### 🌐 **[2.4.2] – Online User Count & Stability Updates**

*Released: 2025-10-31*

#### 🌟 **New Feature**

* 👥 **Online User Count from Nodes**
  The system now aggregates real-time online user data directly from active nodes, giving a more accurate live connection count on the dashboard.

#### 🧩 **Improvements**

* 🧹 Removed unnecessary input validation logic to streamline core functions.
* ⚙️ Improved consistency between node reports and server-side user tracking.

#### 📦 **Dependency Updates**

* ⬆️ **FastAPI** → 0.120.1
* ⬆️ **Starlette** → 0.49.1
* ⬆️ **aiofiles** → 25.1.0
* ⬆️ **pymongo** → 4.15.3
* ⬆️ **yarl** → 1.22.0
* ⬆️ **multidict** → 6.7.0