# \[SOLVED\] Custom Slash Commands no longer works on user's direct message channel

**URL:** <https://forum.mattermost.com/t/solved-custom-slash-commands-no-longer-works-on-users-direct-message-channel/3536>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [July 19, 2017, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/solved-custom-slash-commands-no-longer-works-on-users-direct-message-channel/3536 "2017-07-19T14:37:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![raphael.cazorla](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/raphael.cazorla/32/1409_2.png) [@raphael.cazorla](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/raphael.cazorla)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/solved-custom-slash-commands-no-longer-works-on-users-direct-message-channel/3536/1 "2017-07-19T14:37:12Z")

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#### Summary

Custom Slash Commands used to work on user’s channel. Now it only works on any channel apart user’s direct messages.

#### Steps to reproduce

1. Create a custom slash command
2. Test it works on channels
3. Same test shall not work when using it in a direct message channel

#### Expected behavior

The slash command should work on every channel AND user’s direct message channels.

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**Author:** ![jasonblais](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/jasonblais/32/720_2.png) [@jasonblais](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/jasonblais)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/solved-custom-slash-commands-no-longer-works-on-users-direct-message-channel/3536/2 "2017-07-19T15:06:58Z")

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Thanks @raphael.cazorla for the report! Looks like this is a regression, ticket created here: [https://mattermost.atlassian.net/browse/PLT-7193](https://mattermost.atlassian.net/browse/PLT-7193)

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**Author:** ![raphael.cazorla](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/raphael.cazorla/32/1409_2.png) [@raphael.cazorla](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/raphael.cazorla)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/solved-custom-slash-commands-no-longer-works-on-users-direct-message-channel/3536/3 "2017-07-19T15:09:39Z")

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Thanks for having it created, with more details, I completely forgotten to mention the error I got btw 🙂