Read a server’s reported player count

What this field means

The players object is evidence returned by the server protocol. online and max may be null when the target answered without supplying a bounded count. Null is an unknown field, not zero and not proof that a server is empty.

"players": {
  "online": 12,
  "max": 100,
  "source": "server-reported"
}

Handling rules

• Check freshness and validUntil before presenting the observation as current.
• Keep missing values visibly unknown. Do not turn null into zero, a guessed version or an empty string.
• Use evidenceCode and verdict for state decisions. Field values provide context.