Replying to other tweets does not seem to work

Replying to Tweets that are not my own does not work.

It works perfectly when replying to my own tweets, but as of now, I’ve not managed to reply to somebody else’s Tweets. The tweet will be pushed out and be visible on my profile under “Tweets & replies” but It will not show up when actually checking the original tweet.

TWEET_ID = <<<INSERT ID>>>
tweet = api.get_status(TWEET_ID)
comment = f'@{tweet.author.screen_name} Test Reply'
res = api.update_status(comment, in_reply_to_status_id_str=tweet.id)

Checking the response is somewhat strange. As it makes apparent that it replies to the user but not the tweet.

'in_reply_to_screen_name': **<<<tweet.author.screen_name>>>**,
 'in_reply_to_status_id': None,
 'in_reply_to_status_id_str': None,
 'in_reply_to_user_id': **<<<tweet.author.id_str>>>**,
 'in_reply_to_user_id_str': **<<<tweet.author.id_str>>>**,
 'is_quote_status': False, 

Could you provide a minimal working example replying to a tweet, that you did not author?

[arturocerna]

You need to also set auto_populate_reply_metadata=True in your call. Taking your example. res = api.update_status(comment, in_reply_to_status_id=tweet.id, auto_populate_reply_metadata=True)

After this your tweet should look like a reply to another tweet.

[ndrezn]

Complete explanation for why tweets may be hidden is in #1422.