Deathlog

[0.4.1] - 2026-02-24

Bug Fixes

• Fixed watchlist queries not being sent correctly
• Fixed a crash when death alerts played before the alert style was fully loaded
• Fixed minilog font errors when a custom font wasn't available yet — falls back to the default font until it loads
• Fixed minilog entries not being clickable or highlightable — several invisible UI elements were blocking mouse input across the entry area; all resolved
• Fixed duplicate death log entries caused by party members and sync each producing different checksums for the same death — name-based dedup now covers all paths, dedup window widened to 120s, and a one-time cleanup merges existing duplicates on login
• Fixed late-arriving high-quality broadcasts (e.g. SELF from the dying player) being silently discarded when a lower-quality entry had already committed due to network timing spread

Improvements

• New Auto-hide addon chat channels setting — when disabled, Deathlog's chat channels (death alerts, sync) remain visible in your chat frames for debugging; enabled by default
• Watchlist now reactively detects deaths from all sources (sync manager, peer broadcasts, guild queries) via HookOnNewEntry, instead of relying solely on active polling when the tab is open
• The watchlist now broadcasts all watched player names over the death alerts channel so every connected addon user can check their local DB and whisper back matches — dramatically improves detection speed across the realm; per-name guild/say queries still run as a fallback
• On login, the watchlist scans the local death database for any watched players who died while you were offline and prints a chat notification
• The addonless_logging setting is now respected in all display paths — addonless entries (no class/race) synced from other players are hidden in the search log, minilog, and statistics when the setting is disabled; entries remain stored so toggling the setting back on reveals them instantly
• Info button now shows an "Update Available" tooltip when a newer Deathlog version is detected from peers, including the current and new version numbers
• On Hardcore characters (where the info button is normally hidden), it re-appears specifically to surface the update notification

DeathNotificationLib V5

• Fixed a Blizzard-side memory leak caused by high-traffic addon channels — eliminates the gradual lag increase some players experienced even with sync disabled
• Sync no longer causes frame-rate drops when processing large databases
• Sync sessions no longer overlap when multiple peers trigger them simultaneously
• Multiple fixes for duplicate death entries from party members and sync
• Fixed a race condition that could show a predicted killer instead of the real one when the actual killer was known
• Fixed late-arriving higher-quality death reports being discarded when a lower-quality report had already been saved
• Addon version checks now also work over party, raid, guild, and instance chat — you'll see update notifications faster
• New watchlist channel query lets all connected users help find watched player deaths across the realm
• Messages from newer protocol versions are now safely rejected to prevent processing incompatible data