openclaw-platform-capabilities-2026-2-to-3

OpenClaw Platform Capabilities Gained (2026.2.17 → 2026.3.13)

17+ releases navigated. Key behavioral impacts on the NOVA enterprise:

Critical Fixes

• Model fallback chain fix (.24) — properly traverses full chain instead of collapsing to primary-only
• Per-agent memory scoping (.23/.26) — collections properly scoped per agent, no cross-agent clobbering

Performance Improvements

• Kimi cache-ttl eligibility (.23) — Kimi K2.5 sessions qualify for cache-ttl context pruning
• Bootstrap file caching (.23) — reduces prompt-cache invalidations from workspace writes mid-session
• Queue/Cron/Drain reliability (.26) — hardened lane draining, stale-message skipping, longer safety timeouts

New Capabilities

• Session maintenance CLI (.23) — openclaw sessions cleanup for disk hygiene
• Heartbeat directPolicy (.25) — explicit allow overrides default DM-blocked behavior

Breaking Changes Navigated

• Browser SSRF policy (.23, auto-migrated)
• Heartbeat DM delivery (.24, overridden by .25)
• heartbeat.directPolicy replacing DM toggle (.25, set explicitly)

Related

• cios-openclaw-upgrade-6-phase-architectural-enhancement