old_contents: from discord.ext import commands
  import discord
  
  
  class PersistentViewBot(commands.Bot):
      def __init__(self):
          super().__init__(command_prefix=commands.when_mentioned_or('$'))
  
      async def on_ready(self):
          print(f'Logged in as {self.user} (ID: {self.user.id})')
          print('------')
  
  
  # Define a simple View that persists between bot restarts
  # In order a view to persist between restarts it needs to meet the following conditions:
  # 1) The timeout of the View has to be set to None
  # 2) Every item in the View has to have a custom_id set
  # It is recommended that the custom_id be sufficiently unique to
  # prevent conflicts with other buttons the bot sends.
  # For this example the custom_id is prefixed with the name of the bot.
  # Note that custom_ids can only be up to 100 characters long.
  class PersistentView(discord.ui.View):
      def __init__(self):
          super().__init__(timeout=None)
  
      @discord.ui.button(label='Green', style=discord.ButtonStyle.green, custom_id='persistent_view:green')
      async def green(self, button: discord.ui.Button, interaction: discord.Interaction):
          await interaction.response.send_message('This is green.', ephemeral=True)
  
      @discord.ui.button(label='Red', style=discord.ButtonStyle.red, custom_id='persistent_view:red')
      async def red(self, button: discord.ui.Button, interaction: discord.Interaction):
          await interaction.response.send_message('This is red.', ephemeral=True)
  
      @discord.ui.button(label='Grey', style=discord.ButtonStyle.grey, custom_id='persistent_view:grey')
      async def grey(self, button: discord.ui.Button, interaction: discord.Interaction):
          await interaction.response.send_message('This is grey.', ephemeral=True)
  
  
  bot = PersistentViewBot()
  
  # Register the persistent view for listening
  # Note that this does not send the view to any message.
  # In order to do this you need to first send a message with the View, which is shown below.
  # If you have the message_id you can also pass it as a keyword argument, but for this example
  # we don't have one.
  bot.add_view(PersistentView())
  
  
  @bot.command()
  @commands.is_owner()
  async def prepare(ctx: commands.Context):
      """Starts a persistent view."""
      # In order for a persistent view to be listened to, it needs to be sent to an actual message.
      # Call this method once just to store it somewhere.
      # In a more complicated program you might fetch the message_id from a database for use later.
      # However this is outside of the scope of this simple example.
      await ctx.send("What's your favourite colour?", view=PersistentView())
  
  
  bot.run('token')
  
new_contents: from discord.ext import commands
  import discord
  
  
  # Define a simple View that persists between bot restarts
  # In order a view to persist between restarts it needs to meet the following conditions:
  # 1) The timeout of the View has to be set to None
  # 2) Every item in the View has to have a custom_id set
  # It is recommended that the custom_id be sufficiently unique to
  # prevent conflicts with other buttons the bot sends.
  # For this example the custom_id is prefixed with the name of the bot.
  # Note that custom_ids can only be up to 100 characters long.
  class PersistentView(discord.ui.View):
      def __init__(self):
          super().__init__(timeout=None)
  
      @discord.ui.button(label='Green', style=discord.ButtonStyle.green, custom_id='persistent_view:green')
      async def green(self, button: discord.ui.Button, interaction: discord.Interaction):
          await interaction.response.send_message('This is green.', ephemeral=True)
  
      @discord.ui.button(label='Red', style=discord.ButtonStyle.red, custom_id='persistent_view:red')
      async def red(self, button: discord.ui.Button, interaction: discord.Interaction):
          await interaction.response.send_message('This is red.', ephemeral=True)
  
      @discord.ui.button(label='Grey', style=discord.ButtonStyle.grey, custom_id='persistent_view:grey')
      async def grey(self, button: discord.ui.Button, interaction: discord.Interaction):
          await interaction.response.send_message('This is grey.', ephemeral=True)
  
  
  class PersistentViewBot(commands.Bot):
      def __init__(self):
          super().__init__(command_prefix=commands.when_mentioned_or('$'))
          self.persistent_views_added = False
  
      async def on_ready(self):
          if not self.persistent_views_added:
              # Register the persistent view for listening here.
              # Note that this does not send the view to any message.
              # In order to do this you need to first send a message with the View, which is shown below.
              # If you have the message_id you can also pass it as a keyword argument, but for this example
              # we don't have one.
              self.add_view(PersistentView())
              self.persistent_views_added = True
  
          print(f'Logged in as {self.user} (ID: {self.user.id})')
          print('------')
  
  
  bot = PersistentViewBot()
  
  
  @bot.command()
  @commands.is_owner()
  async def prepare(ctx: commands.Context):
      """Starts a persistent view."""
      # In order for a persistent view to be listened to, it needs to be sent to an actual message.
      # Call this method once just to store it somewhere.
      # In a more complicated program you might fetch the message_id from a database for use later.
      # However this is outside of the scope of this simple example.
      await ctx.send("What's your favourite colour?", view=PersistentView())
  
  
  bot.run('token')
  
subject: add persistent view in on_ready to avoid loop issues