v1.5.7 Latest Release
March 27, 2026 18:44 UTC

Masterserver protocol compatibility expansion

  • Added multi-protocol heartbeat compatibility for CS 1.6/community masters (legacy, addserver, valve heartbeat2, q-only).
  • Added per-target protocol prefixes in masters config and VPBOOST_MASTERS entries.
  • Added VPBOOST_MASTER_PROTOCOL_DEFAULT for fleet-wide default heartbeat mode control.
  • Improved challenge parsing and registration flow to handle more master implementations.
  • Added compatibility heartbeat smoke test documentation for safer rollout.
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19 active VPS
v1.5.6
March 25, 2026 16:00 UTC

MasterServer heartbeat and performance improvements

  • Added a new MasterServer heartbeat system for better listing consistency.
  • Improved VPBoost performance and overall runtime stability.
  • Refined panel workflows and admin visibility for smoother management.
  • Included additional quality-of-life and reliability improvements.
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0 active VPS
v1.5.5
February 11, 2026 15:07 UTC

Redirect crash fix + full screen logs

  • Fixed Redirects crash on invalid UTF-8 player names when building JSON payload for /api/newplayer.
  • Added safe JSON serialization with UTF-8 replacement and exception guard (no hard terminate).
  • Disabled 5-line join feed truncation/clear; console now prints full join log lines.
  • Updated agent screen logging to append history and include START/EXIT markers with exit codes.
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7 active VPS
v1.5.0
February 7, 2026 22:49 UTC

High-scale stability and process controls

Added per-VPS redirect process mode controls (single/chunked), chunk size, and start-delay settings. Upgraded /api/getports with backward-compatible v2 payload (ports + runtime settings) and integrated agent runtime strategy handling. Added listener startup summary/failed-port metrics in runtime_metrics.json and exposed them through health telemetry. Improved redirect resilience by handling thread-creation resource failures without hard process termination.
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0 active VPS
v1.3.9
February 7, 2026 18:14 UTC

Reliability, health alerts, and cleaner redirect runtime

  • Added runtime reliability for /api/newplayer delivery (retry + fallback endpoint flow).
  • Added runtime failure metrics collection (send/dns) and watchdog-triggered restart behavior for red-all under persistent failures.
  • Added health/runtime visibility in panel (MyVPS unhealthy alerts based on latest runtime failures).
  • Improved redirect console output to concise join feed format with rolling display.
  • Reduced noisy logs and added quiet-by-default runtime mode.
  • Improved Steam ticket flow observability and multi-port behavior handling for redirected players.
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0 active VPS
v1.2.9
February 4, 2026 19:26 UTC

SteamID support for redirected players

  • Added SteamID capture for redirected players (Steam / Non-Steam detection)
  • Stored SteamID in raw players logs and normalized into dedicated SteamID tables
  • Enabled SteamID display/usage in live traffic and reporting
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0 active VPS
v1.2.7
February 4, 2026 01:18 UTC

Player stats modes + API source + simulator

  • Added per-VPS player stats modes: hybrid / sim / api / local.
  • Added per-VPS API source server selection
  • Added monotonic simulator
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v1.2.5
February 3, 2026 00:11 UTC

Redirect settings

Per-VPS rotate settings + Real Name Players (random score/time), thanks to vipboost82 for testing.
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0 active VPS