2026-04-04 Infrastructure Improvements, Custom Discord Emoji and Site Improvements
Hoi Chummers, some news this way comes!
Infrastructure Improvement and New Server Status Page
As we deepen our collaboration with the MADE, we've been focused on backend changes to support deploying, monitoring and maintaining BostonUnlocked more sustainably on the MADE's Azure infrastructure. As a result, the repository now has automatic CI builds, an automated patching system was implemented (triggered by a maintainer command) and the server also has a monitoring service in addition to the core backend service. The monitoring service has led to a cool new feature: we have a live server status page!
This is currently a basic version which refreshes at most once every 10 seconds and is served via HTTP only (so HTTPS warnings when accessing it are normal). To view it, simply open the community server's IP in a browser (how to find it is mentioned in Quick Start).
Non-critical bugfixes were temporarily paused during this important enhancement.
Custom Discord Emoji
ShadowAid also took the time to add some custom emoji to our Discord server, access them from the emoji button:
Site Improvements
General improvements have also been made to this website:
- The site navigation was improved so Quick Start and the pages related to it are concentrated together and Advanced Installation pages such as self-hosting instructions are in their own new sub-section.
- Various general improvements were also made including to the Interesting Game Behaviour page (which was added in the previous update) and Features and Limitations.
Have fun!