Discord.js: guildMemberRemove not firing in some cases

[Albo1125]

Hello,

Please note this is not an issue that can be fixed by enabling the server members gateway intent, I have already enabled this.

Since what appears to be a few weeks ago, the guildMemberRemove event seems to not fire in some cases. I believe it has something to do with caching. If a user joins the guild and then leaves without restarting the Discord.js application, the event is fired correctly. The issue only seems to occur if a user joins the guild, the Discord.js application is restarted after a user has joined, and the user then leaves - this does not trigger the event.

Reproduction steps:

1. Start Discord.js application
2. New user joins the guild
3. Restart Discord.js application
4. That user leaves the guild - event is not fired

client.on("guildMemberRemove", (guildmember) => {
        console.log("Member left: " + guildmember.id);
}

Further details:

• discord.js version: 12.5.1
• Node.js version: 12.8.1
• Operating system: Windows 10
• Priority this issue should have – please be realistic and elaborate if possible: medium

Relevant client options:

• partials: none
• gateway intents: Server members

• other: none

• [ ] I have also tested the issue on latest master, commit hash:

[monbrey]

This is because the GuildMember is uncached - you will need the GUILD_MEMBER partial in order to listen for events for uncached GuildMembers.

https://discordjs.guide/popular-topics/partials.html?v=12
https://discord.js.org/#/docs/main/stable/topics/partials

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[Albo1125]

Thanks for the quick reply @monbrey Having read the documentation on Partials, this is potentially an issue for me then. My bot is in two separate guilds and it is crucial that I know which guild the member has been removed from.

If the GuildMember is partial, I won't be able to reliably access guildmember.guild.id from what I understand. Furthermore, because the GuildMember has been removed from the guild, there is no opportunity for me to fetch() the GuildMember.

How should I reliably obtain the following data from a partial GuildMember that has been removed from the guild, or at least find out which guild the member has been removed from?

• guildmember.guild.id
• guildmember.user.tag (less important than the guild id but still preferable)

[monbrey]

Please take questions to the Discord server.

[Albo1125]

For anyone that finds this, quick summary of the Discord conversation following on from this:

space 🌹 replied to Albo1125Today at 22:44
A partial guild member object includes both guild and user.
Albo1125 replied to space 🌹Today at 22:46
That's a lifesaver. Is there anything else we can assume that a partial guildmember reliably includes? Given that on the Partials docs page it states specifically that Partial data is only ever guaranteed to contain an ID
space 🌹Today at 22:47
I think that's it for guild members.
MonbreyToday at 22:47
Generally speaking you can check what Discord actually emits for the event, and go from there
https://discord.com/developers/docs/topics/gateway#guild-member-remove-guild-member-remove-event-fields
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The fact that this does include a guild_id means you'll know which guild
Common issues people run into for example is a partial Message object in messageDelete does not include its content

TL;DR Partial GuildMembers include both the guild and the user.