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Chat history shows compaction checkpoints, catalog reads persist

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Val Alexander Marvinthebored bek91 openclaw-clownfish joshavant
5 people shipped this
Val Alexander @BunsDev 1 cited Marvinthebored @Marvinthebored 1 cited bek91 @bek91 1 cited openclaw-clownfish @openclaw-clownfish 1 cited joshavant @joshavant 1 cited

WebChat now explains compacted history boundaries and offers one-click recovery, while the gateway models.list path gets a read-only persisted fast path.

The UI now surfaces compaction checkpoints in chat history, explaining what was compacted and adding an Open checkpoints action for pre-compaction recovery [1]. The change is validated with targeted UI tests and is styles/docs-only, reusing existing checkpoint APIs.

The gateway catalog refresh now passes `readOnly: true` and reads a persisted `models.json` instead of instantiating the full SDK when possible [2]. This skips provider plugin discovery and the suppression pipeline for faster, safer reads with a fallback to the full path. External plugin IDs like `brave` now resolve through the official catalog when no bundled source matches, avoiding an unrelated unscoped npm package install [3]. External channel SecretRefs load correctly again after the 2026.5.2 plugin split, as the channel secret-contract loader moves to a generic external plugin path [4].

WhatsApp outbound group mentions now resolve @+digits tokens to participant JIDs [5].

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What shipped in OpenClaw on May 3, 2026?
WebChat now explains compacted history boundaries and offers one-click recovery, while the gateway models.list path gets a read-only persisted fast path. In total, 126 commits and 8 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to OpenClaw on May 3, 2026?
5 developers shipped this update, including Val Alexander, Marvinthebored, bek91, openclaw-clownfish, and joshavant.
What were the notable OpenClaw updates?
fix(ui): surface compaction checkpoints in chat history, fix(gateway): read-only persisted fast path for models.list catalog, and fix (plugins): Resolve official plugin install aliases.
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