From 4de5082f6163e8b9e9988f4676bcde3a40be3044 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: salmonik <salmonik@tuta.io>
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2026 15:23:48 +0100
Subject: say: post text as a normal message after an invisible ack

Acknowledge the interaction with a zero-width ephemeral reply, delete it,
then send the text through ChannelId::say so it lands as a normal channel
message instead of an interaction reply.
---
 src/commands/utilities.rs | 22 +++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/commands/utilities.rs b/src/commands/utilities.rs
index 25d4bcf..7679b14 100644
--- a/src/commands/utilities.rs
+++ b/src/commands/utilities.rs
@@ -976,13 +976,21 @@ pub async fn message_download(ctx: Context<'_>, message: serenity::Message) -> R
 /// Echo text to channel
 #[poise::command(slash_command)]
 pub async fn say(ctx: Context<'_>, #[description = "Message to send"] text: String) -> Result<()> {
-    ctx.say(&text).await?;
-    ctx.send(
-        poise::CreateReply::default()
-            .content("\u{200b}")
-            .ephemeral(true),
-    )
-    .await?;
+    // Acknowledge the interaction with an invisible ephemeral reply, delete it,
+    // then post the actual text as a normal channel message (not a reply to the
+    // command invocation).
+    let ack = ctx
+        .send(
+            poise::CreateReply::default()
+                .content("\u{200b}")
+                .ephemeral(true),
+        )
+        .await?;
+    ack.delete(ctx).await?;
+
+    ctx.channel_id()
+        .say(ctx.serenity_context(), &text)
+        .await?;
     Ok(())
 }
 
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