Delete attachments first before deleting a message

[Lgmrszd]

There is an issue with how discord handles file attachments that causes them to stay on the cdn permanently if the message with said attachment got deleted. As for now the only known way to prevent that is to first delete attachments from the message, which would in turn cause them to be scheduled for deletion from the cdn.

It would be nice if this script could first delete the attachments that way before deleting the messages themselves. Only two requests are needed, first is to edit the message to add any text if it is missing some ({"content":"foobar"} for example), and another one is to delete the attachments ({"attachments":[]})

[AerialJustice]

If you are still able to visit the cdn link and your file still exists, this is against the law and you should send Discord a request to remove it.

But usually, if you delete a message that contains uploaded files, no matter what they are, they are usually inaccessible after that. I have tried many times to access these after message deletion, and they are never accessible.

Can you show me a file that is still accessible publicly after you deleted a message that contained the attachment?

[Lgmrszd]

Sure, here's some blank rectangle of discord background that I sent as experiment some days ago and then deleted the message. It still accessible. Note that you might need to send this link in discord if it doesn't open for you, as links need to be refreshed by discord itself.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/484458232442519562/1471947377412669480/image.png?ex=699ff292&is=699ea112&hm=544186688e8aa923647c9a0f27b0a64e5af998b331e6784a0be150982197dcb4&format=webp&quality=lossless&

Whether these attached files become deleted from the CDN eventually (but simply take more time compared to directly removing attachments) or they truly stay on the cdn is not clear. I've yet to see a prolonged experiment that compares what happens to files removed from the message vs files removed together with a message. Even if this was a problem of the past that is now fixed, I haven't seen any claims of this being a case.

Here's a discussion of this problem on discord support forums https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360061593771-Privacy-for-CDN-attachements

[AerialJustice]

Did you delete the attachment or the message only?

[Lgmrszd]

I deleted the message only. Also just checked and the image is gone even after sending the link in discord again, which is strange. Perhaps deleting the message only causes the underlying files to be deleted, but much later (like a week, when deleting attachments directly it's usually a day)