2026-07-29 · NextClaw v0.27.7

Published: 2026-07-29 Desktop availability: 2026-07-31 Tags: release npm desktop patch

NextClaw v0.27.7 is available as an npm stable patch and in NextClaw Desktop 0.0.236. You can now reference a registered project from the chat composer’s @ menu, giving the Agent the project name, path, and directory overview without changing the conversation’s working directory. This release also improves Codex continuity during long commands and thread recovery, and tightens Marketplace skill uninstall boundaries.

Features

• Type @ in the chat composer, open Projects, and select a registered project as explicit context for the current message.
• Project references include the project name, canonical path, and a bounded directory overview without switching the conversation’s working directory.
• Only directories that remain in the project registry can be materialized as project context; stale or unregistered paths return an observable status.

Fixes

• Ongoing Codex command output now counts as activity, preventing long-running commands from being mistaken for idle timeouts.
• Codex preserves its existing thread identity after a real timeout, so the next turn resumes the same thread instead of silently starting a replacement.
• Codex conversations now default to full local execution access with approvals disabled, avoiding inherited read-only settings while approval interaction is unavailable.
• When stopping the current reply starts a queued message, that message leaves the composer queue immediately instead of appearing there briefly twice.
• Marketplace can only uninstall direct skills that it manages under the workspace skills directory; dot, parent, and path-shaped escape targets are rejected.

Defaults and Compatibility

• Existing nextclaw@0.27.6 installations can update through the stable channel or reinstall nextclaw@latest.
• No configuration, session, or file migration is required.
• Full local execution access is the current Codex product default. Run Agents only in workspaces and tasks you trust.
• NextClaw Desktop 0.0.236 packages runtime 0.27.7 for macOS, Windows, and Linux. The desktop update compatibility floor remains launcher 0.0.141.
• Desktop 0.0.236 also includes the Agent Runtime context, rich-content, Mermaid preview, and queued-message improvements introduced in runtime 0.27.6.