# 🚀 Server Package Split Creates New Era for ElizaOS!

This week marked a significant milestone as ElizaOS successfully split server functionality into its own `@elizaos/server` package, enabling more flexible deployment options while maintaining backward compatibility. 

## 🛠️ Key Technical Updates
* **Server Package Separation**: Server components now live in their own dedicated package, improving modularity while preserving existing CLI integrations (#5122)
* **Comprehensive Test Coverage**: Added detailed tests to core, server, project-starter and plugin-starter packages with new cypress testing for frontmade development (#5125)
* **Character Validation**: Implemented robust Zod-based validation with safe JSON parsing to prevent runtime errors from invalid character files (#5167)
* **Ollama Integration**: Added Ollama as a fourth AI provider option in the create command, expanding local LLM capabilities (#5160)

## 💬 Community Highlights
* ElizaOS X account experienced an unexpected suspension requiring $50k/month for restoration. The team is working with X on recovery, while version 1.0.7 still works with X's free API plan if replies are disabled.
* Community members are actively helping each other troubleshoot plugin loading issues, with 0xbbjoker providing guidance on proper plugin ordering to fix knowledge plugin problems.

## 🪙 AI16z & Auto.fun Updates
* Community discussions suggest enhancing Auto.fun with GameFi elements and polling systems to attract more users
* Proposals for connecting SpartanAI with Auto.fun to create an engaging ecosystem integration

## 🔮 Coming Next
The team continues work on ElizaOS v2 with full development visibility through commits. The next release will address current API limitations while a new ElizaOS website is being developed to improve communication channels for future announcements.