First-time login notification

After a Rust server update, the "NEW PLAYER JOINED" message is sometimes triggered again.
This occurs even for players who were already connected prior to the update.
Please ensure that this message is displayed only at the appropriate time for a wipe—such as when the map changes—rather than immediately following an update.

Hi,

Were they players who just joined before the restart you mean? or it randomly sends to some old players because that shouldn't happen if they are in the data\AutomatedMessages\PlayerData.json file.

Did this start happening with last version or has it been an issue for a while?

This issue is affecting everyone—including players who have been logged in since the official wipe for this season—and the behavior appears identical to what occurred during the wipe itself.
I didn't observe it personally, but it is possible this didn't happen in the previous version.
While multiple official updates have already been applied this season, I have only verified the situation following today's update.
Of course, the server has not been wiped, so players' bases and items remain intact.

Ok then it's possible OnNewSave hook was called incorrectly without a new map file (which would wipe other plugins data too that do auto wipe), that or the data file got corrupted somehow and had to be recreated. Are you using oxide or carbon and will investigate.