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+# Bug Follow-up v2: COMMON Config File Not Read at Runtime
+
+**Date:** 2026-04-13
+**Topic:** firefrostrules-common.toml has correct values but mod still serves default rules
+**Priority:** HIGH — Otherworld still broken
+**Filed by:** Chronicler #86
+**Related to:** REQ-2026-04-13-rules-mod-config-still-resetting.md
+
+---
+
+## What We Did
+
+1. Deployed firefrostrules-1.0.2-1.20.1-forge.jar to Otherworld (NC1, volume d4790f45)
+2. Deleted old world/serverconfig/firefrostrules-server.toml
+3. Started server — generated config/firefrostrules-common.toml with defaults
+4. Stopped server — wrote real values to config/firefrostrules-common.toml
+5. Restarted — config file still has correct values (confirmed)
+6. Restarted again — config file still has correct values (confirmed)
+
+Config persistence is fixed. ✅
+
+## What's Still Wrong
+
+Player ran `/rules` and got the hardcoded default rules, not Discord content.
+
+Log evidence:
+
+```
+[22:42:38] [modloading-worker-0/INFO] [com.firefrostgaming.rules.ServerRules/]: Firefrost Rules Mod Initialized.
+[22:43:08] [main/INFO] [com.firefrostgaming.rules.ServerRules/]: Registered /rules command.
+[22:43:58] [Server thread/INFO] [minecraft/MinecraftServer/]: [Fire] Server Rules
+Please check Discord for the full rules list.
+```
+
+Two problems:
+
+1. **Loading handler never fired** — Code's `onConfigLoaded` handler should have logged "Rules mod config loaded successfully. Channel: 1493228237860638770" — it's completely absent from logs. The handler is not executing.
+
+2. **Default rules served** — `/rules` returned hardcoded defaults, meaning `ServerRulesConfig.BOT_TOKEN.get()` is returning `YOUR_TOKEN_HERE` at runtime even though the file has the real token.
+
+## What This Means
+
+The config file has correct values but `ServerRulesConfig.SPEC` is not reading from it. The `ModConfig.Type.COMMON` registration may not be correctly linking the spec to the file on disk, or the config values are being read before the file is loaded.
+
+## Hypothesis
+
+In Forge 1.20.1, `ModConfig.Type.COMMON` configs are loaded from `config/<modid>-common.toml`. But the filename Forge generates may need to match exactly what the spec expects. Check:
+
+1. What filename is Forge actually generating? Is it `firefrostrules-common.toml` or something else like `firefrostrules-server.toml` even with COMMON type?
+2. Is `ModLoadingContext.get().registerConfig(ModConfig.Type.COMMON, ServerRulesConfig.SPEC)` being called before or after the config file is read?
+3. Is there a `ModConfigEvent.Loading` listener that confirms the spec is bound to the correct file?
+
+## Current File State on Server
+
+```
+Path: /var/lib/pterodactyl/volumes/d4790f45-b1bc-43b8-98c4-425238387ee3/config/firefrostrules-common.toml
+bot_token = "MTQ4NzA4MDE2Njk2OTU3NzUwMg.GU5EsT.mqBwo7XUHsciN9jNy9OygTRkaMZ9qJ2tHw7HbI"
+channel_id = "1493228237860638770"
+message_id = "1493228916998013101"
+```
+
+File is correct. Mod is not reading it.
+
+## What Code Needs to Do
+
+1. Add a debug log immediately after `ServerRulesConfig.BOT_TOKEN.get()` in `RulesCommand.java` to print the actual value being read at command execution time
+2. Verify the `ModConfigEvent.Loading` listener is actually being registered and firing
+3. Check if there's a timing issue — config might need to be read after `FMLServerStartedEvent` rather than at command time
+4. Verify COMMON type generates correct filename in 1.20.1
+
+## Applies To
+
+1.20.1 confirmed broken. 1.21.1 and 1.16.5 status unknown — may have same issue.
+Bump to 1.0.3 once fixed. Update CHANGELOG.md.