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

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Discord’s April 3, 2025 patch focuses on usability, reliability, performance, and bug fixes across desktop and mobile. Major updates include Overlay v3, improved mobile navigation to unread messages, smarter Quick Switcher rankings, and expanded server-joining controls. The release also addresses numerous localization, layout, permissions, rendering, and chat issues.

Major Highlights

  • Overlay v3 was released, with Discord encouraging users—especially those dissatisfied with earlier Overlay versions—to try it.
  • Mobile users should now reach the oldest unread message in a busy channel with a single tap on the “new messages” indicator.
  • Quick Switcher channel-ranking logic was refined to improve search results and navigation across multiple servers.

Server Access and Community Management

  • Users can set a server nickname and configure DM permissions during the invite-based joining process.
  • Servers can now use the Membership Application system, requiring approval before users join. This is managed through the new Access tab in Server Settings.
  • The built-in Timeout command was fixed and should once again accept valid durations.
  • Moderator actions from a user’s profile now work correctly even when that user has blocked the moderator.
  • The server ban list no longer displays stray parentheses after usernames.

Interface, Navigation, and Performance Fixes

  • Keyboard navigation in Quest Discovery now expands the selected tile.
  • Desktop popouts should appear where they were opened instead of at the top-left corner.
  • The Shop’s “Shop All” section received performance improvements.
  • The back button now correctly returns users to Server Discovery after joining a server.
  • Numerous alignment and rendering problems were fixed across voice channels, profile popouts, MFA setup, Safety settings, code blocks, emoji, banners, and mobile screens.
  • Mobile issues involving blank screens after leaving Group DMs, scrolling Nitro perks, emoji-picker navigation, and poll-result overlap were resolved.

Localization and Content Display

  • Fixed missing or incorrect translations in UK English, Japanese, and other localized interfaces.
  • Corrected event text, Quest minute pluralization, Nitro Home banner alignment, and Prune Members UI rendering.
  • Markdown in Scheduled Events and information in voice-chat profile popouts should now display properly.
  • Search results should once again show messages correctly.

Chat and Threads

  • Mastodon embeds now provide better support for images, videos, formatting, styling, and a broader range of posts.
  • Spotify embeds in Text in Voice channels should scale correctly.
  • Mobile users no longer need to provide a thread name, matching the desktop experience.
  • Users are no longer incorrectly prompted to create a thread when they lack permission to send messages but can create threads.
  • Slowmode messages should display their full text instead of only the first few letters.
  • Users with the necessary permissions can lock and unlock mobile threads without joining them first.

Overall, the patch is primarily a broad maintenance release, combining several visible feature improvements with a large number of cross-platform fixes. Users should see smoother navigation, more reliable chat behavior, and better consistency between desktop and mobile experiences.