From 57eafa95ba51bca6a650d2ed796112554d79c86e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MartinBraquet <martin.braquet@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 15:00:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fire and forget other user notif

---
 backend/api/src/junk-drawer/private-messages.ts | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/backend/api/src/junk-drawer/private-messages.ts b/backend/api/src/junk-drawer/private-messages.ts
index 7ad5cac3..e6b190bc 100644
--- a/backend/api/src/junk-drawer/private-messages.ts
+++ b/backend/api/src/junk-drawer/private-messages.ts
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ export const createPrivateUserMessageMain = async (
   if (!authorized)
     throw new APIError(403, 'You are not authorized to post to this channel')
 
-  await notifyOtherUserInChannelIfInactive(channelId, creator, content, pg)
   await insertPrivateMessage(content, channelId, creator.id, visibility, pg)
 
   const privateMessage = {
@@ -127,6 +126,12 @@ export const createPrivateUserMessageMain = async (
     broadcast(`private-user-messages/${otherUserId}`, {})
   })
 
+  // Fire and forget safely
+  void notifyOtherUserInChannelIfInactive(channelId, creator, content, pg)
+    .catch((err) => {
+      console.error('notifyOtherUserInChannelIfInactive failed', err)
+    });
+
   track(creator.id, 'send private message', {
     channelId,
     otherUserIds,