- Slack: route handled top-level channel turns in implicit-conversation channels to thread-scoped sessions when Slack reply threading is enabled, keeping the root turn and later thread replies on one OpenClaw session. (#78522) Thanks @zeroth-blip.

- Telegram: re-probe the primary fetch transport after repeated sticky fallback success so transient IPv4 or pinned-IP fallback promotion can recover without a gateway restart. Fixes #77088. (#77157) Thanks @MkDev11.

- Runtime/install: raise the supported Node 22 floor to `22.16+` so native SQLite query handling can rely on the `node:sqlite` statement metadata API while continuing to recommend Node 24. (#78921)

- Gateway/macOS: include Apple Silicon Homebrew bin directories in generated LaunchAgent PATH and service-audit expectations, so Homebrew Node installs stay resolvable after gateway repair/restart. Fixes #79232. Thanks @TurboTheTurtle.

- Discord/voice: make duplicate same-guild auto-join entries resolve to the last configured channel so moving an agent between voice channels does not keep joining the stale channel.

- Discord/voice: add realtime `/vc` modes so Discord voice channels can run as STT/TTS, a realtime talk buffer with the OpenClaw agent brain, or a bidi realtime session with `openclaw_agent_consult`.

- Discord/voice: include a bounded one-line STT transcript preview in verbose voice logs so live voice debugging shows what speakers said before the agent reply.

<Accordion title="17. Gateway runtime best practices">

Doctor warns when the gateway service runs on Bun or a version-managed Node path (`nvm`, `fnm`, `volta`, `asdf`, etc.). WhatsApp + Telegram channels require Node, and version-manager paths can break after upgrades because the service does not load your shell init. Doctor offers to migrate to a system Node install when available (Homebrew/apt/choco).

Newly installed or repaired macOS LaunchAgents use a canonical system PATH (`/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin`) instead of copying the interactive shell PATH, so Volta, asdf, fnm, pnpm, and other version-manager directories do not change which Node child processes resolve. Linux services still keep explicit environment roots (`NVM_DIR`, `FNM_DIR`, `VOLTA_HOME`, `ASDF_DATA_DIR`, `BUN_INSTALL`, `PNPM_HOME`) and stable user-bin directories, but guessed version-manager fallback directories are only written to the service PATH when those directories exist on disk.

Newly installed or repaired macOS LaunchAgents use a canonical system PATH (`/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin`) instead of copying the interactive shell PATH, so Homebrew-managed system binaries remain available while Volta, asdf, fnm, pnpm, and other version-manager directories do not change which Node child processes resolve. Linux services still keep explicit environment roots (`NVM_DIR`, `FNM_DIR`, `VOLTA_HOME`, `ASDF_DATA_DIR`, `BUN_INSTALL`, `PNPM_HOME`) and stable user-bin directories, but guessed version-manager fallback directories are only written to the service PATH when those directories exist on disk.

</Accordion>

<Accordion title="18. Config write + wizard metadata">

it("accepts canonical macOS gateway service PATH without user-bin defaults", async () => {

const home = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "openclaw-service-audit-home-"));

try {

const servicePath =

"/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin";

const servicePath = buildMinimalServicePath({ platform: "darwin", env: { HOME: home } });

expect(servicePath).toBe(

"/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin",

);

const audit = await auditGatewayServiceConfig({

env: { HOME: home },

}

});

it("requires Homebrew directories in canonical macOS gateway service PATH", async () => {

const home = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "openclaw-service-audit-home-"));

try {

const audit = await auditGatewayServiceConfig({

env: { HOME: home },

platform: "darwin",

command: {

programArguments: ["/usr/bin/node", "gateway"],

environment: { PATH: "/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin" },

},

});

const issue = audit.issues.find(

(entry) => entry.code === SERVICE_AUDIT_CODES.gatewayPathMissingDirs,

);

expect(issue?.message).toContain("/opt/homebrew/bin");

expect(issue?.message).toContain("/opt/homebrew/sbin");

} finally {

await fs.rm(home, { recursive: true, force: true });

}

});

it("still requires explicit env-configured tool roots in gateway service PATH", async () => {

const audit = await auditGatewayServiceConfig({

env: { HOME: "/tmp/openclaw-testuser", PNPM_HOME: "/opt/pnpm" },