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Sapphire - Imagine a Framework•2w ago
Songbird

Reaction listener not working for additions, only removals

I am testing a reaction listener for my bot and it is only triggering when a reaction is removed, and not when a reaction is added. The bot has the correct intents and partials. 
intents: [
                GatewayIntentBits.DirectMessages,
                GatewayIntentBits.GuildMessages,
                GatewayIntentBits.Guilds,
                GatewayIntentBits.MessageContent,
                GatewayIntentBits.GuildMessageReactions,
                GatewayIntentBits.GuildVoiceStates,
                GatewayIntentBits.GuildPresences
            ],
            partials: [
                Partials.Channel,
                Partials.Message,
                Partials.Reaction,
                Partials.User,
                Partials.SoundboardSound,
                Partials.ThreadMember,
                Partials.GuildScheduledEvent
            ],
intents: [
                GatewayIntentBits.DirectMessages,
                GatewayIntentBits.GuildMessages,
                GatewayIntentBits.Guilds,
                GatewayIntentBits.MessageContent,
                GatewayIntentBits.GuildMessageReactions,
                GatewayIntentBits.GuildVoiceStates,
                GatewayIntentBits.GuildPresences
            ],
            partials: [
                Partials.Channel,
                Partials.Message,
                Partials.Reaction,
                Partials.User,
                Partials.SoundboardSound,
                Partials.ThreadMember,
                Partials.GuildScheduledEvent
            ],
2025-09-25 12:00:59 - INFO  - ApplicationCommandRegistries(BulkOverwrite) Successfully overwrote guild application commands for guild 1095120417854865429. The application now has 12 guild commands for guild 1095120417854865429
2025-09-25 12:00:59 - INFO  - ApplicationCommandRegistries: Took 543ms to initialize.
2025-09-25 12:01:32 - DEBUG - Reaction removed: user=181235555936239616 (healthcareusa) | message=1420816374699135017 | emoji=⭐
2025-09-25 12:01:32 - INFO  - [STARBOARD] Reaction REMOVE detected - User: 181235555936239616, Emoji: ⭐
2025-09-25 12:00:59 - INFO  - ApplicationCommandRegistries(BulkOverwrite) Successfully overwrote guild application commands for guild 1095120417854865429. The application now has 12 guild commands for guild 1095120417854865429
2025-09-25 12:00:59 - INFO  - ApplicationCommandRegistries: Took 543ms to initialize.
2025-09-25 12:01:32 - DEBUG - Reaction removed: user=181235555936239616 (healthcareusa) | message=1420816374699135017 | emoji=⭐
2025-09-25 12:01:32 - INFO  - [STARBOARD] Reaction REMOVE detected - User: 181235555936239616, Emoji: ⭐
3 Replies
Songbird
SongbirdOP•2w ago
:smoge:
Favna
Favna•2w ago
Bit hard to tell at a glance but maybe compare your code to that of @Gemboard ? https://github.com/sapphiredev/gemboard
GitHub
GitHub - sapphiredev/gemboard: A private starboard bot for the Sapp...
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Songbird
SongbirdOP•2w ago
bleh why didn’t I think of that literally add/remove files, I think I can figure it from here :) thank u

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