From 04e8edcbdb878903faa04678a3f6a64594639914 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Carl Vitullo <carl.vitullo@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 21:39:20 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix interaction timeout in Report and Track commands

Defer replies immediately to avoid Discord's 3-second interaction timeout.
Creating user threads can involve multiple API calls that exceed this limit,
causing "Unknown interaction" errors when no thread exists yet.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 app/commands/report.ts | 10 ++++++----
 app/commands/track.ts  | 12 ++++++++----
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/commands/report.ts b/app/commands/report.ts
index 1500d23..d06d15c 100644
--- a/app/commands/report.ts
+++ b/app/commands/report.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { ApplicationCommandType } from "discord-api-types/v10";
 import {
   ContextMenuCommandBuilder,
+  MessageFlags,
   PermissionFlagsBits,
   type MessageContextMenuCommandInteraction,
 } from "discord.js";
@@ -16,6 +17,9 @@ const command = new ContextMenuCommandBuilder()
   .setDefaultMemberPermissions(PermissionFlagsBits.SendMessages);
 
 const handler = async (interaction: MessageContextMenuCommandInteraction) => {
+  // Defer immediately to avoid 3-second timeout - creating threads can take time
+  await interaction.deferReply({ flags: [MessageFlags.Ephemeral] });
+
   await trackPerformance(
     "reportCommand",
     async () => {
@@ -50,8 +54,7 @@ const handler = async (interaction: MessageContextMenuCommandInteraction) => {
         // Track command success
         commandStats.commandExecuted(interaction, "report", true);
 
-        await interaction.reply({
-          ephemeral: true,
+        await interaction.editReply({
           content: "This message has been reported anonymously",
         });
       } catch (error) {
@@ -69,8 +72,7 @@ const handler = async (interaction: MessageContextMenuCommandInteraction) => {
         // Track command failure in business analytics
         commandStats.commandFailed(interaction, "report", err.message);
 
-        await interaction.reply({
-          ephemeral: true,
+        await interaction.editReply({
           content: "Failed to submit report. Please try again later.",
         });
       }
diff --git a/app/commands/track.ts b/app/commands/track.ts
index 6de25e7..374f947 100644
--- a/app/commands/track.ts
+++ b/app/commands/track.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   ButtonStyle,
   ContextMenuCommandBuilder,
   InteractionType,
+  MessageFlags,
   PermissionFlagsBits,
 } from "discord.js";
 import { Effect } from "effect";
@@ -33,6 +34,11 @@ export const Command = [
       .setDefaultMemberPermissions(PermissionFlagsBits.ManageMessages),
     handler: (interaction) =>
       Effect.gen(function* () {
+        // Defer immediately to avoid 3-second timeout - creating threads can take time
+        yield* Effect.tryPromise(() =>
+          interaction.deferReply({ flags: [MessageFlags.Ephemeral] }),
+        );
+
         const { targetMessage: message, user } = interaction;
 
         if (interaction.guildId) {
@@ -52,9 +58,8 @@ export const Command = [
         );
 
         yield* Effect.tryPromise(() =>
-          interaction.reply({
+          interaction.editReply({
             content: `Tracked <#${thread.id}>`,
-            ephemeral: true,
             components: reportId
               ? [
                   new ActionRowBuilder<ButtonBuilder>().addComponents(
@@ -74,9 +79,8 @@ export const Command = [
               error,
             });
             yield* Effect.tryPromise(() =>
-              interaction.reply({
+              interaction.editReply({
                 content: "Failed to track message",
-                ephemeral: true,
               }),
             ).pipe(Effect.catchAll(() => Effect.void));
           }),