Cross realm whisper broken

Ever since May 14, 2024 reset I cannot whisper cross realm.

“/w name-server” returns “No player named “name” is currently playing.” I am trying to whisper players from another server, but the whisper is sent to the player on my server with the same name.

“/inv name-server” still works fine. The invite is sent to the correct player, but I cannot whisper that player.

All addons are disabled. If I invite the player to a group the players can then whisper each other successfully until log off. E.G. if one player logs off then logs back in they cannot send a cross-realm whisper, but can still receive cross-realm whisper from the player they were just messaging.

Before May 14 there was an intermittent issue where the first cross realm whisper wouldn’t go to the correct player. But a second attempt would go through correctly. Now it seems cross-realm whispers never go through unless in a group together or one of the players invites the other to group then whispers them.

If the players are in a community together they seem to be able to directly whisper cross-realm with no issues provided the message is typed out. If the message is done through a macro, then it doesn’t work.

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Came here looking for this as well, just started noticing it.

Issue is basically exactly as described by OP. Maddeningly inconsistent as well, sometimes works, sometimes doesn’t, no discernable pattern. Even tried using the /run SendChatMessage() API.

One wrinkle I’ve noticed, which is definitely different than before, is that the error message that comes back only displays the character name, with no “-server” appended. Prior this, the error would always display the full “name-server” when that player was offline. It’s almost as if there’s not even an attempt to send the message in this case…

As OP mentioned, /invite still works, 100% of the time. To any character, on any server, in the region. So weird.

Thanks.

Still borked. Also adding this, clicking a name to whisper will result in the name being copied with your own realm, not theirs.

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Bumping. I just got kicked for no reason from a TW dungeon and would like to at least ask why, just to find out whispers aren’t working.