import discord
import json
from discord.ui import View, Select

bot = discord.Bot()

with open('config.json', 'r') as f:
    config = json.load(f)
    token = config['token']
    admin_id = config['admin_id']
    channel_id = config['channel_id']
    message_id = config.get('message_id', None)

class LanguageView(View):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()
        self.add_item(LanguageSelect())

class LanguageSelect(Select):
    def __init__(self):
        options = [
            discord.SelectOption(label="English", value="en", emoji="????????"),
            discord.SelectOption(label="Lithuanian", value="lt", emoji="????????"),
            discord.SelectOption(label="Russian", value="ru", emoji="????????")
        ]
        super().__init__(placeholder="Select a language", options=options)

    async def callback(self, interaction: discord.Interaction):
        selected_value = self.values[0]
        if selected_value == "en":
            await interaction.response.send_message("You selected English.", ephemeral=True, delete_after=5)
        elif selected_value == "lt":
            await interaction.response.send_message("You selected Lithuanian.", ephemeral=True, delete_after=5)
        elif selected_value == "ru":
            await interaction.response.send_message("You selected Russian.", ephemeral=True, delete_after=5)

@bot.event
async def on_ready():
    print(f"{bot.user} is ready and online!")
    if message_id:
        try:
            channel = bot.get_channel(channel_id)
            if channel is not None:
                message = await channel.fetch_message(message_id)
                view = LanguageView()
                await message.edit(view=view)
            else:
                print(f"Channel with ID {channel_id} not found.")
        except discord.NotFound:
            print("Message not found.")

@bot.slash_command(name="hello", description="Say hello to the bot")
async def hello(ctx: discord.ApplicationContext):
    await ctx.respond("Hey!")

@bot.slash_command(name="send_language")
async def send_language_selection(ctx: discord.ApplicationContext):
    if ctx.user.id == admin_id:
        await ctx.respond(f"Success", delete_after=5)
        message = await ctx.send(f"Select a language")
        with open('config.json', 'w') as f:
            config['message_id'] = message.id
            config['channel_id'] = message.channel.id  # Save channel ID
            json.dump(config, f, indent=4)
        view = LanguageView()
        await message.edit(view=view)
    else:
        await ctx.respond(f"You don't have access to it", delete_after=5)

bot.run(token)

When the bot restarts, the select menu reverts to its initial state, displaying the placeholder instead of the user’s previous selection. As a result, users cannot see what they previously selected, causing confusion and inconvenience.

My attempts to resolve the issue by searching on Google and consulting chatbots like chat-gpt and Claude.ai yielded no results.