From 38f61564ac1ddcbbde7436988c28c72f2ee2b705 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincent Koc <vincentkoc@ieee.org>
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2026 18:51:09 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Reply: keep shared interactive payloads during normalization

---
 src/auto-reply/reply/normalize-reply.ts | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/normalize-reply.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/normalize-reply.ts
index 793cbcc326f..9ef5a7a9d90 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/normalize-reply.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/normalize-reply.ts
@@ -32,11 +32,12 @@ export function normalizeReplyPayload(
   opts: NormalizeReplyOptions = {},
 ): ReplyPayload | null {
   const hasMedia = Boolean(payload.mediaUrl || (payload.mediaUrls?.length ?? 0) > 0);
+  const hasInteractive = (payload.interactive?.blocks.length ?? 0) > 0;
   const hasChannelData = Boolean(
     payload.channelData && Object.keys(payload.channelData).length > 0,
   );
   const trimmed = payload.text?.trim() ?? "";
-  if (!trimmed && !hasMedia && !hasChannelData) {
+  if (!trimmed && !hasMedia && !hasInteractive && !hasChannelData) {
     opts.onSkip?.("empty");
     return null;
   }
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ export function normalizeReplyPayload(
   const silentToken = opts.silentToken ?? SILENT_REPLY_TOKEN;
   let text = payload.text ?? undefined;
   if (text && isSilentReplyText(text, silentToken)) {
-    if (!hasMedia && !hasChannelData) {
+    if (!hasMedia && !hasInteractive && !hasChannelData) {
       opts.onSkip?.("silent");
       return null;
     }
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ export function normalizeReplyPayload(
   // silent just like the exact-match path above.  (#30916, #30955)
   if (text && text.includes(silentToken) && !isSilentReplyText(text, silentToken)) {
     text = stripSilentToken(text, silentToken);
-    if (!text && !hasMedia && !hasChannelData) {
+    if (!text && !hasMedia && !hasInteractive && !hasChannelData) {
       opts.onSkip?.("silent");
       return null;
     }
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ export function normalizeReplyPayload(
     if (stripped.didStrip) {
       opts.onHeartbeatStrip?.();
     }
-    if (stripped.shouldSkip && !hasMedia && !hasChannelData) {
+    if (stripped.shouldSkip && !hasMedia && !hasInteractive && !hasChannelData) {
       opts.onSkip?.("heartbeat");
       return null;
     }
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ export function normalizeReplyPayload(
   if (text) {
     text = sanitizeUserFacingText(text, { errorContext: Boolean(payload.isError) });
   }
-  if (!text?.trim() && !hasMedia && !hasChannelData) {
+  if (!text?.trim() && !hasMedia && !hasInteractive && !hasChannelData) {
     opts.onSkip?.("empty");
     return null;
   }