From 090b22b0632f5db72f1ad0a838c99d6f0eb7a67a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luna <luna@example.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 02:32:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] chore: set continuation interval to 10s; restart per-user
 timer on message

---
 src/bot.js    | 10 ++++++++++
 src/config.js |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/bot.js b/src/bot.js
index f5444ae..d08a49d 100644
--- a/src/bot.js
+++ b/src/bot.js
@@ -409,6 +409,16 @@ client.on('messageCreate', async (message) => {
 
     await appendShortTerm(userId, 'user', cleaned);
 
+    try {
+      const state = continuationState.get(userId);
+      if (state) {
+        state.lastUserTs = Date.now();
+        continuationState.set(userId, state);
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.warn('[bot] Failed to reset continuation timer:', err);
+    }
+
     // If the user indicates they are leaving, stop proactive continuation
     if (stopCueRegex.test(cleaned)) {
       stopContinuationForUser(userId);
diff --git a/src/config.js b/src/config.js
index 1980716..1763059 100644
--- a/src/config.js
+++ b/src/config.js
@@ -39,6 +39,6 @@ export const config = {
   // Proactive continuation settings: when a user stops replying, Nova can continue
   // the conversation every `continuationIntervalMs` milliseconds until the user
   // signals to stop or the `continuationMaxProactive` limit is reached.
-  continuationIntervalMs: process.env.CONTINUATION_INTERVAL_MS ? parseInt(process.env.CONTINUATION_INTERVAL_MS, 10) : 15000,
+  continuationIntervalMs: process.env.CONTINUATION_INTERVAL_MS ? parseInt(process.env.CONTINUATION_INTERVAL_MS, 10) : 10000,
   continuationMaxProactive: process.env.CONTINUATION_MAX_PROACTIVE ? parseInt(process.env.CONTINUATION_MAX_PROACTIVE, 10) : 10,
 };