The fix:

1. a weird issue with discord SRV now fully fixed and logging properly
2. fixed a very rare database error that's pretty much it

Please check out 5.0-devbuild to see what I have changed and updated but for this Pacific changlog

1. fix the weird issue where the message duplicates with chat features (lock|slow)
2. Fixed where the mutes won't unmute player after expire or unmute. They would have to relog. So now that is fully fixed.

🚀 ControlBans 5.0 - The Reports Update ✨ New Features & Additions:

"My Reports" Tracking System: Added a brand new premium paginated GUI. Players can run /reports to seamlessly view all of their previously submitted reports and check if they are actively being handled. Staff Resolutions: Added the /reports resolve command. Staff can now update active reports to PENDING, RESOLVED, or REJECTED, updating the player's personal UI dynamically with color-coded icons! Global Localization Auto-Sync: The new reporting menus natively support all 10+ bundled foreign languages right out of the box—updating cleanly without tearing up your heavily customized translations. 🐛 Bug Fixes & Architecture Refactors:

Indestructible Mutes & Locks: Fixed an issue where third-party chat formatting plugins (like EssentialsChat) could override the plugin. ControlBans now executes its Mute and Chat-Lock evaluations at the HIGHEST priority, guaranteeing that blocked chats are halted dead in their tracks. Cleaned up trailing compilation errors involving duplicate command alias registration in ReportsCommand. Congratulations on officially completing version 5.0! Let me know if there are any other plugins or features you want to build next!

What’s new:

• Expanded the escalation system with history windows, punishment-type filters, and reason aliases.
• Added the missing config sections for anti-spam, anti-caps, voice mute bossbars, and LiteBans import settings.
• Improved staff alert flow so important moderation signals are cleaner and more consistent.
• Finished wiring more GUI, rollback, AutoMod, and punishment prompts into the language system.

Fixes and improvements:

• MongoDB storage support is now much more complete and aligned with the main storage contract.
• Proxy punishment messages now preserve formatting correctly across supported platforms.
• Login checks were improved to avoid unnecessary blocking during slow lookups.
• Missing permission nodes were cleaned up for better admin control.
• Config and locale files now backfill missing keys automatically, which helps older installs update more safely.

Notes:

• All bundled locale files are now accounted for, and missing keys fall back cleanly.
• New locale entries will default to English until custom translations are added.

v4.8-HF1: Alt-System Data Integrity Hotfix

This is a critical hotfix that resolves a data cross-contamination issue within the Alternate Account tracking system. All users are strongly advised to update.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• [CRITICAL] Alt Cross-Contamination: Fixed an issue where punishing offline players or having a misconfigured proxy (broken IP-forwarding) would log placeholder IPs (such as 0.0.0.0 or 127.0.0.1) into the history table. The Alt GUI previously treated these as valid IPs, falsely linking unrelated players together as alts.
• The system now utilizes a strict quarantine filter that completely ignores local, loopback, and placeholder IPs when calculating alternate accounts.

Note: No database reset is required. The plugin will automatically ignore any bad IP data already existing in your database, instantly fixing the /alts GUI upon restart.