VRChat 2026.1.2 (OPEN BETA)

Features

Discord Friends

If you use the "Login with Discord" feature, you'll now be able to see your Discord friends in VRChat. You'll see all of them under the Social > All Friends tab.

• If a Discord friend has a linked VRChat account, you will be able to view their profile, send them a friend request and/or a Discord invite.
• If a Discord friend has no known linked VRChat account you will be able to send them a Discord Invite to join VRChat.
• Discord friends will have a Discord icon displayed on their user cell in the UI.
• Discord friends will have their status display updated based off their Discord status.

This feature only works if you have logged into the current VRChat session using Discord. If you've linked Discord to your account, but still use some other login method (email/password, Steam, Meta) to log into VRChat, then the Discord features won't work.

There is a new Allow Discord Friends setting under Comfort and Safety to opt out of the Discord friends features and prevent your VRChat account from being shown in other users' Discord friends list. You can also turn off Allow Discord Friends via the VRChat Home website.

If you've previously logged in with Discord, you will see a prompt on the Quick Menu letting you know about this feature, and give you the option to turn it off.

In addition, since we had to add some new permissions to our Discord login integration, you will be prompted to re-log in and accept these new permissions. It only takes a sec.

Changes & Fixes

• Easier Event Instance Linking: You can now link an event to your Group instance after you created it!
  • In the future, our UI and discovery flows will prefer (and eventually require) events that have a linked instance.
• Added a "Random" option to your cosmetic inventory item categories.
  • What kind of portal are we getting this time? No one knows! Chaos mode!
• The Shop now features a 3D preview of the thing you're looking to buy! (Portals, Items, and so on.)
• Fixed an issue with the "Show Mutual Connections" button in the Quick Menu Selected User page sometimes showing as active, yet remaining unclickable when users changed their Mutual Connections setting state.
• Fixed an issue where the Personal Mirror's Immersive Move distance adjustment was too slow.
• Improved initial startup speed (the black or white screen before the music starts).
• Fixed an issue that could cause VRChat to hang on a black screen instead of closing on some systems.
• Fixed issue where pickups with AutoHold set to Yes which were deactivated through a script instead of dropped, would leave the user's hand in a 'held' state and block further interactions until the Drop action was triggered by the user.
  • Things got a little sticky. Wash your hands.
• Added a new Debug UI Page: Audio Sources!
  • This will show all AudioSource components in the current world, provided you have world debugging permissions.
  • It includes some pretty specific information about our Steam Audio near-field enhancements, as well as general information about playback, distance, conversion state, and perspective correction.
• For OSC Tracker fans:
  • The "single message snap alignment" OSC Trackers feature previously only worked for rotation. It will now work for position as well.
  • For OSC Trackers app makers: OSC Tracker data sent as a single pulse to /tracking/trackers/head/position will allow snapping the OSC tracking space into alignment with the user's head position, just as a single pulse /tracking/trackers/head/rotation data already aligned to the user's head rotation.
• Fixed a Camera Dolly bug where multi-stream cameras on animation paths with different durations weren't updating while waiting for other cameras.
• Fixed Camera Dolly multi-stream cameras not providing an alpha layer to Spout.
• Increased the resolution of the Face Mirror in desktop mode.
  • It will scale with the displayed size, up to 2048x2048 pixels.
  • When streaming via Spout, it will always be at max resolution.
• Clicking on a World or Group cell in the Marketplace World Stores or Group Stores section will now open to the corresponding World Store or Group Store section in the menu.
• Fixed the "Date Added" setting for World Favorites. It should now, as expected, sort worlds based on when they were added to the list.
• Fixed audio popping related to toggling avatar audio sources rapidly with animations or VRC_AnimatorPlayAudio.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused Palette colors not to be applied properly to the menu backgrounds.
  • No more accidental Windows 98 menu theme!
• Added the --error-world command line parameter, for when you really want to experience issues. (it sends you to the error world)
• Fixed an issue with "callout" text (the yellow bits that draw your attention to something!) sometimes being blurry.
• Shop UI adjustments.
• Localization updates.
• Live Now UI adjustments.
• Safety and security improvements.