#### New Features
- **LuckPerms auto-update** — bot display names, tab-list entries, and nametags now update in real-time when LuckPerms group data changes (prefix, weight, colours). No reload or respawn needed.
- **Full LuckPerms colour support** — all colour formats now render correctly in bot prefixes: MiniMessage tags (`<rainbow>`, `<gradient:#FF0000:#0000FF>`), hex colours (`<#9782ff>`), LuckPerms gradient shorthand (`{#FFFFFF>}text{#FFFFFF<}`), and mixed formats (`&7[<#9782ff>Phantom</#9782ff>&7]`).
- **LuckPerms weight ordering** — bot tab-list entries sort below all real players by default; bots always use the default group (never inherit spawner permissions or weight).
- **Multi-platform download links** — update notifications and `/fpp` info screen show clickable links to Modrinth, SpigotMC, PaperMC Hangar, and BuiltByBit.
- **Enhanced reload command** — `/fpp reload` shows step-by-step progress with a checkmark per subsystem and total reload time on completion.
- **Update checker improvements** — Modrinth API is now the primary version source; console output is a clean one-liner; in-game notifications use a bordered style matching the help menu.
- **Tab-list bot visibility** — `tab-list.enabled: true/false` controls whether bots appear in the tab list. When `false`, bots are hidden but still count in the server player count. Hot-reloadable via `/fpp reload`.
- **No external API requirement** — physical bot bodies no longer depend on any external plugin API; works on any compatible Paper server out of the box.

#### Bug Fixes
- Fixed join/leave messages rendering raw gradient tags (e.g. `{#FFFFFF>}[PLAYER]{#FFFFFF<}`) instead of the formatted text — LuckPerms gradient shorthand is now fully resolved in all broadcast messages.
- Fixed bot display names restoring as literal `bot-{spawner}-{num}` placeholder text after a server restart — names are now reconstructed correctly from saved data on restore.
- Fixed `StackOverflowError` in `visualChain` when spawning large batches of bots with `join-delay: 0` and some bots deleted mid-spawn.
- Fixed `NullPointerException` in `PlayerWorldChangeListener` on non-Folia servers (replaced Folia-specific `player.getScheduler()` with standard Bukkit scheduler).
- Fixed unclosed hex colour tags (e.g. `<#9782ff>`) at the end of LuckPerms prefixes causing broken text — trailing unclosed tags are now stripped before parsing.
- Fixed tab-list migration incorrectly applying `enabled: false` (the old header/footer toggle) as bot visibility for users upgrading from older versions.
- Fixed startup log pause/lag caused by blocking update checker — now runs asynchronously with a fast timeout.