Updates March 21, 2026 · 2 min read · 4 views

March 2026 Update: Performance Improvements and WebSocket Stability Fixes

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March 2026 brings a round of performance improvements and stability fixes across ChatNoRegister. No major new features this time — just a focused effort to make everything that already exists work better and faster.

WebSocket Connection Stability

Since launching the real-time WebSocket system, a small percentage of users on mobile networks and certain ISPs experienced occasional disconnections that were slower than expected to recover. This update includes:

  • Faster reconnect logic — the client now attempts reconnection with an exponential back-off starting at 1 second, capping at 15 seconds
  • Silent fallback improvement — when AJAX fallback activates, it now resumes at the last known message position instead of reloading the full log
  • PM2 health monitoring — the WebSocket server process now restarts automatically within 3 seconds if it crashes, rather than waiting for the next PM2 health check cycle

Page Load Improvements

Load time improvements (approximate)
Homepage (before)
1.7 s
Homepage (after)
0.9 s
Article pages (before)
1.5 s
Article pages (after)
0.8 s

Fixes in This Update

  • Sitemap — fixed dynamic sitemap to correctly include all published articles; updated robots.txt to point to the PHP sitemap endpoint
  • CSS on sub-pages — fixed broken styles on category pages (/cat/tips, /cat/blog, etc.) caused by relative CSS paths not resolving correctly from nested URLs
  • Powers Store ? links — the help badge now works for all 22 powers, not just Prism
  • Article page layout — table elements in articles now scroll horizontally on small screens instead of overflowing

What Is Coming Next

We are working on several improvements planned for the next major update:

  • More Powers — additional name effects, avatar animations, and a new seasonal category
  • User profiles — a basic public profile page showing earned powers and chat activity
  • Room themes — let room owners set a custom theme for their room
These updates are live now. Clear your browser cache if you notice anything not updating — some assets are cached aggressively by CDN.

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