Changelog — SysopHQ BBS

v0.3.8 Latest June 20, 2026

✦ Added

Dungeons of Doom — Shop now shows a Chg (change) column next to each item's cost: green +N means an upgrade over your current gear, red -N is a downgrade, yellow = is a tie, and green EQ marks your currently equipped piece
Dungeons of Doom — color-coded equipment slots in the status display: equipped slots appear in green, empty slots in red, making it easy to see what gear you still need to fill

✦ Changed

Dungeons of Doom — Shop menu redesigned with a cleaner bordered layout, slot summary on the main screen, and item lists in a uniform box format with name, stat, change indicator, and cost columns
Docs updated to cover all six equipment slots, all six character classes, full combat controls, the shop change column, treasure system, floor structure, daily fight limits, and death mechanics

v0.3.7 Stable June 19, 2026

✦ Added

Dungeons of Doom — Rings & Accessories shop category: equip one ring that provides combined attack and defense bonuses, stacking with weapons and armor
Dungeons of Doom — expanded equipment roster: 20 weapons and 16 armor pieces spanning five tiers from starter gear to legendary drops, with matching treasure-chest discoveries on each dungeon floor
Dungeons of Doom — Sysop admin panel: Sysop and Co-Sysop accounts see an Admin option in the town menu, allowing them to view all player characters, reset daily fights, restore HP, award gold, delete a character, or clear the dungeon news board
Dungeons of Doom — three new equipment slots: Gloves (ATK bonus), Boots (DEF bonus), and Capes (combined ATK+DEF); each slot has 10 tiers from starter to legendary available in the shop and as dungeon treasure drops

✦ Changed

Dungeons of Doom — character creation no longer asks for a separate in-game name; your BBS handle is used automatically

v0.3.6 Stable June 19, 2026

✦ Changed

Dungeons of Doom — completely reworked status display: HP and EXP bars, fights-remaining counter, and character stats all appear in a single aligned box; all decorative characters are now standard ASCII and render correctly on all SSH clients

v0.3.5 Stable June 18, 2026

✦ Added

Node limit is now tied to the hosting plan — the maximum number of simultaneous connections is set at provisioning time and cannot be changed from within the BBS; the current limit is shown in the admin settings as a read-only value

v0.3.4 Stable June 18, 2026

✦ Added

Custom staff roles now support individual permissions — choose exactly which tools a staff member can access: Moderate Boards, Approve Uploads, Kick Users, Broadcast Messages, View Audit Log, View Server Statistics, Manage Boards, and Manage File Areas
Staff Panel — users assigned a custom staff role see a dedicated limited console on login showing only the tools their role permits; full admin access remains Sysop and Co-Sysop only
Who's Online now lets staff with kick access select and disconnect a specific user by node — previously a read-only view for everyone
Role Manager now shows which permissions each custom role holds at a glance; edit permissions on an existing role without deleting and recreating it
Creating a new role now includes a permission selection step built into the wizard
Users can view their own role and permissions from Account Settings
Board moderation (editing and removing posts) is now available to staff with the appropriate permission — previously limited to full admins
Staff with upload approval access get a dedicated queue — approve or reject pending files without access to the broader file management area

✦ Changed

Admin Console given a full visual overhaul — cleaner layout with live server stats at the top, options grouped by category, and consistent formatting throughout
Staff Panel updated to match the new Admin Console style
Permission viewer screen redesigned for clarity — each permission clearly marked as granted or not

✦ Fixed

Staff Panel option appearing on the main menu but not responding when selected
Permission viewer closing automatically after two seconds instead of waiting for the user to press Enter
Kicking a user now fully closes their session — previously the disconnect notice was sent but the connection remained open

✦ Security

Sysop accounts cannot be banned or kicked by any other account — enforced at the interface level and again inside the action itself as a backstop

v0.3.3 Stable June 18, 2026

✦ Added

Per-module access levels — each BBS section (boards, mail, files, chat, games, callers) now has a configurable minimum role requirement separate from its on/off toggle
Admin Console Module Settings redesigned — shows live status and access level for every module; Sysop can set both on/off and minimum role from a single screen
Main menu reflects access restrictions in real time — sections the current user cannot reach are shown greyed-out with a lock indicator
Access checks enforced at module entry as a security backstop, independent of the menu layer

v0.3.2 Stable June 18, 2026

✦ Added

Role Manager in Admin Console — Sysop can create and delete custom roles with configurable display names and base permission levels
Custom roles assigned to users appear throughout the BBS (menus, who's online, user lists) in place of the built-in role label
Set Role UI replaces the old Promote/Demote buttons — shows all built-in and custom roles with a single numbered picker
Menu input now enforced character-by-character — extra keypresses are silently dropped at the limit rather than truncated after the fact

✦ Fixed

Several Admin Console functions that crashed with a NameError when acting on another user have been corrected
Setup wizard no longer exits after entering the BBS name due to a stray return statement
Module toggle for Who's Online now saves correctly to config

v0.3.0 Stable June 15, 2026

✦ Added

Unread mail notification displayed on main menu at login
MOTD (Message of the Day) support in config — shows on login, tracks per-user seen state
Goodbye message displayed on disconnect, configurable in admin settings
Sysop welcome mail sent automatically to every new registrant
Last-callers list now visible on main menu

✦ Fixed

SSH pre-login password prompt removed — users now reach the BBS welcome screen directly
Chat echo bug on Linux — input echo was being disabled on entry to teleconference
Terminal echo not restored when leaving chat under certain disconnect paths

✦ Security

Connection throttling now applied earlier in the connection lifecycle
Server capacity limits enforced more robustly against connection floods

v0.2.1 Hotfix May 28, 2026

✦ Fixed

Missing dependency for configuration file write support added
Config writes from admin panel no longer fail at runtime

v0.2.0 Stable May 14, 2026

✦ Added

Admin panel — user management, role promotion, IP bans, audit log viewer
Dungeon game — multi-floor RPG with persistent saves and leaderboards
File library — browse, upload, download with sysop approval workflow
Live chat / teleconference between active nodes
Per-user account settings module
Cloud database support added alongside local database option

✦ Changed

Database layer rewritten for improved performance and reliability
Session and connection management overhauled with built-in rate limiting
Config system rewritten with strict validation — all settings type-checked at startup

✦ Security

Password hashing upgraded to the current industry gold standard
Login attempt rate limiting added with configurable thresholds
Unauthenticated connections now automatically disconnected after a short idle period

v0.1.0 Beta April 2, 2026

✦ Added

Initial release — SSH BBS server
User registration and login with handle + password
Message boards — threaded posts, staff moderation
Private mail between users with unread tracking
ANSI art welcome screen with configurable BBS name, tagline, and sysop info
Local database backend included