chore: ignore .claude/ dir (CLAUDE.md now lives under .claude/)

Signed-off-by: disqualifier <dev@disqualifier.me>

.gitignore

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # claude
-CLAUDE.md
+.claude/
 
 # python
 __pycache__/

README.md

@@ -9,17 +9,19 @@ buttons) behind previous / jump / next navigation, with an optional cache button
 `requirements.txt`:
 
 ```
-dpy_paginator @ git+ssh://git@git.rethinkstudios.io/rethink-public/dpy_paginator.git@v0.1.2
+dpy_paginator @ git+ssh://git@git.rethinkstudios.io/rethink-public/dpy_paginator.git@v0.1.4
 ```
 
 Direct:
 
 ```bash
-pip install "dpy_paginator @ git+ssh://git@git.rethinkstudios.io/rethink-public/dpy_paginator.git@v0.1.2"
+pip install "dpy_paginator @ git+ssh://git@git.rethinkstudios.io/rethink-public/dpy_paginator.git@v0.1.4"
 ```
 
 Requires `discord.py` (pulled transitively).
 
+Drop the `@v0.1.4` suffix from the line above to install the latest unpinned.
+
 ## Basic usage
 
 Plain pages — just navigation:
@@ -97,6 +99,8 @@ echoes its `data`.
 ## Cache button (mention priming)
 
 Discord clients render `<@id>` as a raw id until the user object is cached locally.
+Omit `cache` (or pass `None` / `[]`) and the button never appears; a non-empty cache
+must have one entry per page or construction raises.
 The cache button fixes that: pass `cache=[...]` with one entry per page, where each
 entry is a string of the user mentions on that page (`"<@111> <@222> <@333>"`).
 
@@ -139,4 +143,4 @@ in an embed). It may be sync or async.
 
 ## Versioning
 
-Tagged `vX.Y.Z`. Pin the tag in `requirements.txt`.
+Releases are tagged `vX.Y.Z`. The install line above pins a release; drop the `@vX.Y.Z` suffix to install the latest unpinned. Pin deliberately for reproducible installs.

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "dpy_paginator"
-version = "0.1.2"
+version = "0.1.4"
 description = "Button-navigated paginator for discord.py — config-free, injectable emojis, installable."
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 dependencies = [

src/dpy_paginator/dpy_paginator.py

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ config-free: no host config import; everything is passed at construction.
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import asyncio
+import logging
 from typing import (
     Any,
     Dict,
@@ -69,6 +70,8 @@ DEFAULT_EMOJIS = {
     "cache": "\U0001f5c2\ufe0f",  # 🗂️
 }
 
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 PageT_co = TypeVar("PageT_co", bound=Page, covariant=True)
 
 
@@ -161,6 +164,10 @@ class ButtonPaginator(Generic[PageT_co], discord.ui.View):
         super().__init__(timeout=timeout)
         if not pages:
             raise ValueError("ButtonPaginator requires at least one page")
+        if per_page < 1:
+            # per_page <= 0 would ZeroDivisionError (==0) or yield a negative max_pages
+            # (<0) at the divmod below; fail loud like the other construction guards
+            raise ValueError("per_page must be >= 1")
         self.author_id: Optional[int] = author_id
         self.delete_message_after: bool = delete_message_after
         self.mentions_allowed = mentions_allowed or discord.AllowedMentions.all()
@@ -176,7 +183,9 @@ class ButtonPaginator(Generic[PageT_co], discord.ui.View):
 
         total_pages, left_over = divmod(len(self.pages), self.per_page)
         self.max_pages: int = total_pages + (1 if left_over else 0)
-        if cache is not None and len(cache) < self.max_pages:
+        # a falsy cache (None or []) disables the cache button (see the render path's
+        # `if self.cache:`); only a non-empty cache must have one entry per page
+        if cache and len(cache) < self.max_pages:
             raise ValueError(
                 f"cache has {len(cache)} entries but there are {self.max_pages} pages; "
                 "cache needs one entry per page"
@@ -200,7 +209,7 @@ class ButtonPaginator(Generic[PageT_co], discord.ui.View):
 
     async def interaction_check(self, interaction: Interaction) -> bool:
         """restrict interaction to author_id when set"""
-        if not self.author_id or self.author_id == interaction.user.id:
+        if self.author_id is None or self.author_id == interaction.user.id:
             return True
         await interaction.response.send_message("You cannot interact with this menu.", ephemeral=True)
         return False
@@ -259,6 +268,14 @@ class ButtonPaginator(Generic[PageT_co], discord.ui.View):
                     if isinstance(value, discord.Attachment):
                         value = await value.to_file()
                     self._page_kwargs["files"].append(value)
+                elif key in ("embed", "embeds", "file", "files"):
+                    # a wrong-typed embed/file would otherwise fall to the catch-all and
+                    # be forwarded verbatim, colliding with the base embeds=[]/files=[]
+                    # and raising an opaque TypeError from inside discord.py — reject it
+                    # here with a clear, paginator-side message
+                    raise ValueError(
+                        f"page key {key!r} has unexpected type {type(value).__name__}"
+                    )
                 else:
                     self._page_kwargs[key] = value
         elif isinstance(formatted_page, str):
@@ -286,9 +303,13 @@ class ButtonPaginator(Generic[PageT_co], discord.ui.View):
         nav=False rebuilds with only the page's custom buttons and no navigation
         items (prev/jump/cache/next) — a single-page result that still carries
         custom buttons keeps them (and their live callbacks) without a nav row.
+        the nav row is also suppressed for a single page (max_pages < 2) even when
+        nav is left at its default, so a re-render (update_page) never resurrects it.
         """
         self.clear_items()
 
+        nav = nav and self.max_pages >= 2
+
         if nav:
             self.previous_page.emoji = self.emojis["previous"]
             self.previous_page.disabled = self.current_page <= 0
@@ -374,15 +395,13 @@ class ButtonPaginator(Generic[PageT_co], discord.ui.View):
     ) -> Optional[Union[discord.Message, discord.WebhookMessage]]:
         """send the first page; obj is an Interaction or a Messageable"""
         kwargs = await self.get_page_kwargs(self.get_page(self.current_page))
+        # update_buttons already suppresses the nav row for a single page (max_pages < 2),
+        # keeping only the page's custom buttons — so a single page with custom buttons
+        # renders them (live callbacks) with no nav row
         self.update_buttons()
 
-        if self.max_pages < 2:
+        if self.max_pages < 2 and not self.current_page_buttons:
-            if self.current_page_buttons:
+            # single page, no custom buttons: no interactive row at all, drop the view
-                # single page WITH custom buttons: keep the view live so the
-                # buttons' callbacks still fire; strip only the navigation row
-                self.update_buttons(nav=False)
-            else:
-                # single page, no custom buttons: no interactive row at all
             self.stop()
             kwargs.pop("view", None)
 
@@ -415,3 +434,7 @@ class ButtonPaginator(Generic[PageT_co], discord.ui.View):
             await self.message.delete()
         except (discord.NotFound, discord.Forbidden):
             pass
+        except discord.HTTPException:
+            # on_timeout runs as a fire-and-forget task; a transient delete failure must
+            # not surface as an unretrieved-task traceback on a best-effort cleanup
+            log.warning("paginator on_timeout: failed to delete message", exc_info=True)