From: AsamK <asamk@gmx.de>
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2025 15:35:17 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Show better error message when sending fails due to missing pre keys
X-Git-Tag: v0.13.18~15
X-Git-Url: https://git.nmode.ca/signal-cli/commitdiff_plain/887ed3bb448624095f950674931cf60924c5f219?ds=sidebyside

Show better error message when sending fails due to missing pre keys
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/asamk/signal/commands/SendCommand.java b/src/main/java/org/asamk/signal/commands/SendCommand.java
index 39be74ee..cce1d21e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/asamk/signal/commands/SendCommand.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/asamk/signal/commands/SendCommand.java
@@ -250,8 +250,14 @@ public class SendCommand implements JsonRpcLocalCommand {
                     : m.sendMessage(message, recipientIdentifiers, notifySelf);
             outputResult(outputWriter, results);
         } catch (AttachmentInvalidException | IOException e) {
-            throw new UnexpectedErrorException("Failed to send message: " + e.getMessage() + " (" + e.getClass()
-                    .getSimpleName() + ")", e);
+            if (e instanceof IOException io && io.getMessage().contains("No prekeys available")) {
+                throw new UnexpectedErrorException("Failed to send message: " + e.getMessage() + " (" + e.getClass()
+                        .getSimpleName() + "), maybe one of the devices of the recipient wasn't online for a while.",
+                        e);
+            } else {
+                throw new UnexpectedErrorException("Failed to send message: " + e.getMessage() + " (" + e.getClass()
+                        .getSimpleName() + ")", e);
+            }
         } catch (GroupNotFoundException | NotAGroupMemberException | GroupSendingNotAllowedException e) {
             throw new UserErrorException(e.getMessage());
         } catch (UnregisteredRecipientException e) {