Discord Patch Notes: February 3, 2025 (opens in new tab)
Discord’s February 3, 2025 patch focuses on faster startup, more reliable infrastructure, improved notifications, and extensive usability fixes across desktop and mobile. Major changes include a roughly 20% improvement in median Android launch times, a Rust rewrite of the Media Proxy service that reduced aggregate latency by about 22%, and substantially improved push-notification delivery. The release also adds desktop DM Apps, redesigns Privacy & Safety settings, and addresses numerous platform-specific bugs. ## Performance and Reliability - Android app initialization improvements reduced launch times by approximately 20% on the median Android device. - Discord rewrote its Media Proxy service from Go to Rust and modernized its infrastructure: - Aggregate latency improved by about 22%. - Latency at the 90th percentile improved by more than 40%. - Service reliability also improved. - Push-notification reliability increased across server sizes: - Servers with fewer than 2,500 users now achieve a 99.98% delivery rate within 30 seconds. - Discord can notify approximately 20 million users on large servers such as Midjourney within 15 minutes of an `@everyone` mention. - Android 13 and earlier received fixes for layout failures caused by device rotation and incorrect screen-size calculations. ## New Features and Interface Updates - Desktop users can now launch Apps directly in DMs. - A quick-launch bar displays recently used Apps at the top of the DM list. - Privacy & Safety settings were redesigned with: - A new tab structure. - Better grouping and clearer descriptions. - Improvements intended to support future Trust settings. - macOS desktop notifications now use native operating-system APIs: - Message sounds respect Focus and Do Not Disturb modes. - Multiple notifications from the same channel can be grouped. - Desktop search now autocompletes `from:me` and `mentions:me`. - Linux now supports Soundshare and Wayland screen sharing, including video and audio support on Ubuntu 22 and later. - Mobile users can edit server invite links while inviting someone. - Push notifications now include user nicknames. ## General Bug Fixes - Fixed UI and layout problems involving: - Forum channel tag editing. - Overlapping channel-topic modals. - Incorrect friend-request layouts at narrow desktop widths. - Misaligned images, padding, borders, and animations across Shop, Quests, profiles, and reaction pickers. - Resolved Android issues involving duplicated channel-name letters, hidden confirmation dialogs, incorrect toast positioning, keyboard overlap, and navigation-bar padding. - Fixed mobile and iOS issues affecting: - Search-result counts and back-swipe navigation. - Text-entry scrolling during channel searches. - Excessive zooming. - Animated Emojis stopping after interaction. - Nitro Home back-swipe navigation. - Corrected problems with Privacy & Safety tabs being cropped or nonfunctional. - Improved reliability for the Claimed Quests interface, especially for users with many completed Quests. - Fixed profile customization issues related to Nitro Credit. - Corrected custom status duration behavior. - Resolved issues with mutual-friend and mutual-server views getting stuck loading. - Fixed Emoji picker server filters and enabled editing of Emoji forum tags whose associated Emoji had been deleted. - Corrected several Shop, tablet banner, profile-effect, and mobile DM layout issues. Overall, the patch combines measurable backend performance gains with a broad collection of cross-platform fixes. Users should see faster Android launches, more dependable media uploads and notifications, improved desktop and mobile navigation, and fewer layout and interface failures.