drb-c2-core/app/internal/discord_streams.py

@@ -441,7 +441,9 @@ ERROR_TEXT = {
     "pool_exhausted": ("Every radio bot that can join this server is already busy — a bot can be in only one voice "
                        "channel per server, and a bot carrying radio on another node can't be shared. Add another "
                        "radio bot to DRB and invite it to this server, or stop a radio channel here."),
-    "limit": "This server already has its maximum number of radio channels. Stop one with /leave first.",
+    # Reaches the web picker and /join alike: name both ways to stop one.
+    "limit": "This server already has its maximum number of radio channels. Stop one first (Stop on a node's "
+             "Discord radio panel, or /leave in Discord).",
     "preferred_unavailable": "That radio bot can't be used here (it was removed, failed validation, or belongs to "
                              "another organization). Pick another bot, or let DRB choose any free one.",
     "pool_full": ("No radio bot is in this server, and every DRB radio bot that could be invited is already in its "

drb-c2-core/app/internal/storage.py

@@ -100,31 +100,11 @@ async def upload_audio(data: bytes, filename: str, call_id: str = "") -> Optiona
     return gcs_uri
 
 
-async def download_audio(gcs_uri: str) -> Optional[bytes]:
-    """Fetch an object back out of GCS. Server-side read — no signing involved."""
-    bucket_name, blob_path = split_gcs_uri(gcs_uri)
-    if not bucket_name:
-        return None
-
-    def _download() -> bytes:
-        from google.cloud import storage
-        if settings.gcp_credentials_path:
-            client = storage.Client.from_service_account_json(settings.gcp_credentials_path)
-        else:
-            client = storage.Client()
-        return client.bucket(bucket_name).blob(blob_path).download_as_bytes()
-
-    try:
-        return await asyncio.to_thread(_download)
-    except Exception as e:
-        logger.warning(f"GCS download failed for {gcs_uri}: {e}")
-        return None
-
-
 # ── Ranged reads for /media playback (server-26#233) ────────────────────────
-# A 600 s FLAC call is ~13 MB. download_audio() above pulls the whole object
-# into memory, so /media used to make the browser wait for all of it before
-# the first sample played. These two read only what a request asks for: the
+# A 600 s FLAC call is ~13 MB. /media used to pull the whole object into
+# memory (the old download_audio(), removed once nothing called it — #225 S8),
+# so the browser waited for all of it before the first sample played. These
+# two read only what a request asks for: the
 # object size (one metadata GET) and then an inclusive byte span, which the
 # router streams out in chunks. One cached client, because the router issues
 # several span reads per playback and a fresh Client() per read re-resolves

drb-c2-core/app/routers/discord.py

@@ -269,6 +269,11 @@ async def admin_overview(_: dict = Depends(require_admin_token)):
     Radio bots come from ``GET /tokens``; no token string is returned here.
     Discord user ids (``created_by_discord_id``) and the linking admin's uid
     are deliberately left out.
+
+    Per server, ``main_bot_present`` (the DRB server bot — optional since
+    server-26#225: True/False as it last reported, None = never heard from it
+    there) and ``radio_bots`` (names of radio bots Discord last said are in
+    it). A server with radio bots and no server bot is a normal setup.
     """
     links = {str(g.get("guild_id")): g for g in await fstore.collection_list(streams.GUILDS)
              if g.get("guild_id")}
@@ -284,6 +289,11 @@ async def admin_overview(_: dict = Depends(require_admin_token)):
             continue  # removed from DRB (DELETE /discord/guilds/{id}); re-listed if it gets a channel again
         guilds[gid] = {"guild_id": gid, "guild_name": link.get("guild_name"), "linked": bool(link.get("org_id")),
                        "org_id": link.get("org_id"), "linked_at": link.get("linked_at"),
+                       "linked_via": link.get("linked_via"),
+                       # The DRB server bot is optional (server-26#225 S8): True/False
+                       # = it said it is / is not in the server, None = never heard.
+                       "main_bot_present": link.get("bot_present"),
+                       "directory_source": link.get("directory_source"),
                        # Explicitly unlinked servers get no fallback org (mirrors
                        # streams.resolve_guild_org once server-26#218 lands).
                        "_no_fallback": bool(link.get("unlinked_at"))}
@@ -291,7 +301,8 @@ async def admin_overview(_: dict = Depends(require_admin_token)):
     for s in all_streams:
         gid = str(s.get("guild_id") or leases.guild_of(s.get("stream_id") or ""))
         g = guilds.setdefault(gid, {"guild_id": gid, "guild_name": None, "linked": False,
-                                    "org_id": None, "linked_at": None})
+                                    "org_id": None, "linked_at": None, "linked_via": None,
+                                    "main_bot_present": None, "directory_source": None})
         if s.get("guild_name") and not g.get("guild_name"):
             g["guild_name"] = s["guild_name"]
         node = nodes.get(s.get("node_id")) or {}
@@ -305,6 +316,11 @@ async def admin_overview(_: dict = Depends(require_admin_token)):
         g["acting_org_id"] = acting
         g["acting_org_name"] = (orgs.get(acting) or {}).get("name") if acting else None
         g["live_streams"] = sum(1 for r in rows if r.get("guild_id") == g["guild_id"] and r.get("desired") == "on")
+        # Radio bots Discord last said are in the server (names only). Any one
+        # of them is enough to list channels, check permissions and stream.
+        g["radio_bots"] = sorted(str(t.get("name") or tid) for tid, t in tokens.items()
+                                 if t.get("valid") is not False and isinstance(t.get("guild_ids"), list)
+                                 and g["guild_id"] in t["guild_ids"])
 
     # Streams sharing a voice channel sit together, oldest first.
     rows.sort(key=lambda r: (0 if r.get("desired") == "on" else 1, r.get("guild_name") or r.get("guild_id") or "",

drb-c2-core/app/routers/discord_web.py

@@ -21,9 +21,20 @@ Where the directory comes from (server-26#225 S5 — the main bot is optional):
     stored list is missing (inline, inside the permission-check time budget)
     or older than ``discord_directory_refresh_seconds`` (in the background).
 
-So C2 does call Discord when a signed-in user opens the picker — with a
-radio bot's token, for a server already linked to the caller's org, through
-the rate-limited, cached client. No token string ever reaches the browser.
+This reverses the old rule "C2 never calls Discord on the browser's behalf"
+on purpose (server-26#225 plan finding 5): C2 does call Discord when a
+signed-in user opens the picker, presses Start or Re-check — with a radio
+bot's token, only for a server already linked to the caller's org, through
+discord_rest's rate-limited, cached, breaker-guarded client (refresh=1 at
+most once per 10 s per user and server). No token string ever reaches the
+browser, and REST answers never create or re-link a ``discord_guilds`` doc.
+
+The DRB server bot is optional end to end (server-26#225 S8). One radio bot
+in the server is enough to link it (per-bot OAuth, routers/discord_oauth.py),
+list its voice channels (here), check permissions (routers/discord_checks.py)
+and stream (streams.start_stream). The server bot adds its slash commands
+(/join, /leave, /status, /drb link) and a gateway-fed channel list; every
+path it uses keeps working.
 
 Which servers an org sees (``_org_guilds``):
 

drb-c2-core/tests/test_discord_owner_flows.py

@@ -0,0 +1,506 @@
+"""
+The two owner setups from server-26#225, end to end (S8).
+
+  1. One-bot org: no DRB server bot anywhere. A platform admin adds the org's
+     own radio bot and its OAuth secret; the owner marks it preferred for the
+     org's system, connects the Discord server through that bot's invite,
+     opens the node page's picker and starts a stream.
+  2. Full setup: the DRB server bot is in the server (directory push, /drb
+     link, /join) beside several radio bots. C2 places each stream by
+     membership, Discord permissions on the voice channel, one voice channel
+     per bot per server and the system's preferred bot, lets several bots
+     share one voice channel, and explains when nothing fits.
+
+Every route handler here is the real one, and so is every module under it
+(discord_streams, discord_leases, discord_rest, discord_oauth,
+discord_guild_link, discord_perms). Only the edges are fake: Firestore is
+tests/fake_firestore.py, MQTT records what would be published, and Discord is
+``DiscordWorld`` behind httpx.MockTransport — a small model of servers, roles,
+channel overrides and bot applications that answers the same REST and OAuth2
+calls Discord does.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import base64
+import json
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from typing import Optional
+from urllib.parse import parse_qs, urlparse
+
+import httpx
+import pytest
+from fastapi.security import HTTPAuthorizationCredentials
+
+from app.config import settings
+from app.internal import discord_perms as perms
+from app.internal import discord_rest
+from app.internal import discord_streams as streams
+from app.routers import discord as discord_router
+from app.routers import discord_checks as checks
+from app.routers import discord_link as link_router
+from app.routers import discord_oauth as oauth_router
+from app.routers import discord_web as web
+from app.routers import tokens as tokens_router
+from tests.fake_firestore import FakeFirestore
+
+ORG = "org-a"
+VOICE = perms.VIEW_CHANNEL | perms.CONNECT | perms.SPEAK
+REDIRECT = "https://drb.example.test/discord/connected"
+ADMIN = {"uid": "admin-1", "email": "admin@example.test", "role": "admin", "org_id": "founding"}
+OWNER = {"uid": "owner-a", "email": "owner@example.test", "org_id": ORG, "org_role": "owner"}
+SERVICE = {"service": True}
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# A small Discord
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@dataclass
+class BotApp:
+    name: str
+    token: str
+    user_id: str
+    app_id: str
+    secret: str
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Guild:
+    gid: str
+    name: str
+    roles: dict = field(default_factory=dict)       # role id -> permission int (@everyone id = gid)
+    role_names: dict = field(default_factory=dict)
+    channels: list = field(default_factory=list)
+    members: dict = field(default_factory=dict)     # user id -> [role ids]
+
+
+class DiscordWorld:
+    """Answers Discord REST (``Authorization: Bot …``) and OAuth2
+    (``Authorization: Basic client_id:secret``) for the bots and servers in
+    it. Adding a bot through the OAuth code exchange makes it a member, like
+    the real "Authorize" click does."""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.bots: dict[str, BotApp] = {}         # token -> app
+        self.guilds: dict[str, Guild] = {}
+        self.pending: dict[str, tuple] = {}       # oauth code -> (app_id, guild_id)
+        self.requests: list[httpx.Request] = []
+
+    # --- world building ---------------------------------------------------
+    def bot(self, name: str, n: int) -> BotApp:
+        b = BotApp(name=name, token=f"bot-token-{n}", user_id=f"9000{n}", app_id=f"7000{n}",
+                   secret=f"client-secret-{n}-0123456789abcdef")
+        self.bots[b.token] = b
+        return b
+
+    def guild(self, gid: str, name: str) -> Guild:
+        g = Guild(gid=gid, name=name, roles={gid: VOICE}, role_names={gid: "@everyone"})
+        self.guilds[gid] = g
+        return g
+
+    def authorize(self, app: BotApp, gid: str) -> str:
+        """The owner clicks Authorize in Discord for ``gid``: Discord sends
+        the browser back with a code."""
+        code = f"code-{app.app_id}-{gid}"
+        self.pending[code] = (app.app_id, gid)
+        return code
+
+    def auth_kinds(self) -> list[str]:
+        return [r.headers.get("authorization", "").split(" ", 1)[0] for r in self.requests]
+
+    def bot_tokens_used(self) -> set[str]:
+        return {r.headers["authorization"].split(" ", 1)[1] for r in self.requests
+                if r.headers.get("authorization", "").startswith("Bot ")}
+
+    # --- transport --------------------------------------------------------
+    def __call__(self, request: httpx.Request) -> httpx.Response:
+        self.requests.append(request)
+        path = request.url.path.removeprefix("/api/v10")
+        auth = request.headers.get("authorization", "")
+        if path.startswith("/oauth2/token"):
+            return self._oauth(request, path, auth)
+        if not auth.startswith("Bot "):
+            return httpx.Response(401, json={"code": 0, "message": "401: Unauthorized"})
+        app = self.bots.get(auth[4:])
+        if app is None:
+            return httpx.Response(401, json={"code": 0, "message": "401: Unauthorized"})
+        return self._rest(app, request, path)
+
+    def _oauth(self, request: httpx.Request, path: str, auth: str) -> httpx.Response:
+        if not auth.startswith("Basic "):
+            return httpx.Response(401, json={"error": "invalid_client"})
+        client_id, _, secret = base64.b64decode(auth[6:]).decode().partition(":")
+        app = next((a for a in self.bots.values() if a.app_id == client_id), None)
+        if app is None or app.secret != secret:
+            return httpx.Response(401, json={"error": "invalid_client"})
+        if path == "/oauth2/token/revoke":
+            return httpx.Response(200, json={})
+        form = {k: v[0] for k, v in parse_qs(request.content.decode()).items()}
+        if form.get("grant_type") == "client_credentials":
+            return httpx.Response(200, json={"access_token": "cc-token", "token_type": "Bearer"})
+        if form.get("grant_type") != "authorization_code" or form.get("redirect_uri") != REDIRECT:
+            return httpx.Response(400, json={"error": "invalid_grant"})
+        pending = self.pending.pop(form.get("code"), None)
+        if not pending or pending[0] != client_id:
+            return httpx.Response(400, json={"error": "invalid_grant"})
+        g = self.guilds[pending[1]]
+        g.members.setdefault(app.user_id, [])          # the bot joins the server
+        return httpx.Response(200, json={"access_token": "user-access-token", "token_type": "Bearer",
+                                         "scope": "bot", "guild": {"id": g.gid, "name": g.name}})
+
+    def _rest(self, app: BotApp, request: httpx.Request, path: str) -> httpx.Response:
+        parts = path.strip("/").split("/")
+        if path == "/users/@me":
+            return httpx.Response(200, json={"id": app.user_id, "username": app.name, "bot": True})
+        if path == "/oauth2/applications/@me":
+            return httpx.Response(200, json={"id": app.app_id, "name": app.name})
+        if path == "/users/@me/guilds":
+            after = int(request.url.params.get("after") or 0)
+            mine = sorted((g for g in self.guilds.values() if app.user_id in g.members), key=lambda g: int(g.gid))
+            return httpx.Response(200, json=[{"id": g.gid, "name": g.name} for g in mine if int(g.gid) > after])
+        if parts[0] == "guilds" and len(parts) >= 2:
+            g = self.guilds.get(parts[1])
+            if g is None or app.user_id not in g.members:
+                return httpx.Response(404, json={"code": discord_rest.UNKNOWN_GUILD, "message": "Unknown Guild"})
+            if len(parts) == 2:
+                return httpx.Response(200, json={
+                    "id": g.gid, "name": g.name, "owner_id": "human-owner",
+                    "roles": [{"id": rid, "name": g.role_names.get(rid, rid), "permissions": str(p)}
+                              for rid, p in g.roles.items()]})
+            if parts[2] == "members" and len(parts) == 4:
+                if parts[3] not in g.members:
+                    return httpx.Response(404, json={"code": discord_rest.UNKNOWN_MEMBER})
+                return httpx.Response(200, json={"user": {"id": parts[3]}, "roles": g.members[parts[3]]})
+            if parts[2] == "channels":
+                return httpx.Response(200, json=g.channels)
+        return httpx.Response(404, json={"code": 0, "message": "404: Not Found"})
+
+
+def voice(cid: str, name: str, position: int, *overwrites: dict, parent: Optional[str] = None) -> dict:
+    return {"id": cid, "name": name, "type": 2, "position": position, "user_limit": 0,
+            "parent_id": parent, "permission_overwrites": list(overwrites)}
+
+
+def deny(role_id: str, bits: int) -> dict:
+    return {"id": role_id, "type": 0, "allow": "0", "deny": str(bits)}
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Fixture: fake Firestore + MQTT + Discord, one org
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def env(monkeypatch):
+    fake = FakeFirestore.install(monkeypatch)
+    world = DiscordWorld()
+    discord_rest.reset()
+    monkeypatch.setattr(discord_rest, "_transport", httpx.MockTransport(world))
+    published: list = []
+    from app.internal.mqtt_handler import mqtt_handler
+    monkeypatch.setattr(mqtt_handler, "publish_discord_desired", lambda n, p: published.append((n, p)) or True)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(settings, "discord_oauth_redirect_uri", REDIRECT)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(settings, "discord_unlinked_guild_org_id", "")
+    monkeypatch.setattr(settings, "discord_perm_check_enabled", True)
+    streams._publish_locks.clear()
+    streams._guild_locks.clear()
+    checks._last_refresh.clear()
+    web._directory_tasks.clear()
+    for lim in (oauth_router.start_limiter, oauth_router.complete_limiter, link_router.mint_limiter,
+                link_router.redeem_guild_limiter, link_router.redeem_user_limiter):
+        lim._log.clear()
+    fake.put("organizations", ORG, {"org_id": ORG, "name": "Riverton"})
+    fake.put("org_members", OWNER["uid"], {"uid": OWNER["uid"], "org_id": ORG, "org_role": "owner"})
+    yield fake, world, published
+    discord_rest.reset()
+
+
+def _node(fake, nid: str, system_id: str):
+    fake.put("nodes", nid, {"node_id": nid, "name": f"Node {nid}", "org_id": ORG, "status": "online",
+                            "approval_status": "approved", "assigned_system_id": system_id})
+
+
+def _body(resp):
+    return json.loads(resp.body) if hasattr(resp, "body") else resp
+
+
+def _status(resp):
+    return getattr(resp, "status_code", 200)
+
+
+def _no_secrets(world: DiscordWorld, *payloads) -> None:
+    text = json.dumps(payloads, default=str)
+    for app in world.bots.values():
+        assert app.token not in text and app.secret not in text
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 1. One-bot org — no DRB server bot
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+async def test_one_bot_org_links_lists_checks_and_streams_without_the_server_bot(env):
+    fake, world, published = env
+    fake.put("systems", "sys-a", {"system_id": "sys-a", "name": "Riverton P25", "org_id": ORG})
+    _node(fake, "n1", "sys-a")
+    fake.put("node_keys", "n1", {"api_key": "node-key-n1"})
+    g = world.guild("400000000000000001", "Riverton FD")
+    g.channels = [
+        {"id": "400000000000000010", "name": "Radio", "type": 4, "position": 0, "permission_overwrites": []},
+        voice("400000000000000011", "dispatch", 0, parent="400000000000000010"),
+        {"id": "400000000000000012", "name": "general", "type": 0, "position": 1, "permission_overwrites": []},
+    ]
+    riverton = world.bot("Riverton Radio", 1)
+    # A pool bot exists too (no OAuth secret, not in the server): never chosen here.
+    fake.put("bot_tokens", "pool-1", {"token_id": "pool-1", "name": "DRB Radio 1", "token": "pool-token",
+                                      "org_id": None, "application_id": "60001", "guild_ids": [], "valid": True,
+                                      "lease": None})
+
+    # Platform admin: add the org's own bot, then its OAuth client secret.
+    added = await tokens_router.add_token(
+        tokens_router.TokenCreate(name="Riverton Radio", token=riverton.token, org_id=ORG), ADMIN)
+    tid = added["token_id"]
+    assert added["valid"] is True and added["guild_ids"] == []
+    out = await tokens_router.set_oauth_secret(tid, tokens_router.OAuthSecret(client_secret=riverton.secret), ADMIN)
+    assert out["oauth_enabled"] is True
+
+    # Owner (Q2): their own bot, preferred for their own system.
+    await tokens_router.set_preferred_system(tid, "sys-a", OWNER)
+    assert fake.get("systems", "sys-a")["preferred_token_id"] == tid
+
+    # Owner: Connect a Discord server from the node — the preferred bot is invited.
+    opts = await oauth_router.oauth_options(node_id="n1", token_id=None, org_id=None, decoded=OWNER)
+    assert opts["bot"] == {"name": "Riverton Radio", "reason": "preferred", "own_bot": True}
+    start = await oauth_router.oauth_start(oauth_router.StartBody(node_id="n1", return_to="/nodes/n1"),
+                                           org_id=None, decoded=OWNER)
+    q = {k: v[0] for k, v in parse_qs(urlparse(start["authorize_url"]).query).items()}
+    assert q["client_id"] == riverton.app_id and q["scope"] == "bot" and q["redirect_uri"] == REDIRECT
+
+    # In Discord: pick Riverton FD, Authorize. Discord sends the browser back.
+    code = world.authorize(riverton, g.gid)
+    done = _body(await oauth_router.oauth_complete(oauth_router.CompleteBody(code=code, state=q["state"]),
+                                                   decoded=OWNER))
+    assert done["ok"] is True and done["guild_id"] == g.gid and done["guild_name"] == "Riverton FD"
+    assert done["return_to"] == "/nodes/n1" and done["bot_name"] == "Riverton Radio"
+    # Permissions were checked in the same request, from the radio bot's view.
+    assert done["checked"] is True and done["channels_ready"] == 1 and done["channels_blocked"] == 0
+    assert [c["name"] for c in done["channels"]] == ["dispatch"]
+
+    link = fake.get("discord_guilds", g.gid)
+    assert link["org_id"] == ORG and link["linked_via"] == "oauth"
+    assert "bot_present" not in link                     # the server bot never said anything
+    assert g.gid in fake.get("bot_tokens", tid)["guild_ids"]
+
+    # Node page: the server is listed, its channels read through the radio bot.
+    opts = await web.join_options("n1", OWNER)
+    [gopt] = opts["guilds"]
+    assert gopt["guild_id"] == g.gid and gopt["linked"] is True
+    assert gopt["main_bot_present"] is False and gopt["directory_source"] == "radio_bot"
+    assert [c["name"] for c in gopt["voice_channels"]] == ["dispatch"]
+    assert gopt["bot"]["ok"] is True
+    vc = await checks.node_voice_check("n1", g.gid, refresh=0, channel_id=None, decoded=OWNER)
+    [row] = vc["channels"]
+    assert row["state"] == "ready" and [b["name"] for b in row["bots"]] == ["Riverton Radio"]
+
+    # Start: the preferred bot carries it, on this node.
+    started = await web.start_node_stream(
+        "n1", web.NodeStreamStart(guild_id=g.gid, channel_id="400000000000000011", mode="persistent"), OWNER)
+    assert _status(started) == 200, _body(started)
+    assert started["token_id"] == tid and started["delivered"] is True
+    stream = fake.get("discord_streams", started["stream_id"])
+    assert stream["node_id"] == "n1" and stream["guild_name"] == "Riverton FD"
+    assert stream["channel_name"] == "dispatch" and stream["mode"] == "persistent"
+    node_id, payload = published[-1]
+    assert node_id == "n1"
+    assert [(s["stream_id"], s["token_id"]) for s in payload["streams"]] == [(started["stream_id"], tid)]
+
+    # The node picks the token string up with its own key — the only place it leaves C2.
+    got = await discord_router.node_token(
+        "n1", tid, HTTPAuthorizationCredentials(scheme="Bearer", credentials="node-key-n1"))
+    assert got["token"] == riverton.token
+
+    # Nothing but this org's radio bot ever talked to Discord, and nothing a
+    # browser saw carries a token or a client secret.
+    assert world.bot_tokens_used() == {riverton.token}
+    assert set(world.auth_kinds()) <= {"Bot", "Basic"}
+    _no_secrets(world, opts, vc, done, started, start, await tokens_router.list_tokens(ADMIN))
+
+
+async def test_one_bot_org_reconciler_replaces_the_stream_without_the_server_bot(env):
+    """Persistent stream, node lost: the reconciler re-places it on another
+    node of the same system with the same radio bot — no server bot involved."""
+    fake, world, published = env
+    fake.put("systems", "sys-a", {"system_id": "sys-a", "name": "Riverton P25", "org_id": ORG})
+    _node(fake, "n1", "sys-a")
+    _node(fake, "n2", "sys-a")
+    g = world.guild("400000000000000001", "Riverton FD")
+    g.channels = [voice("400000000000000011", "dispatch", 0)]
+    riverton = world.bot("Riverton Radio", 1)
+    g.members[riverton.user_id] = []
+    fake.put("bot_tokens", "own", {"token_id": "own", "name": "Riverton Radio", "token": riverton.token,
+                                   "org_id": ORG, "application_id": riverton.app_id, "bot_user_id": riverton.user_id,
+                                   "guild_ids": [g.gid], "valid": True, "lease": None})
+    fake.put("discord_guilds", g.gid, {"guild_id": g.gid, "org_id": ORG, "linked_via": "oauth"})
+
+    started = await web.start_node_stream(
+        "n1", web.NodeStreamStart(guild_id=g.gid, channel_id="400000000000000011", mode="persistent"), OWNER)
+    sid = started["stream_id"]
+    # n1 goes away for good (past the lease grace).
+    fake.put("nodes", "n1", {**fake.get("nodes", "n1"), "status": "offline",
+                             "last_seen": "2026-01-01T00:00:00+00:00"})
+    await streams.reconcile_once()
+    s = fake.get("discord_streams", sid)
+    assert s["desired"] == "on" and s["node_id"] == "n2" and s["token_id"] == "own"
+    assert world.bot_tokens_used() == {riverton.token}
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 2. Full setup — DRB server bot + several radio bots
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+GID = "500000000000000001"
+DISPATCH, FIREGROUND, LOBBY = "500000000000000011", "500000000000000012", "500000000000000013"
+MUTED = "500000000000000099"
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def full(env):
+    fake, world, published = env
+    for sid, name in (("sys-a", "County P25"), ("sys-b", "City Fire"), ("sys-c", "EMS")):
+        fake.put("systems", sid, {"system_id": sid, "name": name, "org_id": ORG})
+    _node(fake, "n1", "sys-a")
+    _node(fake, "n2", "sys-b")
+    _node(fake, "n3", "sys-c")
+    g = world.guild(GID, "Station 7")
+    g.roles[MUTED], g.role_names[MUTED] = 0, "Muted"
+    g.channels = [
+        voice(DISPATCH, "dispatch", 0, deny(MUTED, perms.SPEAK)),       # @Muted can't Speak here
+        voice(FIREGROUND, "fireground", 1, deny(GID, perms.CONNECT)),   # nobody can Connect here
+        voice(LOBBY, "lobby", 2),
+    ]
+    bots = {}
+    for n, (tid, name, org, member, roles) in enumerate((
+            ("own-a", "Riverton Radio", ORG, True, [MUTED]),
+            ("pool-1", "DRB Radio 1", None, True, []),
+            ("pool-2", "DRB Radio 2", None, True, []),
+            ("pool-3", "DRB Radio 3", None, False, []),
+    ), start=1):
+        app = world.bot(name, n)
+        if member:
+            g.members[app.user_id] = roles
+        fake.put("bot_tokens", tid, {"token_id": tid, "name": name, "token": app.token, "org_id": org,
+                                     "application_id": app.app_id, "bot_user_id": app.user_id,
+                                     "guild_ids": [GID] if member else [], "valid": True, "lease": None})
+        bots[tid] = app
+    # A platform admin pinned DRB Radio 2 to City Fire.
+    fake.put("systems", "sys-b", {**fake.get("systems", "sys-b"), "preferred_token_id": "pool-2"})
+    fake.bots = bots
+    return fake, world, published
+
+
+async def _server_bot_sets_up(fake):
+    """The DRB server bot is in Station 7: it pushes its channel list, and
+    someone with Manage Server runs /drb link with the owner's code."""
+    await web.put_guild_directory(GID, web.GuildDirectory(name="Station 7", voice_channels=[
+        web.VoiceChannelIn(channel_id=DISPATCH, name="dispatch", category="Radio", position=0),
+        web.VoiceChannelIn(channel_id=FIREGROUND, name="fireground", category="Radio", position=1),
+        web.VoiceChannelIn(channel_id=LOBBY, name="lobby", category="Radio", position=2),
+    ]), SERVICE)
+    minted = await link_router.create_link_code(org_id=None, decoded=OWNER)
+    out = _body(await link_router.redeem_link_code(
+        GID, link_router.RedeemBody(code=minted["code"], discord_user_id="123456", guild_name="Station 7"),
+        SERVICE))
+    assert out["ok"] is True and out["org_id"] == ORG
+
+
+async def test_full_setup_places_each_stream_and_explains_every_refusal(full):
+    fake, world, published = full
+    await _server_bot_sets_up(fake)
+    link = fake.get("discord_guilds", GID)
+    assert link["org_id"] == ORG and link["bot_present"] is True and link["directory_source"] == "main_bot"
+
+    # Before anything plays: nobody may Connect in #fireground. Every member
+    # bot is named with what removed the permission; the bot that isn't in
+    # the server yet is offered as an invite.
+    r = await web.start_node_stream("n1", web.NodeStreamStart(guild_id=GID, channel_id=FIREGROUND), OWNER)
+    body = _body(r)
+    assert _status(r) == 409 and body["code"] == "missing_permissions"
+    assert sorted(d["name"] for d in body["denied"]) == ["DRB Radio 1", "DRB Radio 2", "Riverton Radio"]
+    assert all(d["missing"][0] == "Connect" for d in body["denied"])
+    assert body["detail"].startswith("No radio bot can play in #fireground:")
+    assert "#fireground's override for @everyone" in body["detail"]
+    assert [i["name"] for i in body["invite"]] == ["DRB Radio 3"]
+    assert fake.data.get("discord_streams") in (None, {})
+
+    # /join County P25 in #dispatch (DRB server bot): the org's own bot comes
+    # first but @Muted can't Speak there, so DRB Radio 1 takes it.
+    a = _body(await discord_router.start_stream(discord_router.StreamStart(
+        guild_id=GID, channel_id=DISPATCH, system_id="sys-a", channel_name="dispatch", created_by="111"), SERVICE))
+    assert a["token_id"] == "pool-1" and a["node_id"] == "n1"
+
+    # /join City Fire in the SAME channel: its preferred bot, beside the first.
+    b = _body(await discord_router.start_stream(discord_router.StreamStart(
+        guild_id=GID, channel_id=DISPATCH, system_id="sys-b", channel_name="dispatch", created_by="111"), SERVICE))
+    assert b["token_id"] == "pool-2" and b["node_id"] == "n2" and b["stream_id"] != a["stream_id"]
+    on_dispatch = [s for s in fake.data["discord_streams"].values()
+                   if s["channel_id"] == DISPATCH and s["desired"] == "on"]
+    assert sorted(s["token_id"] for s in on_dispatch) == ["pool-1", "pool-2"]
+
+    # EMS on #dispatch from the web picker: both pool bots already hold a
+    # voice channel in this server, and the org's own bot is muted there.
+    vc = await checks.node_voice_check("n3", GID, refresh=0, channel_id=DISPATCH, decoded=OWNER)
+    [row] = vc["channels"]
+    assert row["state"] == "needs_fix"
+    by_name = {b["name"]: b for b in row["bots"]}
+    assert by_name["DRB Radio 1"]["unavailable_reason"] == "busy_here"
+    assert by_name["Riverton Radio"]["missing"] == ["Speak"]
+    assert "@Muted" in by_name["Riverton Radio"]["reason"]
+    r = await web.start_node_stream("n3", web.NodeStreamStart(guild_id=GID, channel_id=DISPATCH), OWNER)
+    body = _body(r)
+    assert _status(r) == 409 and body["code"] == "missing_permissions"
+    assert body["detail"].startswith("Riverton Radio can't Speak in #dispatch:")
+    assert "Edit Channel → Permissions → add Riverton Radio → allow Speak" in body["detail"]
+
+    # EMS on #lobby: nothing overrides @Muted there, so the org's own bot plays it.
+    c = await web.start_node_stream("n3", web.NodeStreamStart(guild_id=GID, channel_id=LOBBY), OWNER)
+    assert _status(c) == 200 and c["token_id"] == "own-a"
+
+    # Naming a bot that already holds a channel here is refused, not swapped.
+    r = await discord_router.start_stream(discord_router.StreamStart(
+        guild_id=GID, channel_id=LOBBY, system_id="sys-a", preferred_token_id="pool-1"), SERVICE)
+    body = _body(r)
+    assert _status(r) == 409 and body["code"] == "preferred_busy"
+    assert "DRB Radio 1 is already playing County P25 in #dispatch" in body["detail"]
+
+    # Each node was told only about its own stream, by token id.
+    last = {n: p for n, p in published}
+    assert {n: [s["token_id"] for s in p["streams"]] for n, p in last.items()} == {
+        "n1": ["pool-1"], "n2": ["pool-2"], "n3": ["own-a"]}
+
+    # /status and the admin page see both kinds of bot.
+    ov = await discord_router.guild_overview(GID, SERVICE)
+    assert ov["linked"] is True and len(ov["streams"]) == 3
+    adm = await discord_router.admin_overview(ADMIN)
+    [ga] = [x for x in adm["guilds"] if x["guild_id"] == GID]
+    assert ga["main_bot_present"] is True and ga["linked_via"] == "code"
+    assert ga["radio_bots"] == ["DRB Radio 1", "DRB Radio 2", "Riverton Radio"]
+    # Only radio bots ever called Discord; the server bot works over the gateway.
+    assert world.bot_tokens_used() <= {app.token for app in fake.bots.values()}
+    _no_secrets(world, ov, adm, vc)
+
+
+async def test_full_setup_server_bot_leaving_keeps_radio_working(full):
+    """The DRB server bot is kicked: the server stays usable through its
+    radio bots (picker, permission check, start) — the main bot is optional."""
+    fake, world, published = full
+    await _server_bot_sets_up(fake)
+    await web.put_guild_directory(GID, web.GuildDirectory(present=False), SERVICE)
+    assert fake.get("discord_guilds", GID)["bot_present"] is False
+
+    opts = await web.join_options("n1", OWNER)
+    [gopt] = opts["guilds"]
+    assert gopt["main_bot_present"] is False
+    assert [c["name"] for c in gopt["voice_channels"]] == ["dispatch", "fireground", "lobby"]
+    c = await web.start_node_stream("n1", web.NodeStreamStart(guild_id=GID, channel_id=LOBBY), OWNER)
+    assert _status(c) == 200 and c["token_id"] == "own-a"
+    adm = await discord_router.admin_overview(ADMIN)
+    [ga] = [x for x in adm["guilds"] if x["guild_id"] == GID]
+    assert ga["main_bot_present"] is False and len(ga["radio_bots"]) == 3

drb-frontend/app/settings/discord/page.tsx

@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ function Kpi({ k, v, s }: { k: string; v: string; s: string }) {
 
 function HowItWorks() {
   const steps = [
-    ["1 · Desired", "/join in Discord or this page writes a discord_streams doc."],
-    ["2 · Lease", "C2 picks an online node on that system and a radio bot already in that server, in one transaction."],
+    ["1 · Desired", "A node page's picker, this page, or /join (DRB server bot) writes a discord_streams doc."],
+    ["2 · Lease", "C2 picks an online node on that system and a radio bot already in that server that Discord lets View, Connect and Speak in the channel — the system's preferred bot first — in one transaction."],
     ["3 · Reconcile", "A retained MQTT message tells the node its full channel list (token ids, never token strings)."],
     ["4 · Voice", "The node logs in as the leased bot and plays its PulseAudio capture — never Icecast."],
     ["5 · Actual", "The node reports each channel's real state; this page and the Discord reply show it."],
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ function HowItWorks() {
       title="How a radio channel stays up"
       note="Node reboot, C2 sweep, Discord voice drop: the node re-reads its desired state and reconnects; persistent channels whose node went away are re-placed on another node. A channel desired-on but not connected for 2 minutes turns red on the Radio channels tab."
     >
+      <p className="px-4 pt-4 text-xs text-ink-2">
+        <b className="text-ink">The DRB server bot is optional.</b> One radio bot in a Discord server is enough: adding it
+        through <i>Connect a Discord server</i> (Settings → Organization) links the server, and C2 reads its voice
+        channels and permissions with that bot. The server bot adds the slash commands (/join, /leave, /status,
+        /drb link) and pushes its own channel list; both ways keep working side by side.
+      </p>
       <div className="grid gap-2 p-4 grid-cols-1 sm:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-5">
         {steps.map(([t, d]) => (
           <div key={t} className="bg-raised border border-line rounded-lg p-3 text-xs text-ink-muted">

drb-frontend/components/DiscordServersCard.tsx

@@ -329,12 +329,13 @@ export function DiscordServersCard({ canEdit, isAdmin }: { canEdit: boolean; isA
 
       <div className="px-5 py-3 border-t border-line bg-raised text-xs text-ink-muted">
         {restricted ? (
-          <>Unlinked servers see only <b className="text-ink">/drb link</b> and <b className="text-ink">/help</b>. </>
+          <>Where the DRB server bot is present, an unlinked server sees only <b className="text-ink">/drb link</b> and <b className="text-ink">/help</b>. </>
         ) : isAdmin ? (
           <>Platform setting: unlinked servers still act for the default organization (<span className="font-mono">DISCORD_UNLINKED_GUILD_ORG_ID</span>) until linked. </>
         ) : null}
-        Every command and autocomplete is scoped to the linked organization — no server sees another
-        organization&apos;s nodes, systems or bots.
+        Radio channels, and every DRB server bot command and autocomplete, are scoped to the linked organization — no
+        server sees another organization&apos;s nodes, systems or bots. The DRB server bot is optional: a radio bot
+        alone is enough to stream.
       </div>
     </Card>
   );

drb-frontend/components/NodeDiscordRadio.tsx

@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 
 // Node page "Discord radio" panel + picker (server-26#213 item 3, #109 item 13).
 // Replaces the raw Guild ID / Voice Channel ID modal. The picker lists only
-// the Discord servers linked to this node's org and the voice channels the
-// DRB bot reported in them; a pick becomes a radio channel pinned to this node
-// (desired state — the node reconciles and reports back, shown per row).
+// the Discord servers linked to this node's org and their voice channels, as
+// read by a radio bot in the server or pushed by the DRB server bot — either
+// is enough; the server bot is optional (server-26#225). A pick becomes a
+// radio channel pinned to this node (desired state — the node reconciles and
+// reports back, shown per row).
 // A voice channel can carry several radio streams, each its own bot playing
 // its own system (server-26#213 follow-up): picking a channel that already
 // plays another system ADDS this node's system beside it; only a stream of
@@ -211,8 +213,9 @@ function DiscordPicker({
             <legend className="text-xs text-ink-muted mb-2">Discord server</legend>
             {usable.length === 0 ? (
               <p className="text-xs text-ink-2 bg-raised border border-line rounded-lg px-3 py-2">
-                No Discord server is linked to your organization yet. Add the DRB bot to your Discord server and
-                link it to your organization; it shows up here once the bot reports its channels.
+                No Discord server is linked to your organization yet. The organization owner connects one under
+                Settings → Organization → <b className="text-ink">Connect a Discord server</b>: adding a radio bot
+                to the server links it, and its voice channels show up here.
               </p>
             ) : (
               <div className="space-y-1.5">
@@ -259,12 +262,13 @@ function DiscordPicker({
               <legend className="text-xs text-ink-muted mb-2">Voice channel</legend>
               {!guild.synced ? (
                 <p className="text-xs text-ink-2 bg-raised border border-line rounded-lg px-3 py-2">
-                  The DRB bot has not reported this server&apos;s channels yet. It does when it starts and every 15
-                  minutes — check back shortly.
+                  DRB hasn&apos;t read this server&apos;s voice channels yet. A radio bot in the server lists them
+                  (or the DRB server bot, if it&apos;s there) — close this and open it again in a moment. If it
+                  stays empty, no radio bot is in this server yet — invite one with the link under the server above.
                 </p>
               ) : guild.voice_channels.length === 0 ? (
                 <p className="text-xs text-ink-2 bg-raised border border-line rounded-lg px-3 py-2">
-                  This server has no voice channels the DRB bot can see.
+                  This server has no voice channels DRB&apos;s bots can see.
                 </p>
               ) : (
                 <div className="space-y-2">

drb-frontend/components/discord/ServersPanel.tsx

@@ -8,8 +8,12 @@ import { DIM, Field, INPUT, Panel, Status, Table, TD } from "./ui";
 
 // Linked Discord servers = discord_guilds docs, plus any server that has had a
 // radio channel without being linked (it acts for DISCORD_UNLINKED_GUILD_ORG_ID).
-// Linking is PUT /discord/guilds/{id}/link (platform admin). The owner-side
-// "/drb link code:" flow is server-26#213 item 1 and is not built here.
+// Linking here is PUT /discord/guilds/{id}/link (platform admin, support).
+// Org owners link their own from Settings → Organization: "Connect a Discord
+// server" (a radio bot's OAuth invite, no DRB server bot needed) or a
+// /drb link code (needs the server bot) — server-26#213 item 1, #225.
+// The Bots column says which bots are in each server: the DRB server bot is
+// optional (server-26#225 S8), one radio bot is enough to stream.
 // Remove is DELETE /discord/guilds/{id}: its radio channels are stopped then
 // deleted, and the server is unlinked with no fallback org.
 
@@ -85,6 +89,30 @@ function LinkForm({
   );
 }
 
+// Which bots are in the server. The DRB server bot is optional (server-26#225):
+// "not there" is only a problem when no radio bot is either.
+function BotsCell({ guild }: { guild: DiscordGuild }) {
+  const radio = guild.radio_bots ?? [];
+  const main = guild.main_bot_present;
+  return (
+    <>
+      <div>
+        {radio.length > 0 ? (
+          <span title={radio.join(", ")}>
+            {radio.length} radio bot{radio.length === 1 ? "" : "s"}
+          </span>
+        ) : (
+          <span className={main ? DIM : "text-sev-moderate"}>no radio bot</span>
+        )}
+      </div>
+      <div className={DIM}>
+        DRB server bot: {main === true ? "present" : main === false ? "not there" : "never seen"}
+        {guild.directory_source === "radio_bot" && " · channels via radio bot"}
+      </div>
+    </>
+  );
+}
+
 type RemoveResult = { guild: string; streams: number; bots: { name: string; left: boolean; error: string | null }[] };
 
 function RemoveForm({
@@ -131,7 +159,7 @@ function RemoveForm({
         </span>
       </label>
       <p className="text-ink-muted">
-        The DRB bot itself stays in the Discord server until someone kicks it there.
+        The DRB server bot, if it is in the Discord server, stays until someone kicks it there.
       </p>
       {error && <p className="text-sev-major">{error}</p>}
       <div className="flex gap-2">
@@ -171,8 +199,9 @@ export function ServersPanel({
         fallback ? (
           <>
             <b className="text-ink">Unlinked servers act for {fallbackName}</b> (DISCORD_UNLINKED_GUILD_ORG_ID). Any
-            server the DRB bot is invited to can use that org&apos;s systems until it is linked here. Set the variable
-            to an empty string once every real server is linked.
+            server the DRB server bot is invited to can use that org&apos;s systems until it is linked here (a radio
+            bot alone never puts an unlinked server here). Set the variable to an empty string once every real server
+            is linked.
           </>
         ) : (
           <>Unlinked servers can&apos;t use radio commands until they are linked here.</>
@@ -189,14 +218,16 @@ export function ServersPanel({
               {removed.bots.map((b) => `${b.name} ${b.left ? "left" : `did not leave (${b.error ?? "unknown error"})`}`).join("; ")}.
             </>
           )}{" "}
-          The DRB bot is still in that Discord server until someone kicks it.
+          The DRB server bot, if it was there, stays in that Discord server until someone kicks it.
           <button className="ml-3 text-accent hover:underline" onClick={() => setRemoved(null)}>Dismiss</button>
         </div>
       )}
       {overview.guilds.length === 0 ? (
-        <p className="px-4 py-6 text-sm text-ink-muted">No Discord servers yet. Link one, or run a radio command in a server the DRB bot is in.</p>
+        <p className="px-4 py-6 text-sm text-ink-muted">
+          No Discord servers yet. Link one here, or an organization owner connects one under Settings → Organization.
+        </p>
       ) : (
-        <Table head={["Server", "Acts for", "Radio channels", "Linked", "Status", ""]}>
+        <Table head={["Server", "Acts for", "Bots", "Radio channels", "Linked", "Status", ""]}>
           {overview.guilds.flatMap((g) => {
             const row = (
               <tr key={g.guild_id}>
@@ -208,6 +239,9 @@ export function ServersPanel({
                   {g.acting_org_name || g.acting_org_id || <span className={DIM}>nobody</span>}
                   {!g.linked && g.acting_org_id && <div className={DIM}>fallback, not linked</div>}
                 </td>
+                <td className={TD}>
+                  <BotsCell guild={g} />
+                </td>
                 <td className={TD}>
                   {g.live_streams} / {max}
                 </td>
@@ -251,7 +285,7 @@ export function ServersPanel({
               return [
                 row,
                 <tr key={`${g.guild_id}-remove`}>
-                  <td colSpan={6} className="p-0 border-b border-line">
+                  <td colSpan={7} className="p-0 border-b border-line">
                     <RemoveForm
                       guild={g}
                       onCancel={() => setRemoving(null)}
@@ -269,7 +303,7 @@ export function ServersPanel({
             return [
               row,
               <tr key={`${g.guild_id}-edit`}>
-                <td colSpan={6} className="p-0 border-b border-line">
+                <td colSpan={7} className="p-0 border-b border-line">
                   <LinkForm overview={overview} guild={g} onDone={done} onCancel={() => setEditing(null)} />
                 </td>
               </tr>,

drb-frontend/components/discord/StreamsPanel.tsx

@@ -348,7 +348,8 @@ export function StreamsPanel({
       )}
       {overview.streams.length === 0 ? (
         <p className="px-4 py-6 text-sm text-ink-muted">
-          No radio channels yet. Start one here, or run <span className="font-mono">/join</span> in a linked Discord server.
+          No radio channels yet. Start one here or from a node&apos;s Discord radio panel, or run{" "}
+          <span className="font-mono">/join</span> where the DRB server bot is in a linked Discord server.
         </p>
       ) : (
         <Table head={["Server · channel", "Source", "Talkgroups", "Mode", "Desired → actual", "Bot", ""]}>

drb-frontend/lib/discord.ts

@@ -85,6 +85,14 @@ export interface DiscordGuild {
   acting_org_id: string | null;
   acting_org_name: string | null;
   live_streams: number;
+  /** How it was linked: "admin" | "code" | "oauth" (absent on older links). */
+  linked_via?: string | null;
+  /** The DRB server bot (optional, server-26#225): true/false as it last reported, null = never heard. */
+  main_bot_present?: boolean | null;
+  /** Who listed its voice channels: "main_bot" | "radio_bot". */
+  directory_source?: string | null;
+  /** Radio bots Discord last said are in this server (names). */
+  radio_bots?: string[];
 }
 
 export interface DiscordAdminOverview {

drb-server-discord-bot/app/commands/directory.py

@@ -4,15 +4,22 @@ Server directory push (server-26#213 item 3).
 The web node page picks a Discord server + voice channel instead of taking raw
 IDs. It needs each server's name and voice channels, and this bot already has
 them in its gateway cache (default intents include ``guilds``), so it pushes
-them to C2 (PUT /discord/guilds/{id}/directory, service key). C2 never calls
-Discord on the browser's behalf and no token reaches the browser.
+them to C2 (PUT /discord/guilds/{id}/directory, service key).
+
+This bot is optional (server-26#225): in a server it is not in, C2 reads the
+same list over Discord REST with a radio bot's token (routers/discord_web.py).
+Where it is present, its push wins while fresh and also tells C2 to drop its
+cached Discord answers for the server, so a permission fixed in Discord shows
+up on the next check instead of after the cache expires. No token ever
+reaches the browser either way.
 
 Pushed: server name, and per voice channel its id, name, category name and
 order. Nothing about members, messages or roles.
 
 When: every server on ready, on join/leave/rename, on any voice-channel or
-category create/delete/update (debounced per server), and a full re-push every
-15 minutes in case C2 missed one (it was down, or redeployed).
+category create/delete/update — including a permission-overwrite change — and
+on a role permission change or role delete (debounced per server), and a full
+re-push every 15 minutes in case C2 missed one (it was down, or redeployed).
 """
 import asyncio
 from typing import Optional
@@ -123,10 +130,22 @@ class DirectorySync(commands.Cog):
 
     @commands.Cog.listener()
     async def on_guild_channel_update(self, before: discord.abc.GuildChannel, after: discord.abc.GuildChannel):
+        # Overwrites too: the push makes C2 drop its cached permission answers
+        # for this server (server-26#225), so "Re-check" sees the fix at once.
         if _relevant(after) and (before.name != after.name or before.position != after.position
-                                 or getattr(before, "category_id", None) != getattr(after, "category_id", None)):
+                                 or getattr(before, "category_id", None) != getattr(after, "category_id", None)
+                                 or before.overwrites != after.overwrites):
             self.schedule(after.guild)
 
+    @commands.Cog.listener()
+    async def on_guild_role_update(self, before: discord.Role, after: discord.Role):
+        if before.permissions != after.permissions:
+            self.schedule(after.guild)
+
+    @commands.Cog.listener()
+    async def on_guild_role_delete(self, role: discord.Role):
+        self.schedule(role.guild)
+
 
 async def setup(bot: commands.Bot):
     await bot.add_cog(DirectorySync(bot))

drb-server-discord-bot/app/commands/radio.py

@@ -284,7 +284,9 @@ class RadioCommands(commands.Cog):
             value=(
                 "Link this server to your DRB organization — needed before anything below works. "
                 "An organization owner gets the code in DRB under Settings → Organization → Discord servers; "
-                "someone with Manage Server runs this."
+                "someone with Manage Server runs this.\n"
+                "Or skip this bot entirely: **Connect a Discord server** on that same page adds a radio bot "
+                "and links the server in one step, and radio channels can be started from a node's page in DRB."
             ),
             inline=False,
         )
@@ -314,7 +316,9 @@ class RadioCommands(commands.Cog):
             name="Radio bots",
             value=(
                 "A radio bot has to be a member of this server before it can join a channel — "
-                "if none is, `/join` replies with an invite link.\n"
+                "if none is, `/join` replies with an invite link. It needs View Channel, Connect and Speak "
+                "there; if it can't, `/join` says which permission is missing and where to allow it.\n"
+                "Radio bots work without this bot: it only adds these commands.\n"
                 "The bot's green speaking ring lights up only while radio is transmitting."
             ),
             inline=False,