Changelog
What's new in ESN Guardian
By ESN Systems, makers of ESN Guardian. Updated November 3, 2026.
Every change that is live in Guardian, newest first. Follow along with the RSS feed, or in the ESN Discord's #security-alerts channel.
Times are in UTC. Only changes that are live are listed.
November 3, 2026
New guides, a security glossary and this changelog
Five new guides on the website: the Discord QR code scam, what to do when a mod account is hacked, backing up a server, stopping alt accounts and webhook security. Plus a security glossary, an index of every guide and tool, and this changelog with an RSS feed.
Scam link checker, permissions checker and security badge
The scam link checker checks a link or a whole message against Guardian's list of known scam domains and never opens the link. The permissions checker rates a permission number or bot invite link for nuke and raid risk. Servers that grade A or A+ can now show a security badge. Also new: a printable raid and nuke checklist and comparison pages.
Share button on stopped attacks, and Follow security alerts
After Guardian stops a raid or nuke, or a rewind finishes, its alert card can show a "Share Guardian" button that gives staff a ready-to-send message for other server owners (at most once every 30 minutes per server). The result of /guardian setup now has a Follow alerts button that follows the ESN #security-alerts announcement channel into your security log.
Grade your server's security in 2 minutes
A security grade on the website: answer 13 quick questions and get a letter grade, the risks it found and how to fix each one. Three new guides came with it: the security checklist, anti-raid bot and server got nuked.
Guardian sets itself up when it joins
When Guardian joins a server it now applies the same preset as /guardian setup, filling in only settings you haven't changed yourself, and it re-checks when its permissions are fixed. /guardian setup-undo reverses it.
November 2, 2026
Global ban list fixes
The notice to a globally banned account is now sent before the ban (it used to arrive after, when it could no longer be delivered), bots and protected accounts are skipped with a reason, and servers where Guardian can't ban are listed instead of failing quietly.
Dashboard grade now matches Guardian's audit
The security grade in the dashboard now comes from Guardian's own audit (the weekly report card or your latest /audit run), with the time it was last checked, so the dashboard and the bot always agree.
98 new protections
Anti-nuke now also stops mass unbans, de-roles, timeouts, nickname changes and thread deletes, reverts dangerous permissions added to @everyone, and adds a nuke time machine (/antinuke timemachine). Anti-raid learns your normal join rate, holds returning raiders for 30 days and adds voice-raid, reaction-spam and mention-wave guards. Automod scans forwarded messages and spoiler-hidden links. Logs gained word-by-word edit diffs, 24-hour attachment keeping and hourly role snapshots. New guards that delete or revert things start in alert-only mode.
New website
A new guardian.esnoffical.com with every feature, the full command list, pricing (every protection included; Premium is custom branding only) and a FAQ, plus privacy and terms pages.
October 29, 2026
Command center and lockdown auto-release
/guardian dashboard shows live status with one-tap buttons for lockdown, raid shield and automod. Also new: /guardian purge, /guardian linkcheck, /guardian altscore, /guardian structure backup and restore, and the "Guardian Actions" right-click menu. Lockdowns now release on their own after a calm period, and a bug that left lockdowns stuck on deleted channels is fixed.
Reliability fixes
Database backups no longer fail when the database is busy, Guardian switches to a lighter mode for 30 minutes when Discord rate limits pile up, and a self-check restarts Guardian if it stops responding.
October 27, 2026
Report to staff and the Guardian toolkit
A "Report to staff" right-click action on messages, and /guardian tools for status, channels and a setup doctor.
Guardian Plus
New /guardian config, a bot approval list (/guardian bots) and a security digest (/guardian digest).
Every new protection lands on every server at no cost.
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