Why Are My Discord Bot's Guild Member Events and Functions Not Working?

Discord Gateway Intent Enforcement

Issue:

For some users, specific guild member events and functions have abruptly stopped working. GuildMemberAdd, GuildMemberRemove, and GuildMemberUpdate events are no longer triggering, and user caches are returning undefined or limited results. Additionally, GuildMemberManager.fetch() is timing out.

Cause:

Discord has recently enforced privileged intents. Previously, the GUILD_PRESENCES and GUILD_MEMBERS intents were optional. However, as of October 27th, 2020, these intents have been disabled by default.

Effects of Disabled Privileged Intents:

GUILD_PRESENCES:

• Empty member and user caches


• Inaccurate Guild.memberCount


• Failure to trigger presenceUpdate events


• Null or undefined presence data


• Bot perceiving all guild members as offline


• Client.login() timeout with fetchAllMembers option

GUILD_MEMBERS:

• Empty member and user caches


• Timeout for GuildMemberManager.fetch() and UserManager.fetch()


• Failure to trigger guild member events (GuildMemberAdd, GuildMemberRemove, GuildMemberUpdate, GuildMemberSpeaking, GuildMembersChunk)

Solution:

1. Enable Intents through Discord Developer Portal:
   

   Log in to the Discord Developer Portal and navigate to your bot's page. Under the "Bot" tab, scroll down to enable the GUILD_MEMBERS and GUILD_PRESENCES intents.

   
   


2. Enable Intents through discord.js Module:
   

   When creating your Discord client using discord.js v12 , specify the privileged intents in the ws property of the ClientOptions. Here are some examples:

   
   

   // using a string<br>const client = new Discord.Client({ ws: { intents: 'GUILD_PRESENCES' }});</p><p>// using an array<br>const client = new Discord.Client({ ws: { intents: ['GUILD_PRESENCES', 'GUILD_MEMBERS'] }});</p><p>// using a bitfield value<br>const client = new Discord.Client({ ws: { intents: 32509 }));</p><p>// using Intents class<br>const client = new Discord.Client({ ws: { intents: Discord.Intents.PRIVILEGED }});<br>const client = new Discord.Client({ ws: { intents: new Discord.Intents(Discord.Intents.ALL) }});<br>

   
   

Resources:

• Discord.js Official Guide - Gateway Intents


• Discord Developer Documentation - Gateway Intents


• Gateway Update FAQ


• Discord API Github - Issue 1363 - Privileged Intents


• Discord Blog - The Future of Bots on Discord

Please note that upgrading to discord.js v12 may be necessary to enable the necessary intents.

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