Here to Stay 1.0.0 — Initial Release

Added

• Despawn protection for supported creatures picked up and released with Carry On 2.1.2.7+.
• Reversible protection toggle: each additional pickup and release switches protection on or off.
• Optional Chirpy's Wildlife 2.2 inventory capture/release support, including the same toggle and saved item state.
• Compact action-bar messages for "Despawn protection enabled!" and "Despawn protection disabled!"
• Protection that persists through normal singleplayer world saves and reloads.
• Safeguards for naturally persistent and name-tagged creatures; ordinary deaths and untouched wild mobs remain unchanged.
• Configuration option for Wildlife inventory-release integration, enabled by default.
• Optional Mod Menu configuration screen and a custom embedded mod icon.
• Lightweight pickup/release integration without continuous entity scanning.

Tested Mod Versions

• Carry On 2.1.2.7 (Fabric 1.20.1): Pickup/release on/off toggle confirmed in-game; singleplayer persistence observed after traveling away and rejoining.
• Chirpy's Wildlife 2.2 (Fabric 1.20.1): Inventory capture/release on/off toggle confirmed in-game.
• Tide 2.1.1 (Fabric 1.20.1): In-game compatibility tested alongside Here to Stay; not a required dependency.
• Hybrid Aquatic 1.7.4 (Fabric 1.20.1): In-game compatibility tested alongside Here to Stay; not a required dependency.

Testing scope: Minecraft 1.20.1, Fabric, singleplayer. Testing of Tide and Hybrid Aquatic does not establish that every species and pickup/release combination is supported. Optional Mod Menu display/settings and dedicated-server behavior have not yet been separately verified. Other dependency versions are not claimed as tested.