2026-07-12 · NextClaw v0.22.2

Published: 2026-07-12 Tags: release enhancement fix

NextClaw v0.22.2 is an NPM stable patch release. This update makes the default workspace cleaner, keeps chat controls more compact, improves workspace file previews, and strengthens model stream, visual-context, and Panel App keyboard behavior.

Enhancements

• The default theme now uses a brighter workspace style, with more consistent sidebar, navigation, message bubble, and marketplace surfaces.
• Chat input controls place model selection, thinking, context window, and send actions together, with a compact model trigger instead of a stretched control.
• The sidebar supports pinned sessions and projects, with expandable project folder rows for faster navigation.
• The workspace side panel can browse directories, refresh file previews, and maximize inside the conversation area.
• Chinese and mainland-timezone users are routed to the domestic docs mirror by default, with environment-based fallback to the global docs site.

Fixes

• Incomplete OpenAI Responses streams are treated as failed runs instead of successful partial answers.
• Transient native model stream failures retry with visible retry metadata and backoff.
• Historical visual tool payloads no longer crowd out later model context, and high-detail image payloads are bounded by size and visual budget.
• The chat settings menu no longer closes only because streaming output restores composer focus, and the sidebar search icon area can focus the search box.
• Focused Panel App iframes keep keyboard input, so interactive apps such as piano panels can respond to key presses.

Defaults and Compatibility

• No manual migration is required.
• This is an NPM stable patch release available through the normal NextClaw NPM install or update flow.
• The desktop stable channel is outside this release scope; this batch publishes NPM packages only.