Server type switches that just work
Type switching between Paper, Spigot, Purpur, and Vanilla no longer fails, migrations preserve your history, and kept-port imports land correctly.
Highlights
- · Server type switches no longer fail mid-flight: switching a server's type (for example Purpur to Spigot, or Paper to Vanilla) used to show misleading dialog labels and fail to complete. The root cause was that two different parts of SpawnBox were separately managing the small telemetry helper that rides alongside your server (the SpawnBox Telemetry Datapack or Plugin, depending on server type - this is what powers Activity, Connected Players detail, base tracking, and combat insights). Their code paths could collide during same-family switches (Paper -> Purpur, for example) and flag filesystem work that didn't actually need to happen. Telemetry asset management is now consolidated into a single reconciliation pass that runs right before each server launch - one owner, no collisions. As a bonus side effect, the system self-heals if anything drifts out of alignment between launches.
- · Upgrades preserve your telemetry history: upgrading a server's type (for example Vanilla to Paper, to unlock plugin support) used to fail with a
database is lockederror if the server had already accumulated activity history. That migration path is now unblocked, and your telemetry history carries forward across the switch. - · Kept-port imports land in the right configuration: importing a pre-existing server while keeping its original Minecraft port now correctly arranges the surrounding ports SpawnBox uses behind the scenes (for features like console access from the app and the Telemetry Plugin's data channel). Kept-port imports no longer collide with those slots or land on the wrong configuration.
Switching a server’s type used to be a rough edge. This release smooths it out, keeps your history intact across the switch, and lands kept-port imports in the right place.
Server type switches that just work
Switching a server’s type, say Purpur to Spigot or Paper to Vanilla, used to show misleading labels and sometimes fail partway. Behind the scenes, two parts of SpawnBox were separately managing the small SpawnBox Telemetry Datapack or Plugin that rides alongside your world (the piece that powers Activity, Connected Players detail, base tracking, and combat insights), and they could collide. That work is now a single, reliable step that runs right before each server starts. As a bonus, it self-heals if anything ever drifts out of alignment.
Your history comes along
Upgrading a server’s type, for example Vanilla to Paper to unlock plugin support, used to fail once a server had built up activity history. That path is unblocked now, and your telemetry history carries forward across the switch.
Kept-port imports land right
Importing an existing server while keeping its original Minecraft port now correctly arranges the handful of surrounding ports SpawnBox uses behind the scenes (for things like console access from the app and the Telemetry Plugin’s data channel), so kept-port imports no longer collide or land in the wrong setup.