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| -rw-r--r-- | bot/exts/help_channels/_cog.py | 17 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/bot/exts/help_channels/_cog.py b/bot/exts/help_channels/_cog.py index cfc9cf477..ecffc59fd 100644 --- a/bot/exts/help_channels/_cog.py +++ b/bot/exts/help_channels/_cog.py @@ -125,14 +125,19 @@ class HelpChannels(commands.Cog): """ log.info(f"Channel #{message.channel} was claimed by `{message.author.id}`.") await self.move_to_in_use(message.channel) - await self._handle_role_change(message.author, message.author.add_roles) - await _message.pin(message) + # Handle odd edge case of `message.author` being a `discord.User` (see bot#1839) + if isinstance(message.author, discord.User): + log.warning("`message.author` is a `discord.User` so not handling role change or sending DM.") + else: + await self._handle_role_change(message.author, message.author.add_roles) - try: - await _message.dm_on_open(message) - except Exception as e: - log.warning("Error occurred while sending DM:", exc_info=e) + try: + await _message.dm_on_open(message) + except Exception as e: + log.warning("Error occurred while sending DM:", exc_info=e) + + await _message.pin(message) # Add user with channel for dormant check. await _caches.claimants.set(message.channel.id, message.author.id) |