After some time, my Discord bot stops accepting commands despite appearing online. Below is a new code sample:
import discord
from discord.ext import commands
clientBot = commands.Bot(command_prefix='?', intents=discord.Intents.default())
@clientBot.event
async def handle_msg(message):
if 'FLAG' in message.content:
newText = message.content.replace('FLAG', 'MODIFIED')
await message.channel.send(newText)
await message.delete()
await clientBot.process_commands(message)
@clientBot.command()
async def shutdown(ctx):
await ctx.send('Shutting down.')
exit()
clientBot.run('YOUR_DISCORD_TOKEN')
How can this issue be resolved?
Upon facing similar issues, I discovered that the problem can sometimes be linked to the configuration of the intents. In my case, switching from using discord.Intents.default() to a fully specified set of intents resolved issues with some commands not being processed. Additionally, I made sure to avoid any direct calls, such as exit(), in favor of properly shutting down the event loop by calling await clientBot.close(). Ensuring the proper registration of message events early in the code also helped maintain stability for my bot.
hey, try changing your event to on_message instead of handle_msg. discord expects on_message when processing commands, so using on_message prevents the hang.
In my experience, unexpected hangs can often result from calling blocking functions in asynchronous contexts. For instance, using exit() in an asynchronous command may prematurely terminate some background tasks or prevent the event loop from cleaning up properly. A more graceful approach is to use await clientBot.close() to ensure that the bot shuts down properly. Additionally, it is helpful to inspect any custom event handling or auxiliary tasks for synchronous operations that could block the loop. I have encountered similar issues in the past where minor adjustments in shutdown procedures resolved the hanging problem completely.