Discord Changelog

What's new in Discord 1.0.0 Build 0.0.251 / 1.0.0 Build 0.0.38 PTB

May 17, 2018

We did some heavy tinkering on Discord’s core infrastructure. Most of the following bullets are related to this. Queue the Daft Punk track.
We’re not joking, please listen to this while reading for maximum impact.
Large servers perform better in general. CPU and network usage is about the same regardless of server size (whether a hundred people or a hundred-thousand people).
Offline members are no longer hidden after you cross one-hundred members. We turned this off long ago for tech… and it is back. Offline lists in large servers are still hidden, though.
Discord uses a lot less data now. Long live your data plan.
Discord uses a lot less battery now. Longer live your battery life. Also, the iOS app loads faster. Android imminent.
Large Discord servers can now grow much larger. This one’s for you, Fortnite.
Select Xbox Insiders can now connect their Xbox account to Discord. Will be available to the rest of us mere mortals sometime in the very very very near future.
Audio files can now be played directly in Discord to minimize the time it takes for people to listen to your toasty mix tape.
Screenshare now includes audio! Now your friends can yell at you to kill the Genji behind you.
New authentication screens are sexy af. Go check out how wavy they are.
Added a volume slider to the inline media player because that llama video someone sent me was loud and confusing.
The instant invite pop up now has user suggestions for speed running server invites. UX BOOOOOOST :rocket:
Turned off a few lights in dark theme. There’s more dark now. That’s how that works.
If you’re a YouTuber or a streamer and love Discord, you should apply for the Discord Partner Program and increase your coolness factor by at least 16%.

New in Discord 1.0.0 Build 0.0.250 / 1.0.0 Build 0.0.36 PTB (Jan 26, 2018)

New in Discord 1.0.0 Build 0.0.249 / 1.0.0 Build 0.0.34 PTB (Dec 19, 2017)

HEY! HEY! OVERLAY!:
We’ve overhauled our Overlay tech! It’s more robust than a beaver on a Tuesday (it will work more consistently for more games). The icon will also now fade away after a short time so we don’t disrupt your game space.
Invite embeds received glamorification. They’re gorgeous and more informative.
Profile popouts are now themed. Our UX/UI team was having a spa day apparently.
The Discord system tray just came out of the hyperbolic time chamber. It’s context menu now has shortcuts to quickly mute, deafen, and open voice/video settings.
FURTHERMORE, the system tray icon will now change based on whether you’re talking, muted, deafened, or idling. This was requested on our feedback site.
Added option to make Discord scared of you and hide minimized on startup. This was also requested by you guys!
The app icon in the taskbar now proudly displays unread messages as a badge.
Annoyed by unread messages displayed as a badge? There’s new notification options to toggle the unread indicator on the app taskbar.
You can now have Discord close when you click dat X button. Another request from you guys!
THESE BUGS ARE DEAD:
Changing your input device will now properly change your input device, 100% of the time, because we decided the 80% RNG was providing a poor experience >.>
Discord now respects your PC’s default device. Change your default device? Discord changes too. Follow the leader!
TTS now says roles and nicknames correctly wwwwwwwwwwwwwww
We’ve tucked away a few discriminators that were still showing during streamer mode.
Font scaling now properly scales code blocks. Block scaling initiated.
Emoji picker didn’t want to be picked in DMs. We employed some conflict resolution tactics, and you can now properly send emoji again.
Do Not Disturb now actually doesn’t disturb you with friend requests and suggestions.
CTRL+SHIFT+T hotkey should no longer crash the app lol that’s a good fix, thanks engineers 10/10
Category notification settings now properly apply directly to the forehead.
Our search feature now understands that two channels can have the same name. #whytho #whytho #whytho

New in Discord 1.0.0 Build 0.0.248 (Oct 10, 2017)

We now have video chat and screen share so you can share your face or screen pixels with another person’s eye pixels:
Video Chat with up to 10 people in a group DM
Share your entire screen or any window instead of your face.
Picture in picture so you can vidya while browsing other servers and DMs.
Stop asking for this feature because we launched it :)))))))))))))
Also fixed some stuff:
Removed the weirdness where links that end in parentheses would get clipped. Parentheses are text characters too.
Sometimes typing discord.gg in weird ways would create an invite embed. This weirdness has also been removed.
The emoji picker button had some graphical issues that we polished. Nothing a little emoji grease can’t fix.
Pinning two messages in a row (the legendary double pin) no longer marks your pins as unread.
Due to permission wonkiness, certain voice channels didn’t properly show locks on restricted channels. We called Lobsnok, the Locksmith of the North, to fix it right up.
Right clicking checkboxes no longer brings up the context menu because it’s literally a binary option and this was madness.
When editing a message that mentions a user with a unicode emoji in their name, it no longer replaces the emoji with :textlikethis: :poop: :100:
We fixed this thing where you couldn’t mute yourself in the overlay. Now you can mute yourself in the overlay.
Fixed some jankiness when someone deleted a message in a channel that was previously marked as unread.
Furthermore, any empty channel (literally no message or they were all deleted) will be considered read because there is nothing to read. It’s like telepathy but way less useful.
These are 4 your phone:
It’s October, so you know what that means! New create and join server UI, obviously.
Invite links no longer jump through web pages before bringing you inside the app. Less jank, more thank
The apparently newsworthy iOS 11 launch crash is now fixed.
Android now has developer mode because we want to make bot devs happy.
We’ve enabled HVM, or “horizontal viewing mode” for videos and images.
Wait. It’s called ‘Landscape?’ :deepthink:
The Rest of the Best:
Fixed a bug where the previous change log had the phrase level up and next level in them. You should never see this ludicrous language again.
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New in Discord 1.0.0 Build 0.0.246 / 1.0.0 Build 0.0.27 PTB (Aug 25, 2016)

New in Discord 1.0.0 Build 0.0.243 (Jul 29, 2016)

BRRING BRRRRRING. Hello. Who's there? Direct Calls, that's who! Click the phone shaped thing to ring ring anyone on your Friends List.
Mobile Calling works whether your friend is offline or not via the power of fancy push notifications. There's even a soft, buttery ring tone for it. Just make sure to grab the Discord mobile app!
Group DMs let you have a simple private conversation with up to ten people on your Friends List. Great for chillin' in a more intimate setting. Turn on that Barry Manilow and chill.
Group DM Calls mean you can call more than one person or ring anyone individually (right click it). You can even add a friend to an existing one-on-one call too. :scream:
Easily Re-Join Calls that are already in session by simply clicking the giant JOIN CALL button.
Stream Overlay for OBS and XSplit lets you easily show off your Discord chat, voice channels, and server status on your stream. Check it out
Disable Hardware Acceleration option to slam your CPU for Discord's pretty pixels instead of your "I can't play Overwatch in 4k" GPU. Find it in the advanced video settings.
Quickly Accept Invite Links that you click in a browser while the Discord desktop app is running. You'll get teleported to the desktop app and prompted to join the server in one fell swooooop.
Large Server Rendering has been sped up again by 550% /flex. We want to be the very best like no one ever was. To speed up lists is our test. To render them is our cause.
Emoji Tooltips show up if you hover over one for a few seconds. Try it right here. Go on. Try it. :rocket: :red_car: :dash:
Legacy Audio option has been added for Windows. Turn it on in the advanced voice settings tab if your speakers regularly sound like a peaceful star filled night in the middle of nowhere (a.k.a. silent)
Server Performance has been improved by 200%. Would you believe that you all send 800 messages per second? That's like an entire I Am Setsuna script every minute.
Android Channel Topics are fully juiced :watermelon: :grapes: :strawberry: (Support for scrolling, mentions, markdown, emojis, and channel-names)
Android Server Settings finally lets you change your nickname or server privacy settings. I'm trying very hard not to make another Pokemon joke.
iOS Got Love too, but nothing unique or special this time around. Just wanted to call it out because I thought iOS might have felt lonely.
Our updater broke for a bunch of people last time. Sorry about that! Should be in better shape now.
People are no longer able to DM Clyde. He is shy and everybody was all like A/S/L? Not cool.
There was a Javascript error which popped up randomly. We spoke with the RNG gods and they have confirmed the popup is less likely to show up.
Download Apps buttons is more clearly visible for users in the browser and removed from the UI for desktop users.
In-game Overlay was mega-borked on Windows 7. It is now less mega-borked.
Small tweak - pressing CTRL+Enter inserts a new line, like Shift+Enter. Why not?
[Android] Music bots sometimes would not play back properly and now they do.
[Android] Twitch subscriber emotes now render correctly with or without :colons:
[Android] Older phones sometimes showed a black square instead of your photo of Zubat flying on your friends face.
Get ready for lots of refinement of existing features as we take a breather and spit polish things.
Mobile server settings have been 'coming soon' since the dawn of time. We are actually building them. ERMAHGERD.
I heard you guys like that Orcs & Humans game, so get ready for a little something special.
We're stil searching for search. In fact, we have found the Snorlax but have yet to strike up a conversation.
Linux and audit logs got side tracked on their way to the build machine, but are still still coming soon.
Tell us what you want, what you really really want: feedback.discordapp.com
Discord needs more creative horsepower! If you’re a Product Designer who likes games and Discord, check out our job page here

New in Discord 1.0.0 Build 0.0.242 (Jul 12, 2016)

New in Discord 1.0.0 Build 0.0.240 (Jun 4, 2016)

New in Discord 1.0.0 Build 0.0.239 (May 10, 2016)

Less Robo Voice. We twiddled just the right bits and Discord can now handle up to 30% packet loss significantly better. Take that, Robot Man.
Set a Note on a user's profile so you remember her real name is XxDrawnElf3000xX even though she changes it every ten seconds... yxItsDatBoixy, OhSheetWhaddup97, ~SoOcOoLaMiRiTe~.
Automatically Set Status to Streaming when Streamer Mode is on and Twitch reports that you are, um, streaming.
Roles have been overhauled to support hierarchies. You can now have overlords, admins, and zerglings who can only mess with people of lower rank.
Manage Roles permission no longer grants a superstar. Instead, use the Administrator role if you want to dodge blue shells.
Creating Roles have been simplified: the @everyone role is used as a template for all new roles.
Creating Channels have been simplified. Right Click Best Click on a channel to clone it with the same permissions.
Typing is easier now. Simply press one of those 101 buttons and the input box will auto focus, assuming you're not using Push To Talk.
We made a new marketing page because the old one was getting old. Easter eggs abound!
Europeans Love Discord so we doubled capacity in all EU regions. Yeye!
Singaporeans Love Discord so we increased capacity in Singapore. Yeye!
Text To Speech now uses server nicknames. AW YEAH.
Android Emoji support is better now. Use your Twitch and standard Emoji along with fancy auto-complete.
Save images on IOS while previewing it in Discord directly. WOO BASIC FUNCTIONALITY.
Mac OS X client should no longer get stuck on not responding when using apps like SoundBunny.
Voice connections should no longer get into a permanent disconnected state.
Deleting a voice channel while in it will not keep you in a unread voice channel.
You can now left click on a username in a direct message to see the profile popout.
Fixed long links overflowing chat content in Chrome 49+ and Firefox.
Added context menu to channel topic.
It is now possible to mark muted servers as read.
The same nickname will not render more than once in DM header.
Desktop client should no longer navigate away when dropping links on it. THIS BUG WAS SO ANNOYING.
Phase 2 of the friends list (1 on 1 and group calls/chat) is on deck.
Sometimes you want to call out a message for everyone to see in a channel. Get your thumbtacks ready, because message Pinning is coming!
Search your message history for keywords or to find previously uploaded files like Sherlock riding a water buffalo.
Also we're really busy playing Whispers of the Old Gods.
And Hyper Light Drifter.
And Overwatch.
Actually we're just taking the week off to play video games.

New in Discord 1.0.0 Build 0.0.238 (Apr 9, 2016)

NEW:
Discover Emoji with the fancy new Emoji Picker. Just click on it in the text area to be whisked away to emojiopolis.
Discord Official API with support for bots and oauth is now documented and ready for take off. If you're a developer, click this blue link to read the docs and start building right now.
More Emojis are pretty much the only thing I've ever wanted in my life. Now they're here in Discord. All Unicode 8 emoji including :taco: and :eggplant: are available for good ol' fashioned fun.
People Emoji can now change skin color as part of the new Unicode 8 support. Pop open the Emoji Picker and choose your preferred color to be yourself, and not someone else. :ok_hand::skin-tone-2:
Member List can now be toggled at will by clicking a button. Find the button on the top right. Great for not seeing people.
We Improved the Disconnect Sound to take advantage of this futuristic new technology called Stereo. MajorLeagueWobs made a beat. MicDaMicrophone made a rap. Check it.
Streamer Mode lets you hide your kids, your wife, your husbands, and all your relevant Discord information you don't want public while streaming.
Improved SFX quality across the entire app to make your beeps and boops way tastier.
Stability Improvements (you'll now resume without losing state if your net drops briefly). One of those things that you won't notice and that's exactly the point.
Overlay functionality improved. You can now drag & drop users between channels.
Compact Mode has been great, but got out of line. Now it's been aligned. All the lines align.
Wumpus is now on iOS. That's it. Wumpus is now on Discord.
iOS Performance Improvements to make the app more good and less bad.
Animation Polish on opening and closing direct messages went through acting class and now perform better.
Airhorn Solutions will live on and is being open sourced to show off the API. Add the bot to your server and get #ReadyForHorning
Bug fixes:
Drag and Drop modal will now close itself in rare cases when it gets stuck
Fixed a UI bug that looked like you could upload a file when you didn't have permission.
Codeblocks are back in channel topics
Infrastructure improvements to reduce text message send failures. Less red.
Sometimes you'd see people speaking even when they weren't, now you won't.
Sometimes you wouldn't hear someone who you should have heard, now you will.
Unread badge now properly displays status after a clean start before receiving any messages.
[Android] Hidden channels are no longer counted in the unread badge
[Android] Notifications have additional options - sounds and vibrations can be individually enabled or disabled.
[Android] Advanced back button behavior setting added to allow users to toggle open the navigation drawer.
[Android] Battery life improvements while the application is backgrounded.
[Android] Server verifications levels are now enforced with clear UI.
[Android] Added support for even more android devices and fixes for robotic voice quality on some phone
[iOS] Fast session resume when backgrounding so its easier to hop in and out of the mobile app. Coming real soon to Android
[Overlay] We really like Overwatch, so we fixed our overlay to work with patch 1.0.4!
[Overlay] Fixed blurry rendering in Direct3D9 games on AMD video cards
[Overlay] Improved responsiveness when Discord is minimized in the background.

New in Discord 1.0.0 Build 0.0.236 (Mar 4, 2016)

New in Discord 1.0.0 Build 0.0.235 (Feb 19, 2016)

NEW:
New Bitrate settings are here per channel! Sound like a tin can (8kbps) a telephone (64kbps) or Professor X (96kbps). FYI Discord is 64kbps by default. Desktop and Chrome clients only! Everyone must be on the latest version of too.
Drag 'n Drop has been overhauled with a fancy new confirmation modal. No more accidentally dropping your... umm... homework into a Discord chat by accident.
Create Server now auto selects the closest voice region to your mouth. It used to be random because we're lazy.
The iPad App is live with support for landscape, slide over, and split view. Say goodbye to your home button.
Use Twitch partner emoji from your iPhone or iPad. No kappa yet though. We're still working on that.
Android Tablets now have a super legit UI. It's like our iPad UI but powered by green robots.
Android can now upload your finest photographs from your phone's image gallery using the latest in high technology. It's developed instantly and shared with your friends! Wow!
Android Channel Settings can now be changed by users with Manage Channel permissions instead of running to your computer like a maniac.
Notification Settings can be customized from your Android device. 'Bout time.
FIXED:
Fixed /me breaking with certain sentences (thanks /u/Always_Helpful).
That really annoying microphone mute banner does not show up if we have ever detected voice in this session.
Also the microphone mute banner can now be permanently disabled. Thank the heavens.
The chat linkifier used to reveal your precious secrets by linkifying private text channels. Now it doesn't.
Clicking Save when editing a message now saves the message instead of obnoxiously losing your edits.
Long channel names no longer cause the invite and setting icons to get flustered.
Playing embedded videos no longer screws up your scroll position.
Sub-pixel discoloration around server icons has been sub-scrubbed.
Channel name, Invite, and Settings buttons on muted channels are no longer impossible to see on hover.
The file upload in-progress indicator got a make over.
If you try to upload a file that's too large Discord will let you know it's unhappy instead of just ignoring you.
Copy and pasting into upload disabled channels no longer pretends to upload something.
Chrome now defaults to 64kbps for voice channels just like the Discord Desktop app.
Many app images have been compressed resulting in about ~10% file size reduction for image assets.
Fixes a bug where clicking on a ridiculously large image would cause the desktop app to restart on Windows.
Improves the way images are loaded when clicking on them by showing a loading indicator instead of a partially loaded image while it’s being loaded.
Fixed a bug where servers would sometimes get stuck waiting around for endpoints.

New in Discord 1.0.0 Build 233 (Dec 20, 2015)

New:
More Languages! Italian, Bulgarian and Japanese are here - welcome to the Discord fam :)
The Discord Partner Program is henshin a go go baby. Apply for a chance to get leveled up.
Toggle between voice activity and push to talk modes with a handy dandy keybind. You know, in case you can't decide. This one's for you JoshOG!
Automatically converting emoticons like :-) into emoji can now be disabled. We're not sure why, but you asked for it! Fan requested!
Role management is a little easier now. Add or remove a role from the user’s popout because context is so hot right now. Fan requested!
Instant Invite UI for Android and iOS is no longer a secret. Everyone! Continue to get in here!
Top Help Articles are only one click away. Click the ? button and get learnin’!
For the tech fans - we moved our message storage to a Cassandra cluster because the amount of messages being sent on Discord is too damn high! Moral of the story: messages load faster.
Tables can now /unflip. Because priorities ┬─┬ノ( º _ ºノ) Fan requested!
Updated strings for all existing localized languages.
New loading screen quotes added. Some loading screen quotes removed.
Implemented message rate limiting for people who think spamming is cool.
Hitting enter will now hit the affirmative action in confirmation modals.
Fixed:
Unicode control characters are now stripped from usernames.
Limited the title and description size of embedded links.
Fixed issue where bots could mention users without actually having that user’s name in the message.
Fixed issue when closing a direct message that will cause the unread message indicator to not go away.
Fixed an issue where portrait images from mobile devices are improperly oriented.
Changed people who are typing to show first three and then “more.”
Fixed an issue where direct messages would not be marked as read.
Fixed an issue where a user who is connected in voice chat with you and leaves a guild that you both are in would cause them to be removed from the voice chat list.
The secret overlay should now always be on the screen, if you know how to turn it on.
Improved behavior of dragging the secret overlay across the screen.
Now shows ping in the secret overlay.
No longer shows "Drop to upload your file..." if uploads aren't enabled for the channel you're in.