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v0.17.2

openclaw/wacliv0.17.2Sep 5, 2026by github-actions[bot]

AI Summary

This release enhances message history searchability and synchronization stability by refining backfill retries and updating WhatsApp compatibility. It also introduces UTC timestamp serialization, improved media handling guidance, and better CLI robustness against pipe closure errors.

Key Highlights

  • Message history sync now extracts comment bodies and album summaries while preserving reply targets and quote metadata.
  • Backfill retries are now bounded and report both anchors without deleting history or filtering message IDs.
  • Webhook timestamps are serialized as UTC to ensure consistent instant handling across different host environments.
  • Media download commands can bypass continuous sync store locks when using the `--read-only` flag.
  • CLI stability is improved to prevent command failures when pipe readers close early or on SIGPIPE errors.

New Features

  • Message history sync now extracts comment bodies and album summaries.
  • Backfill retry logic is now bounded and reports both anchors.
  • Webhook timestamps are now serialized in UTC.
  • Media download allows bypassing continuous sync store locks.
  • CLI handles early pipe closure gracefully.

Full Release Notes

## 0.17.2 - 2026-09-05

**Highlights:** more complete searchable message history, bounded backfill retries, and clearer guidance for commands used alongside continuous sync.

- Messages: extract comment bodies and album summaries in live/history sync, preserving comment reply targets and matching quote metadata. (#383 - thanks @shishiv and @Entretoize)
- History: retry an unanswered backfill anchor once with the next local message, report both anchors, and keep retries bounded without deleting history or filtering message IDs. (#371 - thanks @Entretoize)
- Sync: serialize message and receipt webhook timestamps as UTC, preserving their instants while replacing host-local offsets with the documented `Z` form. (#386, #388 - thanks @hchittanuru3)
- Media: explain how `media download --read-only --output PATH` bypasses the store lock held by continuous sync. (#387 - thanks @hchittanuru3)
- Messages: omit synthetic audio captions while preserving supplied text and the `[Audio]` display fallback; re-ingestion can correct legacy captions without migrating untouched rows. (#378 - thanks @hchittanuru3)
- CLI: keep successful JSON commands successful when a pipe reader closes early, including Unix SIGPIPE and Windows closed-pipe errors. (#366 - thanks @SebTardif)
- Groups: warn on stderr when `groups list` truncates matching results, including JSON output, and keep `--events` warnings machine-readable. (#360 - thanks @hchittanuru3)
- Contacts: bound system-contact exports and their helper processes while preserving the existing 10 MiB file-import limit. (#376 - thanks @SebTardif)
- Docs: render nested heading links and table-of-contents labels safely, preserving links and stable heading anchors. (#370 - thanks @vincentkoc)
- WhatsApp compatibility: update socket-context handling, message identity parsing, group deletion handling, and disconnect event processing through whatsmeow updates.
- Builds: use Go 1.27.1 for development, CI, release verification, and Docker while retaining the Go 1.27.0 source minimum; source builds now identify the upcoming 0.17.2 patch.
- Dependencies: refresh Go modules, pnpm 12.3.1, CI actions, GoReleaser, and Docker images, retaining a verified package-manager integrity pin. (#384 - thanks @thedavidweng)