diff --git a/src/events/discord/messageCreate/AutoResponseEventListener.js b/src/events/discord/messageCreate/AutoResponseEventListener.js
index 68cabae70..8fa1010b3 100644
--- a/src/events/discord/messageCreate/AutoResponseEventListener.js
+++ b/src/events/discord/messageCreate/AutoResponseEventListener.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import MessageCreateEventListener from './MessageCreateEventListener.js';
 import AutoResponse from '../../../database/AutoResponse.js';
-import {ThreadChannel} from 'discord.js';
+import {RESTJSONErrorCodes, ThreadChannel} from 'discord.js';
+import {MESSAGE_LENGTH_LIMIT} from '../../../util/apiLimits.js';
+import logger from '../../../bot/Logger.js';
 
 export default class AutoResponseEventListener extends MessageCreateEventListener {
 
@@ -20,7 +22,16 @@ export default class AutoResponseEventListener extends MessageCreateEventListene
 
         if (triggered.length) {
             const response = triggered[Math.floor(Math.random() * triggered.length)];
-            await message.reply({content: response.response});
+            try {
+                await message.reply({content: response.response.substring(0, MESSAGE_LENGTH_LIMIT)});
+            } catch (e) {
+                if (e.code === RESTJSONErrorCodes.MissingPermissions) {
+                    const channel = /** @type {import('discord.js').GuildTextBasedChannel} */ message.channel;
+                    await logger.warn(`Missing permissions to respond to message in channel ${channel?.name} (${message.channelId}) of guild ${message.guild?.name} (${message.guildId})`, e);
+                    return;
+                }
+                throw e;
+            }
         }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/util/apiLimits.js b/src/util/apiLimits.js
index bb94ff213..c0a458f1a 100644
--- a/src/util/apiLimits.js
+++ b/src/util/apiLimits.js
@@ -96,4 +96,5 @@ export const BULK_DELETE_MAX_AGE = 14 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
  */
 export const FETCH_BAN_PAGE_SIZE = 1000;
 
-export const MESSAGE_FILE_LIMIT = 10;
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+export const MESSAGE_FILE_LIMIT = 10;
+export const MESSAGE_LENGTH_LIMIT = 2000;
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