1 files changed, 19 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/src/events/mod.rs b/src/events/mod.rs
index d166993..82b6f19 100644
--- a/src/events/mod.rs
+++ b/src/events/mod.rs
@@ -130,8 +130,7 @@ pub async fn handle_voice_state_update(
     let mut tts_channel: Option<serenity::ChannelId> = None;
 
     // ── JOIN ──
-    if old_channel.is_none() && new_channel.is_some() {
-        let cid = new_channel.unwrap();
+    if old_channel.is_none() && let Some(cid) = new_channel {
         let is_afk = new.self_mute || new.self_deaf;
 
         va.join_time = now;
@@ -332,11 +331,18 @@ pub async fn handle_message(
     let has_keyword = content_lower.contains(&data.config.assistant_keyword);
 
     if is_mention || has_keyword {
+        // Spawn the LLM call in a background task so it doesn't block the
+        // event loop. Discord interactions must be answered within 3 s; a
+        // 5–10 s OpenRouter call would make every subsequent interaction
+        // expire with "Unknown interaction".
+        let http = ctx.http.clone();
+        let channel_id = new_message.channel_id;
+        let _reply_to_id = new_message.id;
+        let bot_id = ctx.cache.current_user().id;
         let (api_url, api_key, model) = data.config.resolve_llm();
-        let client = crate::openrouter::OpenRouterClient::new(api_url, api_key, model);
-        let assistant_prompt = lang::ASSISTANT_SYSTEM_PROMPT;
+        let assistant_prompt = lang::ASSISTANT_SYSTEM_PROMPT.to_string();
 
-        let bot_id = ctx.cache.current_user().id;
+        // Build message history synchronously (fast path).
         let mut messages = Vec::new();
         let mut current_msg = Some(new_message.clone());
         for _ in 0..5 {
@@ -346,9 +352,9 @@ pub async fn handle_message(
                 } else {
                     "user"
                 };
-                messages.push((role.into(), msg.content.clone()));
+                messages.push((role.to_string(), msg.content.clone()));
                 current_msg = match msg.message_reference.and_then(|r| r.message_id) {
-                    Some(ref_id) => msg.channel_id.message(ctx, ref_id).await.ok(),
+                    Some(ref_id) => channel_id.message(&http, ref_id).await.ok(),
                     None => None,
                 };
             } else {
@@ -357,9 +363,12 @@ pub async fn handle_message(
         }
         messages.reverse();
 
-        if let Ok(response) = client.chat_with_history(assistant_prompt, messages).await {
-            new_message.reply(ctx, response).await.ok();
-        }
+        tokio::spawn(async move {
+            let client = crate::openrouter::OpenRouterClient::new(api_url, api_key, model);
+            if let Ok(response) = client.chat_with_history(&assistant_prompt, messages).await {
+                let _ = channel_id.say(&http, response).await;
+            }
+        });
     }
 
     Ok(())