API Version: 1.21.9
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Warning: Please scroll down to read the steps that you MUST do when you update Homestead from 5.0.2.2 to this version.

New Features

• Flight mode: allows players to fly within region borders. (d067076, cf802de)
• Teleport players back to their region spawn when they exit the End dimension via the end fountain. (900e070, d98b051)
• Region storage: Allow region members to share items with the interface, synchronized (like Ender chests). (0bef76d, fa3c965, b0e3d30, 98fe196)
• Region border dust colors are now customizable. (6602041)
• Using FastAsyncWorldEdit for chunk regeneration. (d28f99e)
• Claim chunks with the radius option. (bda9aa8)
• Claim chunks using the selection tool. (d31a17e)
• War keeps inventory, toggleable. ((d8f117a)
• Give the player's head to the winner when the war ends. (d8f117a)
• New flags, projectiles, and weather-snow. Terminally deprecated copper-golem-interaction. (3350593)
• Action cooldown. (54a3141)
• Welcome message for players joining the server, showing unread logs and invites count. (ad5570e)
• Resize sub-areas! (b9f4e4a)
• Limiting bank deposit amount per group. (c35ccc4)

Changes

• Added Spanish translation. (3502759)
• Reworked resource files. (44d9b9, e3b02ef)
• Region spawn location must be undefined when creating a new region. (6dcf184)
• Logs and mails must be sorted by sent date, from newest to oldest. (07f9023, b21e745)
• Reworked chunk and sub-area particles, with better task handling. (6602041)
• Dropped support for WorldEdit, now using FAWE. (d28f99e)
• Removed diamond shape (Manhattan distance check) when claiming or unclaiming chunks via administrator commands. (8a2a4d7)
• Added permission to change the weather and time. (6c34601, bbda34b by ligetitamas)
• Added permission to teleport to any place. (75f63d5, c866588 by ligetitamas)
• Reworked database and caching system. (36f1569)
• Using the server's memory cache when getting a player by their name. (d28b631)
• Performance upgrade for all managers. (0744d48)
• Broadcast a war message to the entire server or to region members only. The war flag state can be disabled for 36 hours when a war ends. (a9d5d71)
• Renamed some flags. (9117941)

Bug Fixes

• Entities giving XP for levels must be killed in a region. (5d2f7c2)
• Ender Dragon can be killed outside of the region to gain XP. (5d2f7c2)
• Brigadier is missing a greedy string for the war name argument. (d4daf50)
• Teleporting players must be asynchronous when using Folia. (f567e19)
• Fixed multiple missing permissions checking. (3a07b6f)
• Any projectile must apply player flags if the shooter is a player; otherwise, checking world flags. (0b729c5)
• Invited players should receive notification when invited via the GUI. (23282f7 by ligetitamas)
• Unsupported legacy color codes when using the MiniMessage serializer for custom signs (Sale, Rent, and Welcome signs). (ce3f4ef)
• Exploit Fixed: Trusted players can change their flags for themselves. (bd65f9c)
  
• Exploit Fixed: Illegal MiniMessage tags for region name, display name, description, war names, and ban reasons. (1891025)
• Exploit Fixed: When a trusted member or operator has GUI open for a region, like miscellaneous settings, and when the region owner deletes the region, and an update occurs to the menus, the region will be re-created since the instance was never deleted. (6f97929)
• Exploit Fixed: Player bypasses brushing brushable blocks. (5db2dc6)
• Exploit Fixed: Lagging the server massively by using an autoclicker on any menu button. (7437968)

How to update Homestead with the new version

It's basically the same, BUT there are some things you must update:

1. Some flag names were updated, so check the flags' information in your configuration files.
2. Menus are now separate and are based on a folder-like language file. If you have made some changes, copy-paste the buttons and titles from 'menus.yml' to 'menus/en-US.yml'.
3. Everything will be automatically migrated from config.yml to the new resource files: regions.yml, flags.yml, levels.yml, and limits.yml.
4. Renamed configuration keys: