Release Notes

May 20, 2026

v0.0.48

NemoClaw v0.0.48 improves onboarding, sandbox builds, local inference, messaging, and day-two sandbox operations:

  • Windows WSL onboarding detects Windows-host Ollama through both the HTTP endpoint and a Windows process probe, so the installer can offer start or restart actions even when the daemon is installed but not yet reachable from WSL.
  • Onboarding no longer prints a noisy No active forward found warning when it performs best-effort dashboard forward cleanup before rebuilding or recovering a sandbox.
  • nemoclaw <name> share mount verifies the requested remote path against the target sandbox name, so probes for non-default sandboxes no longer accidentally inspect the default sandbox.
  • The OpenClaw plugin tolerates an empty or malformed onboard config.json by falling back to default onboard status instead of failing during startup.
  • Hermes messaging policies are scoped to Hermes-supported channel behavior, keeping unsupported OpenClaw-specific messaging access out of Hermes sandboxes.
  • Onboard session snapshots persist machine-readable state for resume flows, which makes provider and policy decisions more durable across retries.
  • DGX Spark GPU sandbox recreation restores the startup path for Hermes by patching Docker GPU state and preserving the marker files the Hermes entrypoint needs.
  • Discord messaging routes REST and gateway traffic through the sandbox proxy path, including a loopback proxy for gateway traffic, so Discord channels work through the same policy-controlled egress model as other sandbox traffic.
  • Sandbox base images now include Homebrew and a python to python3 compatibility symlink, reducing first-run setup for package and script workflows inside the sandbox.
  • The NemoClaw sandbox image includes a Docker health check so container runtimes can report whether the in-sandbox gateway is responding.
  • Sandbox startup resolves workspace template files from the installed package when source-relative files are not available, which helps package installs seed a fresh workspace consistently.
  • Installer checksum verification prefers sha256sum and falls back when needed, improving compatibility on Linux hosts where shasum is not installed.
  • VM-driver snapshot health checks now use gateway metadata instead of stale local assumptions, so snapshot operations fail less often after gateway state changes.

v0.0.47

NemoClaw v0.0.47 focused on release hardening and validation coverage:

  • The E2E fixture layer gained baseline onboarding coverage for CLI setup, OpenShell gateway creation, sandbox state, inference routing, and smoke tests.
  • Messaging provider targets now validate provider attachment, placeholder configuration, secret-leak prevention, bridge reachability, Discord gateway routing, Slack provider state, Telegram injection safety, and token-rotation isolation.
  • CLI command registration was refactored so public display defaults stay consistent across sandbox channel, host, log, policy, skill, and snapshot commands.
  • PR review advisor automation was added for maintainers, with deterministic GitHub context gathering and structured review comments.
  • The release refreshed v0.0.46 documentation, AI-agent docs guidance, navigation, and version metadata.