> After years of evolving, Slack is at the point where the gateways can no longer handle all of our features or security needs. I don't think Slack ever cared

> After years of evolving, Slack is at the point where the gateways can no longer handle all of our features or security needs. I don't think Slack ever cared much about the gateways. I have used the IRC gateway for years, and it was never compliant with IRC protocols. I even had to patch my IRC client to work with Slack. IRC is also being extended with new features [1], some of which are designed specifically for gateways to services like Slack. But Slack never used these. It does not even use features that are supported by all IRC clients literally for decades (eg. AWAY) [1]: https://ircv3.net/ https://ircv3.net/ Could you be more specific about what features IRC/IRCv3 lacks?