# All of sudden, my IRC bot does not receive any user messages

**URL:** <https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/all-of-sudden-my-irc-bot-does-not-receive-any-user-messages/21424>\
**Category:** Chat and IRC\
**Created:** [June 7, 2019, 10:44pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/all-of-sudden-my-irc-bot-does-not-receive-any-user-messages/21424 "2019-06-07T22:44:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![datguy.dev](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/datguy.dev/32/6485_2.png) [@datguy.dev](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/datguy.dev)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 10:44pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/all-of-sudden-my-irc-bot-does-not-receive-any-user-messages/21424/1 "2019-06-07T22:44:34Z")

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Greetings,  
I’m making a hardware device that can be controlled by Twitch chat. So it runs IRC server. Yesterday, everything was working fine. Today, I don’t receive anything after joining any channel.

```auto
06-07 18:37:57.536 21791-21791/com.ritchie.irldevapp I/System.out: IRC server is not running
06-07 18:38:09.389 21791-21857/com.ritchie.irldevapp I/System.out: >>> PASS oauth:pchs5vei*snip*e0wko22n
06-07 18:38:09.399 21791-21857/com.ritchie.irldevapp I/System.out: >>> NICK twp_piebot
06-07 18:38:09.399 21791-21857/com.ritchie.irldevapp I/System.out: >>> CAP REQ :twitch.tv/tags 
06-07 18:38:09.409 21791-21857/com.ritchie.irldevapp I/System.out: >>> CAP REQ :twitch.tv/membership 
06-07 18:38:09.419 21791-21857/com.ritchie.irldevapp I/System.out: >>> CAP REQ :twitch.tv/commands 
06-07 18:38:09.920 21791-21857/com.ritchie.irldevapp I/System.out: <<< :tmi.twitch.tv 001 twp_piebot :Welcome, GLHF!
06-07 18:38:09.920 21791-21857/com.ritchie.irldevapp I/System.out: <<< :tmi.twitch.tv 002 twp_piebot :Your host is tmi.twitch.tv
06-07 18:38:09.930 21791-21857/com.ritchie.irldevapp I/System.out: <<< :tmi.twitch.tv 003 twp_piebot :This server is rather new
06-07 18:38:09.930 21791-21857/com.ritchie.irldevapp I/System.out: <<< :tmi.twitch.tv 004 twp_piebot :-
06-07 18:38:09.930 21791-21857/com.ritchie.irldevapp I/System.out: <<< :tmi.twitch.tv 375 twp_piebot :-
06-07 18:38:09.930 21791-21857/com.ritchie.irldevapp I/System.out: <<< :tmi.twitch.tv 372 twp_piebot :You are in a maze of twisty passages, all alike.
06-07 18:38:09.940 21791-21857/com.ritchie.irldevapp I/System.out: <<< :tmi.twitch.tv 376 twp_piebot :>
06-07 18:38:09.940 21791-21857/com.ritchie.irldevapp I/System.out: <<< :tmi.twitch.tv CAP * ACK :twitch.tv/tags
06-07 18:38:09.940 21791-21857/com.ritchie.irldevapp I/System.out: !!! CAP count: 1/4
06-07 18:38:09.940 21791-21857/com.ritchie.irldevapp I/System.out: <<< :tmi.twitch.tv CAP * ACK :twitch.tv/membership
06-07 18:38:09.940 21791-21857/com.ritchie.irldevapp I/System.out: !!! CAP count: 2/4
06-07 18:38:09.940 21791-21857/com.ritchie.irldevapp I/System.out: <<< :tmi.twitch.tv CAP * ACK :twitch.tv/commands
06-07 18:38:11.942 21791-21857/com.ritchie.irldevapp I/System.out: >>> JOIN trihex
06-07 18:38:11.962 21791-21857/com.ritchie.irldevapp I/System.out: !!! CAP count: 4/4
06-07 18:38:12.102 21791-21857/com.ritchie.irldevapp I/System.out: <<< :twp_piebot!twp_piebot@twp_piebot.tmi.twitch.tv JOIN trihex
06-07 18:38:12.102 21791-21857/com.ritchie.irldevapp I/System.out: <<< :twp_piebot.tmi.twitch.tv 353 twp_piebot = trihex :twp_piebot
06-07 18:38:12.112 21791-21857/com.ritchie.irldevapp I/System.out: <<< :twp_piebot.tmi.twitch.tv 366 twp_piebot trihex :End of /NAMES list
06-07 18:38:12.112 21791-21857/com.ritchie.irldevapp I/System.out: <<< @badge-info=;badges=;color=;display-name=twp_piebot;emote-sets=0;mod=0;subscriber=0;user-type= :tmi.twitch.tv USERSTATE #trihex
06-07 18:38:12.112 21791-21857/com.ritchie.irldevapp I/System.out: <<< @emote-only=0;followers-only=-1;r9k=0;rituals=0;room-id=22025290;slow=0;subs-only=0 :tmi.twitch.tv ROOMSTATE #trihex

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**Author:** ![datguy.dev](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/datguy.dev/32/6485_2.png) [@datguy.dev](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/datguy.dev)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 10:57pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/all-of-sudden-my-irc-bot-does-not-receive-any-user-messages/21424/2 "2019-06-07T22:57:13Z")

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Figured it out. 100% me. I forgot the “#” on channel. That should error out to avoid idiots like myself creating thread like this. 😛

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**Author:** ![system](https://d2opxh93rbxzdn.cloudfront.net/original/2X/0/05909729875cce3b53e59d5561c4d23bb14948fc.png) [@system](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2019, 10:57pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/all-of-sudden-my-irc-bot-does-not-receive-any-user-messages/21424/3 "2019-07-07T22:57:14Z")

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