From fd4dd5499ea0e742463e35831894589db5dabe46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CyberL1 <cyber.hf18@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2026 22:47:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: find the user instead of creating it when replying to a
 message

---
 src/api/util/handlers/Message.ts | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/api/util/handlers/Message.ts b/src/api/util/handlers/Message.ts
index c81de300d..759f60b8e 100644
--- a/src/api/util/handlers/Message.ts
+++ b/src/api/util/handlers/Message.ts
@@ -346,9 +346,8 @@ export async function handleMessage(opts: MessageOptions): Promise<Message> {
         });
         if (referencedMessage && referencedMessage.author_id !== message.author_id) {
             message.mentions.push(
-                User.create({
-                    id: referencedMessage.author_id,
-                }),
+                // @ts-expect-error it does not like the .toPublicUser() lol
+                (await User.findOne({ where: { id: referencedMessage.author_id } }))!.toPublicUser(),
             );
         }