2026-08-20 · NextClaw v0.41.0

Published: 2026-08-20 Tags: release npm minor

NextClaw v0.41.0 adds controlled product activity reporting and removes Desktop Service Apps' implicit dependency on a system Node installation.

Features

• Privacy & Analytics settings: Choose whether to share minimal product activity from Settings. Reporting is off by default and starts only after you enable it.
• Separate users from test devices: Classify an enabled installation as external, team/internal, or QA testing so internal and test traffic stays out of external-user metrics.
• A stable, privacy-minimized identity: Signed-out installations use a random anonymous identifier. Signed-in activity can be grouped by account without sending personal app content as activity data.

Fixes

• Desktop Service Apps that declare node or node.exe now use the Node runtime bundled with NextClaw. Windows, macOS, and Linux users no longer need a separate system Node installation for these apps.
• Favorites and Calendar in the bundled Personal Space app keep using the same local data directory. Existing content remains available after upgrading with no migration.
• Service App startup failures now return structured errors instead of exposing HTML, raw 500 responses, or internal endpoints as app content.

Native Service Apps written in Rust or Go still launch their platform artifact. Apps that explicitly request system commands such as python3 or git remain unchanged.