From f3f0bdcb07934e49a903052814a82e497008ea8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincent Koc <vincentkoc@ieee.org>
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2026 18:43:08 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Outbound: preserve shared interactive payloads

---
 src/infra/outbound/payloads.ts | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/infra/outbound/payloads.ts b/src/infra/outbound/payloads.ts
index 754d3434445..63cdf09673f 100644
--- a/src/infra/outbound/payloads.ts
+++ b/src/infra/outbound/payloads.ts
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@ import {
   shouldSuppressReasoningPayload,
 } from "../../auto-reply/reply/reply-payloads.js";
 import type { ReplyPayload } from "../../auto-reply/types.js";
+import type { InteractiveReply } from "../../interactive/payload.js";
 
 export type NormalizedOutboundPayload = {
   text: string;
   mediaUrls: string[];
+  interactive?: InteractiveReply;
   channelData?: Record<string, unknown>;
 };
 
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@ export type OutboundPayloadJson = {
   text: string;
   mediaUrl: string | null;
   mediaUrls?: string[];
+  interactive?: InteractiveReply;
   channelData?: Record<string, unknown>;
 };
 
@@ -89,15 +92,18 @@ export function normalizeOutboundPayloads(
   const normalizedPayloads: NormalizedOutboundPayload[] = [];
   for (const payload of normalizeReplyPayloadsForDelivery(payloads)) {
     const mediaUrls = payload.mediaUrls ?? (payload.mediaUrl ? [payload.mediaUrl] : []);
+    const interactive = payload.interactive;
     const channelData = payload.channelData;
     const hasChannelData = Boolean(channelData && Object.keys(channelData).length > 0);
+    const hasInteractive = Boolean(interactive?.blocks.length);
     const text = payload.text ?? "";
-    if (!text && mediaUrls.length === 0 && !hasChannelData) {
+    if (!text && mediaUrls.length === 0 && !hasInteractive && !hasChannelData) {
       continue;
     }
     normalizedPayloads.push({
       text,
       mediaUrls,
+      ...(hasInteractive ? { interactive } : {}),
       ...(hasChannelData ? { channelData } : {}),
     });
   }
@@ -113,6 +119,7 @@ export function normalizeOutboundPayloadsForJson(
       text: payload.text ?? "",
       mediaUrl: payload.mediaUrl ?? null,
       mediaUrls: payload.mediaUrls ?? (payload.mediaUrl ? [payload.mediaUrl] : undefined),
+      interactive: payload.interactive,
       channelData: payload.channelData,
     });
   }