Changelog

🖥️ Echo-free screen share audio

• Sharing screen with computer audio no longer loops voice-channel / call voices back to everyone else.
• Before loopback capture starts, GGBRO mutes local call playback (voices, bots, other people's screen audio) and drains the audio buffer so those voices never enter the shared mix.
• UI/SFX tones are also suppressed while system-audio share is active. Stop the share (or turn off Share computer audio) to hear the call again.

📦 Desktop update

• Current installer: ggbro Setup 2.7.175.exe.

🎙️ Krisp-style AI Noise Cancellation

• On by default for voice channels and calls — RNNoise ML removes fans, keyboards, AC, and room hiss while keeping your voice clear and natural.
• Soft VAD gate + speech clarity (no hard muting / robotic clipping). Lower latency (~21 ms buffers).
• Browser noise suppression is auto-disabled when AI NC is on so speech isn’t double-muffled; light post-EQ only.
• Toggle in User Settings → Voice and Sound Settings. WASM preloads at app start for instant first join.

📦 Desktop update

• Current installer: ggbro Setup 2.7.174.exe.

🔗 Invite & vanity links forced to ggbro.app

• Invite People, vanity URL, admin Copy Invite, and all other share links always use https://ggbro.app/… (hardcoded public site — ignores outdated connector hosts).
• Desktop also rewrites legacy ggbro.jadadev.com / ws.ggbro.jadadev.com from old connector.cfg files at startup.

📦 Desktop update

• Current installer: ggbro Setup 2.7.173.exe.

🔗 Share links always use ggbro.app

• Invite / template / channel copy links and placeholders now always show https://ggbro.app/… (no more ggbro.jadadev.com in Add Server → Apply to Existing).
• Old connector.cfg hosts are rewritten to ggbro.app / ws.ggbro.app at runtime.

📦 Desktop update

• Current installer: ggbro Setup 2.7.172.exe.

😀 Custom emoji reactions restored

• Restored missing custom emoji image files that were causing broken icons in the Reactions viewer.
• Custom emoji reactions now fall back to the public /api/v1/emojis/:id/file endpoint when the local cache has no path.
• Media URLs that still point at the old ggbro.jadadev.com host are rewritten to the live API host automatically.

📦 Desktop update

• Current installer: ggbro Setup 2.7.171.exe.

🌐 Domain migration to ggbro.app

• Primary site and API host is now https://ggbro.app (was ggbro.jadadev.com).
• WebSocket / voice host is now https://ws.ggbro.app (DNS-only recommended on Cloudflare).
• Desktop connector, auto-update feed, invite links, and docs defaults point at the new domain.

📦 Desktop update

• Current installer: ggbro Setup 2.7.170.exe.

🔒 Private category permissions actually lock channels

• Fixed a critical bug: channel permission overwrites replaced category denies instead of stacking on top of them.
• Private categories with @everyone Deny View Channel now correctly lock child rooms — bots and users without an explicit Allow no longer see them, answer slash commands, or appear in the member list.
• Managed bot roles are now shown (read-only) in Members / profile so it’s clear bots aren’t “roless”.

📦 Desktop update

• Current installer: ggbro Setup 2.7.169.exe.

🔒 Channel & bot permission enforcement

• Slash commands no longer notify bots that cannot View Channel on private rooms (same gate as humans).
• Bot REST history / channel listing / edit / delete / bulk-delete now require proper channel VIEW (and channel Manage Messages for bulk-delete).
• Component interactions require VIEW for both the clicker and the bot author.
• Permission changes evict unauthorized sockets from channel/voice rooms so private traffic cannot leak to stale joins.
• Member list uses the same VIEW_CHANNEL math as the server (bots/users without channel access no longer appear in private rooms).
• New channels are broadcast only to members who can view them; client also guards channel:created.

📦 Desktop update

• Current installer: ggbro Setup 2.7.168.exe.

🎮 Activity Status reliability

• Fixed a race where auto-away / status changes cleared your game activity and the re-report was dropped by the rate limiter — leaving friends with a blank Active Now forever.
• Activity updates are now coalesced instead of dropped under rate limit; your own client also receives the broadcast.
• Process scan now includes common fullscreen / shipping game clients even without a main window handle.
• Polls every 5s (was 15s) and matches Unreal *-Win64-Shipping process names more reliably.

📦 Desktop update

• Current installer: ggbro Setup 2.7.167.exe.

🔞 NSFW channel age gate

• Channels marked NSFW require accepting the age-restricted terms before messages load.
• Continue remembers your choice for that channel; Nope leaves to another channel.

😀 DM & Group quick reactions

• Direct messages and group chats now match server context menus: quick reaction bar, Add Reaction hover flyout, and click to open the full picker.

📦 Desktop update

• Current installer: ggbro Setup 2.7.166.exe.

😀 Add Reaction click opens full picker

• Hovering Add Reaction still shows the quick emoji flyout.
• Clicking Add Reaction opens the full emoji picker (same as Browse all…).
• Clicking inside the flyout (server / emoji) keeps it pinned until you pick or click away.

📦 Desktop update

• Current installer: ggbro Setup 2.7.165.exe.

🔧 Search jump & Add Reaction

• Jumping to a search result keeps the Search panel open.
• Pressing Enter runs the search and closes filter suggestions (opening search empty still shows filters).
• Add Reaction click more reliably pins the reaction flyout open.

📦 Desktop update

• Current installer: ggbro Setup 2.7.164.exe.

↔️ Resizable Search & Pins panels

• Search and Pins side panels now have a left-edge resize handle (same as Members).
• Widths persist across sessions.

📦 Desktop update

• Current installer: ggbro Setup 2.7.163.exe.

😀 Add Reaction flyout stickiness

• Hovering Add Reaction shows the emoji flyout; moving away closes it if you never clicked.
• Clicking Add Reaction (or a server in the rail) pins the flyout open until you pick an emoji or click away.
• Server / category emoji rails support mouse-wheel scrolling.

📦 Desktop update

• Current installer: ggbro Setup 2.7.162.exe.

🔍 Discord-style message search

• Search uses filter pills in the input (from:, in:, mentions:, has:) with a suggestion dropdown.
• Text channels default to the current channel; remove in: (or pick Entire server) to search the whole server.
• Filters and Sort menus: Newest, Oldest, and Most Relevant.
• Same filter model in DMs and groups; Ctrl+F works in group chats too.
• Search UI uses theme tokens so Appearance customization still applies.

📦 Desktop update

• Current installer: ggbro Setup 2.7.161.exe.

😀 Reaction picker: server rail & emoji-only list

• Add Reaction flyout shows emoji icons only (no duplicated shortcodes like :ggbro:).
• Left rail lists server avatars that have custom emojis so you can pick a server and react quickly.
• Full emoji picker left rail uses the same server avatars (plus frequently used & categories).
• Custom emoji add/delete/rename live-updates for everyone in the server (deleted emojis disappear from most-used immediately).

📦 Desktop update

• Current installer: ggbro Setup 2.7.160.exe.

🎨 Theme-aware menus & roles

• Roles picker, role pills, message context menu, and emoji picker use theme colors (no hard-coded black panels).
• Role pills include a quick × to remove when you have permission.
• Quick reactions render custom emoji images correctly (no raw <:name:id> text).
• Add Reaction hover shows a most-used list; click opens the full emoji picker.

📦 Desktop update

• Current installer: ggbro Setup 2.7.159.exe.

⚙️ User Settings fill width

• Settings tab content expands across the panel (no empty right column).

😀 Discord-style reactions

• Message right-click menu shows your 5 most-used reactions as a quick bar, then Add Reaction with a chevron.
• Reaction emoji picker redesigned: left category rail, “Find the perfect reaction” search, hover preview footer.

📦 Desktop update

• Current installer: ggbro Setup 2.7.158.exe.

🪟 Unified settings panels

• Edit Channel Save Changes no longer closes the dialog (shows a brief Saved confirmation).
• Edit Channel, Server Settings, and User Settings share one centered panel size (~1100×760, capped to the window with padding).
• User Settings on desktop is a centered modal (not fullscreen); mobile stays fullscreen.

📦 Desktop update

• Current installer: ggbro Setup 2.7.157.exe.

🎭 Roles picker stay-open fix

• Clicking roles in the profile popup picker no longer closes the dropdown or the profile card.
• You can toggle multiple roles without reopening the menu.

📦 Desktop update

• Current installer: ggbro Setup 2.7.156.exe.

🎭 Discord-style Roles everywhere

• Profile popup Roles section uses the same checkbox picker as the member right-click menu (search, color dots, checkboxes).
• Circular + “Add role” button; toggle roles without leaving the menu.
• Same picker in Server Settings → Members.

📦 Desktop update

• Current installer: ggbro Setup 2.7.155.exe.

🔗 Developer Portal polish

• Fixed browser tab title mojibake (ggbro — … → ggbro - Developer Portal).
• Sidebar ggbro links to the home page; Portal badge stays on / refreshes the portal.

🎭 Discord-style Roles menu

• Member right-click → Roles flyout uses color dots, checkboxes, search, and disabled states for roles you can’t change.

📦 Desktop update

• Current installer: ggbro Setup 2.7.154.exe.

🔒 Private channel / message link privacy

• Browser message links no longer expose message text, author, or private channel names (Open in ggbro only).
• In-app channel/message link previews show content only if you have View Channel; otherwise a lock + No Access.
• Channel mention pills and deep-link navigation respect the same permission check.

📦 Desktop update

• Current installer: ggbro Setup 2.7.153.exe.

🧩 Apply template to existing servers

• Add a Server modal has an Apply to Existing tab.
• Paste a friend's template link/code and pick a server you own to apply it (replaces channels/categories/roles; members stay).
• Opening a template link prefers Apply when you already own servers.

📦 Desktop update

• Current installer: ggbro Setup 2.7.152.exe.

⬆️ Auto-update reliability

• Fixed Cloudflare TLS BAD_DECRYPT failures when downloading large app.asar updates.
• Legacy update lane: /updates/app.asar (and /updates/legacy/app.asar) 302-redirects through Cloudflare to a direct-origin HTTP mirror so older clients that already follow redirects can finish updating.
• New desktop builds use chunked Range downloads with retries + multiple mirrors (still SHA-256 verified).

📦 Desktop update

• Current installer: ggbro Setup 2.7.151.exe.
• If an in-app update still fails, use /download for a full installer.

📌 API versioning (/api/v1)

• All REST routes are available at /api/v1/… (canonical) and still at unversioned /api/… as a compatible alias.
• Desktop, browser, portal, mobile clients, Music Bot, and Python SDK now call /api/v1.
• Legacy /api/* responses include soft Deprecation + Link successor hints (webhook execute URLs stay stable on /api/webhooks/…).
• Public discovery: GET /api/v1 or GET /api/v1/platform/config.

🌐 Domain configuration

• Primary knob: backend/.env → PUBLIC_BASE_URL (+ PUBLIC_WS_URL).
• GGBRO ADMINISTRATION → Settings now includes a Domain & API checklist (which files to edit when changing domains).
• Browser app resolves WebSocket host from public config instead of a hardcoded domain.

📦 Desktop update

• Current installer: ggbro Setup 2.7.150.exe (older Setup builds removed from the update mirrors).

🔗 Channel webhooks

• Fixed Authentication required when sending via Quick test / Message Builder (execute URL no longer requires a Bearer token).
• Copy URL for existing webhooks in the Developer Portal and Edit Channel → Integrations.
• API docs updated: execute is public (URL token only); list returns full URL for managers.

🎮 FiveM activity

• Detect FiveM even when the client process has no main window, and prefer FiveM over bare GTA V.
• Show the server name in Activity when available from the window title.

📦 Desktop update

• Current installer: ggbro Setup 2.7.149.exe (older Setup builds removed from the update mirrors).

⚙️ Edit Channel redesign

• Edit Channel is now tabbed: Overview, Permissions, and Integrations (webhooks).
• Context menu → Permissions opens Edit Channel on the Permissions tab.

🔐 Discord-style channel permissions

• Role sidebar + permission category tabs (General / Text / Voice).
• Private Channel toggle (denies View Channel for @everyone).
• Clearer three-state allow / deny / inherit controls with descriptions.

📦 Desktop update

• Current installer: ggbro Setup 2.7.148.exe (older Setup builds removed from the update mirrors).

🔒 Webhook HTTPS fix

• Webhook execute URLs now use https:// (fixes portal “Send failed” mixed-content blocks).

🎨 Webhook Message Builder

• New Discohook-style builder at /portal/webhook-builder — content, username/avatar overrides, multi-embeds, fields, live preview, and JSON editor.
• Linked from Portal → Webhooks and Edit Channel.

📡 Webhook API

• GET /api/webhooks/:id/:token returns webhook metadata.
• Execute accepts Discord-style embed shapes (integer color, image.url) and normalizes them.

📦 Desktop update

• Current installer: ggbro Setup 2.7.147.exe (older Setup builds removed from the update mirrors).

🔗 Channel webhooks

• Create multiple Discord-style incoming webhooks per channel (Edit Channel, Developer Portal → Webhooks, or API).
• Execute with POST /api/webhooks/:id/:token — custom name/avatar, embeds supported; messages show a WEBHOOK badge.
• Documented in /developers and the API reference.

📝 Channel topic on click

• When a channel has a topic, click the #channel name in the chat header to read the full description.

📦 Desktop update

• Current installer: ggbro Setup 2.7.146.exe (older Setup builds removed from the update mirrors).

✨ Full Plus & Verified feature lists

• User Settings → GGBRO Plus now lists every Plus perk (badge, 500 MB uploads, Discovery limits/ads/featured/banners, cross-server soundboard & emojis).
• Server Settings → Verified lists every Verified perk (badge, gold invites, vanity URL, 500 MB uploads, 3 backups, daily backup/restore, daily schedule).
• FAQ, Features, and Refund pages updated to match what’s actually unlocked.

📦 Desktop update

• Current installer: ggbro Setup 2.7.145.exe (older Setup builds removed from the update mirrors).

🖼️ Banner editor matches live view

• My Account profile banner preview is now the same size as the profile card others see (360×72).
• Server Settings banner preview matches the channel sidebar (240×120).
• DM profile popup banner height aligned with the main profile popup.

📦 Desktop update

• Current installer: ggbro Setup 2.7.144.exe (older Setup builds removed from the update mirrors).

🔗 Vanity Invite Copy

• Copy Invite Link (server menu / server icon menu) uses the custom vanity URL when the server has one.

✨ Sidebar polish

• Server menu chevron sits on the far right of the header (before Invite).
• Category + is larger with a bigger click target.

🎥 Streamer Mode

• Actually hides email, user ID, invite links, and blocks copying them while Streamer Mode is on.
• Available on desktop and web (Advanced settings).

💎 GGBRO Plus naming

• Website pages (FAQ, Features, legal, changelog, developer docs) now say GGBRO Plus instead of Nitro.

📦 Desktop update

• Current installer: ggbro Setup 2.7.143.exe (older Setup builds removed from the update mirrors).

📖 ggbro Features Page

• New public post-style guide at /features covering servers, chat, voice, presence, backups, GGBRO Plus, bots, clients, and the full technology stack.
• Linked from site nav, home footer, and User Settings → About (Stack row added after Platform).

🤖 API & bot docs

• Documented voice chat_enabled requirements for Bot REST and Socket sends.
• Clarified presence / activity clear-on-disconnect and re-report after reconnect.
• Expanded Technology Stack in developer docs (Electron, React, Node, Express, Socket.IO, REST, SQLite, WebRTC).

🔒 Security hardening

• Server backup archives under uploads/server-backups are no longer publicly downloadable.
• Backup restore file paths are sanitized (no path traversal).
• Bots cannot post in voice channels when text chat is disabled (same rule as humans).
• Activity updates are rate-limited to protect the host.

📝 Recent wave (also in this ship)

• 2.7.137 — Full server backups (1/3 slots, weekly/daily cooldowns, ≤10MB files, paced I/O).
• 2.7.138 — Server banner above channels + clickable server menu dropdown.
• 2.7.139 — Opaque server/role dropdown backgrounds.
• 2.7.140 — Stale Activity fix (clears offline; re-detects on desktop).
• 2.7.141 — Chat icon on voice channels with Text Chat enabled.

📦 Desktop update

• Current installer: ggbro Setup 2.7.142.exe (all older Setup builds removed from update mirrors).

💬 Voice Channel Chat Button

• Voice channels with Text Chat enabled show a chat icon next to the channel name.
• Click the icon to open that channel’s chat without leaving (or before joining) voice.
• Unread / mention indicators appear on those voice channels too.

📦 Desktop update

• Current installer: ggbro Setup 2.7.141.exe (older Setup builds removed from the update mirrors).

🎮 Stale Activity Fix

• Game activity is cleared when you go offline and is not restored on reconnect.
• Activity only shows again after the desktop app detects the app/game is actually running.
• Fixes “Playing … for 8h+” after closing the PC with a game still marked active.

📦 Desktop update

• Current installer: ggbro Setup 2.7.140.exe (older Setup builds removed from the update mirrors).

🎨 Opaque Dropdowns

• Server menu and Add Role dropdowns now use a solid background (no transparency / blur bleed-through).

📦 Desktop update

• Current installer: ggbro Setup 2.7.139.exe (older Setup builds removed from the update mirrors).

🖼️ Server Banner & Menu

• Server banner (from Server Settings) now shows above the channel list, Discord-style.
• Click the server name (or chevron) to open a polished dropdown menu — invite, settings, create channels, mute, copy invite/ID, report, leave.
• Quick Invite button stays on the right of the header.

📦 Desktop update

• Current installer: ggbro Setup 2.7.138.exe (older Setup builds removed from the update mirrors).

💾 Full Server Backups

• Backup Now saves the full server: channels, roles, permissions, current members’ roles, messages, reactions, pins, and files up to 10MB.
• Files larger than 10MB are skipped; a skip note with details is kept in the backup.
• On restore, members who left or were banned are not re-added — only roles for people still in the server.
• Free servers: 1 backup · backup & restore once a week.
• Verified servers: up to 3 backups · backup & restore once a day.
• Delete an old backup to free a slot before saving a new one.
• Backup and restore run at a paced speed to protect host resources.

📦 Desktop update

• Current installer: ggbro Setup 2.7.137.exe (older Setup builds removed from the update mirrors).

👤 Profile Popup Toggle

• Clicking the same user again closes their profile popup (instead of reopening).
• Clicking a different user switches the popup to that person.

📦 Desktop update

• Current installer: ggbro Setup 2.7.136.exe (older Setup builds removed from the update mirrors).

🖼️ Activity Icon Fit

• Activity / game icons now fit inside their frame (no more cropped / zoomed look).

💤 Auto Away

• After 10 minutes idle (OS mouse/keyboard), Online automatically becomes Away.
• When you come back, status returns to Online.
• If you set Away (or DND / Invisible) yourself, it stays — auto idle never overrides a manual status.

🔧 Activity Icon Matching

• Uploaded activity icons now resolve even when the admin key and client icon_key differ (e.g. adobe-premiere-pro ↔ premiere).
• Icon library refreshes live after admin uploads (including after reconnect).

🖼️ Activity Icons Scan

• Admin Check missing icons scans everyone’s activity and lists games/apps without art — click Fill form to upload.
• Activity Icons tab padding / spacing fixed.

✨ Active Now Polish & Activity Icons

• Resizable Active Now rail — drag the left edge to show full game/app names.
• Click a person in Active Now to open the full profile popup with activity details and live duration (e.g. “3 minutes”).
• Game / app icons on Active Now cards and profile activity — emoji fallback when no art is set.
• Admin: Activity Icons tab to upload and map icons by key (premiere, valorant, …).

🎮 Activity / Active Now

• Discord-style Active Now rail on Friends home — friends playing games, in apps, or in voice.
• Desktop detects running games/apps (Minecraft, VALORANT, Fortnite, VS Code, Spotify, and more) and shares Rich Presence.
• Settings → My Account → Activity Status toggle (On/Off). Invisible / Offline hides activity from everyone.
• Activity + Last Online on user profile popups and friend rows.

💾 Backup Limits & Cooldowns

• Manual Backup Now: non-verified servers once per 24 hours; verified servers every 60 minutes.
• Snapshot cap: 10 for normal servers, 50 for verified — no auto-evict; delete a snapshot to free a slot.
• Delete controls appear on snapshots only when the server is at its limit.

🎮 Built-in Templates v4

• Gaming: Info / Chat / Games / Competitive / Voice / Streaming / VIP / Staff — more party VCs, game rooms, VIP lounge, and staff reports.
• Community: Start Here / Community / Media / Events / Voice / Staff — stage (meeting) channel, event planning, more hangout VCs.
• Real role permissions (Admin, Mod, Trial/Helper, Event Host, VIP, interest roles) plus channel & category overrides: read-only announcements, locked staff/VIP, stage speak control.

🗑️ Voice Channel Delete Fix

• Delete confirm now labels voice channels correctly (not #General).
• Delete failures show an error in the dialog (and toast) instead of appearing to do nothing.
• You can delete voice channels freely as long as at least one text channel remains.

🔗 Shareable Templates

• Every template gets a share link like /template/GAMING — copy from Server Settings → Backup.
• Paste a template link when creating a server; deep links open Create Server with the template ready.

🎮 Richer Built-in Templates

• Gaming & Community rebuilt with more categories, channels, voice rooms, and roles (Admin, Mod, game/community roles, staff areas).

🔒 Backup / Trash Security Hardening

• Staff Backups / Trash is required to create/restore backups and restore/purge deleted servers (2FA on those actions).
• Manage Servers can still soft-delete into trash, but cannot restore/purge without Backups permission.
• Admin backup restore verifies the snapshot belongs to that server; snapshot size/template limits + manual backup throttle.

💾 Server Backups, Trash & Templates

• Backup Server (owner-only): enable once (cannot disable), schedule Monthly/Weekly — Verified servers also get Daily.
• Manual snapshots + scheduled backups (structure, members, roles, permissions, emoji/soundboard metadata — not chat media).
• Deleting a server moves it to 30-day trash with an automatic backup; restore from User Settings → Servers.
• Discord-style templates (built-in + your own): apply when creating a server or on an existing one.
• Admin: trash list, restore/purge, create/restore backups — new staff permission Backups / Trash.

🖱️ Selecting Text No Longer Closes Popups

• Server Settings and other modals stay open when you highlight text and release the mouse outside.
• Backdrop dismiss only triggers when both press and release happen on the dimmed area.

📋 Audit Log — Smarter Search

• Search by username or user ID (paste a UUID and it matches actor / target).
• Search button + Enter to run immediately, or wait ~2 seconds after typing.
• Results refresh in place so the search box no longer loses focus while you type.

🔍 Emoji Search — Prefix Matching

• Partial queries like Lau now match laugh / laughing (and similar prefixes), not only full words.
• Results are ranked so closer matches appear first.

📋 Audit Log — Proper Server-Side Filtering

• Action / user filters now run on the server, so each page returns up to 50 matching entries (not 1 match out of an unfiltered batch).
• “Load more” continues with the same filters applied.

🖱️ Select Text Without Closing Popups

• Audit Log (and other Server Settings content) supports mouse text selection for copying IDs and details.
• Modals / profile popups no longer close when you drag-select text and release outside the window — only a real outside click dismisses them.

🛡️ Members — Assign Roles (Admins)

• Server Settings → Members: administrators (and Manage Roles) can add/remove custom roles with Discord-style pills and an Add Role menu.
• Built-in Admin/Mod/Member dropdown is available to admins (only the owner can grant/revoke Admin).
• Role filter includes both built-in and custom roles.

🔍 Emoji Search — Keyword Matching

• Emoji picker search now matches by name / keywords (e.g. kid → child/baby, heart, pizza) instead of comparing against the emoji character itself.
• Custom emoji search by name is unchanged.

📣 @everyone & @here — Tag Look + Mentions

• @everyone and @here now render as mention pills in the composer and in messages (same style as role/user tags).
• Autocomplete offers Everyone / Here when you have the Mention Everyone permission.
• Everyone who can see the channel gets a personal mention notification, toast, and badge — not only people currently viewing that channel.

🎞️ Animated GIFs — Server Icons & Banners

• Server icons and banners can now be animated GIFs (same as user avatars/banners). Uploads keep the .gif extension so they animate correctly.
• User / bot avatar & banner uploads already supported GIFs; docs now spell out PNG/JPG/WEBP/GIF for all of these.

✏️ Soundboard — Edit Existing Sounds

• Server Settings → Soundboard: Edit an existing sound to change its name, emoji icon, or replace the audio file.
• API: PATCH /api/servers/:id/soundboard/:soundId (JSON or multipart); audit SERVER_SOUNDBOARD_UPDATE.
• Docs / reference updated.

🎶 Soundboard — Emoji Icons

• When uploading a server soundboard sound, pick a Unicode emoji icon (defaults to 🎶). It shows in Server Settings and the voice soundboard picker.
• API: multipart field icon on POST /api/servers/:id/soundboard; catalog and list responses include icon.
• Developer docs / reference.md updated for the new field.

📚 Bot API Docs & Python SDK

• Developer docs + reference.md now document the full slash pipeline: autocomplete ranking, sequential option builder, positional wire (/play ovetto 7amra), named-flag normalize, --__bot stripping, mention/UUID resolve, and the rule to prefer options over raw args.
• Updated /developers/ggbro.py to v1.2.0 with ctx.get_option(), typed options, and slash payload docs in the module header.
• Music bot example uses ctx.get_option('query', ctx.args).

🎵 Slash Options — Positional Values

• Selecting /play with a query now sends /play ovetto 7amra (not /play --query "…"), so music search uses the song name instead of the flag text.
• Server normalizes named --option wires into clean positional args + typed options for bots (strips quotes around named values).
• Chat history stores the cleaned positional form; --__bot routing stays client-only.
• Music Bot prefers options.query / other typed fields over raw args.

⚡ Slash Commands — Search Ranking

• Typing /play now ranks the exact /play command first (Tab/Enter select it), instead of burying it under description matches like /np (“Now playing”).
• Match priority: exact name → name prefix → name contains → description word → description substring.
• While querying, results are a single ranked list (not locked to bot order); selection resets to the top hit on each query change.

🏷️ Mentions — IDs & Slash Options Resolve

• Slash options like user now resolve <@uuid>, bare user IDs, and @username into a proper member tag (not raw text).
• In the normal message box, pasting or typing a member UUID / <@id> converts to @username when that member is on the server.
• Sending also encodes bare member UUIDs into structured mentions.

📜 Text Channels — Fullscreen Scroll Fix

• Fixed text-channel scrolling when the window is maximized / fullscreen (worked fine windowed).
• Removed a sticky-bottom ResizeObserver loop that kept snapping the list to the bottom as embeds/GIFs grew on tall viewports.
• Scrolling up immediately releases sticky-bottom; desktop shell now uses h-full instead of 100vh for correct maximized sizing.

⚡ Slash Commands — Discord-Style Composer

• While typing /ava, the picker lists commands only — no OPTIONS until you fully select a command.
• After select, options unlock one at a time (first pill, then Tab for the next), with tip + MEMBERS/CHANNELS floating above the bar.
• The normal message bar stays active (attach / GIF / emoji / send) — slash pills sit inline instead of replacing the composer.
• Tip / MEMBERS lists float above the input so the message list keeps its normal height — chat stays scrollable and interactive.
• Active option uses a full-width type field (not a tiny locked pill); after picking a member, Backspace clears the chip to search again.
• Backspace / click /command reverts to plain text; Esc / × clears.
• After sending a slash command, focus returns to the message input so you can keep typing immediately.

🔒 Permissions — Manage Reactions Enforced

• Fixed a bug where channel permission checks defaulted to allow for privileged actions when a channel had no overrides.
• Removing other users’ reactions or “Remove All Reactions” now requires Manage Reactions or Manage Messages (owners/admins still bypass). Enforced on the server too.

📋 Audit Log — Role Assign Shows Member

• ROLE_ASSIGN / ROLE_UNASSIGN (and MEMBER_ROLE_UPDATE) store the target member’s username and userId.
• UI shows “assigned Role to Member” with a Member line (name + id). Developer docs updated.

📋 Audit Log — Role Assign Shows Member

• ROLE_ASSIGN / ROLE_UNASSIGN (and built-in MEMBER_ROLE_UPDATE) now store the target member’s username and userId in changes.
• Audit Log UI shows “assigned Role to Member” and a Member line with name + id (older entries still resolve the name from target_id).
• Developer docs updated for the Audit Log API fields.

🔒 Permissions — Manage Reactions Enforced

• Fixed a bug where channel permission checks defaulted to allow for privileged actions (including Manage Reactions / Manage Messages) when a channel had no overrides.
• Removing other users’ reactions or “Remove All Reactions” now requires a role that grants Manage Reactions or Manage Messages (server owners/admins still bypass).
• Same fix applies server-side, so the action is blocked even if the UI were bypassed.

⚡ Slash Commands — Chat Stays Usable

• Slash tip / MEMBERS lists float above the input so the message list keeps its normal height — chat stays scrollable and interactive.
• Active option uses a full-width type field (not a tiny locked pill) so you can type and backspace like normal chat.
• After picking a member, the list closes; Backspace clears the chip to search again.

⚡ Slash Commands — Discord Parity

• While typing /ava, the picker lists commands only — no OPTIONS until you fully select a command.
• After select, options unlock one at a time (first pill, then Tab for the next), with tip + MEMBERS/CHANNELS above the bar.
• The normal message bar stays active (attach / GIF / emoji / send) — slash pills sit inline instead of replacing the composer.
• Backspace / click /command reverts to plain text; Esc / × clears.

⚡ Slash Commands — Options + Backspace Cancel

• After selecting a command, an OPTIONS panel shows every option chip (Discord-style), plus the command summary.
• Backspace on an empty first option (or click /command) exits the slash UI and leaves plain /command text so you can delete it normally.
• Esc / × clears the composer entirely.
• MEMBERS / CHANNELS lists still appear when filling entity options.

⚡ Slash Commands — Discord Inline UI

• Replaced the form-style option panel with Discord’s inline composer: bot avatar + /command + focused option pills.
• Picker shows an OPTIONS preview for the highlighted command, then the grouped command list.
• Filling USER/CHANNEL/ROLE options opens a MEMBERS / CHANNELS / ROLES list above the input (type to filter, arrows + Enter/Tab).
• No more raw --__bot / flag text in the message box — routing is applied only when you send.
• Option names like user / channel / role auto-promote to entity pickers even if the bot registered them as STRING.

⚡ Discord-style Slash Commands

• Slash picker groups commands by bot with a left app rail (Frequently Used + All + each bot avatar).
• Selecting a command with options focuses the first parameter; Tab / Shift+Tab cycles option fields.
• USER / CHANNEL / ROLE / MENTIONABLE options use smart entity pickers (type to search, arrows + Enter/Tab to pick, chip display).
• Client routes duplicate command names with an internal --__bot flag (stripped before the bot receives interaction:create).
• Developer docs updated for the new picker UX and bot routing.

🩹 Channel Sidebar Crash

• Fixed React error #310 (Rendered more hooks than during the previous render) in ChannelSidebar when switching between DMs and servers — voice force-move useEffect hooks now always run before the empty-server early return.

💬 DM / Group Last-Message Preview

• Sidebar last-message previews now show @username instead of raw <@uuid> mention tags (groups + direct messages).
• Sidebar search also matches the formatted mention text.

😀 Discord-style Reactions Viewer

• Right-click a reaction: View Reactions, Remove Reaction (your own), and Remove All Reactions (servers with Manage Reactions / Manage Messages).
• View popup lists emoji tabs with counts and who reacted (avatar + name); remove with X when allowed.
• Works in channels, DMs, and groups.

🖼️ GIF Sizing

• Rejects bad/tiny/extreme dimensions that produced 1px “dots” and huge empty gaps.
• Uses real measured size after load instead of trusting bad metadata forever.

🏷️ Group @Mentions

• Type @ in groups for member autocomplete (same idea as channels).
• Mentions encode as <@id> on send/edit; clicking a tagged name opens the profile popup (DMs too).

🖥️ Server Strip Navigation

• Mouse wheel over the server strip scrolls left/right (vertical wheel maps to horizontal).
• Chevron arrows sit beside the list (not over icons) and only appear when there’s overflow.
• Soft edge fades when more servers are off-screen.

➕ Add Role UI

• Profile add-role (+) is a solid circle with a clean plus icon; fills accent when open (no more dashed ring).
• Roles popup is wider/taller with soft blur, an “ADD ROLE” header, bold role names, color dots, and a hover “+” affordance.

🖱️ Message Context Menus

• Right-click menus on channel and DM messages (and attachments) now portal to document.body, so they stay visible under the virtual list’s transform (Reply, Copy, Pin, Edit, Delete, etc.).
• Proper backdrop + Esc to dismiss.

🔍 Profile Media Zoom

• Click avatar or banner in profile popups to open a Discord-style lightbox (zoom / pan / gallery) via shared MediaLightbox.

🎙️ Meeting Channel Icon

• Voice channels with Meeting Channel enabled now show a podcast-style meeting icon in the sidebar (instead of the regular speaker icon).

🤖 In-app Bot Authorize

• Adding a bot from a profile now shows a confirm popup listing the permissions the bot will receive — Authorize or Cancel (same idea as the web invite page).

🛡️ Administration Panel Scroll

• Smoother scrolling in GGBRO ADMINISTRATION / Moderation: dedicated scroll panes, overscroll containment, and less paint thrash while scrolling.

🤖 Discord-like Bot Invite Permissions

• Developer Portal Bot tab: pick default invite permissions (including Administrator), lock option, and invite link with &permissions=.
• Authorizing an invite creates a managed role named after the bot with exactly those permissions. The role cannot be given to other members.
• Changing portal defaults only updates new invite links — existing server bot roles are unchanged.
• Bot owners cannot remotely edit a server's bot role (PATCH .../servers/:serverId/permissions returns 403). Server admins edit/delete the role in Server Settings.
• Kick / ban / leave / portal remove keeps the managed role until a server admin deletes it. Re-adding reuses it when still present.
• New bots start offline with least-privilege defaults (8895488), not Administrator.
• Bot moderation REST routes enforce the bot's role bits (e.g. missing Kick → 403 on kick).
• Portal Servers / Commands tabs refetch on switch; invite authorize page is accept/cancel for the link's permissions.

📘 Docs & API

• Documented PATCH /api/oauth2/applications/:appId/permissions, invite body {permissions}, public invite card fields, and the 403 server-permissions route.
• Updated /developers/ and reference.md to match the Discord-like managed-role model.

📜 Chat Scroll

• Opening an already-read text channel sticks to the true bottom while GIFs/embeds/virtual rows finish measuring (no more landing short or jumping up mid-load).

🛡️ Administration & Moderation

• Renamed panel branding: GGBRO ADMINISTRATION (Admin) / GGBRO Moderation (Mod) — no more “DEV” label.
• New Incidents tab: publish status-page incidents, post updates, pin/resolve/delete.
• Component controls: set services to Auto / Maintenance / Disabled on the public status page.
• New staff permission: Status / Incidents.

🟢 Call Tile Edges

• Fixed sharp/clipped corners on speaking participant cards (inset green ring).
• Video tiles no longer show a padded double-radius gap around the green speaking border — borders sit flush with rounded edges.

📘 Developers Reference

• Fully rewrote /developers/reference.md as a complete AI mirror of the human docs.

📱 Android Parity Fixes

• Voice channel occupants now show under each voice channel (live voice:channel-update + server snapshot).
• Private/DM calls fixed: shared socket lifecycle, glare-safe offers, global incoming-call UI, no more dead signaling when leaving Home.
• GIF / image URLs render inline (Coil GIF decoder + Tenor/Giphy/media previews).
• Audit log uses human labels (“Joined a voice channel”) and cleaner card layout instead of raw VOICE_JOIN.

📱 Android Calls Overhaul

• STUN/TURN ICE so voice works across networks (not just LAN).
• Peers connect from voice:existing — joining a busy channel is no longer silent.
• Mute / deafen actually cut the mic and remote audio; speaker/earpiece toggle added.
• ICE reconnect on disconnect/failure instead of dropping peers immediately.
• Incoming DM calls join real media after Accept; outgoing voice/video from DM chat.
• Ringing / dialing tones for call UX.

💳 Payments Polish

• Professional Solana checkout with amount, copy buttons, and QR code.
• Removed internal admin tip text from the payment UI; payment notes are user-facing only.

🔊 Soundboard

• Playing a sound no longer closes the soundboard panel.

🤖 Slash Commands & Audit

• Discord-like slash option types (string, integer, boolean, user, channel, role, number) with choices and pickers.
• Audit log now records joins (including bots), and clearly shows who kicked / banned / timed out whom.
• Copy Channel ID added to the channel context menu.
• Developers docs expanded into a full bot API reference.

💳 GGBRO Plus & Verified Payments

• Verified Server and GGBRO Plus now require real payment (no free grant).
• Pay with PayPal Email ([email protected], manual review), PayPal Checkout (client id + secret — auto-activates when configured), or Solana USDC/SOL to 76xhvQcwimFbxiwqc1FaXDiRtFY9JjB27AYiXajEQuG3.
• Prices, wallets, and method toggles live in backend/config/payments.config.json (env vars override for secrets).

🧰 Upgrade Installer Hardened

• Fixes Error opening file for writing: …\Uninstall ggbro.exe when antivirus or a leftover process locks the old install.
• Before writing files, Setup force-closes ggbro.exe and Uninstall ggbro.exe, then removes %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\ggbro (app binaries only — chat/login data in Roaming is kept).
• Clears a stale pending app-update.asar so a failed upgrade can’t fight a fresh install.
• Optional helper: cleanup-ggbro-install.bat if you need a one-click wipe of the locked install folder.

👥 Friend Accept Reliability

• Fixed “No pending request from this user” / 404 when accepting invites from mobile or profile popups.
• Accept now works with the other user’s id or the friendship row id; already-friends is treated as success.
• Username matching for friend requests is case-insensitive.

💬 Stable Message Order

• Channel history no longer reshuffles when several messages share the same second (e.g. /ping → pong! after refresh).
• Ordering uses created_at plus a rowid tiebreaker; bot interaction replies are timestamped after the trigger message.

📦 Updates & Downloads

• Installer now closes running ggbro before overwriting files.
• /updates only serves the current manifest installer (older flagged builds are not downloadable).

⚙️ Settings Two-Column Layout

• My Account — banner full width; profile fields left, password/account info right.
• Keybinds, Advanced, About, GGBRO Plus — two-column layouts (Reports-style).
• Voice / Notifications / Appearance use two columns earlier; settings content capped at ~1100px so fields don’t stretch edge-to-edge.

🛡️ Antivirus False Positive Removed

• Removed WinKeyServer.exe / global OS keyboard hooks that Discord Threat Labs, Defender, and Avast flagged as malware.
• Removed the node-global-key-listener dependency from the shipped build.
• In-app push-to-talk (when ggbro has focus) remains; OS-wide “PTT while in a game” is disabled to keep installers clean.
• Older installers that bundled the flagged binary were pulled from public download.

🔁 Startup / Update Crash Loop

• Stopped the open→close loop caused by Defender removing PTT helper files mid-update.
• Added crash guards so a broken key-listener no longer kills the main process.
• Stuck pending asar updates are discarded faster so the app can recover.

🖼️ Media Context Menus

• Right-click images, GIFs, and videos in chat: Copy Image Link / Copy Video URL, Copy Image (where supported), Open in Browser, Save.
• Works on attachments, inline media URLs, the video player, and the lightbox.

🎤 Push-to-Talk Packaging (superseded)

• Attempted a safer packaging path for in-game PTT; later replaced by the clean 2.7.43 approach after AV continued to flag the helper binary.

⚙️ Settings & Groups

• Appearance settings use a two-column layout (Display + Preview).
• Selecting a group focuses the message box immediately (same feel as DMs).

🔔 Windows Notifications

• System notification enable/disable in Settings, plus an “Enable in Windows” permission button.

🔎 Mentions & Advanced Search

• Stylized usernames (fancy Unicode) normalize for @mentions and search — e.g. tagging DJAPPA still works.
• Advanced search in channels, DMs, and groups: Sent by, Mentions me, and @Name author filters.

🔊 Soundboard & Voice Icons

• Compact soundboard panel with local-only preview (headphones) vs broadcast play.
• Rebuilt mic / mute / deafen icons as clean stroke SVGs (no broken blobs).

📋 Duplicate Channel

• Right-click a text or voice channel → Duplicate Channel (Manage Channels).
• Copies type, category, topic, slowmode, NSFW, and permission overrides; inserts below the original as name-copy (empty — no message history).

🎤 Mic Icons

• Fixed white-blob mic icons in the composer, voice controls, and menus.

💬 Direct Messages

• Live DM updates after login/2FA — socket reconnect now rebinds listeners correctly.
• HTTP fetches merge with live socket messages instead of wiping them; reconnect refetches the open DM.
• Message box stays clickable after context menus / GIF pickers; cleaner remount when switching DMs.

⚡ Real-time Sync

• Fixed silent WebSocket breakage where the UI kept listening on a dead socket.
• Channel messages and voice presence update live again without a manual refresh (desktop + web).

🤖 Bot REST API (20+ new endpoints)

• Bots can now operate entirely over HTTP without holding a WebSocket connection.
• Bot DMs: POST /api/oauth2/bot/dm/:targetUserId — send direct messages with optional embed.
• Channel messaging: POST | PUT | DELETE /api/oauth2/bot/channels/:id/messages — full CRUD.
• Bulk delete: remove up to 100 messages in one request.
• Server / channel / member listing endpoints for read access.
• Moderation: kick, ban, unban, assign / remove roles via REST.
• Bot presence: PUT /api/oauth2/bot/presence with status + custom activity text.
• User lookup: GET /api/oauth2/bot/users/:userId.

🐍 Python SDK Update

• 15+ new helpers in ggbro.py: send_dm(), send_channel_message(), get_messages(), bulk_delete(), kick_member(), ban_member(), set_presence(), and more.
• Updated API Reference with full Bot REST API documentation.

🎞️ GIF Favorites Fix

• Fixed GIF favorites cache / dedup logic — ensureGifFavoritesLoaded() now properly returns a Promise.
• addGifToFavorites() correctly returns true on 409 (already favorited).
• toggleFavorite / removeFavorite sync the in-memory module cache.

📄 Legal & Info Pages

• Added Terms, Privacy, Refund, Guidelines, FAQ pages with a unified menu and footer.
• Added live Status page with real-time service health.

🗄️ Database

• Added custom_status column to users (bot presence / activity).
• Added embed column to direct_messages (rich bot DM embeds).

• WebRTC voice connection reliability — automatic re-negotiation on network change.
• Fixed sporadic "stuck connecting" state when joining busy voice channels.
• Reduced installer size by 6 MB (removed unused locale files).
• Hardened auto-update flow against partial download corruption.

📜 Server Audit Log

• Tracks role changes, kicks, bans, channel create / delete, permission overwrites.
• Filterable by actor, target and action type.
• Performance: large servers (10k+ members) load member list in chunks.

🎨 Custom Server Emoji

• Server admins can upload up to 50 custom emojis (PNG / GIF, 256KB max).
• Custom emojis available in messages, reactions, and the emoji picker.
• Public CDN endpoint /api/emojis/:id/file with year-long cache.

🎞️ GIF Picker (Tenor)

• Search and send GIFs powered by Tenor inside any channel or DM.
• Trending row, category browsing, and per-user favorites.
• Inline GIF playback with click-to-pause.

🛠️ Admin Dashboard

• Internal panel with platform-wide stats: users, servers, bots, messages, downloads.
• User management: search, view profile, suspend / unsuspend.
• Platform settings (logo, default avatars, public flags).

✨ GGBRO Plus Polish

• Custom profile banners and animated avatars for GGBRO Plus subscribers.
• GGBRO Plus badge on user profiles and member lists.
• Higher upload limits for GGBRO Plus users (100 MB → 500 MB per file).

💎 GGBRO Plus Launch

• Premium subscription system with PayPal recurring billing.
• Subscription management UI in user settings.
• 48-hour refund policy for first-time subscribers (see Refund Policy).
• Monthly billing with cancel-anytime.

🎨 Roles 2.0

• Color-coded roles displayed in member list and chat.
• Granular permission editor with per-channel overrides.
• Role hoisting and "display separately" options.

• Server discovery: public servers list with search, tags and member counts.
• Vanity URLs for verified servers (/invite/your-name).

• Invite system overhaul: custom expiry (1h / 1d / 7d / never), max-use limits, single-use links.
• OG meta tags on invite landing pages so links unfurl in other apps.

• Message reactions: react with any emoji, see who reacted, custom emoji support.
• Aggregated reaction badges with hover-to-see-list.

• Message pinning: pin important messages per channel; pinned-messages drawer.
• Pin / unpin requires "Manage Messages" permission.

• Presence: Online, Idle, Do Not Disturb, Invisible.
• Custom status text with optional emoji and expiry timer.

• Typing indicators in channels and DMs.
• Per-channel "X is typing…" with multi-user merge ("Alice and 3 others are typing").

📚 Bot Examples

• Welcome bot template with role auto-assign and DM greetings.
• Music bot template with YouTube / Spotify-link queueing.
• Both included in the Developer Portal with copy-paste setup.

🐍 Python SDK ggbro.py

• Official async Python library for building bots.
• WebSocket gateway with automatic reconnect + heartbeat.
• Type-hinted REST helpers for messages, channels, servers, members.
• Event decorators: @bot.event for on_message, on_member_join, on_reaction_add, etc.

🔐 OAuth2

• Authorization-code flow with PKCE for third-party apps.
• Scopes: identify, email, guilds, bot.
• Token refresh and revocation endpoints.

🛠️ Developer Portal

• Create & manage applications and bot users at /developers.
• Bot tokens (regenerable) and OAuth2 client credentials.
• Bot invite link generator with permission picker.
• Per-application stats and request logs.

• Notification system: desktop OS notifications for mentions, DMs and friend events.
• Per-channel mute (1 hour, 8 hours, 24 hours, until reopened, forever).
• "Suppress @everyone" toggle per channel.

• Message edit & delete with permission gating (own messages always; others require "Manage Messages").
• "Edited" indicator with hover tooltip showing edit timestamp.

• Channel permission overrides: per-role and per-user overrides on top of server-wide roles.
• Permission calculator preview shows the effective permissions for any user in any channel.

• Channel categories: collapsible groups with drag-and-drop reordering.
• Category-level permissions inherited by child channels.

• File uploads: drag-and-drop and paste-to-upload for images, videos and documents (up to 100 MB free, 500 MB GGBRO Plus).
• Image / video previews with click-to-expand lightbox.
• Range-request streaming for video and audio playback.

• Friend system: send / accept / decline friend requests, block users.
• Friends list with online presence.
• Pending and blocked tabs.

• Direct messages: 1-on-1 private messaging with full history.
• DM list sorted by latest activity, unread badges, mark-as-read.

• Screen sharing in voice channels — share entire screen or a specific application window.
• Quality presets (720p / 1080p) with adjustable framerate.

• Voice activity detection and push-to-talk modes.
• Self-hosted TURN/STUN relay for users behind strict NATs.
• Per-user volume sliders inside voice channels.

🎙️ Voice Channels

• WebRTC peer-to-peer audio with sub-100ms latency.
• Mute, deafen, server-mute, server-deafen.
• Voice channel member tray with speaking indicators.

• Auto-update system using electron-updater with delta blockmaps for fast incremental downloads.
• Self-hosted update server at /updates with full version history retained.
• "Restart to update" notification with one-click apply.

• Complete dark-theme UI overhaul with redesigned chat layout.
• Migrated frontend to Electron + Vite + React + Tailwind.
• Replaced legacy bundler with electron-vite for sub-second hot reload.
• Introduced design tokens and shared component library.
• Accessibility: keyboard navigation, focus rings, screen-reader labels.

• Rapid iteration phase — server creation, channel management, real-time messaging via Socket.IO.
• User profiles with avatars, banners and bios.
• Authentication system: JWT sessions, password reset, email verification.
• Role-based permissions and the first version of role assignment.
• Better-sqlite3 schema with foreign-key constraints.

• Multi-server support — join multiple servers from a single account.
• Server settings UI (name, icon, description).
• Member management with kick / ban primitives.
• The first version of the invite system (random codes, no expiry).

• Initial public release.
• Basic text chat, user registration, the first Electron desktop client.
• Single hard-coded server — no multi-server yet.

• iOS app — TestFlight first, then App Store.
• Google Play release for the Android app.
• macOS & Linux desktop builds.
• Slash commands with autocomplete and option types.
• Webhooks for pushing external notifications into channels.
• Threads — threaded conversations inside channels.
• Server templates — bootstrap a server from a saved layout.
• Scheduled events — create and RSVP to server events.
• Server boosts — community-driven server upgrades.