2026.04.19
April 19, 2026
Creator Discovery Refresh, Seasonal Shop Additions, and Arcade Score Support
- Refreshed the Chronicle landing page with stronger discovery paths, topic clusters, and creator-focused internal links.
- Added a fresh wave of seasonal shop cosmetics across multiple profile and chat categories.
- Published new community events and a current announcement to spotlight active creator opportunities.
- Expanded arcade score support across more single-player experiences and tightened leaderboard consistency.
- Updated public policy pages for clearer terms, privacy expectations, community rules, and copyright guidance.
v4.3.0
June 28, 2026
Imaginarium Profile Code Archive & Platform Consolidation
- Imaginarium Profile Code Archive — browse, search, preview, download, and import ~270 legacy Imaginarium character profile codes. Visit /imaginarium-archive.php to access the archive.
- Download your old profile codes as standalone HTML files — works for any profile, no login required.
- Import legacy profiles directly into your CharHaven characters with one click. Just pick a character and the code is loaded into the HTML Profile Editor.
- Sandboxed preview lets you view how old profiles looked before downloading or importing.
- Profiles over 50KB are flagged and available for download only (CharHaven HTML editor limit).
- Imaginarium is now officially retired. All profile data has been preserved in the read-only archive with a clear migration path to CharHaven.
v4.2.0
May 31, 2026
Summer Content Update, Gallery Overhaul & Performance Boost
- Completely redesigned the character gallery page with masonry grid layout and lightbox previews
- Added bulk image upload support for character galleries (up to 10 images at once)
- Improved page load times across the platform by 35% through lazy loading and query optimisation
- New character filter: filter by series, species, and gender on the Discover page
- Added 'Featured Character' slot on user profiles to highlight your favourite OC
- Fixed an issue where character relationship links would break after profile edits
- Haven Coins can now be gifted to other users directly from their profile
- Updated the commission marketplace with improved search and category filters
- New profile border designs available in the shop for the summer season
- Fixed mobile responsiveness issues on the world creation page
v4.1.2
May 24, 2026
Community Tools, Feed Improvements & Bug Fixes
- Added quote-post functionality to the activity feed
- Group owners can now set custom welcome messages for new members
- Improved the notification system to reduce duplicate alerts
- Fixed a bug where draft forum posts would not save correctly on mobile
- Added keyboard shortcuts for common feed actions (like, share, bookmark)
- Character tags now support up to 15 tags per character (was 10)
- Improved search relevance for character and world discovery
- Fixed display issues with long usernames in the followers list
v4.1.1
May 20, 2026
Hotfix: Auth Session & Commission Flow
- Fixed a critical bug where some users were being logged out unexpectedly after session timeout
- Resolved an issue where commission milestone payments were not processing correctly
- Fixed the character export PDF layout breaking on characters with very long backstories
- Patched a CSRF token validation issue affecting form submissions on slow connections
v4.1.0
May 15, 2026
Creator Analytics, Personal Realms & Forum Enhancements
- Launched Creator Analytics dashboard: track profile views, character engagement, and follower growth over time
- Introduced Personal Realms: create your own persistent chat space with custom rules and theming
- Forum threads now support rich text formatting including headers, lists, and embedded images
- Added thread pinning and archiving for forum moderators and group owners
- New achievement: 'Realm Builder' awarded for creating and maintaining an active Realm
- Improved the matchmaking system with better genre and writing-style compatibility scoring
- Added a 'Not Interested' button to feed posts to improve content recommendations
- Fixed timeline display issues on character profiles with many events
- Performance improvements to the leaderboard page reducing load time by 50%
- Updated Terms of Service and Privacy Policy with clearer data handling language
2026.04.19
April 19, 2026
Creator Discovery Refresh, Seasonal Shop Additions, and Arcade Score Support
- Refreshed the blog landing page with stronger creator discovery modules, topic clusters, and quick-start links.
- Published a new wave of seasonal cosmetic shop items across borders, backgrounds, titles, badges, emotes, and card skins.
- Added new upcoming community events and a fresh site announcement to spotlight current creator activity.
- Improved compatibility for arcade score submissions and expanded the surfaced single-player leaderboard set.
- Updated public policy pages for clearer terms, privacy expectations, moderation standards, and copyright reporting guidance.
v3.9.0
April 11, 2026
Presence System, Donator Leaderboard & Arcade Expansion
- Online user list now shows colour-coded presence dots (green/online, yellow/idle, red/do-not-disturb) with status text tooltips.
- Invisible users are correctly hidden from the global chat online list; stale ghost window reduced to 3 minutes.
- New leaderboard tab: Top Donators - admins can record donations per user; displayed publicly by total amount.
- 35 new cosmetic items added to the Haven Shop across all 9 categories (borders, backgrounds, titles, chat flairs, emotes, card skins, badges, effects, realm items).
- 4 new arcade games added: Bubble Pop (puzzle), Haven Wordle (daily word), Space Blast (shooter), Char Whack-a-Mole (casual).
- All 4 new arcade games submit scores to the leaderboard system.
- Internal: Superadmin role tier introduced (rank 4 above admin). Assigned to site owner only; cannot be demoted via admin panel.
v3.8.0
March 29, 2026
Multiplayer Arcade & Economy Hardening
- Arcade games (Ludo & Werewolf) now feature real-time WebSocket lobbies powered by Pusher.
- Volunteer Staff tools have been expanded: Artisans now have a dedicated character review queue, and Scribes oversee forums.
- Heralds have been granted a secure economy distribution tool (/staff/rewards.php) with strict daily limits to reward contest winners.
- Daily Quests are now completely dynamic and can be managed directly via the Admin Panel.
- New cosmetic items added to the Haven Shop (Titles & Borders).
- Cosmetics are now statically compiled via CLI for massive performance gains across the platform.
v3.8.0
March 29, 2026
Multiplayer Arcade & Economy Hardening
- Arcade games (Ludo & Werewolf) now feature real-time WebSocket lobbies powered by Pusher.
- Volunteer Staff tools have been expanded: Artisans now have a dedicated character review queue, and Scribes oversee forums.
- Heralds have been granted a secure economy distribution tool (/staff/rewards.php) with strict daily limits to reward contest winners.
- Daily Quests are now completely dynamic and can be managed directly via the Admin Panel.
- New cosmetic items added to the Haven Shop (Titles & Borders).
- Cosmetics are now statically compiled via CLI for massive performance gains across the platform.
v3.8.0
March 28, 2026
Volunteer Staff Panel & Arcade Expansion
- Introduced Tier-Based RBAC Volunteer Staff Panel (Junior, Mid, Senior tiers)
- Added Guardian Chat Moderation Panel with real-time Mute tools and PM/DM inspection for reported threads
- Added Steward/Guardian Reports Queue with tier-gated Warning and Ban enforcement
- Automated branch assignment for approved Volunteer Applications
- Added 10 new Cosmetic Items to the Shop (Borders, Backgrounds, Chat Flair, Titles, Emotes)
- Expanded Haven Arcade with 2 new mini-games: Fruit Slicer & Knife Clash
- Secured the Haven Arcade API against client-side score manipulation — XP is now awarded server-side
- Various UI/UX polishes and minor bug fixes across the mobile interface
2.14.1
March 28, 2026
Art Protection, Security Updates, and Bug Fixes
- Art Protection: Added adversarial high-frequency noise injection to uploaded images to disrupt unauthorized AI dataset training.
- Art Protection: Blocked common AI crawlers (GPTBot, CCBot, Google-Extended, etc.) from indexing the platform and added x-robots-tag headers.
- Art Protection: Implemented aggressive CSS and JS policies to prevent right-click save and drag-to-drop image scraping of gallery content.
- Chat / Messaging: Fixed a database regression causing private messages to fail sending and the inbox to appear empty for some users.
- Platform: Implemented reliable persistence for the "View Mature Content" profile preference toggle.
- Platform: Fixed a z-index stacking context bug that locked up the Ko-fi purchase modal on the coin store.
- Gallery: Fixed dead links and broken edit/delete action buttons for media management on character profiles.
v3.7.0
March 24, 2026
XP System & Premium Tier Overhaul
- All 17 XP actions now fully wired — earn XP for browsing profiles, shopping, sharing, commenting, and more
- Weekly 7-day login streak now awards 50 bonus XP
- Premium tiers rebalanced — Free tier now more generous (8 characters, 5 worlds, 2 gacha pulls)
- Silver Supporter upgraded: 2x XP, 500 HC/month, 30 characters, 20 worlds
- Gold Patron upgraded: 3x XP, 1,000 HC/month, unlimited everything, early access features
- Matchmaking display_name bug fixed — profiles now show correct names
- Admin dashboard: DMCA and Revenue Ops modules now linked from main dashboard
- Admin migration runner aligned with canonical CI/CD pipeline
- Documentation consolidated — moved deployment, cron, and API docs into docs/ folder
v3.6.1
March 23, 2026
DMCA, Chat, & Realm Enhancements
- DMCA takedown system with full admin management panel
- Pop-out chat window for multitasking
- Font settings and accessibility controls added
- AI content detection badges on profiles
- Realm portal doorways with visual placement tool — click and drag on canvas
- Server clock display and portal visibility controls
- Room limit enforcement and share button fixes
- Floating text labels redesigned for realms
v3.6.2
March 23, 2026
Modal & Chat Stability Fixes
- Fixed CSS stacking context bug that trapped Bootstrap modals under backdrops
- Pop-out chat: corrected API URL and hidden sidebar when popped out
- DM user search dropdown positioning fixed
- Focus Mode, resizable chat panel, and compact UI options added
- Mobile message and profile interaction bugs resolved
v3.6.3
March 23, 2026
Forum Overhaul & Security Hardening
- Complete forum thread UI overhaul — user avatars, role badges, post counts, and modern card layout
- Forum categories and latest threads now display richer metadata
- Supporter tier naming: VIP Silver → Silver Supporter, VIP Gold → Gold Patron
- Codebase security audit: validated CSRF, auth guards, SQL injection prevention across all endpoints
- CI/CD pipeline enhanced with PHPUnit and frontend build checks
- Database query optimizations — new indexes on chat_messages, notifications, and friendships
- Theme presets system restored and verified
- Real-time chat optimizations and theme bridging
3.6.2
March 23, 2026
Critical Hotfix: Modal Overlays Freezing Mobile Screens
- Fixed Modal Overlays Freezing Mobile Screens: Resolved a critical z-index layout bug where opening the formatting modal for New Direct Messages, or the Crop Avatar modal, caused the screen to gray out and become completely unclickable. The root cause was an animation transform interacting poorly with Bootstrap modal backdrops on mobile devices.
- DOM Structural Fix: Modal windows now programmatically append to the bottom of the document to guarantee they sit above all UI containers.
- Mobile Cache Invalidation: Automated cache busting query parameters were added to the profile editor scripts so all devices immediately receive this interaction fix.
3.6.1
March 23, 2026
Mobile Interactions & Portals Fixes
- Fixed Mobile Interaction Blocker: Resolved a critical bug where profile hover cards triggered on touch devices, getting stuck at a high z-index (9999) and blocking all interactions (modals, messages, profile uploads). Used pointer: coarse detection and lowered z-index to sit beneath Bootstrap modals.
- Fixed Portal Click Handling: Clicking a realm portal now properly triggers its action instead of being intercepted by the walk-to handler.
- Fixed Portal URL Routing: Portal URLs (/r/CODE) now resolve correctly via an .htaccess rewrite to the new join.php handler, preventing 404s and enabling auto-joins to realms.
- Added Portal Editing UI: Realm owners can now rename and reposition their objects and portals using the new Edit button in the realm settings menu.
- Redesigned Object Labels: Replaced the plain "floating text" over canvas objects with stylish dark translucent pill labels featuring subtle borders and specific icons (e.g., doors for portals).
v3.5.0
March 22, 2026
Realm Networks & Portal System
- Visual portal placement — click and drag on canvas to draw doorways
- Portal Doorway tool added to Realm Objects panel
- Realm networks with sub-rooms and inter-room navigation
- Invite code system with graceful fallback
- Background upload limits enforced per tier
- Server clock for real-time realm coordination
- Migration consolidation — all SQL migrations now in database/migrations/
v3.6.0
March 22, 2026
Admin Panel, Shop & Economy Launch
- Complete admin panel overhaul — character, world, and commission management enhanced
- Dynamic patch notes system (you are reading it!)
- Admin shop manager with 24 seed items across 3 categories
- Smooth navbar UI with improved animations
- SEO sitemap expansion and robots.txt cleanup
- Full production audit with P0/P1 security fixes resolved
- PersonaAI local saving and instruction system for AI posts
v3.3.0
March 14, 2026
Matchmaking, Messages Overhaul & Feed Security Audit
- Roleplay Matchmaking module launched — find RP partners by genre, setting, and availability.
- Read Receipts and Message Edit/Delete: Full message lifecycle with global hover cards.
- Feed Security Audit: Comprehensive optimization pass across all feed endpoints.
- Messages Performance Overhaul: Critical UX and notification improvements.
- Not Interested feature: Persisted post hiding with discovery improvements.
- Feed empty-state fix: Resolved stale service worker cache causing blank feeds on first load.
- Draft saving and feed discovery improvements.
v3.0.0
March 05, 2026
Graphics Chat Realms — Immersive 2D World Rooms
- Graphics Chat Realms launched: Immersive 2D world rooms with real-time RP chat.
- Character sprite placement with custom poses, width/height sliders, and HiDPI rendering.
- Typing indicators, MOTD banners, password-protected rooms, and accent color customization.
- Speech bubbles, smooth interpolated movement, and sidebar redesign.
- Pose Workshop: Dedicated character pose editor within realms.
- Touch-drag controls for mobile realm navigation.
- Admin analytics panel for realm usage and moderation.
v2.5.0
March 02, 2026
Performance Mega-Pass & Security Hardening
- CSS code-split: main.css reduced from 144KB to 90KB — extracted darkmode.css, feed.css, pages.css.
- Anti-cheat game session tokens with server-side timing and one-use validation for all 8 arcade games.
- All scripts deferred, 60+ images lazy-loaded, browser cache extended to 1 year.
- CSRF protection added to 3 remaining chat API endpoints (emoji, group_dm, permissions).
- Chat architecture refactor: ChatShell slimmed from ~2000 lines to 279 lines using Zustand stores.
- Extracted reusable hooks: useDirectMessages, useGroupMessages, useChatSync, useChannelMessages, and 7 more.
v2.0.0
January 28, 2026
Discord-Inspired Community Chat & Voice Channels
- Complete chat rewrite with Discord-inspired server/channel hierarchy and dark mode readability.
- Voice Channels: WebRTC audio rooms with participant chips, push-to-talk, and voice diagnostics.
- Server-aware architecture: multi-server rail, server switching, and moderator server creation flow.
- Thread foundations: per-message open thread, thread modal replies, channel-scoped discussion branches.
- Live connection status badge (connecting/connected/disconnected/polling).
- Reactions, message editing/history, attachments, reply chains, mention autocomplete.
- Mute controls, link previews, pinned messages, channel notification preferences.
- Dynamic channel management and moderation tools.
- Redis voice state persistence for scalable voice rooms.
- TURN server support with coturn shared-secret authentication.
v1.0.0
December 21, 2025
Initial Platform Release — Engineering Baseline
- Core platform baseline: Character CRUD, gallery, user profiles, and feed architecture.
- CI/CD pipelines: GitHub Actions for lint, phpstan, deployment, and UI asset checking.
- Deploy workflows via SFTP to production hosting.
- QA test suite with integration tests and smoke checks.
- Avatar path normalization and image fallback system.
- Design system foundation with Bootstrap 5.3 grid normalization.
Looking for more? Stay tuned for upcoming patches and platform updates.
