discord.js - Imagine an app•3mo ago

member.setNickname or member.roles.add occasionally not working

Hi all, What reasons are there for a nickname potentially not being applied, or a role potentially not being applied? I have the following - which is fairly stock standard.

  let aliveRole = RoleService.getRole(member.guild, "Alive");
  if (!aliveRole) {
    aliveRole = await RoleService.createRole(member.guild, { name: "Alive" });
  }

  await RoleService.addRole(member, aliveRole);  // --> member.roles.add
  const species = await SpeciesService.getSpecies(character.species);

  const speciesRole = RoleService.getRole(member.guild, species.roleOptions.name);
  await RoleService.addRole(member, speciesRole); // --> member.roles.add

  if (member.user.id !== process.env.OWNER) {
    //Only set nickname for non owner
    await member.setNickname(character.name);
  }

  let aliveRole = RoleService.getRole(member.guild, "Alive");
  if (!aliveRole) {
    aliveRole = await RoleService.createRole(member.guild, { name: "Alive" });
  }

  await RoleService.addRole(member, aliveRole);  // --> member.roles.add
  const species = await SpeciesService.getSpecies(character.species);

  const speciesRole = RoleService.getRole(member.guild, species.roleOptions.name);
  await RoleService.addRole(member, speciesRole); // --> member.roles.add

  if (member.user.id !== process.env.OWNER) {
    //Only set nickname for non owner
    await member.setNickname(character.name);
  }

In some cases, the members nickname is not changed, or the alive role is not being added. (The species role seems to be correctly applied in every case). Usually, everything is applied correctly. I have not seen both the Alive role and the Nickname change not work. Most often - the nickname does not update.
I'm confused - because it seems sporadic. It's not a caching issue - the users display name is not changed on any client, even after refresh. To make things more confusing, the audit log appears to note the change - but the change does not appear to be applied. Am not getting and kind of error logs, the member object is defined (And other operations like those roles are working without issue)

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d.js toolkit•3mo ago

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Bejasc•3mo ago

Unsure whether this is something node process related... memory related... rate limit related... not sure where to look - because where I can look (based on the info I have) - I see no problems with

Spaxter•3mo ago

Are you sure you're not being rate limited? How often are you performing these actions?

Morith•3mo ago

Is it a role hierarchy issue? Trying to modify a user higher than the bot?

Bejasc•3mo ago

definitely not this. Owner is the only permission higher, hence the check at all This is a good performance saving measure, I'll look into it thanks. I'm not sure - I'm definitely not getting anything back in logs that suggests that I am. These actions in particular are very infrequent. However, there are several frequent actions like bot sending messages

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member.setNickname or member.roles.add occasionally not working