Add a special exception for required privileged intents

discord/client.py

@@ -570,6 +570,8 @@ class Client:
                 # sometimes, discord sends us 1000 for unknown reasons so we should reconnect
                 # regardless and rely on is_closed instead
                 if isinstance(exc, ConnectionClosed):
+                    if exc.code == 4014:
+                        raise PrivilegedIntentsRequired(exc.shard_id) from None
                     if exc.code != 1000:
                         await self.close()
                         raise

discord/errors.py

@@ -175,3 +175,27 @@ class ConnectionClosed(ClientException):
         self.reason = ''
         self.shard_id = shard_id
         super().__init__('Shard ID %s WebSocket closed with %s' % (self.shard_id, self.code))
+
+class PrivilegedIntentsRequired(ClientException):
+    """Exception that's thrown when the gateway is requesting privileged intents
+    but they're not ticked in the developer page yet.
+
+    Go to https://discord.com/developers/applications/ and enable the intents
+    that are required. Currently these are as follows:
+
+    - :attr:`Intents.members`
+    - :attr:`Intents.presences`
+
+    Attributes
+    -----------
+    shard_id: Optional[:class:`int`]
+        The shard ID that got closed if applicable.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, shard_id):
+        self.shard_id = shard_id
+        msg = 'Shard ID %s is requesting privileged intents that have not been explicitly enabled in the ' \
+              'developer portal. It is recommended to go to https://discord.com/developers/applications/ ' \
+              'and explicitly enable the privileged intents within your application\'s page. If this is not ' \
+              'possible, then consider disabling the privileged intents instead.'
+        super().__init__(msg % shard_id)

discord/shard.py

@@ -34,7 +34,15 @@ from .state import AutoShardedConnectionState
 from .client import Client
 from .backoff import ExponentialBackoff
 from .gateway import *
-from .errors import ClientException, InvalidArgument, HTTPException, GatewayNotFound, ConnectionClosed
+from .errors import (
+    ClientException,
+    InvalidArgument,
+    HTTPException,
+    GatewayNotFound,
+    ConnectionClosed,
+    PrivilegedIntentsRequired,
+)
+
 from . import utils
 from .enums import Status
 
@@ -125,6 +133,9 @@ class Shard:
             return
 
         if isinstance(e, ConnectionClosed):
+            if e.code == 4014:
+                self._queue_put(EventItem(EventType.terminate, self, PrivilegedIntentsRequired(self.id)))
+                return
             if e.code != 1000:
                 self._queue_put(EventItem(EventType.close, self, e))
                 return
@@ -407,8 +418,11 @@ class AutoShardedClient(Client):
             item = await self.__queue.get()
             if item.type == EventType.close:
                 await self.close()
-                if isinstance(item.error, ConnectionClosed) and item.error.code != 1000:
+                if isinstance(item.error, ConnectionClosed):
+                    if item.error.code != 1000:
                         raise item.error
+                    if item.error.code == 4014:
+                        raise PrivilegedIntentsRequired(item.shard.id) from None
                 return
             elif item.type in (EventType.identify, EventType.resume):
                 await item.shard.reidentify(item.error)

docs/api.rst

@@ -2924,6 +2924,8 @@ The following exceptions are thrown by the library.
 
 .. autoexception:: ConnectionClosed
 
+.. autoexception:: PrivilegedIntentsRequired
+
 .. autoexception:: discord.opus.OpusError
 
 .. autoexception:: discord.opus.OpusNotLoaded
@@ -2940,6 +2942,7 @@ Exception Hierarchy
                 - :exc:`InvalidArgument`
                 - :exc:`LoginFailure`
                 - :exc:`ConnectionClosed`
+                - :exc:`PrivilegedIntentsRequired`
             - :exc:`NoMoreItems`
             - :exc:`GatewayNotFound`
             - :exc:`HTTPException`