Minecraft Username: spidawg

Brief Description: the /seen command does not get your last logout time updated if the server is rebooted or shut down for maintenance. It simply shows you logged off whenever the previous record says, other than restart-related logoffs. This is especially important due to policies about lwc removals etc this could cause people to seem away from the server for longer than it should, lose rights to their towns for claims, etc. This can be particularly bad if there is a mojang auth server issue at the time the server restarts because you maybe not have time to wait to log back in. It's understandable that this can't be fixed for a crash but could be fixed for other situations.

Instructions: stay logged onto the server during the next restart and have a friend perform /seen on you ign in your absence or use an alt account

How many times did you recreate this bug?: no idea, quite a few

Result: seen incorrectly reports your last seen time according to your last logout time other than logging due to restart

Expected Result: seen should display the actual last time you were seen

Evidence: n/a

 

Now that certain ranks have the ability to claim an inactive town, i believe it's extra important to put some attention towards this problem. Especially with very busy individuals or people that have other things going on in their lives. Frequent mojang issues auth server issues where you can't log in immediately after a restart, etc. The bug has been around for a long time but I've just never thought to fill in a bug report.

At the very least bringing some transparency towards the issue can never be a bad thing.

As a partial fix/compromise, essentials /seen command could also consider the login timestamp already implemented in the player.yml file