🛡️ Protego Maxima: Hardening Quotes, Seen, Auth Metrics and Partyline Safety in Mediabot v3

A new hardening milestone has been reached for Mediabot v3.

This update is not about one flashy feature. It is about making several important internal systems safer, faster, and more reliable:

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Mediabot v3 — Multi-module audit and improvements (May 2026)

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Full audit of snapshot 20260502. Seven modules touched, sixteen items fixed or improved. The range spans security, memory management, runtime configuration, performance, and new Partyline commands. One item (A4) was…

Mediabot v3 — Partyline hardening and new commands (May 2026)

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Deep audit of Mediabot::Partyline and Mediabot::DCC on snapshot 20260502. Six bugs were found and disarmed, six improvements were conjured. This is the most substantial single-pass improvement to the Partyline …

🧙 Mediabot v3: Hardening the DCC Partyline Like a Real IRC Bot

Another important milestone has been reached for Mediabot v3.

This update focuses on the Partyline and DCC/CTCP handling, with one goal: make the bot more solid, more maintainable, and closer to the spirit of classic Eggdrop…

🧙 Mediabot v3: Moving DCC / CTCP Parsing into a Dedicated Module

Another cleanup and reliability milestone has been reached for Mediabot v3.

This update focuses on one fragile area that recently caused real-world pain: DCC CHAT and CTCP CHAT handling.

The Partyline already suppor…

🧪 Protego Testum: Hardening Mediabot v3 with Better Tests and Regression Coverage

A new quality milestone has been reached for Mediabot v3.

After the recent work on the Partyline, DCC CHAT, CTCP CHAT, persistent channel bans, timed kickbans and ban levels, the project now has a stronger…

🧪 Protego Testum: a Stronger Test Framework for Mediabot v3

A new quality milestone has been reached for Mediabot v3.

After the recent work on the Partyline, DCC CHAT, CTCP CHAT, persistent bans, timed kickbans, and ban levels, the project now has a much stronger test framework to keep …

Mediabot v3 — install/mediabot.sql sync with production (May 2026)

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After adding Mediabot::ChannelBan and the CHANNEL_BAN table via a migration script (install/migrations/20260502_channel_ban.sql), the reference install schema install/mediabot.sql was not updated to match…

Mediabot v3 — Bug fixes and improvements (May 2026)

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Audit of snapshot 20260502. Six files touched across the ban system, the DCC CHAT handler, and the Partyline. The new ChannelBan module and CHANNEL_BAN table were already in place — this pass fixes the edge cases and wir…

🪄 Petrificus Banum: Persistent Channel Bans and Timed Kickban Control for Mediabot v3

Mediabot v3 now has a real persistent channel ban system.

Until now, the bot could kick users from IRC channels when it had operator privileges. That worked, but it had an obvious limitation: a kicked user…