From ed0f2e853d4b5748503c271a22ad1e95f54985bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "google-labs-jules[bot]"
 <161369871+google-labs-jules[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2026 01:01:28 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(main): Make _safe_send_message robust against
 AttributeError

The `_safe_send_message` helper function was expecting a `telegram.Chat` object but was sometimes called with a `telegram.Message` object, causing an `AttributeError: 'Message' object has no attribute 'send_message'`.

This commit makes the function more robust by checking if the passed object has a `.chat` attribute. If it does, the function uses that attribute to send the message; otherwise, it uses the passed object directly.

This resolves the traceback seen in the `start` command handler and prevents similar errors in other parts of the code that use this helper. The function's docstring has also been updated to reflect this new, more flexible behavior.
---
 src/main.py | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main.py b/src/main.py
index 87af32f..1f56cdc 100644
--- a/src/main.py
+++ b/src/main.py
@@ -263,14 +263,16 @@ async def _safe_send_message(
     Pro version: Safely sends a message with language-aware parse mode.
     
     Args:
-        chat: Chat object to send message to
+        chat: Chat or Message object to send message to.
         text: Message text
         user_id: User ID for language detection
         reply_markup: Optional reply markup
         **kwargs: Additional arguments for send_message
     """
+    # If a Message object is passed, extract its Chat object.
+    target_chat = chat.chat if hasattr(chat, 'chat') else chat
     parse_mode = _get_user_parse_mode(user_id) if user_id else get_parse_mode()
-    return await chat.send_message(
+    return await target_chat.send_message(
         escape_text(text, parse_mode),
         parse_mode=parse_mode,
         reply_markup=reply_markup,