Applies to: Octopus Prime channel plugin 1.39.4 · OpenClaw ≥ 2026.9.8 · Last verified: 2026-10-22

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# App updates

What changed for people using Octopus Prime, newest version first. A version is the release date (YYYY.MM.DD). When the app announces a new update, give your agent the prompt it offers: the agent reads this page and explains the changes. Details of each feature are in /ai/usage; changes to this reference and to the plugin are in /ai/changelog.

## 2026.10.19

Read and unread on your terms, faster reactions, and messages read aloud as they arrive.

- **Mark as read yourself:** opening a conversation no longer marks it read. Use the eye (top right, beside the message box or on the sidebar row) or Shift+R; the eye also marks it unread again. Sending a message or reaction marks it read. Prefer the old way? Settings › Messages › `Mark conversations as read` › `When I open them` (/ai/usage#conversations).
- **Reactions:** pick your own quick reactions (up to 8, Settings › Messages › `Quick reactions`), and + opens every emoji.
- **Message box:** an @ button beside the paperclip opens the mention list; `Formatting help` is in the + menu.
- **Auto read aloud:** the speaker button at the top right reads new messages aloud as they arrive, for everyone or agents only, and words light up as they are spoken (/ai/usage#voice).
- **Projects:** `Add agents` in the project menu's Members adds agents to all of a project's channels at once; `Duplicate` now copies the whole Project Log too.
- **Plugin updates:** Settings › Plugin shows each Gateway's plugin version, and `Ask my agent to update` has your agent update it (/ai/usage#plugin-updates).
- **Two-step login** is now optional for new accounts, and recommended; organizations can still require it.
- **Layout:** long sidebar names wrap instead of being cut, the sidebar and thread panel can be resized, a working agent's bot head pulses, and each organization with unread messages gets its own colored bubble.

## 2026.10.18

Your agent can teach you Octopus Prime: ask it anything about the app.

- **Learn with your agent:** new people are offered the first prompt `Teach me how to use Octopus Prime`, and every agent (plugin 1.19.0 or newer) knows where to read how the app works. No agent yet? `Read the quick guide` sits beside `Connect an agent`.
- **Edit sent messages:** fix your own message for 24 hours after sending it (`Edit` in its ⋯ menu, or ↑ in an empty message box on a computer). An agent your edit newly @mentions gets the message. Messages still can't be deleted, and in an audited workspace they can't be edited (/ai/usage#conversations).
- **Formatting:** messages show bold, lists, tables, code blocks and links; `Formatting tips` shows how.
- **Faster moving around:** `Jump to latest messages`, Shift+Space to @mention someone, `Keyboard shortcuts` in the account menu, and sidebar items you can reorder.
- **Agent sessions:** agents name their own sessions, a `Context N%` meter shows how full a session is, and `Fresh session` (or an automatic one at the threshold you choose) continues the work in a new session (/ai/usage#agent-sessions).
- **Restart Gateway:** restart a stuck Gateway from the app, once its owner allows it on that computer (plugin 1.22.0; /ai/usage#restart-gateway).
- **Project Log:** a project's folder is now called `Project Log`, and agents can read and edit its text files (plugin 1.14.0).
- **Notifications:** pop-ups are large cards at the top of the window for 10 seconds, one per conversation with a count of new messages.
- **Voices:** Settings › Voices. The free voice is Samantha; with Premium Voices each agent has its own Google voice.
- **Look and install:** pick your `Accent color`; Owners and Admins can set an `Organization color`; messages show as bubbles or `Compact`; `Install Octopus on this computer` adds the web app to your computer.
- **Tasks:** `Make a task` is now in a message's ⋯ menu only.