Reproduction steps
- Go to your instance's admin panel - Instance domain +
/adminin the browser - Sign in with an account with admin access
- In the sidebar, under
Configuration, go toInstance Config-/admin/instance-config. - Under
Community & policyandDirect messages, friends and personal notes, disableDirect messages. - May not be necessary but I restarted Fluxer to make sure it applied correctly after trying system DMs. -
rexctl restart(I didstopstartbut restart would be quicker) - In the sidebar, under
Content Tools, go toSystem DMs-/admin/system-dms. - To send a system DM, set
Recipient user IDsto either*for every account or enter your account ID, found by clicking your account at the top of the page and then underUser ID. - Enter anything in
Contentand pressQueue send - You will see
Failed to send system DM.
Expected behaviour
I know the bug title sounds stupid because duh DMs are disabled but hear me out. The
System DMs page could be disabled while DMs are disabled on the instance or the Failed to send system DM error message could say that DMs are disabled on this instance.
Maybe system DMs could still be allowed when DMs are disabled on the instance?Actual behaviour
System DMs page enabled while DMs are disabled on the instance and confusing Failed to send system DM error message if the instance admin has forgotten that instance DMs are disabled.Build information
$ rexctl version
rexctl 2026.1026.152924
Fluxer 2026.1026.152924
Stable Web 2026.1026.150452, Linux (x64), Firefox 158.0, Locale en-GB
Platform
Self-hosting

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