OpenClaw v2026.5.10-beta.1: QA/Mantis, provider notes

v2026.5.10-beta.1 changes how an agent selects, calls, or remembers a provider. The official record describes a provider, model, voice, or context change; the useful test is a small request with the provider boundary recorded.

Because this is a pre-release, use a disposable Gateway first and leave the stable version available for comparison. The release body cannot certify every local combination of provider, channel, platform, and account; use the bounded test below for the path you actually run.

Provider and model consequences

What changes outside the chat box

Cron

let isolated self-cleanup runs inspect their own job run history while keeping other cron jobs and mutation actions blocked. Fixes #80019.

Exercise Cron twice with a disposable trigger. The expected result is one side effect, a readable terminal state, and a cancellation path while work is still pending.

A bounded check for this version

1. Start with a disposable checkpoint: record the version, host, provider, and workspace tied to QA/Mantis.
2. Check the release's migration notes and make a restorable backup before changing persistent state.
3. Use a disposable conversation for one send, one reconnect, and one retry; keep the destination identifiers with the result.
4. Leave the channel disabled after the test if its credentials or pairing were created only for this rehearsal.
5. If the result differs from the release body, stop the rollout and attach the log, screenshot, or transcript to the version record.

openclaw --version
openclaw gateway status
openclaw models

Close the loop with evidence

A useful maintenance record names the changed behavior, the behavior that stayed stable, the identity that approved the test, and the step that would undo it. Preserve that record beside the release tag.

Edge cases in this tag

Agents. apply the LLM idle watchdog while provider stream setup is still pending, preventing silent pre-stream model hangs from waiting for the full agent timeout. Record the failure that this correction addresses before declaring the upgrade complete.

Cron. let isolated self-cleanup runs inspect their own job run history while keeping other cron jobs and mutation actions blocked. Fixes #80019. This is the edge case to include in a regression check, especially when the release is pre-release.

The authoritative record is the v2026.5.10-beta.1 GitHub release. The release index gives the surrounding sequence, while the model provider reference supplies the operational background.