keybase/keybase-bot

Restricted bot cannot post messages

babymotte opened this issue · 4 comments

babymotte commented

Whenever I install a bot in a team as a restricted bot, any attempt by the bot to send a message to the channel it is installed to results in this error:

Error: error from chat server: team readers are unable to create conversations, found role RESTRICTEDBOT

Steps to reproduce:

  1. git clone https://github.com/keybase/keybase-bot.git && cd keybase-bot
  2. npm i
  3. KB_USERNAME=[username] KB_PAPERKEY=[paperkey] node demos/es7/advertised-echo.js
  4. In the keybase GUI enter a channel of a big team
  5. Add the bot's user as a restricted bot (i > Bots > Add a bot > Search featured bots or users... > Install as Restricted bot > Review > Install)
  6. Send "!echo hello"

Expected behavior:
Bot replies with "hello"

Observed behavior:
Bot does not reply, node.js process prints the following error message:

(node:60921) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Error: error from chat server: team readers are unable to create conversations, found role RESTRICTEDBOT
    at new ErrorWithCode (/home/mbachmann/Code/keybase-bot/lib/client-base/index.js:63:28)
    at Chat.<anonymous> (/home/mbachmann/Code/keybase-bot/lib/client-base/index.js:139:35)
    at step (/home/mbachmann/Code/keybase-bot/lib/client-base/index.js:46:23)
    at Object.next (/home/mbachmann/Code/keybase-bot/lib/client-base/index.js:27:53)
    at fulfilled (/home/mbachmann/Code/keybase-bot/lib/client-base/index.js:18:58)
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:97:5)
(node:60921) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection. This error originated either by throwing inside of an async function without a catch block, or by rejecting a promise which was not handled with .catch(). To terminate the node process on unhandled promise rejection, use the CLI flag `--unhandled-rejections=strict` (see https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#cli_unhandled_rejections_mode). (rejection id: 1)
(node:60921) [DEP0018] DeprecationWarning: Unhandled promise rejections are deprecated. In the future, promise rejections that are not handled will terminate the Node.js process with a non-zero exit code.

When I add the bot as an unrestricted bot or as a regular team member/chat participant, it replies as expected.

Tested with Keybase GUI Version: 5.2.0 and keybase-bot 3.4.0

songgao commented

Sorry for replying so late here. Channel names are not keyed for restricted bot so the ChatChannel can't be used to send a message to a team where the bot is added as restricted. Instead, you can use conversationId which is available in the MsgSummary you get from bot.chat.watchAllChannelsForNewMessages. We've also updated both readme and the examples to use conversationId when possible.

babymotte commented

I've tried that but no luck so far. I don't get any errors anymore but none of the messages the bot sends are ever shown in the chat.

babymotte commented

Oh, nevermind, I do get an answer. Just for whatever reason the first message after the bot is started takes about 4 minutes to arrive. I've never waited that long before.

babymotte commented

Ok, seems to work. Thank you!

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