Stuck message

[rhanson]

I sent an mms programatically. It worked fine, but I'm seeing this message every poll interval for the plugin:

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   Twilio Error                    checkMessages: twilioClient.messages.delete error: HTTP 409 error: Cannot delete message because delivery has not been completed.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "plugin.py", line 379, in checkMessages
    self.twilioClient.messages.delete(message.sid)
  File "/Library/Application Support/Perceptive Automation/Indigo 7/Plugins/Twilio.indigoPlugin/Contents/Server Plugin/twilio/rest/resources/messages.py", line 153, in delete
    return self.delete_instance(sid)
  File "/Library/Application Support/Perceptive Automation/Indigo 7/Plugins/Twilio.indigoPlugin/Contents/Server Plugin/twilio/rest/resources/base.py", line 380, in delete_instance
    resp, instance = self.request("DELETE", uri)
  File "/Library/Application Support/Perceptive Automation/Indigo 7/Plugins/Twilio.indigoPlugin/Contents/Server Plugin/twilio/rest/resources/base.py", line 200, in request
    resp = make_twilio_request(method, uri, auth=self.auth, **kwargs)
  File "/Library/Application Support/Perceptive Automation/Indigo 7/Plugins/Twilio.indigoPlugin/Contents/Server Plugin/twilio/rest/resources/base.py", line 164, in make_twilio_request
    uri=resp.url, msg=message, code=code)
TwilioRestException: HTTP 409 error: Cannot delete message because delivery has not been completed.

There doesn't seem to be a way to clear this message entry. I've looked on the Twilio console, and tried reloading the plugin and restarting Indigo.

It sounds like there's a message in the queue, but that's not what the Twilio console shows:

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Twilio Platform 	Message Created 	0:35:45.50 PST 2018-02-18 	— 
Outbound Queue 	Enqueued 	0:35:45.64 PST 2018-02-18 	0.14 sec 
 	Enqueued 	0:35:45.98 PST 2018-02-18 	0.49 sec 
 	Enqueued 	0:35:47.40 PST 2018-02-18 	1.9 secs 
 	Sent 	0:35:57.46 PST 2018-02-18 	11.97 secs 

I tried Redacting the message manually via the API, and it returned the same error. So Twilio on one hand thinks it is still pending, and on the other calls it Sent. I've opened a ticket with them.

Just wondering if anyone has ever seen this.

Is there a reason for Redacting/deleting messages after they are sent? Can we just pull that out of the loop?

[FlyingDiver]

I've never seen that error before. Please do let me know what Twilio says.

Is there a reason for Redacting/deleting messages after they are sent? Can we just pull that out of the loop?

You can disable the deletion in the config dialog for the Twilio device (not the plugin config).

[FlyingDiver]

I pushed a commit to the GitHub repository that fixes the exception you're getting with that error. You can grab it and install it manually if you want.

Also, redacting a message will not take it out of the message lists. Redacting removes the content (body) of the message from the Twilio server, but leaves the headers. Useful for purging attachments and sensitive content, but not for solving this problem.

[rhanson]

Cool, thanks! The issue is definitely a Twilio thing as I saw the same errors via direct API. After about 22 hours, the error stopped occurring, so I guess they have some sort of garbage collection on their end for the messages list.