• OpenClaw Renamed from Moltbot – Community is buzzing with 667 points and 382 comments about the major rebranding announcement.
• "OpenClaw is changing my life" goes viral – Personal testimonial from developer novoreorx reaches 1,366 total engagement with 513 comments discussing real-world impact.
• Plugin approval hooks land in v2026.3.28 – New safety feature allows human approval before agents execute tools, addressing autonomous operation concerns.
• Agent-Native IM plugin submitted – PR #56483 adds bidirectional ANI channel support for human-AI bot collaboration messaging.
• Auto model routing based on complexity – PR #53710 enables dynamic model selection instead of static routing strategy.

📈 Community Buzz

• Japanese developer highlights NERVE dashboard: Showcases OpenClaw's new real-time AI agent visualization dashboard that's 100% open source, calling it "insane" for its ability to monitor agent execution states and task progress live. 1 like | View tweet
• Version 2026.3.28 release excitement: Japanese user celebrates the latest release featuring xAI x_search native support, MiniMax image generation, and the game-changing `/acp spawn codex --bind here` command that instantly converts chats into workspaces. View tweet
• Plugin approval hooks breakthrough: Developer explains how the new safety feature finally gives users control over autonomous agents by allowing approval requests before any tool execution - solving the "wake up and hope nothing went wrong" problem. View tweet
• Multi-agent collaboration demo: Technical explanation of OpenClaw's "four lobsters working together" demonstration showing task splitting across planning, execution, review, and summary phases with parallel AI efficiency. View tweet

• openclaw 2026.3.28 removes deprecated Qwen portal OAuth integration, migrates to Model Studio auth. Release notes
• OpenClaw 2026.3.28-beta.1 beta release with same Qwen auth migration changes. Beta release
• Repository milestone reaches 339,817 stars (+169k growth), 66,974 forks, 1,452 contributors. GitHub repo
• npm package v2026.3.28 published with 1.8M weekly downloads. npm page
• Homebrew formula updated to 2026.3.28 with 4,654 installs in 30 days. Homebrew page

• wzfukui added ANI (Agent-Native IM) bidirectional messaging support — enables human-AI collaboration through dedicated messaging platform. PR #56483
• joe2643 shipped context pruning that caches media to disk instead of stripping — prevents permanent media loss during session cleanup. PR #56858
• keerlums implemented auto model routing based on message complexity — dynamically selects optimal models instead of static assignment. PR #53710
• vincentkoc fixed critical auth bypass in trusted-proxy mode — closed security gap allowing unverified loopback requests. PR #54536 (merged)
• factnest365-ops enabled memory tools for sub-agents — removed hardcoded deny list blocking memory_search and memory_get. PR #55442 (merged)

• OpenClaw – Moltbot Renamed Again — Official rebrand announcement generates massive community discussion with 667 points and 382 comments on HN
• OpenClaw is changing my life — Personal testimonial from novoreorx about transformative daily workflow impacts sparks 513 comments and 340 points
• 220,000+ OpenClaw Instances Are Exposed — Security researchers discover widespread exposure of OpenClaw deployments since January 2026
• Beyond Defaults: The OpenClaw Power-User's Configuration Guide — 44 production-tested tweaks that cut costs 60% and prevent context leaks, tested over 72 hours of continuous operation
• Nvidia Launches NemoClaw — Nvidia announces security solution for OpenClaw agents addressing rapid adoption and emerging security concerns