Clearer Pass benefits, safer file access and more Minecraft resources

This release makes Pass and Lifetime options easier to understand, improves file access during server operations, and brings more Minecraft resources and useful tools. Discord bot owners also get Python 3.13 support and a corrected Python 3.12 runtime.

Clearer Pass benefits and billing

• Explore more of what ZapX Pass offers. The Pass page now includes dedicated Maker and MCP & API cards, clearer backup and VPS snapshot information, and confirmation-before-change wording for the AI Agent. An auto-advancing feature explorer, 365-day pricing line and refreshed FAQ make the options easier to compare.
• Understand Dedicated Lifetime before you buy. The Lifetime page now shows a Dedicated add-on card with live slot pricing and the lowest Dedicated Lifetime price when available. Updated FAQs explain Pass requirements and Dedicated’s separate slot rules, while Dedicated pricing links take you directly to the relevant information.
• See how changes affect protected Legacy rental prices. Plan changes, including billing-period changes, use current list pricing, with support for changes before the first ZapX charge. The rental setup flow also requires a payment method.
• Keep eligible Legacy Lifetime VPS configurations upgradeable. Older resource values outside today’s selectable steps are retained and priced at the nearest lower tier, preventing blocked upgrades. Additional billing safeguards prevent an old order from suspending or deleting a service that now belongs to another order.
• Receive separate rental and Lifetime bonus codes after ordering. Orders can now provide up to two personal, single-use codes valid for 30 days. Redeeming one leaves the other available.

Safer access and more reliable services

• Avoid file changes while a server operation is in progress. Open file managers now detect locks from restores, reinstalls, wipes and imports started elsewhere. Discord bot and TeamSpeak status updates catch those operations too, Discord bot SFTP reports read-only access correctly, and gameserver files get corrected SFTP write permissions after their first start.
• Run Discord bots on the Python version you selected. Python 3.13 is now available, and the Python 3.12 preset uses an actual Python 3.12 interpreter rather than Python 3.11.
• Give shared users explicit control over game Web UI access. Opening a gameserver’s Web UI now requires its own launch permission, separate from viewing the server. Authorized shared users can launch it correctly.
• Benefit from safer service handling. Legacy IP and port reservations stay synchronized even when deletion safeguards intervene, timed-out Docker creation attempts are not blindly repeated, mod jobs skip installations that no longer exist, and missing Discord bot servers return a normal not-found response.

More ways to build and explore

• Find the right Maker conversation faster. Chats now use names based on their individual task instead of repeating the plugin, mod, resource or bot project name.
• Generate and verify checksums with the new Hash Generator. Calculate MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256 and SHA-512 hashes from text or files, copy results in several formats, and compare them with an expected checksum. Large-file processing includes progress and cancellation.
• Solve proportions with a new ratio calculator. Find a missing value in a proportion, check whether a ratio holds, and simplify or scale ratios, including decimal values.
• Discover more Minecraft plugin and mod options in your language. New landing pages cover Bukkit, Spigot, PaperMC, Purpur, Folia, Sponge, BungeeCord, Velocity, Forge, Fabric, Quilt, NeoForge and CurseForge in English, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese and Swedish.

More useful support follow-up

• Stay informed after an AI support conversation. Follow-up now also covers conversations handed over to human support, with short, localized messages available to tell you when feedback led to a change or was passed to staff.
• Reach the right contact for legal matters. Support AI now directs legal inquiries to legal@zap-hosting.com rather than handing them into the general human-support queue.

Faster browsing and everyday polish

• Learn more about blog authors. Refreshed author boxes show a round photo with an initials fallback, links to all of the author’s articles, and their available channels.
• Navigate public pages without broken detours. Community breadcrumbs no longer lead through a redirecting intermediate page, truck-simulator tools use corrected breadcrumbs, and Portuguese and Swedish Docker hosting pages no longer link to unavailable Help Center guides.
• Keep your current site address when accepting cookies. Clicking the cookie banner before the page finishes loading no longer redirects you to a different site origin.
• Read clearer hosting and tool information. English database hosting copy, Uptime & SLA Calculator information, Random Word Generator copy and translations receive language and presentation refinements.
• Spend less time waiting for pages and status updates. Homepage loading, public-page availability checks, not-found pages and VPS operation-status checks receive performance improvements.
• Use diagnostic tools with stronger safeguards. The website security check’s self-test no longer executes programs found on your server, while the What’s My IP and Ping Test location tools now include per-IP usage limits.