ChatterNatter Changelog

All notable changes to ChatterNatter are documented here.

V20.04.26.60 - 20/04/2026

Compared with the original V13.02.26.50 addon.

Compatibility

• Added support for current Retail 12.0.x interface builds.
• Added protected chat text handling for Patch 12 clients.
• Disabled unsafe ChatFrame:AddMessage rewriting on Patch 12 where it can suppress chat, loot, or protected instance messages.
• Added SafeText helpers for values that cannot be safely converted or matched by addon code.
• Added safe channel format fallbacks for fixed chat types such as Guild, Officer, Party, Raid, Instance, and Battleground.
• Reapplies safe instance chat abbreviations after zone, difficulty, group, and login changes so dungeon/raid instance chat survives Blizzard format resets.
• Disabled risky chat event filters on Patch 12 paths that can trigger protected value or taint errors.

Chat Display

• Reworked channel abbreviation handling.
• Added safer player-link sanitising for messages where player hyperlinks contain embedded colour codes.
• Added safer player name colouring, with Patch 12 restrictions respected.
• Improved timestamp handling, including duplicate timestamp checks.
• Added tab colour customisation.
• Added tab glow support for Minimalist Mode.
• Added per-tab colour storage.
• Added chat frame padding and margin settings.
• Removed raw debug output from chat, including temporary CN12, RAW, OUT, and sanitizer diagnostics.

Loot, Currency, and System Messages

• Improved loot, money, currency, reputation, XP, honour, tradeskill, and misc prefix formatting.
• Applies loot/currency prefix changes immediately instead of relying only on login events.
• Kept loot shortening independent from channel abbreviation settings.
• Avoids Patch 12 chat filters for loot paths that can break normal chat output.

Settings and Data

• Added account-wide settings support via ChatterNatterGlobalDB.
• Added settings migration and reset tools.
• Added profile support for saving, loading, listing, and deleting settings snapshots.
• Added /cn profile ... commands.
• Added /cn history and /cn !N command recall.
• Added safer defaults and validation for numeric and boolean settings.
• Added persistent storage for tab colours.

New Modules

• Added Core/SafeText.lua.
• Added Core/Profiles.lua.
• Added Core/CommandHistory.lua.
• Added Core/Skins.lua.
• Added Modules/Advanced/ChatFilters.lua.
• Added Modules/Advanced/PerFrameHistory.lua.
• Added UI/TabColorsCustomizer.lua.

Chat Features

• Added spam filtering by keyword.
• Added anti-flood throttling with configurable throttle time.
• Added optional hiding of join/leave/system channel spam.
• Added per-frame chat history buffers.
• Improved guild chat history restore safety on Retail.
• Improved keyword highlighting behaviour.
• Improved URL detection safety.
• Improved sound notifications:
  • Party and raid notification toggles.
  • Ignore-self option.
  • Better throttling for repeated sounds.
  • Safer handling of protected sender/message values.

Copy and Link Handling

• Reworked the copy chat flow for combat lockdown safety.
• Defers copy button refresh and removal until combat ends when required.
• Avoids forcing editbox focus in protected contexts.
• Improved copy window search and text handling.
• Improved chat hyperlink tooltip filtering.

Windows and UI

• Reworked the settings UI structure and tabs.
• Improved Appearance, Chat Features, Windows, Keywords, and Settings tabs.
• Added tab colour customizer UI.
• Improved Minimalist Mode layout and behaviour.
• Improved scroll indicators and scroll-to-bottom behaviour.
• Improved smooth scrolling modifier behaviour.
• Improved resizable window handling and reset controls.
• Improved several customizer layouts to avoid overlap and scroll issues.

Fixes

• Fixed chat and loot disappearing on Patch 12 by avoiding unsafe chat text rewriting.
• Fixed debug messages appearing directly in chat.
• Fixed player online/offline lines showing raw |Hplayer: link text in some cases.
• Fixed channel abbreviation refresh after channel, group, and zone updates.
• Fixed instance chat abbreviation refresh after entering instances.
• Fixed disabled channel abbreviations not restoring original Blizzard chat formats.
• Fixed custom channel abbreviation text containing % breaking format strings.
• Fixed old backgroundOpacity setting usage after the newer opacity model.
• Fixed several debug prints so they only appear when debug mode is enabled.
• Removed stale comments and unused channel abbreviation colour tables.

Removed or Replaced

• Replaced Modules/Advanced/ChatHistory.lua in the load list with safer filtering/history paths for current clients.
• Removed unsafe Patch 12 AddMessage processing for protected chat messages.
• Removed generated-looking scaffold comments and stale internal notes from source files.