From eda0993a9a8737439c48691925ba332b2d4add08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MathMan05 <mathmanrm@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 15:33:28 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] correct message sending perms

---
 src/api/routes/channels/#channel_id/messages/index.ts | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/api/routes/channels/#channel_id/messages/index.ts b/src/api/routes/channels/#channel_id/messages/index.ts
index 110e89017..7f8b4b955 100644
--- a/src/api/routes/channels/#channel_id/messages/index.ts
+++ b/src/api/routes/channels/#channel_id/messages/index.ts
@@ -315,7 +315,6 @@ router.post(
     },
     route({
         requestBody: "MessageCreateSchema",
-        permission: "SEND_MESSAGES",
         right: "SEND_MESSAGES",
         responses: {
             200: {
@@ -337,6 +336,11 @@ router.post(
             where: { id: channel_id },
             relations: { recipients: { user: true } },
         });
+        if (channel.isThread()) {
+            req.permission!.hasThrow("SEND_MESSAGES_IN_THREADS");
+        } else {
+            req.permission!.hasThrow("SEND_MESSAGES");
+        }
         if (!channel.isWritable()) {
             throw new HTTPError(`Cannot send messages to channel of type ${channel.type}`, 400);
         }