From 91a8daf3a7f8683fa7864a4f597ce7dd7e8aa66a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kushida <kushidashiro@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2026 20:28:06 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Fix reverse exports with an after boundary (#1569)

---
 .../Specs/DateRangeSpecs.cs                   | 46 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../Discord/DiscordClient.cs                  |  4 ++
 2 files changed, 50 insertions(+)

diff --git a/DiscordChatExporter.Cli.Tests/Specs/DateRangeSpecs.cs b/DiscordChatExporter.Cli.Tests/Specs/DateRangeSpecs.cs
index 5d5bcac4..59d24b10 100644
--- a/DiscordChatExporter.Cli.Tests/Specs/DateRangeSpecs.cs
+++ b/DiscordChatExporter.Cli.Tests/Specs/DateRangeSpecs.cs
@@ -60,6 +60,52 @@ public class DateRangeSpecs
             );
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task I_can_filter_the_reverse_export_to_only_include_messages_sent_after_the_specified_date()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var after = new DateTimeOffset(2021, 07, 24, 0, 0, 0, TimeSpan.Zero);
+        using var file = TempFile.Create();
+
+        // Act
+        await new ExportChannelsCommand
+        {
+            Token = Secrets.DiscordToken,
+            ChannelIds = [ChannelIds.DateRangeTestCases],
+            ExportFormat = ExportFormat.Json,
+            OutputPath = file.Path,
+            After = Snowflake.FromDate(after),
+            IsReverseMessageOrder = true,
+        }.ExecuteAsync(new FakeConsole());
+
+        // Assert
+        var timestamps = Json.Parse(await File.ReadAllTextAsync(file.Path))
+            .GetProperty("messages")
+            .EnumerateArray()
+            .Select(j => j.GetProperty("timestamp").GetDateTimeOffset())
+            .ToArray();
+
+        timestamps.All(t => t > after).Should().BeTrue();
+        timestamps.Should().BeInDescendingOrder();
+
+        timestamps
+            .Should()
+            .BeEquivalentTo(
+                [
+                    new DateTimeOffset(2021, 09, 08, 14, 26, 35, TimeSpan.Zero),
+                    new DateTimeOffset(2021, 07, 24, 14, 52, 40, TimeSpan.Zero),
+                    new DateTimeOffset(2021, 07, 24, 14, 52, 39, TimeSpan.Zero),
+                    new DateTimeOffset(2021, 07, 24, 14, 52, 38, TimeSpan.Zero),
+                    new DateTimeOffset(2021, 07, 24, 13, 49, 13, TimeSpan.Zero),
+                ],
+                o =>
+                    o.Using<DateTimeOffset>(ctx =>
+                            ctx.Subject.Should().BeCloseTo(ctx.Expectation, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1))
+                        )
+                        .WhenTypeIs<DateTimeOffset>()
+            );
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public async Task I_can_filter_the_export_to_only_include_messages_sent_before_the_specified_date()
     {
diff --git a/DiscordChatExporter.Core/Discord/DiscordClient.cs b/DiscordChatExporter.Core/Discord/DiscordClient.cs
index 607f03c3..8d5ef4c3 100644
--- a/DiscordChatExporter.Core/Discord/DiscordClient.cs
+++ b/DiscordChatExporter.Core/Discord/DiscordClient.cs
@@ -796,6 +796,10 @@ public class DiscordClient(
 
             foreach (var message in messages)
             {
+                // Ensure that the messages are in range
+                if (message.Timestamp <= after?.ToDate())
+                    yield break;
+
                 lastMessage ??= message;
 
                 // Report progress based on timestamps