From 4065014794559fc618c63a6dcbb9ee376137b8c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stocker <44980366+StockerMC@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2021 16:28:15 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add type: ignore for StageInstance.channel

---
 discord/stage_instance.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/discord/stage_instance.py b/discord/stage_instance.py
index d46ead4e5..479e89f2c 100644
--- a/discord/stage_instance.py
+++ b/discord/stage_instance.py
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ class StageInstance(Hashable):
     @cached_slot_property('_cs_channel')
     def channel(self) -> Optional[StageChannel]:
         """Optional[:class:`StageChannel`]: The channel that stage instance is running in."""
-        return self._state.get_channel(self.channel_id)
+        # the returned channel will always be a StageChannel or None
+        return self._state.get_channel(self.channel_id) # type: ignore
 
     def is_public(self) -> bool:
         return self.privacy_level is StagePrivacyLevel.public