From e9edfa357e665e33ee4ae616cab74e59b3b7e454 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mysistersbrother <70792267+mysistersbrother@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:54:43 +1100
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] make channel pending rather than closing when original
 message is deleted

---
 plugins/clopen.py | 9 +--------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plugins/clopen.py b/plugins/clopen.py
index c190335..f4447dd 100644
--- a/plugins/clopen.py
+++ b/plugins/clopen.py
@@ -872,14 +872,7 @@ async def on_raw_message_delete(self, payload: RawMessageDeleteEvent) -> None:
                 return
             async with channel_locks[payload.channel_id]:
                 if channel.state in (ChannelState.USED, ChannelState.PENDING):
-                    await close(
-                        session,
-                        channel,
-                        "Channel closed due to the original message being deleted. \n"
-                        "If you did not intend to do this, please **open a new help channel**, \n"
-                        "as this action is irreversible, and this channel may abruptly lock.",
-                        reopen=False,
-                    )
+                    await make_pending(session, channel)
                 else:
                     channel.owner_id = None
                     await session.commit()

From 7aef04a4057c8c47ca5610064e0d86a7500772b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mysistersbrother <70792267+mysistersbrother@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2025 01:45:52 +1100
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] no me pending

---
 plugins/clopen.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/plugins/clopen.py b/plugins/clopen.py
index f4447dd..1c19ef3 100644
--- a/plugins/clopen.py
+++ b/plugins/clopen.py
@@ -871,8 +871,11 @@ async def on_raw_message_delete(self, payload: RawMessageDeleteEvent) -> None:
             if payload.message_id != channel.op_id:
                 return
             async with channel_locks[payload.channel_id]:
-                if channel.state in (ChannelState.USED, ChannelState.PENDING):
+                if channel.state == ChannelState.USED:
                     await make_pending(session, channel)
+                elif channel.state == ChannelState.PENDING:
+                    # if the channel is already pending, make no changes
+                    pass
                 else:
                     channel.owner_id = None
                     await session.commit()

From f7c40b0c7a9b6d396dbf4be37a76457df6e823c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mysistersbrother <70792267+mysistersbrother@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2025 01:46:57 +1100
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] this probs better

---
 plugins/clopen.py | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plugins/clopen.py b/plugins/clopen.py
index 1c19ef3..a90d563 100644
--- a/plugins/clopen.py
+++ b/plugins/clopen.py
@@ -873,10 +873,8 @@ async def on_raw_message_delete(self, payload: RawMessageDeleteEvent) -> None:
             async with channel_locks[payload.channel_id]:
                 if channel.state == ChannelState.USED:
                     await make_pending(session, channel)
-                elif channel.state == ChannelState.PENDING:
-                    # if the channel is already pending, make no changes
-                    pass
-                else:
+                # if the channel is already pending, make no changes
+                elif channel.state != ChannelState.PENDING:
                     channel.owner_id = None
                     await session.commit()