From 09414cb59d584b1d866a1d2e86397cffabb752c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Skip R <tinyslices@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:49:49 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] handlediscord: drop messages lacking an author

DiscordMessage's GetSender is dereferencing nil sometimes and I'm not
sure why.
---
 pkg/connector/handlediscord.go | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pkg/connector/handlediscord.go b/pkg/connector/handlediscord.go
index 1c68c16..bbef78f 100644
--- a/pkg/connector/handlediscord.go
+++ b/pkg/connector/handlediscord.go
@@ -194,6 +194,14 @@ func (d *DiscordClient) handleDiscordEvent(rawEvt any) {
 
 	switch evt := rawEvt.(type) {
 	case *discordgo.MessageCreate:
+		if evt.Author == nil {
+			log.Trace().Int("message_type", int(evt.Message.Type)).
+				Str("guild_id", evt.GuildID).
+				Str("message_id", evt.ID).
+				Str("channel_id", evt.ChannelID).
+				Msg("Dropping message that lacks an author")
+			return
+		}
 		wrappedEvt := d.wrapDiscordMessage(evt)
 		d.UserLogin.Bridge.QueueRemoteEvent(d.UserLogin, &wrappedEvt)
 	case *discordgo.MessageReactionAdd: