Signed messages never have any chat type format in the console

[Strokkur424]

Note

EDIT: This does not work for built-in chat types either. The same behavior can be observed using ChatType.CHAT, however I already spent so much time writing this issue up for custom ones, I will just keep them.

Expected behavior

When I run a method of type

Audience.sendMessage(SignedMessage, ChatType.Bound);

I expect to see the translation key format of my datapack-registered chat type to render in the same (or similar) way to how the client would render it. This already works well for the built-in chat types.

Observed/Actual behavior

The format is displayed correctly in the player's chat:

However the console simply prints out the signed message's content without any attempt made at formatting:

[20:17:36 INFO]: Strokkur24 issued server command: /broadcast This is a very cool broadcast
[20:17:36 INFO]: This is a very cool broadcast

Steps/models to reproduce

Register a new chat type example:broadcast:

{
  "chat": {
    "parameters": [
      "sender",
      "content"
    ],
    "translation_key": "%s %s"
  },
  "narration": {
    "parameters": [
      "target",
      "content"
    ],
    "translation_key": "%s sent a broadcast: %s"
  }
}

Obtain the Adventure ChatType instance:

private static final ChatType CHAT_TYPE_BROADCAST = ChatType.chatType(Key.key("example:broadcast"));

Send a signed message using that chat type to an audience containing both a player and the console command sender:

private void broadcast(CommandSender sender, SignedMessage signedMessage) {
  final Component format = MiniMessage.miniMessage().deserialize(
    "<b><gradient:dark_red:red>BROADCAST</b> <sender> <dark_gray>»</dark_gray>",
    Placeholder.component("sender", sender.name())
  );

  broadcastAudience.sendMessage(signedMessage, CHAT_TYPE_BROADCAST.bind(format, sender.name()));
}

Full example code can be viewed at https://github.com/Strokkur424/paper-cookbook/tree/247514b9aa93b950aa04c8ceacac8a564e6ca3bc/examples/22-chat-type/src/main/java/net/strokkur/paper/cookbook/chattype.

Plugin and Datapack List

plugins
[20:26:37 INFO]: ℹ Server Plugins (1):
[20:26:37 INFO]: Paper Plugins:
[20:26:37 INFO]:  - chat-type


datapack list
[20:27:49 INFO]: There are 4 data pack(s) enabled: [vanilla (built-in)], [chat-type/provided (plugin)], [file/bukkit (world)], [paper (built-in)]
[20:27:49 INFO]: There are no more data packs available

Paper version

version
[20:28:15 INFO]: Checking version, please wait...
[20:28:15 INFO]: This server is running Paper version 1.21.11-127-main@bd74bf6 (2026-03-10T02:55:23Z) (Implementing API version 1.21.11-R0.1-SNAPSHOT)
You are running the latest version

Other

I have a fully working example under https://github.com/Strokkur424/paper-cookbook/tree/247514b9aa93b950aa04c8ceacac8a564e6ca3bc/examples/22-chat-type. You can clone that repository and run ./gradlew :chat-type:runServer to instantly start a test server where this behavior can be observed (/broadcast required operator permissions, just op yourself in the console)