Discord Patch Notes: March 6, 2026 (opens in new tab)

Discord’s March 6, 2026 patch focuses on safer mentions, faster desktop startup, accessibility, and a broad collection of platform-specific bug fixes. Escaped @everyone and @here mentions are now correctly ignored by the backend, preventing accidental mass notifications. Discord also reports an 11.8% median improvement in desktop time-to-interactive after changing API payload ordering.

Safer Mention Handling

• Escaped mentions such as \@everyone previously appeared harmless in the client but could still notify roles when sent.
• Backend handling now respects escape characters for @everyone and @here, ensuring these messages do not trigger mentions.
• The change addresses cases where users received no warning before unintentionally notifying large server populations.

Desktop Performance

• Discord changed the order of API payloads sent to desktop clients.
• The update reduced median launch time, or p50 time-to-interactive, by 11.8%.
• The improvement builds on navigation performance work released the previous week.

Accessibility Improvements

• Discord completed a broad accessibility pass covering Quest, Events, Profiles, Activities, and Nitro surfaces.
• The changes are intended to improve screen-reader navigation and usability across these areas.

General and Platform Fixes

• Non-Nitro users can once again forward messages containing large attachments from Nitro users.
• iOS startup times after a full device restart were fixed; an asset request had been competing with the busy boot-time background queue.
• Mobile animations no longer remain stuck mid-transition.
• League of Legends game invites and Overlay “Join” invites were repaired.
• Android fixes include the Forest theme gradient, duplicate server-invite information, modal layering, role colors, and server-onboarding alignment.
• Search-result keyboard selection no longer remains stuck on the first item.
• Desktop fixes address private-channel role setup, oversized hyperlinks, broken embeds, Quick Switcher shortcuts, tooltip links, and copying webhook URLs without confirmation.
• Server administration fixes include role sorting, role-selector scrolling, onboarding dropdown positioning, audit-log deletion reasons, permission-panel alignment, and non-removable role controls.
• iOS fixes restore back-swipe navigation, correct switch styling, reduce overly aggressive settings scrolling, and prevent the device from being kept awake unnecessarily.
• Browser and mobile layout issues were corrected across server lists, profiles, Nitro Home, boost flows, and message controls.

Discord recommends trying the iOS TestFlight build for early features and reporting remaining bugs through the community bug megathread. Fixes had been merged but could still be rolling out gradually across platforms.