Discord Developer News - July 2026

Hey devs! Welcome to the July edition of Discord Developer News. This month includes updates to the Social SDK, message attachments, and a heads up on an upcoming connections deprecation.

🎙️Proximity Voice Chat in Unity with the Discord Social SDK

Question: Can you do proximity voice chat with the Social SDK? 🤔
Answer: YES! 🥳
In this livestream with our friends at Unity, we walk through the full implementation: creating a lobby, starting an in-game voice call via the SDK, intercepting raw per-user audio streams, and routing them through Unity’s AudioSource system to apply true 3D spatial positioning based on player distance.
- Watch the recording

🎮 Social SDK Updates

Two new Social SDK releases shipped with stability and auth fixes:
- 1.9.17379: 🛠️ Fixed a crash from re-entrant HTTP requests during connection teardown on PlayStation 5
- 1.9.17228: 🔐 Fixed AUTHORIZE_REQUEST events not re-subscribing after a Discord reconnect; 🎙️ Krisp noise suppression binaries/models now bundled in Unity & Unreal plugins for Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS
- Get the latest version

📎 Attachment Editing & Spoilers

Apps can now edit description and is_spoiler on existing attachments when editing messages.

• Check the new IS_SPOILER attachment flag to read spoiler status.
• The legacy SPOILER_ filename prefix still works, but isn't required anymore.
• Check out the docs

📘 Docs Fix: Subscription Status Values

We fixed a longstanding doc error where INACTIVE and ENDING subscription status integers were swapped. The correct values are INACTIVE = 1, ENDING = 2. The API always returned these correctly and it was incorrect in the docs. We We recommend double-checking any code that branches on the subscription status.
- Check out the updated reference docs

⚠️ Heads Up: Riot Games Connections Deprecation

• New Riot Games connections (powered by the Social SDK) are no longer returned by GET /users/@me/connections.
• Starting July 10, 2026, legacy Riot Games and League of Legends connections will also no longer be returned, with no replacement planned.

🗓️ Upcoming Events

Building with Interactions: Slash Commands and More!

Slash commands are often the first interaction point developers build for their Discord app, but there's a lot more to interactions than just /command. Join us as we walk through building Discord apps using slash commands, buttons, select menus, and modals. We'll cover best practices for structuring commands, handling autocomplete, and designing interaction flows that feel native to Discord.
- When: July 14, 2026 05:00 PM
- RSVP to attend)

Building Mobile Games with Discord Social SDK

Join us for a walkthrough of the Discord Social SDK with a focus on building mobile games. In this event, you’ll get a tour through our updated mobile docs, plus a live demonstration of our refreshed Unity sample, now with support for mobile out of the box.
- When: July 21, 2026 06:00 PM
- RSVP to attend)

🛰 Follow Along with Developer Updates

• Join the Discord Developers server: Join on Discord
• ✉️ Subscribe to the email newsletter: http://discord.com/developers/developer-newsletter
• Follow @DiscordDevelopers on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DiscordDevelopers

Happy building!

Your Discord Developer team

Proximity Voice Chat in Unity with the Discord Social SDK

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Developer News - June 2026

Discord Developer News - June 2026

Hello devs! Welcome to the June edition of Discord Developer News.
This month includes an update to Privileged Intent access for Discord apps, a recap of recent Social SDK change log items, and a few upcoming events for game developers.

Platform Update: Privileged Intent Access for Discord Apps

We’ve updated how privileged intents are accessed for Discord apps.

1. The review threshold is now 10,000 users, instead of server count.
2. Apps must now reapply annually for continued access.
3. Apps can keep growing during Privileged Intent review.
4. App Verification and Privileged Intent review are now separate.

Looking for more details?

• ➡️ Check out the full announcement and details here.
• We hosted an event in DDevs to go over the changes and answer questions. The recording is now available on YouTube.

This Month in the Change Log

In case you missed them:
- Documentation Fix: Subscription Status Values
- Discord Social SDK Release 1.9.16441
- Fixed crash caused by use-after-free in WebSocket callbacks
- Social SDK: Documented HTTP Lobby Endpoints
- Social SDK: Account Linking Failure Modes
- Social SDK Release Cadence & Support
- Discord Social SDK Release 1.9.15780
- Added Krisp noise suppression across Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows
- Added Xbox GDK 260400 support

🗓️ Upcoming Events

Unity Livestream: Creating a Proximity Voice Chat Game with the Discord Social SDK in Unity

Learn how to add proximity voice chat to your Unity game using the Discord Social SDK. We’ll walk through integrating the Social SDK, creating multiplayer lobbies, and routing Discord's voice chat into Unity's 3D audio system.
- When: Thursday, June 25, 2026 04:00 PM
- RSVP now)

Deep Dive into Provisional Accounts

Let’s take a deep dive in the Social SDK’s Provisional accounts. We’ll cover what they are, how they relate to a full account link, and the common ways a full account link can return to a provisional account, plus what to do about it.
- When: Thursday, July 02, 2026 05:30 PM
- RSVP now)

🛰 Follow Along with Developer Updates

• Join the Discord Developers server)
• Subscribe to the email newsletter
• Follow @DiscordDevelopers on YouTube

Happy building!
Your Discord Developer team

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Discord Developer News - April 2026

Hey devs! Welcome to the April edition of Discord Developer News.

This month, we’ve got a new game industry case study, fresh updates in the change log, new game dev guides in the docs, and an upcoming event you can join live in DDevs.

⚙️ SDK Releases & Docs Updates

Two new Social SDK releases are now available

• Release 1.8.14856: Adds iOS support for Unity and Unreal Debug plugins with Info and Verbose logging, and fixes Party Privacy propagation via Client::UpdateRichPresence so join buttons update correctly when switching from private to public.
• Release 1.8.14985: Adds Xbox GDK 251002 support

Search Guild Messages API Endpoint

We’ve added docs for the Search Guild Messages endpoint, which lets bots search messages in a guild using filters like content, author, channel, mentions, attachments, and embeds. Requires the READ_MESSAGE_HISTORY permission and MESSAGE_CONTENT privileged intent.
- Read the Change Log

🕹️ New Game Dev Guides in the Docs

We’ve launched new game dev guides to help you use Discord APIs and SDKs to grow your game and engage your community of players.
- How to Create a Community For Your Game: How to create a community for your game and capture players
- How to Get Your Game Seen: Drive discovery to your game across Discord
- How To Keep Your Players Engaged: Re-engagement using bots to create leaderboards, events, and giveaways to keep your players engaged

🪖 Case Study: How Battlefield 6 Leveraged Discord for a Record-Breaking Launch

EA built a unified social layer for Battlefield 6 by integrating Rich Presence and cross-platform invites through EA Connect, making it easier for console and PC players to jump in together.

The results: 4M Discord Quest completions with 80%+ of participants still active 30 days later.
- Read the case study

📺 GDC 2026 Recap Video

Catch the full GDC 2026 recap with the Discord DevRel team as they break down our "Mission Control" booth highlights and the "Festival of Gaming."
- Watch on YouTube

🗓️ Upcoming Event: Social SDK Server-Side Moderation

We’ll walk through integrating server-side moderation with the Social SDK’s chat feature in a live coding session.
- RSVP for April 15th 2pm PT

🛰 Follow Along with Developer Updates

• Join the Discord Developers server: <Join on Discord
• ✉️ Subscribe to the email newsletter: http://discord.com/developers/developer-newsletter
• Follow @DiscordDevelopers on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DiscordDevelopers

Happy building!

Your Discord Developer team

GDC 2026 Recap | Discord Developers

Welcome to our GDC 2026 recap! Join the Discord DevRel team: Colin, Anthony, Mika, and Mark—as we break down everything we released and saw at the "Festival of Gaming" this year. 👾 From our Mission Control-themed booth to the latest Social SDK updates, we’re diving into how developers can bridge the gap between their game and their commun...

Discord Developer News - March 2026

Hey devs! Welcome to the March edition of Discord Developer News. We’ve had our heads down improving the developer experience, with updates across the Developer Portal and Developer Docs. Below, we’re also recapping some of the recent API features we’ve released.

🎮 We're back from GDC!

Catch our event recap on March 31st. We'll be sharing some of our favorite GDC moments and chat about what we're building for game developers on Discord.
- RSVP for our GDC Recap Event
- March 31st at 11am PDT

🕹️ Game Devs: Claim Your Game and Official Game Community

Game developers can now claim and customize their game profile on Discord, unlocking the ability to verify their community server as an Official Game Community for their game.

✨ Discord Dev Portal & Dev Docs got a refresh!

The Developer Portal and Developer Docs have both been updated with improved navigation, usability, and a redesigned theme, with more developer experience improvements on the way.

Developer Portal

• New dev portal home page with quick access to apps, docs, and new developer videos.
• New theme with updated navigation and updated light/dark support.
• New Localization support! This will use the same language you have set in the Discord client.
• Check out the updated developer portal

Developer Docs

• Reorganized structure with new tabs for each feature area and new sidebars for easier navigation.
• New guides and overviews for platform-wide features and use cases, with more on the way!
• AI & MCP support: Docs now work with AI development tools via Copy-as-Markdown, an LLMs.txt file, and an MCP server, available at https://docs.discord.com/mcp
• Existing docs URLs are stable and were preserved during the reorganization. Some titles and content were updated or moved for clarity.
• Check out the updated docs

⚙️ Recent API Features & Changes

Server-side message moderation for the Social SDK
New endpoints + docs for application-scoped moderation metadata workflows.
- Read the moderation change log

Context menu commands UI + higher limits
Commands are easier to browse, and per-type limits have increased from 5 → 15.
- Check out the change log

New modal components: Radio Groups, Checkbox Groups & Checkboxes
More UI building blocks for your modal workflows.
- Check out the changes to modal components

New Guide for Using Community Invite Endpoints
New invite endpoints and an end-to-end guide for community servers.
- Check out the new guide

🛰 Follow Along with Developer Updates

• Join the Discord Developers server)
• ✉️ Subscribe to the email newsletter
• Follow @DiscordDevelopers on YouTube

Happy building!
Your Discord Developer team