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Discord Patch Notes: September 3, 2025 (opens in new tab)

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Discord’s September 3, 2025 patch focuses on scaling, performance, mobile improvements, permissions, and a large collection of cross-platform bug fixes. Discord increased the default server capacity from 2.5 million to 25 million members while improving update processing and asynchronous operations for very large communities. The Android app also moved to React Native’s new architecture, with early results showing smoother performance, particularly on lower-end devices.

Large-Server Improvements

  • Raised the default server member limit to 25 million, up from 2.5 million.
  • Batched certain server updates and shifted more work to asynchronous processes to improve stability.
  • Added further improvements for large servers and those using Community features.
  • Continued work based on administrator feedback, including changes described in Discord’s Community Server Cleanup Report.

Android and Mobile Updates

  • Upgraded Android to React Native’s new architecture across most of the app.
  • Early performance data shows:
    • Smoother app operation.
    • Fewer low-frame-rate problems.
    • Better behavior on lower-end devices.
  • Improved the mobile Shop with:
    • Faster loading.
    • Gifting.
    • Nameplate purchases.
    • A redesigned layout closer to the desktop experience.
  • Added camera-enable and camera-disable sound effects, especially useful when using keyboard shortcuts.
  • Improved mobile rendering and behavior for Markdown, member statuses, thread lists, voice-region menus, browser settings, and rotated layouts.

Server Management and Permissions

  • Increased the pinned-message limit from 50 to 250.
  • Added a dedicated permission for pinning and unpinning messages, separating it from Manage Messages.
  • Fixed issues involving:
    • Role assignment during Server Onboarding.
    • Reordering roles on iOS.
    • Server subscriptions and subscription modals.
    • Community server icons.
    • Server Insights announcement-channel charts.
    • Twitch integration’s Force Sync button.
    • Nitro boosts and localized Japanese formatting.

General Usability Fixes

  • Mobile member lists now correctly display “Can’t Wait For” and “Obsessed With” status messages.
  • Fixed profile views that could become impossible to close after rapidly opening mutual-friend profiles.
  • Corrected poll notification placeholders on Android.
  • Restored proper Markdown rendering on mobile Event pages.
  • Fixed Quick Switcher search prefixes such as !, @, #, and *.
  • Improved DM context-menu hitboxes and fixed several spacing, padding, alignment, and tooltip issues.
  • Corrected invalid invite embeds, owner crown alignment, role and app badge positioning, and Friend Suggestions layout.
  • Fixed desktop pop-out windows incorrectly displaying a menu bar.

Notifications, Themes, and Accessibility

  • Automod incident notifications now follow users’ existing push-notification settings.
  • Fixed randomly changing client theme colors.
  • Improved visibility and formatting for light-theme Student Hub search placeholders.
  • Corrected localization issues involving Nitro Home and other interface elements.
  • Fixed several unreadable, misaligned, or incorrectly sized buttons and controls.

Platform-Specific Fixes

  • iOS: Fixed thread-list flickering, browser selection, voice-region menu backgrounds, role reordering, phone-related interface behavior, and channel details after rotation.
  • Android: Fixed phone country-code controls, app badge alignment, poll notifications, and mobile layout issues.
  • Windows: Corrected navigation from Action Center notifications.
  • macOS: Fixed an unclickable title bar.
  • Desktop/Web: Resolved issues with custom keybind warnings, pop-out windows, search, tooltips, subscription flows, and various menus.

Discord says all listed fixes have been merged, though they may still be rolling out gradually across platforms.