Fix multiple view instances not dispatching in app commands responses

Due to a quirk in InteractionResponse.send_message not returning a
message, all messages sent with an associated View would end up having
no message_id set. When multiple instances of a View are responded to
in a slash command context, this meant that the newest one would
override the storage of the older one. Ultimately leading to the first
view instance causing interaction failures.

Since fetching the original message is an unacceptable solution to the
problem due to incurred requests, the next best thing is to store an
intermediate interaction_id as a stop gap to differentiate between
the multiple instances. This change however, came with its own set of
complications.

Due to the interaction_id being an intermediate stop gap, the
underlying storage of the view store had to be changed to accommodate
the different way of accessing the data. Mainly, the interaction_id
key had to be quick to swap and remove to another key. This solution
attempts to change the interaction_id interim key with
a full fledged message_id key when it receives one if it's possible.

Note that the only way to obtain the interaction_id back from the
component interaction is to retrieve it from the MessageInteraction
data structure. This is because using the interaction_id of the button
press would be a different interaction ID than the one set as an
interim key. As a consequence, this stop gap only works for application
command based interactions. I am not aware of this bug manifesting in
component based interactions.

This patch also fixes a bug with ViewStore.remove_view not working due
to a bug being suppressed by a type: ignore comment. It also removes
the older __verify_integrity helper method since clean-up is already
done through View.stop() or View timeout.

Hopefully in the near future, the `/callback` endpoint will return
actual message data and this stop gap fix will no longer be necessary.

discord/interactions.py

@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ class Interaction:
         state = _InteractionMessageState(self, self._state)
         message = InteractionMessage(state=state, channel=self.channel, data=data)  # type: ignore
         if view and not view.is_finished():
-            self._state.store_view(view, message.id)
+            self._state.store_view(view, message.id, interaction_id=self.id)
         return message
 
     async def delete_original_message(self) -> None:
@@ -682,7 +682,10 @@ class InteractionResponse:
             if ephemeral and view.timeout is None:
                 view.timeout = 15 * 60.0
 
-            self._parent._state.store_view(view)
+            # If the interaction type isn't an application command then there's no way
+            # to obtain this interaction_id again, so just default to None
+            entity_id = parent.id if parent.type is InteractionType.application_command else None
+            self._parent._state.store_view(view, entity_id)
 
         self._responded = True
 

discord/message.py

@@ -882,7 +882,11 @@ class PartialMessage(Hashable):
         message = Message(state=self._state, channel=self.channel, data=data)
 
         if view and not view.is_finished():
-            self._state.store_view(view, self.id)
+            interaction: Optional[MessageInteraction] = getattr(self, 'interaction', None)
+            if interaction is not None:
+                self._state.store_view(view, self.id, interaction_id=interaction.id)
+            else:
+                self._state.store_view(view, self.id)
 
         if delete_after is not None:
             await self.delete(delay=delete_after)

discord/state.py

@@ -361,7 +361,9 @@ class ConnectionState:
         self._stickers[sticker_id] = sticker = GuildSticker(state=self, data=data)
         return sticker
 
-    def store_view(self, view: View, message_id: Optional[int] = None) -> None:
+    def store_view(self, view: View, message_id: Optional[int] = None, interaction_id: Optional[int] = None) -> None:
+        if interaction_id is not None:
+            self._view_store.remove_interaction_mapping(interaction_id)
         self._view_store.add_view(view, message_id)
 
     def prevent_view_updates_for(self, message_id: int) -> Optional[View]:
@@ -631,8 +633,14 @@ class ConnectionState:
         else:
             self.dispatch('raw_message_edit', raw)
 
-        if 'components' in data and self._view_store.is_message_tracked(raw.message_id):
+        if 'components' in data:
-            self._view_store.update_from_message(raw.message_id, data['components'])
+            try:
+                entity_id = int(data['interaction']['id'])
+            except (KeyError, ValueError):
+                entity_id = raw.message_id
+
+            if self._view_store.is_message_tracked(entity_id):
+                self._view_store.update_from_message(entity_id, data['components'])
 
     def parse_message_reaction_add(self, data: gw.MessageReactionAddEvent) -> None:
         emoji = PartialEmoji.from_dict(data['emoji'])

discord/ui/view.py

@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ class View:
         self._children: List[Item[Self]] = self._init_children()
         self.__weights = _ViewWeights(self._children)
         self.id: str = os.urandom(16).hex()
+        self._cache_key: Optional[int] = None
         self.__cancel_callback: Optional[Callable[[View], None]] = None
         self.__timeout_expiry: Optional[float] = None
         self.__timeout_task: Optional[asyncio.Task[None]] = None
@@ -512,8 +513,8 @@ class View:
 
 class ViewStore:
     def __init__(self, state: ConnectionState):
-        # (component_type, message_id, custom_id): (View, Item)
+        # entity_id: {(component_type, custom_id): Item}
-        self._views: Dict[Tuple[int, Optional[int], str], Tuple[View, Item]] = {}
+        self._views: Dict[Optional[int], Dict[Tuple[int, str], Item[View]]] = {}
         # message_id: View
         self._synced_message_views: Dict[int, View] = {}
         # custom_id: Modal
@@ -524,34 +525,26 @@ class ViewStore:
     def persistent_views(self) -> Sequence[View]:
         # fmt: off
         views = {
-            view.id: view
+            item.view.id: item.view
-            for (_, (view, _)) in self._views.items()
+            for items in self._views.values()
-            if view.is_persistent()
+            for item in items.values()
+            if item.view and item.view.is_persistent()
         }
         # fmt: on
         return list(views.values())
 
-    def __verify_integrity(self):
-        to_remove: List[Tuple[int, Optional[int], str]] = []
-        for (k, (view, _)) in self._views.items():
-            if view.is_finished():
-                to_remove.append(k)
-
-        for k in to_remove:
-            del self._views[k]
-
     def add_view(self, view: View, message_id: Optional[int] = None) -> None:
         view._start_listening_from_store(self)
         if view.__discord_ui_modal__:
             self._modals[view.custom_id] = view  # type: ignore
             return
 
-        self.__verify_integrity()
+        dispatch_info = self._views.setdefault(message_id, {})
-
         for item in view._children:
             if item.is_dispatchable():
-                self._views[(item.type.value, message_id, item.custom_id)] = (view, item)  # type: ignore
+                dispatch_info[(item.type.value, item.custom_id)] = item  # type: ignore
 
+        view._cache_key = message_id
         if message_id is not None:
             self._synced_message_views[message_id] = view
 
@@ -560,28 +553,62 @@ class ViewStore:
             self._modals.pop(view.custom_id, None)  # type: ignore
             return
 
-        for item in view._children:
+        dispatch_info = self._views.get(view._cache_key)
-            if item.is_dispatchable():
+        if dispatch_info:
-                self._views.pop((item.type.value, item.custom_id), None)  # type: ignore
+            for item in view._children:
+                if item.is_dispatchable():
+                    dispatch_info.pop((item.type.value, item.custom_id), None)  # type: ignore
 
-        for key, value in self._synced_message_views.items():
+            if len(dispatch_info) == 0:
-            if value.id == view.id:
+                self._views.pop(view._cache_key, None)
-                del self._synced_message_views[key]
+
-                break
+        self._synced_message_views.pop(view._cache_key, None)  # type: ignore
 
     def dispatch_view(self, component_type: int, custom_id: str, interaction: Interaction) -> None:
-        self.__verify_integrity()
+        interaction_id: Optional[int] = None
-        message_id: Optional[int] = interaction.message and interaction.message.id
+        message_id: Optional[int] = None
-        key = (component_type, message_id, custom_id)
+        # Realistically, in a component based interaction the Interaction.message will never be None
-        # Fallback to None message_id searches in case a persistent view
+        # However, this guard is just in case Discord screws up somehow
-        # was added without an associated message_id
+        msg = interaction.message
-        value = self._views.get(key) or self._views.get((component_type, None, custom_id))
+        if msg is not None:
-        if value is None:
+            message_id = msg.id
+            if msg.interaction:
+                interaction_id = msg.interaction.id
+
+        key = (component_type, custom_id)
+
+        # The entity_id can either be message_id, interaction_id, or None in that priority order.
+        item: Optional[Item[View]] = None
+        if message_id is not None:
+            item = self._views.get(message_id, {}).get(key)
+
+        if item is None and interaction_id is not None:
+            try:
+                items = self._views.pop(interaction_id)
+            except KeyError:
+                item = None
+            else:
+                item = items.get(key)
+                # If we actually got the items, then these keys should probably be moved
+                # to the proper message_id instead of the interaction_id as they are now.
+                # An interaction_id is only used as a temporary stop gap for
+                # InteractionResponse.send_message so multiple view instances do not
+                # override each other.
+                # NOTE: Fix this mess if /callback endpoint ever gets proper return types
+                self._views.setdefault(message_id, {}).update(items)
+
+        if item is None:
+            # Fallback to None message_id searches in case a persistent view
+            # was added without an associated message_id
+            item = self._views.get(None, {}).get(key)
+
+        # If 3 lookups failed at this point then just discard it
+        if item is None:
             return
 
-        view, item = value
         item._refresh_state(interaction.data)  # type: ignore
-        view._dispatch_item(item, interaction)
+        # Note, at this point the View is *not* None
+        item.view._dispatch_item(item, interaction)  # type: ignore
 
     def dispatch_modal(
         self,
@@ -597,6 +624,10 @@ class ViewStore:
         modal._refresh(components)
         modal._dispatch_submit(interaction)
 
+    def remove_interaction_mapping(self, interaction_id: int) -> None:
+        # This is called before re-adding the view
+        self._views.pop(interaction_id, None)
+
     def is_message_tracked(self, message_id: int) -> bool:
         return message_id in self._synced_message_views