From 4fd6fd81d352cdec499616485879b1ac48b6f198 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:50:31 -0500
Subject: attempts to debug Marshal() errors

---
 helpers.go | 16 +++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

(limited to 'helpers.go')

diff --git a/helpers.go b/helpers.go
index 7841e87..5b42533 100644
--- a/helpers.go
+++ b/helpers.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func (c *Chats) AddGeminiComment(s string) *Chat {
 	chat.Content = s
 	chat.Ctime = timestamppb.New(time.Now())
 
-	c.Append(chat)
+	c.AppendNew(chat)
 
 	return chat
 }
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func (c *Chats) AddUserComment(s string) *Chat {
 	chat.From = Who_USER
 	chat.Content = s
 
-	c.Append(chat)
+	c.AppendNew(chat)
 
 	return chat
 }
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func (all *Chats) AddFile(filename string) error {
 		}
 		newc.Content = content
 		newc.VerifyUuid()
-		all.AppendByUuid(newc)
+		all.AppendNew(newc)
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -110,3 +110,13 @@ func (c *Chat) VerifyUuid() bool {
 	}
 	return false
 }
+
+func (x *Chats) AppendNew(y *Chat) {
+	x.Lock()
+	defer x.Unlock()
+
+	var chat *Chat
+	chat = proto.Clone(y).(*Chat)
+
+	x.Chats = append(x.Chats, chat)
+}
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