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Open Claw 5.2 Update: Grok 4.3 Default, Major Plugin & Gateway Fixes, Messaging + Voice UpgradesOpen Claw 5.2 is a major release adding Grok 4.3 as the new default XAI model and overhauling the plugin system with improved install/update/repair behavior, dependency reporting, a plugins list flag to check states without loading everything, expanded Doctor repairs, beta-first fallback logic, and an MPM-first registry approach with Claw Hub layered on top. Gateway and agent performance improves by loading only needed plugins, fixing an aggressive heartbeat bug, speeding large session stores with bounded reads and better indexes, and adding a structured heartbeat response tool. Messaging fixes span Discord interaction persistence across restarts and rate-limit handling, Telegram long-message splitting and voice/thread fixes, WhatsApp channel/newsletter routing and quoted image visibility, Slack DM/workspace/app-home and thread tracking, and Signal group allow lists and media size limits. Voice/TTS gains extra-body passthrough, better Twilio/Google Meet routing, and per-call memory; web search adds diagnostics, filtering, retries, and clearer configuration errors, with cautions to back up and update only if needed.00:00 Open Claw 5.2 Overview00:19 Grok 4.3 Default Model00:49 Plugin System Rebuild02:29 Agents and Gateway Performance04:16 AI Profit Board Promo04:50 Messaging Channel Fixes07:41 Voice Calls and TTS08:49 Web Search Updates09:27 Should You Update11:18 How to Update Quickly11:38 Wrap Up and Preferences