Handle not being able to delete the interaction message on button press.

docs/changelog.rst

@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+- :release:`9.1.1 <14th November 2022>`
+- :bug:`162` Handle not being able to delete the interaction message on button press/timeout.
+
+
 - :release:`9.1.0 <13th November 2022>`
 - :feature:`158` Bump Discord.py to :literal-url:`2.1.0 <https://github.com/Rapptz/discord.py/releases/tag/v2.1.0>`.
 

pydis_core/utils/interactions.py

@@ -1,13 +1,30 @@
-import contextlib
-from typing import Optional, Sequence
+from typing import Literal, Optional, Sequence
 
-from discord import ButtonStyle, Interaction, Message, NotFound, ui
+from discord import ButtonStyle, HTTPException, Interaction, Message, NotFound, ui
 
 from pydis_core.utils.logging import get_logger
 
 log = get_logger(__name__)
 
 
+async def _handle_modify_message(message: Message, action: Literal["edit", "delete"]) -> None:
+    """Remove the view from, or delete the given message depending on the specified action."""
+    try:
+        if action == "edit":
+            await message.edit(view=None)
+        elif action == "delete":
+            await message.delete()
+    except HTTPException as e:
+        # Cover the case where this message has been deleted by external means,
+        # or the message is now in an archived/locked thread.
+        if e.code == 50083:
+            log.debug(f"Could not {action} message {message.id} due to it being in an archived thread.")
+        elif isinstance(e, NotFound):
+            log.info(f"Could not find message {message.id} when attempting to {action} it.")
+        else:
+            log.error(f"Could not {action} message {message.id} due to Discord HTTP error:\n{str(e)}")
+
+
 class ViewWithUserAndRoleCheck(ui.View):
     """
     A view that allows the original invoker and moderators to interact with it.
@@ -65,9 +82,7 @@ async def interaction_check(self, interaction: Interaction) -> bool:
     async def on_timeout(self) -> None:
         """Remove the view from ``self.message`` if set."""
         if self.message:
-            with contextlib.suppress(NotFound):
-                # Cover the case where this message has already been deleted by external means
-                await self.message.edit(view=None)
+            await _handle_modify_message(self.message, "edit")
 
 
 class DeleteMessageButton(ui.Button):
@@ -95,4 +110,4 @@ def __init__(
 
     async def callback(self, interaction: Interaction) -> None:
         """Delete the original message on button click."""
-        await interaction.message.delete()
+        await _handle_modify_message(interaction.message, "delete")

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "pydis_core"
-version = "9.1.0"
+version = "9.1.1"
 description = "PyDis core provides core functionality and utility to the bots of the Python Discord community."
 authors = ["Python Discord <info@pythondiscord.com>"]
 license = "MIT"