From 92bdb975d97315856056bc8bf5044cf5e77e144c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Index <contact@indexx.dev>
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2025 22:29:26 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix: send error messages before throwing error

---
 src/handlers/messages.ts  | 5 +++--
 src/utils/conversation.ts | 5 +++--
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/handlers/messages.ts b/src/handlers/messages.ts
index 755a74f..71546d7 100644
--- a/src/handlers/messages.ts
+++ b/src/handlers/messages.ts
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ export async function handler(message: ChatMessage): Promise<void> {
         : env.AUTHORIZED_USERS.includes(message.senderDid as any);
 
     if (!authorized) {
-        conversation.sendMessage({
+        await conversation.sendMessage({
             text: c.UNAUTHORIZED_MESSAGE,
         });
 
@@ -157,7 +157,8 @@ export async function handler(message: ChatMessage): Promise<void> {
             parsedConversation.messages,
         );
         if (!inference) {
-            throw new Error("Failed to generate text. Returned undefined.");
+            logger.error("Failed to generate text. Returned undefined.");
+            return;
         }
 
         const responseText = inference.text;
diff --git a/src/utils/conversation.ts b/src/utils/conversation.ts
index aeb9026..b817ff7 100644
--- a/src/utils/conversation.ts
+++ b/src/utils/conversation.ts
@@ -31,10 +31,11 @@ async function initConvo(convo: Conversation, initialMessage: ChatMessage) {
 
     const postUri = await parseMessagePostUri(initialMessage);
     if (!postUri) {
-        convo.sendMessage({
+        await convo.sendMessage({
             text:
                 "Please send a post for me to make sense of the noise for you.",
         });
+
         throw new Error("No post reference in initial message.");
     }
 
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ export async function parseConversation(
             }),
         };
     } catch (e) {
-        convo.sendMessage({
+        await convo.sendMessage({
             text: ERROR_MESSAGE,
         });