Document get_thread not fetching archived threads

3 years ago · 18854c0124
2 changed files with 10 additions and 0 deletions
--- a/discord/channel.py
+++ b/discord/channel.py
@ -646,6 +646,11 @@ class TextChannel(discord.abc.Messageable, discord.abc.GuildChannel, Hashable):
    def get_thread(self, thread_id: int, /) -> Optional[Thread]:
        """Returns a thread with the given ID.

+        .. note::
+
+            This does not always retrieve archived threads, as they are not retained in the internal
+            cache. Use :func:`Guild.fetch_channel` instead.
+
        .. versionadded:: 2.0

        Parameters
--- a/discord/guild.py
+++ b/discord/guild.py
@ -774,6 +774,11 @@ class Guild(Hashable):
    def get_thread(self, thread_id: int, /) -> Optional[Thread]:
        """Returns a thread with the given ID.

+        .. note::
+
+            This does not always retrieve archived threads, as they are not retained in the internal
+            cache. Use :func:`fetch_channel` instead.
+
        .. versionadded:: 2.0

        Parameters