fix: a Discord source takes only messages with an image attached, from the posters it names, and knows its channel's name (#4481)

- A message with no image or video attachment is chat: extract_media returns
  nothing for it, so nothing downloads and no post record is written. A
  message that passes keeps every file, numbered as gallery-dl numbers them.
- `discord_authors` in a source's config limits the walk to those posters
  (id, username or display name); the edit dialog has a field for it and no
  longer drops config keys it has no field for.
- source.display_name (migration 0115), refreshed by every Discord walk, shows
  on Subscriptions in place of the two-id URL; a Discord post card names its
  channel from the record's `channel`.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

alembic/versions/0115_source_display_name.py

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+"""source.display_name — what a source is called on its platform.
+
+#4481. A Discord source's URL is a server id and a channel id, so the
+Subscriptions page could only show two numbers. The Discord ingester already
+loads the server and channel names to walk them; it now keeps them here,
+refreshed on every walk. NULL until a walk has read it.
+
+Revision ID: 0115
+Revises: 0114
+Create Date: 2026-09-28
+
+"""
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+from alembic import op
+
+revision = "0115"
+down_revision = "0114"
+branch_labels = None
+depends_on = None
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+    op.add_column("source", sa.Column("display_name", sa.Text(), nullable=True))
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+    op.drop_column("source", "display_name")

backend/app/models/source.py

@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ class Source(Base):
     enabled: Mapped[bool] = mapped_column(Boolean, nullable=False, default=True, server_default="true")
 
     config_overrides: Mapped[dict | None] = mapped_column(JSON, nullable=True)
+    # alembic 0115: what the source is called on its platform, where the URL
+    # alone doesn't say — a Discord link is two numbers. The ingester that
+    # walks it refreshes it every walk, so a rename reads as the new name.
+    # NULL until a walk has read it, and on platforms that don't write it.
+    display_name: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(Text, nullable=True)
 
     last_checked_at: Mapped[datetime | None] = mapped_column(DateTime(timezone=True), nullable=True)
     last_error: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(Text, nullable=True)

backend/app/services/discord_client.py

@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ Two deliberate departures, both about the walk order, neither about content:
     the walk. gallery-dl skips only nested channels; one private thread the
     token cannot read would otherwise stop every channel after it.
 
+And one about content: a message is taken only if it has an image or video
+ATTACHMENT (`has_visual_attachment`). Discord is where creators chat as well
+as post, and the operator wants the art, not the conversation (2026-09-28): a
+text line, a lone archive or PSD, a pasted link's preview or a Tenor GIF is
+chat. A message that passes keeps every file gallery-dl would take, numbered
+as gallery-dl numbers them, so the on-disk names still match.
+
 FC runs on a plain-HTTP homelab; nothing here uses a secure-context Web API.
 """
 
@@ -79,6 +86,13 @@ _FORUM = frozenset({15, 16})            # forum, media: threads only
 _CATEGORY = 4
 _SERVER_WALK = _TEXT | _FORUM
 _EMBED_TYPES = frozenset({"image", "gifv", "video"})
+# What makes a message art rather than chat: an attached file FC imports as an
+# image or video. Mirrors importer.ALL_EXTS (not imported: that module is the
+# import pipeline, and this one is a network client).
+_VISUAL_EXTS = frozenset({
+    "png", "jpg", "jpeg", "gif", "webp", "bmp", "tif", "tiff",
+    "mp4", "mov", "avi", "mkv", "webm", "m4v", "wmv", "flv",
+})
 
 _URL_RE = re.compile(
     r"^(?:https?://)?(?:www\.|ptb\.|canary\.)?discord(?:app)?\.com/channels/"
@@ -163,6 +177,33 @@ def message_text(message: dict) -> str:
     return "\n".join(p for p in parts if p)
 
 
+def _message_and_snapshots(message: dict) -> list[dict]:
+    """The message itself, then each forwarded message it carries."""
+    return [message] + [
+        (s or {}).get("message") or {}
+        for s in message.get("message_snapshots") or []
+        if ((s or {}).get("message") or {}).get("type", 0) in MESSAGE_TYPES
+    ]
+
+
+def _is_visual(attachment: dict) -> bool:
+    ctype = (attachment.get("content_type") or "").lower()
+    if ctype.startswith(("image/", "video/")):
+        return True
+    name = attachment.get("filename") or attachment.get("url") or ""
+    return nameext_from_url(name)[1] in _VISUAL_EXTS
+
+
+def has_visual_attachment(message: dict) -> bool:
+    """Does this message, or a message it forwards, have an image or video
+    attached? The one test for "art, not chat" — see the module docstring."""
+    return any(
+        att.get("url") and _is_visual(att)
+        for snap in _message_and_snapshots(message)
+        for att in snap.get("attachments") or []
+    )
+
+
 @dataclass
 class MediaItem:
     """One file of a Discord message. `filename`/`extension` are gallery-dl's
@@ -212,6 +253,8 @@ class DiscordClient:
         self._server: dict = {}
         self._channels: dict[str, dict] = {}
         self._skip_feed = False
+        # Whose messages the walk takes (`only_from`); empty takes everyone's.
+        self._authors: frozenset[str] = frozenset()
 
     # -- request -----------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -373,6 +416,43 @@ class DiscordClient:
             if meta["channel_type"] in _SERVER_WALK:
                 yield from self._feeds(meta["channel_id"], safe=True)
 
+    def only_from(self, authors) -> None:
+        """Take only messages posted by these people: user ids, usernames or
+        display names, any case. A creator's server is full of other members
+        posting their own pictures; the source is subscribed to the creator.
+        Empty or None takes everyone's, as before."""
+        self._authors = frozenset(
+            str(a).strip().lower() for a in authors or () if str(a).strip()
+        )
+
+    def _author_wanted(self, message: dict) -> bool:
+        if not self._authors:
+            return True
+        author = message.get("author") or {}
+        names = (author.get("id"), author.get("username"), author.get("global_name"))
+        return any(str(n).lower() in self._authors for n in names if n)
+
+    def source_label(self, url: str) -> str | None:
+        """What the source is called in Discord — `Server · #channel`, a
+        thread as `#parent › thread`, a whole server by its name — from the
+        metadata the walk loaded. None when the walk never got that far."""
+        try:
+            _, channel_id = parse_source_url(url)
+        except DiscordAPIError:
+            return None
+        server = self._server.get("server") or None
+        if channel_id is None:
+            return server
+        meta = self._channels.get(channel_id) or {}
+        name = meta.get("channel")
+        if not name:
+            return None
+        if name != "DMs":
+            name = f"#{name}"
+            if meta.get("is_thread") and meta.get("parent"):
+                name = f"#{meta['parent']} › {meta['channel']}"
+        return f"{server} · {name}" if server else name
+
     def skip_feed(self) -> None:
         """Optional core seam (#4413): end the current channel and go on to the
         next one. A tick's early-out means THIS channel has nothing new, not
@@ -440,6 +520,8 @@ class DiscordClient:
             for message in messages:
                 if message.get("type") not in MESSAGE_TYPES:
                     continue
+                if not self._author_wanted(message):
+                    continue
                 message["_meta"] = meta
                 yield message, meta, page_cursor
                 if self._skip_feed:
@@ -454,13 +536,14 @@ class DiscordClient:
     def extract_media(post: dict, included: dict | None = None) -> list[MediaItem]:
         """gallery-dl's file list for one message: attachments, then the first
         of video/image/thumbnail `proxy_url` of each file-bearing embed, then
-        the same for every forwarded snapshot; numbered from 1 across them."""
+        the same for every forwarded snapshot; numbered from 1 across them.
+
+        Empty for a message with no image or video attached: that is chat,
+        whatever else it carries (`has_visual_attachment`)."""
+        if not has_visual_attachment(post):
+            return []
         mid = str(post.get("id") or "")
-        snapshots = [post] + [
-            (s or {}).get("message") or {}
-            for s in post.get("message_snapshots") or []
-            if ((s or {}).get("message") or {}).get("type", 0) in MESSAGE_TYPES
-        ]
+        snapshots = _message_and_snapshots(post)
         found: list[tuple[str, str, str | None]] = []
         for snap in snapshots:
             for att in snap.get("attachments") or []:
@@ -498,10 +581,10 @@ class DiscordClient:
         """`(message:<id>, <id>)` — gates the message record through the seen
         ledger, like `post:<id>` on the other platforms.
 
-        None for a message with no files. gallery-dl wrote a sidecar only
-        beside a file, so a text-only chat line never became a post, and the
-        drop grouping (discord_grouping) is built on that: a channel's chatter
-        recorded as posts would bury the drops it exists to surface."""
+        None for a message `extract_media` takes nothing from, i.e. one with
+        no image or video attached. The drop grouping (discord_grouping) is
+        built on that: a channel's chatter recorded as posts would bury the
+        drops it exists to surface."""
         mid = post.get("id")
         mid = str(mid) if mid is not None else ""
         if not mid or not cls.extract_media(post):

backend/app/services/discord_ingester.py

@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ Two things differ from the cookie platforms:
     something; a Discord drop is routinely files and nothing else, so on
     Discord that is an ordinary backfill, not a broken parser.
 
+And two things only a Discord source has: `discord_authors` in its
+config_overrides limits it to the creator's own messages (a server's other
+members post pictures too), and it learns its own name — the server and
+channel it walks — into `source.display_name`.
+
 `campaign_id` is the source URL (a server, channel, thread or category link).
 FC runs on a plain-HTTP homelab; nothing here uses a secure-context Web API.
 """
@@ -20,15 +25,23 @@ FC runs on a plain-HTTP homelab; nothing here uses a secure-context Web API.
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import asyncio
+import logging
 from collections.abc import Callable
 from pathlib import Path
 
-from ..models import DiscordFailedMedia, DiscordSeenMedia
+from sqlalchemy import select, update
+
+from ..models import DiscordFailedMedia, DiscordSeenMedia, Source
 from .discord_client import DiscordAPIError, DiscordClient, MediaItem
 from .discord_downloader import DiscordDownloader
 from .ingest_core import Ingester
 
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 _LEDGER_KEY_MAX = 128
+# `config_overrides` key: the people whose messages this source takes (user
+# ids, usernames or display names). Absent or empty takes everyone's.
+AUTHORS_KEY = "discord_authors"
 
 
 def _ledger_key(media: MediaItem) -> str:
@@ -74,6 +87,46 @@ class DiscordIngester(Ingester):
             body_canary=False,
         )
 
+    def run(self, **kwargs):
+        """The core walk, bracketed by the two things only a Discord source
+        has: whose messages it takes, read before the walk, and the name of
+        what it walks, written after it (the walk is what loads that name)."""
+        source_id = kwargs["source_id"]
+        self.client.only_from(self._source_authors(source_id))
+        try:
+            return super().run(**kwargs)
+        finally:
+            self._record_display_name(source_id, kwargs["campaign_id"])
+
+    def _source_authors(self, source_id: int) -> list:
+        if self.session_factory is None:
+            return []
+        with self.session_factory() as session:
+            overrides = session.execute(
+                select(Source.config_overrides).where(Source.id == source_id)
+            ).scalar_one_or_none() or {}
+        authors = overrides.get(AUTHORS_KEY) or []
+        return authors if isinstance(authors, list) else []
+
+    def _record_display_name(self, source_id: int, url: str) -> None:
+        """Refreshed on every walk, never written once: a renamed channel
+        should read as its new name. A name the walk couldn't read leaves the
+        stored one alone, and a failure here never fails the walk."""
+        label = self.client.source_label(url)
+        if not label or self.session_factory is None:
+            return
+        try:
+            with self.session_factory() as session:
+                session.execute(
+                    update(Source)
+                    .where(Source.id == source_id)
+                    .where(Source.display_name.is_distinct_from(label))
+                    .values(display_name=label)
+                )
+                session.commit()
+        except Exception as exc:  # a name is decoration — never fail the walk
+            log.warning("Discord: couldn't record source %s's name: %s", source_id, exc)
+
 
 async def verify_discord_credential(url: str, auth_token: str | None) -> tuple[bool | None, str]:
     """The uniform `(ok, message)` probe: is the token valid, and can its

backend/app/services/post_feed_service.py

@@ -479,6 +479,10 @@ class PostFeedService:
             # the UI uses this to explain why a post it linked to is not in the
             # stream.
             "absorbed_by_post_id": post.absorbed_by_post_id,
+            # #4481. The Discord channel a message was posted in: both the native
+            # post record and gallery-dl's sidecars carry it as `channel`. None
+            # on every other platform, and on a Discord post that never said.
+            "channel": _discord_channel(post, source),
             "artist": {"id": artist.id, "name": artist.name, "slug": artist.slug},
             "source": (
                 {"id": source.id, "platform": source.platform}
@@ -488,3 +492,13 @@ class PostFeedService:
             "thumbnails_more": thumbs_entry["more"],
             "attachments": atts_map.get(post.id, []),
         }
+
+
+def _discord_channel(post: Post, source: Source | None) -> str | None:
+    if source is None or source.platform != "discord":
+        return None
+    raw = post.raw_metadata if isinstance(post.raw_metadata, dict) else {}
+    channel = raw.get("channel")
+    if not isinstance(channel, str):
+        return None
+    return channel.strip() or None

backend/app/services/source_service.py

@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ class SourceRecord:
     artist_slug: str
     platform: str
     url: str
+    # alembic 0115: the name the platform gives it, where the URL is opaque
+    # (a Discord link is two ids). None until a walk has read it.
+    display_name: str | None
     enabled: bool
     config_overrides: dict | None
     last_checked_at: str | None
@@ -110,6 +113,7 @@ class SourceRecord:
             "artist_slug": self.artist_slug,
             "platform": self.platform,
             "url": self.url,
+            "display_name": self.display_name,
             "enabled": self.enabled,
             "config_overrides": self.config_overrides,
             "last_checked_at": self.last_checked_at,
@@ -301,6 +305,7 @@ class SourceService:
             artist_slug=artist.slug,
             platform=source.platform,
             url=source.url,
+            display_name=source.display_name,
             enabled=source.enabled,
             config_overrides=source.config_overrides,
             last_checked_at=source.last_checked_at.isoformat() if source.last_checked_at else None,

frontend/src/components/posts/PostCard.vue

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
         :to="{ name: 'artist', params: { slug: post.artist.slug } }"
         class="fc-post-card__artist"
       >{{ post.artist.name }}</RouterLink>
+      <span v-if="post.channel" class="fc-post-card__meta">#{{ post.channel }}</span>
       <span class="fc-post-card__date" :title="absoluteDate">{{ relativeDate }}</span>
       <span v-if="totalImages" class="fc-post-card__meta">
         · {{ totalImages }} image{{ totalImages === 1 ? '' : 's' }}

frontend/src/components/subscriptions/SourceCard.vue

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
       <a
         :href="source.url" target="_blank" rel="noopener"
         class="fc-source-card__url" @click.stop
-      >{{ source.url }}</a>
+      >{{ source.display_name || source.url }}</a>
       <v-btn
         icon="mdi-pencil" size="x-small" variant="text"
         @click.stop="$emit('edit', source)"

frontend/src/components/subscriptions/SourceFormDialog.vue

@@ -44,6 +44,14 @@
               v-model="structuredSince" label="Skip posts older than (YYYY-MM-DD)"
               placeholder="2024-01-01" hide-details class="mt-2"
             />
+            <!-- A creator's server is full of other members posting their own
+                 pictures; the source is subscribed to the creator (#4481). -->
+            <v-text-field
+              v-if="platform === 'discord'"
+              v-model="structuredAuthors" label="Only posts by (Discord names or ids)"
+              placeholder="Todding" hint="Comma-separated. Empty takes everyone's."
+              persistent-hint class="mt-2"
+            />
             <p class="text-caption mt-2" style="opacity: 0.75">
               More per-platform fields land here over time. Use Advanced JSON for everything else.
             </p>
@@ -98,6 +106,24 @@ const urlError = ref('')
 const configTab = ref('structured')
 const structuredVideos = ref(true)
 const structuredSince = ref('')
+const structuredAuthors = ref('')
+// Keys the structured view has no field for, carried through its saves so
+// switching tabs never drops what the JSON view set.
+const otherConfig = ref({})
+const STRUCTURED_KEYS = ['videos', 'since', 'discord_authors']
+
+function splitAuthors(txt) {
+  return (txt || '').split(',').map(s => s.trim()).filter(Boolean)
+}
+
+function takeConfig(co) {
+  structuredVideos.value = co.videos !== false
+  structuredSince.value = co.since ?? ''
+  structuredAuthors.value = Array.isArray(co.discord_authors) ? co.discord_authors.join(', ') : ''
+  otherConfig.value = Object.fromEntries(
+    Object.entries(co).filter(([k]) => !STRUCTURED_KEYS.includes(k)),
+  )
+}
 const jsonText = ref('{}')
 const jsonError = ref('')
 
@@ -105,13 +131,15 @@ const busy = ref(false)
 
 // Sync config_overrides between the two views.
 const config = computed(() => {
-  const out = {}
+  const out = { ...otherConfig.value }
   if (!structuredVideos.value) out.videos = false
   if (structuredSince.value) out.since = structuredSince.value
+  const authors = splitAuthors(structuredAuthors.value)
+  if (authors.length) out.discord_authors = authors
   return out
 })
 
-watch([structuredVideos, structuredSince], () => {
+watch([structuredVideos, structuredSince, structuredAuthors], () => {
   if (configTab.value === 'structured') {
     jsonText.value = JSON.stringify(config.value, null, 2)
     jsonError.value = ''
@@ -128,8 +156,7 @@ watch(jsonText, (txt) => {
     }
     jsonError.value = ''
     // Reflect recognized keys into the structured view.
-    structuredVideos.value = parsed.videos !== false
-    structuredSince.value = parsed.since ?? ''
+    takeConfig(parsed)
   } catch {
     jsonError.value = 'Invalid JSON'
   }
@@ -146,14 +173,13 @@ watch(() => props.modelValue, async (open) => {
     url.value = props.source.url
     enabled.value = props.source.enabled
     const co = props.source.config_overrides || {}
-    structuredVideos.value = co.videos !== false
-    structuredSince.value = co.since ?? ''
+    takeConfig(co)
     jsonText.value = JSON.stringify(co, null, 2)
     artistChoice.value = { id: props.source.artist_id, name: props.source.artist_name }
   } else {
     platform.value = platformsStore.list[0]?.key || 'patreon'
     url.value = ''; enabled.value = true
-    structuredVideos.value = true; structuredSince.value = ''
+    takeConfig({})
     jsonText.value = '{}'
     artistChoice.value = props.initialArtist
       ? { id: props.initialArtist.id, name: props.initialArtist.name }

frontend/src/components/subscriptions/SourceRow.vue

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
       <div class="fc-source-row__url-wrap">
         <a :href="source.url" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="fc-source-row__url"
            @click.stop>
-          {{ source.url }}
+          {{ source.display_name || source.url }}
         </a>
         <!-- Edit sits next to the source identity (operator-requested), not in
              the action cluster where it was easy to fat-finger Remove. -->

frontend/src/components/subscriptions/SubscriptionsTab.vue

@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
             v-if="item.singleSource"
             :href="item.singleSource.url" target="_blank" rel="noopener"
             class="fc-subs__sub-url" @click.stop
-          >{{ item.singleSource.url }}</a>
+          >{{ item.singleSource.display_name || item.singleSource.url }}</a>
         </template>
 
         <template #item.platforms="{ item }">
@@ -517,6 +517,7 @@ const filteredGroups = computed(() => {
         g.sources.some(
           (s) =>
             (s.url || '').toLowerCase().includes(q) ||
+            (s.display_name || '').toLowerCase().includes(q) ||
             (s.platform || '').toLowerCase().includes(q),
         ),
     )

tests/test_discord_client.py

@@ -153,9 +153,11 @@ def test_an_embeds_identity_ignores_its_signature():
     def embed(sig):
         return {"type": "image", "image": {"proxy_url": f"https://media/p/x.png?ex={sig}"}}
 
-    one = DiscordClient.extract_media(_msg(9, embeds=[embed("a")]))[0].media_id
-    two = DiscordClient.extract_media(_msg(9, embeds=[embed("b")]))[0].media_id
-    assert one == two and len(one) <= 33
+    art = [{"url": "https://cdn/a/1.png"}]
+    one = DiscordClient.extract_media(_msg(9, attachments=art, embeds=[embed("a")]))[1]
+    two = DiscordClient.extract_media(_msg(9, attachments=art, embeds=[embed("b")]))[1]
+    assert one.kind == two.kind == "embed"
+    assert one.media_id == two.media_id and len(one.media_id) <= 33
 
 
 def test_post_seams():
@@ -165,11 +167,52 @@ def test_post_seams():
 
 
 def test_a_text_only_message_is_not_a_post():
-    """gallery-dl never made one: chat lines would bury the drops."""
+    """Chat lines would bury the drops."""
     assert DiscordClient.post_record_key(_msg(6, content="brb")) is None
     assert DiscordClient.post_meta(_msg(1))["date"].startswith("2026-09-20")
 
 
+def test_a_message_without_an_attached_image_is_chat():
+    """Operator 2026-09-28: only content with an image attached. A lone
+    archive, a link preview or a Tenor GIF takes nothing and records nothing."""
+    chat = [
+        _msg(1, content="the stash", attachments=[
+            {"url": "https://cdn/a/Links_Stash.rar", "content_type": "application/x-rar"},
+        ]),
+        _msg(2, content="look", embeds=[
+            {"type": "image", "image": {"proxy_url": "https://media/p/x.png"}},
+        ]),
+        _msg(3, content="lol", embeds=[
+            {"type": "gifv", "video": {"proxy_url": "https://media/p/t.mp4"}},
+        ]),
+        _msg(4, content="wip", attachments=[{"url": "https://cdn/a/wip.psd"}]),
+    ]
+    for m in chat:
+        assert DiscordClient.extract_media(m) == []
+        assert DiscordClient.post_record_key(m) is None
+
+
+def test_an_attached_image_takes_every_file_numbered_as_gallery_dl_does():
+    """The gate decides WHETHER a message is taken, never which of its files:
+    the rar beside the image keeps its number, so on-disk names still match."""
+    m = _msg(7, attachments=[
+        {"url": "https://cdn/a/pack.rar"},
+        {"url": "https://cdn/a/noext", "content_type": "image/png"},
+    ])
+    items = DiscordClient.extract_media(m)
+    assert [(i.num, i.filename) for i in items] == [(1, "pack"), (2, "noext")]
+    assert DiscordClient.post_record_key(m) == ("message:7", "7")
+    video = _msg(8, attachments=[{"url": "https://cdn/a/clip.MP4?ex=1"}])
+    assert len(DiscordClient.extract_media(video)) == 1
+
+
+def test_a_forwarded_image_counts_as_attached():
+    m = _msg(9, message_snapshots=[
+        {"message": {"type": 0, "attachments": [{"url": "https://cdn/a/fwd.png"}]}},
+    ])
+    assert DiscordClient.post_record_key(m) == ("message:9", "9")
+
+
 # -- the walk --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 def test_a_channel_pages_newest_first_and_skips_system_messages():
@@ -206,6 +249,50 @@ def test_messages_carry_server_and_channel_metadata():
     assert meta["parent"] == "Art"
 
 
+def _one_channel(messages):
+    return {
+        "/guilds/1": _ok({"id": "1", "name": "Todding's Server"}),
+        "/guilds/1/channels": _ok([
+            {"id": "4", "type": 4, "name": "Todding"},
+            {"id": "2", "type": 0, "name": "banana-land", "parent_id": "4"},
+        ]),
+        ("/channels/2/messages", None): _ok(messages),
+        ("/channels/2/threads/search", 0): _ok({"threads": []}),
+    }
+
+
+def test_only_from_takes_the_creators_messages_and_no_one_elses():
+    """Operator 2026-09-28: in the creator's server, another member posting a
+    meme is not the creator's art. Matched by id, username or display name."""
+    creator = {"id": "7", "username": "todding", "global_name": "Todding"}
+    other = {"id": "8", "username": "jakeboii", "global_name": "Jake Boii"}
+    msgs = [_msg(3, author=creator), _msg(2, author=other), _msg(1, author=creator)]
+    url = "https://discord.com/channels/1/2"
+
+    everyone = _client(_one_channel([dict(m) for m in msgs]))
+    assert [mid for mid, _ in _ids(everyone, url)] == ["3", "2", "1"]
+    for who in (["Todding"], ["TODDING "], ["7"]):
+        client = _client(_one_channel([dict(m) for m in msgs]))
+        client.only_from(who)
+        assert [mid for mid, _ in _ids(client, url)] == ["3", "1"]
+    client = _client(_one_channel([dict(m) for m in msgs]))
+    client.only_from([])
+    assert len(_ids(client, url)) == 3
+
+
+def test_the_source_label_names_the_server_and_channel_the_walk_read():
+    client = _client(_one_channel([]))
+    url = "https://discord.com/channels/1/2"
+    assert client.source_label(url) is None  # nothing walked yet
+    list(client.iter_posts(url))
+    assert client.source_label(url) == "Todding's Server · #banana-land"
+    assert client.source_label("https://discord.com/channels/1") == "Todding's Server"
+    client._channels["9"] = {"channel": "wip", "is_thread": True, "parent": "banana-land"}
+    assert client.source_label("https://discord.com/channels/1/9") == (
+        "Todding's Server · #banana-land › wip"
+    )
+
+
 def test_a_server_walks_text_then_threads_newest_created_first_and_skips_private():
     routes = {
         "/guilds/1": _ok({"id": "1", "name": "S"}),

tests/test_post_feed_service.py

@@ -283,6 +283,27 @@ async def test_scroll_item_shape_minimal(db):
     assert "description_full" not in item
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_a_discord_post_names_its_channel(db):
+    """#4481: the card says which channel a message came from. Read from the
+    record's `channel`; never on another platform, even with the same key."""
+    artist = await _seed_artist(db, "todding-ch")
+    dsrc = await _seed_source(db, artist.id, "discord", "https://discord.com/channels/1/2")
+    psrc = await _seed_source(db, artist.id, "patreon", "https://p/todding-ch")
+    now = datetime.now(UTC)
+    d = await _seed_post(db, dsrc.id, external_id="D1", post_date=now)
+    d.raw_metadata = {"category": "discord", "channel": "banana-land"}
+    blank = await _seed_post(db, dsrc.id, external_id="D2", post_date=now)
+    blank.raw_metadata = {"category": "discord", "channel": "  "}
+    p = await _seed_post(db, psrc.id, external_id="P1", post_date=now)
+    p.raw_metadata = {"channel": "not-discord"}
+    await db.commit()
+
+    page = await PostFeedService(db).scroll(cursor=None, limit=10, artist_id=artist.id)
+    by_id = {it["external_post_id"]: it["channel"] for it in page["items"]}
+    assert by_id == {"D1": "banana-land", "D2": None, "P1": None}
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_scroll_surfaces_translation_fields(db):
     # #143: a translated post exposes the translated title/description + source