Fix Red.send_interactive() permission check again (#6697 )

Make changelog easy to parse (#6711 )
Fix deprecated use of shutdown_timeout kwarg in TCPSite (#6743 )
2026-05-10 18:25:58 -04:00 · 2026-05-10 16:30:03 -04:00 · 2026-05-10 16:11:36 -04:00 · 2026-05-10 16:00:10 -04:00 · 2026-05-10 15:51:36 -04:00 · 2026-05-10 15:46:57 -04:00
97 changed files with 22946 additions and 21165 deletions
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@
  - redbot/cogs/downloader/*
  # Docs
  - docs/cog_guides/downloader.rst
-  # Tests
-  - redbot/pytest/downloader.py
-  - redbot/pytest/downloader_testrepo.*
-  - tests/cogs/downloader/**/*
 "Category: Cogs - Economy":
  # Source
  - redbot/cogs/economy/*
@@ -212,6 +208,13 @@
  - redbot/core/_cli.py
  - redbot/core/_debuginfo.py
  - redbot/setup.py
+"Category: Core - Downloader":
+  # Source
+  - redbot/core/_downloader/**/*
+  # Tests
+  - redbot/pytest/downloader.py
+  - redbot/pytest/downloader_testrepo.*
+  - tests/core/_downloader/**/*
 "Category: Core - Help":
  - redbot/core/commands/help.py
 "Category: Core - i18n":
@@ -263,7 +266,6 @@
  - docs/framework_events.rst
  - docs/guide_cog_creation.rst
  - docs/guide_cog_creators.rst
-  - docs/guide_migration.rst
  - docs/guide_publish_cogs.rst
  - docs/guide_slash_and_interactions.rst
 "Category: Docs - Install Guides":
@@ -7,18 +7,24 @@ on:
        required: false
        default: 'auto'

-permissions:
-  contents: write
-  pull-requests: write
-
 jobs:
  crowdin_download_translations:
+    environment: Prepare Release
    needs: pr_stable_bump
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v2
+        id: app-token
+        with:
+          app-id: ${{ secrets.RED_RELEASER_CLIENT_ID }}
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.RED_RELEASER_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+
+      # Checkout repository and install Python
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
        with:
          python-version: '3.8'
      - name: Install dependencies
@@ -43,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
        id: cpr_crowdin
        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v4
        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
          commit-message: Automated Crowdin downstream
          title: "Automated Crowdin downstream"
          body: |
@@ -51,31 +57,32 @@ jobs:
            Please ensure that there are no errors or invalid files are in the PR.
          labels: "Automated PR, Changelog Entry: Skipped"
          branch: "automated/i18n"
-          author: github-actions[bot] <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
+          committer: >-
+            ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.app-slug }}[bot]
+            <263745220+${{ steps.app-token.outputs.app-slug }}[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
+          author: >-
+            ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.app-slug }}[bot]
+            <263745220+${{ steps.app-token.outputs.app-slug }}[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
          milestone: ${{ needs.pr_stable_bump.outputs.milestone_number }}

-      - name: Close and reopen the PR with different token to trigger CI
-        uses: actions/github-script@v6
-        env:
-          PR_NUMBER: ${{ steps.cpr_crowdin.outputs.pull-request-number }}
-          PR_OPERATION: ${{ steps.cpr_crowdin.outputs.pull-request-operation }}
-        with:
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.cogcreators_bot_repo_scoped }}
-          script: |
-            const script = require(
-              `${process.env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/.github/workflows/scripts/close_and_reopen_pr.js`
-            );
-            console.log(script({github, context}));
-
  pr_stable_bump:
+    environment: Prepare Release
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    outputs:
      milestone_number: ${{ steps.get_milestone_number.outputs.result }}
    steps:
+      - uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v2
+        id: app-token
+        with:
+          app-id: ${{ secrets.RED_RELEASER_CLIENT_ID }}
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.RED_RELEASER_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+
      # Checkout repository and install Python
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
        with:
          python-version: '3.8'

@@ -105,7 +112,7 @@ jobs:
        id: cpr_bump_stable
        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v4
        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
          commit-message: Version bump to ${{ steps.bump_version_stable.outputs.new_version }}
          title: Version bump to ${{ steps.bump_version_stable.outputs.new_version }}
          body: |
@@ -113,18 +120,10 @@ jobs:
            Please ensure that there are no errors or invalid files are in the PR.
          labels: "Automated PR, Changelog Entry: Skipped"
          branch: "automated/pr_bumps/${{ steps.bump_version_stable.outputs.new_version }}"
-          author: github-actions[bot] <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
+          committer: >-
+            ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.app-slug }}[bot]
+            <263745220+${{ steps.app-token.outputs.app-slug }}[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
+          author: >-
+            ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.app-slug }}[bot]
+            <263745220+${{ steps.app-token.outputs.app-slug }}[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
          milestone: ${{ steps.get_milestone_number.outputs.result }}
-
-      - name: Close and reopen the PR with different token to trigger CI
-        uses: actions/github-script@v6
-        env:
-          PR_NUMBER: ${{ steps.cpr_bump_stable.outputs.pull-request-number }}
-          PR_OPERATION: ${{ steps.cpr_bump_stable.outputs.pull-request-operation }}
-        with:
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.cogcreators_bot_repo_scoped }}
-          script: |
-            const script = require(
-              `${process.env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/.github/workflows/scripts/close_and_reopen_pr.js`
-            );
-            console.log(await script({github, context}));
@@ -147,9 +147,7 @@ jobs:
          print-hash: true

  pr_dev_bump:
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-      pull-requests: write
+    environment: Prepare Release
    needs: release_to_pypi
    name: Update Red version number to dev
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -160,11 +158,18 @@ jobs:
        run: |
          echo "BASE_BRANCH=${TAG_BASE_BRANCH#'refs/heads/'}" >> $GITHUB_ENV

-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v2
+        id: app-token
+        with:
+          app-id: ${{ secrets.RED_RELEASER_CLIENT_ID }}
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.RED_RELEASER_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
        with:
          ref: ${{ env.BASE_BRANCH }}
+          token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
        with:
          python-version: '3.8'

@@ -194,7 +199,7 @@ jobs:
        id: cpr_bump_dev
        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v4
        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
          commit-message: Version bump to ${{ steps.bump_version_dev.outputs.new_version }}
          title: Version bump to ${{ steps.bump_version_dev.outputs.new_version }}
          body: |
@@ -202,19 +207,11 @@ jobs:
            Please ensure that there are no errors or invalid files are in the PR.
          labels: "Automated PR, Changelog Entry: Skipped"
          branch: "automated/pr_bumps/${{ steps.bump_version_dev.outputs.new_version }}"
-          author: github-actions[bot] <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
+          committer: >-
+            ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.app-slug }}[bot]
+            <263745220+${{ steps.app-token.outputs.app-slug }}[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
+          author: >-
+            ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.app-slug }}[bot]
+            <263745220+${{ steps.app-token.outputs.app-slug }}[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
          milestone: ${{ steps.get_milestone_number.outputs.result }}
          base: ${{ env.BASE_BRANCH }}
-
-      - name: Close and reopen the PR with different token to trigger CI
-        uses: actions/github-script@v6
-        env:
-          PR_NUMBER: ${{ steps.cpr_bump_dev.outputs.pull-request-number }}
-          PR_OPERATION: ${{ steps.cpr_bump_dev.outputs.pull-request-operation }}
-        with:
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.cogcreators_bot_repo_scoped }}
-          script: |
-            const script = require(
-              `${process.env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/.github/workflows/scripts/close_and_reopen_pr.js`
-            );
-            console.log(await script({github, context}));
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ build:
  jobs:
    install:
      - pip install .[doc]
+    post_build:
+      - mkdir -p docs/_build/doctrees docs/_build/markdown "$READTHEDOCS_OUTPUT/html/_markdown"
+      - python -m sphinx -T -b markdown -d docs/_build/doctrees -D "language=$READTHEDOCS_LANGUAGE" docs docs/_build/markdown
+      - cp docs/_build/markdown/changelog.md "$READTHEDOCS_OUTPUT/html/_markdown/changelog.md"

 sphinx:
  configuration: docs/conf.py
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ liking, making it completely customizable. This is a *self-hosted bot* – meani
 to host and maintain your own instance. You can turn Red into an admin bot, music bot, trivia bot,
 new best friend or all of these together!  

+Red is built for [Discord](https://discord.com/), a popular VOIP and instant messaging platform.
+It's best suited for use in guilds (also known as servers), where it utilizes Discord's
+well-documented API to communicate and deliver its many features. Discord offers its API to
+encourage developers to explore their creativity by building programs, tools, and services that
+enhance the Discord experience.
+
 [Installation](#installation) is easy, and you do **NOT** need to know anything about coding! Aside
 from installing and updating, every part of the bot can be controlled from within Discord.

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+from typing import Any, Dict, List
+
+from docutils import nodes
+from sphinx.application import Sphinx
+from sphinx.util.docutils import SphinxDirective
+
+
+class ChangelogContributors(SphinxDirective):
+    has_content = True
+
+    def run(self) -> List[nodes.Node]:
+        contributors = [contributor for line in self.content for contributor in line.split()]
+
+        comment_value = " ".join(contributors)
+        line_nodes = []
+        for contributor in contributors:
+            if line_nodes:
+                line_nodes.append(nodes.Text(", "))
+            line_nodes.append(
+                nodes.reference(
+                    contributor,
+                    f"@{contributor}",
+                    internal=False,
+                    refuri=f"https://github.com/sponsors/{contributor}",
+                )
+            )
+
+        node = nodes.line_block(
+            "",
+            nodes.comment("", f"RED-CHANGELOG-CONTRIBUTORS: {comment_value}"),
+            nodes.line("", "Thanks to all these amazing people who contributed to this release:"),
+            nodes.line("", "", *line_nodes),
+        )
+        return [node]
+
+
+def setup(app: Sphinx) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    app.add_directive("changelog-contributors", ChangelogContributors)
+    return {
+        "version": "1.0",
+        "parallel_read_safe": True,
+        "parallel_write_safe": True,
+    }
@@ -3,16 +3,14 @@
 ==========================
 About Virtual Environments
 ==========================
-Creating a virtual environment is really easy and usually prevents many common installation
-problems.
+Creating a virtual environment is simple and helps prevent installation problems.

 **What Are Virtual Environments For?**

-Virtual environments allow you to isolate Red's library dependencies, cog dependencies and python
-binaries from the rest of your system. There is no performance overhead to using virtual environment
-and it saves you from a lot of troubles during setup. It also makes sure Red and its dependencies
-are installed to a predictable location which makes uninstalling Red as simple as removing a single folder,
-without worrying about losing your data or other things on your system becoming broken.
+Virtual environments allow you to isolate Red's library dependencies, cog dependencies, and Python
+binaries from the rest of your system with no performance overhead, ensuring those dependencies 
+and Red are installed to a predictable location. This makes uninstalling Red as simple as removing 
+a single folder, preventing any data loss or breaking other things on your system.


 --------------------------------------------
@@ -21,19 +19,21 @@ Virtual Environments with Multiple Instances
 If you are running multiple instances of Red on the same machine, you have the option of either
 using the same virtual environment for all of them, or creating separate ones.

-.. note::
+Using a *single* virtual environment for all of your instances means you:

-    This only applies for multiple instances of V3. If you are running a V2 instance as well,
-    you **must** use separate virtual environments.
+- Only need to update Red once for all instances.
+- Must shut down all instances prior to updating.
+- Will save space on your hard drive.
+- Want all instances to share the same version/dependencies.

-The advantages of using a *single* virtual environment for all of your V3 instances are:
+Using *multiple* virtual environments for each individual or select groups of instances means you:

- When updating Red, you will only need to update it once for all instances (however you will still need to restart all instances for the changes to take effect)
- It will save space on your hard drive
-
-On the other hand, you may wish to update each of your instances individually.
+- Need to update Red within each virtual environment separately.
+- Can update Red without needing to update all instances.
+- Only need to shut down the instance(s) being updated.
+- Want different Red/dependency versions on different instances.

 .. important::

-    Windows users with multiple instances should create *separate* virtual environments, as
-    updating multiple running instances at once is likely to cause errors.
+    Regardless of which option you choose, do not update while any instances within that virtual 
+    environment are running. This is especially true for Windows, as files are locked by the system while in use.
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Backing Up and Restoring Red
 ============================

-Red can be backed up and restored to any device as long as it is supported operating system. See page: :ref:`end-user-guarantees`.
+Red can be backed up and restored to any device as long as it is a supported operating system. See page: :ref:`end-user-guarantees`.

 Backup steps are to be done in order and carefully to avoid any issues.

@@ -116,18 +116,18 @@ How can I use this playlist link with playlist commands in audio?**
    :ref:`setting up Audio for multiple bots<multibots>`. Otherwise, another process is using the 
    port, so you need to figure out what is using port 2333 and terminate/disconnect it yourself.
    
-**Q: My terminal is saying that I "must install Java 17 or 11 for Lavalink to run". How can I fix this?**
+**Q: My terminal is saying that I "must install Java 21 or 17 for Lavalink to run". How can I fix this?**

    You are getting this error because you have a different version of Java installed, or you don't have
-    Java installed at all. As the error states, Java 17 or 11 is required, and can be installed from
-    `here <https://adoptium.net/temurin/releases/?version=17>`__.
+    Java installed at all. As the error states, Java 21 or 17 is required, and can be installed from
+    `here <https://adoptium.net/temurin/releases/?version=21>`__.
    
-    If you have Java 17 or 11 installed, and are still getting this error, you will have to manually tell Audio where your Java install is located.
-    Use ``[p]llset java <path_to_java_17_or_11_executable>``, to make Audio launch Lavalink with a
+    If you have Java 21 or 17 installed, and are still getting this error, you will have to manually tell Audio where your Java install is located.
+    Use ``[p]llset java <path_to_java_21_or_17_executable>``, to make Audio launch Lavalink with a
    specific Java binary. To do this, you will need to locate your ``java.exe``/``java`` file
-    in your **Java 17 or 11 install**.
+    in your **Java 21 or 17 install**.
    
-    Alternatively, update your PATH settings so that Java 17 or 11 is the one used by ``java``. However,
+    Alternatively, update your PATH settings so that Java 21 or 17 is the one used by ``java``. However,
    you should confirm that nothing other than Red is running on the machine that requires Java.

 .. _queue_commands:
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ uses OpenJDK 17 in the managed Lavalink configuration. It can be installed by ru

    sudo apt install openjdk-17-jre-headless -y

-Otherwise, Lavalink works well with most versions of Java 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, and 18. Azul 
+Otherwise, Lavalink works well with most versions of Java 17 and higher. Azul 
 Zulu builds are suggested, see `here <https://github.com/lavalink-devs/Lavalink/#requirements>`__ for more information.

 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -3651,7 +3651,7 @@ This command shouldn't need to be used most of the time,
 and is only useful if the host machine has conflicting Java versions.

 If changing this make sure that the Java executable you set is supported by Audio.
-The current supported versions are Java 17 and 11.
+The current supported versions are Java 21 or 17.

 **Arguments**

@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ Explains how to set the Twitch token.

 To set the Twitch API tokens, follow these steps:

-1. Go to this page: https://dev.twitch.tv/dashboard/apps.
+1. Go to this page: https://dev.twitch.tv/console/apps.

 2. Click Register Your Application.

@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ extensions = [
    "sphinx.ext.napoleon",
    "sphinx.ext.doctest",
    "sphinxcontrib_trio",
+    "sphinx_markdown_builder",
    "sphinx-prompt",
+    "changelog_contributors",
    "deprecated_removed",
    "prompt_builder",
 ]
@@ -230,6 +232,14 @@ linkcheck_ignore = [r"https://java.com*", r"https://chocolatey.org*"]
 linkcheck_retries = 3


+# -- Options for markdown builder ----------------------------------------
+
+markdown_http_base = os.environ.get(
+    "READTHEDOCS_CANONICAL_URL", "https://docs.discord.red/en/stable"
+)
+markdown_uri_doc_suffix = ".html"
+
+
 # -- Options for extensions -----------------------------------------------

 if dpy_version_info.releaselevel == "final":
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
 Bank
 ====

-Bank has now been separated from Economy for V3. New to bank is support for
-having a global bank.
-
 ***********
 Basic Usage
 ***********
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Bot
 Red
 ^^^

-.. autoclass:: Red
+.. autoclass:: Red()
    :members:
    :exclude-members: get_context, get_embed_color

@@ -446,49 +446,6 @@ Of course, if we're less than responsible pet owners, there are consequences::
                "how poorly it was taken care of."
            )

-
-*************
-V2 Data Usage
-*************
-There has been much conversation on how to bring V2 data into V3 and, officially, we recommend that cog developers
-make use of the public interface in Config (using the categories as described in these docs) rather than simply
-copying and pasting your V2 data into V3. Using Config as recommended will result in a much better experience for
-you in the long run and will simplify cog creation and maintenance.
-
-However.
-
-We realize that many of our cog creators have expressed disinterest in writing converters for V2 to V3 style data.
-As a result we have opened up config to take standard V2 data and allow cog developers to manipulate it in V3 in
-much the same way they would in V2. The following examples will demonstrate how to accomplish this.
-
-.. warning::
-
-    By following this method to use V2 data in V3 you may be at risk of data corruption if your cog is used on a bot
-    with multiple shards. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
-
-.. code-block:: python
-
-    from redbot.core import Config, commands
-
-
-    class ExampleCog(commands.Cog):
-        def __init__(self):
-            self.config = Config.get_conf(self, 1234567890)
-            self.config.init_custom("V2", 1)
-            self.data = {}
-
-        async def load_data(self):
-            self.data = await self.config.custom("V2", "V2").all()
-
-        async def save_data(self):
-            await self.config.custom("V2", "V2").set(self.data)
-
-
-    async def setup(bot):
-        cog = ExampleCog()
-        await cog.load_data()
-        await bot.add_cog(cog)
-
 ************************************
 Best practices and performance notes
 ************************************
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 Mod log
 =======

-Mod log has now been separated from Mod for V3.
-
 ***********
 Basic Usage
 ***********
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ RPC
  RPC support is included in Red on a `provisional <developer-guarantees-exclusions>` basis.
  Backwards incompatible changes (up to and including removal of the RPC) may occur if deemed necessary.

-V3 comes default with an internal RPC server that may be used to remotely control the bot in various ways.
+Red comes default with an internal RPC server that may be used to remotely control the bot in various ways.
 Cogs must register functions to be exposed to RPC clients.
 Each of those functions must only take JSON serializable parameters and must return JSON serializable objects.

@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 .. role:: python(code)
    :language: python

-========================
-Creating cogs for Red V3
-========================
+=====================
+Creating cogs for Red
+=====================

-This guide serves as a tutorial on creating cogs for Red V3.
+This guide serves as a tutorial on creating cogs for Red.
 It will cover the basics of setting up a package for your
 cog and the basics of setting up the file structure. We will
 also point you towards some further resources that may assist
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ Make sure that both files are saved.
 Testing your cog
 ----------------

-To test your cog, you will need a running instance of V3.
-Assuming you installed V3 as outlined above, run :code:`redbot-setup`
+To test your cog, you will need a running instance of Red.
+Assuming you installed Red as outlined above, run :code:`redbot-setup`
 and provide the requested information. Once that's done, run Red
 by doing :code:`redbot <instance name> --dev` to start Red.
 Complete the initial setup by providing a valid token and setting a
@@ -169,6 +169,4 @@ Becoming an Approved Cog Creator
 Additional resources
 --------------------

-Be sure to check out the :doc:`/guide_migration` for some resources
-on developing cogs for V3. This will also cover differences between V2 and V3 for
-those who developed cogs for V2.
+If you've developed cogs for V2, you might find `incompatible_changes/v2_migration` document helpful.
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .. Publishing cogs for V3

-Publishing cogs for Red V3
-==========================
+Publishing cogs for Red
+=======================

 Users of Red install 3rd-party cogs using Downloader cog. To make your cog available
 to install for others, you will have to create a git repository
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Average Providers
 | `OVH <https://us.ovhcloud.com/vps/>`_ is a company focused on providing hosting
 and cloud services with locations in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific.

-| `Time4VPS <https://www.time4vps.eu/>`_ is a Lithuanian VPS provider mainly focused
+| `Time4VPS <https://www.time4vps.com/>`_ is a Lithuanian VPS provider mainly focused
 on lower cost.

 | `GalaxyGate <https://galaxygate.net/>`_ is a VPS and dedicated server provider
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ Average Providers
 | `LowEndBox <http://lowendbox.com/>`_ is a website where hosting providers are
 discussed and curated, often with lower costs and less known providers.

-| `AlphaVps <https://alphavps.com>`_ is a Bulgaria VPS and dedicated server provider 
+| `AlphaVps <https://alphavps.com>`_ is a Bulgarian VPS and dedicated server provider 
 with locations in Los Angeles, New York, England, Germany and Bulgaria.

 --------------------
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ Backward incompatible changes

   future
   3.5
+   v2_migration
@@ -38,6 +38,49 @@ per-server/member/user/role/channel or global basis. Be sure to check
 out :doc:`/framework_config` for the API docs for Config as well as a
 tutorial on using Config.

+*************
+V2 Data Usage
+*************
+
+There has been much conversation on how to bring V2 data into V3 and, officially, we recommend that cog developers
+make use of the public interface in Config (using the categories as described in these docs) rather than simply
+copying and pasting your V2 data into V3. Using Config as recommended will result in a much better experience for
+you in the long run and will simplify cog creation and maintenance.
+
+However.
+
+We realize that many of our cog creators have expressed disinterest in writing converters for V2 to V3 style data.
+As a result we have opened up config to take standard V2 data and allow cog developers to manipulate it in V3 in
+much the same way they would in V2. The following examples will demonstrate how to accomplish this.
+
+.. warning::
+
+    By following this method to use V2 data in V3 you may be at risk of data corruption if your cog is used on a bot
+    with multiple shards. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    from redbot.core import Config, commands
+
+
+    class ExampleCog(commands.Cog):
+        def __init__(self):
+            self.config = Config.get_conf(self, 1234567890)
+            self.config.init_custom("V2", 1)
+            self.data = {}
+
+        async def load_data(self):
+            self.data = await self.config.custom("V2", "V2").all()
+
+        async def save_data(self):
+            await self.config.custom("V2", "V2").set(self.data)
+
+
+    async def setup(bot):
+        cog = ExampleCog()
+        await cog.load_data()
+        await bot.add_cog(cog)
+
 ----
 Bank
 ----
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ Welcome to Red - Discord Bot's documentation!
    :maxdepth: 2
    :caption: Red Development Framework Reference:

-    guide_migration
    guide_cog_creation
    guide_slash_and_interactions
    guide_publish_cogs
@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@ Alma Linux 8                       x86-64, aarch64           2029-05-31 (`securi
 Alma Linux 9                       x86-64, aarch64           2032-05-31 (`security support <https://wiki.almalinux.org/release-notes/>`__)
 Amazon Linux 2023                  x86-64, aarch64           2028-03-15 (`end-of-life <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/linux/al2023/release-notes/support-info-by-support-statement.html#support-info-by-support-statement-eol>`__)
 Arch Linux                         x86-64                    forever (support is only provided for an up-to-date system)
-CentOS Stream 9                    x86-64, aarch64           2027-05-31 (`expected EOL <https://centos.org/stream9/#timeline>`__)
+CentOS Stream 9                    x86-64, aarch64           2027-05-31 (`Expected EOL <https://centos.org/stream9/#timeline>`__)
 Debian 12 Bookworm                 x86-64, aarch64, armv7l   2026-06-10 (`End of life <https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases#Production_Releases>`__)
 Fedora Linux 42                    x86-64, aarch64           2026-05-13 (`End of Life <https://fedorapeople.org/groups/schedule/f-42/f-42-key-tasks.html>`__)
 Fedora Linux 43                    x86-64, aarch64           2026-12-09 (`End of Life <https://fedorapeople.org/groups/schedule/f-43/f-43-key-tasks.html>`__)
-openSUSE Leap 15.6                 x86-64, aarch64           2025-12-31 (`end of maintenance life cycle <https://en.opensuse.org/Lifetime#openSUSE_Leap>`__)
+openSUSE Leap 15.6                 x86-64, aarch64           2025-12-31 (`end of maintenance lifecycle <https://en.opensuse.org/Lifetime#openSUSE_Leap>`__)
 openSUSE Tumbleweed                x86-64, aarch64           forever (support is only provided for an up-to-date system)
 Oracle Linux 8                     x86-64, aarch64           2029-07-31 (`End of Premier Support <https://www.oracle.com/us/support/library/elsp-lifetime-069338.pdf>`__)
 Oracle Linux 9                     x86-64, aarch64           2032-06-31 (`End of Premier Support <https://www.oracle.com/us/support/library/elsp-lifetime-069338.pdf>`__)
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ RHEL 8.10                          x86-64, aarch64           2029-05-31 (`End of
 RHEL 9 (latest)                    x86-64, aarch64           2032-05-31 (`End of Maintenance Support <https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Life_Cycle_Dates>`__)
 RHEL 9.4                           x86-64, aarch64           2026-04-30 (`End of Extended Update Support <https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Extended_Update_Support>`__)
 RHEL 9.6                           x86-64, aarch64           2027-05-31 (`End of Extended Update Support <https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Extended_Update_Support>`__)
-Rocky Linux 8                      x86-64, aarch64           2029-05-31 (`(i) Planned EOL <https://rockylinux.org/download>`__)
-Rocky Linux 9                      x86-64, aarch64           2032-05-31 (`(i) Planned EOL <https://rockylinux.org/download>`__)
+Rocky Linux 8                      x86-64, aarch64           2029-05-31 (`End of Life <https://wiki.rockylinux.org/rocky/version/>`__)
+Rocky Linux 9                      x86-64, aarch64           2032-05-31 (`End of Life <https://wiki.rockylinux.org/rocky/version/>`__)
 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS                   x86-64, aarch64           2027-06-30 (`End of Standard Support <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases#Current>`__)
 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS                   x86-64, aarch64           2029-06-30 (`End of Standard Support <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases#Current>`__)
 ================================   =======================   ============================================================
@@ -289,19 +289,6 @@ class VersionInfo:
        return version("Red-DiscordBot")


-def _update_event_loop_policy():
-    if _sys.implementation.name == "cpython":
-        # Let's not force this dependency, uvloop is much faster on cpython
-        try:
-            import uvloop
-        except ImportError:
-            pass
-        else:
-            import asyncio
-
-            asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(uvloop.EventLoopPolicy())
-
-
 def _ensure_no_colorama():
    # a hacky way to ensure that nothing initialises colorama
    # if we're not running with legacy Windows command line mode
@@ -334,12 +321,11 @@ def _early_init():
    # This function replaces logger so we preferably (though not necessarily) want that to happen
    # before importing anything that calls `logging.getLogger()`, i.e. `asyncio`.
    _update_logger_class()
-    _update_event_loop_policy()
    _ensure_no_colorama()


 # This is bumped automatically by release workflow (`.github/workflows/scripts/bump_version.py`)
-_VERSION = "3.5.23"
+_VERSION = "3.5.25.dev1"

 __version__, version_info = VersionInfo._get_version()

@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ import rich
 import redbot.logging
 from redbot import __version__
 from redbot.core.bot import Red, ExitCodes, _NoOwnerSet
-from redbot.core._cli import interactive_config, confirm, parse_cli_flags
+from redbot.core._cli import interactive_config, confirm, parse_cli_flags, new_event_loop
 from redbot.setup import get_data_dir, get_name, save_config
-from redbot.core import data_manager, _drivers
+from redbot.core import data_manager, _drivers, _downloader
 from redbot.core._debuginfo import DebugInfo
 from redbot.core._sharedlibdeprecation import SharedLibImportWarner

@@ -182,32 +182,10 @@ async def _edit_owner(red, owner, no_prompt):

 def _edit_instance_name(old_name, new_name, confirm_overwrite, no_prompt):
    if new_name:
-        name = new_name
-        if name in _get_instance_names() and not confirm_overwrite:
-            name = old_name
-            print(
-                "An instance with this name already exists.\n"
-                "If you want to remove the existing instance and replace it with this one,"
-                " run this command with --overwrite-existing-instance flag."
-            )
+        name = get_name(new_name, confirm_overwrite=confirm_overwrite)
    elif not no_prompt and confirm("Would you like to change the instance name?", default=False):
-        name = get_name("")
-        if name in _get_instance_names():
-            print(
-                "WARNING: An instance already exists with this name. "
-                "Continuing will overwrite the existing instance config."
-            )
-            if not confirm(
-                "Are you absolutely certain you want to continue with this instance name?",
-                default=False,
-            ):
-                print("Instance name will remain unchanged.")
-                name = old_name
-            else:
-                print("Instance name updated.")
-        else:
-            print("Instance name updated.")
-        print()
+        name = get_name(confirm_overwrite=confirm_overwrite)
+        print("Instance name updated.\n")
    else:
        name = old_name
    return name
@@ -272,7 +250,7 @@ def early_exit_runner(
    """
    This one exists to not log all the things like it's a full run of the bot.
    """
-    loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
+    loop = new_event_loop()
    asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)
    try:
        if not cli_flags.instance_name:
@@ -281,7 +259,7 @@ def early_exit_runner(
            return

        data_manager.load_basic_configuration(cli_flags.instance_name)
-        red = Red(cli_flags=cli_flags, description="Red V3", dm_help=None)
+        red = Red(cli_flags=cli_flags)
        driver_cls = _drivers.get_driver_class()
        loop.run_until_complete(driver_cls.initialize(**data_manager.storage_details()))
        loop.run_until_complete(func(red, cli_flags))
@@ -317,19 +295,23 @@ async def run_bot(red: Red, cli_flags: Namespace) -> None:
    redbot.logging.init_logging(
        level=cli_flags.logging_level,
        location=data_manager.core_data_path() / "logs",
-        cli_flags=cli_flags,
+        rich_logging=cli_flags.rich_logging,
+        rich_tracebacks=cli_flags.rich_tracebacks,
+        rich_traceback_extra_lines=cli_flags.rich_traceback_extra_lines,
+        rich_traceback_show_locals=cli_flags.rich_traceback_show_locals,
    )

    log.debug("====Basic Config====")
    log.debug("Data Path: %s", data_manager._base_data_path())
    log.debug("Storage Type: %s", data_manager.storage_type())

+    await _downloader._init(red)
+
    # lib folder has to be in sys.path before trying to load any 3rd-party cog (GH-3061)
    # We might want to change handling of requirements in Downloader at later date
-    LIB_PATH = data_manager.cog_data_path(raw_name="Downloader") / "lib"
-    LIB_PATH.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-    if str(LIB_PATH) not in sys.path:
-        sys.path.append(str(LIB_PATH))
+    lib_path = str(_downloader.LIB_PATH)
+    if lib_path not in sys.path:
+        sys.path.append(lib_path)

        # "It's important to note that the global `working_set` object is initialized from
        # `sys.path` when `pkg_resources` is first imported, but is only updated if you do
@@ -339,7 +321,7 @@ async def run_bot(red: Red, cli_flags: Namespace) -> None:
        # Source: https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/pkg_resources.html#workingset-objects
        pkg_resources = sys.modules.get("pkg_resources")
        if pkg_resources is not None:
-            pkg_resources.working_set.add_entry(str(LIB_PATH))
+            pkg_resources.working_set.add_entry(lib_path)
    sys.meta_path.insert(0, SharedLibImportWarner())

    if cli_flags.token:
@@ -478,7 +460,7 @@ def main():
        early_exit_runner(cli_flags, edit_instance)
        return
    try:
-        loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
+        loop = new_event_loop()
        asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)

        if cli_flags.no_instance:
@@ -493,7 +475,7 @@ def main():

        data_manager.load_basic_configuration(cli_flags.instance_name)

-        red = Red(cli_flags=cli_flags, description="Red V3", dm_help=None)
+        red = Red(cli_flags=cli_flags)

        if os.name != "nt":
            # None of this works on windows.
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ from redbot.core.i18n import Translator
 from redbot.core.utils.chat_formatting import box, humanize_number
 from redbot.core.utils.menus import menu, start_adding_reactions
 from redbot.core.utils.predicates import MessagePredicate, ReactionPredicate
+from redbot.core.utils.views import SetApiView

 from ...audio_dataclasses import LocalPath
 from ...converters import ScopeParser
@@ -1280,26 +1281,38 @@ class AudioSetCommands(MixinMeta, metaclass=CompositeMetaClass):
            "6. Click on Create Credential at the top.\n"
            '7. At the top click the link for "API key".\n'
            "8. No application restrictions are needed. Click Create at the bottom.\n"
-            "9. You now have a key to add to `{prefix}set api youtube api_key <your_api_key_here>`"
-        ).format(prefix=ctx.prefix)
-        await ctx.maybe_send_embed(message)
+            "9. Click the button below this message and set your API key"
+            " with the data shown in Google Developers Console."
+        )
+        await ctx.send(
+            message,
+            view=SetApiView(default_service="youtube", default_keys={"api_key": ""}),
+        )

    @command_audioset.command(name="spotifyapi")
    @commands.is_owner()
    async def command_audioset_spotifyapi(self, ctx: commands.Context):
        """Instructions to set the Spotify API tokens."""
        message = _(
-            "1. Go to Spotify developers and log in with your Spotify account.\n"
-            "(https://developer.spotify.com/dashboard/applications)\n"
-            '2. Click "Create An App".\n'
-            "3. Fill out the form provided with your app name, etc.\n"
-            '4. When asked if you\'re developing commercial integration select "No".\n'
-            "5. Accept the terms and conditions.\n"
-            "6. Copy your client ID and your client secret into:\n"
-            "`{prefix}set api spotify client_id <your_client_id_here> "
-            "client_secret <your_client_secret_here>`"
-        ).format(prefix=ctx.prefix)
-        await ctx.maybe_send_embed(message)
+            "1. Go to Spotify for Developers and log in with your Spotify account."
+            " If this is your first time, you'll be asked to accept the terms and conditions.\n"
+            "(https://developer.spotify.com/dashboard)\n"
+            '2. Click "Create app".\n'
+            "3. Fill out the form provided with your app name and description."
+            " These can be anything you want. Website field can be left empty.\n"
+            "4. Add `https://localhost` to your Redirect URIs. This will not be used"
+            " but is required when filling out the form.\n"
+            '5. Select "Web API" when asked which API/SDKs you are planning to use.\n'
+            "6. Confirm that you agree to the terms and conditions and save the application.\n"
+            "7. Click the button below this message and set your client ID and your client secret"
+            " with the data shown in Spotify's dashboard."
+        )
+        await ctx.send(
+            message,
+            view=SetApiView(
+                default_service="spotify", default_keys={"client_id": "", "client_secret": ""}
+            ),
+        )

    @command_audioset.command(name="countrycode")
    @commands.guild_only()
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ msgstr "Não foi possível tocar a música"
 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:442
 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:524
 msgid "Queue size limit reached."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Limite da fila atingindo."

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/formatting.py:154
 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:599
@@ -63,41 +63,41 @@ msgstr "Faixa Enfileirada"
 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/formatting.py:168
 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:548
 msgid "This track is not allowed in this server."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Esta faixa não é permitida neste servidor."

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/formatting.py:185
 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:570
 msgid "Track exceeds maximum length."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Faixa excede comprimento máximo."

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/formatting.py:200
 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:602
 msgid "{time} until track playback: #{position} in queue"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "{time} até a reprodução da faixa: #{position} na fila"

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/formatting.py:260
 msgid "Tracks Found:"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Faixas Encontradas:"

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/formatting.py:261
 msgid "search results"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "resultados da pesquisa"

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/formatting.py:263
 msgid "Folders Found:"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Pastas Encontradas:"

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/formatting.py:264
 msgid "local folders"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "pastas locais"

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/formatting.py:266
 msgid "Files Found:"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Arquivos Encontrados:"

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/formatting.py:267
 msgid "local tracks"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "faixas locais"

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/formatting.py:379
 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:240
@@ -122,15 +122,15 @@ msgstr "Ambiente inválido"

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/local_tracks.py:109
 msgid "No localtracks folder."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Sem pasta localtracks."

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/miscellaneous.py:50
 msgid "Not enough {currency}"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Sem {currency} suficiente"

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/miscellaneous.py:51
 msgid "{required_credits} {currency} required, but you have {bal}."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "{required_credits} {currency} necessário, mas você possui {bal}."

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:78
 msgid "music in {} servers"
@@ -140,54 +140,56 @@ msgstr "música em {} servidores"
 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:139
 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:144
 msgid "There's nothing in the queue."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Não há nada na fila."

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:141
 msgid "Currently livestreaming {track}"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Transmitindo agora {track}"

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:146
 msgid "{time} left on {track}"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "{time} restante de {track}"

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:154
 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:189
 msgid "Track Skipped"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Faixa Pulada"

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:167
 msgid "Track number must be equal to or greater than 1."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "O número da faixa deve ser igual ou maior que 1."

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:173
 msgid "There are only {queuelen} songs currently queued."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Há apenas músicas {queuelen} na fila."

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:179
 msgid "{skip_to_track} Tracks Skipped"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "{skip_to_track} Faixas Puladas"

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:235
 msgid "The owner needs to set the Spotify client ID and Spotify client secret, before Spotify URLs or codes can be used. \n"
 "See `{prefix}audioset spotifyapi` for instructions."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "O proprietário precisa definir o ID do cliente do Spotify e o Spotify Client Secret, antes que possam ser usadas URLs ou códigos do Spotify. \n"
+"Veja `{prefix}audioset spotifyapi` para instruções."

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:245
 msgid "The owner needs to set the YouTube API key before Spotify URLs or codes can be used.\n"
 "See `{prefix}audioset youtubeapi` for instructions."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "O proprietário precisa definir a chave da API do YouTube antes que URLs ou códigos do Spotify possam ser usados.\n"
+"Veja `{prefix}audioset youtubeapi` para instruções."

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:254
 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:363
 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:594
 msgid "Unable To Get Tracks"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Não foi possível obter as faixas"

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:255
 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:364
 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:595
 msgid "Wait until the playlist has finished loading."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Aguarde até que a playlist termine de carregar."

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:266
 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:308
@@ -203,7 +205,7 @@ msgstr "Nada encontrado."
 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:607
 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:640
 msgid "Track is not playable."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Faixa não é reproduzível."

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:270
 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:311
@@ -211,7 +213,7 @@ msgstr ""
 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:608
 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:641
 msgid "**{suffix}** is not a fully supported format and some tracks may not play."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "**{suffix}** não é um formato totalmente suportado e algumas faixas podem não reproduzir."

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:300
 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:393
@@ -235,7 +237,7 @@ msgstr "A chave de API do Spotify ou segredo do cliente não foram definidos cor

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:351
 msgid "Unable To Find Tracks"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Não foi possível encontrar as faixas"

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:352
 msgid "This doesn't seem to be a supported Spotify URL or code."
@@ -243,26 +245,27 @@ msgstr "Isto não parece ser uma URL ou código do Spotify válido."

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:378
 msgid "{query} is not an allowed query."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "{query} não é uma solicitação permitida."

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:394
 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:627
 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:656
 msgid "I'm unable to get a track from Lavalink node at the moment, try again in a few minutes."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Não foi possível obter uma faixa do Lavalink Node no momento, tente novamente em alguns minutos."

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:416
 msgid "Local tracks will not work if the `Lavalink.jar` cannot see the track.\n"
 "This may be due to permissions or because Lavalink.jar is being run in a different machine than the local tracks."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "As faixas locais não funcionarão se o `Lavalink.jar` não conseguir ver a faixa.\n"
+"Isto pode ser devido a permissões ou porque o Lavalink.jar está sendo executado em uma máquina diferente das faixas locais."

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:486
 msgid " {bad_tracks} tracks cannot be queued."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr " {bad_tracks} faixas não puderam ser adicionadas."

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:492
 msgid "No Title"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Sem Título"

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:494
 msgid "Playlist Enqueued"
@@ -270,7 +273,7 @@ msgstr "Lista de reprodução enfileirada"

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:494
 msgid "Album Enqueued"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Álbum Adicionado"

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:502
 msgid "Added {num} tracks to the queue.{maxlength_msg}"
@@ -286,25 +289,25 @@ msgstr "Nada foi encontrado"

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:623
 msgid "Please wait, finding tracks..."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Por favor, aguarde, encontrando faixas..."

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:629
 msgid "Getting track {num}/{total}..."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Obtendo faixa {num}/{total}..."

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:630
 msgid "Matching track {num}/{total}..."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Correspondendo faixa {num}/{total}..."

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:631
 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:341
 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:414
 msgid "Loading track {num}/{total}..."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Carregando faixa {num}/{total}..."

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:632
 msgid "Approximate time remaining: {seconds}"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Tempo restante aproximado: {seconds}"

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/player.py:658
 msgid "I'm unable to get a track from Lavalink at the moment, try again in a few minutes."
@@ -316,27 +319,27 @@ msgstr "A conexão foi redefinida durante o carregamento da lista de reproduçã

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:83
 msgid "You do not have the permissions to manage {name} (`{id}`) [**{scope}**]."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Você não tem as permissões para gerenciar {name} (`{id}`) [**{scope}**]."

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:101
 msgid "You do not have the permissions to manage that playlist in {guild}."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Você não tem permissão para gerenciar essa playlist no {guild}."

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:108
 msgid "You do not have the permissions to manage playlist owned by {user}."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Você não tem permissão para gerenciar a playlist de {user}."

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:112
 msgid "You do not have the permissions to manage playlists in {scope} scope."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Você não tem as permissões para gerenciar playlists no escopo {scope}."

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:116
 msgid "No access to playlist."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Sem acesso à playlist."

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:224
 msgid "{match_count} playlists match {original_input}: Please try to be more specific, or use the playlist ID."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "{match_count} playlists correspondem {original_input}: Por favor, tente ser mais específico, ou use o ID da playlist."

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:241
 msgid "{number}.    <{playlist.name}>\n"
@@ -344,24 +347,28 @@ msgid "{number}.    <{playlist.name}>\n"
 " - ID:     < {playlist.id} >\n"
 " - Tracks: < {tracks} >\n"
 " - Author: < {author} >\n\n"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "{number}. <{playlist.name}>\n"
+" - Escopo: < {scope} >\n"
+" - ID: < {playlist.id} >\n"
+" - Faixas: < {tracks} >\n"
+" - Autor: < {author} >\n\n"

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:258
 msgid "{playlists} playlists found, which one would you like?"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "{playlists} playlists encontradas, de qual você gostaria?"

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:277
 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:283
 msgid "Too many matches found and you did not select which one you wanted."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Muitas opções foram encontradas e você não selecionou qual você queria."

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:308
 msgid "Playlists you can access in this server:"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Playlists que você pode acessar neste servidor:"

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:314
 msgid "Playlists for {scope}:"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Playlists para {scope}:"

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:318
 msgid "Page {page_num}/{total_pages} | {num} playlists."
@@ -370,46 +377,46 @@ msgstr ""
 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:334
 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:412
 msgid "Please wait, adding tracks..."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Por favor, aguarde, adicionando faixas..."

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:361
 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:464
 msgid "Empty playlist {name} (`{id}`) [**{scope}**] created."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Playlist vazia {name} (`{id}`) [**{scope}**] criada."

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:366
 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:469
 msgid "Added {num} tracks from the {playlist_name} playlist. {num_bad} track(s) could not be loaded."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Adicionadas {num} músicas da lista {playlist_name} . Não foi possível carregar a(s) faixa(s) {num_bad}."

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:371
 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:474
 msgid "Added {num} tracks from the {playlist_name} playlist."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Adicionadas {num} músicas da lista {playlist_name}."

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:375
 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:478
 msgid "Playlist Saved"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Playlist salva"

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:540
 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:553
 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:560
 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:571
 msgid "Unable To Get Playlists"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Não foi possível obter as playlists"

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:541
 msgid "I don't have permission to connect and speak in your channel."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Não tenho permissão para conectar e falar em seu canal."

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:572
 msgid "You must be in the voice channel to use the playlist command."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Você deve estar no canal de voz para usar esse comando."

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:680
 msgid "the Global"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "o Global"

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:680
 msgid "Global"
@@ -417,7 +424,7 @@ msgstr "Global"

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:682
 msgid "the Server"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "o Servidor"

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:682
 msgid "Server"
@@ -425,7 +432,7 @@ msgstr "Servidor"

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:684
 msgid "the User"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "o Usuário"

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/playlists.py:684
 msgid "User"
@@ -433,20 +440,20 @@ msgstr "Usuário"

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/queue.py:40
 msgid "__Too many songs in the queue, only showing the first 500__.\n\n"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "__Muitas músicas na fila, mostrando apenas os primeiros 500__.\n\n"

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/queue.py:57
 msgid "**Currently livestreaming:**\n"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "**Transmitindo agora:**\n"

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/queue.py:59
 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/queue.py:64
 msgid "Requested by: **{user}**"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Solicitado por: **{user}**"

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/queue.py:62
 msgid "Playing: "
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Reproduzindo: "

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/queue.py:76
 msgid "requested by **{user}**\n"
@@ -454,11 +461,11 @@ msgstr ""

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/queue.py:80
 msgid "Queue for __{guild_name}__"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Fila para __{guild_name}__"

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/queue.py:88
 msgid "Page {page_num}/{total_pages} | {num_tracks} tracks, {num_remaining} remaining\n"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Página {page_num}/{total_pages} {num_tracks} faixas, {num_remaining} restantes\n"

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/queue.py:97
 msgid "Auto-Play"
@@ -474,7 +481,7 @@ msgstr "Repetir"

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/queue.py:161
 msgid "Matching Tracks:"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Faixas correspondentes:"

 #: redbot/cogs/audio/core/utilities/queue.py:164
 msgid "Page {page_num}/{total_pages} | {num_tracks} tracks"
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ __all__ = (
 )


-JAR_VERSION: Final[LavalinkVersion] = LavalinkVersion(3, 7, 13, red=2)
+JAR_VERSION: Final[LavalinkVersion] = LavalinkVersion(3, 7, 13, red=5)
 YT_PLUGIN_VERSION: Final[str] = "1.18.0"
 # keep this sorted from oldest to latest
-SUPPORTED_JAVA_VERSIONS: Final[Tuple[int, ...]] = (11, 17)
+SUPPORTED_JAVA_VERSIONS: Final[Tuple[int, ...]] = (17, 21)
 LATEST_SUPPORTED_JAVA_VERSION: Final = SUPPORTED_JAVA_VERSIONS[-1]
 OLDER_SUPPORTED_JAVA_VERSIONS: Final[Tuple[int, ...]] = SUPPORTED_JAVA_VERSIONS[:-1]
@@ -6,4 +6,3 @@ from .downloader import Downloader
 async def setup(bot: Red) -> None:
    cog = Downloader(bot)
    await bot.add_cog(cog)
-    cog.create_init_task()
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import discord
-from redbot.core import commands
+from redbot.core import _downloader, commands
 from redbot.core.i18n import Translator
-from .installable import InstalledModule
+from redbot.core._downloader.installable import InstalledModule
+from redbot.core._downloader.repo_manager import Repo as _Repo

 _ = Translator("Koala", __file__)

@@ -9,14 +10,21 @@ _ = Translator("Koala", __file__)
 class InstalledCog(InstalledModule):
    @classmethod
    async def convert(cls, ctx: commands.Context, arg: str) -> InstalledModule:
-        downloader = ctx.bot.get_cog("Downloader")
-        if downloader is None:
-            raise commands.CommandError(_("No Downloader cog found."))
-
-        cog = discord.utils.get(await downloader.installed_cogs(), name=arg)
+        cog = discord.utils.get(await _downloader.installed_cogs(), name=arg)
        if cog is None:
            raise commands.BadArgument(
                _("Cog `{cog_name}` is not installed.").format(cog_name=arg)
            )

        return cog
+
+
+class Repo(_Repo):
+    @classmethod
+    async def convert(cls, ctx: commands.Context, argument: str) -> _Repo:
+        poss_repo = _downloader._repo_manager.get_repo(argument)
+        if poss_repo is None:
+            raise commands.BadArgument(
+                _('Repo by the name "{repo_name}" does not exist.').format(repo_name=argument)
+            )
+        return poss_repo
@@ -23,16 +23,16 @@ msgstr ""

 #: redbot/cogs/downloader/checks.py:38
 msgid "Your response has timed out, please try again."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Sua resposta expirou. Por favor, tente novamente."

 #: redbot/cogs/downloader/converters.py:14
 #: redbot/cogs/downloader/repo_manager.py:176
 msgid "No Downloader cog found."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Nenhum cog Downloader foi encontrado."

 #: redbot/cogs/downloader/converters.py:19
 msgid "Cog `{cog_name}` is not installed."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "O Cog `{cog_name}` não está instalado."

 #: redbot/cogs/downloader/downloader.py:31
 msgid "\n"
@@ -67,24 +67,24 @@ msgstr ""

 #: redbot/cogs/downloader/downloader.py:508
 msgid "Libraries installed."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Bibliotecas instaladas."

 #: redbot/cogs/downloader/downloader.py:508
 msgid "Library installed."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Biblioteca instalada."

 #: redbot/cogs/downloader/downloader.py:511
 msgid "Some libraries failed to install. Please check your logs for a complete list."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Não foi possível instalar algumas bibliotecas. Verifique os seus logs para ter uma lista completa."

 #: redbot/cogs/downloader/downloader.py:516
 msgid "The library failed to install. Please check your logs for a complete list."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "A biblioteca não foi instalada. Por favor, verifique os seus logs para ter uma lista completa."

 #: redbot/cogs/downloader/downloader.py:524
 #, docstring
 msgid "Base command for repository management."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Comando base para gerenciamento do repositório."

 #: redbot/cogs/downloader/downloader.py:531
 #, docstring
@@ -18,87 +18,87 @@ msgstr ""
 #: redbot/cogs/general/general.py:49
 #, docstring
 msgid "General commands."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Comandos gerais."

 #: redbot/cogs/general/general.py:54
 msgid "As I see it, yes"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Como eu vejo, sim"

 #: redbot/cogs/general/general.py:55
 msgid "It is certain"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Com certeza"

 #: redbot/cogs/general/general.py:56
 msgid "It is decidedly so"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "É decididamente assim"

 #: redbot/cogs/general/general.py:57
 msgid "Most likely"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Muito provável"

 #: redbot/cogs/general/general.py:58
 msgid "Outlook good"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Perspectiva boa"

 #: redbot/cogs/general/general.py:59
 msgid "Signs point to yes"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Os sinais indicam que sim"

 #: redbot/cogs/general/general.py:60
 msgid "Without a doubt"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Sem dúvida"

 #: redbot/cogs/general/general.py:61
 msgid "Yes"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Sim"

 #: redbot/cogs/general/general.py:62
 msgid "Yes – definitely"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Sim – definitivamente"

 #: redbot/cogs/general/general.py:63
 msgid "You may rely on it"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Você pode contar com isso"

 #: redbot/cogs/general/general.py:64
 msgid "Reply hazy, try again"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Resposta confusa, tente novamente"

 #: redbot/cogs/general/general.py:65
 msgid "Ask again later"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Pergunte novamente mais tarde"

 #: redbot/cogs/general/general.py:66
 msgid "Better not tell you now"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Melhor não te contar agora"

 #: redbot/cogs/general/general.py:67
 msgid "Cannot predict now"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Não consigo prever agora"

 #: redbot/cogs/general/general.py:68
 msgid "Concentrate and ask again"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Concentre-se e pergunte de novo"

 #: redbot/cogs/general/general.py:69
 msgid "Don't count on it"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Não conte com isso"

 #: redbot/cogs/general/general.py:70
 msgid "My reply is no"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Minha resposta é não"

 #: redbot/cogs/general/general.py:71
 msgid "My sources say no"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Minhas fontes dizem que não"

 #: redbot/cogs/general/general.py:72
 msgid "Outlook not so good"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "A previsão não é muito boa"

 #: redbot/cogs/general/general.py:73
 msgid "Very doubtful"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Muito duvidoso"

 #: redbot/cogs/general/general.py:88
 #, docstring
@@ -107,11 +107,15 @@ msgid "Choose between multiple options.\n\n"
 "        Options are separated by spaces.\n\n"
 "        To denote options which include whitespace, you should enclose the options in double quotes.\n"
 "        "
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Escolha entre múltiplas opções.\n\n"
+"        Deve haver pelo menos 2 opções para escolher.\n"
+"        As opções são separadas por espaços.\n\n"
+"        Para denotar opções que incluem espaços em branco, você deve colocar as opções entre aspas duplas.\n"
+"        "

 #: redbot/cogs/general/general.py:97
 msgid "Not enough options to pick from."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Opções insuficientes para escolher."

 #: redbot/cogs/general/general.py:103
 #, docstring
@@ -119,39 +123,45 @@ msgid "Roll a random number.\n\n"
 "        The result will be between 1 and `<number>`.\n\n"
 "        `<number>` defaults to 100.\n"
 "        "
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Role um número aleatório.\n\n"
+"        O resultado será entre 1 e `<number>`.\n\n"
+"        `<number>` o padrão é 100.\n"
+"        "

 #: redbot/cogs/general/general.py:118
 msgid "{author.mention} Maybe higher than 1? ;P"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "{author.mention} Talvez maior que 1? ;P"

 #: redbot/cogs/general/general.py:121
 msgid "{author.mention} Max allowed number is {maxamount}."
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "{author.mention} O número máximo permitido é {maxamount}."

 #: redbot/cogs/general/general.py:128
 #, docstring
 msgid "Flip a coin... or a user.\n\n"
 "        Defaults to a coin.\n"
 "        "
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Jogue uma moeda... ou um usuário.\n\n"
+"        O padrão é uma moeda.\n"
+"        "

 #: redbot/cogs/general/general.py:136
 msgid "Nice try. You think this is funny?\n"
 " How about *this* instead:\n\n"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Boa tentativa. Você pensa que isso é engraçado?\n"
+" Que tal *isso* em vez disso:\n\n"

 #: redbot/cogs/general/general.py:147
 msgid "*flips a coin and... "
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "*vira uma moeda e... "

 #: redbot/cogs/general/general.py:147
 msgid "HEADS!*"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "CARA!*"

 #: redbot/cogs/general/general.py:147
 msgid "TAILS!*"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "COROA!*"

 #: redbot/cogs/general/general.py:151
 #, docstring
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ msgstr ""
 #: redbot/cogs/mod/settings.py:85 redbot/cogs/mod/settings.py:93
 #: redbot/cogs/mod/settings.py:96 redbot/cogs/mod/settings.py:108
 msgid "Yes"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Sim"

 #: redbot/cogs/mod/settings.py:31 redbot/cogs/mod/settings.py:57
 #: redbot/cogs/mod/settings.py:62 redbot/cogs/mod/settings.py:67
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ msgstr ""

 #: redbot/cogs/mutes/mutes.py:1794
 msgid "this server"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "este servidor"

 #: redbot/cogs/mutes/voicemutes.py:42
 msgid "That user is not in a voice channel."
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ msgstr ""

 #: redbot/cogs/trivia/trivia.py:44
 msgid "Yes"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Sim"

 #: redbot/cogs/trivia/trivia.py:46
 msgid "No"
@@ -3,13 +3,15 @@ import asyncio
 import logging
 import sys
 from enum import IntEnum
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import Any, Coroutine, Optional, TypeVar

 import discord
 from discord import __version__ as discord_version

 from redbot.core.utils._internal_utils import cli_level_to_log_level

+_T = TypeVar("_T")
+

 # This needs to be an int enum to be used
 # with sys.exit
@@ -244,6 +246,14 @@ def parse_cli_flags(args):
        dest="logging_level",
        help="Increase the verbosity of the logs, each usage of this flag increases the verbosity level by 1.",
    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--no-verbose",
+        "--no-debug",
+        action="store_const",
+        const=0,
+        dest="logging_level",
+        help="Set the verbosity level to 0.",
+    )
    parser.add_argument("--dev", action="store_true", help="Enables developer mode")
    parser.add_argument(
        "--mentionable",
@@ -360,3 +370,33 @@ def parse_cli_flags(args):
    args.logging_level = cli_level_to_log_level(args.logging_level)

    return args
+
+
+def asyncio_run(coro: Coroutine[Any, Any, _T]) -> _T:
+    if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
+        with asyncio.Runner(loop_factory=new_event_loop) as runner:
+            return runner.run(coro)
+
+    if sys.implementation.name == "cpython":
+        # Let's not force this dependency, uvloop is much faster on cpython
+        try:
+            import uvloop
+        except ImportError:
+            pass
+        else:
+            asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(uvloop.EventLoopPolicy())
+
+    return asyncio.run(coro)
+
+
+def new_event_loop() -> asyncio.AbstractEventLoop:
+    if sys.implementation.name == "cpython":
+        # Let's not force this dependency, uvloop is much faster on cpython
+        try:
+            import uvloop
+        except ImportError:
+            pass
+        else:
+            return uvloop.new_event_loop()
+
+    return asyncio.new_event_loop()
@@ -0,0 +1,866 @@
+# TODO list:
+# - design ergonomic APIs instead of whatever you want to call what we have now
+#     - try to be consistent about requiring Installable vs cog name
+#       between cog install and other functionality
+#     - use immutable objects more
+#     - change Installable's equality to include its commit
+#       (note: we currently heavily rely on this *not* being the case)
+# - add asyncio.Lock appropriately for things that Downloader does
+# - avoid doing some of the work on RepoManager initialization to speedup bot startup
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import contextlib
+import dataclasses
+import os
+import shutil
+import sys
+import time
+from collections import defaultdict
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import (
+    Dict,
+    FrozenSet,
+    Iterable,
+    List,
+    Literal,
+    Optional,
+    Sequence,
+    Set,
+    Tuple,
+    Union,
+    cast,
+    TYPE_CHECKING,
+)
+
+import discord
+from redbot.core import commands, Config, version_info as red_version_info
+from redbot.core._cog_manager import CogManager
+from redbot.core.data_manager import cog_data_path
+
+from . import errors
+from .log import log
+from .installable import InstallableType, Installable, InstalledModule
+from .repo_manager import RepoManager, Repo
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from redbot.core.bot import Red
+
+
+_SCHEMA_VERSION = 1
+_config: Config
+_bot_ref: Optional[Red]
+_cog_mgr: CogManager
+_repo_manager: RepoManager
+
+LIB_PATH: Path
+SHAREDLIB_PATH: Path
+_SHAREDLIB_INIT: Path
+
+
+async def _init(bot: Red) -> None:
+    global _bot_ref
+    _bot_ref = bot
+
+    await _init_without_bot(_bot_ref._cog_mgr)
+
+
+async def _init_without_bot(cog_manager: CogManager) -> None:
+    global _cog_mgr
+    _cog_mgr = cog_manager
+
+    start = time.perf_counter()
+
+    global _config
+    _config = Config.get_conf(None, 998240343, cog_name="Downloader", force_registration=True)
+    _config.register_global(schema_version=0, installed_cogs={}, installed_libraries={})
+    await _migrate_config()
+
+    global LIB_PATH, SHAREDLIB_PATH, _SHAREDLIB_INIT
+    LIB_PATH = cog_data_path(raw_name="Downloader") / "lib"
+    SHAREDLIB_PATH = LIB_PATH / "cog_shared"
+    _SHAREDLIB_INIT = SHAREDLIB_PATH / "__init__.py"
+    _create_lib_folder()
+
+    global _repo_manager
+    _repo_manager = RepoManager()
+    await _repo_manager.initialize()
+
+    stop = time.perf_counter()
+
+    log.debug("Finished initialization in %.2fs", stop - start)
+
+
+async def _migrate_config() -> None:
+    schema_version = await _config.schema_version()
+
+    if schema_version == _SCHEMA_VERSION:
+        return
+
+    if schema_version == 0:
+        await _schema_0_to_1()
+        schema_version += 1
+        await _config.schema_version.set(schema_version)
+
+
+async def _schema_0_to_1():
+    """
+    This contains migration to allow saving state
+    of both installed cogs and shared libraries.
+    """
+    old_conf = await _config.get_raw("installed", default=[])
+    if not old_conf:
+        return
+    async with _config.installed_cogs() as new_cog_conf:
+        for cog_json in old_conf:
+            repo_name = cog_json["repo_name"]
+            module_name = cog_json["cog_name"]
+            if repo_name not in new_cog_conf:
+                new_cog_conf[repo_name] = {}
+            new_cog_conf[repo_name][module_name] = {
+                "repo_name": repo_name,
+                "module_name": module_name,
+                "commit": "",
+                "pinned": False,
+            }
+    await _config.clear_raw("installed")
+    # no reliable way to get installed libraries (i.a. missing repo name)
+    # but it only helps `[p]cog update` run faster so it's not an issue
+
+
+def _create_lib_folder(*, remove_first: bool = False) -> None:
+    if remove_first:
+        shutil.rmtree(str(LIB_PATH))
+    SHAREDLIB_PATH.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    if not _SHAREDLIB_INIT.exists():
+        with _SHAREDLIB_INIT.open(mode="w", encoding="utf-8") as _:
+            pass
+
+
+async def installed_cogs() -> Tuple[InstalledModule, ...]:
+    """Get info on installed cogs.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    `tuple` of `InstalledModule`
+        All installed cogs.
+
+    """
+    installed = await _config.installed_cogs()
+    # noinspection PyTypeChecker
+    return tuple(
+        InstalledModule.from_json(cog_json, _repo_manager)
+        for repo_json in installed.values()
+        for cog_json in repo_json.values()
+    )
+
+
+async def installed_libraries() -> Tuple[InstalledModule, ...]:
+    """Get info on installed shared libraries.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    `tuple` of `InstalledModule`
+        All installed shared libraries.
+
+    """
+    installed = await _config.installed_libraries()
+    # noinspection PyTypeChecker
+    return tuple(
+        InstalledModule.from_json(lib_json, _repo_manager)
+        for repo_json in installed.values()
+        for lib_json in repo_json.values()
+    )
+
+
+async def installed_modules() -> Tuple[InstalledModule, ...]:
+    """Get info on installed cogs and shared libraries.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    `tuple` of `InstalledModule`
+        All installed cogs and shared libraries.
+
+    """
+    return await installed_cogs() + await installed_libraries()
+
+
+async def _save_to_installed(modules: Iterable[InstalledModule]) -> None:
+    """Mark modules as installed or updates their json in Config.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    modules : `list` of `InstalledModule`
+        The modules to check off.
+
+    """
+    async with _config.all() as global_data:
+        installed_cogs = global_data["installed_cogs"]
+        installed_libraries = global_data["installed_libraries"]
+        for module in modules:
+            if module.type is InstallableType.COG:
+                installed = installed_cogs
+            elif module.type is InstallableType.SHARED_LIBRARY:
+                installed = installed_libraries
+            else:
+                continue
+            module_json = module.to_json()
+            repo_json = installed.setdefault(module.repo_name, {})
+            repo_json[module.name] = module_json
+
+
+async def _remove_from_installed(modules: Iterable[InstalledModule]) -> None:
+    """Remove modules from the saved list
+    of installed modules (corresponding to type of module).
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    modules : `list` of `InstalledModule`
+        The modules to remove.
+
+    """
+    async with _config.all() as global_data:
+        installed_cogs = global_data["installed_cogs"]
+        installed_libraries = global_data["installed_libraries"]
+        for module in modules:
+            if module.type is InstallableType.COG:
+                installed = installed_cogs
+            elif module.type is InstallableType.SHARED_LIBRARY:
+                installed = installed_libraries
+            else:
+                continue
+            with contextlib.suppress(KeyError):
+                installed[module._json_repo_name].pop(module.name)
+
+
+async def _shared_lib_load_check(cog_name: str) -> Optional[Repo]:
+    _is_installed, cog = await is_installed(cog_name)
+    if _is_installed and cog.repo is not None and cog.repo.available_libraries:
+        return cog.repo
+    return None
+
+
+async def is_installed(
+    cog_name: str,
+) -> Union[Tuple[Literal[True], InstalledModule], Tuple[Literal[False], None]]:
+    """Check to see if a cog has been installed through Downloader.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    cog_name : str
+        The name of the cog to check for.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    `tuple` of (`bool`, `InstalledModule`)
+        :code:`(True, InstalledModule)` if the cog is installed, else
+        :code:`(False, None)`.
+
+    """
+    for installed_cog in await installed_cogs():
+        if installed_cog.name == cog_name:
+            return True, installed_cog
+    return False, None
+
+
+async def _available_updates(
+    cogs: Iterable[InstalledModule],
+) -> Tuple[Tuple[Installable, ...], Tuple[Installable, ...]]:
+    """
+    Get cogs and libraries which can be updated.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    cogs : `list` of `InstalledModule`
+        List of cogs, which should be checked against the updates.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    tuple
+        2-tuple of cogs and libraries which can be updated.
+
+    """
+    repos = {cog.repo for cog in cogs if cog.repo is not None}
+    _installed_libraries = await installed_libraries()
+
+    modules: Set[InstalledModule] = set()
+    cogs_to_update: Set[Installable] = set()
+    libraries_to_update: Set[Installable] = set()
+    # split libraries and cogs into 2 categories:
+    # 1. `cogs_to_update`, `libraries_to_update` - module needs update, skip diffs
+    # 2. `modules` - module MAY need update, check diffs
+    for repo in repos:
+        for lib in repo.available_libraries:
+            try:
+                index = _installed_libraries.index(lib)
+            except ValueError:
+                libraries_to_update.add(lib)
+            else:
+                modules.add(_installed_libraries[index])
+    for cog in cogs:
+        if cog.repo is None:
+            # cog had its repo removed, can't check for updates
+            continue
+        if cog.commit:
+            modules.add(cog)
+            continue
+        # marking cog for update if there's no commit data saved (back-compat, see GH-2571)
+        last_cog_occurrence = await cog.repo.get_last_module_occurrence(cog.name)
+        if last_cog_occurrence is not None and not last_cog_occurrence.disabled:
+            cogs_to_update.add(last_cog_occurrence)
+
+    # Reduces diff requests to a single dict with no repeats
+    hashes: Dict[Tuple[Repo, str], Set[InstalledModule]] = defaultdict(set)
+    for module in modules:
+        module.repo = cast(Repo, module.repo)
+        if module.repo.commit != module.commit:
+            try:
+                should_add = await module.repo.is_ancestor(module.commit, module.repo.commit)
+            except errors.UnknownRevision:
+                # marking module for update if the saved commit data is invalid
+                last_module_occurrence = await module.repo.get_last_module_occurrence(module.name)
+                if last_module_occurrence is not None and not last_module_occurrence.disabled:
+                    if last_module_occurrence.type is InstallableType.COG:
+                        cogs_to_update.add(last_module_occurrence)
+                    elif last_module_occurrence.type is InstallableType.SHARED_LIBRARY:
+                        libraries_to_update.add(last_module_occurrence)
+            else:
+                if should_add:
+                    hashes[(module.repo, module.commit)].add(module)
+
+    update_commits = []
+    for (repo, old_hash), modules_to_check in hashes.items():
+        modified = await repo.get_modified_modules(old_hash, repo.commit)
+        for module in modules_to_check:
+            try:
+                index = modified.index(module)
+            except ValueError:
+                # module wasn't modified - we just need to update its commit
+                module.commit = repo.commit
+                update_commits.append(module)
+            else:
+                modified_module = modified[index]
+                if modified_module.type is InstallableType.COG:
+                    if not modified_module.disabled:
+                        cogs_to_update.add(modified_module)
+                elif modified_module.type is InstallableType.SHARED_LIBRARY:
+                    libraries_to_update.add(modified_module)
+
+    await _save_to_installed(update_commits)
+
+    return (tuple(cogs_to_update), tuple(libraries_to_update))
+
+
+async def _install_cogs(
+    cogs: Iterable[Installable],
+) -> Tuple[Tuple[InstalledModule, ...], Tuple[Installable, ...]]:
+    """Installs a list of cogs.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    cogs : `list` of `Installable`
+        Cogs to install. ``repo`` property of those objects can't be `None`
+    Returns
+    -------
+    tuple
+        2-tuple of installed and failed cogs.
+    """
+    repos: Dict[str, Tuple[Repo, Dict[str, List[Installable]]]] = {}
+    for cog in cogs:
+        try:
+            repo_by_commit = repos[cog.repo_name]
+        except KeyError:
+            cog.repo = cast(Repo, cog.repo)  # docstring specifies this already
+            repo_by_commit = repos[cog.repo_name] = (cog.repo, defaultdict(list))
+        cogs_by_commit = repo_by_commit[1]
+        cogs_by_commit[cog.commit].append(cog)
+    installed = []
+    failed = []
+    for repo, cogs_by_commit in repos.values():
+        exit_to_commit = repo.commit
+        for commit, cogs_to_install in cogs_by_commit.items():
+            await repo.checkout(commit)
+            for cog in cogs_to_install:
+                if await cog.copy_to(await _cog_mgr.install_path()):
+                    installed.append(InstalledModule.from_installable(cog))
+                else:
+                    failed.append(cog)
+        await repo.checkout(exit_to_commit)
+
+    # noinspection PyTypeChecker
+    return (tuple(installed), tuple(failed))
+
+
+async def _reinstall_libraries(
+    libraries: Iterable[Installable],
+) -> Tuple[Tuple[InstalledModule, ...], Tuple[Installable, ...]]:
+    """Installs a list of shared libraries, used when updating.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    libraries : `list` of `Installable`
+        Libraries to reinstall. ``repo`` property of those objects can't be `None`
+    Returns
+    -------
+    tuple
+        2-tuple of installed and failed libraries.
+    """
+    repos: Dict[str, Tuple[Repo, Dict[str, Set[Installable]]]] = {}
+    for lib in libraries:
+        try:
+            repo_by_commit = repos[lib.repo_name]
+        except KeyError:
+            lib.repo = cast(Repo, lib.repo)  # docstring specifies this already
+            repo_by_commit = repos[lib.repo_name] = (lib.repo, defaultdict(set))
+        libs_by_commit = repo_by_commit[1]
+        libs_by_commit[lib.commit].add(lib)
+
+    all_installed: List[InstalledModule] = []
+    all_failed: List[Installable] = []
+    for repo, libs_by_commit in repos.values():
+        exit_to_commit = repo.commit
+        for commit, libs in libs_by_commit.items():
+            await repo.checkout(commit)
+            installed, failed = await repo.install_libraries(
+                target_dir=SHAREDLIB_PATH, req_target_dir=LIB_PATH, libraries=libs
+            )
+            all_installed += installed
+            all_failed += failed
+        await repo.checkout(exit_to_commit)
+
+    # noinspection PyTypeChecker
+    return (tuple(all_installed), tuple(all_failed))
+
+
+async def _install_requirements(cogs: Iterable[Installable]) -> Tuple[str, ...]:
+    """
+    Installs requirements for given cogs.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    cogs : `list` of `Installable`
+        Cogs whose requirements should be installed.
+    Returns
+    -------
+    tuple
+        Tuple of failed requirements.
+    """
+
+    # Reduces requirements to a single list with no repeats
+    requirements = {requirement for cog in cogs for requirement in cog.requirements}
+    repos: List[Tuple[Repo, List[str]]] = [(repo, []) for repo in _repo_manager.repos]
+
+    # This for loop distributes the requirements across all repos
+    # which will allow us to concurrently install requirements
+    for i, req in enumerate(requirements):
+        repo_index = i % len(repos)
+        repos[repo_index][1].append(req)
+
+    has_reqs = list(filter(lambda item: len(item[1]) > 0, repos))
+
+    failed_reqs = []
+    for repo, reqs in has_reqs:
+        for req in reqs:
+            if not await repo.install_raw_requirements([req], LIB_PATH):
+                failed_reqs.append(req)
+    return tuple(failed_reqs)
+
+
+async def _delete_cog(target: Path) -> None:
+    """
+    Removes an (installed) cog.
+    :param target: Path pointing to an existing file or directory
+    :return:
+    """
+    if not target.exists():
+        return
+
+    if target.is_dir():
+        shutil.rmtree(str(target))
+    elif target.is_file():
+        os.remove(str(target))
+
+
+async def _get_cogs_to_check(
+    *,
+    repos: Optional[Iterable[Repo]] = None,
+    cogs: Optional[Iterable[InstalledModule]] = None,
+    update_repos: bool = True,
+) -> Tuple[Set[InstalledModule], List[str]]:
+    failed: List[str] = []
+    if not (cogs or repos):
+        if update_repos:
+            __, failed = await _repo_manager.update_repos()
+
+        cogs_to_check = {
+            cog
+            for cog in await installed_cogs()
+            if cog.repo is not None and cog.repo.name not in failed
+        }
+    else:
+        # this is enough to be sure that `cogs` is not None (based on if above)
+        if not repos:
+            cogs = cast(Iterable[InstalledModule], cogs)
+            repos = {cog.repo for cog in cogs if cog.repo is not None}
+
+        if update_repos:
+            __, failed = await _repo_manager.update_repos(repos)
+
+        if failed:
+            # remove failed repos
+            repos = {repo for repo in repos if repo.name not in failed}
+
+        if cogs:
+            cogs_to_check = {cog for cog in cogs if cog.repo is not None and cog.repo in repos}
+        else:
+            cogs_to_check = {
+                cog for cog in await installed_cogs() if cog.repo is not None and cog.repo in repos
+            }
+
+    return (cogs_to_check, failed)
+
+
+# functionality extracted from command implementations
+# TODO: make them into nice APIs instead of what they are now...
+
+
+async def pip_install(*deps: str) -> bool:
+    repo = Repo("", "", "", "", Path.cwd())
+    return await repo.install_raw_requirements(deps, LIB_PATH)
+
+
+async def reinstall_requirements() -> Tuple[Tuple[str, ...], Tuple[Installable, ...]]:
+    _create_lib_folder(remove_first=True)
+    _installed_cogs = await installed_cogs()
+    cogs = []
+    repos = set()
+    for cog in _installed_cogs:
+        if cog.repo is None:
+            continue
+        repos.add(cog.repo)
+        cogs.append(cog)
+    failed_reqs = await _install_requirements(cogs)
+    all_installed_libs: List[InstalledModule] = []
+    all_failed_libs: List[Installable] = []
+    for repo in repos:
+        installed_libs, failed_libs = await repo.install_libraries(
+            target_dir=SHAREDLIB_PATH, req_target_dir=LIB_PATH
+        )
+        all_installed_libs += installed_libs
+        all_failed_libs += failed_libs
+
+    return failed_reqs, tuple(all_failed_libs)
+
+
+async def install_cogs(
+    repo: Repo, rev: Optional[str], cog_names: Iterable[str]
+) -> CogInstallResult:
+    commit = None
+
+    if rev is not None:
+        # raises errors.AmbiguousRevision and errors.UnknownRevision
+        commit = await repo.get_full_sha1(rev)
+
+    cog_names = set(cog_names)
+    _installed_cogs = await installed_cogs()
+
+    cogs: List[Installable] = []
+    unavailable_cogs: List[str] = []
+    already_installed: List[Installable] = []
+    name_already_used: List[Installable] = []
+    incompatible_python_version: List[Installable] = []
+    incompatible_bot_version: List[Installable] = []
+
+    result_installed_cogs: Tuple[InstalledModule, ...] = ()
+    result_failed_cogs: Tuple[Installable, ...] = ()
+    result_failed_reqs: Tuple[str, ...] = ()
+    result_installed_libs: Tuple[InstalledModule, ...] = ()
+    result_failed_libs: Tuple[Installable, ...] = ()
+
+    async with repo.checkout(commit, exit_to_rev=repo.branch):
+        for cog_name in cog_names:
+            cog: Optional[Installable] = discord.utils.get(repo.available_cogs, name=cog_name)
+            if cog is None:
+                unavailable_cogs.append(cog_name)
+            elif cog in _installed_cogs:
+                already_installed.append(cog)
+            elif discord.utils.get(_installed_cogs, name=cog.name):
+                name_already_used.append(cog)
+            elif cog.min_python_version > sys.version_info:
+                incompatible_python_version.append(cog)
+            elif cog.min_bot_version > red_version_info or (
+                # max version should be ignored when it's lower than min version
+                cog.min_bot_version <= cog.max_bot_version
+                and cog.max_bot_version < red_version_info
+            ):
+                incompatible_bot_version.append(cog)
+            else:
+                cogs.append(cog)
+
+        if cogs:
+            result_failed_reqs = await _install_requirements(cogs)
+            if not result_failed_reqs:
+                result_installed_cogs, result_failed_cogs = await _install_cogs(cogs)
+
+    if cogs and not result_failed_reqs:
+        result_installed_libs, result_failed_libs = await repo.install_libraries(
+            target_dir=SHAREDLIB_PATH, req_target_dir=LIB_PATH
+        )
+        if rev is not None:
+            for cog in result_installed_cogs:
+                cog.pinned = True
+        await _save_to_installed(result_installed_cogs + result_installed_libs)
+
+    return CogInstallResult(
+        installed_cogs=result_installed_cogs,
+        installed_libs=result_installed_libs,
+        failed_cogs=result_failed_cogs,
+        failed_libs=result_failed_libs,
+        failed_reqs=result_failed_reqs,
+        unavailable_cogs=tuple(unavailable_cogs),
+        already_installed=tuple(already_installed),
+        name_already_used=tuple(name_already_used),
+        incompatible_python_version=tuple(incompatible_python_version),
+        incompatible_bot_version=tuple(incompatible_bot_version),
+    )
+
+
+async def uninstall_cogs(*cogs: InstalledModule) -> tuple[list[str], list[str]]:
+    uninstalled_cogs = []
+    failed_cogs = []
+    for cog in set(cogs):
+        real_name = cog.name
+
+        poss_installed_path = (await _cog_mgr.install_path()) / real_name
+        if poss_installed_path.exists():
+            if _bot_ref is not None:
+                with contextlib.suppress(commands.ExtensionNotLoaded):
+                    await _bot_ref.unload_extension(real_name)
+                    await _bot_ref.remove_loaded_package(real_name)
+            await _delete_cog(poss_installed_path)
+            uninstalled_cogs.append(real_name)
+        else:
+            failed_cogs.append(real_name)
+    await _remove_from_installed(cogs)
+
+    return uninstalled_cogs, failed_cogs
+
+
+async def check_cog_updates(
+    *,
+    repos: Optional[Iterable[Repo]] = None,
+    cogs: Optional[Iterable[InstalledModule]] = None,
+    update_repos: bool = True,
+) -> CogUpdateCheckResult:
+    cogs_to_check, failed_repos = await _get_cogs_to_check(
+        repos=repos, cogs=cogs, update_repos=update_repos
+    )
+    outdated_cogs, outdated_libs = await _available_updates(cogs_to_check)
+
+    updatable_cogs: List[Installable] = []
+    incompatible_python_version: List[Installable] = []
+    incompatible_bot_version: List[Installable] = []
+    for cog in outdated_cogs:
+        if cog.min_python_version > sys.version_info:
+            incompatible_python_version.append(cog)
+        elif cog.min_bot_version > red_version_info or (
+            # max version should be ignored when it's lower than min version
+            cog.min_bot_version <= cog.max_bot_version
+            and cog.max_bot_version < red_version_info
+        ):
+            incompatible_bot_version.append(cog)
+        else:
+            updatable_cogs.append(cog)
+
+    return CogUpdateCheckResult(
+        outdated_cogs=outdated_cogs,
+        outdated_libs=outdated_libs,
+        updatable_cogs=tuple(updatable_cogs),
+        failed_repos=tuple(failed_repos),
+        incompatible_python_version=tuple(incompatible_python_version),
+        incompatible_bot_version=tuple(incompatible_bot_version),
+    )
+
+
+# update given cogs or all cogs
+async def update_cogs(
+    *, cogs: Optional[List[InstalledModule]] = None, repos: Optional[List[Repo]] = None
+) -> CogUpdateResult:
+    if cogs is not None and repos is not None:
+        raise ValueError("You can specify cogs or repos argument, not both")
+
+    cogs_to_check, failed_repos = await _get_cogs_to_check(repos=repos, cogs=cogs)
+    return await _update_cogs(cogs_to_check, failed_repos=failed_repos)
+
+
+# update given cogs or all cogs from the specified repo
+# using the specified revision (or latest if not specified)
+async def update_repo_cogs(
+    repo: Repo, cogs: Optional[List[InstalledModule]] = None, *, rev: Optional[str] = None
+) -> CogUpdateResult:
+    try:
+        await repo.update()
+    except errors.UpdateError:
+        return await _update_cogs(set(), failed_repos=(repo.name,))
+
+    # TODO: should this be set to `repo.branch` when `rev` is None?
+    commit = None
+    if rev is not None:
+        # raises errors.AmbiguousRevision and errors.UnknownRevision
+        commit = await repo.get_full_sha1(rev)
+    async with repo.checkout(commit, exit_to_rev=repo.branch):
+        cogs_to_check, __ = await _get_cogs_to_check(repos=[repo], cogs=cogs, update_repos=False)
+        return await _update_cogs(cogs_to_check, failed_repos=())
+
+
+async def _update_cogs(
+    cogs_to_check: Set[InstalledModule], *, failed_repos: Sequence[str]
+) -> CogUpdateResult:
+    pinned_cogs = {cog for cog in cogs_to_check if cog.pinned}
+    cogs_to_check -= pinned_cogs
+
+    outdated_cogs: Tuple[Installable, ...] = ()
+    outdated_libs: Tuple[Installable, ...] = ()
+    updatable_cogs: List[Installable] = []
+    incompatible_python_version: List[Installable] = []
+    incompatible_bot_version: List[Installable] = []
+
+    updated_cogs: Tuple[InstalledModule, ...] = ()
+    failed_cogs: Tuple[Installable, ...] = ()
+    failed_reqs: Tuple[str, ...] = ()
+    updated_libs: Tuple[InstalledModule, ...] = ()
+    failed_libs: Tuple[Installable, ...] = ()
+
+    if cogs_to_check:
+        outdated_cogs, outdated_libs = await _available_updates(cogs_to_check)
+
+        for cog in outdated_cogs:
+            if cog.min_python_version > sys.version_info:
+                incompatible_python_version.append(cog)
+            elif cog.min_bot_version > red_version_info or (
+                # max version should be ignored when it's lower than min version
+                cog.min_bot_version <= cog.max_bot_version
+                and cog.max_bot_version < red_version_info
+            ):
+                incompatible_bot_version.append(cog)
+            else:
+                updatable_cogs.append(cog)
+
+        if updatable_cogs or outdated_libs:
+            failed_reqs = await _install_requirements(updatable_cogs)
+            if not failed_reqs:
+                updated_cogs, failed_cogs = await _install_cogs(updatable_cogs)
+                updated_libs, failed_libs = await _reinstall_libraries(outdated_libs)
+                await _save_to_installed(updated_cogs + updated_libs)
+
+    return CogUpdateResult(
+        checked_cogs=frozenset(cogs_to_check),
+        pinned_cogs=frozenset(pinned_cogs),
+        updated_cogs=updated_cogs,
+        updated_libs=updated_libs,
+        failed_cogs=failed_cogs,
+        failed_libs=failed_libs,
+        failed_reqs=failed_reqs,
+        outdated_cogs=outdated_cogs,
+        outdated_libs=outdated_libs,
+        updatable_cogs=tuple(updatable_cogs),
+        failed_repos=tuple(failed_repos),
+        incompatible_python_version=tuple(incompatible_python_version),
+        incompatible_bot_version=tuple(incompatible_bot_version),
+    )
+
+
+async def pin_cogs(
+    *cogs: InstalledModule,
+) -> tuple[tuple[InstalledModule, ...], tuple[InstalledModule, ...]]:
+    already_pinned = []
+    pinned = []
+    for cog in set(cogs):
+        if cog.pinned:
+            already_pinned.append(cog)
+            continue
+        cog.pinned = True
+        pinned.append(cog)
+    if pinned:
+        await _save_to_installed(pinned)
+
+    return tuple(pinned), tuple(already_pinned)
+
+
+async def unpin_cogs(
+    *cogs: InstalledModule,
+) -> tuple[tuple[InstalledModule, ...], tuple[InstalledModule, ...]]:
+    not_pinned = []
+    unpinned = []
+    for cog in set(cogs):
+        if not cog.pinned:
+            not_pinned.append(cog)
+            continue
+        cog.pinned = False
+        unpinned.append(cog)
+    if unpinned:
+        await _save_to_installed(unpinned)
+
+    return tuple(unpinned), tuple(not_pinned)
+
+
+# TODO: make kw_only
+@dataclasses.dataclass
+class CogInstallResult:
+    installed_cogs: Tuple[InstalledModule, ...]
+    installed_libs: Tuple[InstalledModule, ...]
+    failed_cogs: Tuple[Installable, ...]
+    failed_libs: Tuple[Installable, ...]
+    failed_reqs: Tuple[str, ...]
+    unavailable_cogs: Tuple[str, ...]
+    already_installed: Tuple[Installable, ...]
+    name_already_used: Tuple[Installable, ...]
+    incompatible_python_version: Tuple[Installable, ...]
+    incompatible_bot_version: Tuple[Installable, ...]
+
+
+# TODO: make kw_only
+@dataclasses.dataclass
+class CogUpdateCheckResult:
+    outdated_cogs: Tuple[Installable, ...]
+    outdated_libs: Tuple[Installable, ...]
+    updatable_cogs: Tuple[Installable, ...]
+    failed_repos: Tuple[str, ...]
+    incompatible_python_version: Tuple[Installable, ...]
+    incompatible_bot_version: Tuple[Installable, ...]
+
+    @property
+    def updates_available(self) -> bool:
+        return bool(self.outdated_cogs or self.outdated_libs)
+
+    @property
+    def updates_installable(self) -> bool:
+        return bool(self.updatable_cogs or self.outdated_libs)
+
+    @property
+    def incompatible_cogs(self) -> Tuple[Installable, ...]:
+        return self.incompatible_python_version + self.incompatible_bot_version
+
+
+# TODO: make kw_only
+@dataclasses.dataclass
+class CogUpdateResult(CogUpdateCheckResult):
+    # checked_cogs contains old modules, before update
+    checked_cogs: FrozenSet[InstalledModule]
+    pinned_cogs: FrozenSet[InstalledModule]
+    updated_cogs: Tuple[InstalledModule, ...]
+    updated_libs: Tuple[InstalledModule, ...]
+    failed_cogs: Tuple[Installable, ...]
+    failed_libs: Tuple[Installable, ...]
+    failed_reqs: Tuple[str, ...]
+
+    @property
+    def updated_modules(self) -> Tuple[InstalledModule, ...]:
+        return self.updated_cogs + self.updated_libs
+
+
+class CogUnavailableError(Exception):
+    def __init__(self, repo_name: str, cog_name: str) -> None:
+        self.repo_name = repo_name
+        self.cog_name = cog_name
+        super().__init__(f"Couldn't find cog {cog_name!r} in {repo_name!r}")
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations

 import functools
 import shutil
-from enum import IntEnum
+from enum import Enum
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Dict, Optional, Tuple, Union, cast

@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
    from .repo_manager import RepoManager, Repo


-class InstallableType(IntEnum):
-    # using IntEnum, because hot-reload breaks its identity
+class InstallableType(Enum):
    UNKNOWN = 0
    COG = 1
    SHARED_LIBRARY = 2
@@ -139,7 +138,7 @@ class Installable(RepoJSONMixin):
        super()._read_info_file()

        update_mixin(self, INSTALLABLE_SCHEMA)
-        if self.type == InstallableType.SHARED_LIBRARY:
+        if self.type is InstallableType.SHARED_LIBRARY:
            self.hidden = True


@@ -163,7 +162,7 @@ class InstalledModule(Installable):
        json_repo_name: str = "",
    ):
        super().__init__(location=location, repo=repo, commit=commit)
-        self.pinned: bool = pinned if self.type == InstallableType.COG else False
+        self.pinned: bool = pinned if self.type is InstallableType.COG else False
        # this is here so that Downloader could use real repo name instead of "MISSING_REPO"
        self._json_repo_name = json_repo_name

@@ -173,7 +172,7 @@ class InstalledModule(Installable):
            "module_name": self.name,
            "commit": self.commit,
        }
-        if self.type == InstallableType.COG:
+        if self.type is InstallableType.COG:
            module_json["pinned"] = self.pinned
        return module_json

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import logging
+
+log = logging.getLogger("red.core.downloader")
@@ -176,14 +176,15 @@ def init_events(bot, cli_flags):
        if bot.intents.members:  # Lets avoid 0 Unique Users
            table_counts.add_row("Unique Users", str(users))

-        outdated_red_message = ""
-        rich_outdated_message = ""
-        pypi_version, py_version_req = await fetch_latest_red_version_info()
-        outdated = pypi_version and pypi_version > red_version_info
-        if outdated:
-            outdated_red_message, rich_outdated_message = get_outdated_red_messages(
-                pypi_version, py_version_req
-            )
+        fetch_version_task = asyncio.create_task(fetch_latest_red_version_info())
+        log.info("Fetching information about latest Red version...")
+        try:
+            await asyncio.wait_for(asyncio.shield(fetch_version_task), timeout=5)
+        except asyncio.TimeoutError:
+            log.info("Version information will continue to be fetched in the background...")
+        except Exception:
+            # these will be logged later
+            pass

        rich_console = rich.get_console()
        rich_console.print(INTRO, style="red", markup=False, highlight=False)
@@ -209,11 +210,22 @@ def init_events(bot, cli_flags):
            rich_console.print(
                f"Looking for a quick guide on setting up Red? Checkout {Text('https://start.discord.red', style='link https://start.discord.red}')}"
            )
-        if rich_outdated_message:
-            rich_console.print(rich_outdated_message)

        bot._red_ready.set()
-        if outdated_red_message:
+
+        try:
+            pypi_version, py_version_req = await fetch_version_task
+        except (aiohttp.ClientError, asyncio.TimeoutError) as exc:
+            log.error("Failed to fetch latest version information from PyPI.", exc_info=exc)
+        except (KeyError, ValueError) as exc:
+            log.error("Failed to parse version metadata received from PyPI.", exc_info=exc)
+        else:
+            outdated = pypi_version and pypi_version > red_version_info
+            if outdated:
+                outdated_red_message, rich_outdated_message = get_outdated_red_messages(
+                    pypi_version, py_version_req
+                )
+                rich_console.print(rich_outdated_message)
                await send_to_owners_with_prefix_replaced(bot, outdated_red_message)

    @bot.event
@@ -97,9 +97,6 @@ class RPC:
                    self._runner,
                    host="127.0.0.1",
                    port=port,
-                    shutdown_timeout=120
-                    # Give the RPC server 2 minutes to finish up, else slap it!
-                    # Seems like a reasonable time. See Red#6391
                ),
            )
        except Exception as exc:
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
+import argparse
 import asyncio
 import inspect
 import logging
@@ -37,7 +38,18 @@ import discord
 from discord.ext import commands as dpy_commands
 from discord.ext.commands import when_mentioned_or

-from . import Config, _i18n, i18n, app_commands, commands, errors, _drivers, modlog, bank
+from . import (
+    Config,
+    _i18n,
+    i18n,
+    app_commands,
+    commands,
+    errors,
+    _drivers,
+    modlog,
+    bank,
+    _downloader,
+)
 from ._cli import ExitCodes
 from ._cog_manager import CogManager, CogManagerUI
 from .core_commands import Core
@@ -69,6 +81,8 @@ CUSTOM_GROUPS = "CUSTOM_GROUPS"
 COMMAND_SCOPE = "COMMAND"
 SHARED_API_TOKENS = "SHARED_API_TOKENS"

+_DEFAULT_DESCRIPTION = "Red V3"
+
 log = logging.getLogger("red")

 __all__ = ("Red",)
@@ -101,7 +115,9 @@ class Red(
 ):  # pylint: disable=no-member # barely spurious warning caused by shadowing
    """Our subclass of discord.ext.commands.AutoShardedBot"""

-    def __init__(self, *args, cli_flags=None, bot_dir: Path = Path.cwd(), **kwargs):
+    def __init__(
+        self, *args: Any, cli_flags: argparse.Namespace, bot_dir: Path = Path.cwd(), **kwargs: Any
+    ) -> None:
        self._shutdown_mode = ExitCodes.CRITICAL
        self._cli_flags = cli_flags
        self._config = Config.get_core_conf(force_registration=False)
@@ -132,7 +148,7 @@ class Red(
            help__tagline="",
            help__use_tick=False,
            help__react_timeout=30,
-            description="Red V3",
+            description=_DEFAULT_DESCRIPTION,
            invite_public=False,
            invite_perm=0,
            invite_commands_scope=False,
@@ -141,6 +157,7 @@ class Red(
            invoke_error_msg=None,
            extra_owner_destinations=[],
            owner_opt_out_list=[],
+            last_system_info__python_prefix=None,
            last_system_info__python_version=[3, 7],
            last_system_info__machine=None,
            last_system_info__system=None,
@@ -238,7 +255,13 @@ class Red(
        self._main_dir = bot_dir
        self._cog_mgr = CogManager()
        self._use_team_features = cli_flags.use_team_features
-        super().__init__(*args, help_command=None, tree_cls=RedTree, **kwargs)
+        super().__init__(
+            *args,
+            description=kwargs.pop("description", _DEFAULT_DESCRIPTION),
+            help_command=None,
+            tree_cls=RedTree,
+            **kwargs,
+        )
        # Do not manually use the help formatter attribute here, see `send_help_for`,
        # for a documented API. The internals of this object are still subject to change.
        self._help_formatter = commands.help.RedHelpFormatter()
@@ -1198,14 +1221,35 @@ class Red(

        last_system_info = await self._config.last_system_info()

+        last_python_prefix = last_system_info["python_prefix"]
+        if last_python_prefix is None:
+            await self._config.last_system_info.python_prefix.set(sys.prefix)
+        elif last_python_prefix != sys.prefix:
+            await self._config.last_system_info.python_prefix.set(sys.prefix)
+            try:
+                same_install = os.path.samefile(last_python_prefix, sys.prefix)
+            except OSError:
+                same_install = False
+            if not same_install:
+                if sys.prefix != sys.base_prefix:
+                    install_info = "in the currently used virtual environment"
+                else:
+                    install_info = "with the currently used Python installation"
+                log.warning(
+                    "Red seems to have been started with a different Python installation"
+                    " and/or virtual environment. This is not, in itself, an issue but is often"
+                    " done unintentionally and may explain some, otherwise unexpected, behavior."
+                    " This message will not be shown again, if you start Red %s again.",
+                    install_info,
+                )
+
        ver_info = list(sys.version_info[:2])
        python_version_changed = False
-        LIB_PATH = cog_data_path(raw_name="Downloader") / "lib"
        if ver_info != last_system_info["python_version"]:
            await self._config.last_system_info.python_version.set(ver_info)
-            if any(LIB_PATH.iterdir()):
-                shutil.rmtree(str(LIB_PATH))
-                LIB_PATH.mkdir()
+            if any(_downloader.LIB_PATH.iterdir()):
+                shutil.rmtree(str(_downloader.LIB_PATH))
+                _downloader.LIB_PATH.mkdir()
                asyncio.create_task(
                    send_to_owners_with_prefix_replaced(
                        self,
@@ -2502,6 +2546,7 @@ class Red(
            n_remaining = len(messages) - idx
            files_perm = (
                isinstance(channel, discord.abc.User)
+                or channel.guild is None
                or channel.permissions_for(channel.guild.me).attach_files
            )
            options = ("more", "file") if files_perm else ("more",)
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ from . import (
    i18n,
    bank,
    modlog,
+    _downloader,
 )
 from ._diagnoser import IssueDiagnoser
 from .utils import AsyncIter, can_user_send_messages_in
@@ -215,12 +216,8 @@ class CoreLogic:
            else:
                await bot.add_loaded_package(name)
                loaded_packages.append(name)
-                # remove in Red 3.4
-                downloader = bot.get_cog("Downloader")
-                if downloader is None:
-                    continue
                try:
-                    maybe_repo = await downloader._shared_lib_load_check(name)
+                    maybe_repo = await _downloader._shared_lib_load_check(name)
                except Exception:
                    log.exception(
                        "Shared library check failed,"
@@ -424,7 +421,11 @@ class Core(commands.commands._RuleDropper, commands.Cog, CoreLogic):
            owner = app_info.owner
        custom_info = await self.bot._config.custom_info()

-        pypi_version, py_version_req = await fetch_latest_red_version_info()
+        try:
+            pypi_version, __ = await fetch_latest_red_version_info()
+        except (aiohttp.ClientError, TimeoutError) as exc:
+            log.error("Failed to fetch latest version information from PyPI.", exc_info=exc)
+            pypi_version = None
        outdated = pypi_version and pypi_version > red_version_info

        if embed_links:
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ class DevOutput:
            output.append(self.formatted_exc)
        elif self.always_include_result or self.result is not None:
            try:
-                result = str(self.result)
+                result = str(self.result) if isinstance(self.result, str) else repr(self.result)
                # ensure that the result can be encoded (GH-6485)
                result.encode("utf-8")
            except Exception as exc:
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ async def create_backup(dest: Path = Path.home()) -> Optional[Path]:
    ]

    # Avoiding circular imports
-    from ...cogs.downloader.repo_manager import RepoManager
+    from redbot.core._downloader.repo_manager import RepoManager

    repo_mgr = RepoManager()
    await repo_mgr.initialize()
@@ -326,14 +326,25 @@ def expected_version(current: str, expected: str) -> bool:
    return Requirement(f"x{expected}").specifier.contains(current, prereleases=True)


-async def fetch_latest_red_version_info() -> Tuple[Optional[VersionInfo], Optional[str]]:
-    try:
+async def fetch_latest_red_version_info() -> Tuple[VersionInfo, Optional[str]]:
+    """
+    Fetch information about latest Red release on PyPI.
+
+    Raises
+    ------
+    aiohttp.ClientError
+        An error occurred during request to PyPI.
+    TimeoutError
+        The request to PyPI timed out.
+    ValueError
+        An invalid version string was returned in PyPI metadata.
+    KeyError
+        The PyPI metadata is missing some of the required information.
+    """
    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
        async with session.get("https://pypi.org/pypi/Red-DiscordBot/json") as r:
            data = await r.json()
-    except (aiohttp.ClientError, asyncio.TimeoutError):
-        return None, None
-    else:
+
    release = VersionInfo.from_str(data["info"]["version"])
    required_python = data["info"]["requires_python"]

@@ -282,7 +282,20 @@ class RedRichHandler(RichHandler):
            self.console.print(traceback)


-def init_logging(level: int, location: pathlib.Path, cli_flags: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
+_FILE_FORMATTER = logging.Formatter(
+    "[{asctime}] [{levelname}] {name}: {message}", datefmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", style="{"
+)
+
+
+def init_logging(
+    level: int,
+    *,
+    location: Optional[pathlib.Path] = None,
+    rich_logging: Optional[bool] = None,
+    rich_tracebacks: bool = False,
+    rich_traceback_extra_lines: int = 0,
+    rich_traceback_show_locals: bool = False,
+) -> None:
    root_logger = logging.getLogger()
    root_logger.setLevel(level)
    # DEBUG logging for discord.py is a bit too ridiculous :)
@@ -312,24 +325,21 @@ def init_logging(level: int, location: pathlib.Path, cli_flags: argparse.Namespa

    enable_rich_logging = False

-    if isatty(0) and cli_flags.rich_logging is None:
+    if isatty(0) and rich_logging is None:
        # Check if the bot thinks it has a active terminal.
        enable_rich_logging = True
-    elif cli_flags.rich_logging is True:
+    elif rich_logging is True:
        enable_rich_logging = True

-    file_formatter = logging.Formatter(
-        "[{asctime}] [{levelname}] {name}: {message}", datefmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", style="{"
-    )
    if enable_rich_logging is True:
        rich_formatter = logging.Formatter("{message}", datefmt="[%X]", style="{")

        stdout_handler = RedRichHandler(
-            rich_tracebacks=cli_flags.rich_tracebacks,
+            rich_tracebacks=rich_tracebacks,
            show_path=False,
            highlighter=NullHighlighter(),
-            tracebacks_extra_lines=cli_flags.rich_traceback_extra_lines,
-            tracebacks_show_locals=cli_flags.rich_traceback_show_locals,
+            tracebacks_extra_lines=rich_traceback_extra_lines,
+            tracebacks_show_locals=rich_traceback_show_locals,
            tracebacks_theme=(
                PygmentsSyntaxTheme(FixedMonokaiStyle)
                if rich_console.color_system == "truecolor"
@@ -339,11 +349,22 @@ def init_logging(level: int, location: pathlib.Path, cli_flags: argparse.Namespa
        stdout_handler.setFormatter(rich_formatter)
    else:
        stdout_handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
-        stdout_handler.setFormatter(file_formatter)
+        stdout_handler.setFormatter(_FILE_FORMATTER)

    root_logger.addHandler(stdout_handler)
    logging.captureWarnings(True)

+    if location is not None:
+        init_file_logging(location)
+
+    if not enable_rich_logging and rich_tracebacks:
+        log.warning(
+            "Rich tracebacks were requested but they will not be enabled"
+            " as Rich logging is not active."
+        )
+
+
+def init_file_logging(location: pathlib.Path) -> None:
    if not location.exists():
        location.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    # Rotate latest logs to previous logs
@@ -379,12 +400,7 @@ def init_logging(level: int, location: pathlib.Path, cli_flags: argparse.Namespa
        encoding="utf-8",
    )

+    root_logger = logging.getLogger()
    for fhandler in (latest_fhandler, all_fhandler):
-        fhandler.setFormatter(file_formatter)
+        fhandler.setFormatter(_FILE_FORMATTER)
        root_logger.addHandler(fhandler)
-
-    if not enable_rich_logging and cli_flags.rich_tracebacks:
-        log.warning(
-            "Rich tracebacks were requested but they will not be enabled"
-            " as Rich logging is not active."
-        )
@@ -172,11 +172,9 @@ def red(config_fr):

    cli_flags = parse_cli_flags(["ignore_me"])

-    description = "Red v3 - Alpha"
-
    Config.get_core_conf = lambda *args, **kwargs: config_fr

-    red = Red(cli_flags=cli_flags, description=description, dm_help=None, owner_ids=set())
+    red = Red(cli_flags=cli_flags)

    yield red

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import shutil

 import pytest

-from redbot.cogs.downloader.repo_manager import RepoManager, Repo, ProcessFormatter
-from redbot.cogs.downloader.installable import Installable, InstalledModule
+from redbot.core._downloader.repo_manager import RepoManager, Repo, ProcessFormatter
+from redbot.core._downloader.installable import Installable, InstalledModule

 __all__ = [
    "GIT_VERSION",
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from typing import Dict, Any, Optional, Union

 import click

+import redbot.logging
 from redbot.core._cli import confirm
 from redbot.core.utils._internal_utils import (
    safe_delete,
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ from redbot.core.utils._internal_utils import (
 )
 from redbot.core import config, data_manager
 from redbot.core._config import migrate
-from redbot.core._cli import ExitCodes
+from redbot.core._cli import ExitCodes, asyncio_run
 from redbot.core.data_manager import appdir, config_dir, config_file
 from redbot.core._drivers import (
    BackendType,
@@ -60,9 +61,9 @@ def save_config(name, data, remove=False):
 def get_data_dir(*, instance_name: str, data_path: Optional[Path], interactive: bool) -> str:
    if data_path is not None:
        return str(data_path.resolve())
-    data_path = Path(appdir.user_data_dir) / "data" / instance_name
+    default_data_path = Path(appdir.user_data_dir) / "data" / instance_name
    if not interactive:
-        return str(data_path.resolve())
+        return str(default_data_path.resolve())

    print(
        "We've attempted to figure out a sane default data location which is printed below."
@@ -70,12 +71,15 @@ def get_data_dir(*, instance_name: str, data_path: Optional[Path], interactive:
        " otherwise input your desired data location."
    )
    print()
-    print("Default: {}".format(data_path))
+    print(f"Default: {default_data_path}")

+    while True:
        data_path_input = input("> ")

        if data_path_input != "":
            data_path = Path(data_path_input)
+        else:
+            data_path = default_data_path

        try:
            exists = data_path.exists()
@@ -84,7 +88,7 @@ def get_data_dir(*, instance_name: str, data_path: Optional[Path], interactive:
                "We were unable to check your chosen directory."
                " Provided path may contain an invalid character."
            )
-        sys.exit(ExitCodes.INVALID_CLI_USAGE)
+            continue

        if not exists:
            try:
@@ -97,10 +101,10 @@ def get_data_dir(*, instance_name: str, data_path: Optional[Path], interactive:
                )
                sys.exit(ExitCodes.INVALID_CLI_USAGE)

-    print("You have chosen {} to be your data directory.".format(data_path))
-    if not click.confirm("Please confirm", default=True):
-        print("Please start the process over.")
-        sys.exit(ExitCodes.CRITICAL)
+        print(f"You have chosen {str(data_path)!r} to be your data directory.")
+        if click.confirm("Please confirm", default=True):
+            break
+
    return str(data_path.resolve())


@@ -131,8 +135,7 @@ def get_storage_type(backend: Optional[str], *, interactive: bool):
    return storage_dict[storage]


-def get_name(name: str) -> str:
-    INSTANCE_NAME_RE = re.compile(
+INSTANCE_NAME_RE = re.compile(
    r"""
    [a-z0-9]              # starts with letter or digit
    (?:
@@ -142,7 +145,10 @@ def get_name(name: str) -> str:
    )?                    # optional to allow strings of length 1
    """,
    re.VERBOSE | re.IGNORECASE,
-    )
+)
+
+
+def get_name(name: str = "", *, confirm_overwrite: bool = False) -> str:
    if name:
        if INSTANCE_NAME_RE.fullmatch(name) is None:
            print(
@@ -151,9 +157,17 @@ def get_name(name: str) -> str:
                " and non-consecutive underscores (_) and periods (.)."
            )
            sys.exit(ExitCodes.INVALID_CLI_USAGE)
+        if name in instance_data and not confirm_overwrite:
+            print(
+                "An instance with this name already exists.\n"
+                "If you want to remove the existing instance and replace it with this one,"
+                " run this command with --overwrite-existing-instance flag."
+            )
+            sys.exit(ExitCodes.INVALID_CLI_USAGE)
        return name

-    while len(name) == 0:
+    name = ""
+    while not name:
        print(
            "Please enter a name for your instance,"
            " it will be used to run your bot from here on out.\n"
@@ -176,6 +190,16 @@ def get_name(name: str) -> str:
            default=False,
        ):
            name = ""
+        elif name in instance_data and not confirm_overwrite:
+            print(
+                "WARNING: An instance already exists with this name."
+                " Continuing will overwrite the existing instance config."
+            )
+            if not click.confirm(
+                "Are you absolutely certain you want to continue with this instance name?",
+                default=False,
+            ):
+                name = ""

        print()  # new line for aesthetics
    return name
@@ -205,7 +229,7 @@ def basic_setup(
            "Hello! Before we begin, we need to gather some initial information"
            " for the new instance."
        )
-    name = get_name(name)
+    name = get_name(name, confirm_overwrite=overwrite_existing_instance)

    default_data_dir = get_data_dir(
        instance_name=name, data_path=data_path, interactive=interactive
@@ -220,26 +244,6 @@ def basic_setup(
    driver_cls = get_driver_class(storage_type)
    default_dirs["STORAGE_DETAILS"] = driver_cls.get_config_details()

-    if name in instance_data:
-        if overwrite_existing_instance:
-            pass
-        elif interactive:
-            print(
-                "WARNING: An instance already exists with this name. "
-                "Continuing will overwrite the existing instance config."
-            )
-            if not click.confirm(
-                "Are you absolutely certain you want to continue?", default=False
-            ):
-                print("Not continuing")
-                sys.exit(ExitCodes.SHUTDOWN)
-        else:
-            print(
-                "An instance with this name already exists.\n"
-                "If you want to remove the existing instance and replace it with this one,"
-                " run this command with --overwrite-existing-instance flag."
-            )
-            sys.exit(ExitCodes.INVALID_CLI_USAGE)
    save_config(name, default_dirs)

    if interactive:
@@ -436,15 +440,9 @@ def cli(
    overwrite_existing_instance: bool,
 ) -> None:
    """Create a new instance."""
+
    level = cli_level_to_log_level(debug)
-    base_logger = logging.getLogger("red")
-    base_logger.setLevel(level)
-    formatter = logging.Formatter(
-        "[{asctime}] [{levelname}] {name}: {message}", datefmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", style="{"
-    )
-    stdout_handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
-    stdout_handler.setFormatter(formatter)
-    base_logger.addHandler(stdout_handler)
+    redbot.logging.init_logging(level)

    if ctx.invoked_subcommand is None:
        basic_setup(
@@ -514,7 +512,7 @@ def delete(
    remove_datapath: Optional[bool],
 ) -> None:
    """Removes an instance."""
-    asyncio.run(
+    asyncio_run(
        remove_instance(
            instance, interactive, delete_data, _create_backup, drop_db, remove_datapath
        )
@@ -536,7 +534,7 @@ def convert(instance: str, backend: str) -> None:
    if current_backend == BackendType.MONGOV1:
        raise RuntimeError("Please see the 3.2 release notes for upgrading a bot using mongo.")
    else:
-        new_storage_details = asyncio.run(do_migration(current_backend, target))
+        new_storage_details = asyncio_run(do_migration(current_backend, target))

    if new_storage_details is not None:
        default_dirs["STORAGE_TYPE"] = target.value
@@ -560,7 +558,7 @@ def convert(instance: str, backend: str) -> None:
 )
 def backup(instance: str, destination_folder: Path) -> None:
    """Backup instance's data."""
-    asyncio.run(create_backup(instance, destination_folder))
+    asyncio_run(create_backup(instance, destination_folder))


 def run_cli():
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ typing_extensions
 yarl
 distro; sys_platform == "linux"
 # https://github.com/MagicStack/uvloop/issues/702
-uvloop>=0.21.0,!=0.22.0,!=0.22.1; sys_platform != "win32" and platform_python_implementation == "CPython"
+uvloop; sys_platform != "win32" and platform_python_implementation == "CPython"

 # Used by discord.py[speedup]. See Pull request #6587 for more info.
 Brotli
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ importlib-metadata==8.5.0; python_version != "3.10" and python_version != "3.11"
    # via markdown
 pytz==2026.1.post1; python_version == "3.8"
    # via babel
-uvloop==0.21.0; (sys_platform != "win32" and platform_python_implementation == "CPython") and sys_platform != "win32"
+uvloop==0.22.1; (sys_platform != "win32" and platform_python_implementation == "CPython") and sys_platform != "win32"
    # via -r base.in
 zipp==3.20.2; python_version != "3.10" and python_version != "3.11"
    # via importlib-metadata
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 -c base.txt

 Sphinx
+sphinx-markdown-builder>=0.6.10
 sphinx-prompt
 sphinx_rtd_theme>1
 sphinxcontrib-trio
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ sphinx==7.1.2
    #   sphinx-rtd-theme
    #   sphinxcontrib-jquery
    #   sphinxcontrib-trio
+sphinx-markdown-builder==0.6.10
+    # via -r extra-doc.in
 sphinx-prompt==1.7.0
    # via -r extra-doc.in
 sphinx-rtd-theme==3.1.0
@@ -54,6 +56,8 @@ sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml==1.1.5
    # via sphinx
 sphinxcontrib-trio==1.2.0
    # via -r extra-doc.in
+tabulate==0.9.0
+    # via sphinx-markdown-builder
 urllib3==2.2.3
    # via requests
 zipp==3.20.2
@@ -3,16 +3,14 @@ import os

 import pytest

-from redbot import _update_event_loop_policy
 from redbot.core import _drivers, data_manager
-
-_update_event_loop_policy()
+from redbot.core._cli import new_event_loop


@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
 def event_loop(request):
    """Create an instance of the default event loop for entire session."""
-    loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
+    loop = new_event_loop()
    asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)
    yield loop
    asyncio.set_event_loop(None)
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ from pytest_mock import MockFixture

 from redbot.pytest.downloader import *

-from redbot.cogs.downloader.repo_manager import Installable
-from redbot.cogs.downloader.repo_manager import Candidate, ProcessFormatter, RepoManager, Repo
-from redbot.cogs.downloader.errors import (
+from redbot.core._downloader.repo_manager import Installable
+from redbot.core._downloader.repo_manager import Candidate, ProcessFormatter, RepoManager, Repo
+from redbot.core._downloader.errors import (
    AmbiguousRevision,
    ExistingGitRepo,
    GitException,
@@ -322,9 +322,9 @@ async def test_update(mocker, repo):


 async def test_add_repo(monkeypatch, repo_manager):
-    monkeypatch.setattr("redbot.cogs.downloader.repo_manager.Repo._run", fake_run_noprint)
+    monkeypatch.setattr("redbot.core._downloader.repo_manager.Repo._run", fake_run_noprint)
    monkeypatch.setattr(
-        "redbot.cogs.downloader.repo_manager.Repo.current_commit", fake_current_commit
+        "redbot.core._downloader.repo_manager.Repo.current_commit", fake_current_commit
    )

    squid = await repo_manager.add_repo(
@@ -335,9 +335,9 @@ async def test_add_repo(monkeypatch, repo_manager):


 async def test_lib_install_requirements(monkeypatch, library_installable, repo, tmpdir):
-    monkeypatch.setattr("redbot.cogs.downloader.repo_manager.Repo._run", fake_run_noprint)
+    monkeypatch.setattr("redbot.core._downloader.repo_manager.Repo._run", fake_run_noprint)
    monkeypatch.setattr(
-        "redbot.cogs.downloader.repo_manager.Repo.available_libraries", (library_installable,)
+        "redbot.core._downloader.repo_manager.Repo.available_libraries", (library_installable,)
    )

    lib_path = Path(str(tmpdir)) / "cog_data_path" / "lib"
@@ -353,9 +353,9 @@ async def test_lib_install_requirements(monkeypatch, library_installable, repo,


 async def test_remove_repo(monkeypatch, repo_manager):
-    monkeypatch.setattr("redbot.cogs.downloader.repo_manager.Repo._run", fake_run_noprint)
+    monkeypatch.setattr("redbot.core._downloader.repo_manager.Repo._run", fake_run_noprint)
    monkeypatch.setattr(
-        "redbot.cogs.downloader.repo_manager.Repo.current_commit", fake_current_commit
+        "redbot.core._downloader.repo_manager.Repo.current_commit", fake_current_commit
    )

    await repo_manager.add_repo(
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import subprocess as sp

 import pytest

-from redbot.cogs.downloader.repo_manager import ProcessFormatter, Repo
+from redbot.core._downloader.repo_manager import ProcessFormatter, Repo
 from redbot.pytest.downloader import (
    GIT_VERSION,
    cloned_git_repo,
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ from pathlib import Path
 import pytest

 from redbot.pytest.downloader import *
-from redbot.cogs.downloader.installable import Installable, InstallableType
+from redbot.core._downloader.installable import Installable, InstallableType
 from redbot.core import VersionInfo


 def test_process_info_file(installable):
    for k, v in INFO_JSON.items():
        if k == "type":
-            assert installable.type == InstallableType.COG
+            assert installable.type is InstallableType.COG
        elif k in ("min_bot_version", "max_bot_version"):
            assert getattr(installable, k) == VersionInfo.from_str(v)
        else:
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def test_process_info_file(installable):
 def test_process_lib_info_file(library_installable):
    for k, v in LIBRARY_INFO_JSON.items():
        if k == "type":
-            assert library_installable.type == InstallableType.SHARED_LIBRARY
+            assert library_installable.type is InstallableType.SHARED_LIBRARY
        elif k in ("min_bot_version", "max_bot_version"):
            assert getattr(library_installable, k) == VersionInfo.from_str(v)
        elif k == "hidden":
@@ -965,12 +965,7 @@ def cli_contributors(version: str, *, show_not_merged: bool = False) -> None:


 def get_contributors(version: str, *, show_not_merged: bool = False) -> None:
-    print(
-        ", ".join(
-            f":ghuser:`{username}`"
-            for username in _get_contributors(version, show_not_merged=show_not_merged)
-        )
-    )
+    print(*_get_contributors(version, show_not_merged=show_not_merged))


 def _get_contributors(version: str, *, show_not_merged: bool = False) -> List[str]:
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ extras = doc
 commands =
    sphinx-build -d "{toxworkdir}/docs_doctree" docs "{toxworkdir}/docs_out/html" -W --keep-going -bhtml
    sphinx-build -d "{toxworkdir}/docs_doctree" docs "{toxworkdir}/docs_out/doctest" -W --keep-going -bdoctest
+    sphinx-build -d "{toxworkdir}/docs_doctree" docs "{toxworkdir}/docs_out/markdown" docs/changelog.rst -W --keep-going -bmarkdown

 [testenv:style]
 description = Stylecheck the code with black to see if anything needs changes.
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Jakub Kuczys	edce32364f	Fix Red.send_interactive() permission check again (#6697 )	2026-05-10 16:30:03 -04:00
Jakub Kuczys	7305f44f68	Make changelog easy to parse (#6711 )	2026-05-10 16:11:36 -04:00
Jakub Kuczys	cbd4643bd3	Fix deprecated use of shutdown_timeout kwarg in TCPSite (#6743 )	2026-05-10 16:00:10 -04:00
Jakub Kuczys	b02fa38423	Stop referencing V2 everywhere and move migration guide (#6737 )	2026-05-10 15:51:36 -04:00
Jakub Kuczys	99babf9ad3	Update uvloop to 0.22.1 (#6705 )	2026-05-10 15:46:57 -04:00
Jakub Kuczys	169d0eed49	Reuse name input logic and allow retry in data path input (#6696 )	2026-04-19 20:04:05 +00:00
Jakub Kuczys	70faa8cd52	Make logging setup consistent between redbot and redbot-setup (#6695 ) Co-authored-by: Michael Oliveira <34169552+Flame442@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-04-19 19:41:50 +00:00
Jakub Kuczys	2ea4c766ad	Add basic backcompat for people using Downloader internals (#6713 )	2026-04-07 18:17:11 -04:00
Jakub Kuczys	6ceb45b35c	Fix remaining issues with internal Downloader API (#6721 )	2026-04-07 17:57:49 -04:00
Jakub Kuczys	4032648dcc	Simplify bot class (Red) __init__ arguments, remove unused (#6714 )	2026-04-05 15:52:43 -04:00
Jakub Kuczys	f70c48ec30	Warn when venv/install doesn't match previously used one (#6715 )	2026-04-05 15:44:17 -04:00
Jakub Kuczys	fcb8bc0265	Prefer using repr() on the Dev cog results (excl. str instances) (#6726 )	2026-04-03 02:05:54 +02:00
Jakub Kuczys	ee1db01a2f	Rip out Downloader's non-UI functionality into private core API (#6706 )	2026-03-29 22:25:04 +02:00
EternalllZM	e2acec0862	[Docs] Cleanup "About Virtual Environment" docs (#6701 )	2026-03-29 13:54:58 -04:00
EternalllZM	b83b882921	Update README to Explain Discord (#6650 ) Co-authored-by: Michael Oliveira <34169552+Flame442@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-03-29 13:51:08 -04:00
Chris	99d7b0e3b7	Update Twitch API token setup link (#6703 )	2026-03-23 21:13:59 -08:00
Jakub Kuczys	9270373c56	Update Spotify API instructions + use SetApiView (#6699 )	2026-03-15 12:57:14 +01:00
Jakub Kuczys	e8f0ea0510	Switch PAT use to app token (#6698 )	2026-03-10 14:30:20 +01:00
github-actions[bot]	b42bab4de9	Version bump to 3.5.25.dev1 (#6691 ) Co-authored-by: github-actions[bot] <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-03-06 02:43:22 +01:00
github-actions[bot]	e868872214	Version bump to 3.5.24 (#6689 ) Co-authored-by: github-actions[bot] <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-03-06 02:21:33 +01:00
github-actions[bot]	bee0ddbffc	Automated Crowdin downstream (#6690 ) Co-authored-by: github-actions[bot] <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-03-06 02:21:14 +01:00
Jakub Kuczys	2de3d03cc9	Red 3.5.24 - Changelog (#6686 )	2026-03-06 02:15:52 +01:00
Jakub Kuczys	056f2de557	Bump Lavalink version to 3.7.13+red.5 (#6688 )	2026-03-06 02:14:27 +01:00
Jakub Kuczys	34cbd15ba9	Stop waiting for update check on bot startup (#6687 )	2026-03-06 01:51:22 +01:00
EternalllZM	9a458fdd83	[Docs] Misc fixes (#6685 )	2026-03-05 23:36:42 +01:00
Jakub Kuczys	0e78051c5d	Bump Lavalink version to 3.7.13+red.3 (#6683 )	2026-03-05 20:52:23 +01:00
Jakub Kuczys	53766173d0	Update supported Java versions (#6681 )	2026-03-05 20:52:15 +01:00
Jakub Kuczys	36a5f752a2	Add --no-debug flag for resetting the verbosity level (#6680 )	2026-03-05 01:04:56 +01:00
github-actions[bot]	b2007a718d	Version bump to 3.5.24.dev1 (#6679 ) Co-authored-by: github-actions[bot] <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-03-05 00:37:09 +01:00