library · inferred from evidence
bolt-js
A JavaScript library for building Slack apps, referenced in the GitHub issue.
- channel_not_found when posting to DM or private group with Slack Bolt
`channel_not_found` here means the bot user is not a member of that conversation. A bot can only `chat.postMessage` to DMs and private groups it has been added to. Fix: invite the bot user to the DM/private group (or have a user start a DM
- Slack bot works in my workspace but doesn't respond when installed elsewhere (invalid_auth)
The cause was IP restrictions enabled on the app's OAuth & Permissions settings page: requests originating from IPs outside the allowlist fail with `invalid_auth` ('the request originates from an IP address disallowed from making the reques
- Bolt WorkflowStep executes multiple times when deployed to Lambda / serverless
Slack retries the Events API request if your function does not acknowledge within 3 seconds, so a slow `execute` handler gets invoked again. Fix: acknowledge immediately and do the long work asynchronously. Split the logic across two functi