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Recent Releases

v0.5.2​

Released: June 23, 2026

Breaking Changes​

  • None

New Features​

  • Admin Dashboard Improvements. Added a usage action that now runs safely in the background with batched updates and progress streamed to logs, reducing the risk of blocking the system during large admin operations.
  • Log Viewer. Added an in-app log viewer with auto-refresh, auto-scroll, line-count display, and event-type filters so admins can more easily monitor and troubleshoot live issues.
  • System Banner Dialog. Added a maintenance banner tool that lets admins display system-wide notifications to DMs and players during planned downtime or incidents.

Defect Corrections​

  • Privacy Policy. Formatting was inadvertantly altered in previous version. Restored proper formatting.
  • Apollo Cache Stability. Corrected several cache update paths to avoid using invalidation-only writes, added idempotency guards around campaign players and invites, and prevented writes before initial queries load, reducing “ghost” state and intermittent UI glitches.
  • Noise Reduction. Tuned Paddle billing and Sentry error reporting to suppress noisy non-actionable events, helping highlight real issues more clearly.

Security​

  • Added Refresh Token. 15 day auth tokens; sessions could be interrupted mid-game. Implemented refresh token rotation with short-lived access tokens.
  • Framework Hardening. Upgraded multiple core frameworks and libraries, including NestJS, Next.js, Docusaurus, TypeScript, axios, Apollo Server, and the AWS SDK, closing known vulnerabilities and aligning with currently supported versions.
  • Dependency Overrides. Applied targeted overrides for several transitive packages (such as postcss, cookie, ws, serialize-javascript, body-parser, and others) to resolve HIGH, MODERATE, and LOW CVEs identified in recent scans.

Performance Improvements​

  • Packaging System. Migrated from yarn to pnpm workspaces for dependency management, improving install speed, caching behavior, and reliability in CI and local development.
  • Runtime and Upload Pipeline. Upgraded the Node.js runtime and rewrote storage interactions on the newer AWS SDK with streaming and multipart upload support, improving resilience and behavior for large file uploads and map assets.
  • Deployment Reliability. Switched the Kubernetes server deployment strategy to Recreate for this service to avoid rare deadlocks involving storage volumes during rolling updates, improving release-time stability.
  • Log Persistence. Persisted server logs into a PVC-backed circular buffer (up to 5,000 lines) so recent runtime issues are easier and faster for the team to diagnose.

Deprecations​

  • None
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This product uses Semantic Versioning in the form MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH .

  • MAJOR (e.g., 2.0.0): Incremented for big, milestone-level releases, such as season launches, expansions, or major thematic overhauls, regardless of whether they are technically breaking changes.
  • MINOR (e.g., 1.4.0): Incremented when we add new, backward-compatible features, systems, or significant improvements within the current major cycle.
  • PATCH (e.g., 1.3.2): Incremented when we release backward-compatible bug fixes, tuning changes, or small quality-of-life tweaks.

v0.5.1​

Released: May 4, 2026

Breaking Changes​

  • None

New Features​

  • Cookie Banner. Added a cookie banner to comply with the law in various geographies.

Defect Corrections​

  • Paddle. Corrected and streamlined payment gateway handling, especially when malformed/incomplete responses are received.
  • Privacy Policy. Corrected inconsistent language in the privacy policy regarding advertising cookies.

Security​

  • None

Performance Improvements​

  • None

Deprecations​

  • None

v0.5.0​

Released: February 24, 2026

Breaking Changes​

  • Patreon. New users are no longer able to subscribe via Patreon.

New Features (ish)​

  • Terms of Service. Renamed "Terms of Use" to "Terms of Service" and updated to reflect the norms and laws of the United States.
  • Privacy Policy. Updated to reflect the norms and laws of the United States. Merged the cookie policy into this document.
  • Accessibility Statement. Created an Accessibility Statement. It can be found in public landing page footer. WCAG is a big deal in the United States, specifically around the Americans with Disabilities Act.
  • Release Notes. Created this document in the Help Center to replace the deprecated AnnounceKit "Changelog" page.

Defect Corrections​

  • YouTube Embeds. Some users may have experienced Error 152 or 153, depending on your browser, for YouTube videos embedded in the site. Last year YouTube made a policy change to block any embeds that used the "no-referrer" policy in the header. The embedded player was updated to allow for cross-origin referrers. NOTE: Browser privacy settings may still prevent the referrer which will result in an Error 153 or 154.
  • Accessibility. Added accessibility functionality to some of the public pages in order to be WCAG compliant. More will be coming in this area.
  • User Terms Dialogue. If an existing user did not want to agree to the ToS, they had to close the tab/app which is a UX anti-pattern. Added a signout button for a more elegant exit.

Security​

  • Package Updates. Updated several outdated packages that contained security vulnerabilities.

Performance Improvements​

  • Package Updates: Nothing was implemented to explicitly improve performance. Package updates may have the added benefit of improving performance.
  • Various Code Refactors: Refactored code a few code snippets in the public pages making it more efficient.

Deprecations​

  • AnnounceKit. The AnnounceKit library was removed and functionality that used it were removed in this version. This impacts two items: Landing page announcements and changelog. Both features have been removed. There is no replacement at this time for landing page announcements. These release notes replace the changelog.
  • Tarrasque Shop. Due to low (or no) sales, the upkeep was not worth keeping the merch store. In the future we may revisit and bring something similar back.
  • Patreon. Removed the links to the Patreon page and other related functionality will be removed soon. Going forward we will no longer accept Patreon from new subscribers.
  • Cookie Policy. The cookie policy was merged into the privacy policy, there is no longer a separate cookie policy page.