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Ben

Can't edit a message in DM sent by bot

  • discord.js@14.7.1 and node version v18.10.0
    I'm trying to edit a message in DM sent by the bot via a button press.
the button event looks like the following (skipped parts not relevant for this question):
async function refreshReminder(interaction: ButtonInteraction<CacheType>) {    
    interaction.message.edit({ embeds: [reminderEmbed] });
    interaction.deferUpdate();
}



This results in the following error:
    if (!this.channel) return Promise.reject(new DiscordjsError(ErrorCodes.ChannelNotCached));
                                             ^
Error [ChannelNotCached]: Could not find the channel where this message came from in the cache!
    at Message.edit (P:\Documents\Programming Projects\Chronos\Chronos\node_modules\discord.js\src\structures\Message.js:691:46)
    at refreshReminder (P:\Documents\Programming Projects\Chronos\Chronos\src\index.ts:312:23)
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
    at async Client.<anonymous> (P:\Documents\Programming Projects\Chronos\Chronos\src\index.ts:146:4) {
  code: 'ChannelNotCached'
}
error Command failed with exit code 1.


I also tried a solution i found on stackoverflow from 2021 that looks like the following:
    const user = client.users.cache.get(userId);
    user?.dmChannel?.messages.fetch(messageId).then(dmMessage => {
    dmMessage.edit('edited!');
    });
    interaction.deferUpdate();

however, this results in the dmChannel property being null and thus not working either
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