There was a major bug in the Lobster update, and a new version was urgently released within 12 hours.
Qwen is pay-as-you-go, and DeepSeek is officially integrated into Lobster! In less than half a day, OpenClaw has been upgraded again!
Just now, Lobster was quickly updated to the OpenClaw 2026.3.23 version.
Only 12 hours have passed since last night's version 3.22, which was called "the most significant change in history".
This update frequency of "not even waiting overnight" made netizens exclaim:
Lobster has updated more features in 10 days than Siri has in 10 years!
The primary task of this version 3.23 is to quickly fix the UI crash caused by the "violent removal of the old API" yesterday.
Secondly, it is officially integrated with DeepSeek and the Qwen family:
The DeepSeek plugin has been refactored, and you can directly use the DeepSeek series of models through the API Key.
The Qwen series has added pay-as-you-go, supporting API Keys in China and globally.
In addition, last night's version 3.22 caused a large - scale "strike" of IM plugins such as WeChat due to the violent removal of the old API.
Today's version 3.23 has filled in the missing runtime files and optimized the compatibility check of the plugin API.
Friends who have updated, share with us. Is your WeChat working properly?
The UI is back
After the update last night, many users reported: "After the upgrade, the UI was gone, and only the terminal (TUI) was left running bare."
Peter then admitted that due to the rush to launch the automated pipeline, several key Web control interface resources were accidentally missed during the release.
The current version 3.23 has fully filled in the missing runtime files and introduced mandatory "artifact integrity verification".
Simply put: if the static resources are not packaged correctly, the release program will automatically intercept them.
The officially updated UI interface has launched the Knot red - black theme based on the WCAG 2.1 AA - level contrast standard. Not only is the color scheme more hardcore, but the visual consistency has also been greatly improved.
In addition, Lobster has added exclusive icons for core modules such as diagnosis, CLI, keys, and ACP/MCP.
Model updates
In addition to fixing bugs, the most important part of this update is for domestic models:
In this update, Qwen is no longer just an accessory of the Coding Plan, but has been officially renamed Qwen (Alibaba Cloud Model Studio).
More importantly, it now supports the standard Pay - as - you - go endpoint, and both Chinese and global API Keys can be smoothly connected.
At the same time, the DeepSeek plugin has completed an architectural upgrade. Not only is its performance more stable, but it is also perfectly compatible with the new Plugin - SDK.
For domestic developers, this means that you can run domestic models in OpenClaw through a more affordable and formal path.
On the OpenAI side, the bug where the OpenAI Token reverted to the expired value has also been fixed.
Other updates
In terms of security, version 3.23 will calculate the SHA - 256 hash for all inline scripts.
This means that unless the code is on the official whitelist, any malicious script injection will be directly "blocked" by the browser.
In other words, previously, hackers might try to inject a malicious code on the console page, but now, unless the hash value of this code is on the official "whitelist", the browser will directly refuse to execute it.
For Mac users, the bug of repeated pop - ups when connecting to Chrome on macOS has also been fixed. The new version has nearly doubled the response speed through the "wait for the tab to be available" logic.
In addition, the new version has also optimized the thinking chain of Anthropic. If you are using Claude 3.7 for in - depth reasoning, this fix can ensure that the AI's "thinking logic" is not interrupted.
Reference link: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/releases
This article is from the WeChat official account "Quantum Bit", author: Focus on cutting - edge technology. Republished by 36Kr with permission.