OpenClaw v2026.3.13 dropped this morning, and while the version number suggests a minor patch, the fixes are anything but. Three changes in particular deserve your attention: the dashboard freeze that plagued tool-heavy runs, a proper Chrome DevTools MCP integration, and a complete rethink of mobile onboarding.

The Big Fix: No More Dashboard Freeze

If you've run agents that fire many tools in sequence, you've probably seen it — the dashboard would reload the full chat history on every single tool result, triggering what the PR describes as "UI freeze/re-render storms." That's now fixed. The chat history persists across live tool results, and only the final event triggers a full refresh. If you've been working around this by opening the dashboard in a separate tab, you can stop.

Chrome DevTools MCP Attach Mode

Browser automation just got more flexible. You can now attach the official Chrome DevTools MCP to signed-in live Chrome sessions via chrome://inspect/#remote-debugging. The release also introduces profile="user" for the logged-in host browser and profile="chrome-relay" for the extension relay, meaning agents can now target your actual signed-in browser without extra selector work.

Also new: batched actions, selector targeting, and delayed clicks for browser act requests.

Mobile Onboarding, Redesigned

Both Android and iOS got attention:

  • Android: The chat settings sheet now has grouped device and media sections, refreshed Connect and Voice tabs, and a denser mobile layout for the chat composer and session header. QR scanning switched to Google Code Scanner for better reliability.
  • iOS: A first-run welcome pager appears before gateway setup, the QR scanner no longer opens automatically, and /pair qr instructions now show on the connect step.

The Rest

  • Docker: OPENCLAW_TZ environment variable lets you pin gateway and CLI containers to a specific IANA timezone.
  • Ollama: Fixed reasoning model visibility — internal thoughts no longer leak into assistant responses.
  • macOS: Daemon installation no longer false-fails on slower Macs and fresh VM snapshots.
  • Gateway: Unanswered RPC calls now reject after a bounded timeout instead of leaking hanging promises.

That's it. Install via openclaw upgrade or grab the binaries from GitHub.