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SponsorVouch

SponsorVouch

A community-driven sponsorship and trust system for Paper servers. Invite and vouch for new players, progress from Immigrant to Resident to Citizen, and hold sponsors accountable for those they bring into the community.

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Licensed Apache-2.0
Published 6 months ago
Updated 6 days ago
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3.3.0

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SponsorVouch 3.3.0 — Major Update6 days ago 6
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Compatibility

Minecraft: Java Edition
26.3
26.2
26.1.2
1.21.11
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Paper

Changes

SponsorVouch 3.3.0 — Major Update

The first major SponsorVouch update in nearly six months is here.

Since version 2.1.2, SponsorVouch has undergone a substantial modernization. This release improves the sponsorship system, fixes long-standing reliability issues, expands Minecraft version support, and strengthens data handling while preserving the original community-driven trust system.

What's New

Multi-Version Paper Support

SponsorVouch now ships as one universal JAR for multiple Paper versions.

Minecraft / Paper Required Java
1.21.11 Java 21
26.1.2 Java 25
26.2 Java 25
26.3 Java 25

All four versions have been tested on real Paper servers using the same compiled plugin.

Sponsorship Improvements

  • Added /vouch request <player> for sponsorship requests.
  • Improved command argument validation and tab completion.
  • Fixed inactive sponsorship relationships preventing new sponsorships.
  • Improved sponsorship confirmation and revocation handling.
  • Fixed stale player state during status changes and confirmations.
  • Improved consistency between player statuses and sponsorship eligibility.
  • Preserved existing sponsorship history and relationship IDs.

Player Progression

  • Improved playtime persistence to prevent unrelated profile data from being overwritten.
  • Improved synchronization of player statuses.
  • Fixed several progression and state consistency issues.
  • Improved LuckPerms permission and group synchronization across reloads and restarts.

Moderation & Accountability

  • Fixed temporary sponsor bans incorrectly becoming permanent.
  • Prevented propagated punishments from shortening existing sponsor bans.
  • Improved concurrent sponsorship revocation handling.
  • Improved punishment persistence and duplicate prevention.
  • Preserved Citizen exceptions in sponsor accountability rules.

GUI & Commands

  • Improved inventory GUI identification and click handling.
  • Added safer handling of delayed GUI interactions.
  • Improved permission validation.
  • Improved administrative command behavior.
  • Optimized sponsorship statistics using database-level counts instead of loading every relationship.

Database & Reliability

SponsorVouch's SQLite handling has received significant improvements.

  • Safer database transactions and error handling.
  • Improved migration and rollback behavior.
  • Consistent database backups using SQLite snapshots.
  • Improved backup restoration and integrity verification.
  • Safer shutdown and database resource cleanup.
  • Improved startup, reload, and dependency initialization.
  • Better handling of missing optional integrations.
  • Improved asynchronous operation and task cleanup.

Existing player data, sponsorship records, configuration, and permissions remain compatible with the modernized implementation.

Technical Modernization

  • Updated to modern Paper APIs.
  • Restored Java 21 compatibility.
  • Added compatibility with Java 25 Paper servers.
  • Modernized the Gradle build system.
  • Improved code quality and static analysis.
  • Expanded automated regression and integration testing.
  • Maintained the existing gameplay model without adding unnecessary dependencies.

Testing

Version 3.3.0 completed:

  • 338 automated tests passing on Java 25
  • 165 shared tests passing on Java 21
  • 17 real Paper startup and restart tests
  • Verified LuckPerms integration
  • Verified SQLite persistence and migrations
  • Verified database portability between supported Paper versions
  • Verified backup restoration and database integrity
  • Reproducible builds

Upgrading from 2.1.2

This is a major update. Back up your existing plugins/SponsorVouch/ directory before upgrading.

  1. Stop your Minecraft server.
  2. Back up your SponsorVouch configuration and database.
  3. Replace the old plugin JAR with SponsorVouch-3.3.0.jar.
  4. Check that your Paper version and Java runtime are supported.
  5. Start the server and review the console for migration or configuration errors.
  6. Verify player statuses, sponsorship relationships, and permissions.

Do not run multiple SponsorVouch versions simultaneously.

Beta Status

SponsorVouch 3.3.0 has passed automated and real Paper server-side integration testing.

Full multiplayer acceptance testing with connected Minecraft clients is still pending. This release is therefore marked as Beta.

Please report any bugs or unexpected behavior through the project's issue tracker.

Thank you for using SponsorVouch!

Optional dependencies

Any compatible version