From 39f5bb2b517f4712127d829af15753a9c4804a4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Kingsman <jack.kingsman@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:04:26 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Don't stop on missing wire ack for dm send

---
 app/services/message_send.py | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/services/message_send.py b/app/services/message_send.py
index 9425b9d..6752b41 100644
--- a/app/services/message_send.py
+++ b/app/services/message_send.py
@@ -513,14 +513,15 @@ async def _retry_direct_message_until_acked(
 
         ack_code = _extract_expected_ack_code(result)
         if not ack_code:
-            logger.warning(
+            logger.debug(
                 "Background DM retry attempt %d/%d for %s returned no expected_ack; "
-                "stopping retries to avoid duplicate sends",
+                "continuing with previous timeout",
                 attempt + 1,
                 DM_SEND_MAX_ATTEMPTS,
                 contact.public_key[:12],
             )
-            return
+            attempt += 1
+            continue
 
         next_wait_timeout_ms = _get_direct_message_retry_timeout_ms(result)