ViaPluginUpdater 1.4.0 Extended

This release introduces separate builds for Paper and Velocity.

Paper build

• Updates ViaVersion, ViaBackwards, ViaRewind, ProtocolLib, PacketEvents, SkinsRestorer, and Floodgate Spigot.
• Stages updates in Paper's plugins/update directory.
• Applies downloaded updates after a full server restart.

Velocity build

• Updates only SkinsRestorer and Floodgate Velocity.
• Atomically replaces installed plugin JARs.
• Applies downloaded updates after a full proxy restart.

Security and update channels

Floodgate downloads use the official GeyserMC Downloads API and published SHA-256 checksums. Stable and development channels remain configurable where supported.

ViaPluginUpdater 1.2.0 Extended

Build from the feature/protocollib-packetevents branch. Adds release and development build updates for ProtocolLib and PacketEvents alongside the already supported Via plugins. Updates are installed after a full server restart. This prerelease does not replace the stable release on the main branch.

ViaPluginUpdater 1.1.1

Logging improvement

• Network and API failures now produce one concise warning by default.
• Full exception traces can be enabled with show-stack-traces: true.
• Automatic checks no longer duplicate the same failure as an INFO message.

ViaPluginUpdater 1.1.0

Compatibility update.

• ViaPluginUpdater now targets Java 8 bytecode.
• Uses the legacy Spigot API surface and no api-version declaration.
• Designed to load on Bukkit, Spigot, and Paper from Minecraft 1.7.10 through 26.2.
• Release/dev channels remain available for ViaVersion, ViaBackwards, and ViaRewind.

Note: modern Via plugin builds have their own Java and platform requirements.

ViaPluginUpdater 1.0.2

Initial public release.

Supports automatic release and dev updates for ViaVersion, ViaBackwards, and optional ViaRewind. Updates are validated and staged for the next full server restart.