Changelog · The Wall Dev

July 2026 · Community v2 wiring · Avatars everywhere

Community hub v2: full frontend wiring — my clan, chats (modmail / global / clan / DM), clan browser, info card
Avatar fallback chain: custom upload → Discord avatar → generated identicon — never a broken image again
Clan media: clan avatars + banners, served publicly with graceful fallbacks
Chat fixes: DM listing, global read-state, clan chat get-or-create on clan open
Moderation controls in chat threads; admin user search / stats / message tools

July 2026 · Discord bot-in-guild

Owner-verified clan creation: prove you own the Discord guild (or verify via site / manual review) — no more auto-created clans on login
Bot-in-guild phase: the Discord bot joins your clan's guild and syncs the wall/clan both ways
Unified command framework shared by the Discord and Telegram bots

July 2026 · V3 API · Community super-tab

V3 API at /api/v3/* — camelCase JSON, cursor pagination, public template browse; v1/v2 deprecated with sunset notice
Community super-tab in the extension: one hub replacing the separate Social and Clan tabs
Mail + Achievements folded into Profile — fewer tabs, same features
Clans: roster with roles (owner / admin / mod / member), invites, applications, settings
Template previews usable in <img> tags (session query auth) + animated summary flag
Server-side template PNG rendering at /api/v3/templates/{id}/png
v6.1: stability pass — a backend-wide audit with dozens of bug fixes

June 2026 · Backend re-architected · Extension UI rebuild

V2 API at /api/v2/* — frozen v1 lives at /api/*
Two-axis role model: global (user / admin / owner) × per-clan (member / moderator / admin), many-to-many memberships
Multi-site: backend infra ready for wplace.live; filianislost.com fully wired up
Unified mailbox: announcements, clan alerts, clan_announcement, mod_alert, modmail, DMs, template_event
Modmail threads with mod-only visibility
Anti-grief monitor: pin a template, server polls tiles every 5 min, alerts on damage threshold
Server snapshots every 5 min in small/medium/large → Discord DM + Telegram DM + public channel; only URLs persisted
Signal mirror of signal.filianislost.com/fetch
Achievements: 20+ badges, hidden secrets, public-profile showcase
Profile v2: bio, social links (whitelisted https only), pinned templates, stats
Notification preferences per kind × channel (in_app / os_push / email / discord / telegram)
Telegram OIDC linking with PKCE + telegram:bot_access scope
Discord OAuth2 linking
Email via support: 6-char code, template body, admin-side approve UI
VAI Account System stub: unified identity across future VAI-PROG services
Audit log + telemetry tables ready
Configurable limits with hard ceiling 4096 (messages, bio, social labels)
THE_WALL_DEV_ENV_FILE env hook for external secrets file with override
OpenAPI 3.1 spec at /openapi.yaml, Swagger UI + ReDoc browsers
Structured i18n: per-locale JSON, lazy fetch, cached in localStorage

Spring 2026

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