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Discord Patch Notes: March 11, 2025 (opens in new tab)

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Discord’s March 11, 2025 patch focuses on reliability, media processing, sharing, and broad bug fixes across desktop and mobile. Major improvements include safer API deployments, more accurate HDR-to-SDR conversion, faster and more reliable Spotify embeds, a redesigned Android sharing flow, and an Electron upgrade. The release also addresses numerous issues affecting chat, profiles, search, notifications, emoji pickers, and mobile rendering.

Reliability and Platform Improvements

  • Discord changed its API deployment strategy to isolate critical services and reduce the impact of reliability incidents.
  • Desktop clients were upgraded from Electron 33.0.0 to 33.4.0.
  • HDR-to-SDR tone mapping was improved for more accurate colors in HDR images and videos converted for SDR display.
  • Spotify embeds now have approximately:
    • 83% lower p95 latency
    • 88% fewer failures
  • Android’s share interface was redesigned to resemble Discord’s message-forwarding experience.
  • Fixes may continue rolling out across platforms after the patch’s publication.

General Interface and Account Fixes

  • Fixed Soundboard previews that could loop indefinitely after an upload was canceled.
  • Improved iOS performance when opening search and collapsing long channel topics.
  • Restored functionality for favorited GIFs and corrected poll avatars to use server-specific profiles.
  • Fixed iOS animation rendering failures and inconsistent Rich Presence display in member lists.
  • Improved mobile modal, emoji picker, GIF picker, and keyboard behavior.
  • Corrected several profile, server profile, custom status, pop-out, and profile preview issues.
  • Fixed server creation, friend request notifications, invite-link dropdowns, and Add Friends interface problems.
  • Improved desktop User Management sizing, Server Settings search, and member-search placeholder text.
  • Corrected mobile and desktop alignment, padding, hover states, button sizing, and masked channel-topic links.
  • Fixed duplicate known-device entries during two-factor authentication setup.
  • Message reaction notifications should now respect Do Not Disturb on mobile.

Chat and Messaging

  • Empty Group DMs no longer display undefined users.
  • Fixed Server Guide popups that could obscure message editing.
  • Improved truncation and reliability for typing indicators.
  • Fixed iOS reply views where message text or input could become hidden.
  • Android users can now rename Group DMs.
  • Corrected Android reply themes and Emoji Confetti menu rendering.
  • Closing an unread DM on mobile no longer leaves an empty unread space in the server list.
  • Deleted messages can once again be acknowledged, preventing stale notification indicators.
  • Corrected Android permission interactions between sending messages and creating threads.
  • Fixed 24px chat font sizing, mobile DM alignment, and missing “Mark as Read” or “Reply” notification actions.

Activities and Apps

  • The patch also begins addressing Activity behavior on iOS, including an issue involving Activity open and close sounds; the supplied post ends before the full Activities and Apps section is provided.