📢 Release Notes - v1.5.4

✨ New Features

Improved Giveaways

Giveaways received several new features:

• Multiple commands can enter the same giveaway
• !enter max automatically purchases the maximum number of tickets
• Viewers are told how many more points they need for another ticket
• Redraw selects a new winner without restarting
• Optional winner announcements in chat
• Optional requirement for winners to chat before claiming
• Claim status and claim messages in the Giveaway Manager

🔧 Improvements

Better YouTube Stability

Improved reconnect behavior after streams end, prevented duplicate chat connections, respected recommended polling intervals, and reduced unnecessary API usage.

More Reliable Giveaway Announcements

Winner announcements now wait for a successful platform chat message before displaying.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed TikTok reconnects replaying old chat messages.
• Prevented old TikTok messages from triggering commands, Points, giveaways, TTS, docks, or overlays.
• Added duplicate TikTok message protection for the current session.
• Fixed a database error that could prevent SheevChat from starting.
• Improved startup recovery and troubleshooting details.

🔄 To receive the update, simply launch SheevChat or right-click the system tray icon and choose _Check for Updates_.