/msg to nonexistent window eats the message without logging

[dgw]

I was shocked to note that TL still "just eats the message" if I initiate a /msg to some other user without first opening a window with /query othernick. The first time it happened, I wasn't even sure my message had been sent until the other user woke up (I assume) and replied.

If logging is turned on, it should be impossible for any message to just bypass the logs and never get saved. Users will distrust TL's logging features if they demonstrate unreliability.

Original comment by me in #590 (comment)

[xPaw]

Was this on a server without echo-message? Because that should be the common case where it doesn't get logged here:

thelounge/src/plugins/inputs/msg.js

Line 93 in 7db0d46

if (!network.irc.network.cap.isEnabled("echo-message")) {

That or the message was not actually sent (thus echo message is not being triggered).

[dgw]

The message was sent; the recipient replied some hours later.

On this network (Rizon), the lobby status messages include Enabled capabilities: away-notify, chghost, invite-notify, multi-prefix, sasl, userhost-in-names. Seems you're correct about this being a network without echo-message.