On Jan 7, 2026, ElizaOS saw significant progress in core system optimizations and user experience, with numerous UI/UX and agent management issues closed in `elizaos/eliza`. Concurrently, critical bug fixes were implemented for `plugin-bootstrap` and `plugin-sql`, while the `plugin-discord` team continued to investigate a persistent publishing failure, highlighting a need for immediate attention to resolve deployment blockers.

## 🚨 Needs Attention
- **Urgent Discussions**:
    - [elizaos-plugins/plugin-discord#40](https://github.com/elizaos-plugins/plugin-discord/issues/40): Investigation into the `plugin-discord` publishing failure (v1.3.4, v1.3.6 attempts) is ongoing, with specific TypeScript errors identified, requiring input to resolve deployment blockers.
    - [elizaos/eliza#40](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/issues/40): This issue mirrors the `plugin-discord` publishing failure, with detailed analysis of TypeScript errors and dependency versions needing resolution.

## ✅ Completed Work
### Core System Stability & Compatibility
- Fixed a significant bug in `plugin-bootstrap` related to `serverId` changes, impacting actions and providers, and applied a minor schema fix to `plugin-sql`, resolving user reports of version 1.7.0 not working as expected ([elizaos/eliza#6333](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/pull/6333)).
- Addressed issues related to wallet connection flow and implemented JWT authentication and user management ([elizaos/eliza#6317](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/issues/6317), [elizaos/eliza#6327](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/issues/6327)).
- Closed an issue in `plugin-discord` regarding slash command extensibility, allowing developers to add commands as needed ([elizaos-plugins/plugin-discord#15](https://github.com/elizaos-plugins/plugin-discord/issues/15)).

### User Experience & Agent Management Improvements
- Ensured unique usernames for agents, handled blank agent names, and improved the display of agent avatars and responses ([elizaos/eliza#6306](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/issues/6306), [elizaos/eliza#6307](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/issues/6307), [elizaos/eliza#6308](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/issues/6308), [elizaos/eliza#6309](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/issues/6309), [elizaos/eliza#6319](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/issues/6319), [elizaos/eliza#6321](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/issues/6321), [elizaos/eliza#6322](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/issues/6322)).
- Enhanced the chat interface with dynamic chat box sizing, improved chat summaries, limited messages for non-signed-up users, and separated public agent states ([elizaos/eliza#6310](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/issues/6310), [elizaos/eliza#6311](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/issues/6311), [elizaos/eliza#6312](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/issues/6312), [elizaos/eliza#6313](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/issues/6313)).

### Minor Fixes & Adjustments
- Fixed `plugin-sql` to skip the `pgcrypto` extension for PGLite, reduced free credit amounts, and improved page scrolling ([elizaos/eliza#6340](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/issues/6340), [elizaos/eliza#6315](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/issues/6315), [elizaos/eliza#6318](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/issues/6318)).

## 🏗️ Work in Progress
### New Pull Requests
- **elizaos-plugins/plugin-discord**:
    - [#41](https://github.com/elizaos-plugins/plugin-discord/pull/41): Addresses the use of `handleMessage` instead of `sendMessage` for the ElizaOS unified API.
- **elizaos/eliza**:
    - [#6339](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/pull/6339): Fix for `plugin-sql` to skip the `pgcrypto` extension when using PGLite.
    - [#6342](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/pull/6342): Optimization for runtime initialization, focusing on parallelization and atomic upserts.

### Active Discussions
- **elizaos-plugins/plugin-discord**:
    - [#40](https://github.com/elizaos-plugins/plugin-discord/issues/40): Ongoing discussion regarding the failure to publish version v1.3.4, with v1.3.6 also attempted, and analysis of TypeScript errors.

## 🐞 Issue Triage
### New Issues
- **elizaos/eliza**:
    - [#6334](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/issues/6334): Optimization for runtime initialization.
    - [#6335](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/issues/6335): Optimization for database query patterns (UPSERT).
    - [#6336](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/issues/6336): Optimization for provider batching.
    - [#6337](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/issues/6337): Optimization for message processing parallelization.
    - [#6338](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/issues/6338): Critical issue regarding a TOCTOU race condition in credit deduction for streaming endpoints.
    - [#6341](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/issues/6341): Feature request for "Apps promotion".

### Closed Issues
- **elizaos-plugins/plugin-discord**:
    - [#15](https://github.com/elizaos-plugins/plugin-discord/issues/15): Slash Command Extensibility.
- **elizaos/eliza**:
    - [#6306](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/issues/6306): Ensure unique usernames for agents.
    - [#6307](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/issues/6307): Handle blank agent names.
    - [#6308](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/issues/6308): Improve display of agent avatars.
    - [#6309](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/issues/6309): Improve display of agent responses.
    - [#6319](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/issues/6319): Agent creation improvements.
    - [#6321](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/issues/6321): Agent management improvements.
    - [#6322](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/issues/6322): Agent UI/UX enhancements.
    - [#6310](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/issues/6310): Dynamic chat box sizing.
    - [#6311](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/issues/6311): Improved chat summaries.
    - [#6312](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/issues/6312): Limit messages for non-signed-up users.
    - [#6313](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/issues/6313): Separate public agent states.
    - [#6317](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/issues/6317): Wallet connection flow.
    - [#6327](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/issues/6327): JWT authentication and user management.
    - [#6340](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/issues/6340): Fix for `plugin-sql` to skip `pgcrypto` extension for PGLite.
    - [#6315](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/issues/6315): Reduce free credit amounts.
    - [#6318](https://github.com/elizaos/eliza/issues/6318): Improve page scrolling.

## ✨ Contributor Spotlight
- **odilitime**: Provided detailed analysis and context on the `plugin-discord` publishing failure, including specific TypeScript errors and dependency versions, which is crucial for debugging this critical issue.