v0.0.81 is now tagged (release notes #6712), summarizing what landed on main since v0.0.80. The changes that matter to users:
- Native OpenShell GPU injection is now preferred (#6333): on eligible Linux Docker hosts, automatic GPU onboarding prefers native OpenShell CDI injection and retries exactly once through the older compatibility path — only after trusted failure classification and proven-safe cleanup. It's non-breaking: the existing CLI, environment controls, and registry behavior are preserved. Validation on DGX Spark (aarch64) and DGX Station GB300 hardware is still pending, so that issue stays open.
- Blueprint
applynow fails closed on setup errors (#6703/#6704): the direct Blueprint runner'sactionApplypreviously ran the requiredopenshell provider createandopenshell inference setmutations without checking their exit codes — so a failure was silently ignored,plan.jsonwas still persisted, and the run reportedApply completefor a sandbox that could not actually perform inference. Apply now fails when either mutation errors. - Managed Deep Code sessions are reaped on completion (#6721): headless Deep Agents Code sessions now run through the existing session supervisor, so completion cleans up their DCode and LangGraph descendants instead of leaving a retained process tree. The interactive abrupt-relay disconnect case remains open — against pinned OpenShell
0.0.72, the gateway retains the server-side relay after the client disconnects, so the in-sandbox supervisor never receives a HUP. - Node.js minimum raised to 22.19 (#6729): up from 22.16, to match the current OpenClaw runtime and advisor SDK requirements (engines, installer/developer checks, CI, and the user-facing prerequisites all move together). Check your host Node version before upgrading.
- Also:
backup-allnow clearly explains when a sandbox is skipped because it isn't running and how to remediate (start the sandbox/container and rerun) rather than silently skipping (#6673); and Hermes rebuilds now preserve the.hermes/dashboard-home/profile — DashboardMEMORY.mdandUSER.md— with the manual backup/restore examples updated to carry those two files without copying the secret-bearing dashboard.env(#6712).
Who should care: NemoClaw users on GPU Linux Docker hosts (the native-injection path is now the default route), anyone automating Blueprint apply in CI (a "success" now genuinely means the sandbox can run inference), and self-hosters on older Node — 22.19 is the new floor. These are commit-level changes on main; v0.0.81 is the release label NVIDIA has attached to them.