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Hidden Channels in Statbot

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If Statbot has the Administrator Discord permission, it can see every channel, so no channel is hidden from it.

What a hidden channel is​

Statbot needs the View Channel Discord permission to see a channel. A hidden channel is a channel Statbot cannot view.

Starting November 16, 2026, Discord no longer gives Statbot the name of a channel it cannot view, or most of its settings, such as its topic. Statbot has no way to look them up again, so it cannot read what the channel is called, or most of how it is set up.

What Statbot shows for it​

Statbot keeps the last name it knew for the channel and shows it with a hidden marker next to it. Hover over the marker to see why. This is the same for every kind of channel, including voice channels, text channels and categories.

If Statbot never knew the channel's name, it shows the channel as Hidden channel instead, with the same marker. Several channels that Statbot has never known the name of look alike, so you may see more than one Hidden channel in a list.

Hiding a channel does not remove its voice activity. Voice activity in it is still recorded, and it stays in your rankings and totals.

Where you will see it​

  • The dashboard. The hidden marker appears next to the channel wherever the dashboard shows it. The hover text links to this page.
  • Message history sync. Statbot cannot read the messages of a channel it cannot see, so it cannot sync it. Such a channel is listed under Missing Permissions.
  • /diag. The Tracking section lists the hidden channels that have voice activity.

How to fix it​

Give Statbot the View Channel Discord permission on the channel, or on the category the channel is in. To sync a channel's message history, also give it Read Message History.

Once Statbot can see the channel again, Discord sends Statbot the channel's real name and details, and the hidden marker goes away. Sometimes Statbot does not hear about the change straight away. The marker then stays until the next time Discord sends Statbot an update about that channel.

If you hid the channel on purpose​

If you denied Statbot View Channel on a channel because you do not want it tracked, this is what that does:

  • Messages are not tracked in a channel Statbot cannot see.
  • Voice activity is still recorded. It stays in rankings and totals, and the channel is shown with the hidden marker, under the last name Statbot knew or as Hidden channel.

Denying View Channel on a voice channel therefore does not stop Statbot from recording voice activity in it.