Added

• Live auction overhaul — complete rewrite of the live auction engine with new interactive features:
  • /bid command (alias /livebid) — dedicated command for all live auction interactions: place bids, join/leave sessions, and manage preferences. Bids can also be placed by clicking the suggestion in chat.
  • Clickable bid messages — the bid announcement in chat includes a clickable link that auto-fills /bid <next-minimum> for one-click bidding.
  • Item hover previews — the item name in chat announcements shows enchantments, potion effects, and shulker box contents on hover.
  • EzCountdown integration (optional soft-dependency) — configurable countdown display per-player via ACTION_BAR, BOSS_BAR, TITLE, SCOREBOARD, or CHAT. Defaults to chat-only reminders when EzCountdown is absent or disabled.
  • Per-player notification preferences — players toggle notifications with /bid notify [on|off] and choose display types with /bid notify display <types…>. Preferences persist across sessions (stored in live-preferences.yml or the MySQL table {prefix}live_player_preferences).
  • Live auction picker GUI — /liveauction opens a 54-slot inventory when multiple auctions are running, letting players select which one to join.
  • Opt-in chat filter — when chat-filter-feature-enabled: true, players can run /bid mutechat on to suppress non-auction chat while in an active session.
  • Bidding configuration — minimum-bid-increment-percent and minimum-bid-increment-fixed in auction.yml control the minimum raise required per bid.
  • Five new Bukkit events: LiveAuctionStartedEvent (cancellable), LiveAuctionBidPlacedEvent (cancellable), LiveAuctionEndedEvent, LiveAuctionPlayerJoinedEvent, LiveAuctionPlayerLeftEvent.
  • New permissions: ezauction.bid (default: true), ezauction.auction.live.notify (default: true).

!Live auction chat messages

!Live auction shulker contents

!/liveauction queue gui

• Live auction seller management — sellers can enter and manage the live queue directly from the GUI or commands:
  • Sell button in the Live Auction GUI — a lit sell button (slot 44) appears in the live browser for players with ezauction.auction.live.sell; clicking it opens the sell menu pre-configured for the live queue. A grey button is shown to players without the permission.
  • /liveauction sell — command shortcut to open the live sell menu without navigating to the GUI first.
  • Queue position feedback — on enqueue, the seller receives a chat confirmation with their position (e.g. "Your Diamond Sword has been added to the live queue at position #2"). If the queue is disabled the auction starts immediately and a separate instant-start message is shown instead.
  • Cancel button in the Live Auction GUI — a cancel button (slot 37) appears only while the viewer has a queued entry; clicking it dequeues the item and refunds the deposit.
  • /liveauction cancel — removes the sender's own item from the live queue and refunds the deposit.
  • /liveauction cancel <id> (admin) — force-cancels an active live auction by ID, refunds all bidders, and returns the item to the seller.
  • Duplicate-entry guard — players who already have an item queued receive an already-queued message and cannot enqueue a second entry until the first is sold or cancelled.
  • New permissions: ezauction.auction.live.sell (default: true), ezauction.auction.live.admin (default: op).

Fixed

• JaCoCo Java 25 compatibility — upgraded jacoco-maven-plugin from 0.8.12 to 0.8.13 to resolve Unsupported class file major version 69 during test instrumentation on JDK 25.
• Live auction first-bid minimum — the first bid on a live auction now only requires meeting the starting price. Previously, the minimum bid increment (percent and fixed) was incorrectly applied before any bid existed, making the starting price unreachable.
• Empty chat input bids the minimum — during the custom-bid chat prompt, pressing Enter with no input now automatically places a bid at the minimum amount instead of cancelling or erroring.
• Claim GUI — /auction claim and the Claims button in the browser now open a dedicated 54-slot inventory instead of a bare command response. The GUI shows each pending return item with its expiry date in the lore, a Claim All button (slot 49), and a Back button (slot 45) that returns to the auction browser.
• Configurable claim expiry — pending return items now carry an expiry timestamp. New claim.expiry-days key in auction.yml (default 7). The expiry is shown in the item lore inside the Claim GUI and resets whenever a new item is stored for the player.
• Live Auctions shortcut in the browser — a Live Auctions beacon button (slot 47) has been added to the main auction browser GUI. Clicking it opens the live auction picker directly, without needing to type /liveauction.