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Crabbox gains Hyper-V and OpenComputer providers, Islo adds Tailscale egress

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Crabbox's provider portfolio expands with a Hyper-V local-Windows provider and an OpenComputer REST-API sandbox, while Islo leases gain opt-in Tailscale egress.

Crabbox added its Windows-native counterpart to the `tart` provider: the new `hyperv` provider creates and manages local Windows VMs through Microsoft Hyper-V, using PowerShell commands for the full lifecycle and connecting over SSH via the built-in Windows OpenSSH server. The provider is designed so "bring a plain Windows VHDX with a known administrator password, and it just works"; the optional `--hyperv-init-password` even drops that requirement for auto-logon images, accepting a stock, password-less Microsoft dev-environment VHDX [1][2]. This is a new provider, so existing local-vm configs are unaffected.

The same effort added `provider: opencomputer` (aliases `oc`, `open-computer`), a delegated-run provider for full Linux VMs that interacts with OpenComputer entirely through its REST API, with no `oc` CLI process at runtime. Crabbox owns config, repo claims, sync manifests, and rendering; OpenComputer owns VM and transport, and the API key is sent only in the `X-API-Key` header. Alongside this, the `islo` provider gained an opt-in `--tailscale` flag that downloads Tailscale 1.98.4 and verifies its SHA-256 digest before starting memory-only `tailscaled`. FeatureTailscale is outbound proxy access only: the sandbox's `100.x` address is not advertised as an inbound pond endpoint [3][4].

Quick answers

What shipped in OpenClaw on June 12, 2026?
Crabbox's provider portfolio expands with a Hyper-V local-Windows provider and an OpenComputer REST-API sandbox, while Islo leases gain opt-in Tailscale egress. In total, 66 commits and 21 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to OpenClaw on June 12, 2026?
9 developers shipped this update, including Galin Iliev, Jesse Merhi, Vincent Koc, abnershang, mcaxtr, anagnorisis2peripeteia, Peter Steinberger, and zozo123, and 1 more.
What were the notable OpenClaw updates?
feat: add Hyper-V provider for local Windows VMs (#212), feat: add Hyper-V provider for local Windows VMs, and feat(provider): add OpenComputer sandbox provider (REST API).