🖥️Console Filter

The console filter suppresses unwanted messages from the server console output. This is useful for reducing log spam from plugins or repetitive system messages. Configuration is in moderation/console-filter.yml.

Configuration

enabled: false

filters:
  # Exact match — message must equal this string
  exact: []

  # Contains — message must contain this substring
  contains: []

  # Starts-with — message must start with this string
  starts-with: []

  # Regex — message must match this pattern
  regex: []

Filter Types

Type	Description	Example
exact	Message must exactly match	"Unknown command"
contains	Message contains the substring	"moved too quickly"
starts-with	Message starts with the string	"[ViaVersion]"
regex	Message matches the regex pattern	".*issued server command.*"

The contains and regex filter types are case-insensitive. The exact and starts-with filter types are case-sensitive.

Examples

Suppress common console spam:

filters:
  contains:
    - "moved too quickly"
    - "Ignoring packet"
  starts-with:
    - "[ViaVersion]"
  regex:
    - ".*lost connection: Disconnected.*"

How It Works

The console filter integrates with Log4j to intercept and suppress matching log messages. Because it operates as a Log4j filter on the root logger, filtered messages may also be suppressed from log files.