From 0ce75f3f53bdf7a8db034c793eb714fcec432831 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh <8677174+bijij@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 07:51:00 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] [commands] Fix issue with category cooldowns outside of guild
 channels

---
 discord/ext/commands/cooldowns.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/discord/ext/commands/cooldowns.py b/discord/ext/commands/cooldowns.py
index 9a73a2b4e..cf328d9b3 100644
--- a/discord/ext/commands/cooldowns.py
+++ b/discord/ext/commands/cooldowns.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class BucketType(Enum):
         elif self is BucketType.member:
             return ((msg.guild and msg.guild.id), msg.author.id)
         elif self is BucketType.category:
-            return (msg.channel.category or msg.channel).id  # type: ignore
+            return (getattr(msg.channel, 'category', None) or msg.channel).id
         elif self is BucketType.role:
             # we return the channel id of a private-channel as there are only roles in guilds
             # and that yields the same result as for a guild with only the @everyone role