docs: clarify unreleased breaking changes

Author: steipete

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,10 +4,30 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Breaking
+
+- Plugins/install: bare `openclaw plugins install <package>` now prefers ClawHub before npm for npm-safe names, and only falls back to npm when ClawHub does not have that package or version. Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai/tools/clawhub
+- Browser/Chrome MCP: remove the legacy Chrome extension relay path, bundled extension assets, `driver: "extension"`, and `browser.relayBindHost`. Run `openclaw doctor --fix` to migrate host-local browser config to `existing-session` / `user`; Docker, headless, sandbox, and remote browser flows still use raw CDP. Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai/gateway/doctor and https://docs.openclaw.ai/tools/browser (#47893) Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Tools/image generation: standardize the stock image create/edit path on the core `image_generate` tool. The old `nano-banana-pro` docs/examples are gone; if you previously copied that sample-skill config, switch to `agents.defaults.imageGenerationModel` for built-in image generation or install a separate third-party skill explicitly.
+- Skills/image generation: remove the bundled `nano-banana-pro` skill wrapper. Use `agents.defaults.imageGenerationModel.primary: "google/gemini-3-pro-image-preview"` for the native Nano Banana-style path instead.
+- Plugins/SDK: the new public plugin SDK surface is `openclaw/plugin-sdk/*`; `openclaw/extension-api` is removed with no compatibility shim. Bundled plugins must use injected runtime for host-side operations (for example `api.runtime.agent.runEmbeddedPiAgent`) and any remaining direct imports must come from narrow `openclaw/plugin-sdk/*` subpaths instead of the monolithic SDK root. Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai/plugins/sdk-migration and https://docs.openclaw.ai/plugins/sdk-overview
+- Plugins/message discovery: require `ChannelMessageActionAdapter.describeMessageTool(...)` for shared `message` tool discovery. The legacy `listActions`, `getCapabilities`, and `getToolSchema` adapter methods are removed. Plugin authors should migrate message discovery to `describeMessageTool(...)` and keep channel-specific action runtime code inside the owning plugin package. Thanks @gumadeiras.
+- Plugins/Matrix: add a new Matrix plugin backed by the official `matrix-js-sdk`. If you are upgrading from the previous public Matrix plugin, follow the migration guide: https://docs.openclaw.ai/install/migrating-matrix Thanks @gumadeiras.
+- Config/env: remove legacy `CLAWDBOT_*` and `MOLTBOT_*` compatibility env names across runtime, installers, and test tooling. Use the matching `OPENCLAW_*` env names instead.
+- Config/state: remove legacy `.moltbot` state-dir and `moltbot.json` auto-detection/migration fallback. If you still keep state under `~/.moltbot`, move it to `~/.openclaw` or set `OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR` / `OPENCLAW_CONFIG_PATH` explicitly. Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai/install/migrating and https://docs.openclaw.ai/start/getting-started
+- Exec/env sandbox: block build-tool JVM injection (`MAVEN_OPTS`, `SBT_OPTS`, `GRADLE_OPTS`, `ANT_OPTS`), glibc tunable exploitation (`GLIBC_TUNABLES`), and .NET dependency resolution hijack (`DOTNET_ADDITIONAL_DEPS`) from the host exec environment, and restrict Gradle init script redirect (`GRADLE_USER_HOME`) as an override-only block so user-configured Gradle homes still propagate. (#49702)
+- Discord/commands: switch native command deployment to Carbon reconcile by default so Discord restarts stop churning slash commands through OpenClaw’s local deploy path. (#46597) Thanks @huntharo and @thewilloftheshadow.
+- Security/exec approvals: treat `time` as a transparent dispatch wrapper during allowlist evaluation and allow-always persistence so approved `time ...` commands bind the inner executable instead of the wrapper path. Thanks @YLChen-007 for reporting.
+- Voice-call/webhooks: reject missing provider signature headers before body reads, drop the pre-auth body budget to `64 KB` / `5s`, and cap concurrent pre-auth requests per source IP so unauthenticated callers cannot force the old `1 MB` / `30s` buffering path. Thanks @SEORY0 for reporting.
+- Plugins/Matrix: stop mention-gated or otherwise dropped room chatter from refreshing focused thread bindings before the message is actually routed, so idle ACP and session bindings can still expire normally in mention-required rooms. Thanks @vincentkoc, @dinakars777 and @mvanhorn.
+- Plugins/Matrix: durably dedupe inbound room events across gateway restarts so previously handled Matrix messages are not replayed as new, while preserving clean-restart backlog delivery for unseen events. (#50922) thanks @gumadeiras
+- Agents/media replies: migrate the remaining browser, canvas, and nodes snapshot outputs onto `details.media` so generated media keeps attaching to assistant replies after the collect-then-attach refactor. (#51731) Thanks @christianklotz.
+- Android/contacts search: escape literal `%` and `_` in contact-name queries so searches like `100%` or `_id` no longer match unrelated contacts through SQL `LIKE` wildcards. (#41891) Thanks @Kaneki-x.
+- Gateway/usage: include reset and deleted archived session transcripts in usage totals, session discovery, and archived-only session detail fallback so the Usage view no longer undercounts rotated sessions. (#43215) Thanks @rcrick.
+
 ### Changes
 
 - ClawHub/install: add native `openclaw skills search|install|update` flows plus `openclaw plugins install clawhub:<package>` with tracked update metadata, gateway skill-install/update support for ClawHub-backed requests, and regression coverage/docs for the new source path.
-- Breaking/Plugins: bare `openclaw plugins install <package>` now prefers ClawHub before npm for npm-safe names, and only falls back to npm when ClawHub does not have that package or version.
 - Plugins/marketplaces: add Claude marketplace registry resolution, `plugin@marketplace` installs, marketplace listing, and update support, plus Docker E2E coverage for local and official marketplace flows. (#48058) Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - Commands/plugins: add owner-gated `/plugins` and `/plugin` chat commands for plugin list/show and enable/disable flows, alongside explicit `commands.plugins` config gating. Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - Install/update: allow package-manager installs from GitHub `main` via `openclaw update --tag main`, installer `--version main`, or direct npm/pnpm git specs. (#47630) Thanks @vincentkoc.
@@ -291,25 +311,6 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Plugins/runtime state: share plugin-facing infra singleton state across duplicate module graphs and keep session-binding adapter ownership stable until the active owner unregisters. (#50725) thanks @huntharo.
 - Discord/pickers: keep `/codex_resume --browse-projects` picker callbacks alive in Discord by sharing component callback state across duplicate module graphs, preserving callback fallbacks, and acknowledging matched plugin interactions before dispatch. (#51260) Thanks @huntharo.
 
-### Breaking
-
-- Browser/Chrome MCP: remove the legacy Chrome extension relay path, bundled extension assets, `driver: "extension"`, and `browser.relayBindHost`. Run `openclaw doctor --fix` to migrate host-local browser config to `existing-session` / `user`; Docker, headless, sandbox, and remote browser flows still use raw CDP. (#47893) Thanks @vincentkoc.
-- Tools/image generation: standardize the stock image create/edit path on the core `image_generate` tool. The old `nano-banana-pro` docs/examples are gone; if you previously copied that sample-skill config, switch to `agents.defaults.imageGenerationModel` for built-in image generation or install a separate third-party skill explicitly.
-- Skills/image generation: remove the bundled `nano-banana-pro` skill wrapper. Use `agents.defaults.imageGenerationModel.primary: "google/gemini-3-pro-image-preview"` for the native Nano Banana-style path instead.
-- Plugins/runtime: remove the public `openclaw/extension-api` surface with no compatibility shim. Bundled plugins must use injected runtime for host-side operations (for example `api.runtime.agent.runEmbeddedPiAgent`) and any remaining direct imports must come from narrow `openclaw/plugin-sdk/*` subpaths instead of the monolithic SDK root.
-- Plugins/message discovery: require `ChannelMessageActionAdapter.describeMessageTool(...)` for shared `message` tool discovery. The legacy `listActions`, `getCapabilities`, and `getToolSchema` adapter methods are removed. Plugin authors should migrate message discovery to `describeMessageTool(...)` and keep channel-specific action runtime code inside the owning plugin package. Thanks @gumadeiras.
-- Plugins/Matrix: add a new Matrix plugin backed by the official `matrix-js-sdk`. If you are upgrading from the previous public Matrix plugin, follow the migration guide: https://docs.openclaw.ai/install/migrating-matrix Thanks @gumadeiras.
-- Config/env: remove legacy `CLAWDBOT_*` and `MOLTBOT_*` compatibility env names across runtime, installers, and test tooling. Use the matching `OPENCLAW_*` env names instead.
-- Exec/env sandbox: block build-tool JVM injection (`MAVEN_OPTS`, `SBT_OPTS`, `GRADLE_OPTS`, `ANT_OPTS`), glibc tunable exploitation (`GLIBC_TUNABLES`), and .NET dependency resolution hijack (`DOTNET_ADDITIONAL_DEPS`) from the host exec environment, and restrict Gradle init script redirect (`GRADLE_USER_HOME`) as an override-only block so user-configured Gradle homes still propagate. (#49702)
-- Discord/commands: switch native command deployment to Carbon reconcile by default so Discord restarts stop churning slash commands through OpenClaw’s local deploy path. (#46597) Thanks @huntharo and @thewilloftheshadow.
-- Security/exec approvals: treat `time` as a transparent dispatch wrapper during allowlist evaluation and allow-always persistence so approved `time ...` commands bind the inner executable instead of the wrapper path. Thanks @YLChen-007 for reporting.
-- Voice-call/webhooks: reject missing provider signature headers before body reads, drop the pre-auth body budget to `64 KB` / `5s`, and cap concurrent pre-auth requests per source IP so unauthenticated callers cannot force the old `1 MB` / `30s` buffering path. Thanks @SEORY0 for reporting.
-- Plugins/Matrix: stop mention-gated or otherwise dropped room chatter from refreshing focused thread bindings before the message is actually routed, so idle ACP and session bindings can still expire normally in mention-required rooms. Thanks @vincentkoc, @dinakars777 and @mvanhorn.
-- Plugins/Matrix: durably dedupe inbound room events across gateway restarts so previously handled Matrix messages are not replayed as new, while preserving clean-restart backlog delivery for unseen events. (#50922) thanks @gumadeiras
-- Agents/media replies: migrate the remaining browser, canvas, and nodes snapshot outputs onto `details.media` so generated media keeps attaching to assistant replies after the collect-then-attach refactor. (#51731) Thanks @christianklotz.
-- Android/contacts search: escape literal `%` and `_` in contact-name queries so searches like `100%` or `_id` no longer match unrelated contacts through SQL `LIKE` wildcards. (#41891) Thanks @Kaneki-x.
-- Gateway/usage: include reset and deleted archived session transcripts in usage totals, session discovery, and archived-only session detail fallback so the Usage view no longer undercounts rotated sessions. (#43215) Thanks @rcrick.
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 ## 2026.3.13
 
 ### Changes