Versions

The following table describes our current available versions, their support status, Discord API versions and compatibility with other projects like Spring Boot.

Discord4J	Support	Gateway/API	Intents	Reactor	Spring Boot	Artifact VERSION
v3.3.x	In development	v9 (Threads)	Mandatory	3.4 (2020)	2.3 and above	Snapshots only
v3.2.x	Current	v8	Mandatory	3.4 (2020)	2.3 and above
v3.1.x	Maintenance Only	v6	Optional	3.3 (Dysprosium)	2.2 and above

Discord API v8 and above require mandatory intents, Discord4J uses non-privileged intents by default.

All supported versions have JDK 8 baseline. Spring Boot compatibility is a general guideline as other versions might work through shading techniques for transitive libraries like Reactor and Netty.

"Maintenance only" support means we'll try to address critical issues only but no new features will be added to that branch.

If you want to use experimental snapshot versions, refer to Using Snapshots.

Recent features supported

Feature	v3.3.x	v3.2.x	v3.1.x
Slash commands	Yes	Yes	Yes
Buttons	Yes	Yes	Yes
Select menus	Yes	Yes	Yes
Context menus	Yes	Yes	Yes
Guild stickers	Yes	Yes	No
Unique usernames	Yes	Yes	No
Stage channels and instances	Yes	No	No
Threads	Yes	No	No
Forums	Yes	No	No

Compatibility

Discord4J uses a Generation.Major.Minor version scheme so the following guidelines apply:

• Upgrades from a x.y.z to x.y.z+1 version don't affect public API and behavior changes are not expected unless they mean to fix a major issue.
• Upgrades from a x.y to x.y+1 generally need a migration guide as they can have public API changes. We will try to offer a migration period of at least 1 major version whenever possible.

Classes and methods marked as Beta or Experimental are not affected by this policy.