I’m having trouble with my Discord bot not connecting properly when I start it up. Everything was working fine before, but now when I try to run the bot, it just sits there doing nothing. There are no error messages showing up in the console, which makes it really hard to debug.
I recently upgraded my Node.js installation to version 9.2.1, but when I check the version using node --version, it still shows 5.6.0 for some reason. This version mismatch might be causing the issue.
I also attempted to reinstall both Node.js and the winston logging module, but I keep getting warnings like “npm WARN [email protected] No repository field” and similar messages about missing license fields.
Has anyone encountered a similar problem where their bot just won’t authenticate without throwing any errors? Any suggestions on how to fix this would be really helpful.
Classic environment issue - you’ve got multiple Node versions fighting each other. When installation shows one version but node --version shows another, your PATH is still pointing to the old install. Had the exact same problem last year and my Discord bot just hung during login. Before jumping into nvm, completely wipe all Node versions from your system first. Check your PATH environment variable and manually remove old Node entries. Then fresh install the version you want. Those npm warnings about repository fields? Just package.json stuff - won’t break your bot. Get Node sorted first, then test authentication again.
for sure! that version mismatch can mess things up big time. def try using nvm to set things right. once you have the correct version, things should work better. good luck!
Same thing happened to me with my gaming server bot. Silent failures without error messages usually mean your auth token’s dead. Yeah, your Node version’s messed up, but check the token first. Discord kills tokens when there’s security issues or the bot sits unused too long. Hit up your Discord Developer Portal, regenerate the token, and update your config file. Also check if your bot permissions got changed - server admins love tweaking bot roles without telling anyone. Fix the Node version too, but start with the token since it’s the fastest fix for auth failures.