2026-07-18 · NextClaw v0.26.0

Published: 2026-07-18 Tags: release npm desktop minor

NextClaw v0.26.0 is a stable minor release available through npm and the desktop stable channel. It improves long-conversation navigation, scheduled task management, AI response runtime details, mobile task creation, and inline results, while adding a built-in Agent Browser.

Features

• The new scheduled task workbench adds a natural-language entry point, reusable templates, search, filters, and pagination. Creating a task opens its AI session directly, with clearer task-to-session relationships.
• A built-in Agent Browser lets agents visit pages, research information, and continue tasks when a configured search service is unavailable.
• Each AI response can now show the runtime, model, and token usage actually used for that run, with a compact footer summary and full details on demand.

Enhancements

• Long conversations now use a dynamic-height virtual timeline and load earlier messages on demand. Reading position remains stable while browsing upward, and HTML, Panel Apps, and collapsible content recalibrate after resizing.
• Runtime identity is more consistent across assistant avatars, the sidebar, and selectors. On mobile, a new task can be created directly from the chat header with access to the complete runtime list.
• HTML, Panel App, Mermaid, and table results remain stable after streaming completes. Workspace navigation and Settings also gain clearer layouts, wording, and compact-mode behavior.

Fixes

• Fixed startup update checks being skipped because of a previous check timestamp. NextClaw now checks immediately on every start and continues checking every two hours while running.
• Fixed text, images, or inline results occasionally disappearing from mixed responses after completion, and improved model-picker focus, chat-field focus, and prompt cancellation responsiveness.
• Fixed missing bridge request headers for Panel Apps over remote access, restoring communication for remote inline apps.

Defaults and Compatibility

• Existing nextclaw@0.25.3 installations can download and apply this release from the stable channel, or reinstall nextclaw@latest.
• No configuration migration is required. Startup and two-hour checks only update the available-version state; they do not download or apply updates automatically.
• NextClaw Desktop 0.0.227 installers are available for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Existing desktop launchers compatible with the 0.0.141 floor can receive the 0.26.0 runtime bundle from the stable update channel.