v.4.18

Features:

• changed /modmail stay-anonymous to reveal-name for better UX (#1260) @Zabuzard
• ChatGPT response now includes helpful links (#1125) @firasrg
• Improved ChatGPT response quality (#1262) @Zabuzard
• java-news RSS was switched to a better feed (#1264, #1267, #1268) @pot

Platform:

• Performance improvements to auto-pruning helper categories (#1208) @SquidXTV
• improved warning when starting without log-forwarder for better newcomer UX (#1263) @christolis
• Bump Java Version to 24 (#1071, #1271) @Taz03
• Improved JUnit version handling (#1273) @SquidXTV

PRs

• Bump jacksonVersion from 2.18.1 to 2.19.0 by @dependabot in #1221
• Bump org.kohsuke:github-api from 1.326 to 1.327 by @dependabot in #1223
• Bump org.jsoup:jsoup from 1.18.1 to 1.20.1 by @dependabot in #1225
• Bump org.gradle.toolchains.foojay-resolver-convention from 0.8.0 to 0.10.0 by @dependabot in #1227
• Bump org.sonarqube from 6.0.1.5171 to 6.1.0.5360 by @dependabot in #1228
• Bump org.xerial:sqlite-jdbc from 3.47.1.0 to 3.49.1.0 by @dependabot in #1229
• Bump com.apptasticsoftware:rssreader from 3.8.1 to 3.9.3 by @dependabot in #1230
• Bump org.jooq:jooq from 3.19.1 to 3.20.4 by @dependabot in #1224
• Bump org.flywaydb:flyway-core from 11.1.0 to 11.8.0 by @dependabot in #1237
• Bump com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine from 3.1.1 to 3.2.0 by @dependabot in #1233
• Bump org.apache.commons:commons-text from 1.12.0 to 1.13.1 by @dependabot in #1234
• Bump com.diffplug.spotless from 6.25.0 to 7.0.3 by @dependabot in #1232
• Bump org.sonarqube from 6.1.0.5360 to 6.2.0.5505 by @dependabot in #1238
• Bump org.gradle.toolchains.foojay-resolver-convention from 0.10.0 to 1.0.0 by @dependabot in #1239
• Bump org.mockito:mockito-core from 5.17.0 to 5.18.0 by @dependabot in #1240
• Bump net.dv8tion:JDA from 5.2.1 to 5.5.1 by @dependabot in #1236
• Optimize auto prune routine by @SquidXTV in #1208
• Bump com.sigpwned:jackson-modules-java17-sealed-classes from 0.0.0 to 2.14.3.0 by @dependabot in #1242
• Bump com.sigpwned:jackson-modules-java17-sealed-classes from 2.14.3.0 to 2.19.0.0 by @dependabot in #1246
• Bump org.flywaydb:flyway-core from 11.8.0 to 11.9.0 by @dependabot in #1248
• Bump org.xerial:sqlite-jdbc from 3.49.1.0 to 3.50.1.0 by @dependabot in #1254
• Bump org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core from 2.24.3 to 2.25.0 by @dependabot in #1255
• Bump net.dv8tion:JDA from 5.5.1 to 5.6.1 by @dependabot in #1251
• Bump org.jsoup:jsoup from 1.20.1 to 1.21.1 by @dependabot in #1256
• /modmail anonymous UX improvements by @Zabuzard in #1260
• Feature: Add useful links to ChatGPT response by @firasrg in #1125
• Bump org.flywaydb:flyway-core from 11.9.0 to 11.10.0 by @dependabot in #1261
• Improved ChatGpt requests and response handling by @Zabuzard in #1262
• Friendlier handling of default webhook values on bot launch by @christolis in #1263
• Switch to new RSS feed by @pot in #1264
• Include error in rss feed by @pot in #1267
• Bump to log4j-slf4j2-impl v2.25.0 by @christolis in #1269
• Fix RSS Headers by @pot in #1268
• Bump Java Version to 24 by @Taz03 in #1071
• Bump devcontainer from Java 18 to 24 by @Zabuzard in #1271
• version bumps, removed some warnings by @Zabuzard in #1272
• Merge JUnit dependency versions by @SquidXTV in #1273
• Release v4.18 by @Zabuzard in #1274

New Contributors

• @pot made their first contribution in #1264

Full Changelog: v.4.17...v.4.18