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Mesoscale Discussions (MDs) previously dumped raw discussion text directly into the primary weather channel (SPC_CHANNEL_ID), creating massive text walls that degraded alert readability.

This change isolates the full discussion text and automated summary into an attached Discord thread on the MD message, leaving only the primary graphic embed in the main alert channel.

Note

The primary alert embed in the channel continues to host the graphic image and the interactive summary button for situational awareness.

Important

If thread creation fails (e.g. permission or rate limit), discussion text is gracefully suppressed from the main channel rather than falling back to dumping raw text walls into the alert channel.

Changes

  • Channel alert: cogs/mesoscale.py posts only img_embed (with attached image and MDSummaryView) to the main alert channel.
  • Thread creation: creates an attached thread (MD #{num}) with a 24-hour auto-archive duration.
  • Thread discussion: posts text_embed containing the discussion body into the thread.
  • Automated summary routing: autopost_md_summary accepts the created thread parameter and posts the summary directly into the thread.
  • Upgrade polling: _upgrade_md_message preserves the separation when recovering missing images or delayed discussion text.
  • Tests: unit tests added in tests/test_mesoscale.py verifying main channel embed cleanliness, thread delivery, and fallback behavior.

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  • Changed
    • Mesoscale Discussion posts now display only the graphic in the main SPC channel.
    • Full discussion text and automated summaries are posted in an attached thread.
    • Thread content and graphic embeds are updated independently when information changes.
    • Cancellation notifications remain unchanged.
  • Documentation
    • Updated product documentation to describe threaded Mesoscale Discussion summaries.
  • Tests
    • Added coverage for thread creation, content delivery, summary posting, failures, and update scenarios.

Isolate Mesoscale Discussion (MD) text and automated summary inside an attached Discord thread rather than posting full discussion text to the main SPC alert channel.

- Post only primary graphic embed to the main channel
- Create attached thread for the MD
- Post full discussion text inside the thread
- Route automated summary into thread
- Support background text recovery in thread during upgrade polling
- Add unit tests for thread text isolation and failure fallbacks
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Mesoscale Discussion posts now keep the graphic embed in the primary SPC channel. Discussion text and automated summaries move to an attached thread. Upgrade handling and tests support the separate image and thread content.

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Mesoscale Discussion Threading

Layer / File(s) Summary
Threaded summary destination contract
cogs/ai_summaries.py
autopost_md_summary accepts an optional thread, reuses available threads, and creates one when needed.
Threaded Mesoscale Discussion posting
cogs/mesoscale.py, tests/test_mesoscale.py, CHANGELOG.md, CONTRIBUTING.md, README.md
MD posting sends only the graphic embed to the channel, posts formatted discussion text in a thread, and sends automated summaries to that thread. Tests cover normal and failed thread creation. Documentation describes the new posting layout.
Independent image and thread upgrades
cogs/mesoscale.py, tests/test_mesoscale.py
Upgrade handling updates the image message and thread text independently. Tests cover recovered discussion text and the single-embed message state.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant post_md_now
  participant SPC_channel
  participant Discord_thread
  participant autopost_md_summary
  post_md_now->>SPC_channel: send graphic embed
  post_md_now->>Discord_thread: create thread and post discussion text
  post_md_now->>autopost_md_summary: pass existing thread
  autopost_md_summary->>Discord_thread: post automated summary
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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to cd95b

Thread failures can still expose automated summaries in the primary channel, and some delayed images may not recover. These should be corrected before merge.

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In `@cogs/ai_summaries.py`:
- Around line 525-536: Update autopost_md_summary to resolve a missing thread
through _resolve_message_thread, including its fetch_thread fallback, instead of
only inspecting md_msg.thread or creating one directly. If resolution still
returns no thread, suppress the summary and do not send it via
md_msg.channel.send; preserve the existing summary send behavior when a thread
is available.

In `@cogs/mesoscale.py`:
- Line 581: Update the fallback URL in _upgrade_md_message to include the /mcd/
path segment before mcd{md_num.zfill(4)}.png, matching the URL format used by
fetch_md_details_iem and preserving delayed image recovery when no cached image
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Comment thread cogs/ai_summaries.py
Comment on lines +525 to +536
if thread is None:
msg_thread = getattr(md_msg, "thread", None)
if isinstance(msg_thread, discord.Thread):
thread = msg_thread
else:
try:
thread = await md_msg.create_thread(
name=f"MD #{int(md_num) if str(md_num).isdigit() else md_num}",
auto_archive_duration=1440,
)
except Exception as e:
logger.warning(f"[MD #{md_num}] Failed to create thread: {e}")

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Resolve the MD thread before sending the summary.

autopost_md_summary can receive thread=None because safe_create_thread returns None on failure. The current md_msg.thread check does not perform _resolve_message_thread’s fetch_thread() fallback, so it can miss an existing uncached thread. If thread creation then fails, md_msg.channel.send posts the summary in the primary channel, which the MD documentation reserves for the graphic embed.

Use _resolve_message_thread and suppress the summary when no thread is available.

Proposed fix
 if thread is None:
-    msg_thread = getattr(md_msg, "thread", None)
-    if isinstance(msg_thread, discord.Thread):
-        thread = msg_thread
-    else:
-        try:
-            thread = await md_msg.create_thread(
-                name=f"MD #{int(md_num) if str(md_num).isdigit() else md_num}",
-                auto_archive_duration=1440,
-            )
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.warning(f"[MD #{md_num}] Failed to create thread: {e}")
+    thread = await _resolve_message_thread(md_msg)
+
+if thread is None:
+    try:
+        thread = await md_msg.create_thread(
+            name=f"MD #{int(md_num) if str(md_num).isdigit() else md_num}",
+            auto_archive_duration=1440,
+        )
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.warning(f"[MD #{md_num}] Failed to create thread: {e}")

-if thread:
-    await thread.send(embed=embed)
-else:
-    await md_msg.channel.send(embed=embed)
+if not thread:
+    logger.warning(f"[MD #{md_num}] Suppressing summary because no thread is available")
+    return
+
+await thread.send(embed=embed)
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if thread is None:
msg_thread = getattr(md_msg, "thread", None)
if isinstance(msg_thread, discord.Thread):
thread = msg_thread
else:
try:
thread = await md_msg.create_thread(
name=f"MD #{int(md_num) if str(md_num).isdigit() else md_num}",
auto_archive_duration=1440,
)
except Exception as e:
logger.warning(f"[MD #{md_num}] Failed to create thread: {e}")
if thread is None:
thread = await _resolve_message_thread(md_msg)
if thread is None:
try:
thread = await md_msg.create_thread(
name=f"MD #{int(md_num) if str(md_num).isdigit() else md_num}",
auto_archive_duration=1440,
)
except Exception as e:
logger.warning(f"[MD #{md_num}] Failed to create thread: {e}")
if not thread:
logger.warning(f"[MD #{md_num}] Suppressing summary because no thread is available")
return
await thread.send(embed=embed)
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In `@cogs/ai_summaries.py` around lines 525 - 536, Update autopost_md_summary to
resolve a missing thread through _resolve_message_thread, including its
fetch_thread fallback, instead of only inspecting md_msg.thread or creating one
directly. If resolution still returns no thread, suppress the summary and do not
send it via md_msg.channel.send; preserve the existing summary send behavior
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Comment thread cogs/mesoscale.py
):
spc_image_url = f"https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/mcd{md_num}.png"
iem_image_url = f"https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/pickup/mcd/mcd{md_num.zfill(4)}.png"
iem_image_url = f"https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/pickup/mcd{md_num.zfill(4)}.png"

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Correct the IEM image recovery URL.

fetch_md_details_iem uses /pickup/mcd/mcd{padded}.png. When _upgrade_md_message retries an image with no cached file, it passes the URL at line 581 to download_single_image. If the SPC image is unavailable, the missing /mcd/ segment can leave image recovery without a usable IEM result.

-iem_image_url = f"https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/pickup/mcd{md_num.zfill(4)}.png"
+iem_image_url = f"https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/pickup/mcd/mcd{md_num.zfill(4)}.png"

This affects delayed image recovery for posts without a cached image. It does not cause a broad bot availability failure.

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iem_image_url = f"https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/pickup/mcd{md_num.zfill(4)}.png"
iem_image_url = f"https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/pickup/mcd/mcd{md_num.zfill(4)}.png"
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In `@cogs/mesoscale.py` at line 581, Update the fallback URL in
_upgrade_md_message to include the /mcd/ path segment before
mcd{md_num.zfill(4)}.png, matching the URL format used by fetch_md_details_iem
and preserving delayed image recovery when no cached image exists.

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