OpenClaw: Heartbeat owner downgrade missed local async exec completion events

Summary

Heartbeat owner downgrade missed local async exec completion events.

Affected Packages / Versions

• Package: openclaw
• Ecosystem: npm
• Affected versions: >= 2026.3.31 < 2026.4.10
• Patched versions: >= 2026.4.10

Impact

Local background exec completion text could be missed by heartbeat owner-downgrade detection, leaving a run in a more privileged context than intended after untrusted completion content.

Technical Details

The fix expands exec-completion detection to local background exec formats and adds targeted tests.

Fix

The issue was fixed in #64376. The first stable tag containing the fix is v2026.4.10, and openclaw@2026.4.14 includes the fix.

Fix Commit(s)

• 19a2e9ddb5a8a494abcba812bb11f51075026a27
• PR: #64376

Release Process Note

Users should upgrade to openclaw 2026.4.10 or newer. The latest npm release, 2026.4.14, already includes the fix.

Credits

Thanks to @zsxsoft, with sponsorship from @KeenSecurityLab and @qclawer for reporting this issue.