Application Emojis fail to render in Voice Channel Status

[Kadawatcha]

Description

I have noticed an inconsistency in how emojis are rendered in Voice Channel statuses. While standard Server Emojis work perfectly, Application Emojis (uploaded via the Developer Portal for a specific app/bot) do not render visually when used in a voice channel status.

Instead of displaying the image, the client only shows the text representation (e.g., :emoji_name:), even though the correct Markdown/ID was used.

Observed Behavior:
The Application Emoji is not parsed into an image. It is displayed as raw text (e.g., :app_emoji_name:).

Expected Behavior:
The Application Emoji should render visually as an image, similar to how standard Server Emojis behave in the same context.

Additional Context:

I have verified that I am using the correct emoji Markdown/ID from the Developer Portal.

Standard Server Emojis work without issue in the exact same field; the issue is specific to Application Emojis.

Steps to Reproduce

• Upload a custom emoji to an Application via the Discord Developer Portal

• Attempt to set a Voice Channel status using this Application Emoji

• Observe the rendered status in the Discord client

Expected Behavior

The Application Emoji should render visually as an image, similar to how standard Server Emojis behave in the same context

Current Behavior

When setting a voice channel status using an Application Emoji, the emoji fails to render visually. Instead of displaying the image, it only shows the raw text format (e.g., :emoji_name:), despite using the correct markdown from the Developer Portal.

Screenshots/Videos

Working correctly (With a standard guild emoji):

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Failing (With an application/bot emoji):
Note: I correctly copied the markdown from the Developer Portal.

Client and System Information

Client and System Information:

• OS: Windows 11 64-bit (10.0.26200), Android 12
• Discord Desktop: Stable 501669 (aa30804) Host 1.0.9225 x64 (75673)
• Other Clients tested: Mobile App (Android), Web App
• Library/Wrapper: discord.py

[Rodentman87]

Are you able to reproduce this behavior if setting the channel status using the app? This behavior is intended when trying to set this as a user, as the only account with access to use an application's emoji is the app/bot itself.

[Kadawatcha]

@Rodentman87 I'm not a bot: |
I'm simply observing that if I try to edit a channel using my bot, the emoji doesn't display correctly (view the original message for details)

edit : Sorry if my previous message was a bit too direct, I didn't mean to be rude!

[Rodentman87]

To clarify, I'm asking if you're trying to set this channel status using the client or via the API (and whether you're using your user account to do this or your bot). It looks like the endpoints for setting the voice channel status are undocumented, so I want to clarify which of the two you're asking about here.

If you are setting this via your bot, could you please provide the endpoint and payload you're sending that would be helpful in trying to reproduce this issue

[Kadawatcha]

I try to set this with discord.py

If you want I can take a screenshot of part of the code

[Soheab]

To clarify, I'm asking if you're trying to set this channel status using the client or via the API (and whether you're using your user account to do this or your bot). It looks like the endpoints for setting the voice channel status are undocumented, so I want to clarify which of the two you're asking about here.

If you are setting this via your bot, could you please provide the endpoint and payload you're sending that would be helpful in trying to reproduce this issue

User is using the endpoint from the following PR with a bot token and status being set to "<:NAME:ID> Text here": #6400

[Kadawatcha]

Yes, exactly! As you noted in your edit, that is exactly the PR and the payload being used under the hood by discord.py.

Since I offered it earlier, here is the exact snippet I'm using, just to give you the full context:

# The ID used here is the Application Emoji ID from the Dev Portal
emoji_markdown = "<:86097nervoussweating:1476226037569425600>" 
await voice_channel.edit(status=f"{emoji_markdown} test")

[Rodentman87]

Ok, thanks for the extra details, I've got this added to our internal bug tracker