# Moderation Case

> A numbered record of one moderation action against one member, with reason, moderator and timestamp — queryable later so staff can see prior history before acting.

- Canonical: https://discordtools.blog/glossary/moderation-case
- Group: Moderation
- Also called: infraction, warn history
- See also: https://discordtools.blog/glossary/logging, https://discordtools.blog/glossary/timeout
- Updated: 2026-08-31
- Publication: The Index, an independent site not affiliated with Discord Inc.

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Case history is what separates workable moderation at scale from chaos. Without it, every
moderator decides in isolation and a member on their fifth offence is treated as a first-timer.

Two things worth checking of any implementation: whether history is queryable per member, and
whether it survives the bot being removed and re-added.