#Bot is online but commands are not working

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charred flicker
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this has always worked for me in the past not sure why it has suddenly stopped working

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Bot is online but does not respond to commands

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is someone experiencing the similar issue?

rare otter
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Help, my bot stopped responding to text-based commands!
As of September 1st 2022, Discord started requiring message content intent for bots that want to read message content. This is a privileged intent!

If your bot has under 100 guilds, all you have to do is flip the switch in the developer dashboard.
If your bot has over 100 guilds, you'll need approval from Discord's end.

However, Discord urges you to use their new Slash Command API, so do make sure to see if that is a viable option for you.

More info:
https://support-dev.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/4404772028055-Message-Content-Privileged-Intent-FAQ

Developers
Message Content Privileged Intent FAQ

As the popularity and number of Discord bots grow, it's important to keep our users and developers safe and healthy. This means from time to time, like any maturing platform, we need to update our ...

charred flicker
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@rare otter many thanks for your help, this worked.
sorry for asking a naive question but how can I keep track of such news.

rare otter
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follow #discord-announcements

cold scroll
rare otter
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im still banned from hans as ive added a tag with the wikipedia link of cbt