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Discord ships Rust audio backend for 80% of traffic, adds stream zoom and Linux timestamps
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Performance & Infrastructure

Discord has made substantial progress migrating its Audio/Video backend to Rust, with over 80% of traffic now served by the new implementation. Additionally, the team shipped a major desktop rendering optimization that significantly reduced navigation and interaction delays—particularly benefiting users on lower-end hardware. The improvement came from addressing slow CSS selectors rather than backend endpoints or component inefficiencies.

New Features

Screenshare & Stream Improvements: Users can now zoom and pan on screenshares and game streams using mouse scroll wheel or trackpad, addressing a long-requested feature. Stream preview load times have also been optimized in the start stream flow.

Linux Timestamp Support: A new @time command on desktop automatically generates timezone-aware timestamps, eliminating the need for external tools. The timestamp adapts to each viewer's local timezone.

Bypass Slowmode Permission: Server admins can now assign a "Bypass Slowmode" permission to trusted community members. Role integration UI will be available until February 23rd.

Platform-Specific Fixes

  • Android: Group DM notifications now display the group name instead of the sender's name (matching iOS behavior). Fixed playback of videos with multiple audio tracks.
  • iOS: Resolved swipe-scrolling issue on Client Themes list that scrolled at excessive speed. Fixed GIF avatar selection converting to static images.
  • Desktop: Press ESC while editing your profile to stay in the modal instead of closing it. New role mention click-through feature (100% rolled out) shows users with that role.

General Bug Fixes & Polish

The patch includes 50+ bug fixes addressing UI alignment, modal rendering, keyboard input (F10+ key persistence), emoji/sticker editing, and various platform-specific crashes. Notable fixes include resolved clipboard clearing, Browse Channels column alignment, member menu styling, and connection settings alignment across platforms.

Vibing Wumpus has been updated to 2.0 (summon with Ctrl+Alt+Shift+W on desktop).