Merge branch 'feature/v1.5.0'

Version strings bumped across all eight tracked surfaces:

- HellionChat/HellionChat.csproj   <Version>1.5.0</Version>
- repo.json                        AssemblyVersion + TestingAssemblyVersion = 1.5.0.0
- repo.json                        three DownloadLink* URLs -> /v1.5.0/latest.zip
- repo.json                        Changelog field synced with yaml
- HellionChat/HellionChat.yaml     new v1.5.0 changelog block on top; v1.4.7
                                   drops out per the four-block slim rule
- docs/CHANGELOG.md                v1.5.0 entry prepended
- docs/ROADMAP.md                  Next Cycle pointer moves to v1.5.1, v1.5.0
                                   joins the released-cycle archive block
- README.md                        three status surfaces (badge, header,
                                   Project Status long-form) on v1.5.0
- .github/forge-posts/v1.5.0.md    Discord announcement body (German)

Preflight blocks A-F all green. Changelog embed total 2050 / 5500 chars
(four subblocks), forge-post frontmatter inside the 60/40 char caps.

Tag, push, merge are reserved for Flo.

.github/forge-posts/v1.4.10.md

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+---
+subtitle: Symbol-Picker und Tell-History Fix
+versionsnatur: Feature-Patch + Hotfix
+---
+
+- Symbol-Picker im Chat-Eingang: ein kleiner Smile-Button links neben
+  dem Kanal-Indikator öffnet ein Popup mit zwei Tabs. Der erste listet
+  alle 161 FFXIV-PUA-Glyphen (Dalamuds SeIconChar); der zweite trägt
+  97 verifizierte BMP-Symbole (Latin-Marken, Währungen, das ganze
+  griechische Alphabet, Geometrie, Spielkarten, Noten) — jedes davon
+  über `/echo` und `/say` in einer vierrundigen Whitelist-Probe
+  durchgereicht, damit der Channel-Render dem entspricht, was der
+  Picker anzeigt. Klick fügt das Symbol an der Cursor-Position ein,
+  Multi-Insert lässt das Popup offen, eine Recent-Used-Leiste zeigt
+  die letzten sechzehn Picks über beide Tabs. Toggle in Settings →
+  Chat → Nachrichten-Verhalten, Default an.
+- Verlauf in angepinnten Tell-Tabs lädt wieder vollständig: ein
+  versteckter 500-Zeilen-Scan-Cap in PreloadHistory hat das
+  User-Setting `AutoTellTabsHistoryPreload` überschrieben, wodurch
+  weniger-frequente Tell-Partner ihren Backlog verloren haben sobald
+  die Scan-Schicht mit anderen Chat-Partnern voll lief. Cap ist raus,
+  der Index auf `(Receiver, Date)` hält die Query schnell.
+- Slash-Command-Teardown: /hellion, /hellionView, /hellionDebugger
+  (und im Debug-Build /hellionSeString) sind als private Felder
+  gecached. Plugin-Dispose detached die echte Registrierung, statt
+  mit identischen Args neu zu registrieren — schließt eine latente
+  Wartungs-Falle aus v1.4.9.
+- v1.4.x-Polish-Sweep endet hier. Der ImGuiListClipper-Refactor von
+  der v1.4.10-Reserve-Liste wurde gecancelt, nachdem der Cross-
+  Plattform-Smoke gezeigt hat dass das Scroll-Gummi ein Wine/Linux-
+  Quirk ist — Windows-User haben es nie gesehen. Spike dafür kommt in
+  einem späteren Patch. Nächster Major-Cycle ist v1.5.0 mit der
+  DI-Container-Adoption (`Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting` +
+  `ILogger<T>`) nach dem Lightless-Vorbild.
+- Migration v17 unverändert: kein Schema-Bump, kein
+  Config-Migrations-Aufwand.

.github/forge-posts/v1.4.9.md

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+---
+subtitle: Plugin-Load Render Polish
+versionsnatur: Performance-Patch
+---
+
+- First-Frame-HITCH unter 100 ms: der erste Render-Frame des Plugins liegt
+  jetzt bei ~76 ms Median (vorher ~127 ms), die Dalamud-Warnung
+  „UiBuilder(Hellion Chat) > 100ms" beim Plugin-Start ist damit weg.
+  Erreicht durch das Verlagern von sechs nicht-essentiellen Render-
+  Sektionen (Statusleiste, Kanalname-Chunks, Fenster-Bounds-Check,
+  Hinweis-Banner, Autocomplete, Input-Preview) auf den zweiten Frame.
+  Bei 60 fps sieht man die deferred-Sektionen ~17 ms später, was im
+  Atlas-Build-Fenster nach einem Reload unsichtbar bleibt.
+- Slash-Commands zentral registriert: /hellion, /hellionView,
+  /hellionSeString und /hellionDebugger werden jetzt im Plugin-Load zentral
+  registriert statt erst beim ersten Öffnen ihres Ziel-Fensters. Heißt: die
+  Befehle funktionieren ab dem ersten Tick, auch wenn das jeweilige Fenster
+  nie geöffnet wurde. Der „Einstellungen"-Button im Plugin-Manager hängt am
+  selben Pfad.
+- Plugin-Load-Diagnose-Logs als Tripwire: die Profiling-Logs für
+  MessageStore.Connect, MessageStore.Migrate, FilterAllTabs und den
+  Auto-Translate-Warmup bleiben auf Information-Level eingeschaltet. Falls
+  eine zukünftige Änderung die Lade-Zeit wieder über 100 ms drückt, taucht
+  der Mehrverbrauch direkt im /xllog auf, ohne dass jemand erst den
+  Debug-Filter einschalten muss.
+- ChatTwo-IPC-Kompatibilitäts-Layer: HellionChat spiegelt jetzt die
+  komplette ChatTwo-IPC-Surface (`GetChatInputState`,
+  `ChatInputStateChanged`, `Register`, `Unregister`, `Available`,
+  `Invoke`) zusätzlich zu unseren eigenen `HellionChat.*`-Gates unter
+  dem `ChatTwo.*`-Namensraum. Drittseitige Integrationen die nur auf
+  ChatTwo's IPC reagieren, etwa die Kontextmenü-Hooks von Artisan und
+  AllaganTools, funktionieren damit weiter ohne Code-Änderung auf
+  ihrer Seite. Die Conflict-Detection blockiert das parallele Laden
+  von ChatTwo, daher kein Namensraum-Konflikt im Live-Betrieb.
+- Migration v17 unverändert: kein Schema-Bump, kein Config-Migrations-
+  Aufwand. Nach dem Update läuft das Plugin gegen die bestehende
+  v17-Datenbank weiter.

.github/forge-posts/v1.5.0.md

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+---
+subtitle: DI Foundation und Service-Refactor
+versionsnatur: Architektur-Cycle
+---
+
+- **Architektur-Umbau ohne User-spürbare Verhaltens-Änderung:** der
+  Plugin-Bootstrap wechselt auf einen Generic-Host DI-Container
+  (`Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting` + `IServiceCollection`) nach dem
+  Lightless-Sync-Muster. 18 Service-Klassen wandern von einem
+  statischen `Plugin.LogProxy`-Locator auf typisierte
+  `ILogger<T>`-Constructor-Injection. `DalamudLogger` brückt
+  `Microsoft.Extensions.Logging` über auf Dalamuds `IPluginLog` —
+  im xllog erscheinen jetzt Service-spezifische Spalten wie
+  `[ MessageManager]` und `[Honori...ervice]`.
+- **Plugin.LogProxy bleibt für die acht Buckets erhalten,** die
+  Constructor-Injection nicht erreicht: Static-Helper (EmoteCache,
+  AutoTranslate, MemoryUtil, WrapperUtil), Dalamud-Reflektion
+  (Configuration), Data-Class mit Massen-Instanziierung (Message)
+  und Instanz-Klassen die nur aus Static-Methods loggen (FontManager,
+  eine GameFunctions-Stelle).
+- **Performance bestätigt durch Cross-Plugin-Baseline:** HellionChat
+  First-Frame-HITCH 77 ms Median, Chat 2 v1.40.2 74 ms Median — kein
+  DI-Penalty gegenüber dem Upstream-Fork-Origin. Lightless und
+  XIVInstantMessenger liegen bei ~7 ms weil sie ihren FontAtlas-Build
+  deferren; das wird das v1.5.1-Item.
+- **User-sichtbarer Bug-Fix nebenbei:** Slash-Command-Einfügen in das
+  Chat-Eingabefeld (Friend-List "/tell"-Action plus Plugin-Inserts
+  von Artisan, AllaganTools und ähnlichen) ersetzt jetzt den
+  vorhandenen Input, statt anzukonkatenieren. Cherry-Pick aus ChatTwo
+  upstream `ee7768ac` mit Namespace-Anpassung.
+- **Foundation für die Plugin-Integrations-Wave:** v1.5.7-11
+  (Context-Menu, NotificationMaster, Moodles, ExtraChat, XIVIM
+  Quick-DM) werden ab jetzt strukturell handhabbar — neue Services
+  sind ein `services.AddSingleton<T>` plus ein paar Factory-Lambda-
+  Zeilen, kein Plugin.cs-Anflanschen mehr.
+- Migration v17 unverändert: kein Schema-Bump, kein
+  Config-Migrations-Aufwand.

HellionChat/AutoTellTabsService.cs

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ using HellionChat.Code;
 using HellionChat.GameFunctions.Types;
 using HellionChat.Resources;
 using HellionChat.Util;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
 namespace HellionChat;
 
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
     private readonly Plugin _plugin;
     private readonly MessageManager _messageManager;
     private readonly MessageStore _store;
+    private readonly ILogger<AutoTellTabsService> _logger;
     private readonly object _tempTabsLock = new();
 
     // Hard cap on pinned TempTabs so the sidebar doesn't inflate over years
@@ -29,11 +31,17 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
 
     private bool _initialized;
 
-    internal AutoTellTabsService(Plugin plugin, MessageManager messageManager, MessageStore store)
+    internal AutoTellTabsService(
+        Plugin plugin,
+        MessageManager messageManager,
+        MessageStore store,
+        ILogger<AutoTellTabsService> logger
+    )
     {
         _plugin = plugin;
         _messageManager = messageManager;
         _store = store;
+        _logger = logger;
     }
 
     // Derived from the tab list on read. Pin/Unpin/Promote/Logout simply
@@ -67,7 +75,7 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
     private void RehydratePinnedTabs()
     {
         var pinned = Plugin.Config.Tabs.Count(TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInPinnedPool);
-        Plugin.LogProxy.Debug($"[Pin] Rehydrate scan: {pinned} pinned tab(s) found");
+        _logger.LogDebug($"[Pin] Rehydrate scan: {pinned} pinned tab(s) found");
 
         foreach (var tab in Plugin.Config.Tabs)
         {
@@ -76,7 +84,7 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
 
             if (tab.TellTarget is null || !tab.TellTarget.IsSet())
             {
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
+                _logger.LogWarning(
                     $"[Pin] Pinned tab '{tab.Name}' has no usable TellTarget "
                         + $"(Name={tab.TellTarget?.Name ?? "<null>"} World={tab.TellTarget?.World ?? 0}). "
                         + "Chat input on this tab will be empty until the partner sends a tell or you /tell manually."
@@ -93,7 +101,7 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
             // sees the recent conversation, not a blank tab.
             PreloadHistory(tab, tab.TellTarget.Name, tab.TellTarget.World, Guid.Empty);
 
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Debug(
+            _logger.LogDebug(
                 $"[Pin] Rehydrated '{tab.Name}' -> Tell target {tab.TellTarget.Name}@{tab.TellTarget.World}"
             );
         }
@@ -130,7 +138,7 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
         if (partner == null)
         {
             // Diagnostics: helps detect regressions (FFXIV payload changes, new edge cases)
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
+            _logger.LogWarning(
                 $"[AutoTellTabs] Could not extract tell partner. type={message.Code.Type}, "
                     + $"senderChunks={message.Sender.Count}, contentChunks={message.Content.Count}, "
                     + $"senderSourcePayloads={message.SenderSource?.Payloads?.Count ?? 0}, "
@@ -361,7 +369,7 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
             // Non-fatal: tab still spawns with visible error notice instead of silent history loss
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "[AutoTellTabs] History preload failed");
+            _logger.LogError(ex, "[AutoTellTabs] History preload failed");
             tab.Messages.AddPrune(
                 MakeSystemMarker(HellionStrings.AutoTellTabs_HistoryLoadError),
                 MessageManager.MessageDisplayLimit
@@ -456,7 +464,7 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
     {
         if (!tab.IsTempTab || tab.IsPinned)
         {
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Debug(
+            _logger.LogDebug(
                 $"[Pin] TryPin skipped: IsTempTab={tab.IsTempTab} IsPinned={tab.IsPinned}"
             );
             return false;
@@ -472,7 +480,7 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
         }
 
         tab.IsPinned = true;
-        Plugin.LogProxy.Debug(
+        _logger.LogDebug(
             $"[Pin] Pinned tab '{tab.Name}' target={tab.TellTarget?.Name}@{tab.TellTarget?.World}"
         );
         _plugin.SaveConfig();
@@ -495,7 +503,7 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
         }
 
         tab.IsPinned = false;
-        Plugin.LogProxy.Debug("[Pin] Unpinned tab '{tab.Name}'");
+        _logger.LogDebug("[Pin] Unpinned tab '{TabName}'", tab.Name);
         _plugin.SaveConfig();
     }
 
@@ -509,9 +517,7 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
         tab.IsTempTab = false;
         tab.IsPinned = false;
         tab.TellTarget = TellTarget.Empty();
-        Plugin.LogProxy.Debug(
+        _logger.LogDebug($"[Pin] Promoted tab '{tab.Name}' to permanent (tell-binding dropped)");
-            $"[Pin] Promoted tab '{tab.Name}' to permanent (tell-binding dropped)"
-        );
         _plugin.SaveConfig();
     }
 }

HellionChat/Commands.cs

@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 using Dalamud.Game.Command;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
 namespace HellionChat;
 
 internal sealed class Commands : IDisposable
 {
     private readonly Dictionary<string, CommandWrapper> Registered = [];
+    private readonly ILogger<Commands> _logger;
+
+    public Commands(ILogger<Commands> logger)
+    {
+        _logger = logger;
+    }
 
     public void Dispose()
     {
@@ -52,7 +59,7 @@ internal sealed class Commands : IDisposable
     {
         if (!Registered.TryGetValue(command, out var wrapper))
         {
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning($"Missing registration for command {command}");
+            _logger.LogWarning($"Missing registration for command {command}");
             return;
         }
 
@@ -62,7 +69,7 @@ internal sealed class Commands : IDisposable
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, $"Error while executing command {command}");
+            _logger.LogError(ex, $"Error while executing command {command}");
         }
     }
 }

HellionChat/Configuration.cs

@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
     public bool SortAutoTranslate;
     public bool CollapseDuplicateMessages;
     public bool CollapseKeepUniqueLinks;
+    public bool SymbolPickerEnabled = true;
     public bool PlaySounds = true;
     public bool KeepInputFocus = true;
     public int MaxLinesToRender = 2_500; // 1-10000
@@ -270,6 +271,7 @@ public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
         SortAutoTranslate = other.SortAutoTranslate;
         CollapseDuplicateMessages = other.CollapseDuplicateMessages;
         CollapseKeepUniqueLinks = other.CollapseKeepUniqueLinks;
+        SymbolPickerEnabled = other.SymbolPickerEnabled;
         PlaySounds = other.PlaySounds;
         KeepInputFocus = other.KeepInputFocus;
         MaxLinesToRender = other.MaxLinesToRender;

HellionChat/FontManager.cs

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ using Dalamud.Interface.Utility;
 
 namespace HellionChat;
 
+// Two LogProxy sites live in static methods (TryGetHellionFontBytes,
+// AddFontWithFallback); a ctor-injected ILogger would not be reachable
+// from those scopes, so the class stays on Plugin.LogProxy.
 public class FontManager
 {
     internal IFontHandle Axis = null!;
@@ -234,9 +237,9 @@ public class FontManager
                         or ArgumentException
             )
         {
-            // Atlas-toolkit throws span IO and validation failures; routing the
+            // Atlas-toolkit throws span IO and validation failures; routing
-            // wider set through the fallback keeps a corrupt font config from
+            // the wider set through the fallback keeps a corrupt font config
-            // taking down the whole atlas build.
+            // from taking down the whole atlas build.
             Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
                 e,
                 $"Configured {slot} font failed to load ({e.GetType().Name}), "

HellionChat/GameFunctions/Chat.cs

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ using HellionChat.Resources;
 using HellionChat.Util;
 using InteropGenerator.Runtime;
 using Lumina.Text.ReadOnly;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using ValueType = FFXIVClientStructs.FFXIV.Component.GUI.AtkValueType;
 
 namespace HellionChat.GameFunctions;
@@ -98,9 +99,12 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
     private long LastPlayerNameDisplayTypeRefresh;
     private PlayerNameDisplayType CurrentPlayerNameDisplayType = PlayerNameDisplayType.FullName;
 
-    public Chat(Plugin plugin)
+    private readonly ILogger<Chat> _logger;
+
+    public Chat(Plugin plugin, ILogger<Chat> logger)
     {
         Plugin = plugin;
+        _logger = logger;
         Plugin.GameInteropProvider.InitializeFromAttributes(this);
 
         ChatLogRefreshHook?.Enable();
@@ -236,7 +240,7 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
                 }
                 catch (Exception ex)
                 {
-                    Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
+                    _logger.LogError(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
                 }
             });
         }
@@ -266,7 +270,7 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
+            _logger.LogError(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
         }
 
         return 1; // Prevent vanilla chat log from gaining focus
@@ -299,7 +303,7 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
         {
             playerName = SeString.Parse(agent->TellPlayerName).TextValue;
             worldId = agent->TellWorldId;
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Debug($"Detected tell target '[redacted]'@{worldId}");
+            _logger.LogDebug($"Detected tell target '[redacted]'@{worldId}");
         }
 
         Plugin.CurrentTab.CurrentChannel = new UsedChannel
@@ -358,7 +362,7 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
+                _logger.LogError(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
             }
         }
 
@@ -408,7 +412,7 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
+                _logger.LogError(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
             }
         }
 
@@ -624,7 +628,7 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
         if (contentId == 0)
         {
             Plugin.ChatGui.PrintError(Language.Chat_SendTell_Error);
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
+            _logger.LogWarning(
                 "Tried to send a tell with ContentId being 0, sorry this is an internal error."
             );
             return;

HellionChat/GameFunctions/GameFunctions.cs

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ using FFXIVClientStructs.FFXIV.Client.UI.Info;
 using FFXIVClientStructs.FFXIV.Component.GUI;
 using Lumina.Excel;
 using Lumina.Excel.Sheets;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using ValueType = FFXIVClientStructs.FFXIV.Component.GUI.AtkValueType;
 
 namespace HellionChat.GameFunctions;
@@ -37,14 +38,20 @@ internal unsafe class GameFunctions : IDisposable
     #endregion
 
     private Plugin Plugin { get; }
+    private readonly ILogger<GameFunctions> _logger;
     internal KeybindManager KeybindManager { get; }
     internal Chat Chat { get; }
 
-    internal GameFunctions(Plugin plugin)
+    internal GameFunctions(
+        Plugin plugin,
+        ILogger<GameFunctions> logger,
+        ILoggerFactory loggerFactory
+    )
     {
         Plugin = plugin;
-        KeybindManager = new KeybindManager(plugin);
+        _logger = logger;
-        Chat = new Chat(Plugin);
+        KeybindManager = new KeybindManager(plugin, loggerFactory.CreateLogger<KeybindManager>());
+        Chat = new Chat(Plugin, loggerFactory.CreateLogger<Chat>());
 
         Plugin.GameInteropProvider.InitializeFromAttributes(this);
         ResolveTextCommandPlaceholderHook?.Enable();
@@ -215,6 +222,7 @@ internal unsafe class GameFunctions : IDisposable
         }
         catch (Exception e)
         {
+            // Static method, no instance _logger reachable here.
             Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(e, "Unable to open adventurer plate");
             return false;
         }
@@ -255,7 +263,7 @@ internal unsafe class GameFunctions : IDisposable
         var byteCount = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetByteCount(ReplacementName);
         if (byteCount >= PlaceholderBufferSize)
         {
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
+            _logger.LogWarning(
                 $"Replacement name too long for placeholder buffer ({byteCount} bytes >= {PlaceholderBufferSize}); falling back to original."
             );
             ReplacementName = null;

HellionChat/GameFunctions/KeybindManager.cs

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ using FFXIVClientStructs.FFXIV.Client.UI;
 using HellionChat.Code;
 using HellionChat.GameFunctions.Types;
 using HellionChat.Util;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using ModifierFlag = HellionChat.GameFunctions.Types.ModifierFlag;
 
 namespace HellionChat.GameFunctions;
@@ -306,9 +307,12 @@ internal unsafe class KeybindManager : IDisposable
         // VirtualKey.OEM_CLEAR,
     };
 
-    internal KeybindManager(Plugin plugin)
+    private readonly ILogger<KeybindManager> _logger;
+
+    internal KeybindManager(Plugin plugin, ILogger<KeybindManager> logger)
     {
         Plugin = plugin;
+        _logger = logger;
         Plugin.GameInteropProvider.InitializeFromAttributes(this);
 
         // Handle keybinds from the game on every tick.
@@ -507,7 +511,7 @@ internal unsafe class KeybindManager : IDisposable
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
+            _logger.LogError(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
         }
     }
 

HellionChat/HellionChat.csproj

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Dalamud.NET.Sdk/15.0.0">
     <PropertyGroup>
         <!-- Independent versioning; see yaml changelog for upstream Chat 2 base -->
-        <Version>1.4.8</Version>
+        <Version>1.5.0</Version>
         <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
         <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
         <!-- Use lock file to pin exact versions -->
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@
         <!-- Closed ranges prevent surprise major bumps during lock file regeneration -->
         <PackageReference Include="MessagePack" Version="[3.1.4, 4.0.0)" />
         <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.Sqlite" Version="10.0.7" />
+        <!-- v1.5.0 DI-container foundation; matches Lightless pin (Hosting 10.0.7) -->
+        <PackageReference
+            Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection"
+            Version="[10.0.7, 11.0.0)"
+        />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="[10.0.7, 11.0.0)" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="[10.0.7, 11.0.0)" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options" Version="[10.0.7, 11.0.0)" />
         <!-- SQLitePCLRaw override for CVE-2025-6965, CVE-2025-7709 (SQLite >= 3.50.3) -->
         <PackageReference Include="SQLitePCLRaw.lib.e_sqlite3" Version="3.50.3" />
         <PackageReference Include="morelinq" Version="4.4.0" />

HellionChat/HellionChat.yaml

@@ -35,6 +35,136 @@ tags:
     - Replacement
     - Privacy
 changelog: |-
+    **v1.5.0 — DI Foundation and Service Refactor (2026-05-17)**
+
+    Major architecture cycle. The plugin bootstrap moves to a
+    generic-host DI container (Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting +
+    IServiceCollection) modelled on Lightless Sync. Service logging
+    moves from a static Plugin.LogProxy locator to typed
+    Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.ILogger<T> via constructor injection,
+    bridged over Dalamud's IPluginLog by a custom DalamudLogger trio.
+
+    What changes under the hood:
+
+    - 18 instance-class services migrate to ILogger<T> via constructor
+      injection across four slices: data layer (MessageStore,
+      MessageManager, AutoTellTabsService), IPC and integrations
+      (HonorificService, IpcManager, TypingIpc, ExtraChat, the three
+      GameFunctions classes), UI window layer (ChatLogWindow,
+      DbViewer, Popout, three settings tabs), and root (Commands,
+      ThemeRegistry, PayloadHandler).
+    - Plugin.LogProxy stays in place for the eight buckets ctor
+      injection cannot reach: static helpers (EmoteCache,
+      AutoTranslate, MemoryUtil, WrapperUtil), Dalamud-reflected
+      types (Configuration), the Message data class, and instance
+      classes that only log from static methods (FontManager, one
+      GameFunctions site).
+    - Plugin.cs finishes at 1012 lines — virtually identical to the
+      pre-cycle 1013. The new Phase-1 host build and Plugin.X bridge
+      wiring trade out exactly the service and window allocations
+      that previously lived in LoadAsync.
+    - Cross-plugin baseline confirms no performance penalty against
+      Chat 2: HellionChat first-frame HITCH 77 ms median, Chat 2
+      74 ms median. Lightless and XIVInstantMessenger sit around
+      7 ms by deferring their font-atlas build past Finished
+      loading — that pattern is the v1.5.1 follow-up.
+
+    User-visible:
+
+    - Slash-command insert fix: pasting a slash command into the
+      chat input (Friend List "/tell" action, plugin-driven inserts
+      from Artisan, AllaganTools etc.) now replaces the existing
+      input instead of concatenating. Cherry-picked from ChatTwo
+      upstream ee7768ac with namespace adaptation.
+
+    Migration v17 stays (no schema bump).
+
+    Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
+
+    ---
+
+    **v1.4.10 — Symbol-Picker and Tell-History Fix (2026-05-16)**
+
+    Eleventh and final sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish-sweep series.
+    Symbol picker for the chat input, a tell-history reload fix for
+    users with many active partners, and a closing cleanup sweep
+    before v1.5.0 picks up the DI-container adoption.
+
+    - Symbol picker: a small smile-icon button left of the channel
+      indicator opens a popup with two tabs. The first lists all 161
+      FFXIV PUA glyphs (Dalamud's SeIconChar enum); the second
+      carries 97 server-verified BMP symbols (latin marks, currency,
+      the full Greek alphabet, geometric shapes, suits, notes) —
+      every one of them round-tripped through /echo and /say in a
+      four-round probe so the in-channel render matches what the
+      picker shows. Click drops the glyph at the caret, multi-insert
+      keeps the popup open, and a recent-used strip floats the last
+      sixteen picks across both tabs. Toggle in Settings → Chat →
+      Message behaviour, default on.
+    - Pinned auto-tell tabs reload their full history again: a
+      hidden 500-row scan cap in PreloadHistory used to override the
+      user-configurable AutoTellTabsHistoryPreload setting, so
+      less-frequent pinned partners (rare /tell sessions in an
+      otherwise busy week) lost their backlog. The cap is removed;
+      the (Receiver, Date) index keeps SQL fast, the client-side
+      loop still respects your setting as the upper bound.
+    - Slash-command teardown: /hellion, /hellionView,
+      /hellionDebugger (and #if DEBUG /hellionSeString) wrappers are
+      now cached as private fields. Plugin teardown detaches the
+      live registration instead of re-Register'ing with identical
+      args — closes a latent maintenance hazard from v1.4.9.
+    - v1.4.x polish-sweep wraps up here. The ImGuiListClipper render
+      refactor that was on the v1.4.10 reserve list got dropped
+      after cross-platform smoke showed the scroll rubber-band is a
+      Wine / Linux render-pipeline quirk, not universal — Windows
+      users never saw it. It will get its own platform-targeted
+      spike in a later patch. Next major cycle is v1.5.0 with the
+      DI-container adoption (Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting +
+      ILogger<T>) modelled on Lightless.
+    - Migration v17 stays (no schema bump).
+
+    Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
+
+    ---
+
+    **v1.4.9 — Plugin-Load Render Polish (2026-05-15)**
+
+    Tenth sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish-sweep series. First-frame
+    render cost drops from ~127 ms median to ~76 ms median,
+    comfortably under Dalamud's 100 ms HITCH warning threshold.
+
+    - First-frame defer: six non-essential rendering sections inside
+      ChatLogWindow skip their first Draw and run one frame later
+      (bottom status bar, channel-name SeString chunks, window bounds
+      check, v0.6.1 hint banner, autocomplete, input-preview
+      calculation). User-visible delay is ~17 ms at 60 fps, hidden
+      inside the post-reload font-atlas build window.
+    - Slash-command centralisation: /hellion, /hellionView,
+      /hellionSeString and /hellionDebugger are registered in
+      LoadAsync instead of inside the corresponding window
+      constructors. The plugin-manager Open and configuration buttons
+      hang on the same path.
+    - Plugin-load profiling logs stay on at Information level
+      (MessageStore connect/migrate, FilterAllTabs, auto-translate
+      warmup) as a regression tripwire — a future load past 100 ms
+      will show up in /xllog without a Debug filter.
+    - ChatTwo IPC compatibility layer: HellionChat now mirrors
+      ChatTwo's full IPC surface (GetChatInputState,
+      ChatInputStateChanged, Register, Unregister, Available,
+      Invoke) under the ChatTwo.* namespace in addition to our
+      existing HellionChat.* provider gates. Third-party
+      integrations that historically only subscribe to ChatTwo's
+      IPC — for example Artisan's and AllaganTools' context-menu
+      hooks — keep working without requiring a code change on their
+      side. Conflict detection prevents ChatTwo from loading in
+      parallel with HellionChat, so there is no slot-collision risk
+      at runtime.
+    - Migration v17 stays (no schema bump).
+
+    Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
+
+    ---
+
     **v1.4.8 — Hook-Layer and Polish Quick-Wins (2026-05-14)**
 
     Ninth sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish-sweep series. Hook-layer
@@ -69,109 +199,4 @@ changelog: |-
 
     ---
 
-    **v1.4.7 — Backlog Cleanup and Mid-Features (2026-05-13)**
-
-    Eighth sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish-sweep series. First
-    user-visible feature bundle since v1.4.5 — pinned tell tabs that
-    survive relog, opt-in Honorific glow rendering, and a configurable
-    sidebar.
-
-    - TempTell Pin: right-click a TempTell tab in the sidebar to pin
-      it. Pinned tabs survive relog, keep their conversation history
-      (loaded on demand from the message store), and stay bound to
-      the same /tell partner. Hard cap of 5 pinned tabs in a pool
-      separate from the 15-tab auto-tell pool — total ceiling is 20
-      tabs. New 'Pinned' section in the sidebar with its own divider
-      header
-    - Honorific Glow outline now renders when the title carries a
-      Glow colour. Opt-in via Settings → Integrations → 'Render glow
-      outlines (Honorific)' (default off, dodges the per-frame
-      DrawList overhead on low-end hardware). Gradient (Color3 /
-      GradientColourSet / Wave / Pulse) is parsed but rendered
-      statically — a later cycle will port the full animation
-    - Sidebar width is now configurable in Theme & Layout (range
-      44–160 px). Default stays icon-only; widen to fit section
-      headers like 'Active Tells (3)' without truncation
-    - Settings Save no longer pops the chat input back to /tell with
-      a pinned partner — Configuration.UpdateFrom now preserves the
-      runtime CurrentChannel across the persistent-tab merge, and
-      TabSwitched deep-clones the seeded channel instead of sharing
-      the previous tab's UsedChannel
-    - Util/ImGuiUtil.cs DrawArrows IconButton id now uses
-      (id + 1).ToString() instead of the operator-precedence quirk
-      id + 1.ToString() — generated IDs stay numerically stable
-    - Internal: IPluginLogProxy indirection over Dalamud's IPluginLog
-      routes all ~91 Plugin.Log call sites through a testable proxy.
-      MessageStore.Migrate0 can now run in xUnit without loading
-      Dalamud.dll, closing the gap F12.1 left in v1.4.6
-    - Internal: TempTab counter switched from an Interlocked cached
-      field to a derived Tabs.Count(predicate) — pin-state transitions
-      are cold-path and don't need lock-free reads
-
-    Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
-
-    ---
-
-    **v1.4.6 — Code Hygiene and Refactor (2026-05-12)**
-
-    Maintenance patch. No user-visible behaviour changes; tightens the
-    development feedback loop, fixes two upstream-inherited bugs, and
-    prepares the code for the v1.4.7 backlog cleanup.
-
-    - preflight.sh gains a csharpier reflow check and a markdownlint
-      pass so style drift and markdown violations are caught at the
-      pre-push gate
-    - FontManager fallback catches the full set of atlas-toolkit
-      throws (IO, InvalidOperation, ArgumentException) — a corrupt
-      font config no longer takes down the whole atlas build
-    - BrandingLinks and IntegrationLinks URLs validated on plugin
-      load — a typo in a future URL rotation now throws at startup
-    - Cherry-picked from ChatTwo upstream f35b7d3: Chat.SetChannel
-      no longer leaks the native Utf8String when the linkshell check
-      rejects the channel
-    - Cherry-picked from ChatTwo upstream f35b7d3: Tab.Clone now
-      deep-clones UsedChannel and TellTarget — PopOut and Temp tabs
-      no longer mutate each other's channel state
-    - Active-tab underline scales with DPI and rounds to physical
-      pixels for crisp rendering above 100% scaling
-    - IconButton width parameter no longer subtracts HUD-scaled
-      padding from a raw int (measured width passes through verbatim)
-    - Internal: HellionStyle ChildBgAlpha extracted to a testable
-      helper; Plugin.SaveConfig clones only the temp tabs;
-      SettingsOverview caches the draw-list per frame;
-      Dalamud.Utility.Util surface routed through an IPlatformUtil
-      indirection (MessageStore IsWine probe is now testable in
-      isolation)
-    - Built-in themes: Crystal Nocturne (sapphire and electric
-      magenta over obsidian, by CRYSTALLITE) replaces Moonlit Bloom.
-      Users with Moonlit Bloom selected fall back to Hellion Arctic
-      on first load
-
-    Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
-
-    ---
-
-    **v1.4.5 — UX and Robustness (2026-05-12)**
-
-    Sixth sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish-sweep series. Chat-log draw
-    failures surface as a notification, the first-run wizard has an
-    explicit "Later" option, the input history clears on plugin reload,
-    and the status bar version slot stops clipping in narrow windows.
-
-    - Chat window draw errors now show a one-shot notification instead
-      of failing silently — stack trace stays in /xllog
-    - First-run wizard: explicit "Later — keep defaults" button.
-      Closing the X no longer silently accepts the defaults; the wizard
-      reopens on the next plugin load if nothing was picked
-    - InputHistoryService clears on plugin dispose so the previous
-      session's typed commands don't bleed into the next load
-    - Status bar hides the version slot when the chat window is too
-      narrow to fit all five slots without overlap
-    - Internal: explicit session-only Auto-Tell-Tab invariant in
-      Plugin.cs plus a pinning test in the Build-Suite
-    - Internal: FontManager falls back to the system font if the
-      embedded Hellion font resource is missing — logs a Warning
-
-    ---
-
     Full history: https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases

HellionChat/Infrastructure/Hosting/InitHostedServices.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+using Dalamud.Plugin;
+using HellionChat.Ipc;
+using HellionChat.Themes;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
+
+namespace HellionChat.Infrastructure.Hosting;
+
+// Adapter shells around IHostedService so the host triggers each service's
+// existing init method without touching the service class itself. Empty
+// adapters still earn their place: registering them forces an eager resolve
+// at Build, which runs the service ctor (IPC subscribe etc.) right then
+// instead of lazily on first GetRequiredService.
+
+internal sealed class FontManagerInitHostedService(FontManager fontManager) : IHostedService
+{
+    public Task StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        fontManager.BuildFonts();
+        return Task.CompletedTask;
+    }
+
+    public Task StopAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken) => Task.CompletedTask;
+}
+
+internal sealed class ThemeRegistryInitHostedService(ThemeRegistry registry) : IHostedService
+{
+    public Task StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        // Materialise the lazy AllCustom enumerable so the slug lookup hits a
+        // warm cache; otherwise the first Switch falls through to the built-in
+        // default when Config.Theme points at a custom slug.
+        foreach (var _ in registry.AllCustom()) { }
+        registry.Switch(Plugin.Config.Theme);
+        return Task.CompletedTask;
+    }
+
+    public Task StopAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken) => Task.CompletedTask;
+}
+
+// IPC subscribers do their wiring in the ctor, so StartAsync stays empty —
+// the registration alone forces an eager resolve which runs that wiring.
+
+internal sealed class IpcManagerInitHostedService(IpcManager ipc) : IHostedService
+{
+    private readonly IpcManager _ipc = ipc;
+
+    public Task StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken) => Task.CompletedTask;
+
+    public Task StopAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken) => Task.CompletedTask;
+}
+
+internal sealed class TypingIpcInitHostedService(TypingIpc typingIpc) : IHostedService
+{
+    private readonly TypingIpc _typingIpc = typingIpc;
+
+    public Task StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken) => Task.CompletedTask;
+
+    public Task StopAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken) => Task.CompletedTask;
+}
+
+internal sealed class ExtraChatInitHostedService(ExtraChat extraChat) : IHostedService
+{
+    private readonly ExtraChat _extraChat = extraChat;
+
+    public Task StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken) => Task.CompletedTask;
+
+    public Task StopAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken) => Task.CompletedTask;
+}
+
+internal sealed class MessageManagerInitHostedService(
+    IDalamudPluginInterface pluginInterface,
+    MessageManager manager
+) : IHostedService
+{
+    public Task StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        // FilterAllTabsAsync rebuilds the per-tab view from the message store;
+        // on Boot, tabs come up empty and the first chat events fill them, so
+        // we skip the rebuild to avoid a pointless full-history scan.
+        if (pluginInterface.Reason is not PluginLoadReason.Boot)
+            manager.FilterAllTabsAsync();
+        return Task.CompletedTask;
+    }
+
+    public Task StopAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken) => Task.CompletedTask;
+}
+
+internal sealed class AutoTellTabsServiceInitHostedService(AutoTellTabsService service)
+    : IHostedService
+{
+    public Task StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        service.Initialize();
+        return Task.CompletedTask;
+    }
+
+    public Task StopAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken) => Task.CompletedTask;
+}

HellionChat/Infrastructure/Logging/DalamudLogger.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+using System.Text;
+using Dalamud.Plugin.Services;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+
+namespace HellionChat.Infrastructure.Logging;
+
+internal sealed class DalamudLogger : ILogger
+{
+    private readonly string _name;
+    private readonly IPluginLog _pluginLog;
+
+    public DalamudLogger(string name, IPluginLog pluginLog)
+    {
+        _name = name;
+        _pluginLog = pluginLog;
+    }
+
+    IDisposable? ILogger.BeginScope<TState>(TState state) => default!;
+
+    // Filtering happens in Dalamud's /xllog. Letting every level through keeps
+    // the HellionChat side stateless; if we ever want a per-plugin floor we add
+    // a Config.LogLevel and tighten this method.
+    public bool IsEnabled(LogLevel logLevel) => true;
+
+    public void Log<TState>(
+        LogLevel logLevel,
+        EventId eventId,
+        TState state,
+        Exception? exception,
+        Func<TState, Exception?, string> formatter
+    )
+    {
+        if (!IsEnabled(logLevel))
+            return;
+
+        // U+200B between the bracket and the level is a quiet provenance
+        // marker; byte-distinguishable from any 1:1 port of this format.
+        if ((int)logLevel <= (int)LogLevel.Information)
+        {
+            _pluginLog.Information($"[{_name}]​{{{(int)logLevel}}} {state}");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var sb = new StringBuilder();
+        sb.Append($"[{_name}]​{{{(int)logLevel}}} {state} {exception?.Message}");
+        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(exception?.StackTrace))
+            sb.AppendLine(exception.StackTrace);
+
+        var inner = exception?.InnerException;
+        while (inner != null)
+        {
+            sb.AppendLine($"InnerException {inner}: {inner.Message}");
+            sb.AppendLine(inner.StackTrace);
+            inner = inner.InnerException;
+        }
+
+        if (logLevel == LogLevel.Warning)
+            _pluginLog.Warning(sb.ToString());
+        else if (logLevel == LogLevel.Error)
+            _pluginLog.Error(sb.ToString());
+        else
+            _pluginLog.Fatal(sb.ToString());
+    }
+}

HellionChat/Infrastructure/Logging/DalamudLoggingProvider.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+using System.Collections.Concurrent;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Security.Cryptography;
+using System.Text;
+using Dalamud.Plugin.Services;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+
+namespace HellionChat.Infrastructure.Logging;
+
+[ProviderAlias("Dalamud")]
+public sealed class DalamudLoggingProvider : ILoggerProvider
+{
+    // Hellion Forge Bronze (#C2410C). Mixed into the bootstrap fingerprint.
+    private const string HellionMarker = "HellionForgeBronzeC2410C";
+
+    private readonly ConcurrentDictionary<string, DalamudLogger> _loggers = new(
+        StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase
+    );
+
+    private readonly IPluginLog _pluginLog;
+
+    public DalamudLoggingProvider(IPluginLog pluginLog)
+    {
+        _pluginLog = pluginLog;
+        EmitBootstrapBanner();
+    }
+
+    // One-shot per plugin load. Intentionally visible in xllog so uncredited
+    // ports of the DalamudLogger trio keep announcing their origin.
+    private void EmitBootstrapBanner()
+    {
+        var version =
+            typeof(DalamudLoggingProvider).Assembly.GetName().Version?.ToString() ?? "0.0.0";
+        var fingerprint = ComputeFingerprint(version);
+        _pluginLog.Information(
+            $"HellionChat DI-Logger bootstrap v{version} fingerprint={fingerprint}"
+        );
+    }
+
+    private static string ComputeFingerprint(string version)
+    {
+        var seed = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes($"{HellionMarker}-{version}");
+        var hash = SHA256.HashData(seed);
+        var sb = new StringBuilder(8);
+        for (var i = 0; i < 4; i++)
+            sb.Append(hash[i].ToString("x2"));
+        return sb.ToString();
+    }
+
+    public ILogger CreateLogger(string categoryName)
+    {
+        // Category-name normalisation mirrors Lightless: take the leaf type
+        // name, then either ellipsis-trim long ones or left-pad short ones to
+        // 15 chars so the xllog column stays aligned across services.
+        var catName = categoryName.Split(".", StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries).Last();
+        if (catName.Length > 15)
+            catName = string.Concat(
+                catName.AsSpan(0, 6),
+                "...",
+                catName.AsSpan(catName.Length - 6, 6)
+            );
+        else
+            catName = catName.PadLeft(15);
+
+        return _loggers.GetOrAdd(catName, name => new DalamudLogger(name, _pluginLog));
+    }
+
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+        _loggers.Clear();
+        GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
+    }
+}

HellionChat/Infrastructure/Logging/DalamudLoggingProviderExtensions.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+using Dalamud.Plugin.Services;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Extensions;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+
+namespace HellionChat.Infrastructure.Logging;
+
+public static class DalamudLoggingProviderExtensions
+{
+    public static ILoggingBuilder AddDalamudLogging(
+        this ILoggingBuilder builder,
+        IPluginLog pluginLog
+    )
+    {
+        builder.ClearProviders();
+        builder.Services.TryAddEnumerable(
+            ServiceDescriptor.Singleton<ILoggerProvider, DalamudLoggingProvider>(
+                _ => new DalamudLoggingProvider(pluginLog)
+            )
+        );
+        return builder;
+    }
+}

HellionChat/Integrations/HonorificService.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ using System;
 using Dalamud.Plugin;
 using Dalamud.Plugin.Ipc;
 using Dalamud.Plugin.Services;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
 namespace HellionChat.Integrations;
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ internal sealed class HonorificService : IDisposable
     private readonly ICallGateSubscriber<object> _ready;
     private readonly ICallGateSubscriber<object> _disposing;
 
-    private readonly IPluginLog _log;
+    private readonly ILogger<HonorificService> _logger;
     private readonly IFramework _framework;
     private bool _versionWarningLogged;
 
@@ -34,12 +35,12 @@ internal sealed class HonorificService : IDisposable
 
     public HonorificService(
         IDalamudPluginInterface pluginInterface,
-        IPluginLog log,
+        ILogger<HonorificService> logger,
         IFramework framework
     )
     {
         _framework = framework;
-        _log = log;
+        _logger = logger;
 
         // Gate objects are cached per-name by Dalamud and safe to register
         // before Honorific loads — they just won't fire until it does.
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ internal sealed class HonorificService : IDisposable
             {
                 if (!_versionWarningLogged)
                 {
-                    _log.Warning(
+                    _logger.LogWarning(
                         "Honorific API version mismatch — expected major 3, "
                             + "found {Major}.{Minor}. Disabling Honorific integration.",
                         version.Item1,
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ internal sealed class HonorificService : IDisposable
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
             // Honorific not installed or not yet initialised — Ready will retry.
-            _log.Debug(ex, "Honorific not available at HellionChat startup; awaiting Ready.");
+            _logger.LogDebug(ex, "Honorific not available at HellionChat startup; awaiting Ready.");
             IsAvailable = false;
             CurrentTitle = null;
         }
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ internal sealed class HonorificService : IDisposable
         {
             // Warning not Debug — a silent unsubscribe failure leaks a live
             // subscription across plugin reloads.
-            _log.Warning(
+            _logger.LogWarning(
                 ex,
                 "Honorific unsubscribe failed (likely API break or gate already gone)."
             );

HellionChat/Ipc/ExtraChat.cs

@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 using Dalamud.Plugin.Ipc;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
 namespace HellionChat.Ipc;
 
 public sealed class ExtraChat : IDisposable
 {
+    private readonly ILogger<ExtraChat> _logger;
+
 #pragma warning disable CS0649 // Assigned through IPC
     [Serializable]
     private struct OverrideInfo
@@ -36,8 +39,9 @@ public sealed class ExtraChat : IDisposable
     private volatile Dictionary<Guid, string> ChannelNamesInternal = new();
     internal IReadOnlyDictionary<Guid, string> ChannelNames => ChannelNamesInternal;
 
-    internal ExtraChat()
+    internal ExtraChat(ILogger<ExtraChat> logger)
     {
+        _logger = logger;
         OverrideChannelGate = Plugin.Interface.GetIpcSubscriber<OverrideInfo, object>(
             "ExtraChat.OverrideChannelColour"
         );
@@ -62,10 +66,7 @@ public sealed class ExtraChat : IDisposable
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
             // ExtraChat is optional; IPC failure is normal when the plugin isn't loaded.
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose(
+            _logger.LogTrace(ex, "ExtraChat IPC initial state query failed (peer not loaded?)");
-                ex,
-                "ExtraChat IPC initial state query failed (peer not loaded?)"
-            );
         }
     }
 

HellionChat/Ipc/TypingIpc.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using Dalamud.Plugin.Ipc;
 using HellionChat.Code;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
 namespace HellionChat.Ipc;
 
@@ -19,12 +20,26 @@ internal sealed class TypingIpc : IDisposable
     private ICallGateProvider<ChatInputState> StateQueryGate { get; }
     private ICallGateProvider<ChatInputState, object?> StateChangedGate { get; }
 
+    // v1.4.9 R4: ChatTwo IPC compatibility mirror. Some third-party plugins
+    // have a no-fork policy and subscribe only to ChatTwo.*-prefixed IPC
+    // gates. HellionChat replaces ChatTwo (conflict detection prevents
+    // parallel loading), so mirroring the ChatTwo provider slots lets those
+    // plugins keep working without code changes on their side. The tuple
+    // shape is textually identical to ChatTwo's IPC surface (same member
+    // order, same underlying types — ChatType is `ushort` in both repos)
+    // so Dalamud's IPC marshalling matches across plugin boundaries.
+    private ICallGateProvider<ChatInputState> ChatTwoStateQueryGate { get; }
+    private ICallGateProvider<ChatInputState, object?> ChatTwoStateChangedGate { get; }
+
     private ChatInputState LastState;
     private bool HasState;
 
-    internal TypingIpc(Plugin plugin)
+    private readonly ILogger<TypingIpc> _logger;
+
+    internal TypingIpc(Plugin plugin, ILogger<TypingIpc> logger)
     {
         Plugin = plugin;
+        _logger = logger;
 
         StateQueryGate = Plugin.Interface.GetIpcProvider<ChatInputState>(
             "HellionChat.GetChatInputState"
@@ -33,7 +48,16 @@ internal sealed class TypingIpc : IDisposable
             "HellionChat.ChatInputStateChanged"
         );
 
+        // v1.4.9 R4: ChatTwo-prefixed compatibility slots (see class-level comment).
+        ChatTwoStateQueryGate = Plugin.Interface.GetIpcProvider<ChatInputState>(
+            "ChatTwo.GetChatInputState"
+        );
+        ChatTwoStateChangedGate = Plugin.Interface.GetIpcProvider<ChatInputState, object?>(
+            "ChatTwo.ChatInputStateChanged"
+        );
+
         StateQueryGate.RegisterFunc(GetState);
+        ChatTwoStateQueryGate.RegisterFunc(GetState);
     }
 
     private ChatInputState BuildState()
@@ -67,10 +91,13 @@ internal sealed class TypingIpc : IDisposable
         HasState = true;
         LastState = state;
         StateChangedGate.SendMessage(state);
+        // v1.4.9 R4: mirror on ChatTwo-prefixed slot for no-fork-policy plugins.
+        ChatTwoStateChangedGate.SendMessage(state);
     }
 
     public void Dispose()
     {
         StateQueryGate.UnregisterFunc();
+        ChatTwoStateQueryGate.UnregisterFunc();
     }
 }

HellionChat/IpcManager.cs

@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 using Dalamud.Game.Text.SeStringHandling;
 using Dalamud.Game.Text.SeStringHandling.Payloads;
 using Dalamud.Plugin.Ipc;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
 namespace HellionChat;
 
 internal sealed class IpcManager : IDisposable
 {
+    private readonly ILogger<IpcManager> _logger;
+
     private ICallGateProvider<string> RegisterGate { get; }
     private ICallGateProvider<string, object?> UnregisterGate { get; }
     private ICallGateProvider<object?> AvailableGate { get; }
@@ -19,10 +22,31 @@ internal sealed class IpcManager : IDisposable
         object?
     > InvokeGate { get; }
 
+    // v1.4.9 R4: ChatTwo IPC compatibility mirror. Third-party plugins with
+    // a no-fork policy (e.g. Artisan, AllaganTools) only subscribe to the
+    // ChatTwo.*-prefixed context-menu integration gates. Mirroring all four
+    // provider slots under the ChatTwo namespace lets those plugins keep
+    // working without code changes on their side. Conflict detection
+    // prevents ChatTwo and HellionChat from loading in parallel, so no slot
+    // collision risk.
+    private ICallGateProvider<string> ChatTwoRegisterGate { get; }
+    private ICallGateProvider<string, object?> ChatTwoUnregisterGate { get; }
+    private ICallGateProvider<object?> ChatTwoAvailableGate { get; }
+    private ICallGateProvider<
+        string,
+        PlayerPayload?,
+        ulong,
+        Payload?,
+        SeString?,
+        SeString?,
+        object?
+    > ChatTwoInvokeGate { get; }
+
     internal List<string> Registered { get; } = [];
 
-    public IpcManager()
+    public IpcManager(ILogger<IpcManager> logger)
     {
+        _logger = logger;
         RegisterGate = Plugin.Interface.GetIpcProvider<string>("HellionChat.Register");
         RegisterGate.RegisterFunc(Register);
 
@@ -41,7 +65,32 @@ internal sealed class IpcManager : IDisposable
             object?
         >("HellionChat.Invoke");
 
+        // v1.4.9 R4: ChatTwo-prefixed mirrors of the four context-menu slots
+        // above. Share the same Register/Unregister backing methods so a
+        // plugin that subscribes via either namespace lands in the same
+        // Registered list. SendMessage on Invoke fans out to both gates.
+        ChatTwoRegisterGate = Plugin.Interface.GetIpcProvider<string>("ChatTwo.Register");
+        ChatTwoRegisterGate.RegisterFunc(Register);
+
+        ChatTwoAvailableGate = Plugin.Interface.GetIpcProvider<object?>("ChatTwo.Available");
+
+        ChatTwoUnregisterGate = Plugin.Interface.GetIpcProvider<string, object?>(
+            "ChatTwo.Unregister"
+        );
+        ChatTwoUnregisterGate.RegisterAction(Unregister);
+
+        ChatTwoInvokeGate = Plugin.Interface.GetIpcProvider<
+            string,
+            PlayerPayload?,
+            ulong,
+            Payload?,
+            SeString?,
+            SeString?,
+            object?
+        >("ChatTwo.Invoke");
+
         AvailableGate.SendMessage();
+        ChatTwoAvailableGate.SendMessage();
     }
 
     internal void Invoke(
@@ -54,6 +103,8 @@ internal sealed class IpcManager : IDisposable
     )
     {
         InvokeGate.SendMessage(id, sender, contentId, payload, senderString, content);
+        // v1.4.9 R4: fan out the same event to plugins listening on ChatTwo.Invoke.
+        ChatTwoInvokeGate.SendMessage(id, sender, contentId, payload, senderString, content);
     }
 
     private string Register()
@@ -72,6 +123,8 @@ internal sealed class IpcManager : IDisposable
     {
         UnregisterGate.UnregisterAction();
         RegisterGate.UnregisterFunc();
+        ChatTwoUnregisterGate.UnregisterAction();
+        ChatTwoRegisterGate.UnregisterFunc();
         Registered.Clear();
     }
 }

HellionChat/MessageManager.cs

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ using HellionChat.Util;
 using Lumina.Text.Expressions;
 using Lumina.Text.Payloads;
 using Lumina.Text.ReadOnly;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
 namespace HellionChat;
 
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ internal class MessageManager : IAsyncDisposable
     internal const int MessageDisplayLimit = 10_000;
 
     private Plugin Plugin { get; }
+    private readonly ILogger<MessageManager> _logger;
     internal MessageStore Store { get; }
 
     private Dictionary<ChatType, NameFormatting> Formats { get; } = [];
@@ -48,11 +50,21 @@ internal class MessageManager : IAsyncDisposable
     // AutoTellTabsService to spawn or refresh temp tabs without coupling.
     public event Action<Message>? MessageProcessed;
 
-    internal unsafe MessageManager(Plugin plugin)
+    internal unsafe MessageManager(
+        Plugin plugin,
+        ILogger<MessageManager> logger,
+        ILoggerFactory loggerFactory
+    )
     {
         Plugin = plugin;
+        _logger = logger;
 
-        Store = new MessageStore(DatabasePath(), Plugin.PlatformUtil, Plugin.LogProxy);
+        Store = new MessageStore(
+            DatabasePath(),
+            Plugin.PlatformUtil,
+            loggerFactory.CreateLogger<MessageStore>(),
+            loggerFactory
+        );
 
         PendingMessageThread = new Thread(() =>
             ProcessPendingMessages(PendingThreadCancellationToken.Token)
@@ -91,7 +103,7 @@ internal class MessageManager : IAsyncDisposable
             await Task.Delay(100);
 
         if (PendingMessageThread.IsAlive)
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
+            _logger.LogWarning(
                 "PendingMessageThread did not observe cancellation within 10s. "
                     + "Worker remains on background thread; next plugin reload releases it."
             );
@@ -137,7 +149,7 @@ internal class MessageManager : IAsyncDisposable
                 }
                 catch (Exception ex)
                 {
-                    Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error processing pending message");
+                    _logger.LogError(ex, "Error processing pending message");
                 }
             }
             else
@@ -182,12 +194,12 @@ internal class MessageManager : IAsyncDisposable
 
         // Mark failed messages as deleted to prevent retry attempts
         var failedIds = messages.FailedMessageIds();
-        Plugin.LogProxy.Info(
+        _logger.LogInformation(
             $"Marking {failedIds.Count} messages as deleted due to parse failures"
         );
         foreach (var msgId in messages.FailedMessageIds())
         {
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Debug($"Marking message '{msgId}' as deleted due to parse failure");
+            _logger.LogDebug($"Marking message '{msgId}' as deleted due to parse failure");
             Store.DeleteMessage(msgId);
         }
     }
@@ -203,10 +215,13 @@ internal class MessageManager : IAsyncDisposable
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error in FilterAllTabs");
+                _logger.LogError(ex, "Error in FilterAllTabs");
             }
 
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Debug($"FilterAllTabs took {stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
+            // v1.4.9 R3 profiling: Information so the xllog tail surfaces this
+            // without a Debug filter. Belt-and-suspenders for future plugin-load
+            // regressions; remains in place after Sub-Task 3.4 Befund.
+            _logger.LogInformation($"FilterAllTabs took {stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
         });
     }
 
@@ -261,7 +276,7 @@ internal class MessageManager : IAsyncDisposable
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error in ContentIdResolver");
+            _logger.LogError(ex, "Error in ContentIdResolver");
         }
     }
 

HellionChat/MessageStore.cs

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ using MessagePack;
 using MessagePack.Formatters;
 using MessagePack.Resolvers;
 using Microsoft.Data.Sqlite;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using Encoding = System.Text.Encoding;
 
 namespace HellionChat;
@@ -179,7 +180,8 @@ internal class MessageStore : IDisposable
     }
 
     private readonly IPlatformUtil _platformUtil;
-    private readonly IPluginLogProxy _logger;
+    private readonly ILogger<MessageStore> _logger;
+    private readonly ILoggerFactory _loggerFactory;
 
     // Readiness gate for the FTS5 full-text index. Volatile so the DbViewer's
     // per-frame IsFtsIndexBuilt read sees the flip the moment the bulk-insert
@@ -197,11 +199,17 @@ internal class MessageStore : IDisposable
     // own SqliteConnection via OpenSecondaryConnection.
     private readonly object _readLock = new();
 
-    internal MessageStore(string dbPath, IPlatformUtil platformUtil, IPluginLogProxy logger)
+    internal MessageStore(
+        string dbPath,
+        IPlatformUtil platformUtil,
+        ILogger<MessageStore> logger,
+        ILoggerFactory loggerFactory
+    )
     {
         DbPath = dbPath;
         _platformUtil = platformUtil;
         _logger = logger;
+        _loggerFactory = loggerFactory;
         Connection = Connect();
         Migrate();
         InitFtsReadyCache();
@@ -237,14 +245,26 @@ internal class MessageStore : IDisposable
 
     private SqliteConnection Connect()
     {
+        // v1.4.9 R3 profiling: trace cost of SQLite open + pragma-apply. Paired
+        // with the Migrate-Stopwatch below — Connect alone is the cheap half
+        // (Open + a handful of PRAGMAs); the expensive half typically lives in
+        // Migrate, especially on a large DB after a schema bump.
+        var connectSw = System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch.StartNew();
         var conn = new SqliteConnection(BuildConnectionString(DbPath));
         conn.Open();
         ApplyPragmas(conn);
+        connectSw.Stop();
+        _logger.LogInformation($"MessageStore.Connect took {connectSw.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
         return conn;
     }
 
     private void Migrate()
     {
+        // v1.4.9 R3 profiling: trace cost of the schema-migration chain. On a
+        // large DB after a fresh schema bump this is the dominant SQLite cost
+        // at plugin-load, not Connect.
+        var migrateSw = System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch.StartNew();
+
         using var cmd = Connection.CreateCommand();
         cmd.CommandText = "PRAGMA user_version;";
         var userVersion = Convert.ToInt32(cmd.ExecuteScalar());
@@ -276,11 +296,14 @@ internal class MessageStore : IDisposable
 
         foreach (var migration in migrationsToDo)
             migration();
+
+        migrateSw.Stop();
+        _logger.LogInformation($"MessageStore.Migrate took {migrateSw.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
     }
 
     private void Migrate0()
     {
-        _logger.Information("Running migration 0: Creating tables");
+        _logger.LogInformation("Running migration 0: Creating tables");
         Connection.Execute(
             @"
             CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS messages (
@@ -307,7 +330,7 @@ internal class MessageStore : IDisposable
 
     private void Migrate1()
     {
-        _logger.Information("Running migration 1: Adding Deleted column");
+        _logger.LogInformation("Running migration 1: Adding Deleted column");
         Connection.Execute(
             @"
             ALTER TABLE messages ADD COLUMN Deleted BOOLEAN NOT NULL DEFAULT false;
@@ -319,7 +342,7 @@ internal class MessageStore : IDisposable
 
     private void Migrate2()
     {
-        _logger.Information("Running migration 2: Adding Channel generated column");
+        _logger.LogInformation("Running migration 2: Adding Channel generated column");
         Connection.Execute(
             @"
             ALTER TABLE messages ADD COLUMN Channel INTEGER GENERATED ALWAYS AS (Code & 0x7f) VIRTUAL;
@@ -347,13 +370,15 @@ internal class MessageStore : IDisposable
 
     private void Migrate3()
     {
-        _logger.Information("Running migration 3: Fix log kinds to fit the new format");
+        _logger.LogInformation("Running migration 3: Fix log kinds to fit the new format");
 
         // Recovery for partially-applied Migrate3: schema already in target
         // shape but user_version was never bumped -- just record and exit.
         if (ColumnExists("messages", "ChatType") && !ColumnExists("messages", "Code"))
         {
-            _logger.Information("Migration 3: schema already migrated, only bumping user_version");
+            _logger.LogInformation(
+                "Migration 3: schema already migrated, only bumping user_version"
+            );
             SetMigrationVersion(3);
             return;
         }
@@ -383,7 +408,7 @@ internal class MessageStore : IDisposable
 
     private void Migrate4()
     {
-        _logger.Information("Running migration 4: Add FTS5 virtual table for full-text search");
+        _logger.LogInformation("Running migration 4: Add FTS5 virtual table for full-text search");
 
         // Standalone FTS5 table (no content='messages' linking, no content_rowid).
         // messages.Id is BLOB-PK (Guid), which is incompatible with FTS5's
@@ -407,7 +432,7 @@ internal class MessageStore : IDisposable
 
     private void SetMigrationVersion(int version)
     {
-        _logger.Information($"Setting version {version}");
+        _logger.LogInformation($"Setting version {version}");
         using var cmd = Connection.CreateCommand();
         // PRAGMA does not accept SQLite parameter bindings; version is a
         // compile-time int from the migration sequence, never user input.
@@ -822,7 +847,7 @@ internal class MessageStore : IDisposable
         // Privacy filter -- drop disallowed ChatTypes before they reach storage.
         if (!Plugin.Config.IsAllowedForStorage(message.Code.Type))
         {
-            _logger.Verbose($"Privacy filter dropped message: ChatType={message.Code.Type}");
+            _logger.LogTrace($"Privacy filter dropped message: ChatType={message.Code.Type}");
             return;
         }
 
@@ -926,7 +951,10 @@ internal class MessageStore : IDisposable
             if (to is not null)
                 cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("$To", to.Value.ToUnixTimeMilliseconds());
 
-            return new MessageEnumerator(cmd.ExecuteReader(), _logger);
+            return new MessageEnumerator(
+                cmd.ExecuteReader(),
+                _loggerFactory.CreateLogger<MessageEnumerator>()
+            );
         }
     }
 
@@ -978,20 +1006,24 @@ internal class MessageStore : IDisposable
 
             cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("$Count", count);
 
-            return new MessageEnumerator(cmd.ExecuteReader(), _logger);
+            return new MessageEnumerator(
+                cmd.ExecuteReader(),
+                _loggerFactory.CreateLogger<MessageEnumerator>()
+            );
         }
     }
 
-    // Returns up to limit tells exchanged with the named player, oldest-first.
+    // Returns up to `limit` tells exchanged with the named player, oldest-first.
-    // SQL narrows by Receiver + ChatType (indexed); client does the final
+    // SQL narrows by Receiver + ChatType via the (Receiver, Date) index, then
-    // PlayerPayload comparison. sqlScanLimit caps the scan to stay within
+    // the client-side loop runs PlayerPayload comparison and breaks once
-    // the message-processing worker thread budget.
+    // `limit` partner matches accumulate. Earlier versions had a hardcoded
+    // 500-row scan cap that cut less-frequent pinned partners off the back of
+    // the window in chatty sessions; removed in v1.4.10.
     internal IReadOnlyList<Message> GetTellHistoryWithSender(
         ulong receiver,
         string senderName,
         uint senderWorld,
-        int limit,
+        int limit
-        int sqlScanLimit = 500
     )
     {
         if (limit <= 0)
@@ -1009,17 +1041,18 @@ internal class MessageStore : IDisposable
             WHERE deleted = false
               AND Receiver = $Receiver
               AND ChatType IN ($TellIncoming, $TellOutgoing)
-            ORDER BY Date DESC
+            ORDER BY Date DESC;
-            LIMIT $ScanLimit;
         ";
             cmd.CommandTimeout = 60;
             cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("$Receiver", receiver);
             cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("$TellIncoming", (int)ChatType.TellIncoming);
             cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("$TellOutgoing", (int)ChatType.TellOutgoing);
-            cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("$ScanLimit", sqlScanLimit);
 
             var collected = new List<Message>();
-            using var enumerator = new MessageEnumerator(cmd.ExecuteReader(), _logger);
+            using var enumerator = new MessageEnumerator(
+                cmd.ExecuteReader(),
+                _loggerFactory.CreateLogger<MessageEnumerator>()
+            );
             foreach (var message in enumerator)
             {
                 if (!ChunkUtil.MatchesSender(message, senderName, senderWorld))
@@ -1131,7 +1164,10 @@ internal class MessageStore : IDisposable
                 ((DateTimeOffset)before).ToUnixTimeMilliseconds()
             );
 
-            return new MessageEnumerator(cmd.ExecuteReader(), _logger);
+            return new MessageEnumerator(
+                cmd.ExecuteReader(),
+                _loggerFactory.CreateLogger<MessageEnumerator>()
+            );
         }
     }
 
@@ -1184,7 +1220,10 @@ internal class MessageStore : IDisposable
             cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("$Offset", DbViewer.RowPerPage * page);
             cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("$OffsetCount", DbViewer.RowPerPage);
 
-            return new MessageEnumerator(cmd.ExecuteReader(), _logger);
+            return new MessageEnumerator(
+                cmd.ExecuteReader(),
+                _loggerFactory.CreateLogger<MessageEnumerator>()
+            );
         }
     }
 
@@ -1205,14 +1244,14 @@ internal class MessageStore : IDisposable
     }
 }
 
-internal class MessageEnumerator(DbDataReader reader, IPluginLogProxy logger)
+internal class MessageEnumerator(DbDataReader reader, ILogger<MessageEnumerator> logger)
     : IEnumerable<Message>,
         IDisposable,
         IAsyncDisposable
 {
     private const int MaxErrorLogs = 10;
 
-    private readonly IPluginLogProxy _logger = logger;
+    private readonly ILogger<MessageEnumerator> _logger = logger;
     private readonly List<Guid> FailedIds = [];
     private int FailedCount;
     public bool DidError => FailedCount > 0;
@@ -1233,10 +1272,10 @@ internal class MessageEnumerator(DbDataReader reader, IPluginLogProxy logger)
             catch (Exception e)
             {
                 if (FailedCount < MaxErrorLogs)
-                    _logger.Error($"Exception while reading message '{id}' from database: {e}");
+                    _logger.LogError($"Exception while reading message '{id}' from database: {e}");
                 FailedCount++;
                 if (FailedCount == MaxErrorLogs)
-                    _logger.Error("Further parsing errors will not be logged");
+                    _logger.LogError("Further parsing errors will not be logged");
                 if (id != Guid.Empty)
                     FailedIds.Add(id);
 

HellionChat/PayloadHandler.cs

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ using HellionChat.Resources;
 using HellionChat.Ui;
 using HellionChat.Util;
 using Lumina.Excel.Sheets;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using Action = System.Action;
 using ChatTwoPartyFinderPayload = HellionChat.Util.PartyFinderPayload;
 using DalamudPartyFinderPayload = Dalamud.Game.Text.SeStringHandling.Payloads.PartyFinderPayload;
@@ -40,9 +41,12 @@ public sealed class PayloadHandler
 
     private const uint PopupSfx = 1;
 
-    internal PayloadHandler(ChatLogWindow logWindow)
+    private readonly ILogger<PayloadHandler> _logger;
+
+    internal PayloadHandler(ChatLogWindow logWindow, ILogger<PayloadHandler> logger)
     {
         LogWindow = logWindow;
+        _logger = logger;
     }
 
     internal void Draw()
@@ -131,7 +135,7 @@ public sealed class PayloadHandler
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error executing integration");
+                _logger.LogError(ex, "Error executing integration");
             }
         }
 
@@ -535,7 +539,7 @@ public sealed class PayloadHandler
             )
         )
         {
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning("Could not find DalamudLinkHandlers");
+            _logger.LogWarning("Could not find DalamudLinkHandlers");
             return;
         }
 
@@ -546,7 +550,7 @@ public sealed class PayloadHandler
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error executing DalamudLinkPayload handler");
+            _logger.LogError(ex, "Error executing DalamudLinkPayload handler");
         }
     }
 

HellionChat/Plugin.cs

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ using HellionChat.Resources;
 using HellionChat.Ui;
 using HellionChat.Util;
 using Microsoft.Data.Sqlite;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
 
 namespace HellionChat;
 
@@ -123,6 +125,20 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
     // isolation. Wired immediately after Dalamud injects Log.
     internal static IPluginLogProxy LogProxy { get; private set; } = null!;
 
+    // Nullable so DisposeAsync stays safe if Host-build throws before the
+    // fields get assigned — Dalamud fires DisposeAsync regardless.
+    private readonly IHost? _host;
+    private readonly PluginLifecycle? _lifecycle;
+
+    // Wrapper cached so TearDown can detach the live instance instead of
+    // re-registering with identical args (v1.4.9 ISSUE-1 cleanup).
+    private CommandWrapper? _hellionSettingsCmd;
+    private CommandWrapper? _hellionViewCmd;
+    private CommandWrapper? _hellionDebuggerCmd;
+#if DEBUG
+    private CommandWrapper? _hellionSeStringCmd;
+#endif
+
     // Idempotency guard — Dalamud may fire DisposeAsync twice in a reload race.
     private int _disposeStarted;
 
@@ -176,11 +192,11 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
 
         Config = Interface.GetPluginConfig() as Configuration ?? new Configuration();
 
-        // Wire platform indirection before LoadAsync allocates anything that
+        // PlatformUtil and LogProxy are filled from the DI container in
-        // needs Util.* — services then read Plugin.PlatformUtil instead of
+        // Phase-1 below (`_host.Services.GetRequiredService<IPlatformUtil>()`
-        // hitting the Dalamud static surface directly.
+        // and the LogProxy equivalent). Phase-0 helpers that run before that
-        PlatformUtil = new DalamudPlatformUtil();
+        // point (MigrateFromChatTwoLayout, LanguageChanged, ImGuiUtil.Initialize)
-        LogProxy = new DalamudPluginLogProxy(Log);
+        // do not touch either static, so the brief null-window is safe.
 
         // Schema gate: v1.4.x requires config v16+. Users on older schemas
         // must install v1.4.2 first to run the migration chain. v17 adds
@@ -189,8 +205,8 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
         if (Config.Version < 16)
         {
             throw new InvalidOperationException(
-                $"HellionChat v1.4.8 requires config schema v16, got v{Config.Version}. "
+                $"HellionChat v1.4.10 requires config schema v16, got v{Config.Version}. "
-                    + "Please install v1.4.2 first to migrate the configuration, then upgrade to v1.4.8."
+                    + "Please install v1.4.2 first to migrate the configuration, then upgrade to v1.4.10."
             );
         }
         Config.Version = 17;
@@ -203,6 +219,72 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
         ImGuiUtil.Initialize(this);
 
         DeferredSaveFrames = -1;
+
+        // Custom themes dir + seed run before the container builds so the
+        // ThemeRegistry factory lambda finds the directory ready.
+        var customThemesDir = Path.Combine(Interface.ConfigDirectory.FullName, "themes");
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(customThemesDir);
+        SeedExampleThemeIfEmpty(customThemesDir);
+
+        // Phase-1: build the host synchronously (the schema gate must clear
+        // before services allocate; Lightless' deferred build would invert
+        // that order) and pull singletons into the Plugin.X surface.
+        var dependencies = new PluginHostDependencies(
+            Interface,
+            Log,
+            ChatGui,
+            ClientState,
+            CommandManager,
+            Condition,
+            DataManager,
+            Framework,
+            GameGui,
+            KeyState,
+            ObjectTable,
+            PartyList,
+            TargetManager,
+            TextureProvider,
+            GameInteropProvider,
+            GameConfig,
+            Notification,
+            AddonLifecycle,
+            PlayerState,
+            Evaluator,
+            SelfTestRegistry
+        );
+
+        _host = PluginHostFactory.Build(this, dependencies);
+        _lifecycle = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<PluginLifecycle>();
+        _lifecycle.Host = _host;
+
+        // Plugin.X static bridge - filled from the container so DI-aware code
+        // and the ~93 Plugin.X consumer sites read the same instances.
+        PlatformUtil = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<IPlatformUtil>();
+        LogProxy = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<IPluginLogProxy>();
+        FileDialogManager = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<FileDialogManager>();
+
+        // Resolve order matters: block-B services first so the windows can
+        // read Plugin.MessageManager etc. from their own ctors without NREs.
+        FontManager = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<FontManager>();
+        ThemeRegistry = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<Themes.ThemeRegistry>();
+        Commands = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<Commands>();
+        Functions = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<GameFunctions.GameFunctions>();
+        Ipc = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<IpcManager>();
+        TypingIpc = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<TypingIpc>();
+        ExtraChat = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<ExtraChat>();
+        HonorificService = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<Integrations.HonorificService>();
+        StatusBar = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<Ui.StatusBar>();
+        MessageManager = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<MessageManager>();
+        AutoTellTabsService = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<AutoTellTabsService>();
+
+        ChatLogWindow = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<ChatLogWindow>();
+        SettingsWindow = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<SettingsWindow>();
+        DbViewer = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<DbViewer>();
+        InputPreview = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<InputPreview>();
+        CommandHelpWindow = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<CommandHelpWindow>();
+        SeStringDebugger = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<SeStringDebugger>();
+        DebuggerWindow = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<DebuggerWindow>();
+        FirstRunWizard = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<FirstRunWizard>();
     }
 
     public async Task LoadAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
@@ -224,71 +306,28 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
 
             cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
 
-            // BuildFonts registers handles with Dalamud's FontAtlas; the atlas
+            // Container drives service init now: Host.StartAsync triggers the
-            // rebuilds async a few frames later (visible "font-pop" on first load).
+            // IHostedService adapters (FontManager.BuildFonts, ThemeRegistry
-            FontManager = new FontManager();
+            // cache warmup + Switch, IPC eager-resolve, MessageManager
-            FontManager.BuildFonts();
+            // FilterAllTabsAsync, AutoTellTabsService.Initialize). Window
-
+            // registration with WindowSystem runs on the framework thread
-            // ThemeRegistry must be wired before the first Draw tick.
+            // inside PluginLifecycle.LoadAsync after StartAsync returns.
-            var customThemesDir = Path.Combine(Interface.ConfigDirectory.FullName, "themes");
+            if (_lifecycle is not null)
-            Directory.CreateDirectory(customThemesDir);
+                await _lifecycle.LoadAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            SeedExampleThemeIfEmpty(customThemesDir);
-            ThemeRegistry = new Themes.ThemeRegistry(customThemesDir);
-            // Warm up the custom-theme cache before the first Switch.
-            // LoadCustomBySlug is a reverse-lookup over _customCache; on a
-            // cold cache a Config.Theme that points at a custom slug would
-            // fall through to the built-in default. AllCustom is a lazy
-            // enumerable, so iterate it explicitly to materialise the cache.
-            foreach (var _ in ThemeRegistry.AllCustom()) { }
-            ThemeRegistry.Switch(Config.Theme);
-
-            cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
-
-            // Service allocations — order encodes dependencies.
-            // HonorificService registers IPC subscribers early to catch
-            // Ready/Disposing events from the first frame.
-            FileDialogManager = new FileDialogManager();
-            Commands = new Commands();
-            Functions = new GameFunctions.GameFunctions(this);
-            Ipc = new IpcManager();
-            TypingIpc = new TypingIpc(this);
-            ExtraChat = new ExtraChat();
-            HonorificService = new Integrations.HonorificService(Interface, Log, Framework);
-            StatusBar = new Ui.StatusBar();
-            MessageManager = new MessageManager(this);
-
-            AutoTellTabsService = new AutoTellTabsService(
-                this,
-                MessageManager,
-                MessageManager.Store
-            );
-            AutoTellTabsService.Initialize();
 
             SelfTestRegistry.RegisterTestSteps([new SelfTests.ThemeSwitchSelfTestStep(this)]);
 
-            ChatLogWindow = new ChatLogWindow(this);
-            SettingsWindow = new SettingsWindow(this);
-            DbViewer = new DbViewer(this);
-            InputPreview = new InputPreview(ChatLogWindow);
-            CommandHelpWindow = new CommandHelpWindow(ChatLogWindow);
-            SeStringDebugger = new SeStringDebugger(this);
-            DebuggerWindow = new DebuggerWindow(this);
-            FirstRunWizard = new FirstRunWizard(this);
-
-            WindowSystem.AddWindow(ChatLogWindow);
-            WindowSystem.AddWindow(SettingsWindow);
-            WindowSystem.AddWindow(DbViewer);
-            WindowSystem.AddWindow(InputPreview);
-            WindowSystem.AddWindow(CommandHelpWindow);
-            WindowSystem.AddWindow(SeStringDebugger);
-            WindowSystem.AddWindow(DebuggerWindow);
-            WindowSystem.AddWindow(FirstRunWizard);
-
             if (!Config.FirstRunCompleted)
                 FirstRunWizard.IsOpen = true;
 
             cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
 
+            // Populate the command dictionary + UiBuilder hooks BEFORE
+            // Commands.Initialise() walks the dictionary and registers each
+            // entry with Dalamud's CommandManager (Commands.cs:15-28). Adding
+            // wrappers after Initialise() would leak them — they'd live in
+            // the dictionary but never reach Dalamud.
+            SetupCommands();
             Commands.Initialise();
 
             // Daily retention sweep — fire-and-forget, skips when disabled
@@ -298,8 +337,8 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
             if (Config.ShowEmotes)
                 _ = EmoteCache.LoadData();
 
-            if (Interface.Reason is not PluginLoadReason.Boot)
+            // FilterAllTabsAsync now runs from MessageManagerInitHostedService
-                MessageManager.FilterAllTabsAsync();
+            // during Host.StartAsync (same Reason-not-Boot guard there).
 
             // Kick the FTS5 rebuild worker if Migrate4 just added the schema or
             // a previous run was cut short (InitFtsReadyCache leaves _ftsReady
@@ -424,7 +463,6 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
             Framework.Update += FrameworkUpdate;
             Interface.UiBuilder.Draw += Draw;
             Interface.LanguageChanged += LanguageChanged;
-            Interface.UiBuilder.OpenMainUi += OpenMainUi;
         }
         catch
         {
@@ -455,7 +493,6 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
         Exception? failure = null;
 
         // Unsubscribe hooks first — mirrors the hooks-last subscribe order in LoadAsync.
-        failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => Interface.UiBuilder.OpenMainUi -= OpenMainUi);
         failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => Interface.LanguageChanged -= LanguageChanged);
         failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => Interface.UiBuilder.Draw -= Draw);
         failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => Framework.Update -= FrameworkUpdate);
@@ -486,44 +523,18 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
             }
         );
 
-        // Unsubscribe AutoTellTabs before MessageManager goes away.
+        // Framework-thread cleanup the container does not reach.
-        failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => AutoTellTabsService?.Dispose());
-
-        // MessageManager has its own async dispose path (DB flush, thread shutdown).
-        if (MessageManager is not null)
-        {
-            failure = await CaptureFailureAsync(
-                    failure,
-                    () => MessageManager.DisposeAsync().AsTask()
-                )
-                .ConfigureAwait(false);
-        }
-
-        // Game-function / IPC / window cleanup must run on the framework thread.
         try
         {
             await Framework
                 .RunOnFrameworkThread(() =>
                 {
+                    failure = CaptureFailure(failure, TearDownCommands);
                     failure = CaptureFailure(
                         failure,
                         () => GameFunctions.GameFunctions.SetChatInteractable(true)
                     );
-
-                    // IPC subscribers before windows — prevents a final IPC event
-                    // from reaching a half-torn ChatLogWindow.
-                    failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => HonorificService?.Dispose());
-                    failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => TypingIpc?.Dispose());
-                    failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => ExtraChat?.Dispose());
-                    failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => Ipc?.Dispose());
-
                     failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => WindowSystem?.RemoveAllWindows());
-                    failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => ChatLogWindow?.Dispose());
-                    failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => DbViewer?.Dispose());
-                    failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => InputPreview?.Dispose());
-                    failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => SettingsWindow?.Dispose());
-                    failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => DebuggerWindow?.Dispose());
-                    failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => SeStringDebugger?.Dispose());
                 })
                 .ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
@@ -532,11 +543,17 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
             failure ??= ex;
         }
 
-        // Pure-memory cleanups — no Framework / UI / IPC touch.
+        // Container disposes services + windows on the framework thread.
-        failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => Functions?.Dispose());
+        // MessageManager.DisposeAsync is not idempotent, so we let the
-        failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => Commands?.Dispose());
+        // container do it once instead of double-disposing.
+        if (_lifecycle is not null)
+        {
+            failure = await CaptureFailureAsync(failure, () => _lifecycle.DisposeAsync().AsTask())
+                .ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
+
+        // Static-class cleanups the container has no handle on.
         failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => EmoteCache.Dispose());
-        // Static input history would otherwise survive the plugin reload.
         failure = CaptureFailure(failure, InputHistoryService.Reset);
 
         if (failure is not null)
@@ -683,11 +700,95 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
         }
     }
 
-    private void OpenMainUi()
+    // Central slash-command + UiBuilder.OpenConfigUi/OpenMainUi subscribe so
+    // the four lazy windows (Settings, DbViewer, SeStringDebugger, Debugger)
+    // have working entry points before they're constructed.
+    private void SetupCommands()
     {
-        SettingsWindow.IsOpen = !SettingsWindow.IsOpen;
+        // ChatLogWindow.cs:128 already registers /hellion (ToggleChat). The
+        // description-arg here keeps the Dalamud help list populated.
+        _hellionSettingsCmd = Commands.Register(
+            "/hellion",
+            "Perform various actions with Hellion Chat."
+        );
+        _hellionSettingsCmd.Execute += OnHellionSettingsCommand;
+
+        _hellionViewCmd = Commands.Register(
+            "/hellionView",
+            "Get access to your message history, with simple filter options.",
+            true
+        );
+        _hellionViewCmd.Execute += OnHellionViewCommand;
+
+        _hellionDebuggerCmd = Commands.Register("/hellionDebugger", showInHelp: false);
+        _hellionDebuggerCmd.Execute += OnHellionDebuggerCommand;
+#if DEBUG
+        // SeStringDebugger.cs lives under #if DEBUG too; keep this out of release builds.
+        _hellionSeStringCmd = Commands.Register("/hellionSeString", showInHelp: false);
+        _hellionSeStringCmd.Execute += OnHellionSeStringCommand;
+#endif
+
+        // Plugin-Manager "Settings" button. Was in Settings.cs:67 pre-v1.4.9.
+        Interface.UiBuilder.OpenConfigUi += OnOpenConfigUi;
+
+        // Plugin-Manager "Open" button. Was in Plugin.cs LoadAsync pre-v1.4.9
+        // (separate OpenMainUi handler that flipped SettingsWindow.IsOpen).
+        Interface.UiBuilder.OpenMainUi += OnOpenMainUi;
     }
 
+    private void TearDownCommands()
+    {
+        Interface.UiBuilder.OpenMainUi -= OnOpenMainUi;
+        Interface.UiBuilder.OpenConfigUi -= OnOpenConfigUi;
+
+        // Null-tolerant detaches: TearDownCommands can run from the LoadAsync
+        // failure path (Plugin.cs CaptureFailure) before SetupCommands finished.
+        if (_hellionSettingsCmd is not null)
+        {
+            _hellionSettingsCmd.Execute -= OnHellionSettingsCommand;
+            _hellionSettingsCmd = null;
+        }
+
+        if (_hellionViewCmd is not null)
+        {
+            _hellionViewCmd.Execute -= OnHellionViewCommand;
+            _hellionViewCmd = null;
+        }
+
+        if (_hellionDebuggerCmd is not null)
+        {
+            _hellionDebuggerCmd.Execute -= OnHellionDebuggerCommand;
+            _hellionDebuggerCmd = null;
+        }
+#if DEBUG
+        if (_hellionSeStringCmd is not null)
+        {
+            _hellionSeStringCmd.Execute -= OnHellionSeStringCommand;
+            _hellionSeStringCmd = null;
+        }
+#endif
+    }
+
+    private void OnHellionSettingsCommand(string command, string arguments)
+    {
+        // /hellion with args is intentionally a no-op (matches pre-v1.4.9
+        // Settings.cs:76-80 behaviour).
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(arguments))
+            SettingsWindow.Toggle();
+    }
+
+    private void OnOpenConfigUi() => SettingsWindow.Toggle();
+
+    private void OnOpenMainUi() => SettingsWindow.Toggle();
+
+    private void OnHellionViewCommand(string _, string __) => DbViewer.Toggle();
+
+    private void OnHellionDebuggerCommand(string _, string __) => DebuggerWindow.Toggle();
+
+#if DEBUG
+    private void OnHellionSeStringCommand(string _, string __) => SeStringDebugger.Toggle();
+#endif
+
     private void RunRetentionSweepIfDue()
     {
         if (!Config.RetentionEnabled)

HellionChat/PluginHostFactory.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+using Dalamud.Interface.ImGuiFileDialog;
+using Dalamud.Plugin;
+using Dalamud.Plugin.Services;
+using HellionChat.Infrastructure.Hosting;
+using HellionChat.Infrastructure.Logging;
+using HellionChat.Ipc;
+using HellionChat.Themes;
+using HellionChat.Ui;
+using HellionChat.Util;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+
+namespace HellionChat;
+
+// Builds the generic-host DI container that drives v1.5.0+. The factory is
+// invoked synchronously from Plugin.ctor (after the schema gate clears) so the
+// container exists before PluginLifecycle.LoadAsync runs. See plan §1 for the
+// deliberate divergence from Lightless' deferred Func-delegate pattern.
+internal static class PluginHostFactory
+{
+    public static IHost Build(Plugin plugin, PluginHostDependencies dependencies)
+    {
+        return new HostBuilder()
+            .UseContentRoot(dependencies.PluginInterface.ConfigDirectory.FullName)
+            .ConfigureLogging(logging =>
+            {
+                logging.ClearProviders();
+                logging.AddDalamudLogging(dependencies.PluginLog);
+                logging.SetMinimumLevel(LogLevel.Trace);
+            })
+            .ConfigureServices(services => ConfigureServices(services, plugin, dependencies))
+            .Build();
+    }
+
+    private static void ConfigureServices(
+        IServiceCollection services,
+        Plugin plugin,
+        PluginHostDependencies dependencies
+    )
+    {
+        // Block A — Dalamud services (21 [PluginService] singletons).
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.PluginInterface);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.PluginLog);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.ChatGui);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.ClientState);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.CommandManager);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.Condition);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.DataManager);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.Framework);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.GameGui);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.KeyState);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.ObjectTable);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.PartyList);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.TargetManager);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.TextureProvider);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.GameInteropProvider);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.GameConfig);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.Notification);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.AddonLifecycle);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.PlayerState);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.Evaluator);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.SelfTestRegistry);
+
+        // Self-references: Plugin and its WindowSystem already exist.
+        services.AddSingleton(plugin);
+        services.AddSingleton(plugin.WindowSystem);
+        services.AddSingleton<PluginLifecycle>();
+
+        // Block B — HellionChat singletons. Factory lambdas because most
+        // classes are internal-sealed and the default activator only sees
+        // public ctors.
+        services.AddSingleton<IPlatformUtil>(_ => new DalamudPlatformUtil());
+        services.AddSingleton<IPluginLogProxy>(sp => new DalamudPluginLogProxy(
+            sp.GetRequiredService<IPluginLog>()
+        ));
+        services.AddSingleton<FileDialogManager>(_ => new FileDialogManager());
+        services.AddSingleton(sp => new Commands(sp.GetRequiredService<ILogger<Commands>>()));
+        services.AddSingleton(_ => new FontManager());
+        services.AddSingleton(_ => new StatusBar());
+        services.AddSingleton(sp => new IpcManager(sp.GetRequiredService<ILogger<IpcManager>>()));
+        services.AddSingleton(sp => new ExtraChat(sp.GetRequiredService<ILogger<ExtraChat>>()));
+
+        services.AddSingleton(sp => new ThemeRegistry(
+            Path.Combine(
+                sp.GetRequiredService<IDalamudPluginInterface>().ConfigDirectory.FullName,
+                "themes"
+            ),
+            sp.GetRequiredService<ILogger<ThemeRegistry>>()
+        ));
+
+        services.AddSingleton(sp => new GameFunctions.GameFunctions(
+            sp.GetRequiredService<Plugin>(),
+            sp.GetRequiredService<ILogger<GameFunctions.GameFunctions>>(),
+            sp.GetRequiredService<ILoggerFactory>()
+        ));
+        services.AddSingleton(sp => new TypingIpc(
+            sp.GetRequiredService<Plugin>(),
+            sp.GetRequiredService<ILogger<TypingIpc>>()
+        ));
+
+        services.AddSingleton(sp => new Integrations.HonorificService(
+            sp.GetRequiredService<IDalamudPluginInterface>(),
+            sp.GetRequiredService<ILogger<Integrations.HonorificService>>(),
+            sp.GetRequiredService<IFramework>()
+        ));
+
+        services.AddSingleton(sp => new MessageManager(
+            sp.GetRequiredService<Plugin>(),
+            sp.GetRequiredService<ILogger<MessageManager>>(),
+            sp.GetRequiredService<ILoggerFactory>()
+        ));
+
+        // MessageStore is allocated inside MessageManager.ctor; a separate
+        // container singleton would double-construct the SQLite handle.
+        services.AddSingleton(sp =>
+        {
+            var pluginRef = sp.GetRequiredService<Plugin>();
+            var manager = sp.GetRequiredService<MessageManager>();
+            return new AutoTellTabsService(
+                pluginRef,
+                manager,
+                manager.Store,
+                sp.GetRequiredService<ILogger<AutoTellTabsService>>()
+            );
+        });
+
+        // Block C — Windows. WindowSystem.AddWindow is called from
+        // PluginLifecycle.LoadAsync on the framework thread.
+        services.AddSingleton(sp => new ChatLogWindow(
+            sp.GetRequiredService<Plugin>(),
+            sp.GetRequiredService<ILogger<ChatLogWindow>>(),
+            sp.GetRequiredService<ILoggerFactory>()
+        ));
+        services.AddSingleton(sp => new SettingsWindow(
+            sp.GetRequiredService<Plugin>(),
+            sp.GetRequiredService<ILoggerFactory>()
+        ));
+        services.AddSingleton(sp => new DbViewer(
+            sp.GetRequiredService<Plugin>(),
+            sp.GetRequiredService<ILogger<DbViewer>>()
+        ));
+        services.AddSingleton(sp => new InputPreview(sp.GetRequiredService<ChatLogWindow>()));
+        services.AddSingleton(sp => new CommandHelpWindow(sp.GetRequiredService<ChatLogWindow>()));
+        services.AddSingleton(sp => new SeStringDebugger(sp.GetRequiredService<Plugin>()));
+        services.AddSingleton(sp => new DebuggerWindow(sp.GetRequiredService<Plugin>()));
+        services.AddSingleton(sp => new FirstRunWizard(sp.GetRequiredService<Plugin>()));
+
+        // Hosted-service adapters: thin wrappers around the existing init
+        // methods so the service class bodies stay unchanged.
+        services.AddHostedService(sp => new FontManagerInitHostedService(
+            sp.GetRequiredService<FontManager>()
+        ));
+        services.AddHostedService(sp => new ThemeRegistryInitHostedService(
+            sp.GetRequiredService<ThemeRegistry>()
+        ));
+        services.AddHostedService(sp => new IpcManagerInitHostedService(
+            sp.GetRequiredService<IpcManager>()
+        ));
+        services.AddHostedService(sp => new TypingIpcInitHostedService(
+            sp.GetRequiredService<TypingIpc>()
+        ));
+        services.AddHostedService(sp => new ExtraChatInitHostedService(
+            sp.GetRequiredService<ExtraChat>()
+        ));
+        services.AddHostedService(sp => new MessageManagerInitHostedService(
+            sp.GetRequiredService<IDalamudPluginInterface>(),
+            sp.GetRequiredService<MessageManager>()
+        ));
+        services.AddHostedService(sp => new AutoTellTabsServiceInitHostedService(
+            sp.GetRequiredService<AutoTellTabsService>()
+        ));
+    }
+}
+
+internal sealed record PluginHostDependencies(
+    IDalamudPluginInterface PluginInterface,
+    IPluginLog PluginLog,
+    IChatGui ChatGui,
+    IClientState ClientState,
+    ICommandManager CommandManager,
+    ICondition Condition,
+    IDataManager DataManager,
+    IFramework Framework,
+    IGameGui GameGui,
+    IKeyState KeyState,
+    IObjectTable ObjectTable,
+    IPartyList PartyList,
+    ITargetManager TargetManager,
+    ITextureProvider TextureProvider,
+    IGameInteropProvider GameInteropProvider,
+    IGameConfig GameConfig,
+    INotificationManager Notification,
+    IAddonLifecycle AddonLifecycle,
+    IPlayerState PlayerState,
+    ISeStringEvaluator Evaluator,
+    ISelfTestRegistry SelfTestRegistry
+);

HellionChat/PluginLifecycle.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+using System.Runtime.ExceptionServices;
+using Dalamud.Plugin.Services;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
+
+namespace HellionChat;
+
+// Orchestrates Host.StartAsync / StopAsync and the framework-thread dispose.
+// Plugin.ctor builds the host and assigns it via the Host property, so
+// PluginLifecycle never constructs the host itself.
+internal sealed class PluginLifecycle : IAsyncDisposable
+{
+    private readonly IFramework _framework;
+    private readonly Plugin _plugin;
+
+    private int _disposeStarted;
+    private bool _hostStartRequested;
+
+    public PluginLifecycle(IFramework framework, Plugin plugin)
+    {
+        _framework = framework;
+        _plugin = plugin;
+    }
+
+    // Plugin.ctor fills this immediately after PluginHostFactory.Build and
+    // before invoking LoadAsync; LoadAsync may NRE-suppress on Host! safely.
+    public IHost? Host { get; set; }
+
+    public async Task LoadAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+
+        try
+        {
+            _hostStartRequested = true;
+            await Host!.StartAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+            // WindowSystem.AddWindow mutates an internal List<>; v1.4.9 Stage-2
+            // verified the list is non-thread-safe, so we marshal the entire
+            // registration block to the framework thread.
+            await _framework
+                .RunOnFrameworkThread(() => RegisterWindows(_plugin))
+                .ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
+        catch
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                await DisposeAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                // Swallow secondary dispose failure so the original load throw wins.
+            }
+
+            throw;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void RegisterWindows(Plugin plugin)
+    {
+        plugin.WindowSystem.AddWindow(plugin.ChatLogWindow);
+        plugin.WindowSystem.AddWindow(plugin.SettingsWindow);
+        plugin.WindowSystem.AddWindow(plugin.DbViewer);
+        plugin.WindowSystem.AddWindow(plugin.InputPreview);
+        plugin.WindowSystem.AddWindow(plugin.CommandHelpWindow);
+        plugin.WindowSystem.AddWindow(plugin.SeStringDebugger);
+        plugin.WindowSystem.AddWindow(plugin.DebuggerWindow);
+        plugin.WindowSystem.AddWindow(plugin.FirstRunWizard);
+    }
+
+    public async ValueTask DisposeAsync()
+    {
+        // Idempotency guard — Dalamud may fire DisposeAsync twice in a reload race.
+        if (Interlocked.Exchange(ref _disposeStarted, 1) != 0)
+            return;
+
+        Exception? failure = null;
+
+        if (_hostStartRequested && Host is not null)
+            failure = await CaptureFailureAsync(failure, () => Host.StopAsync())
+                .ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+        failure = await DisposeHostOnFrameworkThreadAsync(failure).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+        ThrowIfFailed(failure);
+    }
+
+    private async Task<Exception?> DisposeHostOnFrameworkThreadAsync(Exception? failure)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            await _framework
+                .RunOnFrameworkThread(() =>
+                {
+                    failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => Host?.Dispose());
+                })
+                .ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            failure ??= ex;
+        }
+
+        return failure;
+    }
+
+    private static Exception? CaptureFailure(Exception? failure, Action action)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            action();
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            failure ??= ex;
+        }
+
+        return failure;
+    }
+
+    private static async ValueTask<Exception?> CaptureFailureAsync(
+        Exception? failure,
+        Func<Task> action
+    )
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            await action().ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            failure ??= ex;
+        }
+
+        return failure;
+    }
+
+    private static void ThrowIfFailed(Exception? failure)
+    {
+        if (failure is not null)
+            ExceptionDispatchInfo.Capture(failure).Throw();
+    }
+}

HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.Designer.cs

@@ -270,6 +270,10 @@ internal class HellionStrings
     internal static string Settings_Chat_Preview_Heading => Get(nameof(Settings_Chat_Preview_Heading));
     internal static string Settings_Chat_Emotes_Heading => Get(nameof(Settings_Chat_Emotes_Heading));
 
+    // Hellion Chat — Chat-Tab SymbolPicker
+    internal static string Settings_Chat_SymbolPicker_Enable_Name => Get(nameof(Settings_Chat_SymbolPicker_Enable_Name));
+    internal static string Settings_Chat_SymbolPicker_Enable_Description => Get(nameof(Settings_Chat_SymbolPicker_Enable_Description));
+
     // Hellion Chat — Database-Tab section headings
     internal static string Settings_Database_Storage_Heading => Get(nameof(Settings_Database_Storage_Heading));
     internal static string Settings_Database_Viewer_Heading => Get(nameof(Settings_Database_Viewer_Heading));

HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.de.resx

@@ -556,6 +556,14 @@
     <value>Emotes</value>
   </data>
 
+  <!-- Hellion Chat — Chat-Tab SymbolPicker -->
+  <data name="Settings_Chat_SymbolPicker_Enable_Name" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Symbol-Picker-Button neben dem Chat-Eingang anzeigen</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="Settings_Chat_SymbolPicker_Enable_Description" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Fügt einen kleinen Button links neben dem Kanal-Indikator ein. Klick öffnet ein Popup mit FFXIV-Glyphen und einer kuratierten Symbol-Liste. Ausschalten für eine schlankere Eingabezeile.</value>
+  </data>
+
   <!-- Hellion Chat — Sektions-Überschriften des Database-Tabs -->
   <data name="Settings_Database_Storage_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Speicherung</value>

HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.resx

@@ -556,6 +556,14 @@
     <value>Emotes</value>
   </data>
 
+  <!-- Hellion Chat — Chat tab SymbolPicker -->
+  <data name="Settings_Chat_SymbolPicker_Enable_Name" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Show symbol-picker button next to chat input</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="Settings_Chat_SymbolPicker_Enable_Description" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Adds a small button left of the channel indicator that opens a popup with FFXIV icons and a curated symbol list. Disable if you prefer a leaner input bar.</value>
+  </data>
+
   <!-- Hellion Chat — Database tab section headings -->
   <data name="Settings_Database_Storage_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Storage</value>

HellionChat/Themes/ThemeRegistry.cs

@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 using HellionChat.Themes.Builtin;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
 namespace HellionChat.Themes;
 
 public sealed class ThemeRegistry
 {
+    private readonly ILogger<ThemeRegistry>? _logger;
+
     public const string DefaultSlug = HellionArctic.Slug;
 
     // 1Hz throttle for the v1.4.8 B2 auto-refresh-on-active path. The
@@ -29,8 +32,9 @@ public sealed class ThemeRegistry
     private long _lastActiveStampCheckMs = -ActiveStampPollIntervalMs;
     private DateTime _lastActiveStamp = DateTime.MinValue;
 
-    public ThemeRegistry(string? customThemesDir = null)
+    public ThemeRegistry(string? customThemesDir = null, ILogger<ThemeRegistry>? logger = null)
     {
+        _logger = logger;
         // Insertion order drives the Theme-Picker grid layout (3 columns).
         // Row 1: blue family. Row 2: purple to magenta family.
         // Row 3: green / warm / classic. Row 4: Synthwave Sunset as a
@@ -206,7 +210,7 @@ public sealed class ThemeRegistry
                 catch (Exception ex) when (IsRecoverableFileLock(ex))
                 {
                     // Editor mid-save: keep last known good, retry on next refresh.
-                    Plugin.LogProxy.Debug(
+                    _logger?.LogDebug(
                         $"Custom theme {Path.GetFileName(path)} is locked, keeping last known good"
                     );
                     if (cached.Theme is not null)

HellionChat/Ui/ChatLogWindow.cs

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ using HellionChat.Resources;
 using HellionChat.Util;
 using Lumina.Excel.Sheets;
 using Lumina.Extensions;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
 namespace HellionChat.Ui;
 
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
 
     private readonly CommandWrapper _clearHellionCommand;
     private readonly CommandWrapper _hellionCommand;
+    private readonly SymbolPicker _symbolPicker;
 
     internal bool ScreenshotMode;
     private string Salt { get; }
@@ -97,10 +99,19 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
     private long FrameTime; // set every frame
     internal long LastActivityTime = Environment.TickCount64;
 
-    internal ChatLogWindow(Plugin plugin)
+    private readonly ILogger<ChatLogWindow> _logger;
+    private readonly ILoggerFactory _loggerFactory;
+
+    internal ChatLogWindow(
+        Plugin plugin,
+        ILogger<ChatLogWindow> logger,
+        ILoggerFactory loggerFactory
+    )
         : base($"{Plugin.PluginName}###chat2")
     {
         Plugin = plugin;
+        _logger = logger;
+        _loggerFactory = loggerFactory;
         Salt = new Random().Next().ToString();
 
         Size = new Vector2(500, 250);
@@ -113,8 +124,10 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
         DisableWindowSounds = true;
         // AllowBackgroundBlur is set centrally in Plugin.Setup after AddWindow.
 
-        PayloadHandler = new PayloadHandler(this);
+        PayloadHandler = new PayloadHandler(this, _loggerFactory.CreateLogger<PayloadHandler>());
-        HandlerLender = new Lender<PayloadHandler>(() => new PayloadHandler(this));
+        HandlerLender = new Lender<PayloadHandler>(() =>
+            new PayloadHandler(this, _loggerFactory.CreateLogger<PayloadHandler>())
+        );
 
         SetUpTextCommandChannels();
         SetUpAllCommands();
@@ -129,6 +142,8 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
         _clearHellionCommand.Execute += ClearLog;
         _hellionCommand.Execute += ToggleChat;
 
+        _symbolPicker = new SymbolPicker();
+
         Plugin.ClientState.Login += Login;
         Plugin.ClientState.Logout += Logout;
 
@@ -189,11 +204,28 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
             return;
         }
 
+        // ---------------------------------------------------------------
+        // Cherry-picked from ChatTwo upstream ee7768ac (Infiziert90, 2026-05-16)
+        // - Replace the chat input when args.AddIfNotPresent / args.Input starts
+        //   with a slash. Vanilla actions like the Friend List "/tell" entry and
+        //   other plugins push slash commands through these args; appending them
+        //   to existing text would produce inputs like "test/tell user@world".
+        // ---------------------------------------------------------------
         if (args.AddIfNotPresent != null && !Chat.Contains(args.AddIfNotPresent))
-            Chat += args.AddIfNotPresent;
+        {
+            if (args.AddIfNotPresent.StartsWith('/'))
+                Chat = args.AddIfNotPresent;
+            else
+                Chat += args.AddIfNotPresent;
+        }
 
         if (args.Input != null)
-            Chat += args.Input;
+        {
+            if (args.Input.StartsWith('/'))
+                Chat = args.Input;
+            else
+                Chat += args.Input;
+        }
 
         var (info, reason, target) = (args.ChannelSwitchInfo, args.TellReason, args.TellTarget);
 
@@ -277,7 +309,7 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
                 || !GameFunctions.Chat.IsChannelOrExistingLinkshell(targetChannel.Value)
             )
             {
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
+                _logger.LogWarning(
                     $"Channel was set to an invalid value '{targetChannel}', ignoring"
                 );
                 return;
@@ -331,11 +363,11 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
         {
             case "hide":
                 CurrentHideState = HideState.User;
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose("HideState: → User (chat hide command)");
+                _logger.LogTrace("HideState: → User (chat hide command)");
                 break;
             case "show":
                 CurrentHideState = HideState.None;
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose("HideState: → None (chat show command)");
+                _logger.LogTrace("HideState: → None (chat show command)");
                 break;
             case "toggle":
                 CurrentHideState = CurrentHideState switch
@@ -345,7 +377,7 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
                     HideState.None => HideState.User,
                     _ => CurrentHideState,
                 };
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose($"HideState: → {CurrentHideState} (chat toggle command)");
+                _logger.LogTrace($"HideState: → {CurrentHideState} (chat toggle command)");
                 break;
         }
     }
@@ -455,7 +487,7 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
         else if (newTab.CurrentChannel.Channel is InputChannel.Invalid)
         {
             newTab.CurrentChannel = previousTab.CurrentChannel.Clone();
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Debug(
+            _logger.LogDebug(
                 $"[Tab] '{newTab.Name}' seeded channel from '{previousTab.Name}' "
                     + $"(Channel={newTab.CurrentChannel.Channel}, TellTarget={newTab.CurrentChannel.TellTarget?.ToTargetString() ?? "null"})"
             );
@@ -483,14 +515,14 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
         if (Plugin.Config.HideInBattle && CurrentHideState == HideState.None && Plugin.InBattle)
         {
             CurrentHideState = HideState.Battle;
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose("HideState: None → Battle");
+            _logger.LogTrace("HideState: None → Battle");
         }
 
         // If the chat is hidden because of battle, we reset it here
         if (CurrentHideState is HideState.Battle && !Plugin.InBattle)
         {
             CurrentHideState = HideState.None;
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose("HideState: Battle → None");
+            _logger.LogTrace("HideState: Battle → None");
         }
 
         // if the chat has no hide state and in a cutscene, set the hide state to cutscene
@@ -503,7 +535,7 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
             if (Plugin.Functions.Chat.CheckHideFlags())
             {
                 CurrentHideState = HideState.Cutscene;
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose("HideState: None → Cutscene");
+                _logger.LogTrace("HideState: None → Cutscene");
             }
         }
 
@@ -514,7 +546,7 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
             && !Plugin.GposeActive
         )
         {
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose($"HideState: {CurrentHideState} → None (cutscene/gpose ended)");
+            _logger.LogTrace($"HideState: {CurrentHideState} → None (cutscene/gpose ended)");
             CurrentHideState = HideState.None;
         }
 
@@ -522,14 +554,14 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
         if (CurrentHideState == HideState.Cutscene && Activate)
         {
             CurrentHideState = HideState.CutsceneOverride;
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose("HideState: Cutscene → CutsceneOverride (user activate)");
+            _logger.LogTrace("HideState: Cutscene → CutsceneOverride (user activate)");
         }
 
         // if the user hid the chat and is now activating chat, reset the hide state
         if (CurrentHideState == HideState.User && Activate)
         {
             CurrentHideState = HideState.None;
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose("HideState: User → None (activate)");
+            _logger.LogTrace("HideState: User → None (activate)");
         }
 
         if (
@@ -636,6 +668,15 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
         IsOpen = true;
     }
 
+    // v1.4.9 R2: defer non-essential rendering on the first Draw call so the
+    // plugin-load stays under Dalamud's 100ms HITCH warning threshold. First-
+    // frame ImGui layout cost on a populated ChatLog ~127ms — deferring six
+    // non-essential sections (StatusBar, ChannelName chunks, PositionReset/
+    // BoundsCheck, HintBanner, AutoComplete, InputPreview.CalculatePreview)
+    // shaves ~33ms down to ~94ms. User sees the deferred sections one frame
+    // (~17ms at 60fps) late, invisible inside the post-reload Atlas-Build.
+    private bool _firstFrameDone;
+
     public override void Draw()
     {
         DrewThisFrame = true;
@@ -643,11 +684,15 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
         {
             DrawChatLog();
             AddPopOutsToDraw();
-            DrawAutoComplete();
+
+            // v1.4.9 R2: AutoComplete renders nothing until the user starts
+            // typing a command — safe to skip on the first frame. ~6ms.
+            if (_firstFrameDone)
+                DrawAutoComplete();
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error drawing Chat Log window");
+            _logger.LogError(ex, "Error drawing Chat Log window");
             if (!NotifiedDrawFailure)
             {
                 Plugin.Notification.AddNotification(
@@ -665,6 +710,13 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
             // input focus, which breaks every other ImGui window.
             Activate = false;
         }
+        finally
+        {
+            // Flag flips after the first Draw completes (success or caught
+            // exception). Sub-methods read it to decide whether to render
+            // non-essential UI sections.
+            _firstFrameDone = true;
+        }
     }
 
     private static bool IsChatMode =>
@@ -680,18 +732,25 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
         LastWindowSize = currentSize;
         LastWindowPos = ImGui.GetWindowPos();
 
-        // Manual reset snaps unconditionally; on-load check only fires when the
+        // v1.4.9 R2: skip the bounds-check chain on the first frame. The
-        // stored position has no overlap with any visible viewport.
+        // EnsureWindowOnScreen viewport iteration is ~10ms first-frame and
-        if (RequestPositionReset)
+        // not user-visible — frame 1 catches the same check before the
+        // user notices a mispositioned window.
+        if (_firstFrameDone)
         {
-            RequestPositionReset = false;
+            // Manual reset snaps unconditionally; on-load check only fires when the
-            DidOnLoadBoundsCheck = true;
+            // stored position has no overlap with any visible viewport.
-            ApplySafeDefaultPosition("manual-reset");
+            if (RequestPositionReset)
-        }
+            {
-        else if (!DidOnLoadBoundsCheck)
+                RequestPositionReset = false;
-        {
+                DidOnLoadBoundsCheck = true;
-            DidOnLoadBoundsCheck = true;
+                ApplySafeDefaultPosition("manual-reset");
-            EnsureWindowOnScreen("on-load");
+            }
+            else if (!DidOnLoadBoundsCheck)
+            {
+                DidOnLoadBoundsCheck = true;
+                EnsureWindowOnScreen("on-load");
+            }
         }
 
         if (resized)
@@ -700,12 +759,17 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
         LastViewport = ImGui.GetWindowViewport().Handle;
         WasDocked = ImGui.IsWindowDocked();
 
-        if (IsChatMode && Plugin.InputPreview.IsDrawable)
+        // v1.4.9 R2: CalculatePreview triggers InputPreview's first-frame
+        // lazy init (~3-5ms). User-typing-driven, safe to defer one frame.
+        if (_firstFrameDone && IsChatMode && Plugin.InputPreview.IsDrawable)
             Plugin.InputPreview.CalculatePreview();
 
         // Render the hint banner first so it sits above the tab area at full
         // window width. ImGui accounts for its height automatically.
-        DrawV061HintBannerIfNeeded();
+        // v1.4.9 R2: skip on first frame (~3-5ms layout cost). The banner
+        // is a v0.6.1 migration notice that returns the same result frame 1.
+        if (_firstFrameDone)
+            DrawV061HintBannerIfNeeded();
 
         if (Plugin.Config.SidebarTabView)
             DrawTabSidebar();
@@ -760,6 +824,40 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
         )
             inputColour = ecColour;
 
+        // Symbol-picker trigger sits left of the channel indicator. ImRaii.Popup
+        // inside DrawAndConsume pins to the last rendered item, so the call MUST
+        // run immediately after this IconButton — placing it after the channel
+        // picker below would pin the popup under the wrong widget.
+        if (Plugin.Config.SymbolPickerEnabled)
+        {
+            if (
+                ImGuiUtil.IconButton(
+                    FontAwesomeIcon.Smile,
+                    "symbol-picker-trigger",
+                    "Insert symbol or FFXIV icon"
+                )
+            )
+            {
+                _symbolPicker.OpenPopup();
+            }
+        }
+        // DrawAndConsume runs unconditionally; with the button hidden the popup
+        // can't open, so the call is a no-op. Splice path stays outside the
+        // guard for the same reason.
+        var insertedSymbol = _symbolPicker.DrawAndConsume();
+        if (insertedSymbol is not null)
+        {
+            // Same cursor-aware splice idiom as the AutoComplete commit path at
+            // ChatLogWindow.cs:2487-2493. Clamp because CursorPos can drift if
+            // the user mutates Chat while the popup is open.
+            var pos = Math.Clamp(CursorPos, 0, Chat.Length);
+            Chat = Chat[..pos] + insertedSymbol + Chat[pos..];
+            Activate = true;
+            ActivatePos = pos + insertedSymbol.Length;
+        }
+        if (Plugin.Config.SymbolPickerEnabled)
+            ImGui.SameLine();
+
         var beforeIcon = ImGui.GetCursorPos();
 
         var tintSelector = Plugin.Config.ColorSelectedInputChannelButton && inputColour.HasValue;
@@ -938,7 +1036,11 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
 
         // v1.2.0 — Bottom-Status-Bar. Letzter Render-Step in DrawChatLog,
         // damit alle Zeilen-Operationen davor keine Layout-Sprünge auslösen.
-        Plugin.StatusBar.Draw(Plugin);
+        // v1.4.9 R2: skip on the first frame; ~12ms of first-frame layout
+        // cost. User sees the StatusBar 1 frame (~17ms at 60fps) later
+        // which is hidden inside the post-reload Atlas-Build window.
+        if (_firstFrameDone)
+            Plugin.StatusBar.Draw(Plugin);
     }
 
     internal Dictionary<string, InputChannel> GetValidChannels()
@@ -989,6 +1091,16 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
 
     private void DrawChannelName(Tab activeTab)
     {
+        // v1.4.9 R2: plain-text fallback on the first frame. ReadChannelName
+        // builds SeString chunks and DrawChunks runs SeString-Renderer layout
+        // — together ~18ms first-frame. Frame 1 renders the real chunks; the
+        // user sees the tab name for ~17ms during the post-reload window.
+        if (!_firstFrameDone)
+        {
+            ImGui.TextUnformatted(activeTab.Name);
+            return;
+        }
+
         var currentChannel = ReadChannelName(activeTab);
         if (!currentChannel.SequenceEqual(PreviousChannel))
             PreviousChannel = currentChannel;
@@ -1622,7 +1734,7 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(ex, "Error drawing chat log");
+            _logger.LogWarning(ex, "Error drawing chat log");
         }
     }
 
@@ -2170,7 +2282,7 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
         {
             Plugin.Config.SeenPopOutHeaderHint = true;
             Plugin.SaveConfig();
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Debug("v0.6.1 pop-out header hint dismissed");
+            _logger.LogDebug("v0.6.1 pop-out header hint dismissed");
             if (openSettings)
                 Plugin.SettingsWindow.Toggle();
         }
@@ -2308,7 +2420,7 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
             if (PopOutWindows.Contains(tab.Identifier))
                 continue;
 
-            var window = new Popout(this, tab, i);
+            var window = new Popout(this, tab, i, _loggerFactory.CreateLogger<Popout>());
 
             Plugin.WindowSystem.AddWindow(window);
             PopOutWindows.Add(tab.Identifier);
@@ -2825,7 +2937,7 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
         var viewport = ImGui.GetMainViewport();
         var safePos = viewport.WorkPos + SafeDefaultOffset;
         Position = safePos;
-        Plugin.LogProxy.Info(
+        _logger.LogInformation(
             $"[Window-Recovery] {source}: snapping main window from {LastWindowPos} (size {LastWindowSize}) to {safePos}."
         );
 

HellionChat/Ui/DbViewer.cs

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ using HellionChat.Resources;
 using HellionChat.Util;
 using Lumina.Data.Files;
 using Lumina.Text.ReadOnly;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using MoreLinq;
 
 namespace HellionChat.Ui;
@@ -67,10 +68,13 @@ public class DbViewer : Window
 
     private bool NeedsScrollReset;
 
-    public DbViewer(Plugin plugin)
+    private readonly ILogger<DbViewer> _logger;
+
+    public DbViewer(Plugin plugin, ILogger<DbViewer> logger)
         : base("DBViewer###chat2-dbviewer")
     {
         Plugin = plugin;
+        _logger = logger;
         SelectedChannels = TabsUtil.MostlyPlayer;
 
         DateFormat = CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.ShortDatePattern;
@@ -93,29 +97,13 @@ public class DbViewer : Window
 
         RespectCloseHotkey = false;
         DisableWindowSounds = true;
-
-        Plugin
-            .Commands.Register(
-                "/hellionView",
-                "Get access to your message history, with simple filter options.",
-                true
-            )
-            .Execute += Toggle;
     }
 
     public void Dispose()
     {
-        Plugin
+        // Slash-command tear-down moved to Plugin.TearDownCommands.
-            .Commands.Register(
-                "/hellionView",
-                "Get access to your message history, with simple filter options.",
-                true
-            )
-            .Execute -= Toggle;
     }
 
-    private void Toggle(string _, string __) => Toggle();
-
     public override void Draw()
     {
         var totalPages = (int)Math.Ceiling((double)Count / RowPerPage);
@@ -336,7 +324,7 @@ public class DbViewer : Window
                 }
                 catch (Exception ex)
                 {
-                    Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Failed reading messages from database");
+                    _logger.LogError(ex, "Failed reading messages from database");
                 }
                 finally
                 {
@@ -499,7 +487,7 @@ public class DbViewer : Window
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "FTS filter worker failed");
+                _logger.LogError(ex, "FTS filter worker failed");
             }
         });
     }
@@ -641,7 +629,7 @@ public class DbViewer : Window
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Failed creating txt backup");
+                _logger.LogError(ex, "Failed creating txt backup");
 
                 Notification.Content = "Error ...";
                 Notification.Type = NotificationType.Error;

HellionChat/Ui/Debugger.cs

@@ -28,17 +28,13 @@ public class DebuggerWindow : Window, IDisposable
 
         RespectCloseHotkey = false;
         DisableWindowSounds = true;
-
-        Plugin.Commands.Register("/hellionDebugger", showInHelp: false).Execute += Toggle;
     }
 
     public void Dispose()
     {
-        Plugin.Commands.Register("/hellionDebugger", showInHelp: false).Execute -= Toggle;
+        // Slash-command tear-down moved to Plugin.TearDownCommands.
     }
 
-    private void Toggle(string _, string __) => Toggle();
-
     public override unsafe void Draw()
     {
         var agent = (nint)AgentItemDetail.Instance();

HellionChat/Ui/Popout.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using Dalamud.Bindings.ImGui;
 using Dalamud.Interface.Style;
 using Dalamud.Interface.Utility.Raii;
 using Dalamud.Interface.Windowing;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
 namespace HellionChat.Ui;
 
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ internal class Popout : Window
     private readonly ChatLogWindow ChatLogWindow;
     private readonly Tab Tab;
     private readonly int Idx;
+    private readonly ILogger<Popout> _logger;
 
     private long FrameTime;
     private long LastActivityTime = Environment.TickCount64;
@@ -23,12 +25,13 @@ internal class Popout : Window
     // Exposed so AutoTellTabsService can locate this window during LRU eviction.
     internal Guid TabIdentifier => Tab.Identifier;
 
-    public Popout(ChatLogWindow chatLogWindow, Tab tab, int idx)
+    public Popout(ChatLogWindow chatLogWindow, Tab tab, int idx, ILogger<Popout> logger)
         : base($"{tab.Name}##popout")
     {
         ChatLogWindow = chatLogWindow;
         Tab = tab;
         Idx = idx;
+        _logger = logger;
 
         Size = new Vector2(350, 350);
         SizeCondition = ImGuiCond.FirstUseEver;
@@ -175,7 +178,7 @@ internal class Popout : Window
         {
             Plugin.Config.SeenPopOutInputHint = true;
             ChatLogWindow.Plugin.SaveConfig();
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Debug("Pop-Out input hint dismissed");
+            _logger.LogDebug("Pop-Out input hint dismissed");
             if (openSettings)
                 ChatLogWindow.Plugin.SettingsWindow.Toggle();
         }
@@ -214,13 +217,13 @@ internal class Popout : Window
         if (Tab.HideInBattle && CurrentHideState == HideState.None && Plugin.InBattle)
         {
             CurrentHideState = HideState.Battle;
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose($"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: None -> Battle");
+            _logger.LogTrace($"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: None -> Battle");
         }
 
         if (CurrentHideState is HideState.Battle && !Plugin.InBattle)
         {
             CurrentHideState = HideState.None;
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose($"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: Battle -> None");
+            _logger.LogTrace($"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: Battle -> None");
         }
 
         if (
@@ -232,7 +235,7 @@ internal class Popout : Window
             if (ChatLogWindow.Plugin.Functions.Chat.CheckHideFlags())
             {
                 CurrentHideState = HideState.Cutscene;
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose($"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: None -> Cutscene");
+                _logger.LogTrace($"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: None -> Cutscene");
             }
         }
 
@@ -242,7 +245,7 @@ internal class Popout : Window
             && !Plugin.GposeActive
         )
         {
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose(
+            _logger.LogTrace(
                 $"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: {CurrentHideState} -> None (cutscene/gpose ended)"
             );
             CurrentHideState = HideState.None;
@@ -251,7 +254,7 @@ internal class Popout : Window
         if (CurrentHideState == HideState.Cutscene && ChatLogWindow.Activate)
         {
             CurrentHideState = HideState.CutsceneOverride;
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose(
+            _logger.LogTrace(
                 $"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: Cutscene -> CutsceneOverride (user activate)"
             );
         }
@@ -259,7 +262,7 @@ internal class Popout : Window
         if (CurrentHideState == HideState.User && ChatLogWindow.Activate)
         {
             CurrentHideState = HideState.None;
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose($"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: User -> None (activate)");
+            _logger.LogTrace($"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: User -> None (activate)");
         }
 
         return CurrentHideState is HideState.Cutscene or HideState.User or HideState.Battle

HellionChat/Ui/SeStringDebugger.cs

@@ -29,21 +29,13 @@ public class SeStringDebugger : Window
 
         RespectCloseHotkey = false;
         DisableWindowSounds = true;
-
-#if DEBUG
-        Plugin.Commands.Register("/hellionSeString", showInHelp: false).Execute += Toggle;
-#endif
     }
 
     public void Dispose()
     {
-#if DEBUG
+        // Slash-command tear-down moved to Plugin.TearDownCommands.
-        Plugin.Commands.Register("/hellionSeString", showInHelp: false).Execute -= Toggle;
-#endif
     }
 
-    private void Toggle(string _, string __) => Toggle();
-
     public override void Draw()
     {
         if (Plugin.MessageManager.LastMessage.Sender == null)

HellionChat/Ui/Settings.cs

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using Dalamud.Utility;
 using HellionChat.Resources;
 using HellionChat.Ui.SettingsTabs;
 using HellionChat.Util;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
 namespace HellionChat.Ui;
 
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ public sealed class SettingsWindow : Dalamud.Interface.Windowing.Window
     private SettingsView View = SettingsView.Overview;
     private readonly SettingsOverview Overview;
 
-    internal SettingsWindow(Plugin plugin)
+    internal SettingsWindow(Plugin plugin, ILoggerFactory loggerFactory)
         : base($"{Language.Settings_Title.Format(Plugin.PluginName)}###chat2-settings")
     {
         Flags = ImGuiWindowFlags.NoScrollbar | ImGuiWindowFlags.NoScrollWithMouse;
@@ -45,13 +46,13 @@ public sealed class SettingsWindow : Dalamud.Interface.Windowing.Window
         Tabs =
         [
             new General(Plugin, Mutable),
-            new ThemeAndLayout(Plugin, Mutable),
+            new ThemeAndLayout(Plugin, Mutable, loggerFactory.CreateLogger<ThemeAndLayout>()),
-            new FontsAndColours(Plugin, Mutable),
+            new FontsAndColours(Plugin, Mutable, loggerFactory.CreateLogger<FontsAndColours>()),
             new SettingsTabs.Window(Plugin, Mutable),
             new Chat(Plugin, Mutable),
             new SettingsTabs.Tabs(Plugin, Mutable),
             new SettingsTabs.Privacy(Plugin, Mutable),
-            new DataManagement(Plugin, Mutable),
+            new DataManagement(Plugin, Mutable, loggerFactory.CreateLogger<DataManagement>()),
             new SettingsTabs.Integrations(Plugin, Mutable),
             new Information(Mutable),
         ];
@@ -60,23 +61,11 @@ public sealed class SettingsWindow : Dalamud.Interface.Windowing.Window
         DisableWindowSounds = true;
 
         Initialise();
-
-        Plugin
-            .Commands.Register("/hellion", "Perform various actions with Hellion Chat.")
-            .Execute += Command;
-        Plugin.Interface.UiBuilder.OpenConfigUi += Toggle;
     }
 
     public void Dispose()
     {
-        Plugin.Interface.UiBuilder.OpenConfigUi -= Toggle;
+        // Slash-command + OpenConfigUi tear-down moved to Plugin.TearDownCommands.
-        Plugin.Commands.Register("/hellion").Execute -= Command;
-    }
-
-    private void Command(string command, string args)
-    {
-        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(args))
-            Toggle();
     }
 
     private void Initialise()

HellionChat/Ui/SettingsTabs/Chat.cs

@@ -139,6 +139,12 @@ internal sealed class Chat : ISettingsTab
                 );
                 ImGuiUtil.HelpMarker(Language.Options_CollapseDuplicateMsgUniqueLink_Description);
             }
+
+            ImGui.Checkbox(
+                HellionStrings.Settings_Chat_SymbolPicker_Enable_Name,
+                ref Mutable.SymbolPickerEnabled
+            );
+            ImGuiUtil.HelpMarker(HellionStrings.Settings_Chat_SymbolPicker_Enable_Description);
         }
     }
 

HellionChat/Ui/SettingsTabs/DataManagement.cs

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ using HellionChat.Export;
 using HellionChat.Privacy;
 using HellionChat.Resources;
 using HellionChat.Util;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
 namespace HellionChat.Ui.SettingsTabs;
 
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
 {
     private Plugin Plugin { get; }
     private Configuration Mutable { get; }
+    private readonly ILogger<DataManagement> _logger;
 
     public string Name =>
         HellionStrings.Settings_Card_DataManagement_Title + "###tabs-datamanagement";
@@ -136,10 +138,11 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
         ),
     ];
 
-    internal DataManagement(Plugin plugin, Configuration mutable)
+    internal DataManagement(Plugin plugin, Configuration mutable, ILogger<DataManagement> logger)
     {
         Plugin = plugin;
         Mutable = mutable;
+        _logger = logger;
     }
 
     public void Draw(bool changed)
@@ -229,7 +232,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
                     }
                     catch (Exception e)
                     {
-                        Plugin.LogProxy.Error(e, "Unable to delete old database");
+                        _logger.LogError(e, "Unable to delete old database");
                         WrapperUtil.AddNotification(
                             Language.Options_Database_Old_Delete_Error,
                             NotificationType.Error
@@ -391,9 +394,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
                 Plugin.Config.RetentionLastRunAt = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
                 Plugin.SaveConfig();
 
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Information(
+                _logger.LogInformation($"Manual retention run deleted {deleted} expired messages.");
-                    $"Manual retention run deleted {deleted} expired messages."
-                );
 
                 if (deleted > 0)
                 {
@@ -407,7 +408,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
                             .Wait(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5))
                     )
                     {
-                        Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
+                        _logger.LogWarning(
                             "Retention sweep: framework refresh timed out after 5s."
                         );
                     }
@@ -420,7 +421,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(e, "Manual retention run failed");
+                _logger.LogError(e, "Manual retention run failed");
                 WrapperUtil.AddNotification(HellionStrings.Retention_Error, NotificationType.Error);
             }
             finally
@@ -568,7 +569,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
         }
         catch (Exception e)
         {
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Error(e, "Failed to compute cleanup preview");
+            _logger.LogError(e, "Failed to compute cleanup preview");
             WrapperUtil.AddNotification(
                 HellionStrings.Cleanup_PreviewError,
                 NotificationType.Error
@@ -589,7 +590,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
             try
             {
                 var deleted = Plugin.MessageManager.Store.CleanupRetainOnly(allowed);
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Information($"Privacy cleanup: deleted {deleted} messages");
+                _logger.LogInformation($"Privacy cleanup: deleted {deleted} messages");
 
                 if (
                     !Plugin
@@ -601,9 +602,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
                         .Wait(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5))
                 )
                 {
-                    Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
+                    _logger.LogWarning("Privacy cleanup: framework refresh timed out after 5s.");
-                        "Privacy cleanup: framework refresh timed out after 5s."
-                    );
                 }
 
                 WrapperUtil.AddNotification(
@@ -613,7 +612,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(e, "Privacy cleanup failed");
+                _logger.LogError(e, "Privacy cleanup failed");
                 WrapperUtil.AddNotification(HellionStrings.Cleanup_Error, NotificationType.Error);
             }
             finally
@@ -773,7 +772,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(e, "Export failed");
+                _logger.LogError(e, "Export failed");
                 WrapperUtil.AddNotification(HellionStrings.Export_Error, NotificationType.Error);
             }
             finally
@@ -853,7 +852,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
                 )
             )
             {
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Warning("Clearing messages from database");
+                _logger.LogWarning("Clearing messages from database");
                 Plugin.MessageManager.Store.ClearMessages();
                 Plugin.MessageManager.ClearAllTabs();
 
@@ -911,7 +910,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
 
     private void InsertMessages(int count)
     {
-        Plugin.LogProxy.Info($"Inserting {count} messages due to user request");
+        _logger.LogInformation($"Inserting {count} messages due to user request");
 
         var stopwatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
         var playerName = Plugin.PlayerState.CharacterName;
@@ -956,7 +955,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
 
         var elapsedTicks = stopwatch.ElapsedTicks;
         stopwatch.Stop();
-        Plugin.LogProxy.Info(
+        _logger.LogInformation(
             $"Crafted {count} messages in {elapsedTicks} ticks ({elapsedTicks / TimeSpan.TicksPerMillisecond}ms)"
         );
 
@@ -966,7 +965,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
 
         elapsedTicks = stopwatch.ElapsedTicks;
         stopwatch.Stop();
-        Plugin.LogProxy.Info(
+        _logger.LogInformation(
             $"Upserted {count} messages in {elapsedTicks} ticks ({elapsedTicks / TimeSpan.TicksPerMillisecond}ms)"
         );
 
@@ -977,7 +976,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
                 Plugin.MessageManager.ClearAllTabs();
                 elapsedTicks = stopwatch.ElapsedTicks;
                 stopwatch.Stop();
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Info(
+                _logger.LogInformation(
                     $"Cleared {Plugin.Config.Tabs.Count} tabs in {elapsedTicks} ticks ({elapsedTicks / TimeSpan.TicksPerMillisecond}ms)"
                 );
             })
@@ -990,7 +989,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
                 Plugin.MessageManager.FilterAllTabs();
                 elapsedTicks = stopwatch.ElapsedTicks;
                 stopwatch.Stop();
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Info(
+                _logger.LogInformation(
                     $"Fetched and filtered all tabs in {elapsedTicks} ticks ({elapsedTicks / TimeSpan.TicksPerMillisecond}ms)"
                 );
             })

HellionChat/Ui/SettingsTabs/FontsAndColours.cs

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using Dalamud.Interface.Utility.Raii;
 using HellionChat.Code;
 using HellionChat.Resources;
 using HellionChat.Util;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
 namespace HellionChat.Ui.SettingsTabs;
 
@@ -14,14 +15,16 @@ internal sealed class FontsAndColours : ISettingsTab
 {
     private Plugin Plugin { get; }
     private Configuration Mutable { get; }
+    private readonly ILogger<FontsAndColours> _logger;
 
     public string Name =>
         HellionStrings.Settings_Card_FontsAndColours_Title + "###tabs-fontsandcolours";
 
-    internal FontsAndColours(Plugin plugin, Configuration mutable)
+    internal FontsAndColours(Plugin plugin, Configuration mutable, ILogger<FontsAndColours> logger)
     {
         Plugin = plugin;
         Mutable = mutable;
+        _logger = logger;
     }
 
     public void Draw(bool changed)
@@ -312,6 +315,6 @@ internal sealed class FontsAndColours : ISettingsTab
         }
         Plugin.SaveConfig();
         GlobalParametersCache.Refresh();
-        Plugin.LogProxy.Debug($"Applied chat colour preset: {preset.DisplayName}");
+        _logger.LogDebug($"Applied chat colour preset: {preset.DisplayName}");
     }
 }

HellionChat/Ui/SettingsTabs/ThemeAndLayout.cs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using Dalamud.Interface.Utility.Raii;
 using HellionChat.Resources;
 using HellionChat.Themes;
 using HellionChat.Util;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
 namespace HellionChat.Ui.SettingsTabs;
 
@@ -11,16 +12,18 @@ internal sealed class ThemeAndLayout : ISettingsTab
 {
     private Plugin Plugin { get; }
     private Configuration Mutable { get; }
+    private readonly ILogger<ThemeAndLayout> _logger;
 
     private string? _applyDismissedFor;
 
     public string Name =>
         HellionStrings.Settings_Card_ThemeAndLayout_Title + "###tabs-themeandlayout";
 
-    internal ThemeAndLayout(Plugin plugin, Configuration mutable)
+    internal ThemeAndLayout(Plugin plugin, Configuration mutable, ILogger<ThemeAndLayout> logger)
     {
         Plugin = plugin;
         Mutable = mutable;
+        _logger = logger;
     }
 
     public void Draw(bool changed)
@@ -90,7 +93,7 @@ internal sealed class ThemeAndLayout : ISettingsTab
                 var path = Path.Combine(dir, fileName);
                 var json = ThemeJsonWriter.Serialize(active);
                 File.WriteAllText(path, json);
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Information($"Exported active theme '{active.Slug}' to {path}");
+                _logger.LogInformation($"Exported active theme '{active.Slug}' to {path}");
             }
         }
     }

HellionChat/Ui/SymbolPicker.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,308 @@
+using System.Numerics;
+using Dalamud.Bindings.ImGui;
+using Dalamud.Game.Text;
+using Dalamud.Interface.Utility.Raii;
+
+namespace HellionChat.Ui;
+
+// Popup picker for chat-input symbol insertion. Two tabs:
+//   PUA  — Dalamud's SeIconChar enum (161 server-safe FFXIV glyphs)
+//   BMP  — server-verified Unicode symbols (whitelist built 2026-05-16)
+//
+// Render-only — the Settings-Guard for showing the trigger button lives on
+// the caller side (ChatLogWindow). Recent-Used is session state by design.
+internal sealed class SymbolPicker
+{
+    private const string PopupId = "HellionSymbolPicker";
+    private const int RecentCapacity = 16;
+
+    private string _search = string.Empty;
+    private readonly List<uint> _recentUsed = new(capacity: RecentCapacity);
+
+    // FFXIV server-safe BMP symbols, verified 2026-05-16 via /echo + /say.
+    // Filtered ranges: U+2694-26C4 (Misc Symbols Extended), U+2700+ (Dingbats
+    // Extended), diagonal arrows, U+2153+ fractions, chess pieces.
+    // Full probe log: Cycles/v1.4.10 BMP-Whitelist Notes.md.
+    private static readonly (uint Codepoint, string Name)[] BmpWhitelist = new[]
+    {
+        (0x00A1u, "Inverted Exclamation"),
+        (0x00A2u, "Cent Sign"),
+        (0x00A3u, "Pound Sign"),
+        (0x00A4u, "Currency Sign"),
+        (0x00A5u, "Yen Sign"),
+        (0x00A7u, "Section Sign"),
+        (0x00A9u, "Copyright Sign"),
+        (0x00ABu, "Left Angle Quote"),
+        (0x00AEu, "Registered Sign"),
+        (0x00B0u, "Degree Sign"),
+        (0x00B1u, "Plus-Minus Sign"),
+        (0x00B6u, "Pilcrow Sign"),
+        (0x00BBu, "Right Angle Quote"),
+        (0x00BCu, "One Quarter"),
+        (0x00BDu, "One Half"),
+        (0x00BEu, "Three Quarters"),
+        (0x00BFu, "Inverted Question"),
+        (0x00D7u, "Multiplication Sign"),
+        (0x00F7u, "Division Sign"),
+        (0x0393u, "Greek Capital Gamma"),
+        (0x0394u, "Greek Capital Delta"),
+        (0x0398u, "Greek Capital Theta"),
+        (0x039Bu, "Greek Capital Lambda"),
+        (0x039Eu, "Greek Capital Xi"),
+        (0x03A0u, "Greek Capital Pi"),
+        (0x03A3u, "Greek Capital Sigma"),
+        (0x03A6u, "Greek Capital Phi"),
+        (0x03A8u, "Greek Capital Psi"),
+        (0x03A9u, "Greek Capital Omega"),
+        (0x03B1u, "Greek Small Alpha"),
+        (0x03B2u, "Greek Small Beta"),
+        (0x03B3u, "Greek Small Gamma"),
+        (0x03B4u, "Greek Small Delta"),
+        (0x03B5u, "Greek Small Epsilon"),
+        (0x03B6u, "Greek Small Zeta"),
+        (0x03B7u, "Greek Small Eta"),
+        (0x03B8u, "Greek Small Theta"),
+        (0x03B9u, "Greek Small Iota"),
+        (0x03BAu, "Greek Small Kappa"),
+        (0x03BBu, "Greek Small Lambda"),
+        (0x03BCu, "Greek Small Mu"),
+        (0x03BDu, "Greek Small Nu"),
+        (0x03BEu, "Greek Small Xi"),
+        (0x03BFu, "Greek Small Omicron"),
+        (0x03C0u, "Greek Small Pi"),
+        (0x03C1u, "Greek Small Rho"),
+        (0x03C3u, "Greek Small Sigma"),
+        (0x03C4u, "Greek Small Tau"),
+        (0x03C5u, "Greek Small Upsilon"),
+        (0x03C6u, "Greek Small Phi"),
+        (0x03C7u, "Greek Small Chi"),
+        (0x03C8u, "Greek Small Psi"),
+        (0x03C9u, "Greek Small Omega"),
+        (0x2013u, "En Dash"),
+        (0x2014u, "Em Dash"),
+        (0x2020u, "Dagger"),
+        (0x2021u, "Double Dagger"),
+        (0x2026u, "Horizontal Ellipsis"),
+        (0x203Bu, "Reference Mark"),
+        (0x20ACu, "Euro Sign"),
+        (0x2122u, "Trade Mark Sign"),
+        (0x2190u, "Leftwards Arrow"),
+        (0x2191u, "Upwards Arrow"),
+        (0x2192u, "Rightwards Arrow"),
+        (0x2193u, "Downwards Arrow"),
+        (0x21D2u, "Rightwards Double Arrow"),
+        (0x21D4u, "Left Right Double Arrow"),
+        (0x2202u, "Partial Differential"),
+        (0x2207u, "Nabla"),
+        (0x2211u, "Summation"),
+        (0x221Au, "Square Root"),
+        (0x221Eu, "Infinity"),
+        (0x222Bu, "Integral"),
+        (0x2260u, "Not Equal To"),
+        (0x25A0u, "Black Square"),
+        (0x25A1u, "White Square"),
+        (0x25B2u, "Black Up Triangle"),
+        (0x25B3u, "White Up Triangle"),
+        (0x25BCu, "Black Down Triangle"),
+        (0x25C6u, "Black Diamond"),
+        (0x25C7u, "White Diamond"),
+        (0x25CBu, "White Circle"),
+        (0x25CFu, "Black Circle"),
+        (0x2600u, "Black Sun With Rays"),
+        (0x2601u, "Cloud"),
+        (0x2602u, "Umbrella"),
+        (0x2603u, "Snowman"),
+        (0x2605u, "Black Star"),
+        (0x2606u, "White Star"),
+        (0x2640u, "Female Sign"),
+        (0x2642u, "Male Sign"),
+        (0x2660u, "Black Spade Suit"),
+        (0x2661u, "White Heart Suit"),
+        (0x2663u, "Black Club Suit"),
+        (0x2665u, "Black Heart Suit"),
+        (0x266Au, "Eighth Note"),
+        (0x2713u, "Check Mark"),
+    };
+
+    public void OpenPopup() => ImGui.OpenPopup(PopupId);
+
+    // Returns the inserted codepoint as a string fragment if the user clicked
+    // one this frame, or null otherwise. Caller splices the fragment into the
+    // chat-input buffer at the current cursor position.
+    public string? DrawAndConsume()
+    {
+        // ImRaii.Popup auto-disposes EndPopup, same idiom as other popups in
+        // ChatLogWindow.
+        using var popup = ImRaii.Popup(PopupId);
+        if (!popup)
+            return null;
+
+        string? inserted = null;
+
+        // Recent-Used-Row sits above the tabs so both PUA and BMP picks share
+        // one fast-access strip. Session-only by design (see TrackRecent).
+        if (_recentUsed.Count > 0)
+        {
+            ImGui.TextDisabled("Recent");
+            ImGui.SameLine();
+            foreach (var codepoint in _recentUsed)
+            {
+                var glyph = char.ConvertFromUtf32((int)codepoint);
+                if (
+                    ImGui.Selectable(
+                        glyph,
+                        false,
+                        ImGuiSelectableFlags.DontClosePopups,
+                        new Vector2(20, 20)
+                    )
+                )
+                {
+                    inserted = glyph;
+                }
+                ImGui.SameLine();
+            }
+            ImGui.NewLine();
+            ImGui.Separator();
+        }
+
+        using (var tabs = ImRaii.TabBar("##symbolpicker-tabs"))
+        {
+            if (tabs)
+            {
+                inserted = DrawPuaTab() ?? inserted;
+                inserted = DrawBmpTab() ?? inserted;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (inserted is not null)
+            TrackRecent(inserted);
+
+        return inserted;
+    }
+
+    private string? DrawPuaTab()
+    {
+        using var tab = ImRaii.TabItem("FFXIV Icons");
+        if (!tab)
+            return null;
+
+        ImGui.InputTextWithHint(
+            "##pua-search",
+            "Search by name (e.g. HighQuality)",
+            ref _search,
+            64
+        );
+
+        string? inserted = null;
+
+        if (ImGui.BeginChild("##pua-grid", new Vector2(0, 280), false))
+        {
+            var query = _search;
+            foreach (var icon in Enum.GetValues<SeIconChar>())
+            {
+                var label = icon.ToString();
+                if (
+                    query.Length > 0
+                    && label.IndexOf(query, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) < 0
+                )
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                // ToIconString gives the single-codepoint glyph; tooltip
+                // carries the enum name for discoverability.
+                if (
+                    ImGui.Selectable(
+                        icon.ToIconString(),
+                        false,
+                        ImGuiSelectableFlags.DontClosePopups,
+                        new Vector2(24, 24)
+                    )
+                )
+                {
+                    inserted = icon.ToIconString();
+                }
+                if (ImGui.IsItemHovered())
+                    ImGui.SetTooltip(label);
+
+                // Manually-wrapping pattern from imgui_demo.cpp;
+                // GetWindowContentRegionMax obsolete since ImGui 1.92, use
+                // GetContentRegionAvail (see ChatLogWindow.cs:840).
+                var style = ImGui.GetStyle();
+                var lastItemX2 = ImGui.GetItemRectMax().X;
+                var availableRightX =
+                    ImGui.GetCursorScreenPos().X + ImGui.GetContentRegionAvail().X;
+                if (lastItemX2 + style.ItemSpacing.X + 24f < availableRightX)
+                    ImGui.SameLine();
+            }
+        }
+        ImGui.EndChild();
+
+        return inserted;
+    }
+
+    private string? DrawBmpTab()
+    {
+        using var tab = ImRaii.TabItem("Symbols");
+        if (!tab)
+            return null;
+
+        ImGui.InputTextWithHint("##bmp-search", "Search by name (e.g. Heart)", ref _search, 64);
+
+        string? inserted = null;
+
+        if (ImGui.BeginChild("##bmp-grid", new Vector2(0, 280), false))
+        {
+            var query = _search;
+            foreach (var (codepoint, name) in BmpWhitelist)
+            {
+                if (query.Length > 0 && name.IndexOf(query, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) < 0)
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                var glyph = char.ConvertFromUtf32((int)codepoint);
+                if (
+                    ImGui.Selectable(
+                        glyph,
+                        false,
+                        ImGuiSelectableFlags.DontClosePopups,
+                        new Vector2(24, 24)
+                    )
+                )
+                {
+                    inserted = glyph;
+                }
+                if (ImGui.IsItemHovered())
+                    ImGui.SetTooltip(name);
+
+                // Same manually-wrapping pattern as DrawPuaTab — modern API
+                // since GetWindowContentRegionMax was deprecated in ImGui 1.92.
+                var style = ImGui.GetStyle();
+                var lastItemX2 = ImGui.GetItemRectMax().X;
+                var availableRightX =
+                    ImGui.GetCursorScreenPos().X + ImGui.GetContentRegionAvail().X;
+                if (lastItemX2 + style.ItemSpacing.X + 24f < availableRightX)
+                    ImGui.SameLine();
+            }
+        }
+        ImGui.EndChild();
+
+        return inserted;
+    }
+
+    private void TrackRecent(string fragment)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(fragment) || fragment.Length > 4)
+            return;
+
+        var codepoint = (uint)char.ConvertToUtf32(fragment, 0);
+
+        // Move-to-front so the head stays the freshest pick.
+        _recentUsed.RemoveAll(c => c == codepoint);
+        _recentUsed.Insert(0, codepoint);
+
+        if (_recentUsed.Count > RecentCapacity)
+            _recentUsed.RemoveAt(_recentUsed.Count - 1);
+    }
+}

HellionChat/Util/AutoTranslate.cs

@@ -62,7 +62,12 @@ internal static class AutoTranslate
         {
             var sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
             AllEntries();
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Debug($"Warming up auto-translate took {sw.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
+            // v1.4.9 R3 profiling: Information so the xllog tail surfaces this
+            // without a Debug filter. Belt-and-suspenders for future plugin-load
+            // regressions; remains in place after Sub-Task 3.4 Befund.
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Information(
+                $"Warming up auto-translate took {sw.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms"
+            );
         })
         {
             IsBackground = true,

HellionChat/Util/IPluginLogProxy.cs

@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ using System;
 
 namespace HellionChat.Util;
 
-// Indirection over Dalamud's IPluginLog so MessageStore can be constructed
+// Plugin.LogProxy bridge for consumers that cannot take a logger via the
-// in an isolated xUnit AppDomain without loading Dalamud.dll — same pattern
+// constructor: static helpers (EmoteCache et al.), Dalamud-reflected types
-// as IPlatformUtil from F12.1. A later DI-container cycle (v1.5.x) may
+// (Configuration), data classes with mass instantiation (Message) and
-// replace this with Microsoft.Extensions.Logging's ILogger<T>.
+// instance classes that only log from static methods (FontManager).
 internal interface IPluginLogProxy
 {
     void Verbose(string message);

HellionChat/packages.lock.json

@@ -1,110 +1,398 @@
 {
-    "version": 1,
+  "version": 1,
-    "dependencies": {
+  "dependencies": {
-        "net10.0-windows7.0": {
+    "net10.0-windows7.0": {
-            "DalamudPackager": {
+      "DalamudPackager": {
-                "type": "Direct",
+        "type": "Direct",
-                "requested": "[15.0.0, )",
+        "requested": "[15.0.0, )",
-                "resolved": "15.0.0",
+        "resolved": "15.0.0",
-                "contentHash": "411vwC8/X8Z/sQ2TI6v3SvOn66xFPeOjFn3Zn+h0d3Ox2t1kFm66AhDvmx/qcMwVrR+Hidxj0dadpQ2dgyXMBQ=="
+        "contentHash": "411vwC8/X8Z/sQ2TI6v3SvOn66xFPeOjFn3Zn+h0d3Ox2t1kFm66AhDvmx/qcMwVrR+Hidxj0dadpQ2dgyXMBQ=="
-            },
+      },
-            "DotNet.ReproducibleBuilds": {
+      "DotNet.ReproducibleBuilds": {
-                "type": "Direct",
+        "type": "Direct",
-                "requested": "[1.2.39, )",
+        "requested": "[1.2.39, )",
-                "resolved": "1.2.39",
+        "resolved": "1.2.39",
-                "contentHash": "fcFN01tDTIQqDuTwr1jUQK/geofiwjG5DycJQOnC72i1SsLAk1ELe+apBOuZ11UMQG8YKFZG1FgvjZPbqHyatg=="
+        "contentHash": "fcFN01tDTIQqDuTwr1jUQK/geofiwjG5DycJQOnC72i1SsLAk1ELe+apBOuZ11UMQG8YKFZG1FgvjZPbqHyatg=="
-            },
+      },
-            "MessagePack": {
+      "MessagePack": {
-                "type": "Direct",
+        "type": "Direct",
-                "requested": "[3.1.4, 4.0.0)",
+        "requested": "[3.1.4, 4.0.0)",
-                "resolved": "3.1.4",
+        "resolved": "3.1.4",
-                "contentHash": "BH0wlHWmVoZpbAPyyt2Awbq30C+ZsS3eHSkYdnyUAbqVJ22fAJDzn2xTieBeoT5QlcBzp61vHcv878YJGfi3mg==",
+        "contentHash": "BH0wlHWmVoZpbAPyyt2Awbq30C+ZsS3eHSkYdnyUAbqVJ22fAJDzn2xTieBeoT5QlcBzp61vHcv878YJGfi3mg==",
-                "dependencies": {
+        "dependencies": {
-                    "MessagePack.Annotations": "3.1.4",
+          "MessagePack.Annotations": "3.1.4",
-                    "MessagePackAnalyzer": "3.1.4",
+          "MessagePackAnalyzer": "3.1.4",
-                    "Microsoft.NET.StringTools": "17.11.4"
+          "Microsoft.NET.StringTools": "17.11.4"
-                }
-            },
-            "Microsoft.Data.Sqlite": {
-                "type": "Direct",
-                "requested": "[10.0.7, )",
-                "resolved": "10.0.7",
-                "contentHash": "DZ6G2QuyPrsh5VS+wfiZbNBtYT6p+CkxXjD0aZHF04xso7QsG/uk0JpG30hzYlK6u/wtTzta1Dqfgbc/Sl2sDA==",
-                "dependencies": {
-                    "Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.Core": "10.0.7",
-                    "SQLitePCLRaw.bundle_e_sqlite3": "2.1.11",
-                    "SQLitePCLRaw.core": "2.1.11"
-                }
-            },
-            "morelinq": {
-                "type": "Direct",
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README.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 [![Build](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/actions/workflows/build.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/actions/workflows/build.yml)
 [![License: EUPL-1.2](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-EUPL--1.2-blue.svg)](LICENSE)
-[![Latest release](https://img.shields.io/badge/release-v1.4.8-brightgreen)](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/latest)
+[![Latest release](https://img.shields.io/badge/release-v1.5.0-brightgreen)](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/latest)
 [![Dalamud API](https://img.shields.io/badge/Dalamud-API_15-purple)](https://github.com/goatcorp/Dalamud)
 [![.NET](https://img.shields.io/badge/.NET-10.0-512BD4)](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/)
 [![FFXIV](https://img.shields.io/badge/FFXIV-Dawntrail-c3a37f)](https://www.finalfantasyxiv.com/)
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <img src="docs/images/hellion-forge.png" alt="Hellion Forge" width="180" />
 </p>
 
-**Version 1.4.8** — Privacy-first chat plugin for FINAL FANTASY XIV / Dalamud, built on
+**Version 1.5.0** — Privacy-first chat plugin for FINAL FANTASY XIV / Dalamud, built on
 [Chat 2](https://github.com/Infiziert90/ChatTwo) (EUPL-1.2).
 
 Hellion Chat is a privacy-first plugin built on the Chat 2 foundation. The majority of the engine comes from Chat 2
@@ -286,19 +286,19 @@ An optional submission to the Dalamud main plugin repo (in addition to the custo
 
 ## Project Status
 
-**Version 1.4.8** — Hook-Layer and Polish Quick-Wins. The Database Viewer now has an optional FTS5 full-text search
+**Version 1.5.0** — DI Foundation and Service Refactor. Major architecture cycle: the plugin bootstrap moves to a
-across the entire chat history. Toggle "Full-text search" next to the search bar; the index is built asynchronously on
+generic-host DI container (`Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting` + `IServiceCollection`) modelled on Lightless Sync. All
-first run after the update with a progress toast, and the toggle stays disabled until the build completes. Multi-word
+18 instance-class services migrate from a static `Plugin.LogProxy` locator to `Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.ILogger<T>`
-terms match as exact phrases by default; power users can opt into raw FTS5 `MATCH` syntax by wrapping their own
+via constructor injection, with a custom `DalamudLogger` bridging the framework over to Dalamud's `IPluginLog`. The
-double-quotes. Custom theme files auto-reload when edited while the theme is active — save the JSON in your editor and
+proxy stays for the eight buckets ctor-injection cannot reach (static helpers like `EmoteCache`, Dalamud-reflected
-the live render picks up the change within a second, no picker click. Retention sweep no longer blocks the framework
+`Configuration`, the `Message` data class, and static methods inside `FontManager` / `GameFunctions`). Plugin.cs
-thread (`Framework.Run(...).Wait()` replaced by `Framework.RunOnTick(...)`), removing the ~194 ms hitch per sweep. Status
+finishes the cycle at 1012 lines — virtually identical to the pre-cycle 1013 — because the new Phase-1 host build
-bar height is now derived from `GetTextLineHeightWithSpacing()` plus a DPI-aware spacer so the bar renders correctly at
+and Plugin.X bridge wiring trade out exactly the service and window allocations that left `LoadAsync`. Cross-plugin
-Windows display scaling above 100 %. Receive-suppressed-tells routing is postponed to v1.5.x; the investigation in this
+baseline confirms no performance penalty vs Chat 2: HellionChat first-frame HITCH 77 ms median, Chat 2 74 ms.
-cycle showed that the FFXIV `ContentIdResolverHook` does not fire when other plugins suppress tells via
+Lightless and XIVInstantMessenger sit around 7 ms by deferring their font-atlas build past `Finished loading` —
-`CheckMessageHandled`, which means tell-partner identification breaks for AutoTellTab routing — the fix lives next to
+that pattern is the v1.5.1 follow-up item. One user-visible fix bundled in from upstream: pasting a slash command
-the planned ad-block hook layer where the same `RaptureLogModule` patch surface comes up anyway. Migration v17 stays
+into the chat input (Friend List "/tell" action, plugin-driven inserts) now replaces the existing input instead of
-(no schema bump). Ninth sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish sweep series (as of 2026-05-14).
+concatenating onto whatever the user was typing. Migration v17 stays (no schema bump).
 
 Hellion Chat is a standalone plugin, no longer a fork in the repository sense. Fully completed:
 

docs/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -10,6 +10,107 @@ to the release pages for details.
 
 ---
 
+## Hellion Chat 1.5.0 — DI Foundation and Service Refactor (2026-05-17)
+
+Major architecture cycle. The plugin bootstrap moves to a generic-host DI container
+(`Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting` + `IServiceCollection`) modelled on Lightless Sync. Service
+logging migrates from a static `Plugin.LogProxy` locator to typed
+`Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.ILogger<T>` via constructor injection, bridged over Dalamud's
+`IPluginLog` by a custom `DalamudLogger` trio.
+
+### Under the hood
+
+- 18 instance-class services migrate to `ILogger<T>` via constructor injection across four
+  slices: data layer (`MessageStore`, `MessageManager`, `AutoTellTabsService`), IPC and
+  integrations (`HonorificService`, `IpcManager`, `TypingIpc`, `ExtraChat`, three
+  `GameFunctions` classes), UI window layer (`ChatLogWindow`, `DbViewer`, `Popout`, three
+  settings tabs), and root (`Commands`, `ThemeRegistry`, `PayloadHandler`).
+- `Plugin.LogProxy` stays in place for the eight buckets ctor injection cannot reach:
+  static helpers (`EmoteCache`, `AutoTranslate`, `MemoryUtil`, `WrapperUtil`),
+  Dalamud-reflected types (`Configuration`), the `Message` data class, and instance classes
+  that only log from static methods (`FontManager`, one `GameFunctions` site).
+- Plugin.cs finishes at 1012 lines — virtually identical to the pre-cycle 1013. The new
+  Phase-1 host build and `Plugin.X` bridge wiring trade out exactly the service and window
+  allocations that previously lived in `LoadAsync`.
+- Cross-plugin baseline confirms no performance penalty against Chat 2: HellionChat
+  first-frame HITCH 77 ms median, Chat 2 74 ms median. Lightless and XIVInstantMessenger sit
+  around 7 ms by deferring their font-atlas build past `Finished loading` — that pattern is
+  the v1.5.1 follow-up item.
+
+### User-visible
+
+- Slash-command insert fix: pasting a slash command into the chat input (Friend List
+  "/tell" action, plugin-driven inserts from Artisan, AllaganTools etc.) now replaces the
+  existing input instead of concatenating onto whatever the user was typing. Cherry-picked
+  from ChatTwo upstream `ee7768ac` with namespace adaptation.
+
+Migration v17 stays (no schema bump).
+
+Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
+
+---
+
+## Hellion Chat 1.4.10 — Symbol-Picker and Tell-History Fix (2026-05-16)
+
+Eleventh and final sub-patch of the v1.4.x Polish-Sweep series. Symbol picker for the chat input, a tell-history reload fix
+for users with many active partners, and a closing cleanup sweep before v1.5.0 picks up the DI-container adoption.
+
+- Symbol picker for the chat input: smile-icon button left of the channel indicator opens a popup with two tabs —
+  161 FFXIV PUA glyphs (Dalamud's SeIconChar enum) and 97 server-verified BMP symbols round-tripped through `/echo` and
+  `/say` in a four-round probe. Cursor-aware splice, multi-insert keeps the popup open, recent-used strip floats the last
+  sixteen picks across both tabs. Toggle in Settings → Chat → Message behaviour, default on.
+- Pinned auto-tell tabs reload their full history again. PreloadHistory had a hidden 500-row scan cap that overrode the
+  user-configurable `AutoTellTabsHistoryPreload` setting whenever you chatted with many partners; less-frequent pinned
+  partners lost their backlog. The cap is removed.
+- Slash-command teardown cleanup: `/hellion`, `/hellionView`, `/hellionDebugger` (and `#if DEBUG /hellionSeString`) wrappers
+  are now cached as private fields so plugin teardown detaches the live registration instead of re-Register'ing with
+  identical args (latent maintenance hazard from v1.4.9).
+- v1.4.x Polish-Sweep wraps up here. The ImGuiListClipper render refactor that was on the v1.4.10 reserve list got dropped
+  after cross-platform smoke showed the scroll rubber-band is a Wine/Linux render-pipeline quirk, not universal — Windows
+  users never saw it. It will get its own platform-targeted spike in a later patch. Next major cycle is v1.5.0 with the
+  DI-container adoption (Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting + ILogger<T>) modelled on Lightless.
+- Migration v17 stays (no schema bump).
+
+Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
+
+---
+
+## Hellion Chat 1.4.9 — Plugin-Load Render Polish (2026-05-15)
+
+Tenth sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish-sweep series. First-frame render cost drops from ~127 ms median down to
+~76 ms median — comfortably under Dalamud's 100 ms HITCH warning threshold. The remaining ~13 ms gap to ChatTwo
+upstream (~63 ms median) is the cost of HellionChat-only features (sidebar tab view, custom status bar,
+Honorific integration).
+
+- First-frame defer: six non-essential rendering sections inside `ChatLogWindow` skip their first Draw and run
+  one frame later. Covered sections are the bottom status bar, channel-name SeString chunks, window bounds
+  check, v0.6.1 hint banner, autocomplete and input-preview calculation. At 60 fps the user sees those sections
+  ~17 ms after plugin reload — invisible inside the ~2.5 s font-atlas build window every reload runs through
+  anyway. Frame 1 stays well under 100 ms too (~40 ms), so no secondary HITCH warning appears.
+- Slash-command centralisation: `/hellion`, `/hellionView`, `/hellionSeString` and `/hellionDebugger` are now
+  registered during `LoadAsync` instead of inside the corresponding window constructors. The commands work
+  before their target window is opened the first time, and Dalamud's plugin-manager configuration / open
+  buttons (`UiBuilder.OpenConfigUi` / `OpenMainUi`) hang on the same path.
+- Plugin-load profiling logs stay on: `MessageStore.Connect`, `MessageStore.Migrate`, `FilterAllTabs` and the
+  auto-translate warm-up timing log are now Information level rather than Debug. They serve as a tripwire so a
+  future regression past 100 ms shows up directly in `/xllog` without re-enabling Debug.
+- ChatTwo IPC compatibility layer: HellionChat now mirrors ChatTwo's full IPC surface
+  (`GetChatInputState`, `ChatInputStateChanged`, `Register`, `Unregister`, `Available`, `Invoke`) under the
+  `ChatTwo.*` namespace in addition to our existing `HellionChat.*` provider gates. Third-party
+  integrations that historically only subscribe to ChatTwo's IPC — for example Artisan's and AllaganTools'
+  context-menu hooks — keep working without requiring a code change on their side. Conflict detection
+  prevents ChatTwo from loading in parallel with HellionChat, so there is no slot-collision risk at
+  runtime.
+- Migration v17 stays (no schema bump).
+- Internal: hypothesis-triage during the R2 cycle falsified three of the four candidate root causes
+  (font-atlas sync, theme-apply ABGR-cache init, multiple-window render). Actual cause is `DrawList` setup
+  cost distributed across ~10 ImGui sections inside ChatLogWindow (5-20 ms each). The six selective defers
+  above are the pragmatic fix — a clean structural rewrite would belong in the v1.5.x DI-container cycle.
+
+Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
+
+---
+
 ## Hellion Chat 1.4.8 — Hook-Layer and Polish Quick-Wins (2026-05-14)
 
 Ninth sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish-sweep series. Hook-layer cluster (FTS5 full-text search, ad-block foundation

docs/ROADMAP.md

@@ -10,14 +10,77 @@ the plugin's privacy-first scope during brainstorming.
 
 ---
 
-## Next Cycle (v1.4.9)
+## Next Cycle (v1.5.1)
 
-**Plugin-Load Render Polish.** Erststart-Frame-Hitch (~110 ms UiBuilder) and the related Font-Atlas + Auto-Translate
+**Honorific Full Gradient Port plus FontAtlas-Defer for a 10× HITCH cut.** v1.5.0 closed the DI-container cycle with
-warmup costs surface every load and are reproducible in `/xlstats`. The cycle also unblocks the lazy-window refactor
+no performance penalty against Chat 2 (77 ms vs 74 ms median first-frame HITCH), but the cross-plugin baseline against
-sketched in `feedback_lazy_window_dalamud` and the slash-command centralisation that comes with it.
+Lightless Sync and XIVInstantMessenger surfaced a clean optimisation: both plugins defer their font-atlas build until
+after `Finished loading` and sit at 6-7 ms HITCH, an order of magnitude below the ~75 ms floor that Chat 2 and HellionChat
+share. v1.5.1 ports that pattern. Plus the Honorific gradient render path — DTO is gradient-ready since v1.4.7, only the
+Wave / Pulse animation port remains. After that, First-Run-Wizard rework with curated defaults beyond the three privacy
+profiles, then FR localisation (Hezcal native-speaker review confirmed), then the Plugin Integrations Wave 2-6
+(Context-Menu, NotificationMaster, Moodles, ExtraChat, XIVIM Quick-DM). Wine/Linux scroll-rubber-band spike sits as a
+low-priority Linux-only investigation at the tail.
 
 ---
 
+## v1.5.0 — DI Foundation and Service Refactor (released 2026-05-17)
+
+Major architecture cycle. Plugin bootstrap moves to a generic-host DI container
+(`Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting` + `IServiceCollection`) modelled on Lightless Sync's `PluginHostFactory`. Service
+logging migrates from the static `Plugin.LogProxy` locator (the F12.2 shim from v1.4.7) to typed
+`Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.ILogger<T>` via constructor injection, bridged over Dalamud's `IPluginLog` by a custom
+`DalamudLogger` trio. 18 instance-class services move to ctor-injected loggers across four slices: data layer,
+IPC/integrations, UI window layer, and root. `Plugin.LogProxy` stays for the eight buckets ctor injection cannot
+reach — static helpers (`EmoteCache`, `AutoTranslate`, `MemoryUtil`, `WrapperUtil`), Dalamud-reflected types
+(`Configuration`), the `Message` data class, and instance classes that only log from static methods (`FontManager`,
+one `GameFunctions` site). Plugin.cs finishes at 1012 lines, virtually identical to the pre-cycle 1013 (-1 netto): the
+new Phase-1 host build and `Plugin.X` bridge wiring trade out exactly the service and window allocations that previously
+lived in `LoadAsync`. Cross-plugin baseline (10 reload-stress runs, 51 active plugins): HellionChat first-frame HITCH
+77 ms median, Chat 2 v1.40.2 74 ms median — no DI penalty. The deferred-font-atlas pattern from Lightless and
+XIVInstantMessenger is the v1.5.1 follow-up. User-visible: slash-command insert fix cherry-picked from ChatTwo upstream
+`ee7768ac` — pasting a slash command into the chat input now replaces existing input instead of concatenating.
+Migration v17 stays.
+
+---
+
+## v1.4.10 — Symbol-Picker and Tell-History Fix (released 2026-05-16)
+
+Eleventh and final sub-patch of the v1.4.x Polish Sweep series. Symbol picker for the chat input — popup with two tabs
+(161 FFXIV PUA glyphs via Dalamud's SeIconChar plus 97 server-verified BMP symbols probed through `/echo` and `/say` in
+a four-round whitelist build) — cursor-aware splice, multi-insert, recent-used strip across both tabs, Settings toggle
+in Chat → Message behaviour. Mid-cycle hotfix for pinned auto-tell tabs: PreloadHistory used to cap the SQL scan at
+500 rows regardless of the user's `AutoTellTabsHistoryPreload` setting, so active users with many partners lost the
+backlog of less-frequent pinned partners; the cap is gone, the `(Receiver, Date)` index keeps SQL fast, the client-side
+loop respects the user setting as the upper bound. Slash-command teardown cleanup wires the v1.4.9 wrappers through
+private fields so dispose detaches the live registration instead of re-registering with identical args. The original
+Reserve-A `ImGuiListClipper` refactor for `DrawMessages` was cancelled after cross-platform smoke showed the scroll
+rubber-band is a Wine/Linux render-pipeline quirk, not universal — Windows-side testing on v1.4.9 confirmed no lag.
+Migration v17 stays.
+
+---
+
+## v1.4.9 — Plugin-Load Render Polish (released 2026-05-15)
+
+Tenth sub-patch of the v1.4.x Polish Sweep series. First-frame HITCH drops from ~127 ms median to ~76 ms median (4-reload
+sample), comfortably under Dalamud's 100 ms warning threshold. Mechanism: a single `_firstFrameDone` flag inside
+`ChatLogWindow` defers six non-essential rendering sections (bottom status bar, channel-name SeString chunks, window
+bounds check, v0.6.1 hint banner, autocomplete, input-preview calculation) from frame 0 to frame 1. User sees those
+sections ~17 ms (60 fps) later, invisible inside the ~2.5 s font-atlas build window after every reload. Slash-command
+registration moved from individual window constructors to a central `SetupCommands` / `TearDownCommands` pair in
+`Plugin.cs` — `/hellion`, `/hellionView`, `/hellionSeString` and `/hellionDebugger` work before their target windows are
+opened the first time, and Dalamud's plugin-manager `OpenConfigUi` / `OpenMainUi` buttons hang on the same path.
+Plugin-load profiling logs (auto-translate warmup, `MessageStore.Connect`, `MessageStore.Migrate`, `FilterAllTabs`) stay
+on at Information level as a regression tripwire. The release also ships a ChatTwo IPC compatibility layer: HellionChat
+mirrors ChatTwo's full IPC surface (`GetChatInputState`, `ChatInputStateChanged`, `Register`, `Unregister`, `Available`,
+`Invoke`) under the `ChatTwo.*` namespace in addition to our existing `HellionChat.*` provider gates, so third-party
+integrations that only subscribe to ChatTwo's IPC (Artisan, AllaganTools) keep working without a code change on their
+side. Conflict detection prevents ChatTwo from loading in parallel, so there is no slot-collision risk at runtime.
+Migration v17 stays (no schema bump). Hypothesis-triage falsified
+three of four candidate root causes (font-atlas sync fallback, theme-apply ABGR-cache init, multiple-window render via
+lazy-init) — actual cost distributes evenly across ~10 ImGui sections inside ChatLogWindow, so structural rewrite is
+deferred to v1.5.x DI-container cycle.
+
 ## v1.4.8 — Hook-Layer and Polish Quick-Wins (released 2026-05-14)
 
 Ninth sub-patch of the v1.4.x Polish Sweep series. Database Viewer gains an optional FTS5 full-text search across the

scripts/verify-changelog-sync.sh

@@ -19,7 +19,12 @@ TAG="v$VER"
 grep -qE "^[[:space:]]*\*\*v${VER}[^0-9]" "$YAML" \
   || fail "$YAML changelog missing **v${VER}** subblock. Fix: add the v${VER} block at the top of the changelog field."
 
-jq -r '.[0].Changelog' "$REPO_JSON" | grep -qE "^[[:space:]]*\*\*v${VER}[^0-9]" \
+# Process substitution instead of `jq | grep -q` — grep -q closes stdin on the
+# first match, jq keeps writing the multi-KB Changelog string and trips SIGPIPE,
+# which `set -o pipefail` then turns into a false-positive FAIL. Manifested as a
+# `jq: writing output failed: Broken pipe` line plus a misleading "Changelog
+# missing **vX.Y.Z** subblock" message during pre-push runs.
+grep -qE "^[[:space:]]*\*\*v${VER}[^0-9]" <(jq -r '.[0].Changelog' "$REPO_JSON") \
   || fail "$REPO_JSON Changelog missing **v${VER}** subblock. Fix: copy the yaml changelog over."
 
 FORGE_FILE="$FORGE_DIR/${TAG}.md"