---
title: "Discord API Embedded App SDK renames getInstanceConnectedParticipants to getActivityInstanceConnectedParticipants: 2026-10-06 | Harbyn"
description: "Discord API Embedded App SDK renames getInstanceConnectedParticipants to getActivityInstanceConnectedParticipants, announced Oct 6, 2026; replacement: getActivityInstanceConnectedParticipants."
canonical: "https://harbyn.com/changes/discord/2026-10-06-getactivityinstanceconnectedparticipants-command-renamed"
last-updated: 2026-10-07
---

# Discord API Embedded App SDK renames getInstanceConnectedParticipants to getActivityInstanceConnectedParticipants

Markdown version of <https://harbyn.com/changes/discord/2026-10-06-getactivityinstanceconnectedparticipants-command-renamed>.

Deprecation - Discord API. low severity. In effect.

The Embedded App SDK command getInstanceConnectedParticipants has been renamed to getActivityInstanceConnectedParticipants. The previous name will be removed in a future major version.

## Facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Vendor | [Discord API](https://harbyn.com/vendors/discord.md) |
| Kind | Deprecation |
| Severity | low |
| Status | In effect |
| Announced | Oct 6, 2026 |
| Added to Harbyn | Oct 7, 2026 |
| Lead time | No dated deadline |
| Symbols | `getInstanceConnectedParticipants` |
| Replacement | `getActivityInstanceConnectedParticipants` |
| Review | Reviewed by a person, extracted by a model |

## Find it in your code

```sh
npx harbyn scan
```

This change names no identifier the scanner can match line by line, so the scan tells you whether your repository uses Discord API, from its packages and API hosts. Nothing leaves your machine.

## Sources

Where this event comes from: the page we read, when we read it, and the hash of that snapshot.

- <https://docs.discord.com/developers/change-log/rss.xml> (changelog, fetched 2026-10-07 06:07 UTC, sha256 `236b911accf91eba0e77ab3f232b6f6f8dfa9fcc9c64f3c214d42b2b1acb1068`)

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