NeoModeration 1.3.0 — Trust and Control

NeoModeration 1.3.0 — Trust and Control

NeoModeration 1.3.0 makes the plugin safe to evaluate and easy to trust. Every
feature in this release comes from the competitive research in
docs/research/2026-07-11-competitive-review.md: server owners will not turn on
automated punishment until they can preview decisions, understand them, and fix
false positives — so 1.3.0 ships exactly that.

New

• Monitor mode. moderation.mode: monitor detects, counts, and alerts staff
  without blocking or punishing anyone — for chat and map-art. New
  installations start in monitor mode; servers upgrading from 1.2.x keep
  enforcing exactly as before (a missing mode key means enforce).
  /nmod mode shows since-startup detection counts by rule type;
  /nmod mode enforce turns enforcement on.
• /nmod test <message>. Dry-runs the full pipeline: local rule verdict
  (with the exact matched rule), cloud verdict with round-trip latency, and what
  would happen in the current mode. Never executes actions.
• /nmod doctor. One-command diagnostics: enabled/mode/rules/actions
  checks, fail policy, timeout budget vs. the 2.5s chat cap, endpoint validity,
  circuit-breaker state, and a live connectivity probe reporting workspace,
  plan, credits, and latency.
• Exceptions that always win. moderation.offline.allowedWords /
  allowedUrls (managed with /nmod allow word|url add|remove|list) suppress
  banned-rule matches inside them — the fastest false-positive fix available.
• Per-category cloud thresholds. Each category accepts true (default
  0.7), false (off), or a custom 0.05–0.99 threshold.
• Policy presets. /nmod preset family|community|minimal bundles category
  thresholds and actions; mode and local rules are never touched.
• Staff alerts. Players with the new neomoderation.notify permission (ops
  by default) see every detection in-game, with an optional redacted preview
  (moderation.alerts.includeMessage).
• Privacy surface. /nmod privacy and docs/PRIVACY.md document exactly
  what stays local, what the cloud receives, and the no_store / no-training /
  fail-policy guarantees.
• Richer /nmod status now shows mode, protection level ("Local only" vs
  "Local + cloud"), exception counts, alert state, and detections since startup.
• bStats metrics (plugin id 32542) for content-free technical install statistics, fully disclosed in docs/PRIVACY.md.

Compatibility

• Existing 1.2.x configurations upgrade in place with no behavior change:
  enforcement, categories (true/false), actions, and rules all keep their
  meaning.
• English and Spanish locales updated; custom locale files gain the new keys
  automatically on first load.

SHA-256 checksums are attached to the GitHub release.