class NullAdapter

chat_listener.py

@@ -1,23 +1,33 @@
 from twitchio.ext import commands
 
+class NullAdapter:
+    """A dummy web adapter that does nothing to prevent twitchio from starting a webserver."""
+    async def start(self):
+        pass
+
+    async def stop(self):
+        pass
+
 class TwitchBot(commands.Bot):
     def __init__(self, access_token: str, client_id: str, client_secret: str, bot_id: str, channel_name: str, websocket_manager, db_user_id: int):
         self.websocket_manager = websocket_manager
         # Store our application's database user ID to avoid conflict with twitchio's internal 'owner_id'
         self.db_user_id = db_user_id
 
+        # Force the bot to use our dummy adapter that does nothing.
+        # This is the definitive fix to prevent any port conflicts.
+        adapter = NullAdapter()
+
         super().__init__(
             token=access_token,
+            web_server_adapter=adapter,
             prefix='!', # A prefix is required but won't be used for reading chat
             initial_channels=[channel_name],
             # These are now required by twitchio
             client_id=client_id,
             client_secret=client_secret,
             # The 'bot_id' is the Twitch ID of the user account the bot is running as
-            bot_id=bot_id, id=bot_id,
+            bot_id=bot_id, id=bot_id
-            # Force the internal webserver to a harmless, high port to permanently
-            # resolve the "address already in use" error during hot-reloads.
-            web_server_adapter_kwargs={'host': 'localhost', 'port': 8123}
         )
         self.channel_name = channel_name