Discord Patch Notes: August 4, 2026 (opens in new tab)
Discord’s August 4, 2026 patch focuses on usability, reliability, performance, and interface cleanup across desktop and mobile. The update introduces another phase of the User Settings redesign and upgrades the desktop client to Electron 42, producing modest CPU improvements. Most remaining changes are bug fixes for overlays, profiles, themes, input fields, responsive layouts, and mobile rendering. ## User Settings Redesign and Performance - “Activity” has been renamed **Games & Apps**. - “Content & Social” is now **Messaging Permissions**. - Related options, including Authorized Apps, Connections, operating-system settings, and keybinds, have been consolidated. - Wording and styling were updated across Data & Privacy and Activity Privacy settings. - Discord’s desktop client now runs on **Electron 42**, improving maintenance and slightly reducing CPU usage. ## Desktop Fixes - Fixed email changes failing after CAPTCHA completion. - Resolved black screens caused by the game overlay when certain games were tabbed out. - Stabilized profile popouts that resized or jittered when game data loaded. - Fixed theme previews permanently changing the default theme. - Restored the ability to reposition the overlay chat widget and prevented overlay actions from grabbing images or opening dialogs in the wrong window. - Corrected activity-status issues when activity detection was disabled. - Fixed custom theme switching after using the theme editor. - Improved server selectors and long dropdowns, preventing selections from reverting or scrolling back to the top. - Corrected invite validation after users left a server to make room under the server limit. - Restored access to main profiles when users also had private per-server profiles. - Fixed numerous layout and interaction issues involving coachmarks, modal positioning, focus rings, close buttons, profile cards, and resized windows. - Improved truncation for long server names, connection names, custom statuses, and other profile text. - Fixed visual defects involving badges, gradients, phone verification fields, wishlist cards, and game-shop modals. - On Linux, Stable and Canary clients now use distinct window classes so taskbars and window managers group them correctly. ## Mobile Fixes - Improved Android game-profile scrolling performance and reduced dropped frames. - Fixed clipped profile controls on iPad. - Resolved an Android gesture issue that could leave the You Bar on a blank screen. - Fixed server icons failing to render after returning from picture-in-picture mode. - Corrected iOS name-style effects such as “Toon” and “Pop” when status text was present. - Prevented multiline pastes from expanding single-line fields such as nicknames, server names, and role names. - Fixed clipped game titles in the Active Now card, especially on iPad and with larger text sizes. - Improved display of long connection links on Android and iOS profiles. - Corrected mismatched colors on Android’s Server Boosts page in Light theme. - The provided patch notes end during an additional Android fix concerning the last friend in a list. The changes are merged but may still be rolling out across individual platforms. Users experiencing remaining issues are directed to Discord’s community-run bimonthly bug megathread.
