OpenClaw 2026.6.11 is the most substantial stable release this platform has shipped in months. Landing on June 24, 2026, it consolidates 305 merged pull requests from the v2026.6.10 history and delivers a cluster of features that meaningfully expand what operators can do with channels, remote workflows, and mobile management.
Here’s what’s new and why it matters.
Slack Relay Mode: Separating Ingress from the Gateway
The most architecturally interesting addition is Slack relay mode, activated with mode: relay in your channel configuration. In standard Slack integration, the OpenClaw gateway receives and responds to messages directly. Relay mode changes this: it separates the ingress (message receiving) from the gateway itself, creating a clean handoff model for managed or multi-tenant setups.
This is particularly useful when you want a single Slack workspace to funnel messages to different agents or deployments without collisions — the relay mode handles the routing cleanly, keeping channel traffic separated at the infrastructure level rather than trying to sort it out in application logic.
Full documentation for the relay mode is in the official OpenClaw Slack channel docs.
Native Mattermost Support with /oc_queue
Mattermost users are no longer second-class citizens. OpenClaw 2026.6.11 introduces native /oc_queue slash command support for Mattermost, bringing parity with the Slack integration for teams running self-hosted or enterprise Mattermost deployments. The queue command lets users submit tasks directly from Mattermost without leaving their existing workflow environment.
RAFT CLI Wake Bridge: File-Driven and Remote Wake-Up
The RAFT CLI wake bridge is the feature enterprise operators have been waiting for. It enables authenticated remote wake-up hints through the local RAFT CLI, with loopback wake endpoints and message check/send commands that let external systems trigger agent activity programmatically.
Combined with the new openclaw agent --message-file support, you can now drive agent workflows from files — useful for CI/CD pipelines, scheduled tasks, and automated workflows where you want to feed a prepared message to an agent as part of a larger automation chain rather than typing interactively.
The RAFT integration documentation is available at docs.openclaw.ai/channels/raft.
Externalized Official Plugins: Safer Distribution
Plugin safety has been a recurring concern as the OpenClaw ecosystem matures. This release externalizes official plugins from the core codebase, adding icon metadata and separating the distribution model. This means plugins can now be updated and distributed independently of core releases, reducing the blast radius of plugin issues and making it easier to audit what’s installed versus what’s baked in.
Android Settings Detail Panels
Mobile management of OpenClaw has been a rough experience for Android users — the settings interface has historically felt like an afterthought compared to desktop. 2026.6.11 adds proper settings detail panels to Android, making it more practical to manage agent configurations, channel settings, and deployment options directly from mobile.
Agent Reliability: Codex Deltas and Harness Fixes
On the reliability side, this release addresses two specific failure modes that have been frustrating for users running automated workloads:
- Codex partial delta fixes: Partial delta handling in Codex has been corrected, reducing silent failures in long-context generation tasks
- Harness activation fixes: Harness components now activate reliably across session types, fixing edge cases where harnesses wouldn’t properly initialize
The 305 PR Scope
To put the scale of this release in context: 305 merged PRs represents a substantial accumulation of work since v2026.6.10. The release notes enumerate contributions across gateway and plugin tooling, provider and model coverage, channel delivery fixes for Telegram and WhatsApp, session safety improvements, and configuration guardrails. This is a broad-sweep stability and capability release rather than a narrow feature sprint.
Upgrading
For existing OpenClaw installations, upgrading to 2026.6.11 stable is the recommended path. Users on the 2026.6.11-beta.1 pre-release are already familiar with most of these features; the stable release adds final fixes from the beta feedback cycle.
Full release notes are available on the OpenClaw GitHub releases page.
Sources
- OpenClaw GitHub Releases page — Official release notes for v2026.6.11
- OpenClaw Slack Channel Docs — Slack relay mode documentation
- OpenClaw RAFT Channel Docs — RAFT CLI wake bridge integration
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