Restart the bot without disconnecting.

[radiant needle]

Is there a way to restart the bot without disconnecting from discord?
I know reloading cogs exists, but that doesn't work if you're doing things like changing intents, or changing the database.
I need a way to essentially reload the entire script without it disconnecting from discord as I want to preserve my interactions. I have a channel with a bunch of messages with views on each of them with no timeout, so when I restart the bot all of these would break.
Anyone got any ideas?

[woeful stirrup]

use nodemon

from npm

[radiant needle]

💀?

doesn't that just restart the script whenever you save a file

[woeful stirrup]

oops yeah i misread

Sorry lmao

[radiant needle]

it's okay

[woeful stirrup]

so like, for reference, the "Identify" process (the part that actually loads your intents and authenticates with your token) is all one thing

[woeful stirrup]

I dont know if this is possible, but someones typin

[neon trail]

you cannot really restart the bot without a dc

but you can reload the cogs

[radiant needle]

me when people don't read the full question

[neon trail]

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[woeful stirrup]

yep

[radiant needle]

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[woeful stirrup]

you can set persistent views which will still work on reconnect, however as I said intents are sent with the Identify payload (when the bot actually authenticates w/ discord)

[woeful stirrup]

well yes, but they're isnt another way

[radiant needle]

how do I do that

[woeful stirrup]

all view elements need a custom id and a timeout of None

[radiant needle]

all I need is a view to work after I restart the bot

[woeful stirrup]

.

[radiant needle]

does the view have a timeout of none or the actual elements

[woeful stirrup]

this is how you set persistent views

the view

[radiant needle]

alright

does the view have to a have a custom id?

[neon trail]

@tawdry rover

[woeful stirrup]

elements have custom ids, not the view itself

[tawdry rover]

Here's the persistent example.

Here's the persistent example.

[neon trail]

F

xd

[woeful stirrup]

lol

[radiant needle]

thank you <3