerpts by default with explicit continuation metadata, and keep QMD reads aligned with the same bounded excerpt contract so long sessions pull less context by default without losing deterministic follow-up reads.

- Matrix/commands: skip DM pairing-store reads on room traffic now that room control-command authorization ignores pairing-store entries, keeping the room path narrower without changing room auth behavior. (#67325) Thanks @gumadeiras.

- Memory-core/dreaming: skip dreaming narrative transcripts from session-store metadata before bootstrap records land so dream diary prompt/prose lines do not pollute session ingestion. (#67315) thanks @jalehman.

- Agents/local models: clarify low-context preflight hints for self-hosted models, point config-backed caps at the relevant OpenClaw setting, and stop suggesting larger models when `agents.defaults.contextTokens` is the real limit. (#66236) Thanks @ImLukeF.

- Dreaming/memory-core: change the default `dreaming.storage.mode` from `inline` to `separate` so Dreaming phase blocks (`## Light Sleep`, `## REM Sleep`) land in `memory/dreaming/{phase}/YYYY-MM-DD.md` instead of being injected into `memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md`. Daily memory files no longer get dominated by structured candidate output, and the daily-ingestion scanner that already strips dream marker blocks no longer has to compete with hundreds of phase-block lines on every run. Operators who want the previous behavior can opt in by setting `plugins.entries.memory-core.config.dreaming.storage.mode: "inline"`. (#66412) Thanks @mjamiv.

## 2026.4.15-beta.1

dreaming: {

enabled: true,

timezone: "UTC",

// The existing tests in this file were written when "inline" was the

// default storage mode and assert against `memory/<day>.md` directly.

// Pin the storage mode explicitly so they keep covering inline mode

// after the default flipped to "separate" in #66328.

storage: { mode: "inline", separateReports: false },

phases: {

light: {

enabled: true,

config: {

dreaming: {

enabled: true,

// This test asserts inline-mode side effects on the daily

// file; pin storage explicitly after the default flipped to

// "separate" in #66328.

storage: { mode: "inline", separateReports: false },

phases: {

light: {

enabled: true,

maxAgeDays: 30,

verboseLogging: false,

storage: {

mode: "inline",

mode: "separate",

separateReports: false,

},

});

maxAgeDays: 30,

verboseLogging: true,

storage: {

mode: "inline",

mode: "separate",

separateReports: false,

},

});

maxAgeDays: 45,

verboseLogging: false,

storage: {

mode: "inline",

mode: "separate",

separateReports: false,

},

});

maxAgeDays: 30,

verboseLogging: false,

storage: {

mode: "inline",

mode: "separate",

separateReports: false,

},

});

bodyLines: reportLines,

nowMs: sweepNowMs,

timezone: params.config.timezone,

storage: params.config.storage ?? { mode: "inline", separateReports: false },

storage: params.config.storage ?? { mode: "separate", separateReports: false },

});

// Generate dream diary narrative from promoted memories.

if (params.subagent && (candidates.length > 0 || applied.applied > 0)) {

});

});

it("defaults storage mode to separate so phase blocks do not pollute daily memory files", () => {

const resolved = resolveMemoryDreamingConfig({

pluginConfig: {},

});

expect(resolved.storage).toEqual({

mode: "separate",

separateReports: false,

});

});

it("preserves explicit inline storage mode for callers that opt in", () => {

const resolved = resolveMemoryDreamingConfig({

pluginConfig: {

dreaming: {

storage: {

mode: "inline",

},

},

},

});

expect(resolved.storage.mode).toBe("inline");

});

it("applies top-level dreaming frequency across all phases", () => {

const resolved = resolveMemoryDreamingConfig({

pluginConfig: {

export const DEFAULT_MEMORY_DREAMING_ENABLED = false;

export const DEFAULT_MEMORY_DREAMING_TIMEZONE = undefined;

export const DEFAULT_MEMORY_DREAMING_VERBOSE_LOGGING = false;

export const DEFAULT_MEMORY_DREAMING_STORAGE_MODE = "inline";

export const DEFAULT_MEMORY_DREAMING_STORAGE_MODE = "separate";

export const DEFAULT_MEMORY_DREAMING_SEPARATE_REPORTS = false;

export const DEFAULT_MEMORY_DREAMING_FREQUENCY = "0 3 * * *";

export const DEFAULT_MEMORY_DREAMING_PLUGIN_ID = "memory-core";