diff --git a/apps/bot/src/discord-bot.ts b/apps/bot/src/discord-bot.ts
index 7e8294d..4fdfcda 100644
--- a/apps/bot/src/discord-bot.ts
+++ b/apps/bot/src/discord-bot.ts
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ export async function startBot(): Promise<void> {
 
     const isDirectMessage = !message.inGuild();
 
-    await ingestIfIndexed(
+    await safelyIngestIfIndexed("message-create",
       message,
       config.channelIndexing,
       ragPipeline,
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ export async function startBot(): Promise<void> {
       return;
     }
 
-    await ingestIfIndexed(
+    await safelyIngestIfIndexed("message-update",
       materializedMessage,
       config.channelIndexing,
       ragPipeline,
@@ -713,6 +713,17 @@ export async function startBot(): Promise<void> {
   await client.login(config.botToken);
 }
 
+async function safelyIngestIfIndexed(
+  context: string,
+  ...args: Parameters<typeof ingestIfIndexed>
+): Promise<void> {
+  try {
+    await ingestIfIndexed(...args);
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error(`[${context}] Discord archive ingest failed; continuing without indexing.`, error);
+  }
+}
+
 async function resolveRepliedRepoIdentity(
   message: Message,
   registry: { identities: RepoDiscordIdentity[] },
diff --git a/scripts/render-voidbot-swarm-dashboard.mjs b/scripts/render-voidbot-swarm-dashboard.mjs
index cffd1e0..78c057b 100644
--- a/scripts/render-voidbot-swarm-dashboard.mjs
+++ b/scripts/render-voidbot-swarm-dashboard.mjs
@@ -685,10 +685,10 @@ function renderValueDetail(value) {
 function projectPendingMention(mention) {
   return {
     identityId: stringOrNull(mention?.identityId),
-    sourceChannelId: stringOrNull(mention?.sourceChannelId),
-    sourceMessageId: stringOrNull(mention?.sourceMessageId),
-    createdAt: stringOrNull(mention?.createdAt),
-    prompt: truncate(String(mention?.prompt ?? mention?.content ?? ""), 220),
+    sourceChannelId: stringOrNull(mention?.sourceChannelId ?? mention?.channelId),
+    sourceMessageId: stringOrNull(mention?.sourceMessageId ?? mention?.messageId),
+    createdAt: stringOrNull(mention?.createdAt ?? mention?.queuedAt),
+    prompt: truncate(String(mention?.prompt ?? mention?.visiblePrompt ?? mention?.content ?? ""), 220),
   };
 }