From c95b638faaeea60905b070ebce03ec348ce1123e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Harrison Black <dev+github@harrison.black>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 21:59:23 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] feat: Server library cleanup on paper install (#4046)

---
 docs/configuration/misc-options.md |  6 ++++++
 scripts/start-deployPaper          | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/configuration/misc-options.md b/docs/configuration/misc-options.md
index f9676d10..da5d6888 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/misc-options.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/misc-options.md
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ docker run -d --pull=always \
     -p 25565:25565 -e EULA=TRUE --name mc itzg/minecraft-server
 ```
 
+## Clean server libraries
+
+By default, supported server types remove stale server libraries during installation by setting `CLEAN_SERVER_LIBRARIES` to `true`. Set `CLEAN_SERVER_LIBRARIES` to `false` to disable this cleanup if it causes unexpected behavior.
+
+Currently, library cleanup is supported by `TYPE=PAPER`. Other server jar types are not yet supported.
+
 ## Running as alternate user/group ID
 
 By default, the container will switch to and run the Minecraft server as user ID 1000 and group ID 1000; however, that can be changed by setting the environment variables `UID` and `GID`.
diff --git a/scripts/start-deployPaper b/scripts/start-deployPaper
index 07919f8a..9907d4a3 100755
--- a/scripts/start-deployPaper
+++ b/scripts/start-deployPaper
@@ -11,17 +11,26 @@ handleDebugMode
 : "${PAPER_DOWNLOAD_URL:=}"
 : "${PAPER_CUSTOM_JAR:=}"
 : "${PAPER_CONFIG_DEFAULTS_REPO:=${PAPER_CONFIG_REPO:=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Shonz1/minecraft-default-configs/main}}"
+: "${CLEAN_SERVER_LIBRARIES:=true}"
 
 resultsFile=/data/.paper.env
 if [[ $PAPER_CUSTOM_JAR ]]; then
   export SERVER="$PAPER_CUSTOM_JAR"
 elif [[ $PAPER_DOWNLOAD_URL ]]; then
-  if ! mc-image-helper install-paper \
-    --output-directory=/data \
-    --results-file="$resultsFile" \
-    --url="$PAPER_DOWNLOAD_URL"; then
-      logError "Failed to download from custom PaperMC URL"
-      exit 1
+
+  args=(
+    --output-directory=/data
+    --results-file="$resultsFile"
+    --url="$PAPER_DOWNLOAD_URL"
+  )
+
+  if [[ $CLEAN_SERVER_LIBRARIES ]]; then
+    args+=(--clean-libraries)
+  fi
+
+  if ! mc-image-helper install-paper "${args[@]}"; then
+    logError "Failed to download from custom PaperMC URL"
+    exit 1
   fi
   applyResultsFile ${resultsFile}
 else
@@ -35,6 +44,11 @@ else
   if [[ $PAPER_BUILD ]]; then
     args+=(--build="$PAPER_BUILD")
   fi
+
+  if [[ $CLEAN_SERVER_LIBRARIES ]]; then
+    args+=(--clean-libraries)
+  fi
+
   if ! mc-image-helper install-paper "${args[@]}"; then
       logError "Failed to download $PAPER_PROJECT"
       exit 1