DiscordAPIError[40060] Interaction has already been acknowledged.

[reef mica]

await axios.get(`...`) // Search in Google //
  .then((response) => {
      return await interaction.reply({ // (*) //
        content: "Test1"
      }) 
  }).catch(async (error) => {
    return await interaction.reply({
      content: "Test1",
      ephemeral: true
    })
  });

Why I sometimes get an error DiscordAPIError[40060]: Interaction has already been acknowledged.? The error points to the string (*)

[tired river]

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[pseudo hound]

further up in your code you maybe used interaction.reply already

if you use interaction.reply once

you need to followup with either interaction.editReply

or interaction.followUp

depending on whether you want to edit the msg you sent or send another msg replying to your first msg

[reef mica]

@pseudo hound this is all code, I didn't used interaction.reply() anywhere else

[pseudo hound]

whats above interaction.reply

theres a couple things that could count as acknowledging an interaction

the point is something is getting to respond to your interaction before your interaction.reply

[reef mica]

I don't even know what the reason is.
this is all the code of my command, I make a google query and try to send "Test1" if the query is successful. Otherwise it is "Test2". Basically everything happens fine, but every 30 minutes / once an hour this error appears.

[pseudo hound]

oh

try doing await interaction.deferReply()

before your axios call

and then interaction.editReply

for your response

[reef mica]

Good idea, thank you.
I just read in the official discord.js guide this:

you have three seconds to respond to an interaction before its token becomes invalid.

do you think this could be related to my problem? (the promise doesn't get done in 3 seconds)

[pseudo hound]

yea

that interactionr esponded error means

your axios call took longer than 3 seconds

and you didnt defer it

so the interaction expired

and so you cant reply to it

[reef mica]

thanks again!