Channel is a forum error

[chaoscreater]

Version

v2.42.0

Flavor

GUI (Graphical User Interface)

Platform

Windows 11

Export format

JSON

Steps to reproduce

Hi there,

I'm trying to export messages from this particular channel and I'm getting this message:

here's the channel in question when I view it in Discord:

I tried to look up the guides but couldn't find much on this. Could someone point me in the right direction please?

Details

As above.

Checklist

• [X] I have looked through existing issues to make sure that this bug has not been reported before
• [X] I have provided a descriptive title for this issue
• [X] I have made sure that that this bug is reproducible on the latest version of the application
• [X] I have provided all the information needed to reproduce this bug as efficiently as possible
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[Tyrrrz]

Forum channels are not real channels, there are just a collection of threads. So in order to export them, you have to enable the option to pull threads in the settings and then export the threads individually. That is a slow process, so it's not enabled by default.