`heartbeat`

Base Jedi Academy

Sends a heartbeat to the masterserver

At a glance

Field	Value
Category	Server & networking
Module	`engine-server`
Also registered in	`engine-server`
Renderer	All / not renderer-specific
Network scope	`server-authoritative` — Owned or enforced by the server.
Derivation	`documented`
Confidence	`high`
In-game xdocs	No
In-game menu	No
Syntax	`heartbeat`
Cheat protected	No

Arguments and gating

No verified argument schema is available beyond the syntax shown above.

Provenance

Origin: Base Jedi Academy

Baseline evidence: 14cea1563762
Upstream registration evidence: codemp/server/sv_ccmds.cpp:966
Attribution method: present-in-openjk-initial-source-import
Attribution confidence: high
Notes: Identifier is present in OpenJK’s initial Raven source-import snapshot.

Later changes

These commits occur after the ultimate-origin introduction on TaystJK’s inherited first-parent lineage. Registration evidence is exact; behavior evidence requires a changed bound cvar reference or a changed registered command-handler hunk.

Date	Change source	Commit / subject	Evidence	Confidence
`2013-04-07`	OpenJK	`9344b45fc2d8` Updates to sv_ccmds.c. Adds kickall, kickbots, kicknum (clientkick alias). kick all and kick allbots still work.	Changed the registered command handler. `codemp/server/sv_ccmds.cpp`	`medium`
`2014-02-10`	OpenJK	`beadbaa9f0a2` Merge branch ‘master’ of https://github.com/JACoders/OpenJK	Changed the registered command handler. `codemp/server/server.h`	`high`
`2016-03-24`	EternalJK	`c9c6ab99fdd2` Merge branch ‘master’ of https://github.com/JACoders/OpenJK into japro	Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. `codemp/server/sv_ccmds.cpp`	`medium`
`2023-06-23`	EternalJK	`64b8343c85ea` · PR #2 Merge pull request #2 from TomArrow/taysternal	Changed the registered command handler. `codemp/server/server.h`	`medium`

Evidence

registration: codemp/server/sv_ccmds.cpp:2316 (Cmd_AddCommand)
handler: codemp/server/sv_ccmds.cpp:1445