Editorial question71.2K views567 votes0 answers3,724 following
AI-generatedSlack Bolt deferred response loss after ack when process terminates
Designing reliable handling of acknowledgment timeouts and cancellation for Slack Bolt apps that use slash commands and interactive components. The supported flow requires an acknowledgment within Slack's 3-second window, with Bolt providing a configurable ack timeout and the ability to defer the full response via respond or say after ack. The constraints ar