- Convert sync filesystem and DuckDB operations to async across API routes,
workspace lib, and active-runs to prevent event loop blocking during tree
discovery, object lookups, and database queries
- Add "tags" field type for free-form string arrays with parse-tags utility,
TagsBadges/TagsInput UI components, filter operators, and CRM skill docs
- Preserve rich text formatting (bold, italic, code, @mentions) in user chat
messages by sending HTML alongside plain text through the transport layer
- Detect empty-stream errors, improve agent error emission, and add file
mutation queues for concurrent write safety in active-runs
- Add pre-publish standalone node_modules verification in deploy script
checking serverExternalPackages are present
- Extract syncManagedSkills and discoverWorkspaceDirs for multi-workspace
skill syncing, add ensureSeedAssets for runtime app dir
- Bump version 2.1.1 → 2.1.4
Update package versions for denchclaw and dench to 2.0.16. Refactor feedback API to convert chat lines into PostHog-compatible messages, preserving chronological order and including tool calls and results. Improve test cases to reflect changes in message handling.
Use the session key directly as the PostHog trace ID so feedback and generation events share the same trace. Extract non-assistant messages from conversations for $ai_input.
A random UUID is generated on first run and stored in ~/.openclaw-dench/telemetry.json, replacing the SHA-256 hostname hash that could theoretically be reversed.
Introduce a `noOpen` option across various web runtime commands to control automatic browser opening. Implement a prompt to ask users if they want to open the web UI, enhancing user experience and flexibility during command execution.
Enhance the installBundledPlugins function to set the plugins.load.paths configuration for posthog-analytics using OpenClaw. This addition allows for dynamic loading of plugin paths, improving plugin management during the bootstrap process.
Add extractUsageFromMessages and normalizeOutputForPostHog to pull actual
token counts and cost from OpenClaw per-message usage metadata, and convert
Anthropic-style tool call blocks to OpenAI format for PostHog AI observability.
Integrate gateway daemon restart (stop → install → start) into both the
update and start web runtime commands so the gateway stays in sync with
runtime upgrades.
Switch TraceContextManager from runId to sessionId-based indexing so
tool spans share the same trace_id as their parent generation. Extract
tool names from agent_end messages for the PostHog Tools tab. Guard
against sending $0 cost and null token counts.
Integrate PostHog LLM Analytics via a bundled OpenClaw plugin that captures
$ai_generation, $ai_span, and $ai_trace events with configurable privacy
mode (content redaction on by default). Add like/dislike feedback buttons
to the web chat UI backed by a /api/feedback route. Extend the CLI with
`telemetry privacy on|off` subcommands and fix command delegation so
telemetry subcommands aren't forwarded to OpenClaw. Harden the web runtime
installer to auto-flatten pnpm standalone deps and dereference dangling
symlinks, preventing "Cannot find module 'next'" crashes in dev. Move
plugin installation before onboard in bootstrap so the gateway starts
with plugins.allow already configured.
- New src/config/paths.test.ts: 11 tests covering resolveGatewayPort
profile-aware precedence (env > config > profile > global default)
- Extend bootstrap-external.test.ts: 15 new tests for
readExistingGatewayPort (config reading, fallback, edge cases) and
isPersistedPortAcceptable (18789 rejection guard, end-to-end composition)
- Extend web-runtime-command.test.ts: 2 new tests verifying the fallback
returns 19001 when manifest has no lastGatewayPort or is null
- Update test fixtures across all test files to expect port 19001
All 5 critical mutations verified: removing profile check, removing
18789 guard, reverting fallback, changing constant, breaking config
reader -- each caught by at least 2 tests.
The bootstrap port selection logic tried OpenClaw's default port (18789)
before the DenchClaw range (19001+). If OpenClaw was temporarily down
during bootstrap, DenchClaw would claim 18789 and persist it to config
and the LaunchAgent plist, killing OpenClaw on every subsequent restart.
- Remove the DEFAULT_GATEWAY_PORT (18789) branch from bootstrap; always
start from DENCHCLAW_GATEWAY_PORT_START (19001)
- Read previously persisted config port and reuse it (unless it is 18789)
- Extract isPersistedPortAcceptable guard to reject corrupted 18789 state
- Add DENCHCLAW_DEFAULT_GATEWAY_PORT constant and make resolveGatewayPort
profile-aware so the "dench" profile falls back to 19001
- Fix hardcoded 18789 fallback in web-runtime-command.ts
pnpm's standalone output uses symlinks that npm pack silently drops, breaking require('next') on user machines. This flattens the virtual store into a standard node_modules layout.
Always pass --skip-ui and --accept-risk to openclaw onboard so the
wizard never prompts for TUI/Web UI selection — bootstrap manages the
web UI lifecycle itself. Add a post-onboard spinner to eliminate the
silent gap while config-set calls, gateway probing, and web runtime
startup run. Fix remediation messages to use `npx denchclaw`.
- Fix bootstrap-command test: mock ensureManagedWebRuntime to probe
directly instead of requiring standalone build on disk
- Add PostHog telemetry to CLI and web app with opt-out support
- Add dench alias package (npm rejects name; kept for future use)
- Bump version to 2.0.4 and publish to npm
Refactor bootstrap to use a managed web runtime lifecycle instead of
ad-hoc standalone server spawning. The managed runtime copies packaged
Next.js assets into ~/.openclaw-dench/web-runtime/, tracks deployment
state via manifest/process metadata, and cleanly separates Dench-owned
processes from foreign listeners on the target port.
- Fix false-negative web readiness when /api/profiles returns null
activeProfile (first-run regression).
- Add `dench start` (start without updating assets), `dench stop`
(terminate only Dench-managed web server), and `dench update`
(refresh web runtime with major-version OpenClaw update gate).
- Major-version transitions (e.g. v2->v3) require mandatory OpenClaw
update; non-interactive mode fails closed without --yes.
- All lifecycle commands show the ASCII banner/logo animation.
- Deploy smoke checks now verify update/stop/start --help paths.
This commit introduces the ensureSubagentDefaults function, which sets various default configurations for subagents, including max concurrent agents, max spawn depth, and run timeout settings. The function is called during the bootstrap process to ensure these defaults are applied for the specified profile.
This commit deletes the debug.log file, which contained subagent session logs, and updates the Ironclaw identity in workspace-seed.ts to reflect the new author, changing from Kumar Abhirup to Dench.
Make bootstrap deterministic across profile flag order and stale local runtime state so onboarding and health checks converge on the intended profile, gateway service, and web port.
BREAKING CHANGE: Convert repository to IronClaw-only package with strict
external dependency on globally installed `openclaw` runtime.
### Changes
- Remove entire OpenClaw core source from repository (src/agents/*, src/acp/*,
src/commands/*, and related modules)
- Implement CLI delegation: non-bootstrap commands now delegate to global
`openclaw` binary via external contract
- Remove local OpenClaw path resolution from web app; always spawn global
`openclaw` binary instead of local scripts
- Rename package.json scripts: `pnpm openclaw` → `pnpm ironclaw`,
`openclaw:rpc` → `ironclaw:rpc`
- Update bootstrap flow to verify and install global OpenClaw when missing
- Migrate web workspace/profile logic to align with OpenClaw state paths
- Add migration contract tests for stream-json, session subscribe, and profile
resolution behaviors
- Update build/release pipeline for IronClaw-only artifacts
- Update documentation for new peer + global installation model
### Architecture
IronClaw is now strictly a frontend/UI/bootstrap layer:
- `npx ironclaw` bootstraps OpenClaw (if missing), runs guided onboarding
- IronClaw UI serves on localhost:3100
- OpenClaw Gateway runs on standard port 18789
- Communication via stable CLI contracts and Gateway WebSocket protocol only
### Migration
Users must have `openclaw` installed globally:
npm install -g openclaw
Existing IronClaw profiles and sessions remain compatible through gateway
protocol stability.
Refs: bootstrap_dev_testing, ironclaw_frontend_split, strict-external-openclaw
