- 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.

- OpenAI/realtime: default realtime voice to `gpt-realtime-2`, use the GA Realtime WebSocket session shape for backend OpenAI bridges, and cover backend, WebRTC, Google Live, and Gateway relay paths in the live Talk smoke. (#79130)

- Update/Windows: spawn the post-core-update child process with `stdio:"pipe"` on Windows so PowerShell/CMD console handles are not inherited, preventing the terminal from hanging after `openclaw update` completes. Fixes #78445. (#78483) Thanks @Beandon13.

- Plugins/install: add `npm-pack:<path.tgz>` installs so local npm pack artifacts run through the same managed npm-root install, lockfile verification, dependency scan, and install-record path as registry npm plugins.

- Channels/plugins: show configured official external channels as missing-plugin status rows and send errors with exact install/doctor repair commands after raw package-manager upgrades leave Feishu or WhatsApp uninstalled. Fixes #78702 and #78593. Thanks @MarkMa84 and @mkupiainen.

- Codex app-server: disarm the short post-tool completion watchdog after current-turn activity, expose `appServer.turnCompletionIdleTimeoutMs`, and include raw assistant item context in idle-timeout diagnostics so status-only post-tool stalls stop failing as idle. Fixes #77984. Thanks @roseware-dev and @rubencu.

collectMissingPluginInstallPayloads,

recoverInstalledLaunchAgentAfterUpdate,

recoverLaunchAgentAndRecheckGatewayHealth,

resolvePostCoreUpdateChildStdio,

resolvePostInstallDoctorEnv,

shouldPrepareUpdatedInstallRestart,

resolveUpdatedGatewayRestartPort,

});

});

});

describe("resolvePostCoreUpdateChildStdio", () => {

it('returns "pipe" on Windows so the child never inherits the parent console handles', () => {

// On Windows, stdio:"inherit" passes the parent's console HANDLE to the child process.

// PowerShell/CMD will not return the prompt until every holder of those handles exits,

// causing the terminal to hang after `openclaw update` completes (#78445).

expect(resolvePostCoreUpdateChildStdio("win32")).toBe("pipe");

});

it('returns "inherit" on non-Windows platforms', () => {

expect(resolvePostCoreUpdateChildStdio("linux")).toBe("inherit");

expect(resolvePostCoreUpdateChildStdio("darwin")).toBe("inherit");

});

});

child.kill();

}

/**

* Returns the stdio mode for the post-core-update child process.

*

* Windows shells (PowerShell/CMD) wait for all processes that hold inherited console handles to

* exit before returning the prompt, even after the immediate child has exited. Using "pipe" on

* Windows prevents the child (and any grandchildren it spawns) from ever receiving a reference to

* the parent's console handles, eliminating the terminal hang seen in #78445.

*

* @internal exported for testing

*/

export function resolvePostCoreUpdateChildStdio(

platform: NodeJS.Platform = process.platform,

): "inherit" | "pipe" {

return platform === "win32" ? "pipe" : "inherit";

}

async function continuePostCoreUpdateInFreshProcess(params: {

root: string;

channel: "stable" | "beta" | "dev";

try {

await writePostCorePluginInstallRecordsFile(installRecordsPath, params.pluginInstallRecords);

const childStdio = resolvePostCoreUpdateChildStdio();

const child = spawn(resolveNodeRunner(), argv, {

stdio: "inherit",

stdio: childStdio,

env: {

...stripGatewayServiceMarkerEnv(disableUpdatedPackageCompileCacheEnv(process.env)),

[POST_CORE_UPDATE_ENV]: "1",

[POST_CORE_UPDATE_INSTALL_RECORDS_PATH_ENV]: installRecordsPath,

},

});

// When piped, relay child output to the parent process so terminal output is preserved.

if (childStdio === "pipe") {

child.stdout?.pipe(process.stdout);

child.stderr?.pipe(process.stderr);

}

const childResult = await new Promise<

| { kind: "exit"; exitCode: number }