Discord Patch Notes: July 7, 2025 (opens in new tab)

Discord’s July 7, 2025 patch focuses on scalability, responsiveness, media support, and bug fixes across desktop, web, iOS, and Android. Major improvements include raising the default server member cap to 2.5 million, reducing Push to Talk latency, adding AV1 attachments and embeds, and fixing a long-standing mobile voice communication issue. The release also contains numerous usability, localization, accessibility, and interface fixes.

Large-Server Improvements

• Increased the default member cap from 500,000 to 2.5 million.
• Improved member-list loading for large servers.
• Strengthened monitoring and automatic scaling to detect and resolve server-specific performance problems.

Voice and Input Enhancements

• Added the “Voice Activity Priority” hotkey for users with the appropriate permissions.
  • Priority speakers reduce the volume of non-priority speakers while talking.
• Reduced desktop Push to Talk activation latency.
• Fixed a long-standing mobile voice-channel issue caused by specific network-provider conditions, where other participants could no longer hear the user.

Media and Performance

• Added AV1 video attachment and embed support across all platforms.
• Improved AVIF processing speed and flexibility.
• Fixed a message-sending bug where failed image uploads could block all later image sends until the app restarted.

Interface and Usability Fixes

• Channel names now preserve complex Unicode emoji sequences such as 👩🏻‍🔬 and ❤️.
• Added an interactive empty Voice Channel animation on desktop and web.
• Prevented repeated Gift Nitro overlays on Android.
• Restored the behavior where pressing Escape marks channels as read.
• Improved Nameplate preview updates while editing display names.
• Added a copy-link option to Forum post context menus.
• Made the Events “More Options” button easier to click.
• Prevented the Channel Settings “Add Role” interface from shifting during scrolling.
• Fixed hidden Overlay widgets blocking interaction with the space they occupied.
• Corrected shop-logo alignment, profile modal borders, event overflow behavior, and several tooltip and label issues.

Mobile and Platform-Specific Fixes

• Fixed blank keyboards when opening chat with an app.
• Resolved iOS notification-swipe behavior that could open notifications instead of dismissing them.
• Fixed iOS Server Discovery links incorrectly redirecting to profiles.
• Restored mobile profile-banner animations.
• Fixed Android Nitro gift-button overlays that could not be dismissed.
• Corrected QR-code login errors when camera permission had not yet been granted.
• Fixed light-mode styling for the “Remove Phone Number” modal.

Search, Profiles, Events, and Moderation

• Search suggestions no longer appear behind tabs.
• Refreshing Forum searches no longer inserts the search text into the New Topic interface.
• Fixed text truncation involving Custom Status and Rich Presence displays.
• Corrected event text that incorrectly said “Starting on Tomorrow.”
• Fixed AutoMod rules not disappearing immediately after deletion.
• Prevented removing another user’s linked role from accidentally removing the role from oneself.
• Fixed Server Template edits that deleted characters but could not be saved.
• Updated Mod View title text and removed redundant Quest tooltips.
• Corrected clickable bio-link font sizing and several profile rendering issues.

Localization and Accessibility

• Added Polish localization for the “Current Obsession” status.
• Fixed Forum call-to-action text clipping in some languages.
• Improved light-theme hover colors and other visual consistency issues.
• Made various controls easier to use through larger click areas and smoother animations.

The patch is aimed at making Discord more reliable at large scale while reducing friction in voice communication, media sharing, and everyday navigation. Users may receive the fixes progressively as they roll out across platforms.