From 7ef33c7419cd768e21fdf549c89dab465e151c75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AnandajithS <anandajiths2006@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 21:26:36 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] feat: add command to ping random members

---
 Cargo.lock             | 310 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 Cargo.toml             |   3 +-
 src/commands/mod.rs    |   4 +-
 src/commands/random.rs |  32 +++++
 src/ids.rs             |   3 +
 5 files changed, 316 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/commands/random.rs

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b8cb852..53a9650 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "imap",
  "mailparse",
  "poise",
+ "rand 0.10.0",
  "reqwest 0.12.23",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ checksum = "9035ad2d096bed7955a320ee7e2230574d28fd3c3a0f186cbea1ff3c7eed5dbb"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.96",
+ "syn 2.0.117",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -225,6 +226,17 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "chacha20"
+version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6f8d983286843e49675a4b7a2d174efe136dc93a18d69130dd18198a6c167601"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "cpufeatures 0.3.0",
+ "rand_core 0.10.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "charset"
 version = "0.1.5"
@@ -295,6 +307,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cpufeatures"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8b2a41393f66f16b0823bb79094d54ac5fbd34ab292ddafb9a0456ac9f87d201"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crc32fast"
 version = "1.4.2"
@@ -350,7 +371,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "strsim",
- "syn 2.0.96",
+ "syn 2.0.117",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -361,7 +382,7 @@ checksum = "d336a2a514f6ccccaa3e09b02d41d35330c07ddf03a62165fcec10bb561c7806"
 dependencies = [
  "darling_core",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.96",
+ "syn 2.0.117",
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 [[package]]
@@ -423,7 +444,7 @@ checksum = "97369cbbc041bc366949bc74d34658d6cda5621039731c6310521892a3a20ae0"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.96",
+ "syn 2.0.117",
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 [[package]]
@@ -488,6 +509,12 @@ version = "1.0.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3f9eec918d3f24069decb9af1554cad7c880e2da24a9afd88aca000531ab82c1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "foldhash"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d9c4f5dac5e15c24eb999c26181a6ca40b39fe946cbe4c263c7209467bc83af2"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "foreign-types"
 version = "0.3.2"
@@ -566,7 +593,7 @@ checksum = "162ee34ebcb7c64a8abebc059ce0fee27c2262618d7b60ed8faf72fef13c3650"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.96",
+ "syn 2.0.117",
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 [[package]]
@@ -629,6 +656,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "getrandom"
+version = "0.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0de51e6874e94e7bf76d726fc5d13ba782deca734ff60d5bb2fb2607c7406555"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "r-efi",
+ "rand_core 0.10.0",
+ "wasip2",
+ "wasip3",
+]
+
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 version = "0.31.1"
@@ -690,6 +731,9 @@ name = "hashbrown"
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 checksum = "bf151400ff0baff5465007dd2f3e717f3fe502074ca563069ce3a6629d07b289"
+dependencies = [
+ "foldhash",
+]
 
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+[[package]]
+name = "heck"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2304e00983f87ffb38b55b444b5e3b60a884b5d30c0fca7d82fe33449bbe55ea"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "html2text"
 version = "0.12.6"
@@ -721,7 +771,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.96",
+ "syn 2.0.117",
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 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.96",
+ "syn 2.0.117",
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+[[package]]
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+version = "2.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3d3067d79b975e8844ca9eb072e16b31c3c1c36928edf9c6789548c524d0d954"
+
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 dependencies = [
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  "hashbrown 0.15.2",
+ "serde",
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 checksum = "bbd2bcb4c963f2ddae06a2efc7e9f3591312473c50c6685e1f298068316e66fe"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "leb128fmt"
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "09edd9e8b54e49e587e4f6295a7d29c3ea94d469cb40ab8ca70b288248a81db2"
+
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 dependencies = [
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  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.96",
+ "syn 2.0.117",
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 dependencies = [
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+ "heck 0.4.1",
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- "syn 2.0.96",
+ "syn 2.0.117",
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 dependencies = [
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- "rand",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
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 [[package]]
@@ -1574,7 +1637,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.96",
+ "syn 2.0.117",
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+[[package]]
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "479ca8adacdd7ce8f1fb39ce9ecccbfe93a3f1344b3d0d97f20bc0196208f62b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "syn 2.0.117",
+]
+
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f8dcc9c7d52a811697d2151c701e0d08956f92b0e24136cf4cf27b57a6a0d9bf"
+
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@@ -1654,7 +1733,18 @@ checksum = "34af8d1a0e25924bc5b7c43c079c942339d8f0a8b57c39049bef581b46327404"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "rand_chacha",
- "rand_core",
+ "rand_core 0.6.4",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rand"
+version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bc266eb313df6c5c09c1c7b1fbe2510961e5bcd3add930c1e31f7ed9da0feff8"
+dependencies = [
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+ "getrandom 0.4.2",
+ "rand_core 0.10.0",
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 dependencies = [
  "ppv-lite86",
- "rand_core",
+ "rand_core 0.6.4",
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 checksum = "ec0be4795e2f6a28069bec0b5ff3e2ac9bafc99e6a9a7dc3547996c5c816922c"
 dependencies = [
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+ "getrandom 0.2.15",
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+[[package]]
+name = "rand_core"
+version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0c8d0fd677905edcbeedbf2edb6494d676f0e98d54d5cf9bda0b061cb8fb8aba"
+
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@@ -1806,7 +1902,7 @@ checksum = "c17fa4cb658e3583423e915b9f3acc01cceaee1860e33d59ebae66adc3a2dc0d"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "cfg-if",
- "getrandom",
+ "getrandom 0.2.15",
  "libc",
  "spin",
  "untrusted",
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+ "syn 2.0.117",
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+ "cpufeatures 0.2.17",
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+ "syn 2.0.117",
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@@ -2655,7 +2751,7 @@ dependencies = [
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- "rand",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
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+ "syn 2.0.117",
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+
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+
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+dependencies = [
+ "wit-bindgen",
+]
+
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  "log",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.96",
+ "syn 2.0.117",
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+ "syn 2.0.117",
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@@ -2879,6 +2999,28 @@ dependencies = [
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 ]
 
+[[package]]
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+version = "0.244.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "990065f2fe63003fe337b932cfb5e3b80e0b4d0f5ff650e6985b1048f62c8319"
+dependencies = [
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+ "wasmparser",
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+
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+dependencies = [
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+ "indexmap",
+ "wasm-encoder",
+ "wasmparser",
+]
+
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+[[package]]
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+version = "0.244.0"
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+[[package]]
+name = "wit-bindgen"
+version = "0.51.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+
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+ "wit-bindgen-core",
+ "wit-component",
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+
+[[package]]
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+ "wit-bindgen-rust",
+]
+
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+dependencies = [
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+ "bitflags 2.8.0",
+ "indexmap",
+ "log",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_derive",
+ "serde_json",
+ "wasm-encoder",
+ "wasm-metadata",
+ "wasmparser",
+ "wit-parser",
+]
+
+[[package]]
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "id-arena",
+ "indexmap",
+ "log",
+ "semver",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_derive",
+ "serde_json",
+ "unicode-xid",
+ "wasmparser",
+]
+
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  "synstructure",
 ]
 
@@ -3194,7 +3436,7 @@ checksum = "fa4f8080344d4671fb4e831a13ad1e68092748387dfc4f55e356242fae12ce3e"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.96",
+ "syn 2.0.117",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3214,7 +3456,7 @@ checksum = "595eed982f7d355beb85837f651fa22e90b3c044842dc7f2c2842c086f295808"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.96",
+ "syn 2.0.117",
  "synstructure",
 ]
 
@@ -3243,5 +3485,5 @@ checksum = "6eafa6dfb17584ea3e2bd6e76e0cc15ad7af12b09abdd1ca55961bed9b1063c6"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.96",
+ "syn 2.0.117",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 12a811c..e48d6db 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ poise = "0.6.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.20", features = ["env-filter"] }
 imap = "3.0.0-alpha.12"
 mailparse = "0.15"
-html2text = "0.12"
\ No newline at end of file
+html2text = "0.12"
+rand = "0.10"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/commands/mod.rs b/src/commands/mod.rs
index b114346..12daea8 100644
--- a/src/commands/mod.rs
+++ b/src/commands/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+mod random;
 mod set_log_level;
 
+use crate::commands::random::random;
 use crate::commands::set_log_level::set_log_level;
 use serenity::all::RoleId;
 use tracing::{debug, instrument};
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ async fn amdctl(ctx: Context<'_>) -> Result<(), Error> {
 
 /// Returns a vector containg [Poise Commands][`poise::Command`]
 pub fn get_commands() -> Vec<poise::Command<Data, Error>> {
-    let commands = vec![amdctl(), set_log_level()];
+    let commands = vec![amdctl(), set_log_level(), random()];
     debug!(commands = ?commands.iter().map(|c| &c.name).collect::<Vec<_>>());
     commands
 }
diff --git a/src/commands/random.rs b/src/commands/random.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db19f67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commands/random.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+use crate::{
+    ids::{FIRST_YEAR_ROLE_ID, SECOND_YEAR_ROLE_ID},
+    Context, Error,
+};
+use rand::seq::IteratorRandom;
+use serenity::all::{Mentionable as _, RoleId};
+
+#[poise::command(prefix_command)]
+pub async fn random(ctx: Context<'_>) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let guild = ctx.guild_id().ok_or("No guild id")?;
+    let members = guild.members(ctx.http(), None, None).await?;
+
+    let selected: Vec<_> = members
+        .into_iter()
+        .filter(|m| {
+            !m.user.bot
+                && (m.roles.contains(&RoleId::new(FIRST_YEAR_ROLE_ID))
+                    || m.roles.contains(&RoleId::new(SECOND_YEAR_ROLE_ID)))
+        })
+        .sample(&mut rand::rng(), 5);
+
+    let ping_message = selected
+        .iter()
+        .map(|m| m.user.mention().to_string())
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        .join("\n");
+
+    ctx.say(format!("Pinging 5 members: {}", ping_message))
+        .await?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/src/ids.rs b/src/ids.rs
index df3780d..220f8eb 100644
--- a/src/ids.rs
+++ b/src/ids.rs
@@ -47,3 +47,6 @@ pub const GROUP_ONE_STATUS_UPDATE_CHANNEL_ID: u64 = 1225098248293716008;
 pub const GROUP_TWO_STATUS_UPDATE_CHANNEL_ID: u64 = 1225098298935738489;
 pub const GROUP_THREE_STATUS_UPDATE_CHANNEL_ID: u64 = 1225098353378070710;
 pub const GROUP_FOUR_STATUS_UPDATE_CHANNEL_ID: u64 = 1225098407216156712;
+
+pub const FIRST_YEAR_ROLE_ID: u64 = 1283689015450669108;
+pub const SECOND_YEAR_ROLE_ID: u64 = 1288903184990994522;

From 08dcde9336b1e2bfe0b36f6fe6cf10f3f9464a38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AnandajithS <anandajiths2006@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 21:42:46 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] fix: convert random to slash command

---
 src/commands/random.rs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/commands/random.rs b/src/commands/random.rs
index db19f67..ee975f2 100644
--- a/src/commands/random.rs
+++ b/src/commands/random.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use crate::{
 use rand::seq::IteratorRandom;
 use serenity::all::{Mentionable as _, RoleId};
 
-#[poise::command(prefix_command)]
+#[poise::command(slash_command)]
 pub async fn random(ctx: Context<'_>) -> Result<(), Error> {
     let guild = ctx.guild_id().ok_or("No guild id")?;
     let members = guild.members(ctx.http(), None, None).await?;

From df10f431e291715e6811fbe2db24cf8a32eb339e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AnandajithS <anandajiths2006@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 21:58:04 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] feat: avoid recently selected members

---
 Cargo.lock             | 261 ++---------------------------------------
 Cargo.toml             |   2 +-
 src/commands/random.rs |  75 ++++++++++--
 src/main.rs            |   7 +-
 4 files changed, 85 insertions(+), 260 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 53a9650..e795852 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "imap",
  "mailparse",
  "poise",
- "rand 0.10.0",
+ "rand",
  "reqwest 0.12.23",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -226,17 +226,6 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "chacha20"
-version = "0.10.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6f8d983286843e49675a4b7a2d174efe136dc93a18d69130dd18198a6c167601"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "cpufeatures 0.3.0",
- "rand_core 0.10.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "charset"
 version = "0.1.5"
@@ -307,15 +296,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "cpufeatures"
-version = "0.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8b2a41393f66f16b0823bb79094d54ac5fbd34ab292ddafb9a0456ac9f87d201"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "crc32fast"
 version = "1.4.2"
@@ -509,12 +489,6 @@ version = "1.0.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3f9eec918d3f24069decb9af1554cad7c880e2da24a9afd88aca000531ab82c1"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "foldhash"
-version = "0.1.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d9c4f5dac5e15c24eb999c26181a6ca40b39fe946cbe4c263c7209467bc83af2"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "foreign-types"
 version = "0.3.2"
@@ -656,20 +630,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasi",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "getrandom"
-version = "0.4.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0de51e6874e94e7bf76d726fc5d13ba782deca734ff60d5bb2fb2607c7406555"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "libc",
- "r-efi",
- "rand_core 0.10.0",
- "wasip2",
- "wasip3",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "gimli"
 version = "0.31.1"
@@ -731,9 +691,6 @@ name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.15.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bf151400ff0baff5465007dd2f3e717f3fe502074ca563069ce3a6629d07b289"
-dependencies = [
- "foldhash",
-]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
@@ -741,12 +698,6 @@ version = "0.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "95505c38b4572b2d910cecb0281560f54b440a19336cbbcb27bf6ce6adc6f5a8"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "heck"
-version = "0.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2304e00983f87ffb38b55b444b5e3b60a884b5d30c0fca7d82fe33449bbe55ea"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "html2text"
 version = "0.12.6"
@@ -1100,12 +1051,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.117",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "id-arena"
-version = "2.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3d3067d79b975e8844ca9eb072e16b31c3c1c36928edf9c6789548c524d0d954"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ident_case"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -1167,7 +1112,6 @@ checksum = "8c9c992b02b5b4c94ea26e32fe5bccb7aa7d9f390ab5c1221ff895bc7ea8b652"
 dependencies = [
  "equivalent",
  "hashbrown 0.15.2",
- "serde",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1219,12 +1163,6 @@ version = "1.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bbd2bcb4c963f2ddae06a2efc7e9f3591312473c50c6685e1f298068316e66fe"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "leb128fmt"
-version = "0.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "09edd9e8b54e49e587e4f6295a7d29c3ea94d469cb40ab8ca70b288248a81db2"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "levenshtein"
 version = "1.0.5"
@@ -1501,7 +1439,7 @@ version = "0.18.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3c7028bdd3d43083f6d8d4d5187680d0d3560d54df4cc9d752005268b41e64d0"
 dependencies = [
- "heck 0.4.1",
+ "heck",
  "proc-macro2",
  "proc-macro2-diagnostics",
  "quote",
@@ -1572,7 +1510,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3c80231409c20246a13fddb31776fb942c38553c51e871f8cbd687a4cfb5843d"
 dependencies = [
  "phf_shared 0.11.3",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1661,16 +1599,6 @@ version = "0.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "925383efa346730478fb4838dbe9137d2a47675ad789c546d150a6e1dd4ab31c"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "prettyplease"
-version = "0.2.37"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "479ca8adacdd7ce8f1fb39ce9ecccbfe93a3f1344b3d0d97f20bc0196208f62b"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "syn 2.0.117",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.93"
@@ -1719,12 +1647,6 @@ version = "0.5.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "640c9bd8497b02465aeef5375144c26062e0dcd5939dfcbb0f5db76cb8c17c73"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "r-efi"
-version = "6.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f8dcc9c7d52a811697d2151c701e0d08956f92b0e24136cf4cf27b57a6a0d9bf"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rand"
 version = "0.8.5"
@@ -1733,18 +1655,7 @@ checksum = "34af8d1a0e25924bc5b7c43c079c942339d8f0a8b57c39049bef581b46327404"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "rand_chacha",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "rand"
-version = "0.10.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bc266eb313df6c5c09c1c7b1fbe2510961e5bcd3add930c1e31f7ed9da0feff8"
-dependencies = [
- "chacha20",
- "getrandom 0.4.2",
- "rand_core 0.10.0",
+ "rand_core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1754,7 +1665,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e6c10a63a0fa32252be49d21e7709d4d4baf8d231c2dbce1eaa8141b9b127d88"
 dependencies = [
  "ppv-lite86",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand_core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1763,15 +1674,9 @@ version = "0.6.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ec0be4795e2f6a28069bec0b5ff3e2ac9bafc99e6a9a7dc3547996c5c816922c"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.2.15",
+ "getrandom",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rand_core"
-version = "0.10.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0c8d0fd677905edcbeedbf2edb6494d676f0e98d54d5cf9bda0b061cb8fb8aba"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_syscall"
 version = "0.5.8"
@@ -1902,7 +1807,7 @@ checksum = "c17fa4cb658e3583423e915b9f3acc01cceaee1860e33d59ebae66adc3a2dc0d"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "cfg-if",
- "getrandom 0.2.15",
+ "getrandom",
  "libc",
  "spin",
  "untrusted",
@@ -2199,7 +2104,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e3bf829a2d51ab4a5ddf1352d8470c140cadc8301b2ae1789db023f01cedd6ba"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
- "cpufeatures 0.2.17",
+ "cpufeatures",
  "digest",
 ]
 
@@ -2433,7 +2338,7 @@ checksum = "9a8a559c81686f576e8cd0290cd2a24a2a9ad80c98b3478856500fcbd7acd704"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "fastrand",
- "getrandom 0.2.15",
+ "getrandom",
  "once_cell",
  "rustix",
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
@@ -2751,7 +2656,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "http 1.2.0",
  "httparse",
  "log",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "rustls 0.22.4",
  "rustls-pki-types",
  "sha1",
@@ -2819,12 +2724,6 @@ version = "0.1.13"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0336d538f7abc86d282a4189614dfaa90810dfc2c6f6427eaf88e16311dd225d"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "unicode-xid"
-version = "0.2.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ebc1c04c71510c7f702b52b7c350734c9ff1295c464a03335b00bb84fc54f853"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "untrusted"
 version = "0.9.0"
@@ -2910,24 +2809,6 @@ version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9c8d87e72b64a3b4db28d11ce29237c246188f4f51057d65a7eab63b7987e423"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "wasip2"
-version = "1.0.2+wasi-0.2.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9517f9239f02c069db75e65f174b3da828fe5f5b945c4dd26bd25d89c03ebcf5"
-dependencies = [
- "wit-bindgen",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "wasip3"
-version = "0.4.0+wasi-0.3.0-rc-2026-01-06"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5428f8bf88ea5ddc08faddef2ac4a67e390b88186c703ce6dbd955e1c145aca5"
-dependencies = [
- "wit-bindgen",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen"
 version = "0.2.100"
@@ -2999,28 +2880,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "wasm-encoder"
-version = "0.244.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "990065f2fe63003fe337b932cfb5e3b80e0b4d0f5ff650e6985b1048f62c8319"
-dependencies = [
- "leb128fmt",
- "wasmparser",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "wasm-metadata"
-version = "0.244.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bb0e353e6a2fbdc176932bbaab493762eb1255a7900fe0fea1a2f96c296cc909"
-dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "indexmap",
- "wasm-encoder",
- "wasmparser",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-streams"
 version = "0.4.2"
@@ -3034,18 +2893,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "web-sys",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "wasmparser"
-version = "0.244.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "47b807c72e1bac69382b3a6fb3dbe8ea4c0ed87ff5629b8685ae6b9a611028fe"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.8.0",
- "hashbrown 0.15.2",
- "indexmap",
- "semver",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "web-sys"
 version = "0.3.77"
@@ -3288,94 +3135,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "wit-bindgen"
-version = "0.51.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d7249219f66ced02969388cf2bb044a09756a083d0fab1e566056b04d9fbcaa5"
-dependencies = [
- "wit-bindgen-rust-macro",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "wit-bindgen-core"
-version = "0.51.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ea61de684c3ea68cb082b7a88508a8b27fcc8b797d738bfc99a82facf1d752dc"
-dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "heck 0.5.0",
- "wit-parser",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "wit-bindgen-rust"
-version = "0.51.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b7c566e0f4b284dd6561c786d9cb0142da491f46a9fbed79ea69cdad5db17f21"
-dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "heck 0.5.0",
- "indexmap",
- "prettyplease",
- "syn 2.0.117",
- "wasm-metadata",
- "wit-bindgen-core",
- "wit-component",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "wit-bindgen-rust-macro"
-version = "0.51.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0c0f9bfd77e6a48eccf51359e3ae77140a7f50b1e2ebfe62422d8afdaffab17a"
-dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "prettyplease",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.117",
- "wit-bindgen-core",
- "wit-bindgen-rust",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "wit-component"
-version = "0.244.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9d66ea20e9553b30172b5e831994e35fbde2d165325bec84fc43dbf6f4eb9cb2"
-dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "bitflags 2.8.0",
- "indexmap",
- "log",
- "serde",
- "serde_derive",
- "serde_json",
- "wasm-encoder",
- "wasm-metadata",
- "wasmparser",
- "wit-parser",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "wit-parser"
-version = "0.244.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ecc8ac4bc1dc3381b7f59c34f00b67e18f910c2c0f50015669dde7def656a736"
-dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "id-arena",
- "indexmap",
- "log",
- "semver",
- "serde",
- "serde_derive",
- "serde_json",
- "unicode-xid",
- "wasmparser",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "write16"
 version = "1.0.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e48d6db..ca65bce 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.20", features = ["env-filter"] }
 imap = "3.0.0-alpha.12"
 mailparse = "0.15"
 html2text = "0.12"
-rand = "0.10"
\ No newline at end of file
+rand = "0.8.5"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/commands/random.rs b/src/commands/random.rs
index ee975f2..e21f9ce 100644
--- a/src/commands/random.rs
+++ b/src/commands/random.rs
@@ -3,21 +3,66 @@ use crate::{
     Context, Error,
 };
 use rand::seq::IteratorRandom;
-use serenity::all::{Mentionable as _, RoleId};
+use serenity::all::{Mentionable as _, RoleId, UserId};
+use std::collections::HashSet;
 
 #[poise::command(slash_command)]
 pub async fn random(ctx: Context<'_>) -> Result<(), Error> {
     let guild = ctx.guild_id().ok_or("No guild id")?;
     let members = guild.members(ctx.http(), None, None).await?;
 
-    let selected: Vec<_> = members
+    let first_year_role = RoleId::new(FIRST_YEAR_ROLE_ID);
+    let second_year_role = RoleId::new(SECOND_YEAR_ROLE_ID);
+    let eligible_members: Vec<_> = members // Filtering out bots and other ineligible members
         .into_iter()
         .filter(|m| {
             !m.user.bot
-                && (m.roles.contains(&RoleId::new(FIRST_YEAR_ROLE_ID))
-                    || m.roles.contains(&RoleId::new(SECOND_YEAR_ROLE_ID)))
+                && (m.roles.contains(&first_year_role) || m.roles.contains(&second_year_role))
         })
-        .sample(&mut rand::rng(), 5);
+        .collect();
+
+    if eligible_members.is_empty() {
+        ctx.say("No eligible members found.").await?;
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
+    let recent_picks = {
+        // Accessing recently picked members to avoid repetition
+        let data = ctx.data();
+        let recent_random_picks = data.recent_random_picks.lock().unwrap();
+        recent_random_picks.clone()
+    };
+
+    let available_members: Vec<_> = eligible_members // Members who haven't been picked recently
+        .iter()
+        .filter(|member| !recent_picks.contains(&member.user.id))
+        .collect();
+
+    /* Since ThreadRng is not Send, keeping it alive across an .await causes command future to become non-Send.
+    So, we are enclosing the selection in it's own scope so the ThreadRng is dropped before we hit any .await,
+    allowing the command future to remain Send
+     */
+
+    let selected = {
+        let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
+
+        let mut selected: Vec<_> = available_members.into_iter().choose_multiple(&mut rng, 5);
+
+        if selected.len() < 5 {
+            // If not enough members are available, fetch recently picked members
+            let remaining_needed = 5 - selected.len();
+
+            let selected_ids: HashSet<UserId> = selected.iter().map(|m| m.user.id).collect();
+
+            let additional: Vec<_> = eligible_members
+                .iter()
+                .filter(|m| !selected_ids.contains(&m.user.id))
+                .choose_multiple(&mut rng, remaining_needed);
+
+            selected.extend(additional);
+        }
+        selected
+    };
 
     let ping_message = selected
         .iter()
@@ -25,8 +70,24 @@ pub async fn random(ctx: Context<'_>) -> Result<(), Error> {
         .collect::<Vec<_>>()
         .join("\n");
 
-    ctx.say(format!("Pinging 5 members: {}", ping_message))
-        .await?;
+    {
+        let data = ctx.data();
+        let mut recent_random_picks = data.recent_random_picks.lock().unwrap();
+        recent_random_picks.extend(selected.iter().map(|m| m.user.id)); // Adding selected members to recently picked set
+
+        let eligible_ids: HashSet<UserId> = eligible_members.iter().map(|m| m.user.id).collect();
+        recent_random_picks.retain(|user_id| eligible_ids.contains(user_id));
+        if recent_random_picks.len() >= eligible_ids.len() {
+            // If all eligible members have been picked atleast once, clear the recently picked set
+            recent_random_picks.clear();
+        }
+    }
+    ctx.say(format!(
+        "Pinging {} members: {}",
+        selected.len(),
+        ping_message
+    ))
+    .await?;
 
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index ca94b3a..59fed8b 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ use serenity::{
 use trace::{setup_tracing, ReloadHandle};
 use tracing::{debug, info, instrument};
 
-use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::{
+    collections::{HashMap, HashSet},
+    sync::{Arc, Mutex},
+};
 
 type Error = Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>;
 type Context<'a> = PoiseContext<'a, Data, Error>;
@@ -49,6 +52,7 @@ type Context<'a> = PoiseContext<'a, Data, Error>;
 #[derive(Clone)]
 struct Data {
     reaction_roles: HashMap<ReactionType, RoleId>,
+    recent_random_picks: Arc<Mutex<HashSet<UserId>>>,
     log_reload_handle: ReloadHandle,
     graphql_client: GraphQLClient,
 }
@@ -58,6 +62,7 @@ impl Data {
     fn new(reload_handle: ReloadHandle, root_url: String, api_key: String) -> Self {
         Data {
             reaction_roles: HashMap::new(),
+            recent_random_picks: Arc::new(Mutex::new(HashSet::new())),
             log_reload_handle: reload_handle,
             graphql_client: GraphQLClient::new(root_url, api_key),
         }

From 487732d9c9c136e9e7e4da3a02764ea1a48cb5ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AnandajithS <anandajiths2006@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:49:31 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] feat: Add role based random selection and persistent
 recent picks

---
 .env.sample            |  1 +
 src/commands/random.rs | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 src/config.rs          |  3 +++
 src/main.rs            | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 4 files changed, 67 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.env.sample b/.env.sample
index e7ce847..1101911 100644
--- a/.env.sample
+++ b/.env.sample
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ ROOT_URL=https://root.amfoss.in/
 OWNER_ID=
 DEBUG=true
 ENABLE_DEBUG_LIBRARIES=false
+RECENT_PICKS_PATH=
 AMD_API_KEY=
 AMD_APP_PASSWORD=
 AMD_EMAIL_ID=
diff --git a/src/commands/random.rs b/src/commands/random.rs
index e21f9ce..43cf149 100644
--- a/src/commands/random.rs
+++ b/src/commands/random.rs
@@ -1,24 +1,40 @@
 use crate::{
-    ids::{FIRST_YEAR_ROLE_ID, SECOND_YEAR_ROLE_ID},
+    ids::{FIRST_YEAR_ROLE_ID, SECOND_YEAR_ROLE_ID, THIRD_YEAR_ROLE_ID},
     Context, Error,
 };
 use rand::seq::IteratorRandom;
-use serenity::all::{Mentionable as _, RoleId, UserId};
+use serenity::all::{Mentionable as _, Role, RoleId, UserId};
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 
 #[poise::command(slash_command)]
-pub async fn random(ctx: Context<'_>) -> Result<(), Error> {
+pub async fn random(
+    ctx: Context<'_>,
+    count: Option<u32>,
+    role1: Option<Role>,
+    role2: Option<Role>,
+    role3: Option<Role>,
+) -> Result<(), Error> {
     let guild = ctx.guild_id().ok_or("No guild id")?;
     let members = guild.members(ctx.http(), None, None).await?;
 
-    let first_year_role = RoleId::new(FIRST_YEAR_ROLE_ID);
-    let second_year_role = RoleId::new(SECOND_YEAR_ROLE_ID);
+    let count = count.unwrap_or(3) as usize;
+    let mut selected_roles: HashSet<RoleId> = [role1, role2, role3]
+        .into_iter()
+        .flatten()
+        .map(|role| role.id)
+        .collect();
+
+    if selected_roles.is_empty() {
+        selected_roles.extend([
+            RoleId::new(FIRST_YEAR_ROLE_ID),
+            RoleId::new(SECOND_YEAR_ROLE_ID),
+            RoleId::new(THIRD_YEAR_ROLE_ID),
+        ]);
+    }
+
     let eligible_members: Vec<_> = members // Filtering out bots and other ineligible members
         .into_iter()
-        .filter(|m| {
-            !m.user.bot
-                && (m.roles.contains(&first_year_role) || m.roles.contains(&second_year_role))
-        })
+        .filter(|m| !m.user.bot && (m.roles.iter().any(|role| selected_roles.contains(role))))
         .collect();
 
     if eligible_members.is_empty() {
@@ -46,11 +62,13 @@ pub async fn random(ctx: Context<'_>) -> Result<(), Error> {
     let selected = {
         let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
 
-        let mut selected: Vec<_> = available_members.into_iter().choose_multiple(&mut rng, 5);
+        let mut selected: Vec<_> = available_members
+            .into_iter()
+            .choose_multiple(&mut rng, count);
 
-        if selected.len() < 5 {
+        if selected.len() < count {
             // If not enough members are available, fetch recently picked members
-            let remaining_needed = 5 - selected.len();
+            let remaining_needed = count - selected.len();
 
             let selected_ids: HashSet<UserId> = selected.iter().map(|m| m.user.id).collect();
 
@@ -81,7 +99,8 @@ pub async fn random(ctx: Context<'_>) -> Result<(), Error> {
             // If all eligible members have been picked atleast once, clear the recently picked set
             recent_random_picks.clear();
         }
-    }
+    } // guard dropped here, mutex unlocked
+    ctx.data().save_recent_picks();
     ctx.say(format!(
         "Pinging {} members: {}",
         selected.len(),
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index ad63e4f..66df091 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub prefix_string: String,
     pub root_url: String,
     pub api_key: String,
+    pub recent_picks_path: String,
 }
 
 impl Default for Config {
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@ impl Default for Config {
             prefix_string: String::from("$"),
             root_url: std::env::var("ROOT_URL").expect("ROOT_URL was not found in env"),
             api_key: std::env::var("AMD_API_KEY").expect("AMD_API_KEY was not found in env"),
+            recent_picks_path: std::env::var("RECENT_PICKS_PATH")
+                .unwrap_or_else(|_| String::from("data/recent_picks.json")),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 59fed8b..de181b5 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ use tracing::{debug, info, instrument};
 
 use std::{
     collections::{HashMap, HashSet},
+    path::PathBuf,
     sync::{Arc, Mutex},
 };
 
@@ -53,20 +54,47 @@ type Context<'a> = PoiseContext<'a, Data, Error>;
 struct Data {
     reaction_roles: HashMap<ReactionType, RoleId>,
     recent_random_picks: Arc<Mutex<HashSet<UserId>>>,
+    recent_picks_path: PathBuf,
     log_reload_handle: ReloadHandle,
     graphql_client: GraphQLClient,
 }
 
 impl Data {
     /// Returns a new [`Data`] with an empty `reaction_roles` field and the passed-in `reload_handle`.
-    fn new(reload_handle: ReloadHandle, root_url: String, api_key: String) -> Self {
+    fn new(
+        reload_handle: ReloadHandle,
+        root_url: String,
+        api_key: String,
+        recent_picks_path: String,
+    ) -> Self {
+        let recent_picks_path = PathBuf::from(recent_picks_path);
+        let recent_random_picks = Arc::new(Mutex::new(Self::load_recent_picks(&recent_picks_path)));
         Data {
             reaction_roles: HashMap::new(),
-            recent_random_picks: Arc::new(Mutex::new(HashSet::new())),
+            recent_random_picks,
+            recent_picks_path,
             log_reload_handle: reload_handle,
             graphql_client: GraphQLClient::new(root_url, api_key),
         }
     }
+
+    fn load_recent_picks(path: &PathBuf) -> HashSet<UserId> {
+        std::fs::read_to_string(path)
+            .ok()
+            .and_then(|s| serde_json::from_str(&s).ok())
+            .unwrap_or_default()
+    }
+
+    fn save_recent_picks(&self) {
+        let picks = self.recent_random_picks.lock().unwrap();
+
+        if let Some(parent) = self.recent_picks_path.parent() {
+            std::fs::create_dir_all(parent).unwrap();
+        }
+
+        let json = serde_json::to_string(&*picks).unwrap();
+        std::fs::write(&self.recent_picks_path, json).unwrap();
+    }
 }
 
 /// Builds a [`poise::Framework`] with the given arguments and commands from [`commands::get_commands`].
@@ -104,6 +132,7 @@ fn prepare_data(config: &Config, reload_handle: ReloadHandle) -> Data {
         reload_handle,
         config.root_url.clone(),
         config.api_key.clone(),
+        config.recent_picks_path.clone(),
     );
     data.populate_with_reaction_roles();
     data