fix: stabilize discord status message updates

Author: Joshua Chittick

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ode",
-  "version": "0.0.51",
+  "version": "0.0.52",
   "description": "Coding anywhere with your coding agents connected",
   "module": "packages/core/index.ts",
   "type": "module",

packages/config/local/sessions.ts

@@ -284,6 +284,22 @@ export function getSessionsWithPendingRequests(): PersistedSession[] {
   );
 }
 
+export function findReplyThreadIdByStatusMessageTs(messageTs: string): string | null {
+  if (activeSessions.size === 0) {
+    loadAllSessions();
+  }
+
+  for (const session of activeSessions.values()) {
+    const activeRequest = session.activeRequest;
+    if (!activeRequest) continue;
+    if (activeRequest.statusMessageTs === messageTs) {
+      return activeRequest.replyThreadId || null;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return null;
+}
+
 // Deduplication
 function buildMessageDedupKey(channelId: string, threadId: string, messageTs: string): string {
   return `${channelId}:${threadId}:${messageTs}`;

packages/ims/discord/client.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   ButtonStyle,
   Client,
   GatewayIntentBits,
+  MessageFlags,
   ModalBuilder,
   Partials,
   StringSelectMenuBuilder,
@@ -36,11 +37,12 @@ import {
   setGitHubInfoForUser,
   setUserGeneralSettings,
 } from "@/config";
+import { findReplyThreadIdByStatusMessageTs } from "@/config/local/sessions";
 import { isThreadActive, markThreadActive } from "@/config/local/settings";
 import { log } from "@/utils";
 
 const DISCORD_MESSAGE_LIMIT = 2000;
-const DISCORD_THREAD_NAME_LIMIT = 100;
+const DISCORD_THREAD_NAME_LIMIT = 25;
 const DISCORD_MODAL_CHANNEL = "ode:modal:channel_details";
 const DISCORD_MODAL_GITHUB = "ode:modal:github";
 const STATUS_FORMAT_OPTIONS = ["aggressive", "medium", "minimum"] as const;
@@ -132,25 +134,31 @@ async function updateMessage(
   _asMarkdown = true
 ): Promise<void> {
   try {
-    const threadId = statusMessageThreadMap.get(messageId) || channelId;
+    const mappedThreadId = statusMessageThreadMap.get(messageId);
+    const persistedThreadId = findReplyThreadIdByStatusMessageTs(messageId);
+    const threadId = mappedThreadId || persistedThreadId || channelId;
     if (!threadId) {
       log.warn("Cannot update Discord message without known thread", { messageId });
       return;
     }
+    if (!mappedThreadId && persistedThreadId) {
+      statusMessageThreadMap.set(messageId, persistedThreadId);
+    }
     const channel = await resolveTextChannel(threadId);
     const message = await channel.messages.fetch(messageId);
     await message.edit(splitForDiscord(text)[0] ?? text);
   } catch (error) {
     log.warn("Failed to update Discord message", {
       messageId,
       channelId,
+      resolvedChannelId: statusMessageThreadMap.get(messageId) || findReplyThreadIdByStatusMessageTs(messageId) || channelId,
       error: String(error),
     });
   }
 }
 
 async function deleteMessage(_channelId: string, messageId: string): Promise<void> {
-  const threadId = statusMessageThreadMap.get(messageId);
+  const threadId = statusMessageThreadMap.get(messageId) || findReplyThreadIdByStatusMessageTs(messageId);
   if (!threadId) return;
   const channel = await resolveTextChannel(threadId);
   const message = await channel.messages.fetch(messageId);
@@ -539,7 +547,7 @@ async function handleLauncherButtonInteraction(interaction: any): Promise<void>
       channelId,
       userId: interaction.user.id,
     });
-    await interaction.reply({ ...payload, ephemeral: true });
+    await interaction.reply({ ...payload, flags: MessageFlags.Ephemeral });
     return;
   }
 
@@ -548,7 +556,7 @@ async function handleLauncherButtonInteraction(interaction: any): Promise<void>
       channelId,
       userId: interaction.user.id,
     });
-    await interaction.reply({ ...payload, ephemeral: true });
+    await interaction.reply({ ...payload, flags: MessageFlags.Ephemeral });
     return;
   }
 
@@ -573,7 +581,7 @@ async function handleModalSubmitInteraction(interaction: any): Promise<void> {
     setChannelBaseBranch(channelId, baseBranch);
     setChannelSystemMessage(channelId, channelSystemMessage);
 
-    await interaction.reply({ content: "Channel settings updated.", ephemeral: true });
+    await interaction.reply({ content: "Channel settings updated.", flags: MessageFlags.Ephemeral });
     return;
   }
 
@@ -586,7 +594,7 @@ async function handleModalSubmitInteraction(interaction: any): Promise<void> {
       gitName,
       gitEmail,
     });
-    await interaction.reply({ content: "GitHub info updated.", ephemeral: true });
+    await interaction.reply({ content: "GitHub info updated.", flags: MessageFlags.Ephemeral });
   }
 }
 
@@ -606,7 +614,7 @@ async function handleGeneralSettingsComponentInteraction(interaction: any): Prom
     const selected = interaction.values?.[0] as string | undefined;
     const parsed = selected ? parseGeneralStatusFormat(selected) : null;
     if (!parsed) {
-      await interaction.reply({ content: "Invalid status format.", ephemeral: true });
+      await interaction.reply({ content: "Invalid status format.", flags: MessageFlags.Ephemeral });
       return true;
     }
     generalSettingsDrafts.set(key, {
@@ -622,7 +630,7 @@ async function handleGeneralSettingsComponentInteraction(interaction: any): Prom
     const selected = interaction.values?.[0] as string | undefined;
     const parsed = selected ? parseGitStrategy(selected) : null;
     if (!parsed) {
-      await interaction.reply({ content: "Invalid git strategy.", ephemeral: true });
+      await interaction.reply({ content: "Invalid git strategy.", flags: MessageFlags.Ephemeral });
       return true;
     }
     generalSettingsDrafts.set(key, {
@@ -640,7 +648,7 @@ async function handleGeneralSettingsComponentInteraction(interaction: any): Prom
       gitStrategy: draft.gitStrategy,
     });
     generalSettingsDrafts.delete(key);
-    await interaction.reply({ content: "General settings updated.", ephemeral: true });
+    await interaction.reply({ content: "General settings updated.", flags: MessageFlags.Ephemeral });
     return true;
   }
 
@@ -663,7 +671,7 @@ async function handleChannelSettingsComponentInteraction(interaction: any): Prom
     const selected = interaction.values?.[0] as string | undefined;
     const parsed = selected ? parseProvider(selected) : null;
     if (!parsed || !isAgentEnabled(parsed)) {
-      await interaction.reply({ content: "Selected provider is invalid or disabled.", ephemeral: true });
+      await interaction.reply({ content: "Selected provider is invalid or disabled.", flags: MessageFlags.Ephemeral });
       return true;
     }
     const models = getProviderModels(parsed);
@@ -693,7 +701,7 @@ async function handleChannelSettingsComponentInteraction(interaction: any): Prom
   if (action === "save") {
     const models = getProviderModels(draft.provider);
     if (models.length > 0 && draft.model && !hasModel(models, draft.model)) {
-      await interaction.reply({ content: "Selected model is no longer available.", ephemeral: true });
+      await interaction.reply({ content: "Selected model is no longer available.", flags: MessageFlags.Ephemeral });
       return true;
     }
 
@@ -704,7 +712,7 @@ async function handleChannelSettingsComponentInteraction(interaction: any): Prom
       setChannelModel(channelId, draft.model);
     }
     channelSettingsDrafts.delete(key);
-    await interaction.reply({ content: "Channel provider/model updated.", ephemeral: true });
+    await interaction.reply({ content: "Channel provider/model updated.", flags: MessageFlags.Ephemeral });
     return true;
   }
 
@@ -881,7 +889,7 @@ export async function startDiscordRuntime(reason: string): Promise<boolean> {
 
           await interaction.reply({
             ...payload,
-            ephemeral: true,
+            flags: MessageFlags.Ephemeral,
           });
         } catch (error) {
           log.error("Discord interaction handler failed", { error: String(error) });