Discord Patch Notes: October 6, 2026

Welcome to Patch Notes! In this series, we comb through the latest changes in performance, reliability, responsiveness, usability, and bug-squashing we've made to make Discord better. 

If you discover an issue of your own, check out our Bimonthly Bug Megathread on the community-run r/DiscordApp subreddit. Tell us what’s been bothering you, and our Engineering team will be more than happy to check it out. 

All fixes listed below have been committed and merged, but may still be rolling out to individual platforms as of this post. 

Highlights

• Shift-clicking a GIF in the GIF Picker now inserts the URL into your message (which will be embedded when sent), but doesn't send the message immediately. This way, you can use the picker to insert GIFs tastefully into your message, rather than following up after the fact. You can also right-click an image in the GIF Picker to copy its link if you prefer to share the ol’ fashioned way. 
• We recently rewrote our entire media engine for sharing images and videos on Discord in Rust. Images resize faster with better color accuracy. We could have made these improvements in C++, yes, but that would have made us feel a bit… unea-C. (please clap) 

General

• Added a show/reveal password button on the iOS password MFA screen, so you can double-check what you typed before you get locked out. The field also no longer automatically capitalizes the first letter to match the login flow.
• Resolved a bug on iOS where opening someone's profile would often show their global avatar instead of their per-server avatar.
• Resolved a bug on Android where the bottoms of letters like g, y, and p were clipped in various places in the UI. Descenders can now descend in peace.
• Fixed a bug on desktop where the Shop item details window could get cut off at certain window sizes. The window is now scrollable in this case, so no content gets hidden.
• Resolved an issue on desktop where the User Settings sidebar rendered with unreadable white-on-white text and a mismatched fade when Dark Sidebar was enabled. This only affected production builds for less than a day...but if you saw it, sorry!
• Fixed an issue on iOS where row buttons, such as “Invite Members,” appeared oversized due to excessive padding.
• Resolved a bug on desktop where generating new backup codes immediately after enabling 2FA for the first time silently failed with no error message. You'll now be prompted to refresh and try again.
• Resolved a bug on iOS where user avatars would sometimes appear in place of server icons in Launchpad.
• Fixed a bug on Android where the title on a game profile was hard to read due to poor contrast when scrolled over dark backgrounds.
• Resolved an issue on Android where toggles in Notification Settings could render as both enabled and disabled at the same time; Schrödinger's settings, now predictable when observed.
• Resolved an issue on iOS where longer subtitles in bottom sheets were cut off instead of wrapping to a new line.
• Fixed a bug on mobile where review counts on the Game Profile could go off-screen.
• Fixed an issue on iOS where there wasn't enough space to see a profile's notes below the floating bar on devices without a bottom safe area.
• Fixed an issue on iOS where the bottom spacing on your profile tabs was inconsistent, with extra padding sometimes creeping back in.
• Improved the DM privacy settings on desktop so the "All Servers" control now makes it clearer when individual servers have their own overriding settings.
• Fixed a bug on desktop where an unnecessary second line element could appear in the Student Hub menu at smaller window sizes.
• Fixed an issue on Android where tapping the overflow button on a user profile while swiping it away would leave the menu stuck in place.
• Resolved an issue on Android where a small square element appeared behind activity card icons that were mostly transparent.
• Fixed a bug on desktop where using tiny header markdown (-# like this) in your profile bio only rendered while editing, reverting to raw text once saved.
• Resolved a bug on iOS where choosing "Ignore instead" from the block menu showed a "[name] blocked" toast instead of "[name] ignored.”
• Fixed a bug on desktop where the “Failed” bubble in your billing Transaction History had poor contrast and was hard to read on light themes.
• Resolved a bug on desktop where the friend request badge in your inbox was white text on a white background in Light Mode, making it invisible.
• Fixed an issue on Android where the text box for editing a user note would lose focus and close the keyboard right after opening.
• Resolved a bug on desktop where the Server Tag popover followed your client theme instead of matching the profile's theme like other popovers.
• Resolved a bug on desktop where clicking the channel you were already in added a dead entry to your history, leaving the back and forward buttons clickable but going nowhere.
• Fixed an issue on iOS where the “Show More” control in Launchpad's Recent Channels header was no longer right-aligned.
• Resolved an issue on iPad where unnecessary scrolling arrows appeared in the Server Boosts tab even when all the level cards already fit on screen.

Chat

• Added the "Show spoiler content" setting to mobile.
• Resolved an issue on Android where scrolling through multiple GIFs in a chat or browsing the GIF Picker could make the app extremely laggy.
• Fixed a rare issue on mobile that resulted in missing messages if you received a message while loading message history.
• Fixed an issue on iOS where tapping send would include the keyboard's suggested ghost text at the end of your message, even though you hadn't accepted it. This was a recent regression and an annoying one; apologies.
• Fixed a bug on iOS where creating a thread left your message sitting in the text input after sending it.
• Fixed a bug on desktop where the search results sidebar could reopen when users reacted to a message in the results, closing other sidebars.
• Fixed an issue where emoji autocomplete ranking could demote occasionally used emoji further down the list than unused emoji.
• Resolved a bug on desktop where using the Ctrl+Enter shortcut to create a forum post without selecting a required tag would trigger slow mode and leave the post area endlessly loading.
• Fixed an issue on iOS where you couldn't mention a game whose name contained a space, since the autocomplete suggestion was cut off after the first word.
• Fixed an issue on Android where relative timestamps in push notifications were rounded differently from the message in the app.
• Fixed an issue on iOS where search filters added from the suggestion pop-up couldn't be deleted with the backspace key.
• Resolved an issue on desktop where spellcheck underlines in the chat input box would briefly disappear after pressing backspace or adding punctuation.
• Resolved a bug where the app would freeze when the swipe-to-reply gesture was enabled and you opened the member list after selecting Apps from the + menu.
• Fixed a bug on Android where a spoilered code block could only be revealed by tapping directly on the hidden text, instead of anywhere on the spoiler.
• Fixed an issue on Android where the last row of stickers in a pack wouldn't show in the Sticker Picker. Additionally, packs with only a partial row could disappear entirely.
• Fixed a bug in Firefox where you had to click “Search” twice before you could search.
• Resolved an issue on desktop where creating a thread in reply to a message could double-send that first message or leave it lingering in the composer.
• Fixed an issue on desktop where escaping a mention with a backslash (like `\@username`) still pinged the member and left a broken mention in your message.
• Fixed a bug on iOS and Android where you could type into chat input in a read-only thread, even though you couldn't send the message.
• Resolved a bug on desktop where chunks of text-in-voice chat in stage channels went missing and couldn't be scrolled back to after a “requested to speak” message.
• Resolved an issue on iOS where the “new” jump button in the channel list would take you to a muted thread instead of skipping it as it does with other muted channels.
• Fixed an issue on desktop where the @-mention menu wouldn't appear when you typed a mention right after a special character, like "(@".
• Fixed an issue on desktop where the category headers in the Emoji Picker were cut off.
• Fixed a bug on iOS and Android in which taps on search filters sometimes failed, especially when reduced motion was enabled.
• Fixed an issue on desktop where the "Add media to the original post?" prompt in forum channels didn't show a thumbnail preview for videos, only images.
• Fixed an issue on desktop where losing access to a channel while viewing it wouldn't remove you from the channel; instead, it just changed the title to “No Access.”
• Resolved a bug on desktop where pasting text containing line breaks into a forum post title kept the line breaks in the draft instead of stripping them out.
• Resolved a bug on Android where the Server Tag, user icon, and display name could be cut off at the bottom of the reply preview when the message being replied to was a code block.
• Fixed a bug on Android where mention highlight backgrounds were missing after a spoiler message was revealed.
• Resolved an issue on iOS where long-pressing an in-app notification would open the notification settings screen again each time, stacking multiple copies on top of each other.
• Fixed an issue on Android where the background on inline code blocks could appear shifted to the left within certain formatted lists.
• Resolved a bug on iOS where the “Remove Reaction” pill in the reactions sheet was desaturated across all themes and hard to read on light themes due to low contrast.
• Resolved a bug on iOS where certain channel-link highlight icons remained visible over a spoiler instead of being hidden with the rest of the message.
• Resolved a bug on iOS where thread titles appeared wrapped in quotation marks in the channel details sheet header.
• Fixed an issue on Android and iOS where channel mentions and links in an event's location didn't render properly in the event invite shared to chat.
• Fixed a bug on desktop where markdown formatting wouldn't show a live preview in the chat box when a message started with a “+”.
• Resolved an issue on desktop where a @game mention in a thread's starter message would display as "unknown-game" after opening directly into that thread.
• Fixed a bug where a suspended account's name and avatar could still appear in reply previews. Now only the reply icon shows, consistent with how blocked users are handled.
• Fixed an issue on iOS where the keyboard remained usable while the search filters dropdown was open.
• Fixed a bug on desktop where role mentions in reply previews lost their custom colors and gradients, falling back to the default blurple styling.
• Fixed a bug on desktop where the spoiler cover over a code block was wider than the code block itself, leaving a leftover strip after revealing it.
• Resolved a bug on Android where a sliver of an inline code block could peek out under the visible text in a reply preview.
• Fixed a bug on Android where reactions appeared above some message content, such as Nitro gift embeds.
• Resolved an issue on iOS where opening a thread, selecting the Emoji Picker, and then tapping the text box caused the emoji server selector bar to cover the message bar.

Server Administration

• Fixed an issue on iOS where accepting an invite to rejoin a server you've been timed out in returned an error instead of letting you back in.
• Resolved an issue on desktop where searching for someone in the server invite box could push the best match to the bottom of the results instead of the top.
• Fixed a bug on desktop where, when previewing a channel using "View as Role," messages would still load in even though the role didn't have permission to read message history.
• Fixed a bug on desktop where the information icons in the default channels step of Server Onboarding appeared white-on-white and were hard to see on light themes.
• Resolved a bug on desktop where the Sort, Member Since, Joined Discord, and Join Method menus in the Server Settings Members page couldn't be closed by pressing ESC.
• Resolved an issue on iOS where entering an invalid value in AutoMod's mention spam settings showed a raw, unfriendly error message on top of the proper inline error.
• Resolved a bug on desktop where the help link in channel permission settings led to a broken support page.
• Resolved an issue on desktop where a very long server name would overflow outside the Pending Applications modal.
• Resolved an issue on Android where the server header could appear detached from the top of the channel list after following a notification and swiping back.
• Resolved an issue on Android where opening the keyboard in landscape would shove the server banner up into the top-left corner.
• Resolved a bug on iOS and Android where a “Back” button appeared on the first step of creating a server membership tier, but it did nothing when tapped.
• Resolved a bug on Android where the AutoMod "Did we get it wrong?" report menu didn't leave room for the selfie camera cutout in landscape.
• Fixed a bug on iOS where Server Discovery qualification updates were sent to your system DMs without server context.
• Resolved an issue on iOS where the keyboard couldn't be dismissed while creating a new server membership tier, which hid the rest of the form.
• Fixed a bug on Android where the long-press menu for thread tags in the audit log could be cut off at the edge of the screen.
• Resolved a bug on desktop where hovering over the disabled “Publish” button in announcement channels made it grow and shift the surrounding menu.
• Resolved an issue on desktop where opening Mod View on a user while a search was active would close the search results panel, forcing you to switch channels and back to bring it up again.
• Resolved a bug on desktop where the Bans tab in Server Settings still referred to "Moderation" instead of "Safety Setup.”
• Fixed a bug on iOS where Unicode emoji role icons appeared too small in role settings.
• Resolved a bug on desktop where switching between the Messages, Links, and Media filters in Mod View before the panel animation finished left the previous filter's results showing.
• Fixed a bug on Android where the boost goal text could overflow its box when the app language was set to Polish.
• Resolved an issue on desktop where the member list's Sort and Signals dropdown options could be cut off in some languages, making similar options hard to tell apart. These options now show a marquee effect on hover.
• Fixed a bug on Android where the event creation flow didn't leave room for the selfie camera cutout when rotated to landscape, causing it to overlap other elements.
• Fixed an issue on iOS where the fade over a long channel topic in Channel Information showed as a hard-edged rectangle instead of blending smoothly into the sheet behind it.
• Fixed an issue on desktop where Server Tags in the Report Message and Flag Message to Mods preview modals were clickable and would open the guild popout on top of the report flow.
• Resolved an issue on mobile where quickly tapping a Server Settings section could open two identical pages stacked on top of each other.

Activities and Apps

• Resolved an issue on iOS where typing into a text input in an app command sheet could leave the input hidden behind the send button instead of scrolling it into view.
• Fixed a crash on iOS and Android that occurred when an app displayed a modal containing a timestamp.
• Fixed an issue on iOS where “@game” incorrectly appeared as an autocomplete suggestion when filling in a user field for an app command.
• Fixed a bug on native where server role color gradients and font styling didn't render in the used command sheet after interacting with an app.
• Fixed an issue on desktop where an app's file card could be cut off in the narrow thread sidebar, hiding the download button.
• Fixed a bug on desktop where app slash commands could get into a broken state when triggered while replying to a message. Non-built-in slash commands no longer appear in the reply composer.
• Fixed a bug on Android where an app's details would overlap with the hero media when viewing an embedded activity in landscape mode.

Audio/Video

• We now support Picture-in-Picture and Text-in-Voice simultaneously for Stage Channels. If you ever wanted to watch a Stage Channel video stream and shitpost at the same time, you now have the technology.
• Fixed an issue on iOS 27 where the system's Background Sounds would stop playing whenever Discord triggered a haptic buzz, and wouldn't resume until you restarted the app. This unfortunately still affects devices on iOS 26 or earlier.
• Fixed a bug on desktop where the Request to Stream embed could fail to detect a game being played.
• Resolved an issue on desktop where the in-game overlay could get stuck at the wrong size and fail to resize itself back to normal.
• Fixed a bug on Android where the "Add people to Voice Chat" prompt could linger over the message box after reopening the app during a call, blocking you from typing.
• Fixed an issue on desktop where using Push to Mute still played the mute/deafen sounds even when those system sounds were disabled.
• Fixed a mobile bug where starting a call from a user's profile in channel details or search would hide the call beneath the details or search page.
• Fixed an issue on iOS where the activity card carousel in the Direct Message list started in the middle instead of at the beginning after a cold start.
• Resolved a bug on iOS where the picture-in-picture tile color didn't match the call screen color.
• Fixed an issue on iOS and Android where server moderators couldn't Server Mute, Server Deafen, Disconnect, or Move a member from their profile if that member had blocked the moderator, bringing it in line with desktop.
• Fixed a bug on Android where you couldn't swipe the server selection bar in the Soundboard sheet when you had too many servers with sounds to fit on screen.
• Fixed a bug on desktop where the living room avatar decoration picker wouldn't appear when the voice call was popped out into its own window. The menu was quietly opening in the wrong window.
• Fixed a bug on iOS where the Soundboard button wasn't disabled while you were deafened, giving no indication that it wouldn't work.

Media

• Fixed an issue on Android where a video would zoom in after exiting full view while in portrait mode.
• Fixed an issue on iOS where the play button stayed on screen while a tapped video was still loading, leaving the loading spinner to awkwardly orbit inside it.
• Resolved a bug on desktop where portrait videos recorded on your phone displayed letterboxed or in the wrong orientation instead of showing upright.
• Fixed a bug on Android where looped media sometimes resumed incorrectly, flashing only a single correct frame each loop, after the app had been in the background for a while.
• Resolved an issue on desktop where pausing a teaser video in the in-game item shop would instead unmute it.
• Fixed a bug on Android where channel highlights in a game profile's community announcement tiles were pushed up instead of sitting inline with the text.
• Fixed an issue on desktop in Firefox where a video attached in the message composer showed a grey box instead of a preview of the first frame.
• Fixed an issue where server expression settings on mobile and web showed the user's global profile name and avatar instead of their server profile.
• Fixed a bug on Android where the alt text button overlapped with the mute option when playing a video inline in chat.
• Fixed an issue on desktop where the emoji crop tool would re-process uploaded images even when you didn't crop anything, so images now pass through untouched when left unedited in the emoji editor.
• Fixed a bug on desktop where right-clicking a forwarded video didn't display its media actions, such as Stats for Nerds, Copy Media Link, and Open Media Link.
• Resolved a bug on Firefox where uploading OGG audio files to the Soundboard was incorrectly rejected as an unsupported format.
• Fixed an issue on Android where browsing the GIF Picker could stall or crash on low-memory devices because the app was requesting the full-size GIF files for the much smaller preview tiles.
• Fixed several image-resampling issues where downscaled images could look softened, most noticeably on text and screenshots.
• Fixed an issue where some videos showed an incorrect or missing duration because the duration could not be read from fragmented MP4 headers.
• Fixed a bug where the Stats for Nerds overlay for video playback could show blank codec, bitrate, and container fields. You’re welcome, fellow nerd. 
• Updated the slash-command GIF Picker to allow scrolling through the suggestions strip with your mouse’s scroll wheel.

Accessibility

• Resolved an issue on iOS where VoiceOver didn't offer message actions like “reply’ when swiping on non-text messages such as photos and videos.
• Fixed a few instances in user and server settings where links weren't underlined even with the “Always Underline Links” accessibility setting enabled.
• Screen readers on Android can now reach and activate the “Dismiss this message” button on Clyde messages in DMs.
• Resolved a bug on Android where TalkBack incorrectly announced buttons as "collapsed" even when they didn't expand or collapse anything.
• Screen readers on iOS and Android now announce a friend's voice and activity status (like "In voice" or "In a call") shown in the DM header.
• The server indexing asset in Members settings on desktop no longer animates when Reduced Motion is enabled.
• Fixed a bug on iOS and Android where screen readers would cut off the confirmation announcement after submitting a report.
• Fixed an issue on desktop where the focus ring on the clear button in the rule field under the Access server settings wasn't visible during keyboard navigation.
• Fixed an issue on desktop where tabbing to a button in a game profile didn't always scroll it fully into view.
• Fixed an issue on desktop where you couldn't use keyboard navigation to move focus through the Discover page's sidebar options, making the Apps and Quests pages unreachable via tabbing.
• Resolved an issue on desktop where you could tab to your username and open your profile card in the Add media to the original post?" forum modal, even though it wasn't clickable with a mouse.
• Fixed a bug on desktop where the edit and remove buttons in the Soundboard list didn't appear when navigating to them with your keyboard.
• Fixed an issue on desktop where the “Learn More” links on Server Boost pages didn't respect the “Always Underline Links” accessibility setting.
• Fixed a bug on desktop where Steam review links in game profiles didn't respect the “Always Underline Links” accessibility setting.
• Fixed an issue on desktop where the focus ring was cut off on the right when tab-navigating through the spectators menu of a stream.
• Fixed a bug on desktop where the focus ring didn't clear properly after activating the close button in the dancing Wumpus modal, leaving it stranded where a button used to be.
• Fixed a bug on desktop where menus containing volume sliders would steal focus, and tab focus inconsistently from the rest of the menu.
• Fixed an issue on desktop where the focus ring was cut off at the top and left when navigating reactions in the View Reactions modal via keyboard.
• Fixed a bug on Android where screen readers could focus on decorative muted microphone icons during a call.
• Fixed an issue on desktop where marking a channel as read from the unread banner via keyboard left a stray focus ring in the top-left corner, attached to nothing.
• Fixed an issue on Android where swiping down the voice channel sheet with Reduced Motion enabled caused a brief flash as the sheet closed.
• Fixed a bug on desktop where you couldn't tab to the Activity settings gear or expand toggle in the member list. Keyboard navigation now reaches them.

All relative measurements cited were performed internally with our own instrumentation and tooling.

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… oh hey, you read everything! If you’re itching for the latest updates to Discord, you can find our previous Patch Notes articles here, or check out our archive of past Changelogs if you’re more into the fun stuff.