Christmas Season

[2.2.0] - 2026-04-25

Major Update: Region protection, backup system, update checker, bug fixes, data safety, tab completion, and bStats.

Upgrade Priority: HIGH - Critical thread-safety and data integrity fixes

Added

• WorldGuard & GriefPrevention - No spawns in protected regions/claims (soft dependency, configurable)
• Automatic Backup System - SAFE/Timestamp/Emergency backups in world/christmas_backups/
• Update Checker - Modrinth + GitHub fallback, OP notifications on join
• Biome Compare & Fix - /xmas biome compare and /xmas biome fix-diff for recovery
• Full Tab Completion - Context-aware suggestions for all commands
• bStats Metrics (Plugin ID: 30930)
• Startup Safety Checks - DB integrity check, crash detection, missing-DB warnings
• Data Loss Protection - clearsnap blocked when active, backup failure warnings, smart rotation
• Entity spawn fixes: No more spawns on roofs, in trees, or in water

Fixed (17 Bugs)

• CRITICAL: Backup system non-functional (wrong DB filename)
• CRITICAL: Folia crash on start/join (Bukkit.getScheduler() → FoliaSchedulerHelper)
• HIGH: 6 thread-safety issues (restore counters, restore guard, HashSets, SQLite, LanguageManager)
• HIGH: Restore permanently blocked after empty snapshot or null DB
• MEDIUM: Cave biomes overwritten during seed-restore (Y=64 only → per Y-level)
• MEDIUM: NPE in stopFeatures() on failed startup
• MEDIUM: SnowstormManager orphaned tasks after stop()
• LOW: DB header EOF check, version parse fix, SnowmanDamageListener cleanup

Changed

• softdepend: [WorldGuard, GriefPrevention] in plugin.yml
• New regionIntegration config section
• Intelligent backup rotation (largest backup never deleted)