Bug: Twitch has updated their chat servers in some channels to Amazon AWS servers, requiring a new IP to connect
Info:
As a result of amazon updating random channels to AWS servers, the bot no longer connects to chat. (MitchFlowerPower as my example).
My recommendation is to query the channel users are connecting to first using the url
https://api.twitch.tv/api/channels/<CHANNEL NAME>/chat_properties
and searching the json response for
cluster: "aws"
or
cluster: "main"
.
Alternatively, just add a server option as
irc.chat.twitch.tv
The AWS servers run on port 80, so you will also need to provide support for port 80 in the combobox.
How you produced this bug or came across it: Checking the properties link that was mentioned above.
Image:
http://i.divtx.in/AwsChatDifference.jpg