Required Bot Permissions

The bot requires a few permissions to work completely and without issues. Typically, all necessary permissions are automatically granted to the EasyPoll role when the bot is invited. However, in some cases, the inviter may revoke certain essential permissions, resulting in the bot stop working properly.

Required permissions

Permissions	Required	For what?
Send Messages	✅	To send poll and help messages
Send Messages in Threads	✅	To send poll and help messages in Threads
Read Messages/View Channels	✅	To read and receive poll messages
Read Message History	✅	To receive old polls and to be able to close them
Manage Messages	✅	To move poll messages and remove votes
Pin Messages	✅	To pin the poll message while a poll is running
Embed Links	✅	To send and update poll message embeds
Add Reactions	✅	To add the answer reactions for reaction-based polls
Use External Emojis	✅	To use custom emojis, even from other servers
Mention @everyone, @here, and All Roles	✅	To mention roles and users in poll messages
Create Public Threads	✅	To create threads for polls
Manage Threads	✅	To manage/close threads for polls
Attach Files	✅	To send poll result exports and event logging directly as a file
Manage Webhooks	✅	To setup webhooks for a event logging channel
View Audit Log	✅	To remove active votes when a user is kicked or banned
Administrator	❌	Not required, but recommended if you're unfamiliar with or don't want to deal with channel permissions. Required to automatically set the bot's permissions correctly on the server and channel level in debug mode.

How do I check if the bot has all permissions?

We have added a /debug command that allows you to check all the required permissions of the bot on server and channel level.

How do I set permissions at the channel level?

It is important that the required bot permissions are not overridden at the channel level.
If the bot does not have channel level permissions (because you are overriding it with the @everyone role, for example), you can set the permissions at channel level as follows:

1. Go to the Channel Settings
   

2. Go to Permissions
   

3. Add EasyPoll
   

4. Select all required permissions and click save changes
   

What happens if the bot does not have all required permissions?

EasyPoll will try to work as well as possible, but you may run into problems, for example:

• EasyPoll cannot post the poll message at all, or
• The poll message does not update or show as closed when the poll ends, or
• Threads, pinning, or the winner announcement don't work, or
• Result exports and log messages can't be sent