Unified Catalog & Partners

Added

• Unified Game Server Hosting — /games now shows one flat plan grid for every supported game instead of a separate curated page per game; game selection moves to a Paymenter checkout config option

  • packages/ui/components/Layouts/Games/game-hub.tsx — new hub component (search, sort, plan grid) matching the VPS/Dedicated hub pattern
  • app/games/page.tsx — rewritten to flatten getGamePlans() across every child of the Game Servers hub instead of rendering one curated card per category
  • GamePlanSpec.category field added (which Paymenter category a plan came from, for search/de-dup — not used for grouping)
  • packages/core/constants/supported-games.ts — manually maintained SUPPORTED_GAMES list shown as badges on the /games hero; there's no admin API to read Paymenter's config-option choices live, so this is hand-kept in sync with the checkout dropdown
  • Removed: /games/[slug] dynamic route, packages/core/products/catalog-config.ts, packages/core/constants/game/* curated per-game content, and the 4 now-unused Games layout components (game-hero, game-features, game-pricing, game-faq)

• Partners & Sponsors Page — new /partners page

  • packages/core/constants/partners.ts — maintainable data file; entries have a sponsor / partner / community tier and an optional category badge (e.g. "Minecraft Server", "FiveM Community")
  • packages/ui/components/Layouts/Partners/partners-page.tsx — hero, one section per tier (a tier with zero entries doesn't render at all rather than showing an empty state), CTA linking to the existing KB partner program docs
  • Nav "Company" dropdown, footer "Company" column, and sitemap.ts all link to /partners

• Expandable "Server Info" panel on every Game/VPS/Dedicated plan card — a "View Server Info" toggle reveals Setup Fee, CPU Model, Uplink, DDoS layers, Location, Databases, and Backups, all parsed live from the Paymenter product description

  • packages/ui/components/ui/plan-info-row.tsx — shared label/value row, built on the existing Radix Collapsible primitive
  • getSetupFeeGBP / getSetupFeesMap (bytepay.ts) — one-time setup fee per plan, mirroring the existing price helpers
  • location / databases / backups extraction (spec-parser.ts) — e.g. "3x MySQL Databases", "Newcastle, UK or New York, US", "Automatic Daily Backups"

• VPS/Dedicated Hub — richer filtering & sorting

  • RAM tier filter chips, built live from the RAM values actually present in the plan list (reliable regardless of naming convention)
  • Price range (min/max) filter
  • Sort extended from price-only to price / RAM / storage / CPU cores, each ascending or descending; default sort is now price ascending on Games, VPS, and Dedicated
  • packages/ui/components/ui/filter-chip.tsx — shared FilterChipRow / FilterChip, replacing duplicated chip markup in both hubs
  • Filter bar redesigned: Search + Sort + a "Filters" toggle (with an active-filter-count badge) in one compact row; the actual filter chips live in a collapsible panel grouped into labeled rows (Price / RAM / Hardware / Lineup / Series) instead of one long wrapped cluster — considerably shorter on mobile

• Live node discovery — /nodes now reads its node list from status.nodebyte.host's "Nodes" monitor group instead of a hardcoded array, so adding a node to the status page is enough for it to appear on the site

  • getNodeMonitorNames() (lib/status.ts) — filters the status snapshot to the "Nodes" group, excluding aggregate "group"-type rollups
  • NODE_DISPLAY_OVERRIDES (constants/status-mapping.ts) replaces NODE_MONITOR_MAP — a small optional table for location/hardware details the status API doesn't carry, keyed by monitor name

Changed

• Category hub discovery hardened (bytepay.ts)

  • getCategoryHub now falls back to substring matching (with a console warning) if no exact alias match is found, so a category rename in Paymenter degrades gracefully instead of silently emptying a whole section
  • A hub always includes itself as a leaf alongside its real sub-categories, not only when it has none — fixes products filed directly on a hub (e.g. the new generic GAME-BASE/GAME-PLUS tiers, filed on "Game Servers" itself alongside its Minecraft/Rust/Hytale children) being invisible on the site
  • fetchWithRetry — every billing panel request now has a 10s timeout and retries transient failures (429/5xx/network errors) with backoff, honouring Retry-After; per_page increased to reduce pagination round-trips; missing BYTEPAY_HOST/BYTEPAY_TOKEN now throws a clear error instead of building a URL like undefined/api/...

• spec-parser.ts rewritten to classify description lines by topic instead of matching one exact phrase shape — tolerates much more variation in how a product description is worded

  • Fixed a real bug along the way: bulletLines() wasn't splitting on <li> boundaries, so line-based extraction was silently reading across bullet points in Paymenter's default <ul><li> description format
  • CPU brand detection broadened: "Ryzen" no longer requires an "AMD" prefix, "Intel i9-9900K" no longer requires the word "Core"
  • CPU core count now also catches "8 Dedicated/Pinned Physical Cores" (number not at the start of the bullet) via a bounded per-line pattern, without guessing wrong on CPU model numbers like "Ryzen™ 9 5900X"
  • Storage detection catches "Local NVMe Storage" and similar phrasing lacking an explicit SSD/HDD/Disk keyword
  • Location extraction handles both "Newcastle, UK" (short code) and "Falkenstein, Germany" (full country name) styles, triggered by a wider set of keywords (location/region/infrastructure/provisioned/hosted/data centre)

• Nav Services dropdown simplified to 3 flat links (Game Servers / VPS Servers / Dedicated Servers), replacing the old sectioned mega-menu with a per-game submenu; the now-dead gamesNav prop chain (app/layout.tsx → layout-chrome.tsx → navigation.tsx) was removed along with the billing-panel fetch it required on every page load

• Dropped-product alerting — getGamePlans / getVpsPlans / getDedicatedPlans now log a warning when a live, non-hidden product fails to parse its required specs (instead of silently vanishing from the site), and the dev-only /api/billing-debug route lists every such product with its missing fields

Fixed

• Plan card layout bug — h-full on plan cards was silently fighting the grid's items-start sizing, clipping the "Order Now" button on a collapsed sibling card whenever another card's Server Info panel was expanded; removed, cards now size purely to their own content
• Card grids no longer visually stretch every card in a row to match the tallest (expanded) one — items-start added to the Game/VPS/Dedicated plan grids

Security

• Double-unescaping in spec-parser.ts's HTML entity decoding (CodeQL js/double-escaping) — bulletLines() unescaped & → & before >/</"/', so a properly double-escaped literal like > (meant to render as the text >) was silently corrupted into > instead. Fixed by unescaping & last, matching the standard safe-unescaping order — the escape character itself must always be resolved after every other entity that depends on it.

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What's Changed

• Development by @NodeByteLTD in #121
• Development by @CodeMeAPixel in #123
• fix: product handling by @CodeMeAPixel in #124
• Development by @CodeMeAPixel in #125
• Development by @CodeMeAPixel in #127
• Development by @CodeMeAPixel in #129
• Development by @CodeMeAPixel in #131
• Development by @CodeMeAPixel in #132
• Prod -> Dev by @CodeMeAPixel in #133
• Development by @CodeMeAPixel in #136
• fix: translations by @CodeMeAPixel in #137
• Development by @CodeMeAPixel in #138
• Update partners.ts by @CodeMeAPixel in #139
• Development by @CodeMeAPixel in #140
• add: new partners stuff by @CodeMeAPixel in #141
• Development by @CodeMeAPixel in #142
• Development by @CodeMeAPixel in #143
• add: supported games by @CodeMeAPixel in #144
• fix: plan structures by @CodeMeAPixel in #146
• feat: more product stucture fixes by @CodeMeAPixel in #147
• Development by @CodeMeAPixel in #149

Full Changelog: v3.6.0...v3.7.0

v3.6.0

Added

• Dedicated Server Hosting — new /dedicated product category backed by live Paymenter billing data

  • packages/core/types/servers/dedicated.ts — DedicatedPlanSpec interface; cores is optional (physical cores, not vCPU), storageDescription holds the raw drive label (e.g. "2 × 1 TB NVMe SSD (RAID 1)") for multi-drive configurations
  • packages/core/products/billing-service.ts — getDedicatedPlans(categorySlug) function following the same billing-service pattern as VPS and game plans
  • packages/ui/components/Layouts/Dedicated/dedicated-hub.tsx — listing page with AMD/Intel hardware filter, price sort, "Bare Metal" and hardware badges, IPMI/dedicated feature callouts, and a custom/enterprise CTA
  • app/dedicated/page.tsx — server component fetching from the dedicated-servers billing category
  • Navigation — Dedicated Servers section added to both desktop and mobile Services dropdowns, below VPS Servers
  • Footer — Dedicated Servers link added to the Services column
  • packages/core/constants/services.ts — Dedicated Servers entry added to SERVICE_CATEGORIES for the homepage service cards (amber palette, Cpu icon)
  • translations/templates/en.json — services.dedicated.* and footer.services.dedicatedServers translation keys added

• Knowledge Base Subcategory Support — the KB now supports arbitrary nesting (e.g. games → minecraft → troubleshooting) driven entirely by the filesystem

  • app/kb/[...path]/page.tsx — unified catch-all route replacing the old fixed [category] and [category]/[article] routes; calls resolvePath() to decide whether to render a category page or an article page
  • packages/kb/lib/kb.ts — full rewrite: getCategories(parentPath?) recurses into subdirectories, getCategoryAtPath() traverses the tree, getSidebarTree() / buildSidebarItem() build the full nested sidebar, getAllPaths() returns every valid path array for generateStaticParams
  • packages/kb/components/kb-sidebar.tsx — recursive SidebarNode component with depth-aware indentation; auto-expands the branch matching the current pathname
  • packages/kb/components/kb-category-card.tsx — href now uses the full category path; badge shows recursive totalCount
  • packages/kb/components/kb-article-card.tsx — href uses categoryPath (full relative path)
  • packages/kb/components/kb-article.tsx — prev/next links use full categoryPath
  • packages/kb/components/kb-search.tsx — search result links use full categoryPath
  • KB content restructured under packages/kb/content/games/minecraft/ and packages/kb/content/games/hytale/ subdirectories

• Billing-Native Currency Prices — the website now uses exact prices from the Paymenter billing panel per currency instead of converting from a GBP exchange rate

  • packages/core/lib/bytepay.ts — getPricesMap(product) returns Record<string, number> mapping every currency code to its monthly price from the product's recurring plan
  • packages/ui/components/ui/price.tsx — Price component accepts an optional prices prop; uses format(prices[currency]) (exact billing price) when available, falls back to convertAndFormat(amountGBP) (exchange rate)
  • packages/core/types/servers/game.ts, vps.ts, dedicated.ts — prices?: Record<string, number> field added to all plan spec interfaces
  • billing-service.ts — all three plan fetchers (getGamePlans, getVpsPlans, getDedicatedPlans) populate prices from getPricesMap()
  • VPS Hub, all game pages — prices prop threaded through to <Price> components

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What's Changed

• chore: sync development → nightly (2026-06-07) by @github-actions[bot] in #103
• chore: sync nightly → production (2026-06-07) by @github-actions[bot] in #104
• feat(fix): safari issues, optimization, react issues, visual bugs by @ranveersoni98 in #105
• feat(fix): safari issues, optimization, react issues, visual bugs by @NodeByteLTD in #106
• chore: sync development → nightly (2026-06-10) by @github-actions[bot] in #107
• chore: sync development → nightly (2026-06-13) by @github-actions[bot] in #108
• chore: sync nightly → production (2026-06-13) by @github-actions[bot] in #109
• Sync? by @CodeMeAPixel in #110
• Development by @CodeMeAPixel in #111
• Update eligibility.md by @CodeMeAPixel in #112
• Update eligibility.md by @CodeMeAPixel in #113
• Development by @CodeMeAPixel in #114
• chore: sync development → nightly (2026-06-17) by @github-actions[bot] in #115
• Development by @NodeByteLTD in #116
• chore: sync development → nightly (2026-06-20) by @github-actions[bot] in #117
• chore: sync development → nightly (2026-06-27) by @github-actions[bot] in #119
• chore: sync nightly → production (2026-06-21) by @github-actions[bot] in #118
• Development by @NodeByteLTD in #120

Full Changelog: v3.5.4...v3.6.0

v3.5.4

Added

• Google Ads Integration — Google tag (AW-16740819749) installed via next/script with strategy="afterInteractive" in the root layout; fires after hydration without blocking render
  • packages/core/lib/gtag.ts — central utility exporting GOOGLE_ADS_ID, CONVERSION_IDS map, and ready-to-call conversions.*() helpers for all 10 goals (begin checkout, subscribe, purchase, submit lead form, page view, sign-up, get directions, request quote, outbound click, contact)
  • packages/ui/components/google-ads-pageview.tsx — client component that re-fires the page-view conversion on every App Router route change via usePathname

Changed

• About, Features, Services converted to Server Components — "use client" directive removed from all three home page sections; none use client-only APIs, state, or effects, so they now render as HTML on the server, reducing the client JS bundle and improving TTI
• Currency rates — localStorage TTL cache — CurrencyProvider now checks localStorage for a cached rates response before fetching /api/currency/rates; cache TTL is 1 hour (matching the API's s-maxage), so repeat page loads within the hour skip the network request entirely

Fixed

• Canvas globe — per-frame string allocation — the dot-grid draw loop in hero-graphic.tsx was creating a new `rgba(150,175,215,${a})` string for every dot on every 60 fps frame (~500+ allocations/frame); replaced with a precomputed 32-entry DOT_ALPHA_TABLE lookup built once at module load time

What's Changed

• chore: sync development → nightly (2026-03-30) by @github-actions[bot] in #87
• Development by @CodeMeAPixel in #90
• Remove blank target from internal links. by @CodeMeAPixel in #91
• chore: sync development → nightly (2026-04-12) by @github-actions[bot] in #92
• Update URL for AMD VPS configuration by @CodeMeAPixel in #95
• Development by @ranveersoni98 in #96
• Development by @CodeMeAPixel in #97
• Nightly by @CodeMeAPixel in #98
• chore: sync development → nightly (2026-04-19) by @github-actions[bot] in #99
• chore: sync nightly → production (2026-04-19) by @github-actions[bot] in #100
• Development by @NodeByteLTD in #101
• fix(ui): optimizations and google ads support by @CodeMeAPixel in #102

New Contributors

• @ranveersoni98 made their first contribution in #96
• @NodeByteLTD made their first contribution in #101

Full Changelog: v3.5.3...v3.5.4

v3.5.3

Added

• Contact Page — Support Ticket Channel — third support channel card added to contact.tsx pointing to https://billing.nodebyte.host/tickets/create
  • Uses Headphones icon with bg-accent/10 text-accent colour scheme
  • Grid widened from md:grid-cols-2 max-w-4xl to md:grid-cols-3 max-w-5xl
  • contact.ticket.features translation keys added to translations/messages/en-US.json and translations/templates/en.json

Changed

• Contact Page — Card Button Alignment — support channel card inner div converted to flex flex-col h-full; feature list gains flex-1 so the CTA button is always pinned to the bottom of every card regardless of content height
• Contact Page — GitHub Card Icon Colour — icon box class corrected from bg-muted text-foreground to bg-foreground/10 text-foreground to match the bg-color/10 text-color pattern used by all other channel cards
• Navigation — Dropdown Hover Colours — row hover background changed from hover:bg-accent/10 to hover:bg-muted/60 across all three desktop dropdowns (Company, Services, Resources); icon box hover changed from solid group-hover:bg-primary group-hover:text-primary-foreground to a subtle group-hover:bg-primary/20; title text given explicit text-foreground to prevent blending on saturated themes
• Navigation — modal={false} — all three desktop DropdownMenu components now render with modal={false} so the Radix invisible overlay no longer blocks mouseEnter events on sibling nav items, fixing the hover-jump bug between dropdowns
• Navigation — ExternalLink Icon — ExternalLink indicator in the Resources dropdown is now conditionally rendered based on resource.external instead of always showing
• Navigation — Mobile Resources Links — mobile Resources items now render as <Link> for internal routes and <a target="_blank"> for external ones instead of always using <a target="_blank">

Fixed

• Theme Colour Contrast — Emerald / Amber / Teal — --primary and --accent lightness values were too high (0.58–0.68) while --primary-foreground / --accent-foreground remained near-black (0.10–0.12), producing illegible black-on-dark text on buttons and icon boxes
  • Emerald: --primary 0.58 → 0.42, --accent 0.62 → 0.48, foregrounds 0.10 → 0.98
  • Amber: --primary 0.62 → 0.46, --accent 0.68 → 0.52, foregrounds 0.12 → 0.98
  • Teal: --primary 0.60 → 0.44, --accent 0.64 → 0.50, foregrounds 0.10 → 0.98
• Translations — Rust premium Plan Keys — games.rust.plans.premium.name and games.rust.plans.premium.description were missing from en-US.json and en.json, causing MISSING_MESSAGE errors at runtime; both files updated

Patch | v3.5.2

Added

• 17 New Themes — CSS variable definitions added to app/globals.css for all new theme entries
  • Popular: kanagawa (Kanagawa dark, blue/red), everforest (green earth tones), monokai (classic editor dark)
  • Palette: cobalt (deep navy/blue), sakura (dark pink/rose), copper (warm amber/brown), abyss (near-black deep ocean)
  • Seasonal: winter (icy blue), stpatricks (emerald green), easter (pastel purple/mint), spring (fresh light green), summer (navy/yellow), fourthjuly (dark navy/red/blue), halloween (black/orange), autumn (dark orange/amber), thanksgiving (warm amber), valentines (deep rose/pink)
• Theme Toggle Redesign — packages/ui/components/theme-toggle.tsx fully rewritten
  • New THEMES registry with {value, label, bg, accent} per entry
  • ThemeSwatch component: two-tone swatch (background fill + accent strip) with checkmark overlay when selected
  • Quick mode row: Light / Dark / System as bordered chip buttons above the theme grid
  • Organised sections: Catppuccin · Popular · Palette · Seasonal (grid-cols-5 layout)
  • Header displays the currently active theme name
• ScrollToHash Utility Component — replaces the useEffect-based hash scroll in app/page.tsx; allows the home page to be a Server Component while still supporting #section anchor navigation
• GitHub Releases API — NodeByteHosting/backend and NodeByteHosting/Game-Panel added to DEFAULT_REPOSITORIES in app/api/github/releases/route.ts
• Nodes Page — VPS CTA — "VPS Hosting" button added alongside the existing "Game Hosting" button in the nodes page footer CTA
• Dynamic Open Graph & Twitter Images — replaced static public/og.png with Next.js file-based opengraph-image.tsx / twitter-image.tsx generated at the edge via ImageResponse
  • Root (/) — "Game Servers & VPS Hosting." card; default for all pages without their own image
  • /vps subtree — "AMD & Intel VPS Hosting." card with KVM/root-access copy
  • /games subtree — "Game Server Hosting." card with per-game feature row
  • Shared generator in app/_og/image-generator.tsx: actual 3-layer SVG logo mark, ghost watermark, motto "Built for Humans. Powered by Bytes.", dot-separated feature row (no emojis), thin gradient top bar, navy #040d1a background with blue/purple radial glows
  • Static images: ["/og.png"] entries removed from root layout openGraph and twitter metadata

Changed

• Dynamic Imports Removed — next/dynamic replaced with static import across all page-level components; eliminates unnecessary client-side code splitting for SSR-compatible components
  • app/games/minecraft/page.tsx, app/games/rust/page.tsx, app/games/hytale/page.tsx — GamePricing now statically imported
  • app/vps/amd/page.tsx, app/vps/intel/page.tsx — VpsPricing now statically imported
• Home Page converted to Server Component — app/page.tsx was "use client" solely for hash-scroll useEffect; now a pure Server Component using <ScrollToHash />
• LayoutChrome hydration guard removed — mounted/useEffect that deferred <Navigation /> and <Footer /> rendering to avoid Radix ID mismatch is no longer needed; components now render on first pass, eliminating the layout shift
• Navigation Simplified
  • Removed Discord link from the Company dropdown (redundant with the Discord CTA button)
  • Removed individual AMD VPS and Intel VPS links from Services dropdown; replaced by a single "All VPS" → /vps entry
• VPS Hub Filter Row — lineup legend cards (BASE/COMP/GAME/ELITE) moved inline into the filter chips row as coloured chip buttons with dot indicators; removed the separate legend grid
• VPS Hub Bottom CTA — AMD/Intel page links replaced with a "Need a custom configuration?" → /contact CTA
• VPS Hub Sort Dropdown — native <select> replaced with shadcn Select / SelectTrigger / SelectContent for theme consistency
• Logo Component — packages/ui/components/logo.tsx rewritten to match updated 3-layer SVG logo
  • Layer 1 (diamonds): fill-primary
  • Layer 2 (N body, clipped): fill-foreground
  • Layer 3 (diagonal arm strokes): fill-primary/65
• Trustpilot API — added export const revalidate = 3600 and next: { revalidate: 3600 } fetch option so the response is ISR-cached for 1 hour instead of fetched on every request
• Nodes Page — Language generalised — "Game Server Nodes" badge renamed "Hosting Infrastructure"; FAQ questions and CTA copy updated to cover both game servers and VPS (removed game-server-only framing)
• Game Hero / Games Index icon map — Radio and Mountain icons replaced with Pickaxe and Wrench to match updated FiveM/RedM config icons

Removed

• FiveM & RedM standalone pages (app/games/fivem/page.tsx, app/games/redm/page.tsx) — removed; these games are surfaced via the index comingSoon state without individual pages until plans are live and can not be offered via pre-made solutions. Will offer game tier vps plans instead!

Fixed

• Theme CSS Class Name — 4thofjuly renamed to fourthjuly throughout toggle registry and CSS; CSS class names cannot begin with a digit

Patch | v3.5.1 - Auth Flow Crash

Fixed

• Login Page Crash — ArrowLeft (Lucide) was removed from login-form-multistep.tsx imports when magic links were disabled, but is still used by the "Back" button in the password step; import restored to fix ReferenceError: ArrowLeft is not defined at runtime

Removed

• v3.4.2 Changelog Reference: changes were sufficient enough to do a major bump to v3.5.0 instead.

Release | v3.5.0

Added

• New Game Pages: FiveM, RedM, Palworld — Three new hosting pages, all in "Coming Soon" state
  • /games/fivem — FiveM GTA roleplay hosting; features txAdmin, OneSync Infinity, custom script/MLO support
  • /games/redm — RedM RDR2 roleplay hosting; features VORP/RedEM:R framework support, custom map streaming
  • /games/palworld — Palworld hosting; features world configuration, mod support, automated backups
  • All three show a comingSoon hero and disabled pricing section until plans are added
• Centralised Game Constants (packages/core/constants/game/) — single source of truth for all game hosting data
  • minecraft.ts, rust.ts, hytale.ts, fivem.ts, redm.ts, palworld.ts — per-game plan specs, feature keys, FAQ keys, hero features, and display config (*_CONFIG)
  • index.ts exports GAME_OPTIONS array used by the games index page; dynamically derives starting prices and comingSoon flag from plan arrays
• Shared Type System (packages/core/types/servers/) — extracted shared spec interfaces
  • GamePlanSpec — unified plan type for all game products (id, priceGBP, ramGB, storageGB, bandwidth, uplink, ddos, stock, location, url)
  • VpsPlanSpec — unified plan type for VPS products; moved from vps/amd.ts to the shared types module
• Product Service (packages/core/products/) — unified product catalogue with admin override support
  • service.ts — getAllProducts(), getProductsByType(), getProductsByCategory(), isCategoryOutOfStock(), getCategoryStartingPrice()
  • server.ts — applyGamePlanOverrides() and applyVpsPlanOverrides() apply in-memory stock/enabled overrides at render time
  • override-store.ts — module-level Map store; supports per-plan stock and enabled overrides without a database (reset on server restart)
  • types.ts — ProductEntry, ProductType, StockStatus shared types for the admin catalogue
• Nodes Page (/nodes) — new public page showing live node status and all available data centre locations
  • NodesClient component with static node data (NB-GNODE-NC1 in Newcastle, NB-VNODE-HEL1 in Helsinki)
  • Per-node cards showing CPU model, RAM type, and colour-coded uptime %
  • 22 data centre locations grouped by region (Europe, Americas, Asia-Pacific) and country
  • Newcastle and Helsinki marked as primary: true (active, highlighted pill)
  • Location FAQ and CTA section; Radix Accordion hydration error fixed with hydrated guard
  • usePublicNodes() hook added to use-public-api.ts; PublicNode interface exported
• Navigation: Network Link — "Network" entry added to the Company dropdown pointing to /nodes
  • Uses Network (Lucide) icon and company.network.* translation keys
• VPS Pricing Improvements
  • Per-plan stock status badges: "Out of Stock" (destructive) and "Coming Soon" (muted) shown in plan card header
  • Out-of-stock plans rendered with opacity-70 and a disabled CTA button instead of a broken order link
  • Enriched spec list: uplink (port speed) and ddos (layer list + always-on flag) rows shown when present on a plan
  • Location badge row on plan cards for plans with a location field
  • Promo banner above pricing grid: VPSLAUNCH code with click-to-copy; valid date shown inline
  • AMD and Intel VPS plans now carry uplink and ddos fields
  • AMD_SPECS processor label updated to "Enterprise AMD™"
  • AMD_FAQ_KEYS / INTEL_FAQ_KEYS — added "location" FAQ key
• Game Pricing Improvements
  • Per-plan stock status badges mirroring VPS pricing
  • Smart feature icons: RAM (MemoryStick), storage (HardDrive), CPU (Cpu), DDoS (Shield), database (Database), panel (Monitor), jars/plugins (Package), uptime (Activity); fallback Check
  • Location badge displayed below plan description when a location field is present on a plan
  • "Starting at" label removed from individual plan cards (price shown without prefix)
  • location and stock fields added to PricingPlan interface
• Language Selector — Contribute Links — Crowdin project link and GitHub translations repo link added to the dropdown footer so users can contribute translations directly
• Games Index — Coming Soon Badge — plans with no active pricing show a "Coming Soon" pill instead of a price; driven by comingSoon field on GAME_OPTIONS entries
• VPS Knowledge Base Category (packages/kb/content/vps/_meta.json) — new KB category for VPS guides

Changed

• Game Pages Refactored — Minecraft, Rust, and Hytale pages rewritten to consume shared constants
  • Inline plan/feature/FAQ arrays replaced with MINECRAFT_PLANS / RUST_PLANS / HYTALE_PLANS + applyGamePlanOverrides()
  • Feature and FAQ data driven from *_FEATURE_KEYS / *_FAQ_KEYS arrays mapped against translations
  • GamePricing now loaded via next/dynamic on game pages to reduce initial JS bundle
  • Hero props (name, description, banner, icon, tag, tagColor) sourced from *_CONFIG constants
• Games Index — plan data now sourced from GAME_OPTIONS instead of an inline array; ICON_MAP converts icon name strings to Lucide components at render
• Navigation — Discord Icon — MessageCircle replaced with SiDiscord (Simple Icons) for the Discord CTA button in both desktop and mobile nav
• Hero Promo Code — hardcoded WELCOME10 replaced with t("hero.promo.highlight") translation key for easier updates without code changes
• Theme Toggle — SSR Hydration Fix — removed early if (!mounted) return path; icon falls back to Palette before hydration; DropdownMenuContent suppressed until mounted to avoid SSR mismatch
• LINKS.status — updated from https://status.nodebyte.host to https://nodebytestat.us
• LINKS.contact — /contact added as a named constant
• LINKS.billing — fivemHosting, redmHosting, palworldHosting URLs added
• Hytale KB description — removed mention of bugs/performance issues since Hytale is no longer described as actively in-development
• About / About Page stats — "9+ locations" value updated to "3+" with label "Data Center Partners"
• Hero Graphic — "Global Network · 9+ Locations" updated to "Global Network · 3+ Data Center Partners"

Removed

• packages/auth/components/login-form.tsx — legacy single-step login form removed; multi-step form (LoginFormMultiStep) is the only login form
• packages/core/constants/minecraft/ — old standalone Minecraft constants folder (plans.ts, features.ts, faqs.ts) removed; replaced by packages/core/constants/game/minecraft.ts
• packages/core/constants/rust/ — old standalone Rust constants folder removed; replaced by packages/core/constants/game/rust.ts
• packages/core/middleware/setup.ts — disabled setup middleware stub removed; setup is handled entirely by the Go backend
• packages/ui/components/ui/use-mobile.tsx — unused useIsMobile hook removed
• packages/ui/components/ui/use-toast.ts — unused useToast / toast implementation removed
• Nixpacks Config (nixpacks.toml - This configuration file was used while we hosted our website on services like Dokploy but it is no longer needed

Release | v3.4.1

Added

• Progressive Web App (PWA) Support - Full PWA implementation via @serwist/next + serwist
  • app/sw.ts service worker with precaching of all static pages/assets at build time
  • Runtime caching via Serwist defaultCache (covers API responses, images, fonts with best-practice strategies)
  • skipWaiting + clientsClaim for instant SW activation with no user-facing reload prompt
  • Navigation preload enabled for faster page loads under SW interception
  • app/offline/page.tsx — offline fallback page shown for uncached navigations; styled to match site with "Try Again" and "Go Home" actions
  • SW build disabled in development to avoid stale-cache issues during local dev
  • SW build artifacts (public/sw.js, public/sw.js.map, public/worker-*.js, public/fallback-*.js) added to .gitignore
• Web App Manifest (app/manifest.ts) — file-based PWA manifest via Next.js metadata API
  • display_override: ["standalone", "window-controls-overlay", "minimal-ui"] for progressive desktop enhancement
  • prefer_related_applications: false so browsers prioritise the PWA install prompt
  • App shortcuts to /games, /vps, and /dashboard
• AI Crawler Policy (app/robots.ts) — three-tier bot rules
  • AI training scrapers fully disallowed: GPTBot, anthropic-ai, CCBot, Google-Extended, Meta-ExternalAgent, cohere-ai, Bytespider, Diffbot, PetalBot, omgilibot, AI2Bot, img2dataset, Scrapy
  • AI browsing/answer agents allowed on public content: ChatGPT-User, Claude-Web, PerplexityBot, Applebot, YouBot
  • Default * rule unchanged — allow /, block private paths
• llms.txt (public/llms.txt) — llmstxt.org standard for AI systems
  • Structured Markdown describing site sections, services, pricing currency (GBP), and scope (no domains / shared hosting / dedicated)
  • Direct links to all major product pages with concise descriptions for LLM context
• sitemap.xml (app/sitemap.ts) — Next.js file-based sitemap with 12 static routes, correct priorities, and change frequencies
• security.txt (public/.well-known/security.txt) — RFC 9116 security disclosure file
• JSON-LD Structured Data — Organization and WebSite schemas injected in root layout <head>
  • Organization: name, logo, description, contact point, sameAs (Twitter)
  • WebSite: includes SearchAction pointing to /kb?q= for Google Sitelinks Searchbox eligibility
• Security Headers — applied site-wide via next.config.mjs
  • X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
  • X-Frame-Options: DENY
  • Referrer-Policy: strict-origin-when-cross-origin
  • Permissions-Policy blocking camera, microphone, geolocation, and FLoC (interest-cohort)
  • Strict-Transport-Security with 2-year max-age, includeSubDomains, and preload
  • X-DNS-Prefetch-Control: on
• Page Metadata — title, description, openGraph, twitter added or improved across all public pages
  • app/about/page.tsx, app/contact/page.tsx (previously had no metadata), app/auth/register/page.tsx
  • app/games/minecraft/page.tsx, app/games/rust/page.tsx, app/games/hytale/page.tsx
  • app/vps/amd/page.tsx, app/vps/intel/page.tsx
• Canonical URL — alternates: { canonical: "/" } added to root layout metadata

Changed

• next.config.mjs — Serwist plugin wraps the config chain (withSerwist(withNextIntl(nextConfig)))
• next.config.mjs — Fixed silent bug: images key was defined twice; redundant remotePatterns block removed (superseded by unoptimized: true)
• Root Layout Keywords — expanded to include VPS-specific terms: amd vps, intel vps, kvm vps, nvme ssd, root access vps, nodebyte

Release | v3.4.0

Added

• VPS Pricing Component - New VpsPricing component at packages/ui/components/Layouts/VPS/vps-pricing.tsx
  • Gradient header cards with AMD (red) and Intel (blue) variant colour schemes matching the VPS index page style
  • Plan cards show: gradient icon header, plan name + starting price, description, CPU model chip, Check-icon spec list, and CTA button
  • Out-of-stock state with Discord link CTA
  • Footer CTA with contact and "View All Plans" links
• VPS Plan Filter Panel - Dynamic range slider filters on the AMD/Intel VPS pricing sections
  • Price, CPU cores, RAM, and Storage sliders — all ranges computed dynamically from plan data at runtime
  • Search by plan name and sort (Default / Low–High / High–Low)
  • "Clear Filters" button shown only when filters are active
  • "No plans match" empty state with clear button
• Gradient Header Pricing Cards for Game Servers - GamePricing cards redesigned to match VPS card style
  • Per-game customisable headerIcon, headerGradient, and headerIconBg props with sensible defaults
  • Minecraft: Blocks icon, primary gradient; Rust: Gamepad2 icon, accent gradient; Hytale: Sparkles icon, amber gradient
  • Most popular badge moved to header top-right (rounded pill); name + "Starting at £X/mo" row; Check icon feature list
• Game Pricing Filters - Search and sort filter bar added to GamePricing component
  • Search by plan name, sort by price (ascending / descending / default)
  • "Clear Filters" and "No results" empty state
• Bandwidth Unit Support - VpsPlanSpec.bandwidth now supports MB, GB, and TB units
  • Replaces the previous bandwidthTB: number | null field
  • Format: { amount: number; unit: "MB" | "GB" | "TB" } | null (null = unmetered)
• VPS Plan description Field - Short description per plan shown under the plan name on pricing cards
• VPS Translation Keys - Added vps.pricing.* namespace:
  • badge, title, description, mostPopular, getStarted, viewAllPlans, contactUs, customSolution, unmetered, poweredBy
  • vps.pricing.filters.*: search, price, cpu, ram, storage, sortDefault, sortAsc, sortDesc, clearFilters, noResults, noResultsDesc
  • gamePage.pricing.filters.*: same filter keys for game pricing

Changed

• VPS AMD & Intel Pages Restructured - Both pages rewritten as thin ~48-line server components
  • Now use VpsHero + VpsPricing + GameFeatures + GameFAQ layout pattern (consistent with game pages)
  • All plan data, feature keys, FAQ keys, and spec data driven from packages/core/constants/vps/
• Pricing Section Order - Pricing/Plans section moved above Features on all server pages
  • Affected: AMD VPS, Intel VPS, Minecraft, Rust, Hytale
  • Rationale: visitors want pricing up-front; features serve as supporting detail below
• VPS Pricing Grid - Widened from max-w-5xl to max-w-6xl, capped at 3 columns (lg:grid-cols-3) for readability
• AMD_FEATURE_KEYS - Changed from plain string array to { key, icon } object array for direct use in GameFeatures
• AMD_FAQ_KEYS / INTEL_FAQ_KEYS - Added "windows" FAQ key
• VpsHero OOS CTA - Replaced disabled button with an active Discord link (ExternalLink icon)
• Navigation extras Section Removed - All "Extra links" state, toggles, desktop DropdownMenu, and mobile dropdown fully excised from navigation.tsx
• LINKS.billing.amdVps - Corrected to https://billing.nodebyte.host/store/vps-hosting

Fixed

• Pre-existing Tailwind v4 class warnings in game-pricing.tsx — replaced bg-gradient-to-b/r with bg-linear-to-b/r and via-primary/[0.02] with via-primary/2

Release | v3.3.0

Added

• Admin Locations Page - View and sync Pterodactyl panel locations
  • Stats cards showing total locations, descriptions, and node counts
  • Searchable data table with short code, long name, and associated nodes
  • Individual sync button for locations data
  • Navigation item added to admin sidebar with MapPin icon
• Admin Allocations Page - View and manage server allocations across nodes
  • Stats cards for total allocations, assigned/unassigned counts, and unique ports
  • Filterable table by node with IP, port, alias, assigned server, and node columns
  • Server name column now correctly populated from synced allocation data
• Admin Nodes Page - Navigation and routing for server nodes management
• User Account Profile Management - Full profile editing on dashboard account page
  • Editable fields: first name, last name, username, phone number, company name, billing email
  • Email verification status badge with resend verification button
  • Email change request form with new email input and confirmation
  • Security tab with password change form
  • Account information section showing creation date, last login, and account ID
• Translation Keys - Added missing i18n keys for new features
  • admin.nav.locations, admin.nav.allocations, admin.nav.nodes navigation labels
  • admin.sync.started, admin.sync.running toast message translations
  • dashboard.account section with full profile and security form labels
• API Routes Migration to Go Backend - Consolidated Next.js API routes to centralized Fiber backend
  • Removed Next.js API routes from /app/api/ directory
  • All admin endpoints now served from unified Go Fiber backend with consistent error handling
  • Bearer token authentication for all admin routes
  • Admin settings endpoints: GET/POST /api/admin/settings
  • GitHub repository management: GET/POST/PUT/DELETE /api/admin/settings/repos
  • Discord webhook management: GET/POST/PUT/PATCH/DELETE /api/admin/settings/webhooks
  • Sync controls: GET/POST /api/admin/sync, GET /api/admin/sync/logs, GET/POST /api/admin/sync/settings
  • Server management: GET /api/admin/servers
  • Improved API response consistency with backend-driven validation
• Admin Users Management Enhancements - Improved user listing and filtering capabilities
  • Pagination support with configurable page size (25 users per page)
  • Sorting by user, email, status, created date, and last login
  • Search and filter functionality for user discovery
  • User role management dialog for updating admin status
  • Statistics cards showing total users, migrated users, admins, and active users
• API Hooks Refactoring - Updated all admin API hooks to work with Go backend
  • useAdminUsers() - User listing with pagination and filtering
  • useAdminServers() - Server management queries
  • useAdminSettings() - Settings retrieval and updates
  • useAdminWebhooks() - Webhook CRUD operations
  • All hooks now construct proper query parameters for backend endpoints
  • Consistent error handling and loading states across all admin operations

Fixed

• Nested Form Hydration Error - Fixed React hydration mismatch on account page
  • Converted nested <form> inside profile form to <div> with onClick handler
  • Email change submission now works without triggering DOM nesting warnings
• Invisible Disabled Email Input - Fixed dark mode styling for disabled inputs
  • Added text-foreground opacity-100 classes to ensure disabled email field text is visible
  • Previously bg-muted made text invisible against dark backgrounds
• Admin Users Page Data Population - Fixed empty users table in admin panel
  • Corrected useAdminUsers() hook to accept and pass query parameters (page, pageSize, sortField, sortOrder, filter, search)
  • Fixed data structure extraction from nested API response format (data.users[] and data.pagination)
  • Corrected mutation payload to only send userId and roles fields
  • User data now properly displays with pagination, sorting, and filtering working correctly
  • Backend timestamp handling fixed to properly convert PostgreSQL TIMESTAMP columns to ISO 8601 format
• API Route Organization - Eliminated duplicate API implementations
  • Removed redundant Next.js API routes that are now handled by Go backend
  • Centralized authentication and authorization in Go middleware
  • Consistent response format across all API endpoints