PaperMC / PaperMC/Velocity

Improved restart functionality

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Description

This issue will track a way for us to provide significantly better restarting functionality for the proxy, allowing a new version of Velocity to be deployed live without players not even as so much noticing that the proxy was updated live.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

No files, tests, entry points, or concrete acceptance criteria are named. Start by locating the proxy lifecycle and restart-related code, then define and validate a design for deploying a new Velocity version live without players noticing an interruption.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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