Discord Bot Command Execution Fails with Interaction Error

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Getting intermittent errors with my gaming bot

I’m working on a Discord bot for a popular FPS game and running into some frustrating issues. The bot deploys fine and starts up without problems, but when I try to execute slash commands, I keep getting interaction errors.

The weird part is that it works sometimes and fails other times. I can’t figure out what’s causing this inconsistent behavior. I’ve checked my command registration and the bot has proper permissions in the server.

Here’s a basic example of my setup:

const { Client, GatewayIntentBits } = require('discord.js');
const client = new Client({ intents: [GatewayIntentBits.Guilds] });

client.on('interactionCreate', async (interaction) => {
    if (!interaction.isChatInputCommand()) return;
    
    if (interaction.commandName === 'store') {
        await interaction.reply('Processing request...');
    }
});

client.login(process.env.BOT_TOKEN);

Anyone experienced similar issues with command interactions? What could be causing this intermittent failure?

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Had this exact same issue with my bot a few months ago. The random failures usually mean timing or response handling problems. Looking at your code, I think you’re not handling Discord’s interaction response window correctly. You only get 3 seconds to respond, and if your bot takes longer, it’ll fail randomly based on server load. Add error handling around your reply and use deferReply() for commands that might take time. Also check you’re not responding to the same interaction twice - that’ll make it fail silently. Your basic structure looks right, but the response lifecycle handling is probably where things go wrong.

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This usually happens because of duplicate command registrations or race conditions in your handler. I had the same issue when I registered commands both globally and per-guild without clearing the old ones first. Discord can’t figure out which command version to run. Clear your command cache completely and re-register once. Also check if you’ve got multiple bot instances running - that created weird interaction conflicts for me. The 3-second response window is important, but also verify your bot token has the applications.commands scope set up right. Sometimes permissions look good but the OAuth setup isn’t complete.

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check ur hosting setup - this screams server resource probs. random bot failures like yours usually come from cpu spikes or memory issues on ur platform. had the same with my music bot on heroku’s free tier. worked fine during quiet hours but crashed with traffic. monitor ur server resources when it fails!