Why Aren't My Discord.js Guild Member Events Firing, and How Can I Fix It?

None of my discord.js guildmember events are emitting, my user caches are basically empty, and my functions are timing out

Have you ever experienced any of these issues:

• Your guildMemberAdd, guildMemberRemove, and guildMemberUpdate events suddenly stop working
• Your GuildMemberManager's cache is empty or close to it
• Your GuildMemberManager.fetch() and UserManager.fetch() methods time out
• Your client.login() times out if you specify the fetchAllMembers option
• Your GuildMembers appear to be offline

If you are experiencing any of these issues, unfortunately, there's not a big you can do on your end. Recently, Discord has enforced privileged intents, which may cause the problems listed above.

What are privileged intents?

Privileged intents are sensitive data that requires manual enabling. As of October 27th 2020, these intents are turned off by default.

The privileged intents include:

• GUILD_PRESENCES: This intent allows your bot to access presence data.
• GUILD_MEMBERS: This intent allows your bot to access member data.

How to enable privileged intents

1. Go to the Discord Developer Portal: [https://discord.com/developers/applications](https://discord.com/developers/applications)
2. Select your application
3. Click on the "Bot" tab
4. Scroll down to the "Privileged Gateway Intents" section
5. Enable the "Server Members" and/or "Server Presence" intents
6. Click "Save Changes"

If your bot is not verified, you will need to submit a support ticket to Discord in order to request access to privileged intents.

Discord.js implementation

Once you have enabled privileged intents in the Discord Developer Portal, you will need to enable them in your Discord.js bot.

To do this, add the following code to your bot's constructor:

const client = new Discord.Client({
  intents: [
    Discord.Intents.FLAGS.GUILD_MEMBERS,
    Discord.Intents.FLAGS.GUILD_PRESENCES
  ]
});

This will enable the GUILD_MEMBERS and GUILD_PRESENCES intents for your bot.

You can also enable privileged intents using the ws option:

const client = new Discord.Client({
  ws: {
    intents: [
      Discord.Intents.FLAGS.GUILD_MEMBERS,
      Discord.Intents.FLAGS.GUILD_PRESENCES
    ]
  }
});

If you are still experiencing issues after enabling privileged intents, please refer to the following resources:

• [Discord Developer Portal - Gateway Intents](https://discord.com/developers/docs/topics/gateway#gateway-intents)
• [Discord.js Official Guide - Gateway Intents](https://discordjs.guide/gateway/intents.html)
• [Gateway Update FAQ](https://discord.com/developers/docs/topics/gateway#gateway-intents)
• [Discord API Github - Issue 1363 - Privileged Intents](https://github.com/discord/discord-api-docs/issues/1363)
• [Discord Blog - The Future of Bots on Discord](https://blog.discord.com/the-future-of-bots-on-discord-3d25af28f58e)

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