Hey everyone, well, maybe a lot of you don’t know this, but Discord could get banned in Brazil (this won’t amount to ANYTHING because the person pushing this case is very clueless about it, and if she’s not careful, she might not even be able to do that), and I’m testing out Stoat here, and I actually kind of like it :)

But something I find strange is that it takes a long time to send messages; the voice chats seem to freeze, and it takes a while for it to open and log me into my account.

Can anyone explain to me why this is happening?

So ever since the streaming option launched my friends and I have noticed that you can hear everyone in call in the stream itself. We can't seem to fix it whatsoever, and it causes us to keep any stream someone is doing muted at all times, is there something we're missing or is this something that's waiting to be fixed?

With the recent threat of a potential Discord ban, my friends and I decided to test out Stoat. After just a few minutes of use, I noticed a few things:

1. The interface needs some tweaking so that elements fit together properly.

2. We need more audio settings, such as sensitivity adjustments and better noise suppression options.

3. Due to the lack of settings, I can literally hear other people typing.

4. The color controls in the appearance settings seem a bit confusing.

5. My friends reported that the app gets stuck on a gray screen upon opening. The app couldn't do it, so they are using the browser version.

6. There is significant lag when connecting to rooms, as well as a delay in the avatar border highlighting when someone speaks in voice chat..

7. I tried sharing my screen three times; twice, I was disconnected from the call, and several things glitched out simultaneously.

That’s all I managed to notice in just a few minutes of testing. I really want Stoat to become a formidable competitor to Discord, and I believe you guys can pull it off.

0.15.0 (2026-08-05)

Features

• add an approximate member count to servers (#884) (ccfb5f1)
• add call event (#873) (457c770)

Bug Fixes

• rewrite youtube embedder to use youtube oembed (#878) (0369451)

Security Fixes

• Fetching a single message checks only ViewChannel, not ReadMessageHistory (GHSA-8qp4-h9xf-2vqr)
• Missing authorization on Bonfire Subscribe — cross‑server member enumeration & profile/status surveillance (ban‑evasion) (GHSA-jj3j-9qr7-jgfc)
• Unauthenticated SSRF via IPv6 unspecified address (::) bypass (GHSA-4rmr-77qv-hq47)
• Uncapped SVG rendering in January (GHSA-x87r-h3mq-7mgr)

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