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2/27/2026 4:27 AM
Sonar Server Maintenance Sonar Server will be going down for maintenance at 5:15 AM and will be down for about 5-15 minutes The purpose of this maintenance are host changes to address the downtime experienced earlier As usual always consider a 1 hour window just in case, will keep us updated Update 12:14am EST: Server is now going down for maintenance Update 12:30am EST: Server is back online, I'll be monitoring for the next few minutes to ensure everything's okay Update 12:44am EST: Server maintenance completed (edited)
2/27/2026 2:27 AM
Sonar Server Downtime (Currently back online) Sonar Server was down from approximately 8:10 PM until 2:20 AM today (about 6 hours and 10 minutes) I had just waken up so I wasn't aware of this downtime, however while it is now up the reason for this downtime is still a mystery, something at the host level I'll be keeping an eye on this, apologies for inconvenience.
2/11/2026 10:58 AM
Sonar Server Restart Sonar Server host will be restarted at 11:15 AM ( 2/11/2026 11:15 AM ) The purpose of this is for diagnostics purposes, I'm having trouble connecting to the host Expected downtime is about 5 minutes. While I do not expect unforeseen issues (nothing changed) consider a 1 hour window in case of bad luck. Will keep us updated. Update 6:27am EST: This is cancelled, somehow the issue fixed itself. Will need to investigate what caused this but at least everything's back to normal for me. (edited)
2/2/2026 4:57 PM
Sonar Server Restart Sonar Server service will be restarted at 5:30 PM ( 2/2/2026 5:30 PM ) The purpose of this restart is to apply the fate bonus fixes Expected downtime is 5 minutes. While I do not expect any major delays, keep in mind a potential 1 hour window in case of bad luck, since I already got bad luck with my appointments. Will keep us updated as usual. Update 12:34pm EST: Server is going down for maintenance Update 12:36pm EST: Server is back online, I'll be monitoring for the next few minutes to ensure smooth operation Update 12:47pm EST: Server maintenance completed (edited)
2/2/2026 2:36 PM
SonarPlugin Updated (v14.741.0.1) So much for being busy... apparently I had misread my appointments and I'm therefore free today. Fate Bonus flag Missing logic caused the Fate bonus flags not to be updated properly. This has been fixed, however a maintenance is required server-side as this bug is within shared code. https://discord.com/channels/205430339907223552/718902533883691079/1467211999208411361 (unrelated: I forgot to publish the previous announcement) Server Maintenance I'll be announcing server maintenance later today / tonight. Since I only need to restart the server to apply the sonar updates it shouldn't take long. Note There are also unrelated changes, however I'm in the hope it doesn't affect functionality. I was fixing a double-dispose issue server side and made some additional changes along the way. Update Availability This update will be available once the following PR is merged:
2/2/2026 12:02 PM
Regarding the Exp Bonus flag [B] A bug had crept in causing the Bonus flag not to be updated. A fix has been made!, however it requires updating both the client and server side as the code is shared between both sides. Apologies for inconveniences caused, will keep us updated once I start working on it. Earliest I can work on it is Wednesday.
1/28/2026 3:33 PM
Sonar Server Maintenance Sonar Server will be going down for maintenance starting from 4:00 PM (1/28/2026 4:00 PM) The purpose of this maintenance is for the new updates. I'll also be performing system updates as well While I do not expect for this maintenance to take more than 15 minutes, consider a 1 hour window just in case. Update 11:00am EST: Server is going offline for maintenance. Update 11:14am EST: Server is back online, I'll be monitoring during the next few minutes to ensure everything is okay. Update 12:20pm EST: Maintenance completed. Had some unrelated hiccups so I was distracted. (edited)
1/28/2026 2:32 PM
SonarPlugin Updated (v14.741.0.0) Sonar Resources Updated New cosmic zone fates should now be covered. This should allow for new progression fates to be tracked. Red Alert is in the works: https://discord.com/channels/205430339907223552/718387096779358291/1465636068157034737 Versioning Change Sonar version will now be based on Dalamud API Level and FFXIV version v{dalamud_api_level}.{ffxiv_patch_level}.{ffxiv_hotfix}.{build} Where:
  • dalamud_api_level is the Dalamud's API level, right now 14
  • ffxiv_patch_level is the FFXIV patch level as {major}{minor}, padded with trailing zeros, 741 right now. (Would had been 740 if it was earlier)*
  • ffxiv_hotfix is the FFXIV hotfix level. This is when they release hot fixes, hf1, hf2, etc. Only the numeric part is taken, 0 in this case since no hotfixes have been released yet.
  • build Incremental build number, starting from zero each new version (I'm not fully decided yet however). Note that in case of the ffxiv versioning part I do not plan on releasing an update every patch and hotfix and therefore might lag behind. This is in case new fates or zones are added. This will be based on global versioning, so it is possible for other clients to be using a version ahead of its time, barring compatibility issues. Please let me know should something not work as expected. Currently we're reaching the point where they're caught up so this may not matter. TW will take more time. Update Availability
This update will be available once the following PR is merged:
1/25/2026 9:15 AM
Dalamud Patch Status Channel Removed As mentioned previously I'll no longer be maintaining the patch status channel. To follow status during patches join the XIVLauncher & Dalamud discord https://discord.gg/holdshift
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12/19/2025 8:55 PM
SonarPlugin Updated (v0.7.5.1) Dalamud API 14 and .NET 10 Sonar has been updated towards Dalamud API 14, which means it now uses .NET 10 as well. The needed changes for this were minimal and shouldn't be noticeable to users. All nuget packages were updated as well Fate Bonuses An interim fix has been added to show the [B] on fates with bonus exp, apologies for inconveniences caused This was caused as a result of me changing to use a placeholder formatter while doing localization work. In the future I intend to make the text shown customizable and this formatter is part of the framework to accomplish that. Note that Localization is still not finished. No progress has been made in this release. Resources Updated Resources updated to cover patch 7.4 and TW's release. New cosmic exploration area is not covered yet... we need to wait until release for that. Update Availability This update will be available once the following PR is merged:
12/17/2025 1:26 AM
I'm giving us a heads up I may not be able to work on Sonar until Thursday/Friday Technically I should be able to but still letting us know just in case as tomorrow I have an appointment Will keep us updated on further unforeseen circumstances
12/12/2025 3:29 PM
Sonar Server Maintenance Sonar Server will be going down for maintenance starting from starting from 4:30 PM (12/12/2025 4:30 PM) The purpose of this maintenance is to enable support for the new TW FFXIV client and is expected to take about 5 minutes While I do not expect any unforeseen issues, consider a 1 hour window as always just in case something explodes. Will keep us updated as usual. Update 11:30am EST: Sonar server is going down for maintenance. Update 11:40pm EST: Server is back online, I'll be monitoring during the next few minutes to ensure no explosions... there was a small hiccup. Update 12:24pm EST: Server maintenance completed. (edited)
12/5/2025 1:21 AM
Grafana Graphs A new Grafana graph has been created showing the client counts as time goes. The graphs are smoothed out over some period of time and will only draw lines once counts are above 100 The link has also been added at 🔊Sonar Clients: 7963 For now only the last 15 days are remembered, going further back in time is not available. I'll be working on this some other time.
11/15/2025 5:08 AM
Updates Delayed There are currently technical issues with the builds for global and china due to the need to update secrets as part of the security changes.
  • Global's secret generator website currently have an error with their primary key being expired
  • China's secret generator was okay, however an error is being thrown during build with the message format I'll be taking a further look tomorrow. In the meantime v0.7.4.1 is available through the Sonar repo.
Updating is currently not urgently necessary as the current version still works. If anyone installed v0.7.4.0 during the short time that it was available via the Sonar repo please update to v0.7.4.1 as a mistake sneaked into v0.7.4.0, which will cause it not to work. Update 12:13am EST: CN build has been fixed (edited)
11/15/2025 4:31 AM
SonarPlugin Updated (v0.7.4.0) (v0.7.4.1) Sound Engine A new sound engine allowing selection of in-game UI sounds. Not all sounds work and some sounds are just... too quiet. Previous selections will continue to work using the previous NAudio based engine. Sounds for B Ranks have also been added Localization Localization now cover more strings, still a work-in-progress. Security Changes This update contain some security changes. I made sure previous Sonar versions will continue to work, however due to the nature of the changes, contact Sonar Support if this is not the case. Resource Updates Resources have been updated to cover patch 7.38 There may not be any user-visible changes. Update Availability This update will be available once the following PRs has been merged: This update is not compatible with CN and KR versions of Sonar. No releases planned at this time. KR will continue to use v0.7.0.7 (edited)
11/15/2025 1:56 AM
Sonar Server Maintenance Sonar server will be going down for maintenance at 4:00 AM (11/15/2025 4:00 AM) The purpose of this maintenance is in preparation for 0.7.4.0, there are quite a few changes server-side. I'll also be doing server updates. This maintenance is expected to take about 15 minutes, however while I do not expect any issues, expect a time window of 1 hour. Will keep us updated as usual. Warning v0.7.4.0 at the Sonar repo will not work, I'll be releasing v0.7.4.1 shortly, I made an oops! 😭 Update 10:02pm EST: Maintenance rescheduled to 11pm EST Update 10:59pm EST: Server is going down for maintenance Update 10:10pm EST: Server is back online, will be monitoring for the next few minutes Update 10:26pm EST: Server maintenance completed (edited)
9/17/2025 12:53 AM
SonarPlugin Updated (v0.7.3.9, CN only) Resources Updated Sonar resources have been updated to cover CN's 7.3 patch. Update Availability This update will be available once the following PR has been merged:
9/13/2025 9:45 PM
SonarPlugin Updated (v0.7.3.7) (v0.7.3.8) Apologies for doing two updates back-to-back, I inadvertently placed the fixed logic before the null check Without this fix new Sonar installs won't work due to NRE. This update fix this oversight. (v0.7.3.7) Hunt Chat Reports Notifications section bug (v0.7.3.8) Section was stuck open in all cases. This release fixes this. Update Availability This update will be available once the following PR is merged: This update is not compatible with CN and KR versions of Sonar. No releases planned at this time. (edited)
9/13/2025 8:38 PM
SonarPlugin Updated (v0.7.3.6) Sonar Client Configuration An oversight in the configuration loading code's update logic caused the following configurations to be lost:
  • Contribution settings
  • Receive Jurisdiction
  • Hunts configuration
    • All hunt rank and expansion jurisdictions
    • If configured manually, individual hunt jurisdiction
  • Fates configuration
    • Default Jurisdiction
    • Individual Fate Jurisdictions (however Chat and Sound alert checkboxes are unaffected)
    This was specifically caused by saving the updated configuration before reading the client's configuration. Unfortunately the above configurations are lost permamently and have specifically been reset to defaults, however this fix will prevent future instances of this happening. Apologies for inconvenience. If you have a backup you can use it on v0.7.3.6 without issues, however if you want to use it on v0.7.3.5 before v0.7.3.6 gets merged you'll need to manually edit Version from 2 to 3 to avoid the offending logic. If you're on a previous version you can wait until v0.7.3.6 is merged to avoid the offending logic as well.
(edit: 4:47pm EST: Clarified they been reset to defaults) Update Availability This update will be available once the following PR is merged: This update is not compatible with CN and KR versions of Sonar. No releases planned at this time. (edited)
9/12/2025 9:01 PM
SonarPlugin Updated (v0.7.3.5) Opacity Setting Sonar Configuration windows's opacity is now updated as you change it. Localization Bug This update contains an attempt to fix the localization bug by explicictly running setup during initialization. For some reason this step was missing. Localization Settings Localization settings has been made available in this release. Please note that this feature is still under development and therefore:
  • Many strings are not yet covered.
  • Localization strings may change between release.
Update Availability This update will be available once the following PR has been merged: This update is not compatible with CN and KR versions of Sonar. No releases planned at this time. (edited)