From 3e0c8ab998b39735f4a8f276073a2b83980d933b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lucas Jeffrey <luquijeffrey@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 17:25:32 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] Added a /ping command to check if bot is active at the moment
 (#729)

---
 bot/start.ts | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/bot/start.ts b/bot/start.ts
index 34ca46d4..59b77cde 100644
--- a/bot/start.ts
+++ b/bot/start.ts
@@ -251,6 +251,14 @@ const initialize = (
     }
   });
 
+  bot.command('ping', async (ctx: MainContext) => {
+    try {
+      await ctx.reply('pong');
+    } catch (error) {
+      logger.error(error);
+    }
+  });
+
   bot.command(
     'maintenance',
     superAdminMiddleware,