HybridClaw v0.12.8
Release Date: April 18, 2026
The runtime polish and packaging release — automatic post-update gateway restarts, richer container image visibility, repaired Docker workspace bootstrapping, a cleaner Docker Hub release flow, and ordered-list rendering fixes across chat and docs.
Highlights
- Automatic gateway restart after
update—hybridclaw update --yesnow restarts a running local gateway with its recorded launch flags when possible, and falls back cleanly to manual restart instructions when it cannot replay or signal the existing process. - Container image version visibility —
hybridclaw gateway statusand!claw statusnow show the active container image name, resolved version, and short image id, backed by OCI version labels on release-built images. - Ordered-list rendering restored across surfaces — web chat, static docs, and console markdown now preserve numbering across intervening bullets, support nested list indentation, and correctly render LLM-style
**1. Heading**items.
Changed
- Workspace-relative final deliverables — prompt hooks and the bundled PDF skill now reserve
/tmpfor scratch output and steer final PDFs, reports, and similar user-visible files into the workspace so they persist and can be attached. - Default agent image packaging now centers on Docker Hub — the packaged runtime pulls the default
hybridclaw-agentimage from Docker Hub, and the release workflow no longer publishes or advertises the dead GHCR fallback path. - Release metadata alignment — package, container, changelog, and image metadata are synced at
0.12.8, including OCI image version labels for release-built agent images.
Fixed
- Docker workspace dependency bootstrap — container launches now pre-stage or repair the workspace
node_modulessymlink to/app/node_modules, so bundled JS skills can resolve repo-managed dependencies reliably inside Docker. - Safer external gateway restart flow — the restart helper now verifies spawn readiness and reports clearer failure reasons when the recorded gateway process cannot be replayed or signalled.
- Docs and operator guidance alignment — README and mirrored runtime/command docs now reflect the current update, container status, and image-pull behavior shipped in this release.
Contributors
Core
- Benedikt Koehler (@furukama) — release management, automatic update restarts, container image observability, Docker packaging cleanup, workspace bootstrap hardening, and docs alignment
- Max Noller — ordered-list renderer recovery across web chat, docs, and console markdown
All Contributors
@furukama, Max Noller
Full Changelog: v0.12.7...v0.12.8