diff -r 60174e318ecc -r e6df74d36862 pidgin/pidginconversation.c
--- a/pidgin/pidginconversation.c	Thu Dec 05 21:27:35 2024 -0600
+++ b/pidgin/pidginconversation.c	Thu Dec 05 21:31:16 2024 -0600
@@ -130,9 +130,13 @@
 	}
 
 	if(!command_executed) {
+		PurpleConversationMember *author = NULL;
+
 		/* Create the message. */
 		info = purple_account_get_contact_info(account);
-		message = purple_message_new(info, contents);
+		author = purple_conversation_find_or_add_member(conversation->conversation,
+		                                                info, FALSE, NULL);
+		message = purple_message_new(author, contents);
 
 		/* Send the message and clean up. We don't worry about the callback as we
 		 * don't have anything to do in it right now.