Troubleshooting

This section basically summarizes the list of things that could go wrong with the CommandAPI and how to mitigate these circumstances.

I've registered my command but nothing happens

If you've registered a command, the command should be present in the console if verbose logging is enabled. If this does not appear in the console, check that you've:

• Used .register() at the end of your command declaration
• Added CommandAPI.onLoad() and CommandAPI.onEnable() to your onLoad() and onEnable() methods if you're shading the CommandAPI
• Not added the commands to your plugin.yml file if you're not shading the CommandAPI

The CommandAPI doesn't load, something about UnsupportedClassVersionError and "class file version 60.0"

If you're getting an error which looks something like this (key thing to look for is class file version 60.0), then you're running an old and unsupported version of Java:

[06.09 16:48:26] [Server] [Server thread/ERROR]: Could not load 'plugins/CommandAPI.jar' in folder 'plugins'
org.bukkit.plugin.InvalidPluginExceptionjava.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: dev/jorel/commandapi/CommandAPIMain has been compiled by a more recent version of the Java Runtime (class file version 60.0), this version of the Java Runtime only recognizes class file versions up to 52.0
    at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPluginLoader.loadPlugin(JavaPluginLoader.java:149) ~[spigot-1.16.5.jar:3096-Spigot-9fb885e-296df56]
    at org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager.loadPlugin(SimplePluginManager.java:394) ~[spigot-1.16.5.jar:3096-Spigot-9fb885e-296df56]
    at org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager.loadPlugins(SimplePluginManager.java:301) ~[spigot-1.16.5.jar:3096-Spigot-9fb885e-296df56]
    at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_16_R3.CraftServer.loadPlugins(CraftServer.java:381) ~[spigot-1.16.5.jar:3096-Spigot-9fb885e-296df56]
    at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.DedicatedServer.init(DedicatedServer.java:224) ~[spigot-1.16.5.jar:3096-Spigot-9fb885e-296df56]
    at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.MinecraftServer.w(MinecraftServer.java:928) ~[spigot-1.16.5.jar:3096-Spigot-9fb885e-296df56]
    at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.MinecraftServer.lambda$0(MinecraftServer.java:273) ~[spigot-1.16.5.jar:3096-Spigot-9fb885e-296df56]
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) [?:1.8.0_271]
Caused byjava.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: dev/jorel/commandapi/CommandAPIMain has been compiled by a more recent version of the Java Runtime (class file version 60.0), this version of the Java Runtime only recognizes class file versions up to 52.0
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_271]
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:756) ~[?:1.8.0_271]
    at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:142) ~[?:1.8.0_271]
    at org.bukkit.plugin.java.PluginClassLoader.findClass(PluginClassLoader.java:186) ~[spigot-1.16.5.jar:3096-Spigot-9fb885e-296df56]
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:418) ~[?:1.8.0_271]
    at org.bukkit.plugin.java.PluginClassLoader.loadClass0(PluginClassLoader.java:104) ~[spigot-1.16.5.jar:3096-Spigot-9fb885e-296df56]
    at org.bukkit.plugin.java.PluginClassLoader.loadClass(PluginClassLoader.java:99) ~[spigot-1.16.5.jar:3096-Spigot-9fb885e-296df56]
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:351) ~[?:1.8.0_271]
    at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_271]
    at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:348) ~[?:1.8.0_271]
    at org.bukkit.plugin.java.PluginClassLoader.<init>(PluginClassLoader.java:67) ~[spigot-1.16.5.jar:3096-Spigot-9fb885e-296df56]
    at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPluginLoader.loadPlugin(JavaPluginLoader.java:145) ~[spigot-1.16.5.jar:3096-Spigot-9fb885e-296df56]
    ... more

As of CommandAPI 6.0.0 onwards, the CommandAPI is written in Java 16, so old versions such as Java 8 will not run the CommandAPI. Consider upgrading to Java 16.

For context, a list of Java versions and their class file version:

Server errors when loading datapacks in 1.16+

If you get an error at the very start of the server's startup sequence along the lines of:

[15:57:29] [Worker-Main-5/ERROR]: Failed to load function mycustomnamespace:test
java.util.concurrent.CompletionException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Whilst parsing command on line 2: Unknown or incomplete command, see below for error at position 0: <--[HERE]
    at java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.encodeThrowable(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_261]
    at java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.completeThrowable(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_261]
    at java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$AsyncSupply.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_261]
    at java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$AsyncSupply.exec(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_261]
    at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinTask.doExec(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_261]
    at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool$WorkQueue.runTask(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_261]
    at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool.runWorker(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_261]
    at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinWorkerThread.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_261]
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Whilst parsing command on line 2: Unknown or incomplete command, see below for error at position 0: <--[HERE]
    at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R1.CustomFunction.a(SourceFile:62) ~[spigot-1.16.1.jar:git-Spigot-758abbe-8dc1da1]
    at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R1.CustomFunctionManager.a(SourceFile:84) ~[spigot-1.16.1.jar:git-Spigot-758abbe-8dc1da1]
    ... 6 more

You can safely ignore it - the CommandAPI fixes this later. This is described in more detail here.

Server/Plugin reloading

Due to the implementation of the CommandAPI, the CommandAPI does not support plugin reloading for plugins that use the CommandAPI. This includes, but is not limited to:

• The /reload command which reloads all plugins on the server
• Plugin reloading plugins, such as PlugMan
• Any form of plugin enabling/disabling process for plugins which register commands via the CommandAPI

Developer's Note:

Plugin reloading gets very complicated with respect to the CommandAPI. Since the loading sequence of Minecraft commands is so picky, reloading the CommandAPI or a plugin which registers commands can cause commands to be re-registered. This can lead to very odd effects, such as command collisions (commands just don't work), to duplicate commands being registered under different namespaces (e.g. plugins are registered under Bukkit as well as Minecraft). These effects are not "100% guaranteed" and have only been seen during dodgy tests. In short, do not enable or reload plugins, and absolutely do not reload the server with /reload

Players cannot connect/timeout when joining

If players cannot connect, this could be due to the size of the command data packet. To see the resultant packet being sent to players when they log in, enable the create-dispatcher-json: true setting and view the file size of the resultant file. If the file size is abnormally large (Over 2MB is considered very large), consider reducing the number of LiteralArguments which your plugin uses.

My issue isn't on here, what do I do?!

If you've found a bug that isn't solved here, submit a bug report on the CommandAPI's issues page and I'll try my best to resolve the issue!