From 4e7529138c8ed9ee9fffaf6be2f95b5a1b3dd6e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jakub Kuczys <6032823+jack1142@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2022 02:18:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [commands] Properly use Optional's default value on parsing
 error

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

diff --git a/discord/ext/commands/core.py b/discord/ext/commands/core.py
index 4a0b2a96a..682a64748 100644
--- a/discord/ext/commands/core.py
+++ b/discord/ext/commands/core.py
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ class Command(_BaseCommand, Generic[CogT, P, T]):
             except ArgumentParsingError as exc:
                 if self._is_typing_optional(param.annotation):
                     view.index = previous
-                    return None
+                    return None if param.required else await param.get_default(ctx)
                 else:
                     raise exc
         view.previous = previous