app/models/draft-utils.ts

@@ -827,8 +827,23 @@ export async function executeAutoPick(params: {
       logger.error("[AutoPick] Error updating Brackt EVs after pick:", error);
     }
 
-    // Announce before triggering the chain so Discord messages arrive in pick-number
-    // order. If the chain ran first, chained picks would announce before this one.
+    // Check if next team has autodraft enabled and trigger immediately
+    // Only run the chain from the top-level call to prevent recursion
+    if (!isDraftComplete && params.chainEnabled !== false) {
+      await checkAndTriggerNextAutodraft({
+        seasonId,
+        nextPickNumber,
+        totalTeams,
+        draftSlots,
+        db,
+      });
+
+      // Fire-and-forget: sendOnTheClockEmail fetches the current pick number from
+      // the DB itself, so it always sees the post-chain state without blocking here.
+      sendOnTheClockEmail({ seasonId, totalTeams, draftSlots, db })
+        .catch((err) => logger.error("[AutoPick] On-the-clock email failed:", err));
+    }
+
     const pickedSlot = draftSlots.find((s) => s.teamId === teamId);
     if (!pickedSlot) {
       logger.warn(`[AutoPick] Skipping Discord pick announcement: no draft slot found for team ${teamId}`);
@@ -850,23 +865,6 @@ export async function executeAutoPick(params: {
       }).catch((err) => logger.error("[AutoPick] Discord pick announcement failed:", err));
     }
 
-    // Check if next team has autodraft enabled and trigger immediately
-    // Only run the chain from the top-level call to prevent recursion
-    if (!isDraftComplete && params.chainEnabled !== false) {
-      await checkAndTriggerNextAutodraft({
-        seasonId,
-        nextPickNumber,
-        totalTeams,
-        draftSlots,
-        db,
-      });
-
-      // Fire-and-forget: sendOnTheClockEmail fetches the current pick number from
-      // the DB itself, so it always sees the post-chain state without blocking here.
-      sendOnTheClockEmail({ seasonId, totalTeams, draftSlots, db })
-        .catch((err) => logger.error("[AutoPick] On-the-clock email failed:", err));
-    }
-
     return {
       success: true,
       pick: draftPick,

app/routes/api/draft.make-pick.ts

@@ -303,24 +303,6 @@ export async function action(args: ActionFunctionArgs) {
     logger.error("Socket.IO error:", error);
   }
 
-  // Announce before triggering the chain so Discord messages arrive in pick-number
-  // order. If the chain ran first, chained picks would announce before this one.
-  notifyPickMadeOnDiscord({
-    seasonId,
-    leagueId: season.leagueId,
-    pickedTeamName: currentDraftSlot.team.name,
-    participantName: participant.name,
-    sportName: participant.sportsSeason.sport.name,
-    pickNumber: currentPickNumber,
-    nextPickNumber,
-    round: currentRound,
-    rawPickInRound,
-    isDraftComplete,
-    totalTeams,
-    draftSlots: draftSlots.map((s) => ({ teamId: s.teamId, draftOrder: s.draftOrder })),
-    db,
-  }).catch((err) => logger.error("Discord pick announcement failed:", err));
-
   // Check if next team has autodraft enabled and trigger immediately
   if (!isDraftComplete) {
     try {
@@ -349,6 +331,22 @@ export async function action(args: ActionFunctionArgs) {
       .catch((err) => logger.error("On-the-clock email failed:", err));
   }
 
+  notifyPickMadeOnDiscord({
+    seasonId,
+    leagueId: season.leagueId,
+    pickedTeamName: currentDraftSlot.team.name,
+    participantName: participant.name,
+    sportName: participant.sportsSeason.sport.name,
+    pickNumber: currentPickNumber,
+    nextPickNumber,
+    round: currentRound,
+    rawPickInRound,
+    isDraftComplete,
+    totalTeams,
+    draftSlots: draftSlots.map((s) => ({ teamId: s.teamId, draftOrder: s.draftOrder })),
+    db,
+  }).catch((err) => logger.error("Discord pick announcement failed:", err));
+
   return Response.json({
     success: true,
     pick: draftPick,

app/services/discord.ts

@@ -24,24 +24,6 @@ export async function sendDiscordWebhook(
     body: JSON.stringify(payload),
   });
 
-  if (response.status === 429) {
-    // Cap at 10 s so awaited callers (e.g. settings actions) are never hung for
-    // a full Discord global-rate-limit window. Use || 1 instead of ?? 1 so that
-    // NaN (non-numeric header) and 0 both fall back to a 1-second default.
-    const retryAfterSeconds = Math.min(Number(response.headers.get("Retry-After")) || 1, 10);
-    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, retryAfterSeconds * 1000));
-    const retry = await fetch(webhookUrl, {
-      method: "POST",
-      headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
-      body: JSON.stringify(payload),
-    });
-    if (!retry.ok) {
-      const text = await retry.text().catch(() => "");
-      throw new Error(`Discord webhook failed after retry: ${retry.status} ${text}`);
-    }
-    return;
-  }
-
   if (!response.ok) {
     const text = await response.text().catch(() => "");
     throw new Error(`Discord webhook failed: ${response.status} ${text}`);