New Features

• Simple Voice Chat Tunnels: Added Simple Voice Chat UDP tunnel support with automatic voicechat server property and local port synchronization.
• Additional Tunnel Types: Added support for NetherNet, Raw TCP, and Raw TCP+UDP tunnels with updated Bedrock and Geyser networking.
• Bedrock Default Transport: Set Bedrock tunnel transport to RakNet by default and restored direct UDP tunnel support.
• Playit Quota & Account Management: Added tunnel quota tracking, agent key invalidation recovery, and account unlinking support.
• Help Dialog: Added a context-aware help dialog accessible from the sidebar or keyboard shortcuts, featuring tailored guides and real-time status details.
• Service Status Monitoring: Added real-time service health tracking for SquidServers and Playit.gg with global outage alerts and incident feeds.
• Datacenter Status Visualization: Added state-aware color-coding for re-routed and offline datacenters in the help dialog.
• Network Diagnostic Service: Added multi-host connectivity checks, DNS sinkhole detection, and an offline status banner.
• Startup Error Panel: Added structured startup error diagnostics with error codes, log copying, and direct support actions.
• Installation Wizard Reports: Added diagnostic Markdown report generation for server setup progress and installation errors to the log sharing tool.
• Debug Identifiers: Added copyable debug identifiers (Install ID, Analytics ID, Account ID) in About settings and upgraded bundled Playit binaries to v1.2.0.
• Player Management Bulk Actions: Added multi-selection and bulk actions (OP, whitelist, kick, ban) to the players dashboard.
• Player List Refresh & Badge: Added manual online player list refresh via console query and an online player count badge in the sidebar navigation.
• Startup Script Safeguards: Automatically handles interactive prompts in startup scripts and disables manual JVM/nogui overrides when custom scripts are active.
• Server Search: Automatically displays a search bar when managing more than 8 servers.
• Setup Wizard Mod & Plugin Drag-and-Drop: Added custom JAR file drag-and-drop to mod and plugin selection steps.
• First-Launch Onboarding & Theme Selection: Added theme selection and initial setup flow to the first-launch modal.
• Admin Notices & Policy Updates: Added admin notice banners and policy update modals with targeted dismissals and preferences sync.
• Seasonal Themes & App Icons: Added Christmas seasonal theme styling, festive overlay effects, and dynamic app icon support.
• Seasonal Server Icons: Automatically synchronizes seasonal branding for servers using the default icon.
• Update Preferences: Added update channel preferences and an option to disable automatic updates.

Improvements & Fixes

• Mandatory Modal Controls: Prevented backdrop click dismissal and added explicit exit options to required dialogs.
• Release Notes Timing: Deferred the release notes modal until initial onboarding and setup are completed.
• Setup Feature Indicators: Colorized setup wizard feature tags and indicator chips.
• Themed Scrollbars: Added custom styled scrollbars matching the active application theme.
• Native Zip Extraction: Added native zip extraction using system tools before falling back to archive libraries for faster modpack decompression.
• Download Reliability: Streamed large server downloads directly to disk with disabled timeouts to prevent corrupted or partial downloads.
• PII Redaction: Improved regex patterns for IP address and Bedrock XUID masking in error logs and diagnostics.
• Atomic Server Backups: Added atomic rolling backups and recovery fallback for server list storage.
• Startup Script Detection: Recognized startserver as a valid launch script and ensured execute permissions on startup scripts.
• Packaging & Publishing: Added standalone Flatpak publishing workflows, CDN-hosted screenshot assets, and architecture verification for Linux builds.
• General Cleanup: Stability improvements, RPC retry resilience, and telemetry refinement.