Changelog | CatRealm

v1.6.9 Latest Mar 27, 2026 ▾

Forum Channels

Added a new Forum Channel type — channels where members post dedicated topics that others can reply to in threaded views
Redesigned forum UI to match a Discord-style layout with post cards, tag filters, and sort options
Forum posts support an inline composer, optional cover image, and two layout modes (card grid / compact list)
Attachments and Markdown rendering are now fully supported inside forum posts and replies
Forum post create and delete events are now broadcast live over the socket so all members see changes without refreshing
Fixed several stability issues: crash when viewing threads with attachments, ThreadPanel not opening from forum post view, and array guard errors in the forum data layer
Fixed socket room join missing for live thread updates in the forum thread view

Welcome Board & Onboarding

Added a Welcome Board feature — servers can set a custom onboarding screen shown to new members on first join
Server admins can preview the Welcome Board from settings and reset onboarding state for testing
Fixed Welcome Board onboarding UI and expression picker interaction

Account Security

Added a dedicated Account Security settings tab for central accounts
Backup Codes — generate 10 single-use 64-character recovery codes; codes can be re-revealed later after verifying your 2FA; paste a backup code into the 2FA field at login as a fallback when your authenticator is unavailable
2FA Key Rotation — self-service TOTP secret change: verify your current code, scan a new QR in your authenticator, then confirm the new code to complete the rotation
Security Keys & Passkeys (WebAuthn) — register hardware security keys or device passkeys from Account Security settings; once registered a "Use passkey / security key" button appears on the login screen

Voice & Calls

Rewrote voice and call end-to-end encryption sessions for improved reliability and key-exchange correctness
Fixed voice screenshare negotiation and stage UX glitches

Desktop Game Activity

Fixed desktop game activity not clearing correctly when the feature is disabled
Fixed a build error in the game activity detector module
Refined how activity information is presented on profiles
Fixed stale manual activity not restoring correctly after reconnects

Known Issues

⚠️ Desktop Game Activity — elapsed timer missing: Activity correctly detects games and shows "Active Now" on profiles, but the elapsed play-time timer does not appear. Fix planned for a future patch.

Bug Fixes & Polish

Fixed DM list persisting from a previous account when switching users — all DM, group chat, and friend store state is now fully cleared on logout
Fixed multi-attachment gallery layout and NSFW blur overlay coverage
Fixed presence status and activity timers not updating correctly
Fixed DM composer placeholder centering; migrated server composer to contenteditable for richer input handling
Updated desktop main process internals
Bumped client package version to 1.6.9 for this release

v1.6.8 Mar 19, 2026 ▾

Webhooks

Added a full Webhook system — create and manage webhooks per-channel or per-category from Server Settings
Webhook Manager supports creating, editing, regenerating tokens, and deleting webhooks, with a live secret token viewer
Webhooks can be scoped to specific channels or categories and are manageable directly from the channel/category editor modals
Added IP locking — restrict a webhook to a specific trusted IP address so only authorized senders can POST to it
Added a per-webhook enable/disable toggle so webhooks can be paused without being deleted
Webhook delivery events are routed through the socket handler and broadcast to the correct channel in real time

Scheduled Messaging

Type @schedule in the composer to open the Schedule Message Modal and pick a future send time
Scheduled messages are stored server-side and only visible to the sender until a background job publishes them at the designated time
Works in both server channels (requires the new Schedule Messages permission, bit 46 — Helper tier) and DMs
DM scheduled messages are capped at 24 hours ahead; server channel messages up to 30 days ahead
Scheduled message indicators appear inline in the message list so the sender can see pending sends

View-As Role Sessions

Admins can now enter an authoritative View-As Role session — the server enforces the selected role's permissions end-to-end, not just client-side
A persistent banner is shown globally while a view-as session is active, accessible from any screen
Auth state, channel list, and permission checks all refresh automatically when entering or leaving a view-as session
Channel owner checks on the server now correctly honour the active view-as role
Fixed view-as state being silently overwritten and added recovery for chunk-load failures that occur mid-session
Improved the role-switching UI and added a Developer tab in profile settings exposing view-as debug controls

Voice Controls & Presence

Added Push-to-Talk controls to the voice toolbar — bind a key and hold it to transmit
Polished the voice activity timer — shows elapsed time with seconds precision and stays accurate during long sessions
Reworked the docked voice controls bar at the bottom of the sidebar for a cleaner layout
Fixed profile presence not updating correctly when joining or leaving voice channels

Category Permissions & Channel Editor

Completely reworked the category permission editor — permission overrides are now managed per-role with a clear allow/deny/inherit grid
Voice channel move permissions are now enforced through the category permission model
Reworked the Channel Editor modal — redesigned layout with separate tabs for general settings, permissions, and advanced options
Seeded correct default member text permissions when new channels are created

Mention Suggestions

Mention suggestion list now appears above the text box instead of overlapping it
Suggestion ordering: system aliases (@schedule, etc.) → roles sorted by position (descending) → members
Member entries in the list now display their real avatars

Iwara Embeds

Added Iwara video embeds on the desktop client — Iwara links now render an inline video player using the desktop webview path
Web clients fall back to a clearly-labelled open-in-browser link when desktop embed is unavailable

Bug Fixes & Polish

Media attached to a deleted message is now removed from storage immediately rather than on the next cleanup pass
Fixed clipboard read/write handling for paste-to-upload flows
Fixed central-server presence not restoring after a socket reconnect
Bumped client package version to 1.6.8 for this release

v1.6.7 Mar 14, 2026 ▾

Media Viewer & Forwarded Media

Reworked media viewing with a full-screen overlay, avatar/header context, toolbar controls, and gallery-style browsing
Improved forwarded-media handling with a protected forwarded indicator backed by the server
Preserved attachment files while forwarded copies still exist, preventing forwarded media from breaking after the original message changes
Fixed unknown sender username/avatar issues in DM forwarded media and media viewer surfaces

DM Uploads & Spoilers

DM multi-file uploads can now be bundled as a single gallery message
Raised DM upload limits to 50 MB per file with up to 8 files per message, backed by an overflow queue for larger batches
Fixed DM multi-upload behavior and a persistent unread badge issue
Added Spoiler tagging to the attachment NSFW tagger and fixed spoiler tags being stripped by the server-chat allowlist
Fixed spoiler/NSFW blur missing in the DM gallery and group chat overlay
Added a clearer user-facing error when an attachment upload is too large

Desktop Game Activity & Presence

Added desktop Game Activity detection to the Electron client, with Cat Lab controls to enable or disable it locally
Recognized games now publish a proper Playing ... presence with elapsed session time
Separated Custom Status from game activity so auto-detected games no longer overwrite your manual status text
Presence payloads now carry custom status and activity independently across profile fetches, friends, member lists, and socket updates
Fixed activity timers getting stuck at 0m by updating the display every second and showing seconds under the first minute
Fixed the game activity timer resetting around the detector refresh window by preserving the original session start time across refreshes
Profile view now shows activity duration as days hours minutes seconds, while compact areas keep the shorter display

Embeds, Updates & Client Fixes

Added Embedding Login to Cat Lab for YouTube and X embeds
Fixed YouTube Shorts embeds and corrected Shorts aspect ratio to 9:16
Added the Open Links in CatRealm setting
Stopped periodic update checks once an update is found and added a check for another action
Handled missing banner images more gracefully in profile settings
Fixed Electron attempting to fetch /api/server from file:///C:/... when no active server URL existed
Improved Windows process start-time parsing for detected games
Fixed the React hooks-order error in DMAttachmentPreview
Bumped client and server package versions to 1.6.7 for this release

v1.6.6 Mar 12, 2026 ▾

Voice Messages

Added custom AudioPlayer with waveform visualiser, seek bar, and volume slider — replacing the default browser audio element
Added voice message recording directly in the DM composer with a hold-to-record interface
Voice messages support an optional auto-delete timer (30 min · 3 days · 7 days · 14 days · 30 days) shown as an expiry clock badge on the player
Fixed AudioPlayer showing Infinity:NaN for webm duration on load
Fixed waveform disappearing and seek/waveform misalignment
Fixed AudioContext double-close errors in both the player and recorder
Fixed voice_expires_at always arriving as null for file-attachment DMs and not reaching clients
Waveform progress is now smoothed with requestAnimationFrame

Server List — Sorting & Folders

Servers in the sidebar can now be drag-and-drop reordered
Servers can be grouped into folders — click a folder to expand/collapse its servers
Sort order and folder layout persist across sessions

DM Retention

Fixed retention changes not being applied to existing messages — messages older than the new retention window are now deleted immediately when both users accept a change
Remaining messages have their expiry recalculated as created_at + new_retention, anchored to send time rather than acceptance time
Fixed messages deleted by retention briefly flashing before disappearing — stale IndexedDB entries are now evicted after the server response
Fixed DM messages loading out of chronological order for ~1 second on open — IndexedDB results are now sorted by createdAt before display

DM — Other Fixes

Fixed message duplication when the sender has multiple clients open simultaneously
Replaced browser confirm() with a styled ConfirmDialog for DM message deletion
Fixed 429 rate-limit storm on socket reconnect — loadMessages is now deduplicated per conversation; DM rate limit raised to 300 req/min

Personal Roles

Added Personal Roles Manager accessible from the Friends List header — create and manage cosmetic roles visible across all servers

Performance & Caching

Server icons, banners, and profile pictures are now cached by the browser for 7 days — eliminates redundant re-downloads on every page load
Hashed JS/CSS assets (/app/assets/) now served with immutable, max-age=1y
Fixed index.html being cached by browsers/CDN — it is now served with no-store, preventing stale chunk-hash references after a deploy that caused module load failures

Settings — Cat Cache

Added Cat Cache section under Content & Social settings — shows all browser-cached images grouped by Avatars, Banners, User Generated Content, and System Images
Click any thumbnail to view it full-size
Purge All button force-refetches every cached image and updates the display immediately

Landing Page & Invite

Added a public invite landing page at the server root — shows server name, member count, banner, and a Join button
Landing page now uses a full-page blurred banner background matching the in-app invite style
Added CatRealm favicon and matched background gradient to the client invite page

Pterodactyl Egg

Switched startup to a Node bootstrap script — resolves native module (better-sqlite3) compatibility in musl containers
Fixed flat .env generation and SERVER_URL auto-update on SSL toggle
Fixed AUTO_UPDATE_RESTART_ON_START defaulting to false
Env file is now backed up before egg reinstall; duplicate startup logs and premature exits resolved

v1.6.5 Mar 11, 2026 ▾

Role Icons & Styles

Added custom role icons — small images displayed next to usernames in chat messages and the member list
Added advanced name color styles: Gradient, Glow, and RGB Flow (animated cycling gradient)
Role icon and style data is now included in message payloads and socket presence events
Chat messages live-update role styles via the presence store — no page reload required
Role icon URLs are resolved against the server base URL, preventing broken file:/// paths
Profile role badges apply gradient/glow/rgb_flow styles to the name text and use the first gradient stop for the bubble background and border

Admin — Appearance Modal

Merged "Role Color" and "Name Style" into a single Appearance modal per role
Style type selector: Solid, Gradient, Glow, RGB Flow
Gradient and RGB Flow expose two colour-slot buttons with a shared colour picker
Custom HSL colour picker with Presets and Color Picker tabs — no native browser colour input
Live preview renders the role name with the chosen style before applying

Admin — Role Editor UX

Replaced the inline "Changes stay local until you click Save & Apply" bar with a floating bottom-center bar
Floating bar pulses with a purple glow and shows animated "Current Changes are NOT saved!" warning text
Discard (red) and Apply (purple sparkle) buttons on the floating bar

Chat Search

Added Discord-style right-side search panel — press Ctrl+F to open, Esc to close
Server-side cursor-paginated search with inline operator syntax: from:, in:, has:, mentions:, before:, after:, on:
Autocomplete suggestions for from:, in:, has:, and mentions: operators
Client-side DM search (E2E encrypted — filtered locally without server roundtrip)
Clicking a search result jumps to the message in the channel with a yellow highlight ring

v1.6.4 Mar 10, 2026 ▾

Hotfixes

Added authenticated embed fetching for central-account DMs so x.com and other previews no longer fall back to blank messages
Mounted /api/embeds and /api/embed-media on the central auth server so DM embeds resolve through the main CatRealm service
Improved group chat member list behavior on smaller screens with a mobile slide-in members panel
Fixed group chat mobile drawer runtime crash caused by declaration order in the Home view renderer
Added animated X/Twitter GIF detection so tweet GIF embeds autoplay, stay muted, and loop instead of rendering like standard MP4 clips
Replaced text label with a lock icon in the DM encryption info modal

v1.6.3 Mar 10, 2026 ▾

Messaging

Added multi-attachment support — send up to 5 files in a single message across server chat, DMs, and group chats
Added <?img1> inline image placeholders — insert uploaded images at any position in your message text
Non-inline attachments render in a flex grid below the message body
Multi-attachment media viewer supports paging through all images in a message

Chat Markdown

Added __underline__, ~~strikethrough~~, and ||spoiler|| (click to reveal) formatting
Added >>> multi-line blockquotes that consume all remaining lines
Added > single-line blockquotes
Added [text](url) markdown link syntax
Added copy button on fenced code blocks
Changed inline and block code color to the app accent (purple)
Rewrote inline renderer as a recursive scanner — nested formats like __*text*__ and ***__text__*** now work correctly

Security

Attachment URL, filename, and attachments JSON are now encrypted at rest (AES-256-GCM) in DM and group chat message tables
User notes encrypted at rest — private notes are no longer stored as plaintext
Backward-compatible — existing plaintext records are read transparently; only new writes are encrypted

DM Calling

DM calls now survive one party disconnecting — the call stays alive and reconnects automatically if they rejoin within 5 minutes
Added call:participant-left and call:participant-joined events so the remaining participant is notified of the other's connection state
Added 5-minute alone timeout — if the other person never rejoins, the call ends cleanly with a system message
Disconnect grace period now uses the participant-left model instead of immediately terminating the call for both parties
Centralized call finalization logic for consistent DB updates, system messages, and timer cleanup across all end-call paths

UI & Polish

Improved group chat member list layout and spacing in the Home view
Replaced text label with a lock icon in the DM encryption info modal

Bug Fixes

Fixed duplicate const declaration crash on startup in both the auth server and self-hostable server db.js
Fixed landing page comparison tooltip z-index so it renders above the sticky first column
Updated Mobile Apps entry in landing comparison table to reflect browser mobile support

v1.6.2 Mar 8, 2026 ▾

Messaging

Fixed edit actions so your own messages can be edited again in DMs and group chats
Restricted server-side message edits to the original sender so users cannot edit other users' messages
Restored missing message action menu entries in shared chat rows

Reactions & Picker

Reworked the reaction picker to open from the reaction + button instead of drifting toward the chat composer
Adjusted floating picker placement and viewport clamping so the panel opens on the lower-left side of the trigger without going off-screen
Fixed the production hook crash that could break the DM reaction picker bundle

Group Chats

Fixed the group chat expression picker manifest request to use /api/expressions/manifest instead of the dead /api/emotes/manifest route

v1.6.1 Mar 2, 2026 ▾

Hotfix

Preserved animated profile uploads so profile media keeps its original animation instead of being flattened or mishandled during upload processing

v1.6.0 Mar 1, 2026 ▾

Audio Processing

Added ML-based noise suppression powered by RNNoise WASM — runs in an AudioWorklet, zero overhead when disabled
Added RMS noise gate with smooth attack / release / hold envelope to prevent mic bleed during silence
Noise gate threshold adjustable from −60 dB to −10 dB via a live slider
Live voice activity meter below the gate slider — bar turns green when signal clears the threshold, amber line marks the cutoff
Both features default to on; users with external noise suppression (Elgato Wave Link, NVIDIA RTX Voice, etc.) can disable independently
Pipeline rebuilds seamlessly on settings change mid-call — no dropout, no reconnection
Threshold slider updates the AudioWorklet in real time with no pipeline rebuild
Mic test in Voice Settings now records through the same processing chain callers hear
Settings persisted to localStorage across page reloads

DM Calling

Added audio and video DM calls with full P2P and privacy (relay) mode support
Incoming call banner, ringtone, and decline/accept flow
Docked call control bar with mute, deafen, camera toggle, and screenshare
Floating DM call status panel and screenshare popout window
Call reconnection and resume handling for dropped connections
Per-call TURN credential fetch with privacy-mode relay enforcement

Group Chats

Added encrypted group chats — create a group, invite friends, chat privately
Group chat message rows with avatar stacking and member list
System messages for join / leave / name change events
Group chat avatar generation from member initials
End-to-end encrypted key exchange for group sessions

Group Calling

Added multi-party group calls with audio and video
Participant grid with per-user mute / deafen / video state
Group screenshare popout with dedicated controls
Incoming group call modal with group name and initiator info
Stream watch mode — join a call as a viewer without sending media

Shared Chat Refactor

Unified DM and server chat through adapter-driven shared components
Shared message row, context menu, embed renderers, and composer
Redesigned Home / DM menu layout with improved navigation
59 unit tests covering expressions, message actions, and DM context

v1.5.x Feb 22 – Mar 1, 2026 ▾

Media & Attachments

Added configurable chat media compression with quality and size controls (v1.5.5)
Fixed premature blob preview URL revocation
Fixed multi-expression uploads and personal expression management

Keybinds & Shortcuts

Added configurable keyboard shortcuts with chord binding support
Added DM shortcut parity — navigate conversations with keyboard

Mobile

Added mobile navigation drawer and message action bottom sheet

Moderation & Permissions

Implemented kick and ban membership enforcement
Fixed permission bit collisions and online member label
Auto-delisted stale discovery invites and synced content prefs
Fixed central content preferences source for central accounts

Voice (v1.5.0)

Overhauled voice channel UI and added voice moderation menu
Added slowmode UI and improved voice session handoff

CI / Self-Hosted Windows Runner

Allow selecting a self-hosted Windows runner for manual builds
Use PowerShell and Windows PowerShell on self-hosted runner
Tighten SSH key ACLs and retry SCP deploy in a single connection
Fix self-hosted known_hosts ACL rewrite on reruns
Skip artifact upload for self-hosted Windows deploys
Auto-delete Windows build artifacts after deploy

Bug Fixes

Fixed DM presence indicators, reactions, and message UX
Fixed profile UI menus and server profile sync edge cases
Fixed friend refresh throttling and expression picker errors
Fixed AppLayout friend refresh calls for current store API

v1.4.x Feb 16 – 21, 2026 ▾

Permissions

Migrated to grouped permission mappings with safe high-bit flags
Added category overwrites and channel/category sync
Enforced channel overrides across chat and voice
Refreshed online role presence after permission changes

Encrypted Chat (Secure Mode)

Added one-way secure mode for encrypted message storage
Auto-generated secure mode key and updated env templates
Migrated existing plaintext messages when secure mode is enabled
Fixed secure-mode crypto caching causing plaintext live writes
Auto-healed plaintext message rows on secure-mode startup
Prevented secure key drift and enforced key hash consistency
Added db-encrypt-legacy diagnostic command
Added developer panel console command runner UI
Added admin console-command API fallback for diagnostics
Added runtime console commands for DB and secure-mode diagnostics
Showed encrypted lock badge in channel header when secure mode is locked
Added secure server info modal accessible from encrypted badge

Embeds & Link Previews

Added server embeds, branding assets, and custom expressions management
Added generic link previews with safe server-fetch route
Added direct Twitch and Twitter embeds; removed empty preview fallback
Fixed Twitter/VX embeds by removing twitframe and using vx API previews
Proxied Twitter media through signed same-origin embed endpoint
Resolved relative embed proxy URLs against active server API base
Showed metadata block for media embeds (poster/content)
Added direct Kick channel and VOD iframe embeds with official metadata
Added fixvx.com to trusted and Twitter-like embed handling
Opened embed images in media viewer modal
Supported multi-image X/Twitter embed galleries
Used official Instagram embed iframe in chat previews
Fixed YouTube embed error 153 on desktop
Fixed Twitch embed CSP handling in desktop
Enriched desktop Twitch fallback with profile metadata

Expressions / Emotes

Auto-normalized expression sizes with generated variants
Added emotes settings tab with size slider
Overhauled emote tokens and added shortcode matching
Enlarged emotes and compacted expression tokens
Supported :name:userId: personal tokens and managed uploads
Added personal emote storage with auto variants
Prioritized personal expressions in pickers and matcher

NSFW / Content Controls

Hid NSFW channels server-side unless explicitly enabled
Moved NSFW permission gate notice from sidebar into channel view
Auto-blurred tagged NSFW media based on user subtag preferences
Showed NSFW subtag labels on blur overlays
Added pre-send NSFW attachment tagging with persistence

Discovery

Added Discover page and owner-gated server publishing
Allowed legacy owner role for publish controls
Fixed mixed-content checks for HTTP-only servers in discovery UI
Added server modal hosting notice and publish docs backup

Invites

Hardened invite registration flow and improved invite modal UX
Derived self-host invite origin from request host, not browser origin
Probed HTTPS first, then HTTP fallback for server URLs
Routed invite actions back to /app instead of landing root
Animated backdrop stars and skipped startup splash on invite routes
Added subtle breathing white border glow to invite cards
Resolved public server IP when host is unroutable (0.0.0.0/localhost)
Surfaced clear HTTPS/HTTP connectivity errors when accepting invites
Returned clear port-forwarding error when public endpoint is unreachable
Embedded CatRealm invite links into in-app modal

Profile & Banners

Added per-server profile banner controls with central fallback
Auto-synced central banner and avatar on server load/switch
Fixed profile modal asset resolution for server-uploaded banners
Fixed profile route collisions and central banner fallback noise
Used central content-social preferences for central accounts
Disabled cross-API profile fallback while in server context

Desktop App & Auto-Updater

Added opt-in dev update channel and Updates settings tab
Added desktop update banner with Electron updater actions
Showed dynamic client build label in settings footer
Scheduled periodic desktop update checks by channel
Polished update settings warning animation and NSIS branding
Added splash screens and updated app icon to CatRealm cat logo
Smoothed banner transitions and lengthened startup splash
Hardened Windows shutdown path and disabled auto-install on quit

DMs

Added DM reactions and attachments
Added DM quick reaction picker
Fixed DM composer parity
Added color-coded status indicators for DM users
Fixed DM status and timestamp issues

Landing Page

Updated landing with favicons and server download dropdown CTA
Scaled up landing page typography and layout
Shifted landing background to dark purple tone
Expanded privacy summary coverage across web and in-app modal
Made landing server download commit tag dynamic
Enabled landing page client download button

Miscellaneous Fixes

Fixed self edit/delete ownership for central server sessions
Allowed editing and renaming the default member role
Honored 24-hour setting across chat and moderation
Set DarkCat as default theme and moved RetroDiscord to bottom
Prevented premature blob preview URL revocation
Fixed Git issue when downloading from .zip
Added offline servers indicator and modal
Added verbose auto-update checks with voice-aware runtime gating
Added selfhost auto-update launcher, egg repo wiring, and env examples

v1.4.0 Feb 14, 2026 ▾

Features

Comprehensive feature enhancement and dynamic version tracking
UI improvements: replaced sliders with number inputs and added toggles
Made version display dynamic in Settings UI
Separated client and server version display
Fixed "0" appearing after channel names
Added Content & Social tab to user settings (NSFW filtering, URL-based template import)
Added comprehensive template import safety system with verification and real-time status
Fixed template import to use Discord API instead of HTML scraping
Added Discord-only permissions for template import compatibility

v1.3.0 Feb 14, 2026 ▾

Permissions

Comprehensive permission system overhaul
Added granular channel and role permission controls

Server Settings

Discord-style server settings overhaul

v1.2.0 Feb 13, 2026 ▾

Encrypted Direct Messages

Implemented end-to-end encrypted direct messages
Added real-time socket delivery for DM messages
Fixed syncKey retrieval in DM store
Fixed field naming in DM conversations API
Fixed avatar URLs in DM components

Voice Chat & Screenshare

Added TURN servers for WebRTC NAT traversal
Added coturn integration and TURN mode configuration
Used deterministic WebRTC offerer election to avoid glare collisions
Hardened voice signaling for join race and stale socket mappings
Added voice state resync event for cross-client mute/deafen consistency
Synced voice mute state across sessions
Added TURN_FORCE_TCP option for restrictive-network reliability
Preserved remote audio stream across screenshare track updates
Tracked global voice room counts and showed accurate voice occupancy
Showed voice members in sidebar and made voice text chat toggleable
Fixed voice ring clipping and improved remote speaking detection
Rendered remote screenshare tiles in voice channel UI
Stabilized screenshare renegotiation and concurrent offer handling
Auto-reconnected peers on ICE failure and showed RTC reconnecting status
Fixed missing outbound audio track during voice negotiation
Expanded voice debug panel with peer connection state details

Privacy

Added privacy summary modal and public privacy page
Served privacy summary at /privacy/ on static landing

Central Account & Auth

Auto-loaded hCaptcha keys and exposed runtime site key config
Encrypted auth secrets at rest and auto-provisioned encryption key
Re-issued central server tokens on login restore
Isolated central account server lists across logout/login
Added configurable default avatar for new central and local users
Added central/local username blocklists and deduped reserved names
Broadcast and applied live server-info updates
Synced central display names into mixed self-host users
Showed display names in user footer/profile bar

Invites & Server Joining

Completed invite system with all enhancements
Added central masked invite system
Fixed invites route to use authenticateToken instead of requireAuth

v1.1.0 Feb 13, 2026 ▾

Major Features

Display Names — Users can set a custom display name separate from username
Custom Status — Users can set a custom status message
Reply / Forward — Added message reply and forward support
Verified Badges — Added verified badge system
Fixed voice chat regressions

Self-Hostable Server

Bumped self-hostable server version to 1.1.0
Fixed index creation ordering (columns exist before indexes are added)
Added version detection system with update banner

v1.0.x Feb 12, 2026 ▾

Initial Release

Initial commit — CatRealm base platform

Voice & Screenshare

Voice chat with screensharing and E2EE foundations
Fixed TypeScript strict mode errors

Members & Sockets

Showed all server members in sidebar with online/offline indicators
Kept socket alive on home page
Added socket synchronization for central status

DNS & SSL

Added DNS-01 challenge support for Auto-SSL (Cloudflare)
Defaulted DNS provider to Cloudflare when API token is set

Pterodactyl Egg

Added and updated Pterodactyl egg configuration
Added easy startup scripts for non-Pterodactyl hosting
Added automatic Node.js installation with UAC support
Fixed Pterodactyl graceful shutdown handling