guild chunk + trying member in def

app.py

@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ async def on_ready():
         print(f'Logged in as {bot.user.name}')
         print(f"XP_PER_MESSAGE: {XP_PER_MESSAGE}")
 
+        guild = bot.get_guild(879548962464493619)
+        await guild.chunk() # get all users into bot cache
 
         channel = bot.get_channel(900125909984624713)
         if channel:
@@ -869,6 +871,7 @@ def verify_button(profile: gr.OAuthProfile | None, request: gr.Request) -> str:
 
         if pd.isnull(hf_user_name) or hf_user_name == 'n/a':
             # empty (no link created yet between discord_user_id and hf_user_name) so we can update
+            member = bot.get_member(user_id) # only works if we allow some time after bot restarts
             verified_date = datetime.now().strftime("%m/%d/%Y, %H:%M:%S") 
             global_df.loc[global_df['discord_user_id'] == altered_member_id, 'hf_user_name'] = profile.username
             global_df.loc[global_df['discord_user_id'] == altered_member_id, 'verified_date'] = verified_date