Issues with erc nickserv automation

Emacs
4

Here is what I use:

(defun my-erc-join-libre-chat ()
  "Connect to Libera Chat IRC server."
  ;; This gets my password, I'm using a .authinfo.gpg file, but a similar approach for GNU Pass should work.
  (let ((credential (auth-source-pick-first-password :host "irc.libre.chat"))) 
    (erc :server "irc.libera.chat"
         :port 6667
         :password credential
         :nick "my-nick"  ; replace with your nick as appropriate
         :id "Libera.Chat")))

;; here is how I use the above:
(defun my-erc-join-libre-systemcrafters-live ()
  "Connect to libera chat IRC channel for SystemCrafters-Live."
  (interactive)
  (my-erc-join-libre-chat)
  (sleep-for 3)   ; wait a bit before sending the following commands
  (erc-cmd-JOIN "#systemcrafters-live")
  ;; wait until the systemcrafters-live channel buffer has been
  ;; created.
  (while (= 0 (length (match-buffers "^#systemcrafters-live")))
    (sleep-for 1))
  (switch-to-buffer-other-window "#systemcrafters-live"))

Does this help?

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