v2026.5.19-alpha.1: Discord Voice Sessions Now Follow Users Across Channels

OpenClaw shipped v2026.5.19-alpha.1 today, a pre-release with a notable Discord voice overhaul and several quality-of-life changes for enterprise operators.

Key changes:

  • Discord voice now follows configured users across voice channels, with allowed-channel checks, multi-user handoff, bounded reconciliation, and DAVE recovery preservation
  • Bounded agent context in realtime voice sessions — IDENTITY.md, USER.md, and SOUL.md profile context is now included by default (can be disabled via voice.realtime.bootstrapContextFiles: [])
  • xAI device-code OAuth — remote and headless setups can now authorize xAI without requiring a localhost browser callback
  • OpenRouter provider-level routing policy now honored for model and agent params
  • Bundled Policy plugin for policy-backed channel conformance checks and workspace repair
  • Lean local-model mode per agent — agents.list[].experimental.localModelLean lets you enable this per-agent instead of globally
  • Codex harness updated to @openai/codex 0.132.0
  • Bug fixes: WhatsApp Baileys updated to 7.0.0-rc12, Mac app signature stability fixed, cron run diagnostics improved, browser image sanitization honored for screenshots

Full changelog: github.com/openclaw/openclaw/releases

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