🎉 Highlights
- 🔌 Plays nice with other OpenClaw apps — Other OpenClaw-based apps on the same machine? No problem — Nexu now coexists gracefully, running side by side without interference. (#700) Thanks @lefarcen.
- 🖼️ Images work again, everywhere — Switched to macOS-native image processing. Send a photo in Slack, Feishu, WeChat, Discord, or WhatsApp — your bot will see it and respond. No more "image optimization failed". (#674) Thanks @anthhub.
- 📄 PDFs and web browsing are back — Bots can read PDF files, fetch web pages, and control a browser with Playwright again. (#689) Thanks @nettee.
- 🎬 A proper first impression — Fresh installs and upgrades now show a branded loading animation instead of a blank white screen. (#596) Thanks @lefarcen.
📥 Download now: macOS Apple Silicon (.dmg) · macOS Intel (.dmg)
Requires macOS 13+.
✨ What's New
- 🔑 Channels connect reliably — Gateway authentication token now correctly reaches OpenClaw, fixing channels stuck on "connecting". (#697) Thanks @lefarcen.
- 🪟 Window behaves — Activating a running instance properly brings the window back (#701, thanks @mrcfps), and the default size is now a consistent 1280×720 (#738). Thanks @lefarcen.
- 📚 Docs refresh — New update guide and troubleshooting pages in Chinese, English, and Japanese. (#713, #716) Thanks @qiongyu1999.
🛡️ Stability & Reliability
- Force Quit no longer leaves the app stuck on a loading screen — stale background services are detected and cleaned up automatically. (#734) Thanks @mrcfps.
- Smoother update installs with better teardown sequencing and user feedback. (#739) Thanks @lefarcen.
- Port-theft recovery no longer leaves the controller in a confused state. (#726) Thanks @lefarcen.
- Account-scoped config moved to avoid unnecessary OpenClaw migrations on startup. (#736) Thanks @lefarcen.
🐛 Bug Fixes
- Fixed channels not connecting after fresh install (missing gateway token). (#697) Thanks @lefarcen.
- Fixed "image optimization failed" errors across all messaging platforms. (#674) Thanks @anthhub.
- Fixed PDF reading and web browsing skills broken after dependency cleanup. (#689) Thanks @nettee.
- Fixed blank white screen on first launch. (#596) Thanks @lefarcen.
- Fixed window not appearing when clicking the Dock icon on a running instance. (#701) Thanks @mrcfps.
🔨 For Developers
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- R2 upload switched from wrangler to AWS S3 CLI for reliability. (#730) Thanks @lefarcen.
- CDN cache purge added to desktop release workflow. (#735, #745) Thanks @lefarcen.
- Desktop E2E quit uses IPC instead of SIGTERM, fixing test hangs. (#737) Thanks @lefarcen.
- E2E now selects correct architecture-specific artifacts. (#712) Thanks @nettee.
- Nightly changelog formatting improved. (#683) Thanks @lefarcen.
- CI auto-tag uses PAT to trigger downstream release builds. (#692) Thanks @lefarcen.
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Full Changelog: v0.1.8...release/v0.1.9