Minecraft version changes

• Adds support for Minecraft 1.20.5 and 1.20.6
• Drops support for Minecraft 1.15.x

Bug fixes

• Fixed implementation issues with FunctionArgument from 9.3.0
• #536, #537 Fixed MultiLiteralArgument help displaying the node name instead of the literal text
• #524 Fixes CommandAPIBukkit.get().getTags() erroring in 1.20.4

New features

• #540 Add methods to "safe-cast" arguments to CommandArguments
• #495 Adds a parameter to EntitySelectorArgument to allow failure when no entity lists are empty
• #367, #509 Adds the ability to register commands with a custom namespace
• #523 Exposed more details of the CommandPermission
• #490 Adds support for Mojang-mapped servers via the CommandAPI config
• #541 Adds support for a NamespacedKey variant for the PotionEffectArgument

Minecraft version changes

• Adds support for Minecraft 1.20.3 and 1.20.4

Bug fixes

• Fixed bug where calling SimpleFunctionWrapper.getTag() on 1.19+ would throw an error
• #499 Fix typo in Adventure methods for tooltips
• Fixed executesFeedbackForwarding() not checking for a FeedbackForwardingCommandSender correctly thus allowing every executor to execute the command
• #473 Fix RGB colors in CustomArgument.CustomArgumentException#fromString creating the wrong colors

New features

• Adds ExecutionInfo executors for the Kotlin DSL
• #497 Adds support for RemoteConsoleCommandSender

Known issues

• Functions generated by the FunctionArgument will always return a value of 1 when executed, regardless if the function succeeds, fails or returns a result
• Functions generated by the FunctionArgument will always return an empty array of commands when you retrieve the list of commands in that function

New features

• #487 Added support for disabling integer centering for location arguments
• #482 Adds Kotlin DSL support for delegated properties

Bug fixes

• #488 Fixed calling CommandAPI commands with Bukkit.createCommandSender() not working on paper
• Fixed a bug where the CommandAPI would throw errors when unregistering commands when a command exists with a : at the end of its name

Minecraft version changes

• Adds support for 1.20.2

New features

• #459 Added the ability to access raw arguments in the command executor
• #469 Adds AdventureChatColorArgument
• #417 Added the ability for commands to be registered and unregistered while the server is running

Bug fixes

• Fixes the CommandAPI disabling datapacks on 1.20.1 Paper servers because it thought it was running on a Folia server

Minecraft version changes

• Adds support for 1.20.1

New features

• #455 Reworked the MapArgument with various features, including:
  • Optional quotes around keys and values
  • No restriction on the characters that are allowed in a key (previously only letters, digits, and underscore)
  • May define a String separator between key-value pairs (instead of just space)

Bug fixes

• Fixes use-latest-nms-version not pointing to the right version

Minecraft version changes

• Adds support for Minecraft 1.20

New features

• Adds the ability to retrieve LiteralArguments and MultiLiteralArguments by their node names
• #363 Adds withUsage() method to customise command usage info
• #371 Updates default short description to now mention the plugin creating the command

Bug fixes

• Fixed literal arguments in command conversion causing errors due to parsing problems

Bug fixes

• Fixed MapArgument not allowing player names as keys because we forgot to allow the _ character
• Fixed /execute as ... not working because we were casting to a player instead of a proxied sender
• Fixed IntegerArgument failing to compile in certain circumstances

New features

• Added CommandArguments.count() utility method to get the number of arguments
• Added CommandArguments.getOptional() methods
• Added CustomArgumentException static factory methods to accept Spigot/Paper text components

Platform support changes

• Added basic support for Folia

⚠️ This version is incompatible with any plugin that used the CommandAPI version 8.X.X or below! (See documentation for more information)

New features

• #360, #369 Made executor methods now use CommandArguments to allow for accessing arguments by name instead of index
• #162, #387, #393 Added optional arguments
• #388 Added new hook-paper-reload config option to toggle whether the CommandAPI hooks into /minecraft:reload
• Reworked the implementation of ItemArgument, so the ItemStack count is correctly reflected and ItemMeta is properly assigned
• Made the TeamArgument return a Team instead of a String
• Made the ObjectiveArgument return a Objective instead of a String
• #391 Made the CommandAPI only complain about commands registered in a plugin.yml if this plugin.yml belongs to the plugin calling the CommandAPI
• #422 Added a way to access the raw command a player typed from the executor
• #431 Added a way to access more info to construct lists for the ListArgumentBuilder
• Added support for sidebar team colors using an enum for ScoreboardSlot

Kotlin DSL changes

• Implemented resulting executors
• Implemented the FunctionArgument
• Several improvements for the CommandAPICommand DSL

Bug fixes

• Fixed commandapi-preprocessor appearing in the plugin and shaded jar file
• #390 Fixed .executesNative()'s CommandSender's getLocation() method returning the wrong pitch and yaw
• Fixed tags showing up in the BiomeArgument when they shouldn't have been doing so
• Fixed LocationArgument with BLOCK_POSITION not returning locations in unloaded chunks
• Fixed IntegerRangeArgument and FloatRangeArgument not working on Minecraft 1.16.4 and 1.16.5
• Fixed RecipeArgument not working on Minecraft 1.17
• Fixed TeamArgument not working on Minecraft 1.17
• Fixed AdventureChatArgument not working on Minecraft 1.17
• Fixed commands with no executors not being caught by the CommandAPI
• Fixed ParticleArgument producing "Invalid particle data type" warnings on Minecraft 1.16.5 and below
• Fixed FunctionArgument not working on Minecraft 1.17.x and 1.18.x
• Fixed NamespacedKeyArgument not working on Minecraft 1.18
• Fixed the FunctionArgument not correctly retrieving datapack (function) tags in 1.17+
• Removed some redundant vibration particle handling code that would never be run under any circumstances

Documentation changes

• #384 Fixed various particle data not being documented for the ParticleArgument documentation page
• Fixed broken links in the documentation (using Michael-F-Bryan/mdbook-linkcheck)
• Refactored documentation argument page names for consistency
• Added Kotlin DSL examples

Other changes

• Removed all previously deprecated constructors, classes and methods
• Completely refactored the entire CommandAPI project to help support other platforms
• Added a live dev build of the documentation at commandapi-live-docs.jorel.dev
• Improved mobile support for the CommandAPI home page
• Added the CommandAPI's Modrinth link to the CommandAPI home page
• Dropped support for Minecraft 1.13 - 1.14.4. Please use an older version of the CommandAPI, or raise an issue on GitHub to bring back support for these versions

New improvements from 8.7.6:

• Adds support for Minecraft 1.19.4

New improvements from 8.7.5:

• Fixes NullPointerException that occurs rarely in the CommandAPI's post-loading step

New improvements from 8.7.3:

• Fixed @AWorldArgument not being processed properly by the annotation system
• Fixed LootTableArgument not working in 1.17 - 1.19.3

New improvements from 8.7.2:

• #397 Fixed issue where the WorldArgument wouldn't work in 1.16.5

New improvements from 8.7.1:

• Hotfixed issue where various arguments wouldn't work in 1.19.3 (function, recipe, sound, advancement, biome, entities, loot table)
• Fixed issue where the WorldArgument wouldn't work in 1.19.3

New improvements from 8.7.0:

• Fixed ParticleArgument not working in 1.19.3
• Fixed EnchantmentArgument not working in 1.19.3 -Hotfixed a permission check bug when permissions are incorrectly initialized
• Hotfixed a null pointer exception when autocompletion occurs via redirected commands
• Fixed JavaDocs not showing in your IDE when using commandapi-shade

New improvements from 8.6.0:

• Adds support for Minecraft 1.19.3
• Removes the need for generics and argumenttype parameters for certain arguments

New improvements from 8.5.1:

• #307 Adds a CommandArgument to let users submit commands as an argument
• #334 Adds support for chat components in CommandAPI.fail()
• #338 Adds a way to clone a CommandAPICommand instance using instance.copy()
• #351 Adds support for a ListArgument with the TextArgument backend, to allow inline lists
• #358 Adds a new WorldArgument argument that lets you get a list of Minecraft dimensions
• Adds support for SoundArgument to return string-based sounds via the NamespacedKey
• #352 Adds some helper methods to the LiteralArgument to make it easier to use via a static import
• #357 Adds a Kotlin DSL to register commands in Kotlin!

New improvements from 8.5.0:

• Adds support for Minecraft 1.19.2
• Fixes bug with players being kicked when using chat preview with colors on 1.19+
• Prevents developers creating dodgy commands with duplicate argument node names that caused clients to crash when they tried - to run those commands
• Fix subcommand internal information being overwritten at runtime when the parent command was registered
• Fixes time arguments not working in 1.17+
• Fixes namespaced key arguments not working in 1.17
• Fixes commands not working in 1.17 and 1.18
• Fixes server reloading on Spigot throwing asynchronous-related exceptions
• Fixes argument suggestions not working if a subcommand's node name is the same as the argument's node name
• Improves backend code for chatcolor, enchantment and potion arguments in 1.17+
• Optimize code size for 1.19+
• Improves list arguments to only display suggestions for the last item and prevent list arguments accepting unlisted items