FAQ and Updates

Discord's slash-command transition created uncertainty for Python bot developers, and Jeanne's future depended on how the ecosystem evolved.

The project stayed alive by testing imperfect options, staying open to new tooling, and refusing to abandon the work already invested in Jeanne.

One of Jeanne's early delayed updates was caused by work pressure, long exam periods, house responsibilities, and South African loadshedding.

This period also clarified why certain unsafe NSFW tags were blacklisted even when similar commands seemed less strict on the surface.

A botban blocks someone from using Jeanne and can remove stored progression data such as XP, currency, and inventory.

Historically, botbans were treated as permanent. They did not make someone immune to moderation actions performed on them.

The FAQ made it clear that botbans do not stop moderation against a user, and that contribution is welcome through pull requests.

The public contribution path remained the same: fork the repo, make changes cleanly, and submit a PR with enough context to review it.

A faulty contributor snapshot introduced a large number of bugs that had to be repaired in stages.

The important part was that data was not lost, even though the bot experience was unstable during that repair window.

Users who genuinely lost access to a main account could ask for a partial transfer after providing proof and both user IDs.

XP never transferred, and abuse of the recovery flow could itself lead to action if it looked like botban evasion or farming.

Jeanne tightened NSFW filtering after illicit content risks and Discord warnings made safer handling necessary.

When Imgur changed its rules, many image sets had to be reviewed, trimmed, or moved so Jeanne could keep operating without repeated breakage.

• Unsafe tags stayed reportable and filtered.
• Large image collections were reduced or moved to local storage.
• External API changes continued to shape what image commands could stay online.

Discord onboarding temporarily broke welcome-message flows, which affected Jeanne and other bots too.

Later library updates improved that compatibility again, but it showed how platform changes could break otherwise stable modules.

Prefix commands briefly returned in a limited beta because slash command discoverability can get crowded on large servers.

After exploit concerns and moderation headaches, prefix commands were rolled back and Jeanne returned to a slash-first experience.

A serious incident wiped all XP data and part of the bank data before an older snapshot could be restored.

Currency compensation depended on proof, while some lost XP could not be recovered. The incident led to more caution around database handling.

After the heavy v5.0 cycle, Jeanne moved into a calmer phase focused on fixes, exploit cleanup, and recovery time for the developer.

This same period also included public thanks to the communities that helped Jeanne pass major server milestones.

Development in 2025 was slowed by hardware repairs, university pressure, and the reality of one person carrying both features and localization work.

Announcements repeatedly asked for patience around translation quality, bug fixes, and report handling while the project kept moving forward.

A direct public reminder made it clear that fake reports, bad-faith NSFW complaints, refund demands after reckless betting, and paranoia-driven weather complaints were wasting time.

Real bug and safety reports were still welcome, but low-quality noise was not.

Jeanne v5.2 introduced French localization and the confession feature, while later beta work added German localization, AI experiments for beta users, and the website embed generator.

This period also brought command-line changes such as new commands, stronger tag filtering, and ongoing source/API-driven removals like Gelbooru or Safebooru when maintenance became unreasonable.

• French localization arrived in v5.2.
• German localization arrived in the 5.3 beta cycle.
• Confessions, embed generation, and selected new commands expanded Jeanne's utility footprint.