From 87456f32d23f6b03c777879e9b57d6c173255f0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nexy7574 <git@nexy7574.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 5 May 2024 02:40:35 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Remove redis ping

---
 src/cogs/starboard.py | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/cogs/starboard.py b/src/cogs/starboard.py
index 989fb3d..941afee 100644
--- a/src/cogs/starboard.py
+++ b/src/cogs/starboard.py
@@ -124,10 +124,6 @@ class Starboard(commands.Cog):
             if payload.guild_id not in self.config["whitelist"]:
                 return
 
-        if not await self.redis.ping():
-            # Could not contact redis, not much point trying anything else without the database
-            return self.log.critical("Failed to contact redis (ping failed)!")
-
         guild: discord.Guild = self.bot.get_guild(payload.guild_id)
         starboard_channel: discord.TextChannel | None = discord.utils.get(
             guild.text_channels,