[Bug]: UserJoin doesn't fire despite correct intents and configuration

[MichaelGlaive]

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Description

I setup all the intents, and settings on discord, and my code requests ALL the intents (so I can't be missing them). Yet UserJoin doesn't fire when I test joining the user.

Version

3.17.2

Working Version

No response

Logs

info: DiscordDmBot.DiscordBotService[0]
      17:20:28 Gateway     Received Dispatch (GUILD_MEMBER_ADD)
info: DiscordDmBot.DiscordBotService[0]
      17:20:28 Gateway     Unsynced Guild (GUILD_MEMBER_ADD Guild=1354752827683242076).
info: DiscordDmBot.DiscordBotService[0]
      17:20:29 Gateway     Received Dispatch (PRESENCE_UPDATE)
info: DiscordDmBot.DiscordBotService[0]
      17:20:29 Gateway     Unsynced Guild (PRESENCE_UPDATE Guild=1354752827683242076).

Sample

using Discord;
using Discord.WebSocket;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace DiscordDmBot
{
    public class Program
    {
        public static async Task Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Create the service collection and configure it
            var services = new ServiceCollection()
                .AddSingleton(new DiscordSocketClient(new DiscordSocketConfig()
                {
                    LogLevel = LogSeverity.Debug,
                    MessageCacheSize = 10,
                    SuppressUnknownDispatchWarnings = true,
                    GatewayIntents = GatewayIntents.All,
                    AlwaysDownloadUsers = true,
                    LogGatewayIntentWarnings = true,
                }))
                .AddSingleton<DiscordBotService>()
                .AddLogging(builder => builder.AddConsole());

            // Build the service provider
            var serviceProvider = services.BuildServiceProvider();

            // Start the bot
            await serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<DiscordBotService>().StartAsync();

            // Keep the program running
            await Task.Delay(Timeout.Infinite);
        }
    }

    public class DiscordBotService
    {
        private readonly DiscordSocketClient _client;
        private readonly ILogger<DiscordBotService> _logger;
        private readonly string _token = "SECRET TOKEN HERE"; // Replace with your token

        public DiscordBotService(DiscordSocketClient client, ILogger<DiscordBotService> logger)
        {
            _client = client;
            _logger = logger;

            // Subscribe to client events
            _client.Log += LogAsync;
            _client.Ready += ReadyAsync;
            _client.MessageReceived += MessageReceivedAsync;
        }

        public async Task StartAsync()
        {
            await _client.LoginAsync(TokenType.Bot, _token);
            await _client.StartAsync();
        }

        private Task LogAsync(LogMessage log)
        {
            _logger.LogInformation(log.ToString());
            return Task.CompletedTask;
        }

        private Task ReadyAsync()
        {
            _logger.LogInformation("{User} is connected!", _client.CurrentUser);
            _client.UserJoined += UserJoinedAsync;
            _client.UserLeft += UserLeftAsync;
            _client.GuildMemberUpdated += MemberUpdatedAsync;

            return Task.CompletedTask;
        }

        private Task UserLeftAsync(SocketGuild guild, SocketUser user)
        {
            _logger.LogInformation("User {User} LEFT: {Guild}", user.Username, guild.Name);
            return Task.CompletedTask;
        }

        private Task MemberUpdatedAsync(Cacheable<SocketGuildUser, ulong> userCacheable, SocketGuildUser user)
        {
            _logger.LogInformation("Member UPDATED: {User}", user.Username);
            return Task.CompletedTask;
        }

        private async Task MessageReceivedAsync(SocketMessage message)
        {
            // Ignore messages from bots
            if (message.Author.IsBot) return;

            // Only process direct messages
            if (message.Channel is not IDMChannel) return;

            _logger.LogInformation("Received DM from {Username}: {Content}", message.Author.Username, message.Content);

            await message.Channel.SendMessageAsync($"You said: {message.Content}");
        }

        private async Task UserJoinedAsync(SocketGuildUser user)
        {
            var dmChannel = await user.CreateDMChannelAsync();
            await dmChannel.SendMessageAsync("Welcome to the server!, please paste your solaria user id here to get started...");
        }
    }
}

Packages

Discord.Net 3.17.2

Environment

macOS 14.6.1, Apple Silicon.

[Misha-133]

Hey
Could you elaborate this a bit please

UserJoin doesn't fire

Do you mean the event itself does not fire (as in - you don't hit a breakpoint placed in a handler)
Or does it fail to create a DM channel & send a message (looking at the snippet you've provided)? Discord is pretty strict with bots sending DMs to users so that could the the actual issue.

[MichaelGlaive]

I put a breakpoint, and the debugger doesn't stop there.

[a-727]

I put a breakpoint, and the debugger doesn't stop there.

Most debuggers do not stop for breakpoints in async functions. To debug async functions, you need to do it the old way - with some kind of output to the console.

[Misha-133]

Visual Studio debugger (and the one rider uses) have no issues pausing in async methods. Very likely it's not the issue in this case.

[Misha-133]

Regarding the original issue - i would recommend adding all event handlers in the constructor instead of the ready event handler.
a. There's no need to do that (unless you specifically want that)
b. The event may be fired multiple times, adding duplicate handlers

[MichaelGlaive]

I moved UserJoinedAsync event registration to constructor, along with other events. I also added registration for ThreadMemberJoined, and added logger messages. Still nothing.
Here's the log:

info: DiscordDmBot.DiscordBotService[0]
      13:18:16 Gateway     GuildDownloader Stopped
info: DiscordDmBot.DiscordBotService[0]
      ⁦UserLink⁩#5172 is connected!
info: DiscordDmBot.DiscordBotService[0]
      13:18:16 Gateway     Ready
info: DiscordDmBot.DiscordBotService[0]
      13:18:44 Gateway     Received Dispatch (GUILD_MEMBER_ADD)
info: DiscordDmBot.DiscordBotService[0]
      13:18:44 Gateway     Unsynced Guild (GUILD_MEMBER_ADD Guild=1354752827683242076).
info: DiscordDmBot.DiscordBotService[0]
      13:18:44 Gateway     Received Dispatch (MESSAGE_CREATE)
info: DiscordDmBot.DiscordBotService[0]
      13:18:44 Gateway     Unknown Channel (MESSAGE_CREATE Channel=1354752828651868295).
info: DiscordDmBot.DiscordBotService[0]
      13:18:46 Gateway     Received Dispatch (PRESENCE_UPDATE)
info: DiscordDmBot.DiscordBotService[0]
      13:18:46 Gateway     Unsynced Guild (PRESENCE_UPDATE Guild=1354752827683242076).
info: DiscordDmBot.DiscordBotService[0]
      13:18:46 Gateway     Sent Heartbeat
info: DiscordDmBot.DiscordBotService[0]
      13:18:46 Gateway     Received HeartbeatAck
info: DiscordDmBot.DiscordBotService[0]
      13:18:46 Gateway     Latency = 157 ms
info: DiscordDmBot.DiscordBotService[0]
      13:18:58 Gateway     Received Dispatch (PRESENCE_UPDATE)
info: DiscordDmBot.DiscordBotService[0]
      13:18:58 Gateway     Unsynced Guild (PRESENCE_UPDATE Guild=1354752827683242076).
info: DiscordDmBot.DiscordBotService[0]
      13:19:13 Gateway     Received Dispatch (MESSAGE_CREATE)
info: DiscordDmBot.DiscordBotService[0]
      13:19:13 Gateway     Unknown Channel (MESSAGE_CREATE Channel=1354752828651868295).
info: DiscordDmBot.DiscordBotService[0]
      13:19:28 Gateway     Sent Heartbeat
info: DiscordDmBot.DiscordBotService[0]
      13:19:28 Gateway     Received HeartbeatAck
info: DiscordDmBot.DiscordBotService[0]
      13:19:28 Gateway     Latency = 161 ms
info: DiscordDmBot.DiscordBotService[0]
      13:20:04 Gateway     Received Dispatch (PRESENCE_UPDATE)
info: DiscordDmBot.DiscordBotService[0]
      13:20:04 Gateway     Unsynced Guild (PRESENCE_UPDATE Guild=1354752827683242076).
info: DiscordDmBot.DiscordBotService[0]
      13:20:09 Gateway     Sent Heartbeat
info: DiscordDmBot.DiscordBotService[0]
      13:20:09 Gateway     Received HeartbeatAck

[MichaelGlaive]

In addition, the following node.js script works and responds to user joining the server:

const { Client, GatewayIntentBits } = require('discord.js');
const client = new Client({
    intents: [
        GatewayIntentBits.Guilds,
        GatewayIntentBits.GuildMembers
    ]
});

const TOKEN = 'YOUR_BOT_TOKEN_HERE';

client.once('ready', () => {
    console.log(`Logged in as ${client.user.tag}!`);
});

client.on('guildMemberAdd', async (member) => {
    const channel = member.guild.systemChannel; // Default system channel
    if (channel) {
        await channel.send(`Welcome to the server, ${member}! 🎉`);
    }
});

client.login(TOKEN);