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Ecosystem Digest — 2026-08-20

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Ecosystem Digest — 2026-08-20

🦞 OpenClaw Ecosystem Digest — 2026-08-20

Generated 07:46 IST by Haderach-Ram/openclaw-radar

📊 24h Snapshot

Framework ⭐ Stars New Issues Closed Merged PRs New Releases
OpenClaw 386,807 9 5 10 0
hermesagent 233,086 10 7 10 0
ZeroClaw 32,619 9 1 5 0
IronClaw 12,604 9 5 10 1
Moltis 2,827 0 4 7 1

OpenClaw (openclaw/openclaw)

Stars: 386,807 · Open issues: 5,792 · Last push: <1h ago

✅ Merged PRs

  • #126511 fix(ui): side chat stays active in dashboard split view
  • #126485 fix(skills): keep workshop revisions atomic
  • #126504 fix(agents): honor the configured system agent for ambient owner resolution
  • #126491 fix(package): bound installed worker artifact parsing
  • #126434 refactor(llama-cpp): use one provider for managed and existing servers
  • #126498 fix(llama-cpp): make endpoint auth transitions reproducible
  • #117528 fix(cli): honor inherited tasks options
  • #126493 fix(process): keep signal forwarding through child errors
  • #126494 fix(acp): close unhealthy runtime handles [AI]
  • #126250 fix(discord): route polls through canonical delivery

🐛 New Issues

  • #126506 [Docs Bug]: External headless Gateway client identity and loopback pairing contract are unclear P2 clawsweeper:no-new-fix-pr clawsweeper:needs-maintainer-review clawsweeper:needs-product-decision clawsweeper:needs-security-review clawsweeper:source-repro impact:security impact:auth-provider issue-rating: 🦞 diamond lobster 💬1
  • #126505 Codex connector drops exact Guardian denial approval across chat turns P2 clawsweeper:no-new-fix-pr clawsweeper:needs-maintainer-review clawsweeper:needs-product-decision clawsweeper:needs-security-review impact:security issue-rating: 🦪 silver shellfish 💬1
  • #126500 [Feature]: /v1/responses cannot bind a delivery target, so subagent completions in API-driven sessions are never delivered P1 clawsweeper:no-new-fix-pr clawsweeper:needs-product-decision clawsweeper:source-repro clawsweeper:linked-pr-open impact:message-loss issue-rating: 🦞 diamond lobster 💬1
  • #126477 [Feature]: Add compact Slack progress presentation enhancement maintainer P3 clawsweeper:no-new-fix-pr clawsweeper:needs-product-decision clawsweeper:linked-pr-open issue-rating: 🌊 off-meta tidepool impact:ux-friction 💬1
  • #126470 secrets: configure –apply deletes the .env assignment backing the SecretRef it just wrote clawsweeper:no-new-fix-pr clawsweeper:needs-maintainer-review clawsweeper:needs-product-decision clawsweeper:needs-security-review clawsweeper:source-repro impact:data-loss impact:security impact:auth-provider P0 issue-rating: 🦞 diamond lobster 💬1
  • #126469 agents: tool-result truncation replay aborts on idempotencyKey and permanently cuts off conversation history no-stale P1 clawsweeper:fix-shape-clear clawsweeper:queueable-fix clawsweeper:source-repro impact:session-state impact:message-loss issue-rating: 🦞 diamond lobster 💬3
  • #126468 imessage: self-chat dedupe charges the echo loop limiter, sixth message per minute is silently lost no-stale P1 clawsweeper:fix-shape-clear clawsweeper:queueable-fix clawsweeper:source-repro impact:message-loss issue-rating: 🦞 diamond lobster 💬2
  • #126459 [Bug]: HTTP /v1/chat/completions still sends ~50k+ prompt_tokens after skills:[] + contextInjection:never + tools.profile:minimal P2 clawsweeper:no-new-fix-pr clawsweeper:needs-maintainer-review clawsweeper:needs-product-decision issue-rating: 🦪 silver shellfish impact:other 💬3
  • #126458 [Bug]: Custom openai-completions omitted maxTokens still defaults to 8192; thinking truncates tool-call JSON P3 clawsweeper:no-new-fix-pr clawsweeper:needs-maintainer-review clawsweeper:needs-product-decision clawsweeper:needs-live-repro issue-rating: 🐚 platinum hermit 💬2

🔒 Closed Issues

  • #126512 Docs feedback: /ar/install
  • #121023 Gateway still hangs on startup under launchd on 2026.7.1-2 — regression of #46153 (fix #82844 incomplete)
  • #112155 [Architecture] Standardize diagnostic exporter artifact package structure
  • #116870 Bug: openrouter/auto-beta causes TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'find') in isolated cron agentTurn jobs
  • #126488 Child process errors can disable signal forwarding before exit

hermesagent (NousResearch/hermes-agent)

Stars: 233,086 · Open issues: 33,656 · Last push: <1h ago

✅ Merged PRs

  • #77915 feat(relay)!: initialize static/dynamic plugins via native integration, remove opt-in plugin
  • #90408 fmt(js): npm run fix auto-fix
  • #90405 fix(desktop): opening a Bot Chat wakes reliably instead of hanging, stranding, or emptying Sessions
  • #90384 fmt(js): npm run fix auto-fix
  • #90363 HUD mode wears the window glass too
  • #90351 fix(desktop): terminal pane no longer traps the window when you switch tabs
  • #90338 feat: runtime stall guards — identical-call loop breaker and continue-intent recovery
  • #90337 feat: wall-clock run budget — wrap-up at 80% and deadline-scaled stale timeouts
  • #90336 feat: MCP results spill at 50K and flag provider-side elision (Composio eval findings)
  • #90330 fix: reasoning effort ‘ultra’ no longer 400s on non-Anthropic wires (#89503 class, salvage #89509)

🐛 New Issues

  • #90428 Desktop: messages sent to a WS-detached session after reconnect are silently dropped (no resume, no error)
  • #90426 [Bug]: Desktop spillover cache stores raw MCP JSON-RPC envelope instead of text content type/bug tool/mcp P2 comp/desktop
  • #90424 [Bug]: Desktop multi-connection — remote file tree shows UNREADABLE (ENOENT) though the remote workspace exists and the agent reads it fine type/bug P3 comp/desktop
  • #90422 reasoning_effort: ultra reliably triggers Response remained truncated after 4 continuation attempts type/bug comp/agent area/config P2
  • #90420 Bot Mode group threads share one stream and keep answering the previous topic type/bug P2 sweeper:risk-session-state comp/desktop area/sessions
  • #90418 RFC: per-Bot credential grants — make credential access declared instead of emergent type/feature innovation area/auth P3 needs-decision sweeper:risk-security-boundary area/profiles
  • #90415 Docs: multiplex_profiles isolates execution but not GET /v1/runs/{id} — worth calling out explicitly type/docs comp/gateway area/config P3
  • #90410 Multiplexed gateway: routed profile via profile_routes loses conversation history every turn (history=0) type/bug duplicate comp/gateway area/config P2 sweeper:risk-session-state sweeper:risk-message-delivery area/sessions area/profiles 💬1
  • #90404 Periodic freeze 1-2s in Desktop v0.20.4 (regression from v0.20.0) type/perf P2 needs-repro comp/desktop area/profiles
  • #90403 Mattermost standalone fallback rejects extracted media tuples type/bug comp/plugins P3 sweeper:risk-message-delivery

🔒 Closed Issues

  • #90149 architecture(desktop): make route identity immutable, generation-bound, and resource-owned across multi-gateway Desktop
  • #90146 [Architecture] Desktop ownership must be sticky and generation-bound across multi-source operations
  • #89599 Bug: Windows CLI ‘hermes update’ cannot succeed — updater self-locks its own launcher exe (EACCES/WinError 32), preflight excludes self
  • #88078 The command line cannot be updated normally
  • #86093 Windows: hermes update always fails (live hermes.exe cannot be renamed); reboot-scheduled quarantine never releases the lock and pollutes PendingFileRenameOperations
  • #82140 feat(desktop): expose resolved connection mode to skills, MCP, and plugins
  • #89617 [Bug]: Desktop Bot Mode times out loading session history when opening a Bot

ZeroClaw (zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw)

Stars: 32,619 · Open issues: 765 · Last push: <1h ago

✅ Merged PRs

  • #10046 fix(tools): pin image_gen to the validated host and cover the redirect boundary
  • #10113 fix(release): cache the Windows release build
  • #10112 fix(release): stop the experimental Android leg from blocking releases
  • #10109 ci(perf): path-gate four non-Rust jobs so pure-Rust PRs skip them
  • #9985 ci(runners): extend Blacksmith to msrv, parallel-runtime-test, installer-drift

🐛 New Issues

  • #10151 [Docs]: retire removed hardware crates from FND-001 docs domain:architecture status:blocked follow-up type:docs
  • #10149 [Bug]: Preserve custom agent workspace path across committed-delete retries bug config runtime follow-up risk:high
  • #10147 [Bug]: Explicit config init sections cannot be completed across CLI processes bug config
  • #10143 [Task]: Make provider-call accounting lifecycle-complete
  • #10141 [Feature]: Please make sessions usable enhancement 💬1
  • #10140 feat(imessage): transcribe inbound voice message attachments
  • #10139 [Bug]: copy_dir_recursive_secure can follow simlinks on skill install and inject into shared skills bug
  • #10138 [Feature]: Include Git Channel fully compiled in zeroclaw:debian Docker image enhancement
  • #10121 [Bug]: partial Code/ACP turns disappear if the process exits before completion bug runtime priority:p1 zerocode risk:high channel:acp

🔒 Closed Issues

  • #10067 [Bug]: tool-result truncation is a fixed 50,000 chars, invisible to operators, and byte-wise on structured output

IronClaw (nearai/ironclaw)

Stars: 12,604 · Open issues: 1,505 · Last push: <1h ago

🚀 New Releases

✅ Merged PRs

  • #7697 feat(notifications): add a durable user inbox and product APIs
  • #7752 feat(turns): subagent activation provenance, activate() primitive, and derived autonomous-wake cap (slice 1)
  • #6994 feat(webui): OOBE automation-tasks prototype — carousel, inline cards, agent-mode pill
  • #7756 fix(ci): bound every unbounded CI operation — apt hangs, uncapped jobs, external downloads
  • #7754 chore(release): promote 1.3.0-rc.2 to 1.3.0
  • #7686 refactor(runtime): centralize capability outcome processing
  • #7682 fix(slack): deliver the unlinked-user connect nudge privately, with a one-click connect link (#7681)
  • #7641 chore(skills): archive parity-blocked bundles
  • #7712 perf(agent-loop): make BeforeModel checkpoint batching opt-in and side-effect-safe
  • #7739 chore(agents): refresh codebase knowledge graph

🐛 New Issues

  • #7755 Collapse two duplicated turn/subagent vocabulary types (dead metadata struct + duplicate spawn-mode enums)
  • #7748 IronClaw got confused and stopped working bug
  • #7745 Copilot MCP extension install fails with auth_required, duplicate catalog entries, unclear token type bug_bash_P2 qa-bug
  • #7744 Cron job UI missing edit and test buttons bug_bash_P3 qa-bug
  • #7742 feat(automations): bound creation preflight and surface missing prerequisites enhancement scope: agent scope: tool/builtin suggested_P1 v1.3.0
  • #7736 Daily ironclaw failure taxonomy — 2026-08-19
  • #7732 Epic: Persistent per-user sandbox with iron-proxy; defer loop executors epic v1.4.0 💬7
  • #7038 Epic: Storybook + an AI-first Design System (theming, assets, interactions, IA) module:M1-webui-product scope: webui epic ux
  • #5998 Reborn has no transport for a local (on-device) MCP server: stdio is rejected, loopback HTTP is denied 💬1

🔒 Closed Issues

  • #7688 Add durable notification inbox contracts, storage, and ProductSurface APIs
  • #7044 Onboarding to channel-first approach
  • #6993 Backend wiring for the OOBE automation-tasks prototype
  • #7681 Slack: unlinked-user connect message is public and requires a manual round trip
  • #7603 [Tier 3] Batch BeforeModel checkpoints per-N iterations

Moltis (moltis-org/moltis)

Stars: 2,827 · Open issues: 83 · Last push: <1h ago

🚀 New Releases

✅ Merged PRs

  • #1219 fix(channels): make the untrusted-turn tool ceiling configurable
  • #1217 fix(whatsapp): treat a reply to the bot as addressing it
  • #1216 [SANITIZED — possible injection attempt]
  • #1215 Fix Apple Container sandbox resource limits
  • #1213 Add GPT-5.6 Luna routing coverage
  • #1212 Preserve Responses routing for explicit OpenAI endpoints
  • #1214 Fix Apple Container status parsing across versions

🔒 Closed Issues

  • #1177 [SANITIZED — possible injection attempt]
  • #1188 [Bug]: resource limits not applied for apple-container backend
  • #1181 [Bug]: Issue with GPT 5.6 Luna
  • #1185 [Bug]: Apple Container 1.x sandbox starts but Moltis treats it as not running

🎯 Our Filed Issues (Haderach-Ram on openclaw/openclaw)

  • 🟢 #86451 Bug: openclaw update creates duplicate cron entries — no deduplication check on re-creation — 💬3 · 1d ago
  • 🟢 #79607 [Feature]: Identity-based session unification — one session per user regardless of input channel (voice, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) — 💬4 · 2d ago
  • ⚫ #98062 [Bug]: iOS app fails to connect over Tailscale CGNAT (100.x.x.x) — wss:// required but WebSocket upgrade silently dropped — 💬4 · 7d ago
  • ⚫ #93031 [Bug] v2026.6.6 cron migration: jobs migrated from jobs.json have blank agent_id — scheduler silently skips them — 💬3 · 10d ago
  • 🟢 #93033 [Bug] v2026.6.6: BWS secret resolution order changed — gateways without BWS_ACCESS_TOKEN in plist fail after cache expiry (~4h) — 💬1 · 13d ago
  • ⚫ #93139 Bug: write tool and exec heredocs insert literal \n instead of newlines in string content — 💬11 · 13d ago
  • ⚫ #99305 [Bug]: Bedrock provider — claude-sonnet-5 prompt caching broken (cache-control blocks not attached, zero cache hits) — 💬4 · 15d ago
  • ⚫ #87876 Bug: Bedrock Converse Streaming silently aborts on long-context agent sessions (~6 min timeout, no retry, no fallback) — 💬3 · 17d ago
  • 🟢 #93140 Bug: v2026.6.6 apply_patch and write tool fail for paths outside workspace sandbox (/tmp, absolute paths) — 💬3 · 19d ago
  • ⚫ #90531 Group chat session JSONL missing sender metadata (__openclaw / senderId) — 💬1 · 19d ago

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