Merge pull request 'Update to 26.3' (#4) from update into master

Reviewed-on: #4

.github/workflows/gradle.yml

@@ -6,18 +6,28 @@ on: [push, pull_request]
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: namespace-profile-linux-default
     steps:
     - name: Checkout Repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: namespacelabs/nscloud-checkout-action@v9
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
-    - name: Set up Gradle
+    - name: Set up cache
-      uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
+      uses: namespacelabs/nscloud-cache-action@v1
-    - name: Set up JDK 17
-      uses: actions/setup-java@v4
       with:
-        java-version: 17
+        cache: gradle
-        distribution: 'temurin'
+    - name: Setup gradle build cache
+      run: |
+        nsc cache gradle setup --init-gradle /tmp/init.gradle
+    - name: Set up Gradle
+      uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v6
+      with:
+        cache-disabled: true # namespace handles this
+    - name: Set up JDK 21
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v6
+      with:
+        java-version: 21
+        distribution: 'zulu'
+        cache: "" # namespace handles this
     - name: Build with Gradle
-      run: ./gradlew build
+      run: ./gradlew --init-script=/tmp/init.gradle build

README.md

@@ -34,3 +34,11 @@ and you can configure it from there.
 
 Alternatively, you can get the proxy JAR from the [downloads](https://papermc.io/downloads/velocity)
 page.
+
+# Localisation
+
+Translations are handled using [Crowdin](https://papermc-io.crowdin.com/velocity).
+If you want to translate a language not available on Crowdin,
+you might want to ask in the [Discord](https://discord.gg/papermc) about it.
+
+[![CI powered by namespace badge](https://papermc.io/assets/misc/namespace-oss-badge.svg?project=velocity)](https://namespace.so/github-actions/?utm_source=oss&utm_campaign=papermc)

api/build.gradle.kts

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ java {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    compileOnlyApi(libs.jspecify)
+    api(libs.jspecify)
 
     api(libs.gson)
     api(libs.guava)
@@ -59,18 +59,16 @@ tasks {
 
         val o = options as StandardJavadocDocletOptions
         o.encoding = "UTF-8"
-        o.source = "17"
+        o.source = "25"
 
         o.use()
         o.links(
-            "https://www.slf4j.org/apidocs/",
+            "https://www.javadocs.dev/org.slf4j/slf4j-api/${libs.slf4j.get().version}/",
             "https://guava.dev/releases/${libs.guava.get().version}/api/docs/",
             "https://google.github.io/guice/api-docs/${libs.guice.get().version}/javadoc/",
-            "https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/17/docs/api/",
+            "https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/25/docs/api/",
-            "https://jd.advntr.dev/api/${libs.adventure.bom.get().version}/",
+            "https://jd.papermc.io/adventure/${libs.adventure.bom.get().version}/",
-            "https://jd.advntr.dev/text-minimessage/${libs.adventure.bom.get().version}/",
+            "https://www.javadocs.dev/com.github.ben-manes.caffeine/caffeine/${libs.caffeine.get().version}/",
-            "https://jd.advntr.dev/key/${libs.adventure.bom.get().version}/",
-            "https://javadoc.io/doc/com.github.ben-manes.caffeine/caffeine/${libs.caffeine.get().version}/",
         )
 
         o.tags(

api/src/ap/java/com/velocitypowered/api/plugin/ap/PluginAnnotationProcessor.java

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import com.velocitypowered.api.plugin.Plugin;
 import java.io.BufferedWriter;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Writer;
-import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
 import javax.annotation.processing.AbstractProcessor;
 import javax.annotation.processing.ProcessingEnvironment;
@@ -68,8 +67,8 @@ public class PluginAnnotationProcessor extends AbstractProcessor {
 
       Name qualifiedName = ((TypeElement) element).getQualifiedName();
 
-      if (Objects.equals(pluginClassFound, qualifiedName.toString())) {
+      if (pluginClassFound != null) {
-        if (!warnedAboutMultiplePlugins) {
+        if (!pluginClassFound.equals(qualifiedName.toString()) && !warnedAboutMultiplePlugins) {
           environment.getMessager()
               .printMessage(Diagnostic.Kind.WARNING, "Velocity does not yet currently support "
                   + "multiple plugins. We are using " + pluginClassFound
@@ -98,6 +97,16 @@ public class PluginAnnotationProcessor extends AbstractProcessor {
         }
       }
 
+      for (String provided : plugin.provides()) {
+        if (!SerializedPluginDescription.ID_PATTERN.matcher(provided).matches()) {
+          environment.getMessager().printMessage(Diagnostic.Kind.ERROR,
+                  "Invalid provided ID '" + provided + "' for plugin " + qualifiedName
+                  + ". IDs must start alphabetically, have lowercase alphanumeric characters, and "
+                  + "can contain dashes or underscores.");
+          return false;
+        }
+      }
+
       // All good, generate the velocity-plugin.json.
       SerializedPluginDescription description = SerializedPluginDescription
           .from(plugin, qualifiedName.toString());

api/src/ap/java/com/velocitypowered/api/plugin/ap/SerializedPluginDescription.java

@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
  */
 public final class SerializedPluginDescription {
 
-  public static final Pattern ID_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("[a-z][a-z0-9-_]{0,63}");
+  public static final String ID_PATTERN_STRING = "[a-z][a-z0-9-_]{0,63}";
+  public static final Pattern ID_PATTERN = Pattern.compile(ID_PATTERN_STRING);
 
   // @Nullable is used here to make GSON skip these in the serialized file
   private final String id;
@@ -34,11 +35,12 @@ public final class SerializedPluginDescription {
   private final @Nullable String url;
   private final @Nullable List<String> authors;
   private final @Nullable List<Dependency> dependencies;
+  private final @Nullable List<String> provides;
   private final String main;
 
   private SerializedPluginDescription(String id, String name, String version, String description,
       String url,
-      List<String> authors, List<Dependency> dependencies, String main) {
+      List<String> authors, List<Dependency> dependencies, List<String> provides, String main) {
     Preconditions.checkNotNull(id, "id");
     Preconditions.checkArgument(ID_PATTERN.matcher(id).matches(), "id is not valid");
     this.id = id;
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ public final class SerializedPluginDescription {
     this.authors = authors == null || authors.isEmpty() ? ImmutableList.of() : authors;
     this.dependencies =
         dependencies == null || dependencies.isEmpty() ? ImmutableList.of() : dependencies;
+    this.provides = provides == null || provides.isEmpty() ? ImmutableList.of() : provides;
     this.main = Preconditions.checkNotNull(main, "main");
   }
 
@@ -60,7 +63,9 @@ public final class SerializedPluginDescription {
     return new SerializedPluginDescription(plugin.id(), plugin.name(), plugin.version(),
         plugin.description(), plugin.url(),
         Arrays.stream(plugin.authors()).filter(author -> !author.isEmpty())
-            .collect(Collectors.toList()), dependencies, qualifiedName);
+            .collect(Collectors.toList()), dependencies,
+        Arrays.stream(plugin.provides()).filter(provided -> !provided.isEmpty())
+            .collect(Collectors.toList()), qualifiedName);
   }
 
   public String getId() {
@@ -91,6 +96,10 @@ public final class SerializedPluginDescription {
     return dependencies == null ? ImmutableList.of() : dependencies;
   }
 
+  public List<String> getProvides() {
+    return provides == null ? ImmutableList.of() : provides;
+  }
+
   public String getMain() {
     return main;
   }
@@ -111,12 +120,13 @@ public final class SerializedPluginDescription {
         && Objects.equals(url, that.url)
         && Objects.equals(authors, that.authors)
         && Objects.equals(dependencies, that.dependencies)
+        && Objects.equals(provides, that.provides)
         && Objects.equals(main, that.main);
   }
 
   @Override
   public int hashCode() {
-    return Objects.hash(id, name, version, description, url, authors, dependencies);
+    return Objects.hash(id, name, version, description, url, authors, dependencies, provides);
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -129,6 +139,7 @@ public final class SerializedPluginDescription {
         + ", url='" + url + '\''
         + ", authors=" + authors
         + ", dependencies=" + dependencies
+        + ", provides=" + provides
         + ", main='" + main + '\''
         + '}';
   }

api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/command/CommandSource.java

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public interface CommandSource extends Audience, PermissionSubject {
    * Sends a message with the MiniMessage format to this source.
    *
    * @param message MiniMessage content
-   * @see <a href="https://docs.advntr.dev/minimessage/format.html">MiniMessage docs</a>
+   * @see <a href="https://docs.papermc.io/adventure/minimessage/format/">MiniMessage docs</a>
    *      for more information on the format.
    **/
   default void sendRichMessage(final @NotNull String message) {
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ public interface CommandSource extends Audience, PermissionSubject {
    *
    * @param message MiniMessage content
    * @param resolvers resolvers to use
-  * @see <a href="https://docs.advntr.dev/minimessage/">MiniMessage docs</a>
+   * @see <a href="https://docs.papermc.io/adventure/minimessage/">MiniMessage docs</a>
-  *     and <a href="https://docs.advntr.dev/minimessage/dynamic-replacements">MiniMessage Placeholders docs</a>
+   *     and <a href="https://docs.papermc.io/adventure/minimessage/dynamic-replacements">MiniMessage Placeholders docs</a>
    *     for more information on the format.
-  **/
+   */
   default void sendRichMessage(
           final @NotNull String message,
           final @NotNull TagResolver @NotNull... resolvers

api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/event/EventManager.java

@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ public interface EventManager {
    *
    * @param plugin the plugin to associate with the handler
    * @param eventClass the class for the event handler to register
-   * @param postOrder the relative order in which events should be posted to the handler
+   * @param postOrder the relative order in which events should be posted to the handler. The higher
+   *     the priority, the earlier the event handler will be called
    * @param handler the handler to register
    * @param <E> the event type to handle
    */

api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/event/command/package-info.java

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Velocity Contributors
+ *
+ * The Velocity API is licensed under the terms of the MIT License. For more details,
+ * reference the LICENSE file in the api top-level directory.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Provides events for handling command execution.
+ */
+package com.velocitypowered.api.event.command;

api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/event/connection/LoginEvent.java

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.event.ResultedEvent;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.event.annotation.AwaitingEvent;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.Player;
+import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
 
 /**
  * This event is fired once the player has been authenticated, but before they connect to a server.
@@ -22,10 +23,24 @@ import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.Player;
 public final class LoginEvent implements ResultedEvent<ResultedEvent.ComponentResult> {
 
   private final Player player;
+  private final String serverIdHash;
   private ComponentResult result;
 
+  @Deprecated(forRemoval = true)
   public LoginEvent(Player player) {
+    this(player, null);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a new {@link LoginEvent}.
+   *
+   * @param player the player who has completed authentication
+   * @param serverIdHash the server ID hash sent to Mojang for authentication,
+   *                     or {@code null} if the connection is in offline-mode
+   */
+  public LoginEvent(Player player, @Nullable String serverIdHash) {
     this.player = Preconditions.checkNotNull(player, "player");
+    this.serverIdHash = serverIdHash;
     this.result = ComponentResult.allowed();
   }
 
@@ -33,6 +48,16 @@ public final class LoginEvent implements ResultedEvent<ResultedEvent.ComponentRe
     return player;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the server ID hash that was sent to Mojang to authenticate the player.
+   * If the connection was in offline-mode, this returns {@code null}.
+   *
+   * @return the server ID hash that was sent to Mojang to authenticate the player
+   */
+  public @Nullable String getServerIdHash() {
+    return serverIdHash;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public ComponentResult getResult() {
     return result;

api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/event/connection/PreLoginEvent.java

@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ public final class PreLoginEvent implements ResultedEvent<PreLoginEvent.PreLogin
 
   /**
    * Returns the UUID of the connecting player.
+   *
    * <p>This value is {@code null} on 1.19.2 and lower,
    * up to 1.20.1 it is optional and from 1.20.2 it will always be available.</p>
    *

api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/event/player/PlayerChannelUnregisterEvent.java

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2025 Velocity Contributors
+ *
+ * The Velocity API is licensed under the terms of the MIT License. For more details,
+ * reference the LICENSE file in the api top-level directory.
+ */
+
+package com.velocitypowered.api.event.player;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.Player;
+import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.messages.ChannelIdentifier;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * This event is fired when a client ({@link Player}) sends a plugin message through the
+ * unregister channel. Velocity will not wait on this event to finish firing.
+ */
+public final class PlayerChannelUnregisterEvent {
+
+  private final Player player;
+  private final List<ChannelIdentifier> channels;
+
+  public PlayerChannelUnregisterEvent(Player player, List<ChannelIdentifier> channels) {
+    this.player = Preconditions.checkNotNull(player, "player");
+    this.channels = Preconditions.checkNotNull(channels, "channels");
+  }
+
+  public Player getPlayer() {
+    return player;
+  }
+
+  public List<ChannelIdentifier> getChannels() {
+    return channels;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String toString() {
+    return "PlayerChannelUnregisterEvent{"
+            + "player=" + player
+            + ", channels=" + channels
+            + '}';
+  }
+}

api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/event/player/PlayerClientLoadedWorldEvent.java

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018-2026 Velocity Contributors
+ *
+ * The Velocity API is licensed under the terms of the MIT License. For more details,
+ * reference the LICENSE file in the api top-level directory.
+ */
+
+package com.velocitypowered.api.event.player;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
+import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.Player;
+
+/**
+ * Called when a player is marked as loaded by the client.
+ *
+ * <p>This event is fired once per {@link com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.ServerConnection}
+ * when the player explicitly notifies the server after loading the world (closing the downloading terrain screen)
+ *
+ * @implNote Unlike Paper this event will <u>not</u> fire due to a timeout nor respawning.
+ *     Though plugins can implement a timeout by scheduling a task in {@link ServerPostConnectEvent}
+ *     and checking {@link com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.ServerConnection#isClientLoaded()}.
+ * @sinceMinecraft 1.21.4
+ * @since 4.1.0
+ */
+@Beta
+public final class PlayerClientLoadedWorldEvent {
+
+  private final Player player;
+
+  public PlayerClientLoadedWorldEvent(Player player) {
+    this.player = Preconditions.checkNotNull(player, "player");
+  }
+
+  public Player getPlayer() {
+    return player;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String toString() {
+    return "PlayerClientLoadedWorldEvent{"
+        + "player=" + player
+        + '}';
+  }
+}

api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/event/player/ServerPreConnectEvent.java

@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ public final class ServerPreConnectEvent implements
      * is used, then {@link ConnectionRequestBuilder#connect()}'s result will have the status
      * {@link Status#CONNECTION_CANCELLED}.
      *
-     * @return a result to deny conneections
+     * @return a result to deny connections
      */
     public static ServerResult denied() {
       return DENIED;

api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/event/player/configuration/PlayerConfigurationEvent.java

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 /**
  * This event is executed when a player entered the configuration state and can be configured by Velocity.
+ *
  * <p>Velocity will wait for this event before continuing/ending the configuration state.</p>
  *
  * @param player The player who can be configured.

api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/event/player/configuration/PlayerEnterConfigurationEvent.java

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 /**
  * This event is executed when a player is about to enter the configuration state.
  * It is <b>not</b> called for the initial configuration of a player after login.
+ *
  * <p>Velocity will wait for this event before asking the client to enter configuration state.
  * However due to backend server being unable to keep the connection alive during state changes,
  * Velocity will only wait for a maximum of 5 seconds.</p>

api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/event/player/configuration/PlayerEnteredConfigurationEvent.java

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 /**
  * This event is executed when a player has entered the configuration state.
+ *
  * <p>From this moment on, until the {@link PlayerFinishedConfigurationEvent} is executed,
  * the {@linkplain Player#getProtocolState()} method is guaranteed
  * to return {@link ProtocolState#CONFIGURATION}.</p>

api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/event/player/configuration/PlayerFinishConfigurationEvent.java

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 /**
  * This event is executed when a player is about to finish the configuration state.
+ *
  * <p>Velocity will wait for this event before asking the client to finish the configuration state.
  * However due to backend server being unable to keep the connection alive during state changes,
  * Velocity will only wait for a maximum of 5 seconds. If you need to hold a player in configuration

api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/event/player/configuration/PlayerFinishedConfigurationEvent.java

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 /**
  * This event is executed when a player has finished the configuration state.
+ *
  * <p>From this moment on, the {@link Player#getProtocolState()} method
  * will return {@link ProtocolState#PLAY}.</p>
  *

api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/event/player/configuration/package-info.java

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Velocity Contributors
+ *
+ * The Velocity API is licensed under the terms of the MIT License. For more details,
+ * reference the LICENSE file in the api top-level directory.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Provides events for handling the player configuration phase.
+ */
+package com.velocitypowered.api.event.player.configuration;

api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/event/proxy/ProxyPreShutdownEvent.java

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018-2025 Velocity Contributors
+ *
+ * The Velocity API is licensed under the terms of the MIT License. For more details,
+ * reference the LICENSE file in the api top-level directory.
+ */
+
+package com.velocitypowered.api.event.proxy;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
+import com.velocitypowered.api.event.annotation.AwaitingEvent;
+
+/**
+ * This event is fired by the proxy after it has stopped accepting new connections,
+ * but before players are disconnected.
+ * This is the last point at which you can interact with currently connected players,
+ * for example to transfer them to another proxy or perform other cleanup tasks.
+ *
+ * @implNote Velocity will wait for all event listeners to complete before disconnecting players,
+ *     but note that the event will time out after the configured value of the
+ *     <code>velocity.pre-shutdown-timeout</code> system property, default 10 seconds,
+ *     in seconds to prevent shutdown from hanging indefinitely
+ * @since 3.4.0
+ */
+@Beta
+@AwaitingEvent
+public final class ProxyPreShutdownEvent {
+
+  @Override
+  public String toString() {
+    return "ProxyPreShutdownEvent";
+  }
+}

api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/event/proxy/server/package-info.java

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Velocity Contributors
+ *
+ * The Velocity API is licensed under the terms of the MIT License. For more details,
+ * reference the LICENSE file in the api top-level directory.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Provides events for handling registration of servers on the proxy.
+ */
+package com.velocitypowered.api.event.proxy.server;

api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/network/ProtocolState.java

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package com.velocitypowered.api.network;
 public enum ProtocolState {
   /**
    * Initial connection State.
+   *
    * <p>This status can be caused by a {@link HandshakeIntent#STATUS},
    * {@link HandshakeIntent#LOGIN} or {@link HandshakeIntent#TRANSFER} intent.</p>
    * If the intent is LOGIN or TRANSFER, the next state will be {@link #LOGIN},
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ public enum ProtocolState {
   HANDSHAKE,
   /**
    * Ping State of a connection.
+   *
    * <p>Connections with the {@link HandshakeIntent#STATUS} intent will pass through this state
    * and be disconnected after it requests the ping from the server
    * and the server responds with the respective ping.</p>
@@ -31,11 +33,13 @@ public enum ProtocolState {
   STATUS,
   /**
    * Authentication State of a connection.
+   *
    * <p>At this moment the player is authenticating with the authentication servers.</p>
    */
   LOGIN,
   /**
    * Configuration State of a connection.
+   *
    * <p>At this point the player allows the server to send information
    * such as resource packs and plugin messages, at the same time the player
    * will send his client brand and the respective plugin messages
@@ -46,6 +50,7 @@ public enum ProtocolState {
   CONFIGURATION,
   /**
    * Game State of a connection.
+   *
    * <p>In this state is where the whole game runs, the server is able to change
    * the player's state to {@link #CONFIGURATION} as needed in versions 1.20.2 and higher.</p>
    */

api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/network/ProtocolVersion.java

@@ -91,7 +91,13 @@ public enum ProtocolVersion implements Ordered<ProtocolVersion> {
   MINECRAFT_1_21_2(768, "1.21.2", "1.21.3"),
   MINECRAFT_1_21_4(769, "1.21.4"),
   MINECRAFT_1_21_5(770, "1.21.5"),
-  MINECRAFT_1_21_6(771, "1.21.6");
+  MINECRAFT_1_21_6(771, "1.21.6"),
+  MINECRAFT_1_21_7(772, "1.21.7", "1.21.8"),
+  MINECRAFT_1_21_9(773, "1.21.9", "1.21.10"),
+  MINECRAFT_1_21_11(774, "1.21.11"),
+  MINECRAFT_26_1(775, "26.1", "26.1.1", "26.1.2"),
+  MINECRAFT_26_2(776, "26.2"),
+  MINECRAFT_26_3(777, "26.3");
 
   private static final int SNAPSHOT_BIT = 30;
 

api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/permission/Tristate.java

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
  * Represents three different states of a setting.
  *
  * <p>Possible values:</p>
- * <p></p>
  * <ul>
  * <li>{@link #TRUE} - a positive setting</li>
  * <li>{@link #FALSE} - a negative (negated) setting</li>

api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/plugin/Dependency.java

@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@
 
 package com.velocitypowered.api.plugin;
 
+import com.velocitypowered.api.plugin.ap.SerializedPluginDescription;
 import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
 import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
 import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+import org.intellij.lang.annotations.Pattern;
 
 /**
  * Indicates that the {@link Plugin} depends on another plugin in order to enable.
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ public @interface Dependency {
    * @return The dependency plugin ID
    * @see Plugin#id()
    */
+  @Pattern(SerializedPluginDescription.ID_PATTERN_STRING)
   String id();
 
   /**

api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/plugin/Plugin.java

@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@
 
 package com.velocitypowered.api.plugin;
 
+import com.velocitypowered.api.plugin.ap.SerializedPluginDescription;
 import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
 import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
 import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
 import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+import org.intellij.lang.annotations.Pattern;
 
 /**
  * Annotation used to describe a Velocity plugin.
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ public @interface Plugin {
    *
    * @return the ID for this plugin
    */
+  @Pattern(SerializedPluginDescription.ID_PATTERN_STRING)
   String id();
 
   /**
@@ -69,4 +72,12 @@ public @interface Plugin {
    * @return the plugin dependencies
    */
   Dependency[] dependencies() default {};
+
+  /**
+   * The plugin IDs this plugin "provides" for. Each ID must match
+   * {@link SerializedPluginDescription#ID_PATTERN_STRING}.
+   *
+   * @return the provided IDs
+   */
+  String[] provides() default {};
 }

api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/plugin/PluginDescription.java

@@ -100,6 +100,16 @@ public interface PluginDescription {
     return Optional.empty();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Gets a {@link Collection} of the provided IDs of the {@link Plugin} within this container.
+   *
+   * @return the provided plugins IDs, can be empty
+   * @see Plugin#provides()
+   */
+  default Collection<String> getProvidedIds() {
+    return ImmutableSet.of();
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns the source the plugin was loaded from.
    *

api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/proxy/Player.java

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.function.UnaryOperator;
+import net.kyori.adventure.dialog.DialogLike;
 import net.kyori.adventure.identity.Identified;
 import net.kyori.adventure.inventory.Book;
 import net.kyori.adventure.key.Key;
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ import net.kyori.adventure.sound.SoundStop;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.event.HoverEvent;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.event.HoverEventSource;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.object.PlayerHeadObjectContents;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
@@ -48,7 +50,8 @@ public interface Player extends
     /* Fundamental Velocity interfaces */
     CommandSource, InboundConnection, ChannelMessageSource, ChannelMessageSink,
     /* Adventure-specific interfaces */
-    Identified, HoverEventSource<HoverEvent.ShowEntity>, Keyed, KeyIdentifiable {
+    Identified, HoverEventSource<HoverEvent.ShowEntity>, Keyed, KeyIdentifiable, Sound.Emitter,
+    PlayerHeadObjectContents.SkinSource {
 
   /**
    * Returns the player's current username.
@@ -194,7 +197,7 @@ public interface Player extends
    *
    * @param reason component with the reason
    */
-  void disconnect(Component reason);
+  void disconnect(@NotNull Component reason);
 
   /**
    * Sends chat input onto the players current server as if they typed it into the client chat box.
@@ -312,6 +315,7 @@ public interface Player extends
 
   /**
    * {@inheritDoc}
+   *
    * <p><strong>Note that this method does not send a plugin message to the server the player
    * is connected to.</strong> You should only use this method if you are trying to communicate
    * with a mod that is installed on the player's client.</p>
@@ -335,6 +339,15 @@ public interface Player extends
             Component.text(getUsername()))));
   }
 
+  @SuppressWarnings("UnstableApiUsage") // permitted implementation
+  @Override
+  default void applySkinToPlayerHeadContents(
+      final PlayerHeadObjectContents.@NotNull Builder builder) {
+    builder.skin(this.getGameProfile());
+    if (this.hasSentPlayerSettings()) {
+      builder.hat(this.getPlayerSettings().getSkinParts().hasHat());
+    }
+  }
 
   /**
    * Gets the player's client brand.
@@ -383,8 +396,12 @@ public interface Player extends
   /**
    * {@inheritDoc}
    *
-   * <b>This method is not currently implemented in Velocity
+   *
+   * @apiNote <b>This method is not currently implemented in Velocity
    *     and will not perform any actions.</b>
+   * @see #playSound(Sound, Sound.Emitter)
+   * @see <a href="https://docs.papermc.io/velocity/dev/pitfalls/#audience-operations-are-not-fully-supported">
+   *     Unsupported Adventure Operations</a>
    */
   @Override
   default void playSound(@NotNull Sound sound) {
@@ -393,8 +410,11 @@ public interface Player extends
   /**
    * {@inheritDoc}
    *
-   * <b>This method is not currently implemented in Velocity
+   * @apiNote <b>This method is not currently implemented in Velocity
    *     and will not perform any actions.</b>
+   * @see #playSound(Sound, Sound.Emitter)
+   * @see <a href="https://docs.papermc.io/velocity/dev/pitfalls/#audience-operations-are-not-fully-supported">
+   *     Unsupported Adventure Operations</a>
    */
   @Override
   default void playSound(@NotNull Sound sound, double x, double y, double z) {
@@ -403,18 +423,28 @@ public interface Player extends
   /**
    * {@inheritDoc}
    *
-   * <b>This method is not currently implemented in Velocity
+   * <p><b>Note</b>: Due to <a href="https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC/issues/MC-146721">MC-146721</a>, stereo sounds are always played globally in 1.14+.
-   * and will not perform any actions.</b>
+   *
+   * <p><b>Note</b>: Due to <a href="https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC/issues/MC-138832">MC-138832</a>, the volume and pitch are ignored when using this method in 1.14 to 1.16.5.
+   *
+   * @param sound the sound to play
+   * @param emitter the emitter of the sound; may be another player of this player's server
+   * @since 3.4.0
+   * @sinceMinecraft 1.19.3
+   * @apiNote This method is currently only implemented for players on 1.19.3+
+   *     and requires a present {@link #getCurrentServer} for the emitting player as well as this player.
    */
   @Override
-  default void playSound(@NotNull Sound sound, Sound.Emitter emitter) {
+  default void playSound(@NotNull Sound sound, @NotNull Sound.Emitter emitter) {
   }
 
   /**
    * {@inheritDoc}
    *
-   * <b>This method is not currently implemented in Velocity
+   * @param stop the sound and/or a sound source, to stop
-   * and will not perform any actions.</b>
+   * @since 3.4.0
+   * @sinceMinecraft 1.19.3
+   * @apiNote This method is currently only implemented for players on 1.19.3+.
    */
   @Override
   default void stopSound(@NotNull SoundStop stop) {
@@ -425,11 +455,40 @@ public interface Player extends
    *
    * <b>This method is not currently implemented in Velocity
    * and will not perform any actions.</b>
+   *
+   * @see <a href="https://docs.papermc.io/velocity/dev/pitfalls/#audience-operations-are-not-fully-supported">
+   *     Unsupported Adventure Operations</a>
    */
   @Override
   default void openBook(@NotNull Book book) {
   }
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritDoc}
+   *
+   * <b>This method is not currently implemented in Velocity
+   * and will not perform any actions.</b>
+   *
+   * @see <a href="https://docs.papermc.io/velocity/dev/pitfalls/#audience-operations-are-not-fully-supported">
+   *     Unsupported Adventure Operations</a>
+   */
+  @Override
+  default void showDialog(@NotNull DialogLike dialog) {
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritDoc}
+   *
+   * <b>This method is not currently implemented in Velocity
+   * and will not perform any actions.</b>
+   *
+   * @see <a href="https://docs.papermc.io/velocity/dev/pitfalls/#audience-operations-are-not-fully-supported">
+   *     Unsupported Adventure Operations</a>
+   */
+  @Override
+  default void closeDialog() {
+  }
+
   /**
    * Transfers a Player to a host.
    *

api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/proxy/ServerConnection.java

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 package com.velocitypowered.api.proxy;
 
+import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.messages.ChannelMessageSink;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.messages.ChannelMessageSource;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.server.RegisteredServer;
@@ -40,6 +41,17 @@ public interface ServerConnection extends ChannelMessageSource, ChannelMessageSi
    */
   ServerInfo getServerInfo();
 
+  /**
+   * Returns whether the client notified this connection of having loaded the world.
+   *
+   * @return true if the client has loaded the world
+   * @implNote This is purely client-dependent; see {@link com.velocitypowered.api.event.player.PlayerClientLoadedWorldEvent}.
+   * @sinceMinecraft 1.21.4
+   * @since 4.1.0
+   */
+  @Beta
+  boolean isClientLoaded();
+
   /**
    * Returns the player that this connection is associated with.
    *

api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/proxy/crypto/KeySigned.java

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ public interface KeySigned {
    * Validates the signature, expiry temporal and key against the
    * signer public key. Note: This will **not** check for
    * expiry. You can check for expiry with {@link KeySigned#hasExpired()}.
+   *
    * <p>DOES NOT WORK YET FOR MESSAGES AND COMMANDS!</p>
    * Addendum: Does not work for 1.19.1 until the user has authenticated.
    *

api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/proxy/player/TabListEntry.java

@@ -237,8 +237,11 @@ public interface TabListEntry extends KeyIdentifiable {
 
     /**
      * Sets the {@link IdentifiedKey} of the {@link TabListEntry}.
+     *
      * <p>This only works for players currently <b>not</b> connected to this proxy.</p>
+     *
      * <p>For any player currently connected to this proxy this will be filled automatically.</p>
+     *
      * <p>Will ignore mismatching key revisions data.</p>
      *
      * @param chatSession session to set

api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/proxy/server/ServerPing.java

@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.UUID;
-import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
+import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
+
 
 /**
  * Represents a 1.7 and above server list ping response. This class is immutable.
@@ -28,9 +30,10 @@ public final class ServerPing {
 
   private final Version version;
   private final @Nullable Players players;
-  private final net.kyori.adventure.text.Component description;
+  private final @Nullable Component description;
   private final @Nullable Favicon favicon;
   private final @Nullable ModInfo modinfo;
+  private final boolean preventsChatReports = true;
 
   public ServerPing(Version version, @Nullable Players players,
       net.kyori.adventure.text.Component description, @Nullable Favicon favicon) {
@@ -47,7 +50,7 @@ public final class ServerPing {
    * @param modinfo the mods this server runs
    */
   public ServerPing(Version version, @Nullable Players players,
-      net.kyori.adventure.text.Component description, @Nullable Favicon favicon,
+                    Component description, @Nullable Favicon favicon,
                     @Nullable ModInfo modinfo) {
     this.version = Preconditions.checkNotNull(version, "version");
     this.players = players;
@@ -64,7 +67,8 @@ public final class ServerPing {
     return Optional.ofNullable(players);
   }
 
-  public net.kyori.adventure.text.Component getDescriptionComponent() {
+  @Nullable
+  public Component getDescriptionComponent() {
     return description;
   }
 
@@ -151,7 +155,7 @@ public final class ServerPing {
     private final List<SamplePlayer> samplePlayers = new ArrayList<>();
     private String modType = "FML";
     private final List<ModInfo.Mod> mods = new ArrayList<>();
-    private net.kyori.adventure.text.Component description;
+    private Component description;
     private @Nullable Favicon favicon;
     private boolean nullOutPlayers;
     private boolean nullOutModinfo;
@@ -299,7 +303,7 @@ public final class ServerPing {
      * @param description Component to use as the description.
      * @return this builder, for chaining
      */
-    public Builder description(net.kyori.adventure.text.Component description) {
+    public Builder description(Component description) {
       this.description = Preconditions.checkNotNull(description, "description");
       return this;
     }
@@ -359,7 +363,7 @@ public final class ServerPing {
       return samplePlayers;
     }
 
-    public Optional<net.kyori.adventure.text.Component> getDescriptionComponent() {
+    public Optional<Component> getDescriptionComponent() {
       return Optional.ofNullable(description);
     }
 

api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/util/GameProfile.java

@@ -11,11 +11,14 @@ import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.object.PlayerHeadObjectContents;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 /**
  * Represents a Mojang game profile. This class is immutable.
  */
-public final class GameProfile {
+public final class GameProfile implements PlayerHeadObjectContents.SkinSource {
 
   private final UUID id;
   private final String undashedId;
@@ -169,6 +172,23 @@ public final class GameProfile {
         ImmutableList.of());
   }
 
+  @SuppressWarnings("UnstableApiUsage") // permitted implementation
+  @Override
+  public void applySkinToPlayerHeadContents(
+      final PlayerHeadObjectContents.@NotNull Builder builder) {
+    if (this.properties.isEmpty()) {
+      builder.id(this.id);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    builder.id(this.id)
+        .name(this.name)
+        .profileProperties(this.properties.stream()
+            .map(property -> PlayerHeadObjectContents.property(property.getName(),
+                property.getValue(), property.getSignature()))
+            .collect(Collectors.toList()));
+  }
+
   @Override
   public String toString() {
     return "GameProfile{"

build-logic/src/main/kotlin/velocity-init-manifest.gradle.kts

@@ -2,8 +2,15 @@ import org.gradle.jvm.tasks.Jar
 import org.gradle.kotlin.dsl.withType
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream
 
+// This interface is needed as a workaround to get an instance of ExecOperations
+interface Injected {
+    @get:Inject
+    val execOps: ExecOperations
+}
+
 val currentShortRevision = ByteArrayOutputStream().use {
-    exec {
+    val execOps = objects.newInstance<Injected>().execOps
+    execOps.exec {
         executable = "git"
         args = listOf("rev-parse", "HEAD")
         standardOutput = it
@@ -25,5 +32,6 @@ tasks.withType<Jar> {
                 archiveVersion.get()
             }
         attributes["Implementation-Version"] = velocityHumanVersion
+        attributes["Enable-Native-Access"] = "ALL-UNNAMED"
     }
 }

build-logic/src/main/kotlin/velocity-publish.gradle.kts

@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ extensions.configure<PublishingExtension> {
         maven {
             credentials(PasswordCredentials::class.java)
 
-            name = "paper"
+            name = if (version.toString().endsWith("SNAPSHOT")) "paperSnapshots" else "paper" // "paper" is seemingly not defined
-            val base = "https://repo.papermc.io/repository/maven"
+            val base = "https://artifactory.papermc.io/artifactory"
-            val releasesRepoUrl = "$base-releases/"
+            val releasesRepoUrl = "$base/releases/"
-            val snapshotsRepoUrl = "$base-snapshots/"
+            val snapshotsRepoUrl = "$base/snapshots/"
             setUrl(if (version.toString().endsWith("SNAPSHOT")) snapshotsRepoUrl else releasesRepoUrl)
         }
     }

build.gradle.kts

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ subprojects {
 
     java {
         toolchain {
-            languageVersion.set(JavaLanguageVersion.of(17))
+            languageVersion.set(JavaLanguageVersion.of(21))
         }
     }
 
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ subprojects {
         testImplementation(rootProject.libs.junit)
     }
 
-    tasks {
+    testing.suites.named<JvmTestSuite>("test") {
-        test {
+        useJUnitJupiter()
-            useJUnitPlatform()
+        targets.all {
-            reports {
+            testTask.configure {
-                junitXml.required.set(true)
+                reports.junitXml.required = true
             }
         }
     }

gradle.properties

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 group=com.velocitypowered
-version=3.4.0-SNAPSHOT
+version=4.2.1-SNAPSHOT

gradle/libs.versions.toml

@@ -1,27 +1,26 @@
 [versions]
 configurate3 = "3.7.3"
-configurate4 = "4.1.2"
+configurate4 = "4.2.0"
 flare = "2.0.1"
-log4j = "2.24.3"
+log4j = "2.26.1"
-netty = "4.2.1.Final"
+netty = "4.2.18.Final"
 
 [plugins]
-indra-publishing = "net.kyori.indra.publishing:2.0.6"
+fill = "io.papermc.fill.gradle:1.0.12"
-shadow = "io.github.goooler.shadow:8.1.5"
+shadow = "com.gradleup.shadow:9.6.1"
-spotless = "com.diffplug.spotless:6.25.0"
+spotless = "com.diffplug.spotless:8.10.2"
 
 [libraries]
-adventure-bom = "net.kyori:adventure-bom:4.21.0"
+adventure-bom = "net.kyori:adventure-bom:5.2.0"
-adventure-text-serializer-json-legacy-impl = "net.kyori:adventure-text-serializer-json-legacy-impl:4.21.0"
+adventure-text-serializer-json-legacy-impl = "net.kyori:adventure-text-serializer-json-legacy-impl:5.2.0"
-adventure-facet = "net.kyori:adventure-platform-facet:4.3.4"
+asm = "org.ow2.asm:asm:9.10.1"
-asm = "org.ow2.asm:asm:9.8"
+auto-service = "com.google.auto.service:auto-service:1.1.1"
-auto-service = "com.google.auto.service:auto-service:1.0.1"
+auto-service-annotations = "com.google.auto.service:auto-service-annotations:1.1.1"
-auto-service-annotations = "com.google.auto.service:auto-service-annotations:1.0.1"
 brigadier = "com.velocitypowered:velocity-brigadier:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT"
-bstats = "org.bstats:bstats-base:3.0.3"
+bstats = "org.bstats:bstats-base:3.2.1"
-caffeine = "com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine:3.1.8"
+caffeine = "com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine:3.2.4"
-checker-qual = "org.checkerframework:checker-qual:3.42.0"
+checker-qual = "org.checkerframework:checker-qual:4.2.3"
-checkstyle = "com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:10.9.3"
+checkstyle = "com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:14.1.0"
 completablefutures = "com.spotify:completable-futures:0.3.6"
 configurate3-hocon = { module = "org.spongepowered:configurate-hocon", version.ref = "configurate3" }
 configurate3-yaml = { module = "org.spongepowered:configurate-yaml", version.ref = "configurate3" }
@@ -30,24 +29,24 @@ configurate4-hocon = { module = "org.spongepowered:configurate-hocon", version.r
 configurate4-yaml = { module = "org.spongepowered:configurate-yaml", version.ref = "configurate4" }
 configurate4-gson = { module = "org.spongepowered:configurate-gson", version.ref = "configurate4" }
 disruptor = "com.lmax:disruptor:4.0.0"
-fastutil = "it.unimi.dsi:fastutil:8.5.15"
+fastutil = "it.unimi.dsi:fastutil:8.5.19"
 flare-core = { module = "space.vectrix.flare:flare", version.ref = "flare" }
 flare-fastutil = { module = "space.vectrix.flare:flare-fastutil", version.ref = "flare" }
-jline = "org.jline:jline-terminal-jansi:3.30.2"
+jline = "org.jline:jline-terminal-jni:4.3.1"
 jopt = "net.sf.jopt-simple:jopt-simple:5.0.4"
-junit = "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:5.10.2"
+junit = "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:6.1.3"
-jspecify = "org.jspecify:jspecify:0.3.0"
+jspecify = "org.jspecify:jspecify:1.0.1"
 kyori-ansi = "net.kyori:ansi:1.1.1"
-guava = "com.google.guava:guava:25.1-jre"
+guava = "com.google.guava:guava:33.7.1-jre"
-gson = "com.google.code.gson:gson:2.10.1"
+gson = "com.google.code.gson:gson:2.14.0"
-guice = "com.google.inject:guice:6.0.0"
+guice = "com.google.inject:guice:7.0.0"
-lmbda = "org.lanternpowered:lmbda:2.0.0"
+lmbda = "org.lanternpowered:lmbda:3.0.0"
 log4j-api = { module = "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api", version.ref = "log4j" }
 log4j-core = { module = "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core", version.ref = "log4j" }
 log4j-slf4j-impl = { module = "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j2-impl", version.ref = "log4j" }
 log4j-iostreams = { module = "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-iostreams", version.ref = "log4j" }
 log4j-jul = { module = "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-jul", version.ref = "log4j" }
-mockito = "org.mockito:mockito-core:5.10.0"
+mockito = "org.mockito:mockito-core:5.23.0"
 netty-codec = { module = "io.netty:netty-codec", version.ref = "netty" }
 netty-codec-haproxy = { module = "io.netty:netty-codec-haproxy", version.ref = "netty" }
 netty-codec-http = { module = "io.netty:netty-codec-http", version.ref = "netty" }
@@ -55,10 +54,10 @@ netty-handler = { module = "io.netty:netty-handler", version.ref = "netty" }
 netty-transport-native-epoll = { module = "io.netty:netty-transport-native-epoll", version.ref = "netty" }
 netty-transport-native-kqueue = { module = "io.netty:netty-transport-native-kqueue", version.ref = "netty" }
 netty-transport-native-iouring = { module = "io.netty:netty-transport-native-io_uring", version.ref = "netty" }
-nightconfig = "com.electronwill.night-config:toml:3.6.7"
+nightconfig = "com.electronwill.night-config:toml:3.9.0"
-slf4j = "org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.17"
+slf4j = "org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.19"
-snakeyaml = "org.yaml:snakeyaml:1.33"
+snakeyaml = "org.yaml:snakeyaml:2.7"
-spotbugs-annotations = "com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-annotations:4.7.3"
+spotbugs-annotations = "com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-annotations:4.10.4"
 terminalconsoleappender = "net.minecrell:terminalconsoleappender:1.3.0"
 
 [bundles]

gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.11.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.6.1-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME

gradlew

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 #
-# Copyright © 2015-2021 the original authors.
+# Copyright © 2015 the original authors.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -86,8 +86,7 @@ done
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
 # Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
-APP_HOME=$( cd -P "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && printf '%s
+APP_HOME=$( cd -P "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && printf '%s\n' "$PWD" ) || exit
-' "$PWD" ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
@@ -115,7 +114,6 @@ case "$( uname )" in                #(
   NONSTOP* )        nonstop=true ;;
 esac
 
-CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
 
 
 # Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
@@ -173,7 +171,6 @@ fi
 # For Cygwin or MSYS, switch paths to Windows format before running java
 if "$cygwin" || "$msys" ; then
     APP_HOME=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME" )
-    CLASSPATH=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH" )
 
     JAVACMD=$( cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD" )
 
@@ -203,18 +200,17 @@ fi
 
 
 # Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 "-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
 
 # Collect all arguments for the java command:
-#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
+#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
 #     and any embedded shellness will be escaped.
 #   * For example: A user cannot expect ${Hostname} to be expanded, as it is an environment variable and will be
 #     treated as '${Hostname}' itself on the command line.
 
 set -- \
         "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
-        -classpath "$CLASSPATH" \
+        -jar "$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar" \
-        org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain \
         "$@"
 
 # Stop when "xargs" is not available.

gradlew.bat

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
 for %%i in ("%APP_HOME%") do set APP_HOME=%%~fi
 
 @rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 "-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"
+set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS="-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"
 
 @rem Find java.exe
 if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
@@ -70,11 +70,10 @@ goto fail
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
 
-set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
 
 
 @rem Execute Gradle
-"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %*
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -jar "%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar" %*
 
 :end
 @rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell

native/build-support/build-all-linux-natives.sh

@@ -5,29 +5,44 @@ set -e
 # make sure we're in the correct directory - the top-level `native` directory
 cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." || exit 1
 
+# Use docker by default, falling back to podman. Set CONTAINER_ENGINE to pick one explicitly.
+if [ -z "$CONTAINER_ENGINE" ]; then
+  if command -v docker > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    CONTAINER_ENGINE=docker
+  elif command -v podman > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    CONTAINER_ENGINE=podman
+  else
+    echo "Neither docker nor podman was found on PATH." >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
+echo "Using container engine: $CONTAINER_ENGINE"
+
 ARCHS=(x86_64 aarch64)
 BASE_DOCKERFILE_VARIANTS=(ubuntu-focal ubuntu-jammy alpine)
 COMPRESSION_VARIANTS=(ubuntu-focal alpine)
 
+# Build one image per (variant, arch). Passing several --platform flags to a single tagged build
+# does not produce a multi-arch tag - only the last architecture keeps the tag, and the run below
+# then sees a platform mismatch, treats the image as missing and tries to pull it from a registry.
 for variant in "${BASE_DOCKERFILE_VARIANTS[@]}"; do
-  docker_platforms=""
   for arch in "${ARCHS[@]}"; do
-    docker_platforms="$docker_platforms --platform linux/${arch}"
+    echo "Building base build image for $variant on $arch..."
+    $CONTAINER_ENGINE build -t velocity-native-build:$variant-$arch --platform linux/${arch} \
+      -f build-support/$variant.Dockerfile .
   done
-
-  echo "Building base build image for $variant..."
-  docker build -t velocity-native-build:$variant $docker_platforms -f build-support/$variant.Dockerfile .
 done
 
 for arch in "${ARCHS[@]}"; do
   for variant in "${BASE_DOCKERFILE_VARIANTS[@]}"; do
     echo "Building native crypto for $arch on $variant..."
 
-    docker run --rm -v "$(pwd)":/app --platform linux/${arch} velocity-native-build:$variant /bin/bash -c "cd /app && ./build-support/compile-linux-crypto.sh"
+    $CONTAINER_ENGINE run --rm --pull=never -v "$(pwd)":/app --platform linux/${arch} velocity-native-build:$variant-$arch /bin/bash -c "cd /app && ./build-support/compile-linux-crypto.sh"
   done
 
   for variant in "${COMPRESSION_VARIANTS[@]}"; do
     echo "Building native compression for $arch on $variant..."
-    docker run --rm -v "$(pwd)":/app --platform linux/${arch} velocity-native-build:$variant /bin/bash -c "cd /app && ./build-support/compile-linux-compress.sh"
+    $CONTAINER_ENGINE run --rm --pull=never -v "$(pwd)":/app --platform linux/${arch} velocity-native-build:$variant-$arch /bin/bash -c "cd /app && ./build-support/compile-linux-compress.sh"
   done
 done

native/src/main/c/jni_zlib_inflate.c

@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ Java_com_velocitypowered_natives_compression_NativeZlibInflate_process(JNIEnv *e
     jlong sourceAddress,
     jint sourceLength,
     jlong destinationAddress,
-    jint destinationLength,
+    jint destinationLength)
-    jlong maximumSize)
 {
     struct libdeflate_decompressor *decompress = (struct libdeflate_decompressor *) ctx;
     enum libdeflate_result result = libdeflate_zlib_decompress(decompress, (void *) sourceAddress,

native/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/natives/compression/JavaVelocityCompressor.java

@@ -56,24 +56,45 @@ public class JavaVelocityCompressor implements VelocityCompressor {
     final int origIdx = source.readerIndex();
     inflater.setInput(source.nioBuffer());
 
+    int totalProduced = 0;
     try {
       final int readable = source.readableBytes();
       while (!inflater.finished() && inflater.getBytesRead() < readable) {
+        if (totalProduced >= uncompressedSize) {
+          throw new DataFormatException("Decompressed data exceeds the claimed uncompressed size "
+              + "of " + uncompressedSize + " bytes");
+        }
+
+        final int remaining = uncompressedSize - totalProduced;
         if (!destination.isWritable()) {
-          destination.ensureWritable(ZLIB_BUFFER_SIZE);
+          destination.ensureWritable(Math.min(ZLIB_BUFFER_SIZE, remaining));
         }
 
         ByteBuffer destNioBuf = destination.nioBuffer(destination.writerIndex(),
             destination.writableBytes());
+
+        // Never let a single inflate step write past the claimed size
+        if (destNioBuf.remaining() > remaining) {
+          destNioBuf.limit(destNioBuf.position() + remaining);
+        }
+
         int produced = inflater.inflate(destNioBuf);
+        if (produced == 0 && !inflater.finished()) {
+          // Output space was available yet the inflater made no progress: the stream is truncated
+          // or corrupt (this also covers a peer that over-reported the uncompressed size).
+          throw new DataFormatException("Received a truncated or malformed deflate stream, "
+              + "expected " + uncompressedSize + " bytes");
+        }
+        totalProduced += produced;
         destination.writerIndex(destination.writerIndex() + produced);
       }
 
       if (!inflater.finished()) {
-        throw new DataFormatException("Received a deflate stream that was too large, wanted "
+        throw new DataFormatException("Received a truncated or malformed deflate stream, expected "
-            + uncompressedSize);
+            + uncompressedSize + " bytes");
       }
-      source.readerIndex(origIdx + inflater.getTotalIn());
+
+      source.readerIndex(origIdx + (int) inflater.getBytesRead());
     } finally {
       inflater.reset();
     }
@@ -102,7 +123,7 @@ public class JavaVelocityCompressor implements VelocityCompressor {
       destination.writerIndex(destination.writerIndex() + produced);
     }
 
-    source.readerIndex(origIdx + deflater.getTotalIn());
+    source.readerIndex(origIdx + (int) deflater.getBytesRead());
     deflater.reset();
   }
 

native/src/test/java/com/velocitypowered/natives/compression/VelocityCompressorTest.java

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 package com.velocitypowered.natives.compression;
 
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail;
@@ -77,6 +78,83 @@ class VelocityCompressorTest {
     check(compressor, () -> Unpooled.buffer(TEST_DATA.length + 32));
   }
 
+  private static final int BOMB_ACTUAL_SIZE = 1 << 20;
+  private static final int BOMB_LYING_CLAIM = 1024;
+
+  @Test
+  void javaRejectsUnderReportedUncompressedSize() throws DataFormatException {
+    VelocityCompressor compressor = JavaVelocityCompressor.FACTORY
+        .create(Deflater.DEFAULT_COMPRESSION);
+    DataFormatException ex = assertRejectsDecompressionBomb(compressor);
+    // The Java compressor's size guard names the claimed size in its message, so operators can
+    // tell an over-size rejection apart from a genuinely corrupt stream.
+    assertTrue(ex.getMessage().contains(String.valueOf(BOMB_LYING_CLAIM)),
+        "rejection must originate from the uncompressed-size guard, got: " + ex.getMessage());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  @EnabledOnOs({LINUX})
+  void nativeRejectsUnderReportedUncompressedSize() throws DataFormatException {
+    VelocityCompressor compressor = Natives.compress.get().create(Deflater.DEFAULT_COMPRESSION);
+    if (compressor.preferredBufferType() != BufferPreference.DIRECT_REQUIRED) {
+      compressor.close();
+      fail("Loaded regular compressor");
+    }
+    // libdeflate rejects with its own native-origin message ("uncompressed size is inaccurate"),
+    // so we only assert the behavioural guarantee here, not the message text.
+    assertRejectsDecompressionBomb(compressor);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Asserts that a compressor refuses a decompression bomb: a small, valid deflate stream whose
+   * claimed uncompressed size is far smaller than what it actually inflates to. Verifies the same
+   * stream round-trips when the claimed size is honest (proving the rejection is caused by the
+   * under-reported size, not corrupt input) and that no output is written past the claimed size.
+   * Closes the compressor before returning the exception thrown by the rejected inflate.
+   */
+  private DataFormatException assertRejectsDecompressionBomb(VelocityCompressor compressor)
+      throws DataFormatException {
+    // Direct buffers so this works for the native compressor, which requires them.
+    ByteBuf source = Unpooled.directBuffer(BOMB_ACTUAL_SIZE);
+    ByteBuf compressed = Unpooled.directBuffer();
+    try {
+      source.writeZero(BOMB_ACTUAL_SIZE);
+      compressor.deflate(source, compressed);
+      final int compressedSize = compressed.readableBytes();
+      assertTrue(compressedSize < BOMB_ACTUAL_SIZE / 100,
+          "sanity: payload really is a decompression bomb (" + compressedSize + " -> "
+              + BOMB_ACTUAL_SIZE + ")");
+
+      // Positive control: the compressed stream is perfectly valid and round-trips when the peer
+      // tells the truth about its uncompressed size.
+      ByteBuf honest = Unpooled.directBuffer();
+      try {
+        compressor.inflate(compressed.duplicate(), honest, BOMB_ACTUAL_SIZE);
+        assertEquals(BOMB_ACTUAL_SIZE, honest.readableBytes(),
+            "valid stream must fully decompress when the claimed size is honest");
+      } finally {
+        honest.release();
+      }
+
+      // Attack: same valid stream, but a tiny claimed size. inflate must refuse rather than grow
+      // the destination without bound.
+      ByteBuf decompressed = Unpooled.directBuffer();
+      try {
+        DataFormatException ex = assertThrows(DataFormatException.class,
+            () -> compressor.inflate(compressed.duplicate(), decompressed, BOMB_LYING_CLAIM));
+        assertTrue(decompressed.writerIndex() <= BOMB_LYING_CLAIM,
+            "inflate must not write past the claimed uncompressed size");
+        return ex;
+      } finally {
+        decompressed.release();
+      }
+    } finally {
+      source.release();
+      compressed.release();
+      compressor.close();
+    }
+  }
+
   private void check(VelocityCompressor compressor, Supplier<ByteBuf> bufSupplier)
       throws DataFormatException {
     ByteBuf source = bufSupplier.get();

proxy/build.gradle.kts

@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 import com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.transformers.Log4j2PluginsCacheFileTransformer
+import io.papermc.fill.model.BuildChannel
 
 plugins {
     application
     id("velocity-init-manifest")
     alias(libs.plugins.shadow)
+    alias(libs.plugins.fill)
 }
 
 application {
     mainClass.set("com.velocitypowered.proxy.Velocity")
-    applicationDefaultJvmArgs += listOf("-Dvelocity.packet-decode-logging=true");
+    applicationDefaultJvmArgs += listOf("-Dvelocity.packet-decode-logging=true")
 }
 
 tasks {
@@ -25,67 +27,12 @@ tasks {
     }
 
     shadowJar {
+        filesMatching("META-INF/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/config/plugins/**") {
+            duplicatesStrategy = DuplicatesStrategy.INCLUDE
+        }
+
         transform(Log4j2PluginsCacheFileTransformer::class.java)
 
-        // Exclude all the collection types we don"t intend to use
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/booleans/**")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/bytes/**")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/chars/**")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/doubles/**")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/floats/**")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/longs/**")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/shorts/**")
-
-        // Exclude the fastutil IO utilities - we don"t use them.
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/io/**")
-
-        // Exclude most of the int types - Object2IntMap have a values() method that returns an
-        // IntCollection, and we need Int2ObjectMap
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/ints/*Int2Boolean*")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/ints/*Int2Byte*")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/ints/*Int2Char*")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/ints/*Int2Double*")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/ints/*Int2Float*")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/ints/*Int2Int*")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/ints/*Int2Long*")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/ints/*Int2Short*")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/ints/*Int2Reference*")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/ints/IntAVL*")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/ints/IntArrayF*")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/ints/IntArrayI*")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/ints/IntArrayL*")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/ints/IntArrayP*")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/ints/IntArraySet*")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/ints/*IntBi*")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/ints/Int*Pair")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/ints/IntLinked*")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/ints/IntList*")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/ints/IntHeap*")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/ints/IntOpen*")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/ints/IntRB*")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/ints/IntSorted*")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/ints/*Priority*")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/ints/*BigList*")
-
-        // Try to exclude everything BUT Object2Int{LinkedOpen,Open,CustomOpen}HashMap
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/objects/*ObjectArray*")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/objects/*ObjectAVL*")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/objects/*Object*Big*")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/objects/*Object2Boolean*")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/objects/*Object2Byte*")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/objects/*Object2Char*")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/objects/*Object2Double*")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/objects/*Object2Float*")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/objects/*Object2IntArray*")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/objects/*Object2IntAVL*")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/objects/*Object2IntRB*")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/objects/*Object2Long*")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/objects/*Object2Object*")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/objects/*Object2Reference*")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/objects/*Object2Short*")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/objects/*ObjectRB*")
-        exclude("it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/objects/*Reference*")
-
         // Exclude Checker Framework annotations
         exclude("org/checkerframework/checker/**")
 
@@ -106,12 +53,42 @@ tasks {
         workingDir = file("run").also(File::mkdirs)
         standardInput = System.`in` // Doesn't work?
     }
+
+    withType<JavaCompile>().configureEach {
+        options.compilerArgs.addAll(
+            listOf(
+                "-Alog4j.graalvm.groupId=${project.group}",
+                "-Alog4j.graalvm.artifactId=${project.name}"
+            )
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+val projectVersion = version as String
+fill {
+    project("velocity")
+
+    build {
+        channel = BuildChannel.STABLE
+        versionFamily("4.0.0")
+        version(projectVersion)
+
+        if (versionFamily.get().split(".")[0] != projectVersion.split(".")[0]) {
+            throw IllegalArgumentException("Version family does not match project version")
+        }
+
+        downloads {
+            register("server:default") {
+                file = tasks.shadowJar.flatMap { it.archiveFile }
+                nameResolver.set { project, _, version, build -> "$project-$version-$build.jar" }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 dependencies {
     implementation(project(":velocity-api"))
     implementation(project(":velocity-native"))
-    implementation(project(":velocity-proxy-log4j2-plugin"))
 
     implementation(libs.bundles.log4j)
     implementation(libs.kyori.ansi)
@@ -136,7 +113,6 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(libs.fastutil)
     implementation(platform(libs.adventure.bom))
     implementation(libs.adventure.text.serializer.json.legacy.impl)
-    implementation(libs.adventure.facet)
     implementation(libs.completablefutures)
     implementation(libs.nightconfig)
     implementation(libs.bstats)
@@ -148,4 +124,5 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation(libs.mockito)
 
     annotationProcessor(libs.auto.service)
+    annotationProcessor(libs.log4j.core)
 }

proxy/log4j2-plugin/build.gradle.kts

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-dependencies {
-    implementation(libs.bundles.log4j)
-    annotationProcessor(libs.log4j.core)
-}

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/Metrics.java

@@ -21,10 +21,8 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.config.VelocityConfiguration;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
-import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.bstats.MetricsBase;
@@ -120,38 +118,28 @@ public class Metrics {
           () -> server.getVersion().getVersion()));
 
       metrics.addCustomChart(new DrilldownPie("java_version", () -> {
-        Map<String, Map<String, Integer>> map = new HashMap<>();
+        Runtime.Version version = Runtime.version();
-        String javaVersion = System.getProperty("java.version");
-        Map<String, Integer> entry = new HashMap<>();
-        entry.put(javaVersion, 1);
 
-        // http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/223
+        return Map.of(
-        // Java decided to change their versioning scheme and in doing so modified the
+            "Java " + version.feature(),
-        // java.version system property to return $major[.$minor][.$security][-ea], as opposed to
+            Map.of(javaVersion(version), 1));
-        // 1.$major.0_$identifier we can handle pre-9 by checking if the "major" is equal to "1",
-        // otherwise, 9+
-        String majorVersion = javaVersion.split("\\.")[0];
-        String release;
-
-        int indexOf = javaVersion.lastIndexOf('.');
-
-        if (majorVersion.equals("1")) {
-          release = "Java " + javaVersion.substring(0, indexOf);
-        } else {
-          // of course, it really wouldn't be all that simple if they didn't add a quirk, now
-          // would it valid strings for the major may potentially include values such as -ea to
-          // denote a pre release
-          Matcher versionMatcher = Pattern.compile("\\d+").matcher(majorVersion);
-          if (versionMatcher.find()) {
-            majorVersion = versionMatcher.group(0);
-          }
-          release = "Java " + majorVersion;
-        }
-        map.put(release, entry);
-
-        return map;
       }));
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Recreates the exact {@code java.version} system property value from a {@link Runtime.Version}.
+   *
+   * <p>Per <a href="https://openjdk.org/jeps/223">JEP 223</a>, {@code java.version} is
+   * {@code $VNUM(-$PRE)?}; the build and optional segments only appear in {@code java.runtime.version}.
+   *
+   * @param v the runtime version
+   * @return the value {@code java.version} would hold on this JVM
+   */
+  private static String javaVersion(Runtime.Version v) {
+    return v.version().stream()
+        .map(Object::toString)
+        .collect(Collectors.joining("."))
+        + v.pre().map(p -> "-" + p).orElse("");
+  }
 }

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/Velocity.java

@@ -47,11 +47,6 @@ public class Velocity {
       System.setProperty("io.netty.native.workdir", System.getProperty("velocity.natives-tmpdir"));
     }
 
-    // Restore allocator used before Netty 4.2 due to oom issues with the adaptive allocator
-    if (System.getProperty("io.netty.allocator.type") == null) {
-      System.setProperty("io.netty.allocator.type", "pooled");
-    }
-
     // Disable the resource leak detector by default as it reduces performance. Allow the user to
     // override this if desired.
     if (!VelocityProperties.hasProperty("io.netty.leakDetection.level")) {

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/VelocityServer.java

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.command.BrigadierCommand;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.event.proxy.ProxyInitializeEvent;
+import com.velocitypowered.api.event.proxy.ProxyPreShutdownEvent;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.event.proxy.ProxyReloadEvent;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.event.proxy.ProxyShutdownEvent;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.network.ProtocolVersion;
@@ -81,7 +82,6 @@ import java.net.http.HttpClient;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.security.KeyPair;
-import java.text.MessageFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ import net.kyori.adventure.audience.Audience;
 import net.kyori.adventure.audience.ForwardingAudience;
 import net.kyori.adventure.key.Key;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.translation.MiniMessageTranslationStore;
 import net.kyori.adventure.translation.GlobalTranslator;
-import net.kyori.adventure.translation.TranslationStore;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.bstats.MetricsBase;
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
  */
 public class VelocityServer implements ProxyServer, ForwardingAudience {
 
-  public static final String VELOCITY_URL = "https://velocitypowered.com";
+  public static final String VELOCITY_URL = "https://papermc.io/software/velocity";
 
   private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(VelocityServer.class);
   public static final Gson GENERAL_GSON = new GsonBuilder()
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ public class VelocityServer implements ProxyServer, ForwardingAudience {
       )
       .registerTypeHierarchyAdapter(Favicon.class, FaviconSerializer.INSTANCE)
       .create();
+  private static final int PRE_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT =
+            Integer.getInteger("velocity.pre-shutdown-timeout", 10);
 
   private final ConnectionManager cm;
   private final ProxyOptions options;
@@ -163,6 +165,8 @@ public class VelocityServer implements ProxyServer, ForwardingAudience {
 
   private final Map<UUID, ConnectedPlayer> connectionsByUuid = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
   private final Map<String, ConnectedPlayer> connectionsByName = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+  private final Object sessionIdLock = new Object();
+  private volatile @Nullable UUID sessionId;
   private final VelocityConsole console;
   private @MonotonicNonNull Ratelimiter<InetAddress> ipAttemptLimiter;
   private @MonotonicNonNull Ratelimiter<UUID> commandRateLimiter;
@@ -216,7 +220,9 @@ public class VelocityServer implements ProxyServer, ForwardingAudience {
     ProxyVersion version = getVersion();
     PluginDescription description = new VelocityPluginDescription(
         "velocity", version.getName(), version.getVersion(), "The Velocity proxy",
-        VELOCITY_URL, ImmutableList.of(version.getVendor()), Collections.emptyList(), null);
+            version.getName().equals("Velocity") ? VELOCITY_URL : null,
+            ImmutableList.of(version.getVendor()), Collections.emptyList(),
+            Collections.emptyList(), null);
     VelocityPluginContainer container = new VelocityPluginContainer(description);
     container.setInstance(VelocityVirtualPlugin.INSTANCE);
     return container;
@@ -238,8 +244,6 @@ public class VelocityServer implements ProxyServer, ForwardingAudience {
     console.setupStreams();
     pluginManager.registerPlugin(this.createVirtualPlugin());
 
-    registerTranslations();
-
     // Yes, you're reading that correctly. We're generating a 1024-bit RSA keypair. Sounds
     // dangerous, right? We're well within the realm of factoring such a key...
     //
@@ -288,6 +292,8 @@ public class VelocityServer implements ProxyServer, ForwardingAudience {
 
     this.doStartupConfigLoad();
 
+    registerTranslations();
+
     for (ServerInfo cliServer : options.getServers()) {
       servers.register(cliServer);
     }
@@ -338,8 +344,8 @@ public class VelocityServer implements ProxyServer, ForwardingAudience {
   }
 
   private void registerTranslations() {
-    final TranslationStore.StringBased<MessageFormat> translationRegistry =
+    final MiniMessageTranslationStore translationRegistry =
-            TranslationStore.messageFormat(Key.key("velocity", "translations"));
+            MiniMessageTranslationStore.create(Key.key("velocity", "translations"));
     translationRegistry.defaultLocale(Locale.US);
     try {
       ResourceUtils.visitResources(VelocityServer.class, path -> {
@@ -482,23 +488,46 @@ public class VelocityServer implements ProxyServer, ForwardingAudience {
       return false;
     }
 
-    // Re-register servers. If a server is being replaced, make sure to note what players need to
+    // Re-register servers. If a server is being replaced or removed, make sure to note what
-    // move back to a fallback server.
+    // players need to move back to a fallback server.
     Collection<ConnectedPlayer> evacuate = new ArrayList<>();
-    for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : newConfiguration.getServers().entrySet()) {
+    for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : configuration.getServers().entrySet()) {
-      ServerInfo newInfo = new ServerInfo(entry.getKey(), AddressUtil.parseAddress(entry.getValue()));
+      if (newConfiguration.getServers().keySet().stream()
-      Optional<RegisteredServer> rs = servers.getServer(entry.getKey());
+          .anyMatch(name -> name.equalsIgnoreCase(entry.getKey()))) {
-      if (rs.isEmpty()) {
+        continue;
-        servers.register(newInfo);
+      }
-      } else if (!rs.get().getServerInfo().equals(newInfo)) {
+
-        for (Player player : rs.get().getPlayersConnected()) {
+      RegisteredServer rs = servers.getServer(entry.getKey()).orElse(null);
+      if (rs == null) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      for (Player player : rs.getPlayersConnected()) {
         if (!(player instanceof ConnectedPlayer)) {
-            throw new IllegalStateException("ConnectedPlayer not found for player " + player
+          throw new IllegalStateException("Expected ConnectedPlayer for player " + player
-                + " in server " + rs.get().getServerInfo().getName());
+              + " on server " + rs.getServerInfo().getName() + ", got "
+              + player.getClass().getName());
         }
         evacuate.add((ConnectedPlayer) player);
       }
-        servers.unregister(rs.get().getServerInfo());
+      servers.unregister(rs.getServerInfo());
+    }
+
+    for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : newConfiguration.getServers().entrySet()) {
+      ServerInfo newInfo = new ServerInfo(entry.getKey(), AddressUtil.parseAddress(entry.getValue()));
+      RegisteredServer rs = servers.getServer(entry.getKey()).orElse(null);
+      if (rs == null) {
+        servers.register(newInfo);
+      } else if (!rs.getServerInfo().equals(newInfo)) {
+        for (Player player : rs.getPlayersConnected()) {
+          if (!(player instanceof ConnectedPlayer)) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Expected ConnectedPlayer for player " + player
+                + " on server " + rs.getServerInfo().getName() + ", got "
+                + player.getClass().getName());
+          }
+          evacuate.add((ConnectedPlayer) player);
+        }
+        servers.unregister(rs.getServerInfo());
         servers.register(newInfo);
       }
     }
@@ -578,6 +607,20 @@ public class VelocityServer implements ProxyServer, ForwardingAudience {
       // done first to refuse new connections
       cm.shutdown();
 
+      try {
+        eventManager.fire(new ProxyPreShutdownEvent())
+                .toCompletableFuture()
+                .get(PRE_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+      } catch (TimeoutException ignored) {
+        logger.warn("Your plugins took over {} seconds during pre shutdown.",
+                PRE_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT);
+      } catch (ExecutionException ee) {
+        logger.error("Exception in ProxyPreShutdownEvent handler; continuing shutdown.", ee);
+      } catch (InterruptedException ignored) {
+        Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+        logger.warn("Interrupted while waiting for ProxyPreShutdownEvent; continuing shutdown.");
+      }
+
       ImmutableList<ConnectedPlayer> players = ImmutableList.copyOf(connectionsByUuid.values());
       for (ConnectedPlayer player : players) {
         player.disconnect(reason);
@@ -633,7 +676,7 @@ public class VelocityServer implements ProxyServer, ForwardingAudience {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Calls {@link #shutdown(boolean, Component)} with the default reason "Proxy shutting down."
+   * Calls {@link #shutdown(boolean, Component)} with the default reason "Proxy shutting down".
    *
    * @param explicitExit whether the user explicitly shut down the proxy
    */
@@ -726,6 +769,36 @@ public class VelocityServer implements ProxyServer, ForwardingAudience {
     connectionsByName.remove(connection.getUsername().toLowerCase(Locale.US), connection);
     connectionsByUuid.remove(connection.getUniqueId(), connection);
     connection.disconnected();
+
+    if (this.sessionId != null && connectionsByUuid.isEmpty()) {
+      synchronized (this.sessionIdLock) {
+        if (connectionsByUuid.isEmpty()) {
+          this.sessionId = null;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the metrics session ID for this proxy, generating one if none is currently active. The
+   * ID is shared by every player connected during a populated period and is regenerated once the
+   * proxy empties.
+   *
+   * @return the current session ID
+   */
+  public UUID getSessionId() {
+    UUID uuid = this.sessionId;
+    if (uuid != null) {
+      return uuid;
+    }
+    synchronized (this.sessionIdLock) {
+      uuid = this.sessionId;
+      if (uuid == null) {
+        uuid = UUID.randomUUID();
+        this.sessionId = uuid;
+      }
+      return uuid;
+    }
   }
 
   @Override

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/adventure/VelocityBossBarImplementation.java

@@ -53,15 +53,23 @@ public final class VelocityBossBarImplementation implements BossBar.Listener,
           viewer.getProtocolVersion(),
           viewer.translateMessage(this.bar.name())
       );
-      viewer.getConnection().write(BossBarPacket.createAddPacket(this.id, this.bar, name));
+      viewer.getBossBarManager().writeUpdate(this, BossBarPacket.createAddPacket(this.id, this.bar, name));
       return true;
     }
     return false;
   }
 
+  public void createDirect(final ConnectedPlayer viewer) {
+    final ComponentHolder name = new ComponentHolder(
+        viewer.getProtocolVersion(),
+        viewer.translateMessage(this.bar.name())
+    );
+    viewer.getConnection().write(BossBarPacket.createAddPacket(this.id, this.bar, name));
+  }
+
   public boolean viewerRemove(final ConnectedPlayer viewer) {
     if (this.viewers.remove(viewer)) {
-      viewer.getConnection().write(BossBarPacket.createRemovePacket(this.id, this.bar));
+      viewer.getBossBarManager().remove(this, BossBarPacket.createRemovePacket(this.id, this.bar));
       return true;
     }
     return false;
@@ -84,7 +92,7 @@ public final class VelocityBossBarImplementation implements BossBar.Listener,
           this.bar,
           new ComponentHolder(viewer.getProtocolVersion(), translated)
       );
-      viewer.getConnection().write(packet);
+      viewer.getBossBarManager().writeUpdate(this, packet);
     }
   }
 
@@ -96,7 +104,7 @@ public final class VelocityBossBarImplementation implements BossBar.Listener,
   ) {
     final BossBarPacket packet = BossBarPacket.createUpdateProgressPacket(this.id, this.bar);
     for (final ConnectedPlayer viewer : this.viewers) {
-      viewer.getConnection().write(packet);
+      viewer.getBossBarManager().writeUpdate(this, packet);
     }
   }
 
@@ -108,7 +116,7 @@ public final class VelocityBossBarImplementation implements BossBar.Listener,
   ) {
     final BossBarPacket packet = BossBarPacket.createUpdateStylePacket(this.id, this.bar);
     for (final ConnectedPlayer viewer : this.viewers) {
-      viewer.getConnection().write(packet);
+      viewer.getBossBarManager().writeUpdate(this, packet);
     }
   }
 
@@ -120,7 +128,7 @@ public final class VelocityBossBarImplementation implements BossBar.Listener,
   ) {
     final BossBarPacket packet = BossBarPacket.createUpdateStylePacket(this.id, this.bar);
     for (final ConnectedPlayer viewer : this.viewers) {
-      viewer.getConnection().write(packet);
+      viewer.getBossBarManager().writeUpdate(this, packet);
     }
   }
 
@@ -132,7 +140,7 @@ public final class VelocityBossBarImplementation implements BossBar.Listener,
   ) {
     final BossBarPacket packet = BossBarPacket.createUpdatePropertiesPacket(this.id, this.bar);
     for (final ConnectedPlayer viewer : this.viewers) {
-      viewer.getConnection().write(packet);
+      viewer.getBossBarManager().writeUpdate(this, packet);
     }
   }
 }

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/command/SuggestionsProvider.java

@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ final class SuggestionsProvider<S> {
           return 0;
         });
       }
-      return potentials.get(0);
+      return potentials.getFirst();
     }
     return new ParseResults<>(contextSoFar, originalReader, Collections.emptyMap());
   }

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/command/VelocityCommandManager.java

@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ import com.velocitypowered.api.command.CommandManager;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.command.CommandMeta;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.command.CommandResult;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.command.CommandSource;
-import com.velocitypowered.api.command.VelocityBrigadierMessage;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.event.command.CommandExecuteEvent;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.event.command.PostCommandInvocationEvent;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.plugin.PluginManager;
@@ -59,6 +58,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReadWriteLock;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantReadWriteLock;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.ComponentLike;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.NamedTextColor;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.lock.qual.GuardedBy;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public class VelocityCommandManager implements CommandManager {
               command + " implements multiple registrable Command subinterfaces: "
                       + implementedInterfaces);
     } else {
-      this.internalRegister(commandRegistrars.get(0), command, meta);
+      this.internalRegister(commandRegistrars.getFirst(), command, meta);
     }
   }
 
@@ -242,8 +242,8 @@ public class VelocityCommandManager implements CommandManager {
           CommandSyntaxException.BUILT_IN_EXCEPTIONS.dispatcherUnknownCommand());
       if (isSyntaxError) {
         final Message message = e.getRawMessage();
-        if (message instanceof VelocityBrigadierMessage velocityMessage) {
+        if (message instanceof ComponentLike componentLike) {
-          source.sendMessage(velocityMessage.asComponent().applyFallbackStyle(NamedTextColor.RED));
+          source.sendMessage(componentLike.asComponent().applyFallbackStyle(NamedTextColor.RED));
         } else {
           source.sendMessage(Component.text(e.getMessage(), NamedTextColor.RED));
         }

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/command/VelocityCommands.java

@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ public final class VelocityCommands {
       maybeCommand = VelocityBrigadierCommandWrapper.wrap(delegate.getCommand(), registrant);
     }
 
-    if (delegate instanceof LiteralCommandNode<CommandSource> lcn) {
+    return switch (delegate) {
+      case LiteralCommandNode<CommandSource> lcn -> {
         var literalBuilder = shallowCopyAsBuilder(lcn, delegate.getName(), true);
         literalBuilder.executes(maybeCommand);
         // we also need to wrap any children
@@ -80,12 +81,12 @@ public final class VelocityCommands {
         if (delegate.getRedirect() != null) {
           literalBuilder.redirect(wrap(delegate.getRedirect(), registrant));
         }
-      return literalBuilder.build();
+        yield literalBuilder.build();
-    } else if (delegate instanceof VelocityArgumentCommandNode<CommandSource, ?> vacn) {
+      }
-      return vacn.withCommand(maybeCommand)
+      case VelocityArgumentCommandNode<CommandSource, ?> vacn -> vacn.withCommand(maybeCommand)
               .withRedirect(delegate.getRedirect() != null ? wrap(delegate.getRedirect(), registrant) : null);
-    } else if (delegate instanceof ArgumentCommandNode) {
+      case ArgumentCommandNode<CommandSource, ?> node -> {
-      var argBuilder = delegate.createBuilder().executes(maybeCommand);
+        var argBuilder = node.createBuilder().executes(maybeCommand);
         // we also need to wrap any children
         for (final CommandNode<CommandSource> child : delegate.getChildren()) {
           argBuilder.then(wrap(child, registrant));
@@ -93,10 +94,10 @@ public final class VelocityCommands {
         if (delegate.getRedirect() != null) {
           argBuilder.redirect(wrap(delegate.getRedirect(), registrant));
         }
-      return argBuilder.build();
+        yield argBuilder.build();
-    } else {
-      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported node type: " + delegate.getClass());
       }
+      default -> throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported node type: " + delegate.getClass());
+    };
   }
 
   // Normalization
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ public final class VelocityCommands {
     if (nodes.isEmpty()) {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot read alias from empty node list");
     }
-    return nodes.get(0).getNode().getName();
+    return nodes.getFirst().getNode().getName();
   }
 
   public static final String ARGS_NODE_NAME = "arguments";

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/command/brigadier/VelocityArgumentCommandNode.java

@@ -118,14 +118,12 @@ public class VelocityArgumentCommandNode<S, T> extends ArgumentCommandNode<S, St
     if (this == o) {
       return true;
     }
-    if (!(o instanceof VelocityArgumentCommandNode)) {
+    if (!(o instanceof VelocityArgumentCommandNode that)) {
       return false;
     }
-    if (!super.equals(o)) {
+    if (!super.equals(that)) {
       return false;
     }
-
-    final VelocityArgumentCommandNode<?, ?> that = (VelocityArgumentCommandNode<?, ?>) o;
     return this.type.equals(that.type);
   }
 

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/command/builtin/GlistCommand.java

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.TextComponent;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.TranslatableComponent;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.NamedTextColor;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.translation.Argument;
 
 /**
  * Implements the Velocity default {@code /glist} command.
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ public class GlistCommand {
       if (registeredServer.isEmpty()) {
         source.sendMessage(
             CommandMessages.SERVER_DOES_NOT_EXIST
-                    .arguments(Component.text(serverName)));
+                    .arguments(Argument.string("server", serverName)));
         return -1;
       }
       sendServerPlayers(source, registeredServer.get(), false);
@@ -126,7 +127,8 @@ public class GlistCommand {
                   ? "velocity.command.glist-player-singular"
                   : "velocity.command.glist-player-plural"
             ).color(NamedTextColor.YELLOW)
-            .arguments(Component.text(Integer.toString(online), NamedTextColor.GREEN));
+            .arguments(Argument.component(
+                    "players", Component.text(Integer.toString(online), NamedTextColor.GREEN)));
     target.sendMessage(msg.build());
   }
 

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/command/builtin/SendCommand.java

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.NamedTextColor;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.translation.Argument;
 
 /**
  * Implements the Velocity default {@code /send} command.
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ public class SendCommand {
 
     if (maybeServer.isEmpty()) {
       context.getSource().sendMessage(
-          CommandMessages.SERVER_DOES_NOT_EXIST.arguments(Component.text(serverName))
+          CommandMessages.SERVER_DOES_NOT_EXIST.arguments(Argument.string("server", serverName))
       );
       return 0;
     }
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ public class SendCommand {
         && !Objects.equals(player, "all")
         && !Objects.equals(player, "current")) {
       context.getSource().sendMessage(
-          CommandMessages.PLAYER_NOT_FOUND.arguments(Component.text(player))
+          CommandMessages.PLAYER_NOT_FOUND.arguments(Argument.string("player", player))
       );
       return 0;
     }

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/command/builtin/ServerCommand.java

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import net.kyori.adventure.text.TextComponent;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.TranslatableComponent;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.event.ClickEvent;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.NamedTextColor;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.translation.Argument;
 
 /**
  * Implements Velocity's {@code /server} command.
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ public final class ServerCommand {
               final Optional<RegisteredServer> toConnect = server.getServer(serverName);
               if (toConnect.isEmpty()) {
                 player.sendMessage(CommandMessages.SERVER_DOES_NOT_EXIST
-                        .arguments(Component.text(serverName)));
+                        .arguments(Argument.string("server", serverName)));
                 return -1;
               }
 
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ public final class ServerCommand {
     } else {
       playersTextComponent.key("velocity.command.server-tooltip-players-online");
     }
-    playersTextComponent.arguments(Component.text(connectedPlayers));
+    playersTextComponent.arguments(Argument.component("players", Component.text(connectedPlayers)));
     if (serverInfo.getName().equals(currentPlayerServer)) {
       serverTextComponent.color(NamedTextColor.GREEN)
           .hoverEvent(

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/command/builtin/VelocityCommand.java

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ import net.kyori.adventure.text.event.HoverEvent;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.NamedTextColor;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.TextColor;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.TextDecoration;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.translation.Argument;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
@@ -162,12 +163,15 @@ public final class VelocityCommand {
           .append(Component.text()
               .content(version.getVersion())
               .decoration(TextDecoration.BOLD, false))
+          .hoverEvent(Component.translatable("velocity.command.version-offer-copy-version"))
+          .clickEvent(ClickEvent.copyToClipboard(version.getName() + " "
+              + version.getVersion()))
           .build();
       final Component copyright = Component
           .translatable("velocity.command.version-copyright",
-              Component.text(version.getVendor()),
+              Argument.string("vendor", version.getVendor()),
-                  Component.text(version.getName()),
+              Argument.string("name", version.getName()),
-                  Component.text(LocalDate.now().getYear()));
+              Argument.component("year", Component.text(LocalDate.now().getYear())));
       source.sendMessage(velocity);
       source.sendMessage(copyright);
 
@@ -176,8 +180,7 @@ public final class VelocityCommand {
             .append(Component.text()
                 .content("PaperMC")
                 .color(NamedTextColor.GREEN)
-                .clickEvent(
+                .clickEvent(ClickEvent.openUrl(VelocityServer.VELOCITY_URL))
-                    ClickEvent.openUrl("https://papermc.io/software/velocity"))
                 .build())
             .append(Component.text(" - "))
             .append(Component.text()
@@ -221,7 +224,7 @@ public final class VelocityCommand {
       final TranslatableComponent output = Component.translatable()
           .key("velocity.command.plugins-list")
           .color(NamedTextColor.YELLOW)
-          .arguments(listBuilder.build())
+          .arguments(Argument.component("plugins", listBuilder.build()))
           .build();
       source.sendMessage(output);
       return Command.SINGLE_SUCCESS;
@@ -237,17 +240,17 @@ public final class VelocityCommand {
         hoverText.append(Component.newline());
         hoverText.append(Component.translatable(
             "velocity.command.plugin-tooltip-website",
-            Component.text(url)));
+            Argument.component("url", Component.text(url))));
       });
       if (!description.getAuthors().isEmpty()) {
         hoverText.append(Component.newline());
         if (description.getAuthors().size() == 1) {
           hoverText.append(Component.translatable("velocity.command.plugin-tooltip-author",
-              Component.text(description.getAuthors().get(0))));
+              Component.text(description.getAuthors().getFirst())));
         } else {
           hoverText.append(
               Component.translatable("velocity.command.plugin-tooltip-author",
-                  Component.text(String.join(", ", description.getAuthors()))
+                  Argument.string("authors", String.join(", ", description.getAuthors()))
               )
           );
         }

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/command/registrar/InvocableCommandRegistrar.java

@@ -103,13 +103,17 @@ abstract class InvocableCommandRegistrar<T extends InvocableCommand<I>,
         .requiresWithContext((context, reader) -> requirement.test(context))
         .executes(callback)
         .suggests((context, builder) -> {
+          // Offset the suggestion to the last space seperated word
+          int lastSpace = builder.getRemaining().lastIndexOf(' ') + 1;
+          final var offsetBuilder = builder.createOffset(builder.getStart() + lastSpace);
+
           final I invocation = invocationFactory.create(context);
           return command.suggestAsync(invocation).thenApply(suggestions -> {
             for (String value : suggestions) {
               Preconditions.checkNotNull(value, "suggestion");
-              builder.suggest(value);
+              offsetBuilder.suggest(value);
             }
-            return builder.build();
+            return offsetBuilder.build();
           });
         })
         .build();

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/config/PingPassthroughMode.java

@@ -16,13 +16,49 @@
  */
 
 package com.velocitypowered.proxy.config;
+import com.electronwill.nightconfig.core.Config;
 
 /**
- * Supported passthrough modes for ping passthrough.
+ * Object to contain all the things that can be toggled for ping passthrough.
+ *
+ * @param version     Whether the version should be passed through.
+ * @param players     Whether the player count should be passed through.
+ * @param description Whether the description should be passed through.
+ * @param favicon     Whether the favicon should be passed through.
+ * @param modinfo     Whether the modinfo should be passed through.
  */
-public enum PingPassthroughMode {
+public record PingPassthroughMode(boolean version, boolean players,
-  DISABLED,
+    boolean description, boolean favicon, boolean modinfo) {
-  MODS,
+  public static final PingPassthroughMode DEFAULT = new PingPassthroughMode();
-  DESCRIPTION,
+  
-  ALL
+  /**
+   * Creates a default PingPassthroughMode.
+   */
+  private PingPassthroughMode() {
+    this(false, false, false, false, false);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a PingPassthroughMode from a config section, or the default if the section is null.
+   * Based on the code for PacketLimiterConfig.
+   *
+   * @param config The configuration object to parse.
+   * @return The PingPassthroughMode, or the default if {@code config} is null.
+   */
+  public static PingPassthroughMode fromConfig(Config config) {
+    if (config == null) {
+      return DEFAULT;
+    }
+    return new PingPassthroughMode(
+        config.getOrElse("version", DEFAULT.version()),
+        config.getOrElse("players", DEFAULT.players()),
+        config.getOrElse("description", DEFAULT.description()),
+        config.getOrElse("favicon", DEFAULT.favicon()),
+        config.getOrElse("modinfo", DEFAULT.modinfo()));
+  }
+
+  public boolean enabled() {
+    return this.version || this.players || this.description || this.favicon
+        || this.modinfo;
+  }
 }

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/config/VelocityConfiguration.java

@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ import com.velocitypowered.api.util.Favicon;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.config.migration.ConfigurationMigration;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.config.migration.ForwardingMigration;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.config.migration.KeyAuthenticationMigration;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.config.migration.MiniMessageTranslationsMigration;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.config.migration.MotdMigration;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.config.migration.PacketLimiterMigration;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.config.migration.PingPassthroughMigration;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.config.migration.TransferIntegrationMigration;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.util.AddressUtil;
 import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressFBWarnings;
@@ -77,7 +80,7 @@ public class VelocityConfiguration implements ProxyConfig {
   @Expose
   private boolean onlineModeKickExistingPlayers = false;
   @Expose
-  private PingPassthroughMode pingPassthrough = PingPassthroughMode.DISABLED;
+  private PingPassthroughMode pingPassthrough = PingPassthroughMode.DEFAULT;
   @Expose
   private boolean samplePlayersInPing = false;
   private final Servers servers;
@@ -93,6 +96,8 @@ public class VelocityConfiguration implements ProxyConfig {
   private @Nullable Favicon favicon;
   @Expose
   private boolean forceKeyAuthentication = true; // Added in 1.19
+  @Expose
+  private PacketLimiterConfig packetLimiterConfig = PacketLimiterConfig.DEFAULT;
 
   private VelocityConfiguration(Servers servers, ForcedHosts forcedHosts, Advanced advanced,
       Query query, Metrics metrics) {
@@ -109,7 +114,7 @@ public class VelocityConfiguration implements ProxyConfig {
       boolean onlineModeKickExistingPlayers, PingPassthroughMode pingPassthrough,
       boolean samplePlayersInPing, boolean enablePlayerAddressLogging, Servers servers,
       ForcedHosts forcedHosts, Advanced advanced, Query query, Metrics metrics,
-      boolean forceKeyAuthentication) {
+      boolean forceKeyAuthentication, PacketLimiterConfig packetLimiterConfig) {
     this.bind = bind;
     this.motd = motd;
     this.showMaxPlayers = showMaxPlayers;
@@ -128,6 +133,7 @@ public class VelocityConfiguration implements ProxyConfig {
     this.query = query;
     this.metrics = metrics;
     this.forceKeyAuthentication = forceKeyAuthentication;
+    this.packetLimiterConfig = packetLimiterConfig;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -156,19 +162,16 @@ public class VelocityConfiguration implements ProxyConfig {
     }
 
     switch (playerInfoForwardingMode) {
-      case NONE:
+      case NONE -> logger.warn("Player info forwarding is disabled! All players will appear to be connecting "
-        logger.warn("Player info forwarding is disabled! All players will appear to be connecting "
             + "from the proxy and will have offline-mode UUIDs.");
-        break;
+      case MODERN, BUNGEEGUARD -> {
-      case MODERN:
-      case BUNGEEGUARD:
         if (forwardingSecret == null || forwardingSecret.length == 0) {
           logger.error("You don't have a forwarding secret set. This is required for security.");
           valid = false;
         }
-        break;
+      }
-      default:
+      default -> {
-        break;
+      }
     }
 
     if (servers.getServers().isEmpty()) {
@@ -449,6 +452,10 @@ public class VelocityConfiguration implements ProxyConfig {
     return advanced.isEnableReusePort();
   }
 
+  public PacketLimiterConfig getPacketLimiterConfig() {
+    return packetLimiterConfig;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public String toString() {
     return MoreObjects.toStringHelper(this)
@@ -466,6 +473,7 @@ public class VelocityConfiguration implements ProxyConfig {
         .add("favicon", favicon)
         .add("enablePlayerAddressLogging", enablePlayerAddressLogging)
         .add("forceKeyAuthentication", forceKeyAuthentication)
+        .add("packetLimiterConfig", packetLimiterConfig)
         .toString();
   }
 
@@ -504,7 +512,10 @@ public class VelocityConfiguration implements ProxyConfig {
           new ForwardingMigration(),
           new KeyAuthenticationMigration(),
           new MotdMigration(),
-          new TransferIntegrationMigration()
+          new MiniMessageTranslationsMigration(),
+          new TransferIntegrationMigration(),
+          new PacketLimiterMigration(),
+          new PingPassthroughMigration(),
       };
 
       for (final ConfigurationMigration migration : migrations) {
@@ -515,7 +526,7 @@ public class VelocityConfiguration implements ProxyConfig {
 
       String forwardingSecretString = System.getenv().getOrDefault(
               "VELOCITY_FORWARDING_SECRET", "");
-      if (forwardingSecretString.isEmpty()) {
+      if (forwardingSecretString.isBlank()) {
         final String forwardSecretFile = config.get("forwarding-secret-file");
         final Path secretPath = forwardSecretFile == null
                 ? defaultForwardingSecretPath
@@ -528,7 +539,11 @@ public class VelocityConfiguration implements ProxyConfig {
                     "The file " + forwardSecretFile + " is not a valid file or it is a directory.");
           }
         } else {
-          throw new RuntimeException("The forwarding-secret-file does not exist.");
+          Files.createFile(secretPath);
+          Files.writeString(secretPath, forwardingSecretString = generateRandomString(12),
+              StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+          logger.info("The forwarding-secret-file does not exist. A new file has been created at {}",
+              forwardSecretFile);
         }
       }
       final byte[] forwardingSecret = forwardingSecretString.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
@@ -542,9 +557,7 @@ public class VelocityConfiguration implements ProxyConfig {
       final CommentedConfig metricsConfig = config.get("metrics");
       final PlayerInfoForwarding forwardingMode = config.getEnumOrElse(
               "player-info-forwarding-mode", PlayerInfoForwarding.NONE);
-      final PingPassthroughMode pingPassthroughMode = config.getEnumOrElse("ping-passthrough",
+      final PingPassthroughMode pingPassthrough = PingPassthroughMode.fromConfig(config.get("ping-passthrough"));
-              PingPassthroughMode.DISABLED);
-
       final boolean samplePlayersInPing = config.getOrElse("sample-players-in-ping", false);
 
       final String bind = config.getOrElse("bind", "0.0.0.0:25565");
@@ -557,6 +570,7 @@ public class VelocityConfiguration implements ProxyConfig {
       final boolean kickExisting = config.getOrElse("kick-existing-players", false);
       final boolean enablePlayerAddressLogging = config.getOrElse(
               "enable-player-address-logging", true);
+      final PacketLimiterConfig packetLimiterConfig = PacketLimiterConfig.fromConfig(config.get("packet-limiter"));
 
       // Throw an exception if the forwarding-secret file is empty and the proxy is using a
       // forwarding mode that requires it.
@@ -576,7 +590,7 @@ public class VelocityConfiguration implements ProxyConfig {
               forwardingMode,
               forwardingSecret,
               kickExisting,
-              pingPassthroughMode,
+              pingPassthrough,
               samplePlayersInPing,
               enablePlayerAddressLogging,
               new Servers(serversConfig),
@@ -584,7 +598,8 @@ public class VelocityConfiguration implements ProxyConfig {
               new Advanced(advancedConfig),
               new Query(queryConfig),
               new Metrics(metricsConfig),
-              forceKeyAuthentication
+              forceKeyAuthentication,
+              packetLimiterConfig
       );
     }
   }
@@ -987,4 +1002,35 @@ public class VelocityConfiguration implements ProxyConfig {
       return enabled;
     }
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Configuration for packet limiting.
+   *
+   * @param interval                the interval in seconds to measure packets over
+   * @param pps                     the maximum number of packets per second allowed
+   * @param bytes                   the maximum number of bytes per second allowed
+   * @param bytesAfterDecompression the maximum number of decompressed bytes per second allowed
+   */
+  public record PacketLimiterConfig(int interval, int pps, int bytes, int bytesAfterDecompression) {
+    public static PacketLimiterConfig DEFAULT = new PacketLimiterConfig(7, -1, -1, 5242880);
+
+    /**
+     * returns a PacketLimiterConfig from a config section, or the default if the section is null.
+     *
+     * @param config the configuration object to parse
+     * @return the packet limiter config, or the default if {@code config} is null
+     */
+    public static PacketLimiterConfig fromConfig(CommentedConfig config) {
+      if (config != null) {
+        return new PacketLimiterConfig(
+            config.getIntOrElse("interval", DEFAULT.interval()),
+            config.getIntOrElse("packets-per-second", DEFAULT.pps()),
+            config.getIntOrElse("bytes-per-second", DEFAULT.bytes()),
+            config.getIntOrElse("decompressed-bytes-per-second", DEFAULT.bytesAfterDecompression())
+        );
+      } else {
+        return DEFAULT;
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/config/migration/ConfigurationMigration.java

@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ public sealed interface ConfigurationMigration
         permits ForwardingMigration,
                 KeyAuthenticationMigration,
                 MotdMigration,
-                TransferIntegrationMigration {
+                MiniMessageTranslationsMigration,
+                TransferIntegrationMigration,
+                PacketLimiterMigration,
+                PingPassthroughMigration {
   boolean shouldMigrate(CommentedFileConfig config);
 
   void migrate(CommentedFileConfig config, Logger logger) throws IOException;

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/config/migration/MiniMessageTranslationsMigration.java

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 Velocity Contributors
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package com.velocitypowered.proxy.config.migration;
+
+import com.electronwill.nightconfig.core.file.CommentedFileConfig;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.file.DirectoryStream;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.MiniMessage;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.legacy.LegacyComponentSerializer;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+
+/**
+ * Migration from old to modern language argument format with MiniMessage.
+ * Also migrates possible use of legacy colors to MiniMessage format.
+ */
+public final class MiniMessageTranslationsMigration implements ConfigurationMigration {
+  @Override
+  public boolean shouldMigrate(final CommentedFileConfig config) {
+    // Checking whether translations should be migrated would be just as costly as attempting to migrate them directly.
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void migrate(final CommentedFileConfig config, final Logger logger) throws IOException {
+    final Path langFolder = Path.of("lang");
+    if (Files.notExists(langFolder)) {
+      return;
+    }
+    final Pattern oldPlaceholderPattern = Pattern.compile("\\{(\\d+)}");
+    try (final DirectoryStream<Path> stream
+                 = Files.newDirectoryStream(langFolder, Files::isRegularFile)) {
+      for (final Path path : stream) {
+        String content = Files.readString(path, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+        if (content.indexOf('{') == -1) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        // Migrate old arguments
+        content = oldPlaceholderPattern.matcher(content).replaceAll("<arg:$1>");
+        // Some setups use legacy color codes, this format is migrated to MiniMessage
+        content = MiniMessage.miniMessage().serialize(
+                LegacyComponentSerializer.legacySection().deserialize(content));
+        Files.writeString(path, content, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/config/migration/PacketLimiterMigration.java

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2026 Velocity Contributors
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package com.velocitypowered.proxy.config.migration;
+
+import static com.velocitypowered.proxy.config.VelocityConfiguration.PacketLimiterConfig.DEFAULT;
+
+import com.electronwill.nightconfig.core.file.CommentedFileConfig;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+
+/**
+ * Configuration migration for the new [packet-limiter] section.
+ * Config version 2.7 may contain this section with only the `interval`, `packets-per-second`
+ * and `bytes-per-second` attributes. Config version 2.8 enforces these exist, adds the new
+ * `decompressed-bytes-per-second` attribute, adjusts the new default, and adds comments.
+ */
+public final class PacketLimiterMigration implements ConfigurationMigration {
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean shouldMigrate(CommentedFileConfig config) {
+    return configVersion(config) < 2.8;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void migrate(CommentedFileConfig config, Logger logger) {
+    config.set("packet-limiter.interval", DEFAULT.interval());
+    config.set("packet-limiter.packets-per-second", DEFAULT.pps());
+    config.set("packet-limiter.bytes-per-second", DEFAULT.bytes());
+    config.set("packet-limiter.decompressed-bytes-per-second", DEFAULT.bytesAfterDecompression());
+
+    config.setComment("packet-limiter.interval", """
+        Size of the moving time window in seconds used to calculate average rates.
+        A larger window tolerates short bursts while still enforcing the configured limits over time.""");
+
+    config.setComment("packet-limiter.packets-per-second", """
+        Maximum average number of packets per second a client may send. -1 disables this check.""");
+
+    config.setComment("packet-limiter.bytes-per-second", """
+        Maximum average number of compressed (on-wire) bytes per second a client may send. -1 disables this check.""");
+
+    config.setComment("packet-limiter.decompressed-bytes-per-second", """
+        Maximum average number of decompressed bytes per second a client may send.
+        Protects against compression bomb attacks where small packets expand to excessive sizes after decompression.
+        -1 disables this check.""");
+
+    config.set("config-version", "2.8");
+  }
+}

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/config/migration/PingPassthroughMigration.java

@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024-2026 Velocity Contributors
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package com.velocitypowered.proxy.config.migration;
+
+import com.electronwill.nightconfig.core.file.CommentedFileConfig;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+
+/**
+ * Migrate the old ping passthrough entry to separate config entries.
+ */
+public final class PingPassthroughMigration implements ConfigurationMigration {
+  @Override
+  public boolean shouldMigrate(final CommentedFileConfig config) {
+    return configVersion(config) < 2.9;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void migrate(final CommentedFileConfig config, final Logger logger) {
+    // Get legacy ping passthrough value
+    final String legacyMode = config.getOrElse("ping-passthrough", "DISABLED")
+        .toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT);
+    boolean version = false;
+    boolean players = false;
+    boolean description = false;
+    boolean favicon = false;
+    boolean modinfo = false;
+
+    switch (legacyMode) {
+      case "ALL":
+        version = true;
+        players = true;
+        description = true;
+        favicon = true;
+        modinfo = true;
+        break;
+      case "DESCRIPTION":
+        description = true;
+        modinfo = true;
+        break;
+      case "MODS":
+        modinfo = true;
+        break;
+      default: // DISABLED
+        break;
+    }
+
+    config.removeComment("ping-passthrough");
+    config.remove("ping-passthrough");
+
+    config.setComment("announce-forge",
+        " Announce whether or not your server supports Forge. If you run a modded server, we\n"
+            + " suggest turning this on.\n"
+            + "\n"
+            + " If your network runs one modpack consistently, consider using ping-passthrough.modinfo = true\n"
+            + " instead for a nicer display in the server list.");
+
+    config.set("ping-passthrough.version", version);
+    config.setComment(
+        "ping-passthrough.version",
+        " Should Velocity pass the version number from the backend server when responding to server list ping requests?"
+    );
+
+    config.set("ping-passthrough.players", players);
+    config.setComment(
+        "ping-passthrough.players",
+        " Should Velocity pass the player count from the backend server when responding to server list ping requests?"
+    );
+
+    config.set("ping-passthrough.description", description);
+    config.setComment(
+        "ping-passthrough.description",
+        " Should Velocity pass the description from the backend server when responding to server list ping requests?"
+    );
+
+    config.set("ping-passthrough.favicon", favicon);
+    config.setComment(
+        "ping-passthrough.favicon",
+        " Should Velocity pass the favicon (also known as the server icon) from the backend server when responding to server list ping requests?"
+    );
+
+    config.set("ping-passthrough.modinfo", modinfo);
+    config.setComment(
+        "ping-passthrough.modinfo",
+        " Should Velocity pass the mod list from the backend server when responding to server list ping requests?"
+    );
+
+    config.set("config-version", "2.9");
+  }
+}

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/MinecraftConnection.java

@@ -33,11 +33,14 @@ import com.velocitypowered.natives.encryption.VelocityCipher;
 import com.velocitypowered.natives.encryption.VelocityCipherFactory;
 import com.velocitypowered.natives.util.Natives;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.VelocityServer;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.client.ConnectedPlayer;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.client.HandshakeSessionHandler;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.client.InitialLoginSessionHandler;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.client.StatusSessionHandler;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.Connections;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.limiter.SimpleBytesPerSecondLimiter;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.MinecraftPacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.ProtocolUtils;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.StateRegistry;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.VelocityConnectionEvent;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.netty.MinecraftCipherDecoder;
@@ -66,7 +69,7 @@ import io.netty.util.ReferenceCountUtil;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.net.SocketAddress;
 import java.security.GeneralSecurityException;
-import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.EnumMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
@@ -108,7 +111,7 @@ public class MinecraftConnection extends ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter {
     this.server = server;
     this.state = StateRegistry.HANDSHAKE;
 
-    this.sessionHandlers = new HashMap<>();
+    this.sessionHandlers = new EnumMap<>(StateRegistry.class);
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -153,13 +156,13 @@ public class MinecraftConnection extends ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter {
 
       if (msg instanceof MinecraftPacket pkt) {
         if (!pkt.handle(activeSessionHandler)) {
-          activeSessionHandler.handleGeneric((MinecraftPacket) msg);
+          activeSessionHandler.handleGeneric(pkt);
         }
       } else if (msg instanceof HAProxyMessage proxyMessage) {
         this.remoteAddress = new InetSocketAddress(proxyMessage.sourceAddress(),
             proxyMessage.sourcePort());
-      } else if (msg instanceof ByteBuf) {
+      } else if (msg instanceof ByteBuf buf) {
-        activeSessionHandler.handleUnknown((ByteBuf) msg);
+        activeSessionHandler.handleUnknown(buf);
       }
     } finally {
       ReferenceCountUtil.release(msg);
@@ -368,6 +371,7 @@ public class MinecraftConnection extends ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter {
   public void setState(StateRegistry state) {
     ensureInEventLoop();
 
+    final StateRegistry previousState = this.state;
     this.state = state;
     final MinecraftVarintFrameDecoder frameDecoder = this.channel.pipeline()
         .get(MinecraftVarintFrameDecoder.class);
@@ -388,7 +392,13 @@ public class MinecraftConnection extends ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter {
 
     if (state == StateRegistry.CONFIG) {
       // Activate the play packet queue
+      if (previousState == StateRegistry.PLAY
+          && this.pendingConfigurationSwitch
+          && this.association instanceof ConnectedPlayer) {
+        addPlayPacketQueueOutboundHandler();
+      } else {
         addPlayPacketQueueHandler();
+      }
     } else {
       // Remove the queue
       if (this.channel.pipeline().get(Connections.PLAY_PACKET_QUEUE_OUTBOUND) != null) {
@@ -404,13 +414,23 @@ public class MinecraftConnection extends ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter {
    * Adds the play packet queue handler.
    */
   public void addPlayPacketQueueHandler() {
-    if (this.channel.pipeline().get(Connections.PLAY_PACKET_QUEUE_OUTBOUND) == null) {
+    addPlayPacketQueueOutboundHandler();
-      this.channel.pipeline().addAfter(Connections.MINECRAFT_ENCODER, Connections.PLAY_PACKET_QUEUE_OUTBOUND,
+
-           new PlayPacketQueueOutboundHandler(this.protocolVersion, channel.pipeline().get(MinecraftEncoder.class).getDirection()));
-    }
     if (this.channel.pipeline().get(Connections.PLAY_PACKET_QUEUE_INBOUND) == null) {
       this.channel.pipeline().addAfter(Connections.MINECRAFT_DECODER, Connections.PLAY_PACKET_QUEUE_INBOUND,
-           new PlayPacketQueueInboundHandler(this.protocolVersion, channel.pipeline().get(MinecraftDecoder.class).getDirection()));
+           new PlayPacketQueueInboundHandler(this.protocolVersion,
+               channel.pipeline().get(MinecraftDecoder.class).getDirection()));
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Adds only the outbound play packet queue handler.
+   */
+  public void addPlayPacketQueueOutboundHandler() {
+    if (this.channel.pipeline().get(Connections.PLAY_PACKET_QUEUE_OUTBOUND) == null) {
+      this.channel.pipeline().addAfter(Connections.MINECRAFT_ENCODER, Connections.PLAY_PACKET_QUEUE_OUTBOUND,
+           new PlayPacketQueueOutboundHandler(this.protocolVersion,
+               channel.pipeline().get(MinecraftEncoder.class).getDirection()));
     }
   }
 
@@ -544,14 +564,23 @@ public class MinecraftConnection extends ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter {
       } else {
         int level = server.getConfiguration().getCompressionLevel();
         VelocityCompressor compressor = Natives.compress.get().create(level);
+        final MinecraftDecoder minecraftDecoder = (MinecraftDecoder) channel.pipeline().get(MINECRAFT_DECODER);
 
         encoder = new MinecraftCompressorAndLengthEncoder(threshold, compressor);
-        decoder = new MinecraftCompressDecoder(threshold, compressor);
+        decoder = new MinecraftCompressDecoder(threshold, compressor, minecraftDecoder.getDirection());
 
         channel.pipeline().remove(FRAME_ENCODER);
         channel.pipeline().addBefore(MINECRAFT_DECODER, COMPRESSION_DECODER, decoder);
         channel.pipeline().addBefore(MINECRAFT_ENCODER, COMPRESSION_ENCODER, encoder);
 
+        var packetLimiterConfig = server.getConfiguration().getPacketLimiterConfig();
+        if (minecraftDecoder.getDirection() == ProtocolUtils.Direction.SERVERBOUND
+            && packetLimiterConfig.interval() > 0
+            && packetLimiterConfig.bytesAfterDecompression() > 0) {
+          decoder.setPacketLimiter(new SimpleBytesPerSecondLimiter(
+              -1, packetLimiterConfig.bytesAfterDecompression(), packetLimiterConfig.interval()));
+        }
+
         channel.pipeline().fireUserEventTriggered(VelocityConnectionEvent.COMPRESSION_ENABLED);
       }
     }

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/MinecraftSessionHandler.java

@@ -23,7 +23,12 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.BossBarPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.BundleDelimiterPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.ClientSettingsPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.ClientboundCookieRequestPacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.ClientboundPostEffectsPacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.ClientboundSoundEntityPacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.ClientboundStopSoundPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.ClientboundStoreCookiePacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.DialogClearPacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.DialogShowPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.DisconnectPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.EncryptionRequestPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.EncryptionResponsePacket;
@@ -48,6 +53,8 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.ServerDataPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.ServerLoginPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.ServerLoginSuccessPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.ServerboundCookieResponsePacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.ServerboundCustomClickActionPacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.ServerboundPlayerLoadedPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.SetCompressionPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.StatusPingPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.StatusRequestPacket;
@@ -67,6 +74,8 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.chat.session.SessionPlayerComma
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.config.ActiveFeaturesPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.config.ClientboundCustomReportDetailsPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.config.ClientboundServerLinksPacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.config.CodeOfConductAcceptPacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.config.CodeOfConductPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.config.FinishedUpdatePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.config.KnownPacksPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.config.RegistrySyncPacket;
@@ -193,6 +202,10 @@ public interface MinecraftSessionHandler {
     return false;
   }
 
+  default boolean handle(ServerboundPlayerLoadedPacket packet) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   default boolean handle(ServerLoginPacket packet) {
     return false;
   }
@@ -364,4 +377,36 @@ public interface MinecraftSessionHandler {
   default boolean handle(ClientboundServerLinksPacket packet) {
     return false;
   }
+
+  default boolean handle(DialogClearPacket packet) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  default boolean handle(DialogShowPacket packet) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  default boolean handle(ServerboundCustomClickActionPacket packet) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  default boolean handle(CodeOfConductPacket packet) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  default boolean handle(CodeOfConductAcceptPacket packet) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  default boolean handle(ClientboundSoundEntityPacket packet) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  default boolean handle(ClientboundStopSoundPacket packet) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  default boolean handle(ClientboundPostEffectsPacket packet) {
+    return false;
+  }
 }

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/backend/BackendPlaySessionHandler.java

@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ import com.velocitypowered.api.event.player.ServerResourcePackSendEvent;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.event.proxy.ProxyPingEvent;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.network.ProtocolVersion;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.messages.ChannelIdentifier;
+import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.messages.LegacyChannelIdentifier;
+import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.messages.MinecraftChannelIdentifier;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.player.ResourcePackInfo;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.VelocityServer;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.command.CommandGraphInjector;
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.ClientSettingsPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.ClientboundCookieRequestPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.ClientboundStoreCookiePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.DisconnectPacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.JoinGamePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.KeepAlivePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.LegacyPlayerListItemPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.PluginMessagePacket;
@@ -68,6 +71,7 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.TransferPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.UpsertPlayerInfoPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.chat.ComponentHolder;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.config.StartUpdatePacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.util.DeferredByteBufHolder;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.util.PluginMessageUtil;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufUtil;
@@ -91,6 +95,7 @@ public class BackendPlaySessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
       Boolean.getBoolean("velocity.log-server-backpressure");
   private static final int MAXIMUM_PACKETS_TO_FLUSH =
       Integer.getInteger("velocity.max-packets-per-flush", 8192);
+  private static final int LARGE_PACKET_THRESHOLD = 1024 * 128;
 
   private final VelocityServer server;
   private final VelocityServerConnection serverConn;
@@ -162,6 +167,13 @@ public class BackendPlaySessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
     return false; // forwards on
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean handle(JoinGamePacket packet) {
+    // We receive this if the connection is reconfigured
+    packet.setOnlineMode(serverConn.getPlayer().isOnlineMode());
+    return false; // forward
+  }
+
   @Override
   public boolean handle(ClientSettingsPacket packet) {
     serverConn.ensureConnected().write(packet);
@@ -177,11 +189,13 @@ public class BackendPlaySessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
 
   @Override
   public boolean handle(BossBarPacket packet) {
+    if (serverConn.getPlayer().getProtocolVersion().lessThan(ProtocolVersion.MINECRAFT_1_20_2)) {
       if (packet.getAction() == BossBarPacket.ADD) {
         playerSessionHandler.getServerBossBars().add(packet.getUuid());
       } else if (packet.getAction() == BossBarPacket.REMOVE) {
         playerSessionHandler.getServerBossBars().remove(packet.getUuid());
       }
+    }
     return false; // forward
   }
 
@@ -290,7 +304,7 @@ public class BackendPlaySessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
       return true;
     }
 
-    // Register and unregister packets are simply forwarded to the server as-is.
+    // Register and unregister packets are simply forwarded to the client as-is.
     if (PluginMessageUtil.isRegister(packet) || PluginMessageUtil.isUnregister(packet)) {
       return false;
     }
@@ -308,13 +322,9 @@ public class BackendPlaySessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
       return true;
     }
 
-    ChannelIdentifier id = server.getChannelRegistrar().getFromId(packet.getChannel());
-    if (id == null) {
-      return false;
-    }
-
     byte[] copy = ByteBufUtil.getBytes(packet.content());
-    PluginMessageEvent event = new PluginMessageEvent(serverConn, serverConn.getPlayer(), id, copy);
+    String channel = packet.getChannel();
+    PluginMessageEvent event = new PluginMessageEvent(serverConn, serverConn.getPlayer(), channel.indexOf(':') == -1 ? new LegacyChannelIdentifier(channel) : MinecraftChannelIdentifier.from(channel), copy);
     server.getEventManager().fire(event).thenAcceptAsync(pme -> {
       if (pme.getResult().isAllowed() && !playerConnection.isClosed()) {
         PluginMessagePacket copied = new PluginMessagePacket(
@@ -359,8 +369,13 @@ public class BackendPlaySessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
       // Inject commands from the proxy.
       final CommandGraphInjector<CommandSource> injector = server.getCommandManager().getInjector();
       injector.inject(rootNode, serverConn.getPlayer());
+
+      // In 1.21.6 a confirmation prompt was added when executing a command via `run_command` click
+      // action if the command is unknown. To prevent this prompt we have to send the command.
+      if (this.playerConnection.getProtocolVersion().lessThan(ProtocolVersion.MINECRAFT_1_21_6)) {
         rootNode.removeChildByName("velocity:callback");
       }
+    }
 
     server.getEventManager().fire(
             new PlayerAvailableCommandsEvent(serverConn.getPlayer(), rootNode))
@@ -445,11 +460,12 @@ public class BackendPlaySessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
 
   @Override
   public void handleGeneric(MinecraftPacket packet) {
-    if (packet instanceof PluginMessagePacket) {
+    if (packet instanceof PluginMessagePacket pluginMessage) {
-      ((PluginMessagePacket) packet).retain();
+      pluginMessage.retain();
     }
+    boolean huge = packet instanceof DeferredByteBufHolder def && def.content().readableBytes() > LARGE_PACKET_THRESHOLD;
     playerConnection.delayedWrite(packet);
-    if (++packetsFlushed >= MAXIMUM_PACKETS_TO_FLUSH) {
+    if (huge || ++packetsFlushed >= MAXIMUM_PACKETS_TO_FLUSH) {
       playerConnection.flush();
       packetsFlushed = 0;
     }
@@ -457,8 +473,9 @@ public class BackendPlaySessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
 
   @Override
   public void handleUnknown(ByteBuf buf) {
+    boolean huge = buf.readableBytes() > LARGE_PACKET_THRESHOLD;
     playerConnection.delayedWrite(buf.retain());
-    if (++packetsFlushed >= MAXIMUM_PACKETS_TO_FLUSH) {
+    if (huge || ++packetsFlushed >= MAXIMUM_PACKETS_TO_FLUSH) {
       playerConnection.flush();
       packetsFlushed = 0;
     }

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/backend/BungeeCordMessageResponder.java

@@ -344,66 +344,30 @@ public class BungeeCordMessageResponder {
       return false;
     }
 
-    ByteBufDataInput in = new ByteBufDataInput(message.content());
+    final ByteBufDataInput in = new ByteBufDataInput(message.content());
-    String subChannel = in.readUTF();
+    final String subChannel = in.readUTF();
     switch (subChannel) {
-      case "GetPlayerServer":
+      case "GetPlayerServer" -> this.processGetPlayerServer(in);
-        this.processGetPlayerServer(in);
+      case "ForwardToPlayer" -> this.processForwardToPlayer(in);
-        break;
+      case "Forward" -> this.processForwardToServer(in);
-      case "ForwardToPlayer":
+      case "Connect" -> this.processConnect(in);
-        this.processForwardToPlayer(in);
+      case "ConnectOther" -> this.processConnectOther(in);
-        break;
+      case "IP" -> this.processIp(in);
-      case "Forward":
+      case "PlayerCount" -> this.processPlayerCount(in);
-        this.processForwardToServer(in);
+      case "PlayerList" -> this.processPlayerList(in);
-        break;
+      case "GetServers" -> this.processGetServers();
-      case "Connect":
+      case "Message" -> this.processMessage(in);
-        this.processConnect(in);
+      case "MessageRaw" -> this.processMessageRaw(in);
-        break;
+      case "GetServer" -> this.processGetServer();
-      case "ConnectOther":
+      case "UUID" -> this.processUuid();
-        this.processConnectOther(in);
+      case "UUIDOther" -> this.processUuidOther(in);
-        break;
+      case "IPOther" -> this.processIpOther(in);
-      case "IP":
+      case "ServerIP" -> this.processServerIp(in);
-        this.processIp(in);
+      case "KickPlayer" -> this.processKick(in);
-        break;
+      case "KickPlayerRaw" -> this.processKickRaw(in);
-      case "PlayerCount":
+      default -> {
-        this.processPlayerCount(in);
-        break;
-      case "PlayerList":
-        this.processPlayerList(in);
-        break;
-      case "GetServers":
-        this.processGetServers();
-        break;
-      case "Message":
-        this.processMessage(in);
-        break;
-      case "MessageRaw":
-        this.processMessageRaw(in);
-        break;
-      case "GetServer":
-        this.processGetServer();
-        break;
-      case "UUID":
-        this.processUuid();
-        break;
-      case "UUIDOther":
-        this.processUuidOther(in);
-        break;
-      case "IPOther":
-        this.processIpOther(in);
-        break;
-      case "ServerIP":
-        this.processServerIp(in);
-        break;
-      case "KickPlayer":
-        this.processKick(in);
-        break;
-      case "KickPlayerRaw":
-        this.processKickRaw(in);
-        break;
-      default:
           // Do nothing, unknown command
-        break;
+      }
     }
 
     return true;

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/backend/ConfigSessionHandler.java

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.ResourcePackResponsePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.TransferPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.config.ClientboundCustomReportDetailsPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.config.ClientboundServerLinksPacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.config.CodeOfConductPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.config.FinishedUpdatePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.config.RegistrySyncPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.config.StartUpdatePacket;
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.config.TagsUpdatePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.util.PluginMessageUtil;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufUtil;
 import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
-import java.io.IOException;
+import io.netty.channel.Channel;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import net.kyori.adventure.key.Key;
@@ -71,6 +72,9 @@ import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
  * 1.20.2+ switching. Yes, some of this is exceptionally stupid.
  */
 public class ConfigSessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
+  private static final boolean BACKPRESSURE_LOG =
+      Boolean.getBoolean("velocity.log-server-backpressure");
+
   private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(ConfigSessionHandler.class);
   private final VelocityServer server;
   private final VelocityServerConnection serverConn;
@@ -256,7 +260,13 @@ public class ConfigSessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
   @Override
   public boolean handle(DisconnectPacket packet) {
     serverConn.disconnect();
+    // If the player receives a DisconnectPacket without a connection to a server in progress,
+    // it means that the backend server has kicked the player during reconfiguration
+    if (serverConn.getPlayer().getConnectionInFlight() != null) {
       resultFuture.complete(ConnectionRequestResults.forDisconnect(packet, serverConn.getServer()));
+    } else {
+      serverConn.getPlayer().handleConnectionException(serverConn.getServer(), packet, true);
+    }
     return true;
   }
 
@@ -267,7 +277,6 @@ public class ConfigSessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
           PluginMessageUtil.rewriteMinecraftBrand(packet, server.getVersion(),
               serverConn.getPlayer().getProtocolVersion()));
     } else {
-      byte[] bytes = ByteBufUtil.getBytes(packet.content());
       ChannelIdentifier id = this.server.getChannelRegistrar().getFromId(packet.getChannel());
 
       if (id == null) {
@@ -277,6 +286,7 @@ public class ConfigSessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
 
       // Handling this stuff async means that we should probably pause
       // the connection while we toss this off into another pool
+      byte[] bytes = ByteBufUtil.getBytes(packet.content());
       this.serverConn.getConnection().setAutoReading(false);
       this.server.getEventManager()
           .fire(new PluginMessageEvent(serverConn, serverConn.getPlayer(), id, bytes))
@@ -358,10 +368,16 @@ public class ConfigSessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
     return true;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean handle(CodeOfConductPacket packet) {
+    this.serverConn.getPlayer().getConnection().write(packet.retain());
+    return true;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void disconnected() {
-    resultFuture.completeExceptionally(
+    resultFuture.complete(ConnectionRequestResults.forDisconnect(
-        new IOException("Unexpectedly disconnected from remote server"));
+        ConnectionMessages.INTERNAL_SERVER_CONNECTION_ERROR, serverConn.getServer()));
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -369,6 +385,22 @@ public class ConfigSessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
     serverConn.getPlayer().getConnection().write(packet);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void writabilityChanged() {
+    Channel serverChan = serverConn.ensureConnected().getChannel();
+    boolean writable = serverChan.isWritable();
+
+    if (BACKPRESSURE_LOG) {
+      if (writable) {
+        logger.info("{} is writable, will auto-read player connection data", this.serverConn);
+      } else {
+        logger.info("{} is not writable, not auto-reading player connection data", this.serverConn);
+      }
+    }
+
+    serverConn.getPlayer().getConnection().setAutoReading(writable);
+  }
+
   private void switchFailure(Throwable cause) {
     logger.error("Unable to switch to new server {} for {}", serverConn.getServerInfo().getName(),
         serverConn.getPlayer().getUsername(), cause);

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/backend/LoginSessionHandler.java

@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public class LoginSessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
       }
       if (player.getConnection().getActiveSessionHandler() instanceof ClientPlaySessionHandler clientPlaySessionHandler) {
         smc.setAutoReading(false);
-        clientPlaySessionHandler.doSwitch().thenAcceptAsync((unused) -> smc.setAutoReading(true), smc.eventLoop());
+        clientPlaySessionHandler.doSwitch().thenRunAsync(() -> smc.setAutoReading(true), smc.eventLoop());
       } else {
         // Initial login - the player is already in configuration state.
         server.getEventManager().fireAndForget(new PlayerEnteredConfigurationEvent(player, serverConn));

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/backend/TransitionSessionHandler.java

@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.DisconnectPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.JoinGamePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.KeepAlivePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.PluginMessagePacket;
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ public class TransitionSessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
 
   @Override
   public boolean handle(JoinGamePacket packet) {
-    MinecraftConnection smc = serverConn.ensureConnected();
+    final MinecraftConnection smc = serverConn.ensureConnected();
     final RegisteredServer previousServer = serverConn.getPreviousServer().orElse(null);
     final ConnectedPlayer player = serverConn.getPlayer();
     final VelocityServerConnection existingConnection = player.getConnectedServer();
@@ -107,6 +106,9 @@ public class TransitionSessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
     // Reset Tablist header and footer to prevent desync
     player.clearPlayerListHeaderAndFooter();
 
+    // Override online mode
+    packet.setOnlineMode(player.isOnlineMode());
+
     // The goods are in hand! We got JoinGame. Let's transition completely to the new state.
     smc.setAutoReading(false);
     server.getEventManager()
@@ -122,9 +124,8 @@ public class TransitionSessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
           // Change the client to use the ClientPlaySessionHandler if required.
           ClientPlaySessionHandler playHandler;
           if (player.getConnection()
-              .getActiveSessionHandler() instanceof ClientPlaySessionHandler) {
+              .getActiveSessionHandler() instanceof ClientPlaySessionHandler sessionHandler) {
-            playHandler =
+            playHandler = sessionHandler;
-                (ClientPlaySessionHandler) player.getConnection().getActiveSessionHandler();
           } else {
             playHandler = new ClientPlaySessionHandler(server, player);
             player.getConnection().setActiveSessionHandler(StateRegistry.PLAY, playHandler);
@@ -214,7 +215,7 @@ public class TransitionSessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
 
   @Override
   public void disconnected() {
-    resultFuture
+    resultFuture.complete(ConnectionRequestResults.forDisconnect(
-        .completeExceptionally(new IOException("Unexpectedly disconnected from remote server"));
+        ConnectionMessages.INTERNAL_SERVER_CONNECTION_ERROR, serverConn.getServer()));
   }
 }

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/backend/VelocityServerConnection.java

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.MonotonicNonNull;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
@@ -67,9 +68,11 @@ public class VelocityServerConnection implements MinecraftConnectionAssociation,
   private final VelocityServer server;
   private @Nullable MinecraftConnection connection;
   private boolean hasCompletedJoin = false;
+  private boolean clientLoaded = false; // 1.21.4+
   private boolean gracefulDisconnect = false;
   private BackendConnectionPhase connectionPhase = BackendConnectionPhases.UNKNOWN;
   private final Map<Long, Long> pendingPings = new HashMap<>();
+  private @MonotonicNonNull Integer entityId;
 
   /**
    * Initializes a new server connection.
@@ -178,9 +181,8 @@ public class VelocityServerConnection implements MinecraftConnectionAssociation,
       handshake.setServerAddress(createBungeeGuardForwardingAddress(secret));
     } else if (proxyPlayer.getConnection().getType() == ConnectionTypes.LEGACY_FORGE) {
       handshake.setServerAddress(playerVhost + HANDSHAKE_HOSTNAME_TOKEN);
-    } else if (proxyPlayer.getConnection().getType() instanceof ModernForgeConnectionType) {
+    } else if (proxyPlayer.getConnection().getType() instanceof ModernForgeConnectionType forgeConnection) {
-      handshake.setServerAddress(playerVhost + ((ModernForgeConnectionType) proxyPlayer
+      handshake.setServerAddress(playerVhost + forgeConnection.getModernToken());
-              .getConnection().getType()).getModernToken());
     } else {
       handshake.setServerAddress(playerVhost);
     }
@@ -316,6 +318,15 @@ public class VelocityServerConnection implements MinecraftConnectionAssociation,
     }
   }
 
+  public void setClientLoaded(boolean clientLoaded) {
+    this.clientLoaded = clientLoaded;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean isClientLoaded() {
+    return clientLoaded;
+  }
+
   boolean isGracefulDisconnect() {
     return gracefulDisconnect;
   }
@@ -324,6 +335,14 @@ public class VelocityServerConnection implements MinecraftConnectionAssociation,
     return pendingPings;
   }
 
+  public Integer getEntityId() {
+    return entityId;
+  }
+
+  public void setEntityId(Integer entityId) {
+    this.entityId = entityId;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Ensures that this server connection remains "active": the connection is established and not
    * closed, the player is still connected to the server, and the player still remains online.

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/AuthSessionHandler.java

@@ -69,14 +69,16 @@ public class AuthSessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
   private @MonotonicNonNull ConnectedPlayer connectedPlayer;
   private final boolean onlineMode;
   private State loginState = State.START; // 1.20.2+
+  private final String serverIdHash;
 
   AuthSessionHandler(VelocityServer server, LoginInboundConnection inbound,
-      GameProfile profile, boolean onlineMode) {
+      GameProfile profile, boolean onlineMode, String serverIdHash) {
     this.server = Preconditions.checkNotNull(server, "server");
     this.inbound = Preconditions.checkNotNull(inbound, "inbound");
     this.profile = Preconditions.checkNotNull(profile, "profile");
     this.onlineMode = onlineMode;
     this.mcConnection = inbound.delegatedConnection();
+    this.serverIdHash = serverIdHash;
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -213,7 +215,7 @@ public class AuthSessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
   private void completeLoginProtocolPhaseAndInitialize(ConnectedPlayer player) {
     mcConnection.setAssociation(player);
 
-    server.getEventManager().fire(new LoginEvent(player)).thenAcceptAsync(event -> {
+    server.getEventManager().fire(new LoginEvent(player, serverIdHash)).thenAcceptAsync(event -> {
       if (mcConnection.isClosed()) {
         // The player was disconnected
         server.getEventManager().fireAndForget(new DisconnectEvent(player,
@@ -234,6 +236,9 @@ public class AuthSessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
         success.setUsername(player.getUsername());
         success.setProperties(player.getGameProfileProperties());
         success.setUuid(player.getUniqueId());
+        if (inbound.getProtocolVersion().noLessThan(ProtocolVersion.MINECRAFT_26_2)) {
+          success.setSessionId(server.getSessionId());
+        }
         mcConnection.write(success);
 
         loginState = State.SUCCESS_SENT;

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/ClientConfigSessionHandler.java

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.player.resourcepack.ResourcePackResp
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.MinecraftPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.ProtocolUtils;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.StateRegistry;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.netty.MinecraftDecoder;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.netty.MinecraftEncoder;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.ClientSettingsPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.KeepAlivePacket;
@@ -40,10 +41,13 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.PingIdentifyPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.PluginMessagePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.ResourcePackResponsePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.ServerboundCookieResponsePacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.ServerboundCustomClickActionPacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.config.CodeOfConductAcceptPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.config.FinishedUpdatePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.config.KnownPacksPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.util.PluginMessageUtil;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
+import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufHolder;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufUtil;
 import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
@@ -58,6 +62,8 @@ import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
  * Handles the client config stage.
  */
 public class ClientConfigSessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
+  private static final boolean BACKPRESSURE_LOG =
+      Boolean.getBoolean("velocity.log-server-backpressure");
 
   private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(ClientConfigSessionHandler.class);
   private final VelocityServer server;
@@ -130,7 +136,6 @@ public class ClientConfigSessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
     } else if (BungeeCordMessageResponder.isBungeeCordMessage(packet)) {
       return true;
     } else if (serverConn != null) {
-      byte[] bytes = ByteBufUtil.getBytes(packet.content());
       ChannelIdentifier id = this.server.getChannelRegistrar().getFromId(packet.getChannel());
 
       if (id == null) {
@@ -140,6 +145,7 @@ public class ClientConfigSessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
 
       // Handling this stuff async means that we should probably pause
       // the connection while we toss this off into another pool
+      byte[] bytes = ByteBufUtil.getBytes(packet.content());
       serverConn.getPlayer().getConnection().setAutoReading(false);
       this.server.getEventManager()
           .fire(new PluginMessageEvent(serverConn.getPlayer(), serverConn, id, bytes))
@@ -205,6 +211,27 @@ public class ClientConfigSessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
     return true;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean handle(ServerboundCustomClickActionPacket packet) {
+    VelocityServerConnection serverConnection = player.getConnectionInFlightOrConnectedServer();
+    if (serverConnection != null) {
+      serverConnection.ensureConnected().write(packet.retain());
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean handle(CodeOfConductAcceptPacket packet) {
+    if (this.player.getConnectionInFlight() != null) {
+      this.player.getConnectionInFlight().ensureConnected().write(packet);
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    return false;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void handleGeneric(MinecraftPacket packet) {
     VelocityServerConnection serverConnection = player.getConnectedServer();
@@ -215,8 +242,8 @@ public class ClientConfigSessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
 
     MinecraftConnection smc = serverConnection.getConnection();
     if (smc != null && serverConnection.getPhase().consideredComplete()) {
-      if (packet instanceof PluginMessagePacket) {
+      if (packet instanceof ByteBufHolder bufHolder) {
-        ((PluginMessagePacket) packet).retain();
+        bufHolder.retain();
       }
       smc.write(packet);
     }
@@ -244,6 +271,36 @@ public class ClientConfigSessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
   @Override
   public void exception(Throwable throwable) {
     player.disconnect(Component.translatable("velocity.error.player-connection-error", NamedTextColor.RED));
+    if (MinecraftDecoder.DEBUG) {
+      logger.info("Exception while handling packet for {}", player, throwable);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void writabilityChanged() {
+    final boolean writable = player.getConnection().getChannel().isWritable();
+
+    if (BACKPRESSURE_LOG) {
+      if (writable) {
+        logger.info("{} is writable, will auto-read backend connection data", player);
+      } else {
+        logger.info("{} is not writable, not auto-reading backend connection data", player);
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (!writable) {
+      // Flush pending packets to free up memory. Schedule on a future event loop invocation
+      // to avoid disabling auto-read while the flush resolves backpressure.
+      player.getConnection().eventLoop().execute(() -> player.getConnection().flush());
+    }
+
+    final VelocityServerConnection serverConn = player.getConnectionInFlightOrConnectedServer();
+    if (serverConn != null) {
+      final MinecraftConnection smc = serverConn.getConnection();
+      if (smc != null) {
+        smc.setAutoReading(writable);
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   /**

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/ClientPlaySessionHandler.java

@@ -21,15 +21,18 @@ import static com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.util.PluginMessageUtil.construc
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.mojang.brigadier.suggestion.Suggestion;
-import com.velocitypowered.api.command.VelocityBrigadierMessage;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.event.connection.PluginMessageEvent;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.event.player.CookieReceiveEvent;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.event.player.PlayerChannelRegisterEvent;
+import com.velocitypowered.api.event.player.PlayerChannelUnregisterEvent;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.event.player.PlayerClientBrandEvent;
+import com.velocitypowered.api.event.player.PlayerClientLoadedWorldEvent;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.event.player.TabCompleteEvent;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.event.player.configuration.PlayerEnteredConfigurationEvent;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.network.ProtocolVersion;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.messages.ChannelIdentifier;
+import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.messages.LegacyChannelIdentifier;
+import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.messages.MinecraftChannelIdentifier;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.VelocityServer;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.ConnectionTypes;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.MinecraftConnection;
@@ -41,6 +44,7 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.forge.legacy.LegacyForgeConstants;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.player.resourcepack.ResourcePackResponseBundle;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.MinecraftPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.StateRegistry;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.netty.MinecraftDecoder;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.BossBarPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.ClientSettingsPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.JoinGamePacket;
@@ -49,6 +53,7 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.PluginMessagePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.ResourcePackResponsePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.RespawnPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.ServerboundCookieResponsePacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.ServerboundPlayerLoadedPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.TabCompleteRequestPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.TabCompleteResponsePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.TabCompleteResponsePacket.Offer;
@@ -85,8 +90,11 @@ import java.util.Queue;
 import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedQueue;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
 import net.kyori.adventure.key.Key;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.ComponentLike;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.NamedTextColor;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
@@ -97,6 +105,16 @@ import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
  * center that joins backend servers with players.
  */
 public class ClientPlaySessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
+  private static final boolean BACKPRESSURE_LOG =
+      Boolean.getBoolean("velocity.log-server-backpressure");
+
+  // Caps the per-connection queue used while the FML/login phases are not yet "complete". Without
+  // these caps, a client that never completes its handshake phase can spam plugin messages (each up
+  // to ~32 KiB serverbound) and grow the queue without bound.
+  private static final long MAX_QUEUED_LOGIN_PLUGIN_MESSAGE_BYTES =
+      Long.getLong("velocity.max-queued-login-plugin-message-bytes", 4L * 1024 * 1024);
+  private static final int MAX_QUEUED_LOGIN_PLUGIN_MESSAGES =
+      Integer.getInteger("velocity.max-queued-login-plugin-messages", 1024);
 
   private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(ClientPlaySessionHandler.class);
 
@@ -104,6 +122,9 @@ public class ClientPlaySessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
   private boolean spawned = false;
   private final List<UUID> serverBossBars = new ArrayList<>();
   private final Queue<PluginMessagePacket> loginPluginMessages = new ConcurrentLinkedQueue<>();
+  private final AtomicLong loginPluginMessagesBytes = new AtomicLong();
+  private final AtomicInteger loginPluginMessagesCount = new AtomicInteger();
+  private volatile boolean loginPluginMessagesOverflowed;
   private final VelocityServer server;
   private @Nullable TabCompleteRequestPacket outstandingTabComplete;
   private final ChatHandler<? extends MinecraftPacket> chatHandler;
@@ -172,9 +193,38 @@ public class ClientPlaySessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
   @Override
   public void deactivated() {
     player.discardChatQueue();
-    for (PluginMessagePacket message : loginPluginMessages) {
+    PluginMessagePacket message;
+    while ((message = loginPluginMessages.poll()) != null) {
       ReferenceCountUtil.release(message);
     }
+    loginPluginMessagesBytes.set(0);
+    loginPluginMessagesCount.set(0);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Adds a retained plugin message to the queue used while the FML/login phases are still in
+   * progress, enforcing the per-connection byte and count caps. Returns {@code true} if queued,
+   * {@code false} if the packet was released (and the player disconnected on overflow).
+   */
+  private boolean enqueueLoginPluginMessage(PluginMessagePacket packet) {
+    if (loginPluginMessagesOverflowed) {
+      ReferenceCountUtil.release(packet);
+      return false;
+    }
+    int packetSize = packet.content().readableBytes();
+    long newBytes = loginPluginMessagesBytes.addAndGet(packetSize);
+    int newCount = loginPluginMessagesCount.incrementAndGet();
+    if (newBytes > MAX_QUEUED_LOGIN_PLUGIN_MESSAGE_BYTES
+        || newCount > MAX_QUEUED_LOGIN_PLUGIN_MESSAGES) {
+      loginPluginMessagesOverflowed = true;
+      ReferenceCountUtil.release(packet);
+      logger.warn("Disconnecting {}: pre-join plugin-message queue exceeded its limits "
+              + "({} messages, {} bytes).", player, newCount, newBytes);
+      player.disconnect(Component.translatable("velocity.error.plugin-message-overflow"));
+      return false;
+    }
+    loginPluginMessages.add(packet);
+    return true;
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -195,6 +245,20 @@ public class ClientPlaySessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
     return true; // will forward onto the server
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean handle(ServerboundPlayerLoadedPacket packet) {
+    VelocityServerConnection serverConnection = player.getConnectedServer();
+    if (serverConnection == null) {
+      // No server connection yet, probably transitioning - shouldn't be possible with a vanilla client
+      return true;
+    }
+    if (!serverConnection.isClientLoaded()) {
+      serverConnection.setClientLoaded(true);
+      server.getEventManager().fireAndForget(new PlayerClientLoadedWorldEvent(player));
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public boolean handle(SessionPlayerCommandPacket packet) {
     if (player.getCurrentServer().isEmpty()) {
@@ -318,8 +382,12 @@ public class ClientPlaySessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
                 new PlayerChannelRegisterEvent(player, ImmutableList.copyOf(channels)));
         backendConn.write(packet.retain());
       } else if (PluginMessageUtil.isUnregister(packet)) {
-        player.getClientsideChannels()
+        List<ChannelIdentifier> channels =
-            .removeAll(PluginMessageUtil.getChannels(0, packet, this.player.getProtocolVersion()));
+            PluginMessageUtil.getChannels(0, packet, this.player.getProtocolVersion());
+        player.getClientsideChannels().removeAll(channels);
+        server.getEventManager()
+            .fireAndForget(
+                new PlayerChannelUnregisterEvent(player, ImmutableList.copyOf(channels)));
         backendConn.write(packet.retain());
       } else if (PluginMessageUtil.isMcBrand(packet)) {
         String brand = PluginMessageUtil.readBrandMessage(packet.content());
@@ -351,7 +419,7 @@ public class ClientPlaySessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
               //
               // We also need to make sure to retain these packets, so they can be flushed
               // appropriately.
-              loginPluginMessages.add(packet.retain());
+              enqueueLoginPluginMessage(packet.retain());
             } else {
               // The connection is ready, send the packet now.
               backendConn.write(packet.retain());
@@ -366,7 +434,7 @@ public class ClientPlaySessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
                 if (!player.getPhase().consideredComplete() || !serverConn.getPhase()
                     .consideredComplete()) {
                   // We're still processing the connection (see above), enqueue the packet for now.
-                  loginPluginMessages.add(message.retain());
+                  enqueueLoginPluginMessage(message.retain());
                 } else {
                   backendConn.write(message);
                 }
@@ -463,7 +531,11 @@ public class ClientPlaySessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
     }
 
     MinecraftConnection smc = serverConnection.getConnection();
-    if (smc != null && serverConnection.getPhase().consideredComplete()) {
+    final boolean stateAllowsForward = smc != null
+        && !smc.isClosed()
+        && serverConnection.getPhase().consideredComplete()
+        && smc.getState() == StateRegistry.PLAY;
+    if (stateAllowsForward) {
       if (packet instanceof PluginMessagePacket) {
         ((PluginMessagePacket) packet).retain();
       }
@@ -480,7 +552,11 @@ public class ClientPlaySessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
     }
 
     MinecraftConnection smc = serverConnection.getConnection();
-    if (smc != null && !smc.isClosed() && serverConnection.getPhase().consideredComplete()) {
+    final boolean stateAllowsForward = smc != null
+        && !smc.isClosed()
+        && serverConnection.getPhase().consideredComplete()
+        && smc.getState() == StateRegistry.PLAY;
+    if (stateAllowsForward) {
       smc.write(buf.retain());
     }
   }
@@ -492,14 +568,24 @@ public class ClientPlaySessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
 
   @Override
   public void exception(Throwable throwable) {
-    player.disconnect(
+    player.disconnect(Component.translatable("velocity.error.player-connection-error", NamedTextColor.RED));
-        Component.translatable("velocity.error.player-connection-error", NamedTextColor.RED));
+    if (MinecraftDecoder.DEBUG) {
+      logger.info("Exception while handling packet for {}", player, throwable);
+    }
   }
 
   @Override
   public void writabilityChanged() {
     boolean writable = player.getConnection().getChannel().isWritable();
 
+    if (BACKPRESSURE_LOG) {
+      if (writable) {
+        logger.info("{} is writable, will auto-read backend connection data", player);
+      } else {
+        logger.info("{} is not writable, not auto-reading backend connection data", player);
+      }
+    }
+
     if (!writable) {
       // We might have packets queued from the server, so flush them now to free up memory. Make
       // sure to do it on a future invocation of the event loop, otherwise while the issue will
@@ -535,9 +621,13 @@ public class ClientPlaySessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
 
       // Config state clears everything in the client. No need to clear later.
       spawned = false;
-      serverBossBars.clear();
       player.clearPlayerListHeaderAndFooterSilent();
       player.getTabList().clearAllSilent();
+      if (player.getProtocolVersion().noLessThan(ProtocolVersion.MINECRAFT_1_20_2)) {
+        player.getBossBarManager().dropPackets();
+      } else {
+        serverBossBars.clear();
+      }
     }
 
     player.switchToConfigState();
@@ -575,8 +665,12 @@ public class ClientPlaySessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
       }
     }
 
-    // Remove previous boss bars. These don't get cleared when sending JoinGame, thus the need to
+    destination.setEntityId(joinGame.getEntityId()); // used for sound api
-    // track them.
+    if (player.getProtocolVersion().noLessThan(ProtocolVersion.MINECRAFT_1_20_2)) {
+      player.getBossBarManager().sendBossBars();
+    } else {
+      // Remove previous boss bars. These don't get cleared when sending JoinGame (up until 1.20.2),
+      // thus the need to track them.
       for (UUID serverBossBar : serverBossBars) {
         BossBarPacket deletePacket = new BossBarPacket();
         deletePacket.setUuid(serverBossBar);
@@ -584,6 +678,7 @@ public class ClientPlaySessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
         player.getConnection().delayedWrite(deletePacket);
       }
       serverBossBars.clear();
+    }
 
     // Tell the server about the proxy's plugin message channels.
     ProtocolVersion serverVersion = serverMc.getProtocolVersion();
@@ -602,6 +697,8 @@ public class ClientPlaySessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
     while ((pm = loginPluginMessages.poll()) != null) {
       serverMc.delayedWrite(pm);
     }
+    loginPluginMessagesBytes.set(0);
+    loginPluginMessagesCount.set(0);
 
     // Clear any title from the previous server.
     if (player.getProtocolVersion().noLessThan(ProtocolVersion.MINECRAFT_1_8)) {
@@ -694,23 +791,35 @@ public class ClientPlaySessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
             return;
           }
 
+          int startPos = -1;
+          for (var suggestion : suggestions.getList()) {
+            if (startPos == -1 || startPos > suggestion.getRange().getStart()) {
+              startPos = suggestion.getRange().getStart();
+            }
+          }
+
+          if (startPos > 0) {
             List<Offer> offers = new ArrayList<>();
             for (Suggestion suggestion : suggestions.getList()) {
-            String offer = suggestion.getText();
+              String offer;
+              if (suggestion.getRange().getStart() == startPos) {
+                offer = suggestion.getText();
+              } else {
+                offer = command.substring(startPos, suggestion.getRange().getStart()) + suggestion.getText();
+              }
               ComponentHolder tooltip = null;
-            if (suggestion.getTooltip() != null
+              if (suggestion.getTooltip() instanceof ComponentLike componentLike) {
-                && suggestion.getTooltip() instanceof VelocityBrigadierMessage) {
+                tooltip = new ComponentHolder(player.getProtocolVersion(), componentLike.asComponent());
-              tooltip = new ComponentHolder(player.getProtocolVersion(),
+              } else if (suggestion.getTooltip() != null) {
-                  ((VelocityBrigadierMessage) suggestion.getTooltip()).asComponent());
+                tooltip = new ComponentHolder(player.getProtocolVersion(), Component.text(suggestion.getTooltip().getString()));
               }
               offers.add(new Offer(offer, tooltip));
             }
-          int startPos = packet.getCommand().lastIndexOf(' ') + 1;
+
-          if (startPos > 0) {
             TabCompleteResponsePacket resp = new TabCompleteResponsePacket();
             resp.setTransactionId(packet.getTransactionId());
-            resp.setStart(startPos);
+            resp.setStart(startPos + 1);
-            resp.setLength(packet.getCommand().length() - startPos);
+            resp.setLength(packet.getCommand().length() - startPos - 1);
             resp.getOffers().addAll(offers);
             player.getConnection().write(resp);
           }
@@ -765,10 +874,10 @@ public class ClientPlaySessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
                 offer = offer.substring(command.length());
               }
               ComponentHolder tooltip = null;
-              if (suggestion.getTooltip() != null
+              if (suggestion.getTooltip() instanceof ComponentLike componentLike) {
-                  && suggestion.getTooltip() instanceof VelocityBrigadierMessage) {
+                tooltip = new ComponentHolder(player.getProtocolVersion(), componentLike.asComponent());
-                tooltip = new ComponentHolder(player.getProtocolVersion(),
+              } else if (suggestion.getTooltip() != null) {
-                    ((VelocityBrigadierMessage) suggestion.getTooltip()).asComponent());
+                tooltip = new ComponentHolder(player.getProtocolVersion(), Component.text(suggestion.getTooltip().getString()));
               }
               response.getOffers().add(new Offer(offer, tooltip));
             }
@@ -822,6 +931,8 @@ public class ClientPlaySessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
         while ((pm = loginPluginMessages.poll()) != null) {
           connection.write(pm);
         }
+        loginPluginMessagesBytes.set(0);
+        loginPluginMessagesCount.set(0);
       }
     }
   }

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/ConnectedPlayer.java

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.adventure.VelocityBossBarImplementation;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.MinecraftConnection;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.MinecraftConnectionAssociation;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.backend.VelocityServerConnection;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.player.bossbar.BossBarManager;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.player.bundle.BundleDelimiterHandler;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.player.resourcepack.VelocityResourcePackInfo;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.player.resourcepack.handler.ResourcePackHandler;
@@ -73,6 +74,8 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.netty.MinecraftEncoder;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.BundleDelimiterPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.ClientSettingsPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.ClientboundCookieRequestPacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.ClientboundSoundEntityPacket;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.ClientboundStopSoundPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.ClientboundStoreCookiePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.DisconnectPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.HeaderAndFooterPacket;
@@ -81,7 +84,6 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.PluginMessagePacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.RemoveResourcePackPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.TransferPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.chat.ChatQueue;
-import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.chat.ChatType;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.chat.ComponentHolder;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.chat.PlayerChatCompletionPacket;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.chat.builder.ChatBuilderFactory;
@@ -108,6 +110,7 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.UUID;
@@ -115,23 +118,24 @@ import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadLocalRandom;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
-import net.kyori.adventure.audience.MessageType;
 import net.kyori.adventure.bossbar.BossBar;
 import net.kyori.adventure.identity.Identity;
 import net.kyori.adventure.key.Key;
 import net.kyori.adventure.permission.PermissionChecker;
-import net.kyori.adventure.platform.facet.FacetPointers;
-import net.kyori.adventure.platform.facet.FacetPointers.Type;
 import net.kyori.adventure.pointer.Pointers;
 import net.kyori.adventure.pointer.PointersSupplier;
 import net.kyori.adventure.resource.ResourcePackInfoLike;
 import net.kyori.adventure.resource.ResourcePackRequest;
 import net.kyori.adventure.resource.ResourcePackRequestLike;
+import net.kyori.adventure.sound.Sound;
+import net.kyori.adventure.sound.SoundStop;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.NamedTextColor;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.logger.slf4j.ComponentLogger;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.translation.Argument;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.legacy.LegacyComponentSerializer;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.plain.PlainTextComponentSerializer;
+import net.kyori.adventure.title.Title;
 import net.kyori.adventure.title.Title.Times;
 import net.kyori.adventure.title.TitlePart;
 import net.kyori.adventure.translation.GlobalTranslator;
@@ -160,7 +164,6 @@ public class ConnectedPlayer implements MinecraftConnectionAssociation, Player,
                   .resolving(Identity.DISPLAY_NAME, player -> Component.text(player.getUsername()))
                   .resolving(Identity.LOCALE, Player::getEffectiveLocale)
                   .resolving(PermissionChecker.POINTER, Player::getPermissionChecker)
-                  .resolving(FacetPointers.TYPE, player -> Type.PLAYER)
                   .build();
 
   /**
@@ -197,6 +200,7 @@ public class ConnectedPlayer implements MinecraftConnectionAssociation, Player,
   private @Nullable ClientSettingsPacket clientSettingsPacket;
   private volatile ChatQueue chatQueue;
   private final ChatBuilderFactory chatBuilderFactory;
+  private final BossBarManager bossBarManager;
 
   ConnectedPlayer(VelocityServer server, GameProfile profile, MinecraftConnection connection,
                   @Nullable InetSocketAddress virtualHost, @Nullable String rawVirtualHost, boolean onlineMode,
@@ -223,6 +227,7 @@ public class ConnectedPlayer implements MinecraftConnectionAssociation, Player,
     this.chatQueue = new ChatQueue(this);
     this.chatBuilderFactory = new ChatBuilderFactory(this.getProtocolVersion());
     this.resourcePackHandler = ResourcePackHandler.create(this, server);
+    this.bossBarManager = new BossBarManager(this);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -416,29 +421,16 @@ public class ConnectedPlayer implements MinecraftConnectionAssociation, Player,
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void sendMessage(@NonNull Identity identity, @NonNull Component message) {
+  public void sendMessage(final @NonNull Component message) {
+    Preconditions.checkNotNull(message, "message");
     final Component translated = translateMessage(message);
 
     connection.write(getChatBuilderFactory().builder()
-        .component(translated).forIdentity(identity).toClient());
+        .component(translated).toClient());
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void sendMessage(@NonNull Identity identity, @NonNull Component message,
+  public void sendActionBar(@NonNull Component message) {
-                          @NonNull MessageType type) {
-    Preconditions.checkNotNull(message, "message");
-    Preconditions.checkNotNull(type, "type");
-
-    Component translated = translateMessage(message);
-
-    connection.write(getChatBuilderFactory().builder()
-        .component(translated).forIdentity(identity)
-        .setType(type == MessageType.CHAT ? ChatType.CHAT : ChatType.SYSTEM)
-        .toClient());
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void sendActionBar(net.kyori.adventure.text.@NonNull Component message) {
     Component translated = translateMessage(message);
 
     ProtocolVersion playerVersion = getProtocolVersion();
@@ -495,11 +487,11 @@ public class ConnectedPlayer implements MinecraftConnectionAssociation, Player,
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void showTitle(net.kyori.adventure.title.@NonNull Title title) {
+  public void showTitle(@NonNull Title title) {
     if (this.getProtocolVersion().noLessThan(ProtocolVersion.MINECRAFT_1_8)) {
       GenericTitlePacket timesPkt = GenericTitlePacket.constructTitlePacket(
           GenericTitlePacket.ActionType.SET_TIMES, this.getProtocolVersion());
-      net.kyori.adventure.title.Title.Times times = title.times();
+      Title.Times times = title.times();
       if (times != null) {
         timesPkt.setFadeIn((int) DurationUtils.toTicks(times.fadeIn()));
         timesPkt.setStay((int) DurationUtils.toTicks(times.stay()));
@@ -637,7 +629,8 @@ public class ConnectedPlayer implements MinecraftConnectionAssociation, Player,
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void disconnect(Component reason) {
+  public void disconnect(@NotNull Component reason) {
+    Objects.requireNonNull(reason, "reason");
     if (connection.eventLoop().inEventLoop()) {
       disconnect0(reason, false);
     } else {
@@ -706,12 +699,12 @@ public class ConnectedPlayer implements MinecraftConnectionAssociation, Player,
     Component friendlyError;
     if (connectedServer != null && connectedServer.getServerInfo().equals(server.getServerInfo())) {
       friendlyError = Component.translatable("velocity.error.connected-server-error",
-          Component.text(server.getServerInfo().getName()));
+              Argument.string("server", server.getServerInfo().getName()));
     } else {
       logger.error("{}: unable to connect to server {}", this, server.getServerInfo().getName(),
           wrapped);
       friendlyError = Component.translatable("velocity.error.connecting-server-error",
-          Component.text(server.getServerInfo().getName()));
+              Argument.string("server", server.getServerInfo().getName()));
     }
     handleConnectionException(server, null, friendlyError.color(NamedTextColor.RED), safe);
   }
@@ -733,18 +726,22 @@ public class ConnectedPlayer implements MinecraftConnectionAssociation, Player,
     Component disconnectReason = disconnect.getReason().getComponent();
     String plainTextReason = PASS_THRU_TRANSLATE.serialize(disconnectReason);
     if (connectedServer != null && connectedServer.getServerInfo().equals(server.getServerInfo())) {
+      if (this.server.getConfiguration().isLogPlayerConnections()) {
         logger.info("{}: kicked from server {}: {}", this, server.getServerInfo().getName(),
             plainTextReason);
+      }
       handleConnectionException(server, disconnectReason,
           Component.translatable("velocity.error.moved-to-new-server", NamedTextColor.RED,
-              Component.text(server.getServerInfo().getName()),
+              Argument.string("server", server.getServerInfo().getName()),
               disconnectReason), safe);
     } else {
+      if (this.server.getConfiguration().isLogPlayerConnections()) {
         logger.error("{}: disconnected while connecting to {}: {}", this,
             server.getServerInfo().getName(), plainTextReason);
+      }
       handleConnectionException(server, disconnectReason,
           Component.translatable("velocity.error.cant-connect", NamedTextColor.RED,
-              Component.text(server.getServerInfo().getName()),
+              Argument.string("server", server.getServerInfo().getName()),
               disconnectReason), safe);
     }
   }
@@ -800,41 +797,34 @@ public class ConnectedPlayer implements MinecraftConnectionAssociation, Player,
         return;
       }
 
-      if (event.getResult() instanceof final DisconnectPlayer res) {
+      switch (event.getResult()) {
-        disconnect(res.getReasonComponent());
+        case DisconnectPlayer res -> disconnect(res.getReasonComponent());
-      } else if (event.getResult() instanceof final RedirectPlayer res) {
+        case RedirectPlayer res -> createConnectionRequest(res.getServer(), previousConnection).connect()
-        createConnectionRequest(res.getServer(), previousConnection).connect()
                 .whenCompleteAsync((status, throwable) -> {
                   if (throwable != null) {
-                handleConnectionException(
+                    handleConnectionException(res.getServer(), throwable, true);
-                    status != null ? status.getAttemptedConnection() : res.getServer(), throwable,
-                    true);
                     return;
                   }
 
                   switch (status.getStatus()) {
                     // Impossible/nonsensical cases
-                case ALREADY_CONNECTED:
+                    case ALREADY_CONNECTED -> logger.error("{}: already connected to {}", this,
-                  logger.error("{}: already connected to {}", this,
                             status.getAttemptedConnection().getServerInfo().getName());
-                  break;
+                    case CONNECTION_IN_PROGRESS, CONNECTION_CANCELLED -> {
-                case CONNECTION_IN_PROGRESS:
-                  // Fatal case
-                case CONNECTION_CANCELLED:
                       Component fallbackMsg = res.getMessageComponent();
                       if (fallbackMsg == null) {
                         fallbackMsg = friendlyReason;
                       }
                       disconnect(status.getReasonComponent().orElse(fallbackMsg));
-                  break;
+                    }
-                case SERVER_DISCONNECTED:
+                    case SERVER_DISCONNECTED -> {
                       Component reason = status.getReasonComponent()
                             .orElse(ConnectionMessages.INTERNAL_SERVER_CONNECTION_ERROR);
                       handleConnectionException(res.getServer(),
                             DisconnectPacket.create(reason, getProtocolVersion(), connection.getState()),
                             ((Impl) status).isSafe());
-                  break;
+                    }
-                case SUCCESS:
+                    case SUCCESS -> {
                       Component requestedMessage = res.getMessageComponent();
                       if (requestedMessage == null) {
                         requestedMessage = friendlyReason;
@@ -842,21 +832,21 @@ public class ConnectedPlayer implements MinecraftConnectionAssociation, Player,
                       if (requestedMessage != Component.empty()) {
                         sendMessage(requestedMessage);
                       }
-                  break;
+                    }
-                default:
+                    default -> {
                       // The only remaining value is successful (no need to do anything!)
-                  break;
+                    }
                   }
                 }, connection.eventLoop());
-      } else if (event.getResult() instanceof final Notify res) {
+        case Notify res -> {
           if (event.kickedDuringServerConnect() && previousConnection != null) {
             sendMessage(res.getMessageComponent());
           } else {
             disconnect(res.getMessageComponent());
           }
-      } else {
+        }
         // In case someone gets creative, assume we want to disconnect the player.
-        disconnect(friendlyReason);
+        default -> disconnect(friendlyReason);
       }
     }, connection.eventLoop());
   }
@@ -1038,6 +1028,50 @@ public class ConnectedPlayer implements MinecraftConnectionAssociation, Player,
     this.clientBrand = clientBrand;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void playSound(@NotNull Sound sound, @NotNull Sound.Emitter emitter) {
+    Preconditions.checkNotNull(sound, "sound");
+    Preconditions.checkNotNull(emitter, "emitter");
+    VelocityServerConnection soundTargetServerConn = getConnectedServer();
+    if (getProtocolVersion().lessThan(ProtocolVersion.MINECRAFT_1_19_3)
+        || connection.getState() != StateRegistry.PLAY
+        || soundTargetServerConn == null
+        || (sound.source() == Sound.Source.UI
+            && getProtocolVersion().lessThan(ProtocolVersion.MINECRAFT_1_21_5))) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    VelocityServerConnection soundEmitterServerConn;
+    if (emitter == Sound.Emitter.self()) {
+      soundEmitterServerConn = soundTargetServerConn;
+    } else if (emitter instanceof ConnectedPlayer player) {
+      if ((soundEmitterServerConn = player.getConnectedServer()) == null) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (!soundEmitterServerConn.getServer().equals(soundTargetServerConn.getServer())) {
+        return;
+      }
+    } else {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    connection.write(new ClientboundSoundEntityPacket(sound, null, soundEmitterServerConn.getEntityId()));
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void stopSound(@NotNull SoundStop stop) {
+    Preconditions.checkNotNull(stop, "stop");
+    if (getProtocolVersion().lessThan(ProtocolVersion.MINECRAFT_1_19_3)
+        || connection.getState() != StateRegistry.PLAY
+        || (stop.source() == Sound.Source.UI
+            && getProtocolVersion().lessThan(ProtocolVersion.MINECRAFT_1_21_5))) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    connection.write(new ClientboundStopSoundPacket(stop));
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void transferToHost(final InetSocketAddress address) {
     Preconditions.checkNotNull(address);
@@ -1300,11 +1334,17 @@ public class ConnectedPlayer implements MinecraftConnectionAssociation, Player,
       final Long sentTime = serverConnection.getPendingPings().remove(packet.getRandomId());
       if (sentTime != null) {
         final MinecraftConnection smc = serverConnection.getConnection();
-        if (smc != null) {
+        final StateRegistry clientState = connection.getState();
+        final boolean stateAllowsForward = smc != null
+            && !smc.isClosed()
+            && clientState == smc.getState()
+            && (clientState == StateRegistry.CONFIG || clientState == StateRegistry.PLAY);
+        if (stateAllowsForward) {
           setPing(TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS.toMillis(System.nanoTime() - sentTime));
           smc.write(packet);
-          return true;
         }
+        // We removed this, and so this is ours
+        return true;
       }
     }
     return false;
@@ -1314,7 +1354,8 @@ public class ConnectedPlayer implements MinecraftConnectionAssociation, Player,
    * Switches the connection to the client into config state.
    */
   public void switchToConfigState() {
-    server.getEventManager().fire(new PlayerEnterConfigurationEvent(this, getConnectionInFlightOrConnectedServer()))
+    final VelocityServerConnection targetServer = getConnectionInFlightOrConnectedServer();
+    server.getEventManager().fire(new PlayerEnterConfigurationEvent(this, targetServer))
         .completeOnTimeout(null, 5, TimeUnit.SECONDS).thenRunAsync(() -> {
           // if the connection was closed earlier, there is a risk that the player is no longer connected
           if (!connection.getChannel().isActive()) {
@@ -1329,7 +1370,7 @@ public class ConnectedPlayer implements MinecraftConnectionAssociation, Player,
           connection.pendingConfigurationSwitch = true;
           connection.getChannel().pipeline().get(MinecraftEncoder.class).setState(StateRegistry.CONFIG);
           // Make sure we don't send any play packets to the player after update start
-          connection.addPlayPacketQueueHandler();
+          connection.addPlayPacketQueueOutboundHandler();
         }, connection.eventLoop()).exceptionally((ex) -> {
           logger.error("Error switching player connection to config state", ex);
           return null;
@@ -1379,6 +1420,10 @@ public class ConnectedPlayer implements MinecraftConnectionAssociation, Player,
     return handshakeIntent;
   }
 
+  public BossBarManager getBossBarManager() {
+    return bossBarManager;
+  }
+
   private final class ConnectionRequestBuilderImpl implements ConnectionRequestBuilder {
 
     private final RegisteredServer toConnect;
@@ -1438,7 +1483,16 @@ public class ConnectedPlayer implements MinecraftConnectionAssociation, Player,
           VelocityServerConnection con =
               new VelocityServerConnection(vrs, previousServer, ConnectedPlayer.this, server);
           connectionInFlight = con;
-          return con.connect().whenCompleteAsync((result, exception) -> this.resetIfInFlightIs(con),
+
+          return con.connect().whenCompleteAsync((result, exception) -> {
+            if (result != null && !result.isSuccessful() && !result.isSafe()) {
+              handleConnectionException(result.getAttemptedConnection(),
+                  // The only way for the reason to be null is if the result is safe
+                  DisconnectPacket.create(result.getReasonComponent().orElseThrow(),
+                      getProtocolVersion(), connection.getState()), false);
+            }
+            this.resetIfInFlightIs(con);
+          },
               connection.eventLoop());
         }, connection.eventLoop());
       });
@@ -1452,22 +1506,14 @@ public class ConnectedPlayer implements MinecraftConnectionAssociation, Player,
 
     @Override
     public CompletableFuture<Result> connect() {
-      return this.internalConnect().whenCompleteAsync((status, throwable) -> {
+      return this.internalConnect().thenApply(x -> x);
-        if (status != null && !status.isSuccessful()) {
-          if (!status.isSafe()) {
-            handleConnectionException(status.getAttemptedConnection(), throwable, false);
-          }
-        }
-      }, connection.eventLoop()).thenApply(x -> x);
     }
 
     @Override
     public CompletableFuture<Boolean> connectWithIndication() {
       return internalConnect().whenCompleteAsync((status, throwable) -> {
         if (throwable != null) {
-          // TODO: The exception handling from this is not very good. Find a better way.
+          handleConnectionException(toConnect, throwable, true);
-          handleConnectionException(status != null ? status.getAttemptedConnection() : toConnect,
-              throwable, true);
           return;
         }
 

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/HandshakeSessionHandler.java

@@ -127,10 +127,10 @@ public class HandshakeSessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
     if (!handshake.getProtocolVersion().isSupported()) {
       // Bump connection into correct protocol state so that we can send the disconnect packet.
       connection.setState(StateRegistry.LOGIN);
-      ic.disconnectQuietly(Component.translatable()
+      ic.disconnectQuietly(Component.translatable(
-              .key("multiplayer.disconnect.outdated_client")
+          "multiplayer.disconnect.outdated_client",
-              .arguments(Component.text(ProtocolVersion.SUPPORTED_VERSION_STRING))
+          Component.text(ProtocolVersion.SUPPORTED_VERSION_STRING)
-              .build());
+      ));
       return;
     }
 

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/InitialConnectSessionHandler.java

@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@ public class InitialConnectSessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
       }
 
       byte[] copy = ByteBufUtil.getBytes(packet.content());
-      PluginMessageEvent event = new PluginMessageEvent(serverConn, serverConn.getPlayer(), id,
+      PluginMessageEvent event = new PluginMessageEvent(player, serverConn, id, copy);
-          copy);
       server.getEventManager().fire(event)
           .thenAcceptAsync(pme -> {
             if (pme.getResult().isAllowed() && serverConn.isActive()) {

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/InitialLoginSessionHandler.java

@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
 import java.security.GeneralSecurityException;
 import java.security.KeyPair;
 import java.security.MessageDigest;
+import java.security.SecureRandom;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Optional;
-import java.util.concurrent.ThreadLocalRandom;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.NamedTextColor;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.MonotonicNonNull;
 public class InitialLoginSessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
 
   private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(InitialLoginSessionHandler.class);
+  private static final SecureRandom SECURE_RANDOM = new SecureRandom();
   private static final String MOJANG_HASJOINED_URL =
       System.getProperty("mojang.sessionserver",
               "https://sessionserver.mojang.com/session/minecraft/hasJoined")
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ public class InitialLoginSessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
           } else {
             mcConnection.setActiveSessionHandler(StateRegistry.LOGIN,
                 new AuthSessionHandler(server, inbound,
-                    GameProfile.forOfflinePlayer(login.getUsername()), false));
+                    GameProfile.forOfflinePlayer(login.getUsername()), false, null));
           }
         });
       });
@@ -199,8 +200,12 @@ public class InitialLoginSessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
       }
 
       byte[] decryptedSharedSecret = decryptRsa(serverKeyPair, packet.getSharedSecret());
-      String serverId = generateServerId(decryptedSharedSecret, serverKeyPair.getPublic());
 
+      // Go ahead and enable encryption. Once the client sends EncryptionResponse, encryption
+      // is enabled.
+      mcConnection.enableEncryption(decryptedSharedSecret);
+
+      String serverId = generateServerId(decryptedSharedSecret, serverKeyPair.getPublic());
       String playerIp = ((InetSocketAddress) mcConnection.getRemoteAddress()).getHostString();
       String url = String.format(MOJANG_HASJOINED_URL,
           urlFormParameterEscaper().escape(login.getUsername()), serverId);
@@ -214,6 +219,7 @@ public class InitialLoginSessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
                       server.getVersion().getName() + "/" + server.getVersion().getVersion())
               .uri(URI.create(url))
               .build();
+      //noinspection resource
       final HttpClient httpClient = server.createHttpClient();
       httpClient.sendAsync(httpRequest, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString())
           .whenCompleteAsync((response, throwable) -> {
@@ -228,18 +234,6 @@ public class InitialLoginSessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
               return;
             }
 
-            // Go ahead and enable encryption. Once the client sends EncryptionResponse, encryption
-            // is enabled.
-            try {
-              mcConnection.enableEncryption(decryptedSharedSecret);
-            } catch (GeneralSecurityException e) {
-              logger.error("Unable to enable encryption for connection", e);
-              // At this point, the connection is encrypted, but something's wrong on our side and
-              // we can't do anything about it.
-              mcConnection.close(true);
-              return;
-            }
-
             if (response.statusCode() == 200) {
               final GameProfile profile = GENERAL_GSON.fromJson(response.body(),
                   GameProfile.class);
@@ -254,7 +248,7 @@ public class InitialLoginSessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
               }
               // All went well, initialize the session.
               mcConnection.setActiveSessionHandler(StateRegistry.LOGIN,
-                  new AuthSessionHandler(server, inbound, profile, true));
+                  new AuthSessionHandler(server, inbound, profile, true, serverId));
             } else if (response.statusCode() == 204) {
               // Apparently an offline-mode user logged onto this online-mode proxy.
               inbound.disconnect(
@@ -267,16 +261,8 @@ public class InitialLoginSessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
               inbound.disconnect(Component.translatable("multiplayer.disconnect.authservers_down"));
             }
           }, mcConnection.eventLoop())
-          .thenRun(() -> {
+          .whenComplete((ignored, throwable) -> {
-            if (httpClient instanceof final AutoCloseable closeable) {
+            httpClient.close();
-              try {
-                closeable.close();
-              } catch (Exception e) {
-                // In Java 21, the HttpClient does not throw any Exception
-                // when trying to clean its resources, so this should not happen
-                logger.error("An unknown error occurred while trying to close an HttpClient", e);
-              }
-            }
           });
     } catch (GeneralSecurityException e) {
       logger.error("Unable to enable encryption", e);
@@ -287,7 +273,7 @@ public class InitialLoginSessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
 
   private EncryptionRequestPacket generateEncryptionRequest() {
     byte[] verify = new byte[4];
-    ThreadLocalRandom.current().nextBytes(verify);
+    SECURE_RANDOM.nextBytes(verify);
 
     EncryptionRequestPacket request = new EncryptionRequestPacket();
     request.setPublicKey(server.getServerKeyPair().getPublic().getEncoded());

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/player/bossbar/BossBarManager.java

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019-2023 Velocity Contributors
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.player.bossbar;
+
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.adventure.VelocityBossBarImplementation;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.client.ConnectedPlayer;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.BossBarPacket;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/**
+ * Handles dropping and resending boss bar packets on versions 1.20.2 and newer because the client now
+ * deletes all boss bars during the login phase, and sending update packets would cause the client to be disconnected.
+ */
+public final class BossBarManager {
+
+  private final ConnectedPlayer player;
+  private final Set<VelocityBossBarImplementation> bossBars = new HashSet<>();
+
+  private boolean dropPackets = false;
+
+  public BossBarManager(ConnectedPlayer player) {
+    this.player = player;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Records the specified boss bar to be re-sent when a player changes server, and sends the update packet
+   * if the client is able to receive it and not be disconnected.
+   */
+  public synchronized void writeUpdate(VelocityBossBarImplementation bar, BossBarPacket packet) {
+    this.bossBars.add(bar);
+    if (!this.dropPackets) {
+      this.player.getConnection().write(packet);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Removes the specified boss bar from the player to ensure it is not re-sent.
+   */
+  public synchronized void remove(VelocityBossBarImplementation bar, BossBarPacket packet) {
+    this.bossBars.remove(bar);
+    if (!this.dropPackets) {
+      this.player.getConnection().write(packet);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Re-creates the boss bars the player can see with any updates that may have occurred in the meantime,
+   * and allows update packets for those boss bars to be sent.
+   */
+  public synchronized void sendBossBars() {
+    for (VelocityBossBarImplementation bossBar : bossBars) {
+      bossBar.createDirect(player);
+    }
+    this.dropPackets = false;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Prevents the player from receiving boss bar update packets while logging in to a new server.
+   */
+  public synchronized void dropPackets() {
+    this.dropPackets = true;
+  }
+}

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/player/resourcepack/handler/ModernResourcePackHandler.java

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 /**
- * Modern (Minecraft 1.20.3+) ResourcePackHandler
+ * Modern (Minecraft 1.20.3+) ResourcePackHandler.
  */
 public final class ModernResourcePackHandler extends ResourcePackHandler {
   private final ListMultimap<UUID, ResourcePackInfo> outstandingResourcePacks =
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public final class ModernResourcePackHandler extends ResourcePackHandler {
         this.outstandingResourcePacks.get(info.getId());
     outstandingResourcePacks.add(info);
     if (outstandingResourcePacks.size() == 1) {
-      tickResourcePackQueue(outstandingResourcePacks.get(0).getId());
+      tickResourcePackQueue(outstandingResourcePacks.getFirst().getId());
     }
   }
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public final class ModernResourcePackHandler extends ResourcePackHandler {
     final List<ResourcePackInfo> outstandingResourcePacks =
         this.outstandingResourcePacks.get(uuid);
     if (!outstandingResourcePacks.isEmpty()) {
-      sendResourcePackRequestPacket(outstandingResourcePacks.get(0));
+      sendResourcePackRequestPacket(outstandingResourcePacks.getFirst());
     }
   }
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ public final class ModernResourcePackHandler extends ResourcePackHandler {
         this.outstandingResourcePacks.get(uuid);
     final boolean peek = bundle.status().isIntermediate();
     final ResourcePackInfo queued = outstandingResourcePacks.isEmpty() ? null :
-        peek ? outstandingResourcePacks.get(0) : outstandingResourcePacks.remove(0);
+        peek ? outstandingResourcePacks.getFirst() : outstandingResourcePacks.removeFirst();
 
     server.getEventManager()
             .fire(new PlayerResourcePackStatusEvent(this.player, uuid, bundle.status(), queued))

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/player/resourcepack/handler/ResourcePackHandler.java

@@ -111,13 +111,14 @@ public abstract sealed class ResourcePackHandler
     }
     request.setRequired(queued.getShouldForce());
     request.setPrompt(queued.getPrompt() == null ? null :
-            new ComponentHolder(player.getProtocolVersion(), queued.getPrompt()));
+            new ComponentHolder(player.getProtocolVersion(), player.translateMessage(queued.getPrompt())));
 
     player.getConnection().write(request);
   }
 
   /**
    * Processes a client response to a sent resource-pack.
+   *
    * <p>Cases in which no action will be taken:</p>
    * <ul>
    *

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/util/ServerListPingHandler.java

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import com.velocitypowered.api.network.ProtocolVersion;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.server.PingOptions;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.server.RegisteredServer;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.server.ServerPing;
+import com.velocitypowered.api.util.Favicon;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.util.ModInfo;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.VelocityServer;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.config.PingPassthroughMode;
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
 
 /**
  * Common utilities for handling server list ping results.
@@ -65,7 +67,7 @@ public class ServerListPingHandler {
           })
           .collect(Collectors.toList());
       Collections.shuffle(unshuffledPlayers);
-      samplePlayers = unshuffledPlayers.subList(0, Math.min(12, server.getPlayerCount()));
+      samplePlayers = unshuffledPlayers.subList(0, Math.min(12, unshuffledPlayers.size()));
     } else {
       samplePlayers = ImmutableList.of();
     }
@@ -99,58 +101,68 @@ public class ServerListPingHandler {
 
     CompletableFuture<List<ServerPing>> pingResponses = CompletableFutures.successfulAsList(pings,
         (ex) -> fallback);
-    switch (mode) {
+
-      case ALL:
+    // Return early if ping passthrough is not enabled
+    if (!mode.enabled()) {
+      return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(fallback);
+    }
+
     return pingResponses.thenApply(responses -> {
       // Find the first non-fallback
       for (ServerPing response : responses) {
         if (response == fallback) {
           continue;
         }
-            return response;
+
-          }
+        ServerPing.Version version;
-          return fallback;
+        if (mode.version()) {
-        });
+          version = response.getVersion();
-      case MODS:
+        } else {
-        return pingResponses.thenApply(responses -> {
+          version = fallback.getVersion();
-          // Find the first non-fallback that contains a mod list
-          for (ServerPing response : responses) {
-            if (response == fallback) {
-              continue;
-            }
-            Optional<ModInfo> modInfo = response.getModinfo();
-            if (modInfo.isPresent()) {
-              return fallback.asBuilder().mods(modInfo.get()).build();
-            }
-          }
-          return fallback;
-        });
-      case DESCRIPTION:
-        return pingResponses.thenApply(responses -> {
-          // Find the first non-fallback. If it includes a modlist, add it too.
-          for (ServerPing response : responses) {
-            if (response == fallback) {
-              continue;
         }
 
-            if (response.getDescriptionComponent() == null) {
+        ServerPing.Players players;
-              continue;
+        if (mode.players()) {
+          players = response.getPlayers().orElse(null);
+        } else {
+          players = fallback.getPlayers().orElse(null);
+        }
+
+        Component description;
+        if (mode.description()) {
+          if (response.getDescriptionComponent() != null) {
+            description = response.getDescriptionComponent();
+          } else {
+            description = Component.empty();
+          }
+        } else {
+          description = fallback.getDescriptionComponent();
+        }
+
+        Favicon favicon;
+        if (mode.favicon()) {
+          favicon = response.getFavicon().orElse(null);
+        } else {
+          favicon = fallback.getFavicon().orElse(null);
+        }
+
+        ModInfo modinfo;
+        if (mode.modinfo()) {
+          modinfo = response.getModinfo().orElse(null);
+        } else {
+          modinfo = fallback.getModinfo().orElse(null);
         }
 
         return new ServerPing(
-                fallback.getVersion(),
+            version,
-                fallback.getPlayers().orElse(null),
+            players,
-                response.getDescriptionComponent(),
+            description,
-                fallback.getFavicon().orElse(null),
+            favicon,
-                response.getModinfo().orElse(null)
+            modinfo
         );
       }
       return fallback;
     });
-      // Not possible, but covered for completeness.
-      default:
-        return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(fallback);
-    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -165,7 +177,7 @@ public class ServerListPingHandler {
         ? connection.getProtocolVersion() : ProtocolVersion.MAXIMUM_VERSION;
     PingPassthroughMode passthroughMode = configuration.getPingPassthrough();
 
-    if (passthroughMode == PingPassthroughMode.DISABLED) {
+    if (!passthroughMode.enabled()) {
       return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(constructLocalPing(shownVersion));
     } else {
       String virtualHostStr = connection.getVirtualHost().map(InetSocketAddress::getHostString)

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/console/VelocityConsole.java

@@ -25,14 +25,13 @@ import com.velocitypowered.api.permission.Tristate;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.ConsoleCommandSource;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.VelocityServer;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.util.ClosestLocaleMatcher;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
-import net.kyori.adventure.audience.MessageType;
 import net.kyori.adventure.identity.Identity;
 import net.kyori.adventure.permission.PermissionChecker;
-import net.kyori.adventure.platform.facet.FacetPointers;
-import net.kyori.adventure.platform.facet.FacetPointers.Type;
 import net.kyori.adventure.pointer.Pointers;
+import net.kyori.adventure.pointer.PointersSupplier;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.NamedTextColor;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.logger.slf4j.ComponentLogger;
@@ -59,11 +58,10 @@ public final class VelocityConsole extends SimpleTerminalConsole implements Cons
 
   private final VelocityServer server;
   private PermissionFunction permissionFunction = ALWAYS_TRUE;
-  private final @NotNull Pointers pointers = ConsoleCommandSource.super.pointers().toBuilder()
+  private static final @NotNull PointersSupplier<VelocityConsole> POINTERS = PointersSupplier.<VelocityConsole>builder()
-      .withDynamic(PermissionChecker.POINTER, this::getPermissionChecker)
+      .resolving(PermissionChecker.POINTER, VelocityConsole::getPermissionChecker)
-      .withDynamic(Identity.LOCALE, () -> ClosestLocaleMatcher.INSTANCE
+      .resolving(Identity.LOCALE, (console) -> ClosestLocaleMatcher.INSTANCE
           .lookupClosest(Locale.getDefault()))
-      .withStatic(FacetPointers.TYPE, Type.CONSOLE)
       .build();
 
   public VelocityConsole(VelocityServer server) {
@@ -71,8 +69,7 @@ public final class VelocityConsole extends SimpleTerminalConsole implements Cons
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void sendMessage(@NonNull Identity identity, @NonNull Component message,
+  public void sendMessage(@NonNull Component message) {
-      @NonNull MessageType messageType) {
     componentLogger.info(message);
   }
 
@@ -110,6 +107,7 @@ public final class VelocityConsole extends SimpleTerminalConsole implements Cons
   protected LineReader buildReader(LineReaderBuilder builder) {
     return super.buildReader(builder
         .appName("Velocity")
+        .variable(LineReader.HISTORY_FILE, Path.of(".console_history"))
         .completer((reader, parsedLine, list) -> {
           try {
             List<String> offers = this.server.getCommandManager()
@@ -136,6 +134,10 @@ public final class VelocityConsole extends SimpleTerminalConsole implements Cons
       if (!this.server.getCommandManager().executeAsync(this, command).join()) {
         sendMessage(Component.translatable("velocity.command.command-does-not-exist",
             NamedTextColor.RED));
+        return;
+      }
+      if (server.getConfiguration().isLogCommandExecutions()) {
+        logger.info("CONSOLE -> executed command /{}", command);
       }
     } catch (Exception e) {
       logger.error("An error occurred while running this command.", e);
@@ -149,6 +151,6 @@ public final class VelocityConsole extends SimpleTerminalConsole implements Cons
 
   @Override
   public @NotNull Pointers pointers() {
-    return pointers;
+    return POINTERS.view(this);
   }
 }

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/event/CustomHandlerAdapter.java

@@ -60,9 +60,7 @@ final class CustomHandlerAdapter<F> {
   UntargetedEventHandler buildUntargetedHandler(final Method method)
       throws IllegalAccessException {
     final MethodHandle methodHandle = methodHandlesLookup.unreflect(method);
-    final MethodHandles.Lookup defineLookup = MethodHandles.privateLookupIn(
+    final LambdaType<F> lambdaType = functionType.defineClassesWith(methodHandlesLookup);
-        method.getDeclaringClass(), methodHandlesLookup);
-    final LambdaType<F> lambdaType = functionType.defineClassesWith(defineLookup);
     final F invokeFunction = LambdaFactory.create(lambdaType, methodHandle);
     final BiFunction<Object, Object, EventTask> handlerFunction =
         handlerBuilder.apply(invokeFunction);

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/event/VelocityEventManager.java

@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ public class VelocityEventManager implements EventManager {
     } else {
       type = untargetedVoidHandlerType;
     }
-    return LambdaFactory.create(type.defineClassesWith(lookup), methodHandle);
+    return LambdaFactory.create(type.defineClassesWith(methodHandlesLookup), methodHandle);
   }
 
   static final class MethodHandlerInfo {
@@ -545,6 +545,36 @@ public class VelocityEventManager implements EventManager {
     }
   }
 
+  private <E> void fire(final @Nullable CompletableFuture<E> future, final E event,
+      final int offset, final boolean currentlyAsync, final HandlerRegistration[] registrations) {
+    for (int i = offset; i < registrations.length; i++) {
+      final HandlerRegistration registration = registrations[i];
+      try {
+        final EventTask eventTask = registration.handler.executeAsync(event);
+        if (eventTask == null) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        final ContinuationTask<E> continuationTask = new ContinuationTask<>(eventTask,
+            registrations, future, event, i, currentlyAsync);
+        if (currentlyAsync || !eventTask.requiresAsync()) {
+          if (continuationTask.execute()) {
+            continue;
+          }
+        } else {
+          registration.plugin.getExecutorService().execute(continuationTask);
+        }
+        // fire will continue in another thread once the async task is
+        // executed and the continuation is resumed
+        return;
+      } catch (final Throwable t) {
+        logHandlerException(registration, t);
+      }
+    }
+    if (future != null) {
+      future.complete(event);
+    }
+  }
+
   private static final int TASK_STATE_DEFAULT = 0;
   private static final int TASK_STATE_EXECUTING = 1;
   private static final int TASK_STATE_CONTINUE_IMMEDIATELY = 2;
@@ -669,36 +699,6 @@ public class VelocityEventManager implements EventManager {
     }
   }
 
-  private <E> void fire(final @Nullable CompletableFuture<E> future, final E event,
-      final int offset, final boolean currentlyAsync, final HandlerRegistration[] registrations) {
-    for (int i = offset; i < registrations.length; i++) {
-      final HandlerRegistration registration = registrations[i];
-      try {
-        final EventTask eventTask = registration.handler.executeAsync(event);
-        if (eventTask == null) {
-          continue;
-        }
-        final ContinuationTask<E> continuationTask = new ContinuationTask<>(eventTask,
-            registrations, future, event, i, currentlyAsync);
-        if (currentlyAsync || !eventTask.requiresAsync()) {
-          if (continuationTask.execute()) {
-            continue;
-          }
-        } else {
-          registration.plugin.getExecutorService().execute(continuationTask);
-        }
-        // fire will continue in another thread once the async task is
-        // executed and the continuation is resumed
-        return;
-      } catch (final Throwable t) {
-        logHandlerException(registration, t);
-      }
-    }
-    if (future != null) {
-      future.complete(event);
-    }
-  }
-
   private static void logHandlerException(
       final HandlerRegistration registration, final Throwable t) {
     final PluginDescription pluginDescription = registration.plugin.getDescription();

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/ServerChannelInitializer.java

@@ -26,8 +26,10 @@ import static com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.Connections.MINECRAFT_ENCODER;
 import static com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.Connections.READ_TIMEOUT;
 
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.VelocityServer;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.config.VelocityConfiguration;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.MinecraftConnection;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.client.HandshakeSessionHandler;
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.limiter.SimpleBytesPerSecondLimiter;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.ProtocolUtils;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.StateRegistry;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.netty.LegacyPingDecoder;
@@ -72,6 +74,17 @@ public class ServerChannelInitializer extends ChannelInitializer<Channel> {
         new HandshakeSessionHandler(connection, this.server));
     ch.pipeline().addLast(Connections.HANDLER, connection);
 
+    VelocityConfiguration.PacketLimiterConfig packetLimiterConfig =
+        server.getConfiguration().getPacketLimiterConfig();
+    int configuredInterval = packetLimiterConfig.interval();
+    int configuredPacketsPerSecond = packetLimiterConfig.pps();
+    int configuredBytes = packetLimiterConfig.bytes();
+
+    if (configuredInterval > 0 && (configuredBytes > 0 || configuredPacketsPerSecond > 0)) {
+      ch.pipeline().get(MinecraftVarintFrameDecoder.class).setPacketLimiter(
+          new SimpleBytesPerSecondLimiter(configuredPacketsPerSecond, configuredBytes, configuredInterval)
+      );
+    }
     if (this.server.getConfiguration().isProxyProtocol()) {
       ch.pipeline().addFirst(new HAProxyMessageDecoder());
     }

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/TransportType.java

@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public enum TransportType {
       return NIO;
     }
 
-    if (IoUring.isAvailable() && !Boolean.getBoolean("velocity.disable-iouring-transport")) {
+    if (IoUring.isAvailable() && Boolean.getBoolean("velocity.enable-iouring-transport")) {
       return IO_URING;
     }
 

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/limiter/PacketLimiter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2025 Velocity Contributors
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.limiter;
+
+/**
+ * PacketLimiter enforces a limit on the number of bytes processed over a time window.
+ * Implementations should be thread-safe.
+ */
+public interface PacketLimiter {
+  /**
+   * Attempts to record the specified number of bytes within the current window.
+   *
+   * @param bytes the number of bytes to record
+   * @return true if the bytes are allowed and recorded; false if the limit would be exceeded
+   */
+  boolean account(int bytes);
+}

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/limiter/SimpleBytesPerSecondLimiter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2025 Velocity Contributors
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package com.velocitypowered.proxy.network.limiter;
+
+import com.velocitypowered.proxy.util.IntervalledCounter;
+import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
+
+/**
+ * A moving-window limiter over a configurable number of seconds.
+ * It enforces both packets-per-second and average bytes-per-second limits.
+ * The effective cap over the full window equals limitPerSecond * windowSeconds.
+ */
+public final class SimpleBytesPerSecondLimiter implements PacketLimiter {
+  @Nullable
+  private final IntervalledCounter bytesCounter;
+  @Nullable
+  private final IntervalledCounter packetsCounter;
+  private final int packetsPerSecond;
+  private final int bytesPerSecond;
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a new SimpleBytesPerSecondLimiter.
+   *
+   * @param packetsPerSecond maximum average packets per second allowed (> 0)
+   * @param bytesPerSecond maximum average bytes per second allowed (> 0)
+   * @param windowSeconds number of seconds in the moving window (> 0)
+   */
+  public SimpleBytesPerSecondLimiter(int packetsPerSecond, int bytesPerSecond, int windowSeconds) {
+    this.packetsPerSecond = packetsPerSecond;
+    if (windowSeconds <= 0) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("windowSeconds must be > 0");
+    }
+    this.bytesPerSecond = bytesPerSecond;
+    this.packetsCounter = packetsPerSecond > 0 ? new IntervalledCounter((long) (windowSeconds * 1.0e9)) : null;
+    this.bytesCounter = bytesPerSecond > 0 ? new IntervalledCounter((long) (windowSeconds * 1.0e9)) : null;
+
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Records the given payload length as one packet and returns whether it is allowed.
+   */
+  @SuppressWarnings("RedundantIfStatement")
+  @Override
+  public boolean account(int bytes) {
+    long currTime = System.nanoTime();
+    if (packetsCounter != null) {
+      packetsCounter.updateAndAdd(1, currTime);
+      if (packetsCounter.getRate() > packetsPerSecond) {
+        return false;
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (bytesCounter != null) {
+      bytesCounter.updateAndAdd(bytes, currTime);
+      if (bytesCounter.getRate() > bytesPerSecond) {
+        return false;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return true;
+  }
+}

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/netty/SeparatePoolInetNameResolver.java

@@ -32,17 +32,20 @@ import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
-import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
 import java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 /**
  * An implementation of {@code InetNameResolver} that performs blocking DNS name lookups
- * in a separate thread, avoiding blocking the Netty threads for an extended period of time
+ * on a small bounded pool of separate threads, avoiding blocking the Netty threads for an
- * and without the downsides of Netty's native DNS resolver.
+ * extended period of time and without the downsides of Netty's native DNS resolver.
  */
 public final class SeparatePoolInetNameResolver extends InetNameResolver {
 
+  private static final int MAX_RESOLVE_THREADS = 8;
+
   private final ExecutorService resolveExecutor;
   private final InetNameResolver delegate;
   private final Cache<String, List<InetAddress>> cache;
@@ -56,11 +59,15 @@ public final class SeparatePoolInetNameResolver extends InetNameResolver {
    */
   public SeparatePoolInetNameResolver(EventExecutor executor) {
     super(executor);
-    this.resolveExecutor = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor(
+    ThreadPoolExecutor resolveExecutor = new ThreadPoolExecutor(
+        MAX_RESOLVE_THREADS, MAX_RESOLVE_THREADS,
+        60L, TimeUnit.SECONDS, new LinkedBlockingQueue<>(),
         new ThreadFactoryBuilder()
-            .setNameFormat("Velocity DNS Resolver")
+            .setNameFormat("Velocity DNS Resolver #%d")
             .setDaemon(true)
             .build());
+    resolveExecutor.allowCoreThreadTimeOut(true);
+    this.resolveExecutor = resolveExecutor;
     this.delegate = new DefaultNameResolver(executor);
     this.cache = Caffeine.newBuilder()
         .expireAfterWrite(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
@@ -71,7 +78,7 @@ public final class SeparatePoolInetNameResolver extends InetNameResolver {
   protected void doResolve(String inetHost, Promise<InetAddress> promise) throws Exception {
     List<InetAddress> addresses = cache.getIfPresent(inetHost);
     if (addresses != null) {
-      promise.trySuccess(addresses.get(0));
+      promise.trySuccess(addresses.getFirst());
       return;
     }
 

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/plugin/VelocityPluginManager.java

@@ -46,10 +46,12 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.IdentityHashMap;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.Set;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
@@ -62,6 +64,7 @@ public class VelocityPluginManager implements PluginManager {
 
   private final Map<String, PluginContainer> pluginsById = new LinkedHashMap<>();
   private final Map<Object, PluginContainer> pluginInstances = new IdentityHashMap<>();
+  private final Set<PluginContainer> plugins = new LinkedHashSet<>();
   private final VelocityServer server;
 
   public VelocityPluginManager(VelocityServer server) {
@@ -74,7 +77,9 @@ public class VelocityPluginManager implements PluginManager {
    * @param plugin the plugin to register
    */
   public void registerPlugin(PluginContainer plugin) {
+    plugins.add(plugin);
     pluginsById.put(plugin.getDescription().getId(), plugin);
+    plugin.getDescription().getProvidedIds().forEach(id -> pluginsById.put(id, plugin));
     Optional<?> instance = plugin.getInstance();
     instance.ifPresent(o -> pluginInstances.put(o, plugin));
   }
@@ -100,16 +105,34 @@ public class VelocityPluginManager implements PluginManager {
         try {
           PluginDescription candidate = loader.loadCandidate(path);
 
-          // If we found a duplicate candidate (with the same ID), don't load it.
+          // A plugin claims its own ID plus every ID it provides. If any of those are already
-          PluginDescription maybeExistingCandidate = foundCandidates.putIfAbsent(
+          // claimed by another candidate, don't load this one.
-              candidate.getId(), candidate);
+          List<String> claimedIds = new ArrayList<>(candidate.getProvidedIds().size() + 1);
+          claimedIds.add(candidate.getId());
+          claimedIds.addAll(candidate.getProvidedIds());
 
-          if (maybeExistingCandidate != null) {
+          PluginDescription conflict = null;
-            logger.error("Refusing to load plugin at path {} since we already "
+          String conflictingId = null;
-                    + "loaded a plugin with the same ID {} from {}",
+          for (String id : claimedIds) {
+            PluginDescription existing = foundCandidates.get(id);
+            if (existing != null) {
+              conflict = existing;
+              conflictingId = id;
+              break;
+            }
+          }
+
+          if (conflict != null) {
+            logger.error("Refusing to load plugin at path {} since ID {} was already "
+                    + "claimed by a plugin loaded from {}",
                 candidate.getSource().map(Objects::toString).orElse("<UNKNOWN>"),
-                candidate.getId(),
+                conflictingId,
-                maybeExistingCandidate.getSource().map(Objects::toString).orElse("<UNKNOWN>"));
+                conflict.getSource().map(Objects::toString).orElse("<UNKNOWN>"));
+            continue;
+          }
+
+          for (String id : claimedIds) {
+            foundCandidates.put(id, candidate);
           }
         } catch (Throwable e) {
           logger.error("Unable to load plugin {}", path, e);
@@ -122,8 +145,10 @@ public class VelocityPluginManager implements PluginManager {
       return;
     }
 
+    // foundCandidates indexes each candidate under its ID and any provided IDs, so dedupe before
+    // sorting to avoid loading a plugin more than once.
     List<PluginDescription> sortedPlugins = PluginDependencyUtils.sortCandidates(
-        new ArrayList<>(foundCandidates.values()));
+        new ArrayList<>(new LinkedHashSet<>(foundCandidates.values())));
 
     Map<String, PluginDescription> loadedCandidates = new HashMap<>();
     Map<PluginContainer, Module> pluginContainers = new LinkedHashMap<>();
@@ -144,6 +169,7 @@ public class VelocityPluginManager implements PluginManager {
         VelocityPluginContainer container = new VelocityPluginContainer(realPlugin);
         pluginContainers.put(container, loader.createModule(container));
         loadedCandidates.put(realPlugin.getId(), realPlugin);
+        realPlugin.getProvidedIds().forEach(id -> loadedCandidates.putIfAbsent(id, realPlugin));
       } catch (Throwable e) {
         logger.error("Can't create module for plugin {}", candidate.getId(), e);
       }
@@ -201,7 +227,7 @@ public class VelocityPluginManager implements PluginManager {
 
   @Override
   public Collection<PluginContainer> getPlugins() {
-    return Collections.unmodifiableCollection(pluginsById.values());
+    return Collections.unmodifiableCollection(plugins);
   }
 
   @Override

proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/plugin/loader/VelocityPluginDescription.java

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Strings;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.plugin.PluginDescription;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.plugin.meta.PluginDependency;
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ public class VelocityPluginDescription implements PluginDescription {
   private final @Nullable String url;
   private final List<String> authors;
   private final Map<String, PluginDependency> dependencies;
+  private final Collection<String> providedIds;
   private final Path source;
 
   /**
@@ -55,11 +57,13 @@ public class VelocityPluginDescription implements PluginDescription {
    * @param url          the website for the plugin
    * @param authors      the authors of this plugin
    * @param dependencies the dependencies for this plugin
+   * @param providedIds  the IDs this plugin provides for
    * @param source       the original source for the plugin
    */
   public VelocityPluginDescription(String id, @Nullable String name, @Nullable String version,
       @Nullable String description, @Nullable String url,
-      @Nullable List<String> authors, Collection<PluginDependency> dependencies, Path source) {
+      @Nullable List<String> authors, Collection<PluginDependency> dependencies,
+      @Nullable Collection<String> providedIds, Path source) {
     this.id = checkNotNull(id, "id");
     this.name = Strings.emptyToNull(name);
     this.version = Strings.emptyToNull(version);
@@ -67,6 +71,8 @@ public class VelocityPluginDescription implements PluginDescription {
     this.url = Strings.emptyToNull(url);
     this.authors = authors == null ? ImmutableList.of() : ImmutableList.copyOf(authors);
     this.dependencies = Maps.uniqueIndex(dependencies, d -> d == null ? null : d.getId());
+    this.providedIds =
+        providedIds == null ? ImmutableSet.of() : ImmutableSet.copyOf(providedIds);
     this.source = source;
   }
 
@@ -110,6 +116,11 @@ public class VelocityPluginDescription implements PluginDescription {
     return Optional.ofNullable(dependencies.get(id));
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public Collection<String> getProvidedIds() {
+    return providedIds;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public Optional<Path> getSource() {
     return Optional.ofNullable(source);
@@ -125,6 +136,7 @@ public class VelocityPluginDescription implements PluginDescription {
         + ", url='" + url + '\''
         + ", authors=" + authors
         + ", dependencies=" + dependencies
+        + ", providedIds=" + providedIds
         + ", source=" + source
         + '}';
   }