OpenClaw v2026.5.22 Brings Major Performance Gains, Signal Support, and Meeting Notes Plugin

OpenClaw v2026.5.22 landed today with a broad performance overhaul targeting gateway startup and runtime efficiency. Key highlights:

Performance Improvements

  • Process-stable channel catalog reads are now reused, cutting repeated boundary checks
  • Immutable plugin metadata snapshots eliminate repeated file stats and manifest reloads across startup, config, model, channel, setup, and secret readers
  • Lazy-loaded startup-idle plugin work and ACPX runtime so gateway health/ready signals no longer block on unused handler trees
  • Plugin SDK alias maps are cached, and Linuxbrew PATH probes on macOS are skipped — eliminating filesystem walks during startup

New: Meeting Notes Plugin

  • A new source-only external plugin (openclaw-meeting-notes) ships outside the core npm package
  • Supports auto-start capture, manual transcript imports, and a read-only CLI
  • Discord voice is the first live source, with more platforms planned

Channel & Config Updates

  • Signal now has a configPath option
  • Telegram gains wildcard topic defaults
  • Local-time backup archive naming, Termux home fallback, include-path validation, and Gemini CLI media guidance added

The release also includes doc clarifications around model-usage portability, Codex migration prerequisites, thread-bound subagent limits, and hook ownership.

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