diff --git a/src/DMAPI/tgs/v4/api.dm b/src/DMAPI/tgs/v4/api.dm
index 2f05c38633..b9a75c4abb 100644
--- a/src/DMAPI/tgs/v4/api.dm
+++ b/src/DMAPI/tgs/v4/api.dm
@@ -263,7 +263,12 @@
 		for(var/I in channels)
 			var/datum/tgs_chat_channel/channel = I
 			ids += channel.id
+
 	message = UpgradeDeprecatedChatMessage(message)
+
+	if (!length(channels))
+		return
+
 	message = list("message" = message.text, "channelIds" = ids)
 	if(intercepted_message_queue)
 		intercepted_message_queue += list(message)
@@ -276,7 +281,12 @@
 		var/datum/tgs_chat_channel/channel = I
 		if (!channel.is_private_channel && ((channel.is_admin_channel && admin_only) || (!channel.is_admin_channel && !admin_only)))
 			channels += channel.id
+
 	message = UpgradeDeprecatedChatMessage(message)
+
+	if (!length(channels))
+		return
+
 	message = list("message" = message.text, "channelIds" = channels)
 	if(intercepted_message_queue)
 		intercepted_message_queue += list(message)
diff --git a/src/DMAPI/tgs/v5/api.dm b/src/DMAPI/tgs/v5/api.dm
index 25bffb7850..926ea10a8f 100644
--- a/src/DMAPI/tgs/v5/api.dm
+++ b/src/DMAPI/tgs/v5/api.dm
@@ -166,6 +166,10 @@
 		ids += channel.id
 
 	message = UpgradeDeprecatedChatMessage(message)
+
+	if (!length(channels))
+		return
+
 	message = message._interop_serialize()
 	message[DMAPI5_CHAT_MESSAGE_CHANNEL_IDS] = ids
 	if(intercepted_message_queue)
@@ -181,6 +185,10 @@
 			channels += channel.id
 
 	message = UpgradeDeprecatedChatMessage(message)
+
+	if (!length(channels))
+		return
+
 	message = message._interop_serialize()
 	message[DMAPI5_CHAT_MESSAGE_CHANNEL_IDS] = channels
 	if(intercepted_message_queue)
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Chat/ChatManager.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Chat/ChatManager.cs
index d9bb4fa5f7..13196b3f57 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Chat/ChatManager.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Chat/ChatManager.cs
@@ -983,6 +983,10 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Chat
 		/// <returns>A <see cref="Task"/> representing the running operation.</returns>
 		Task SendMessage(IEnumerable<ulong> channelIds, Message replyTo, MessageContent message, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
 		{
+			channelIds = channelIds.ToList();
+			if (!channelIds.Any())
+				return Task.CompletedTask;
+
 			logger.LogTrace(
 				"Chat send \"{message}\"{embed} to channels: {channelIdsCommaSeperated}",
 				message.Text,