From ff292e67cec85decae68626517e09c2a7959d136 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Azade <azade@hey.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 10:49:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(telegram): show typing indicator in General forum topic

In forum supergroups, messages from the General topic arrive without
message_thread_id in updates, but sendChatAction requires one to display
the typing indicator in the correct topic.

Use message_thread_id=1 (Telegram's internal ID for General topic) as
fallback when messageThreadId is undefined in a forum chat.
---
 src/telegram/bot.ts | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/telegram/bot.ts b/src/telegram/bot.ts
index 8e430a0a7..e23bac5f7 100644
--- a/src/telegram/bot.ts
+++ b/src/telegram/bot.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 // @ts-nocheck
+/**
+ * Telegram uses message_thread_id=1 internally for the General topic in forum supergroups.
+ * User-created topics have IDs based on message_id (typically millions+), so no collision risk.
+ * See: https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#sendchataction
+ */
+const TELEGRAM_GENERAL_TOPIC_ID = 1;
+
 import { sequentialize } from "@grammyjs/runner";
 import { apiThrottler } from "@grammyjs/transformer-throttler";
 import type { ApiClientOptions, Message } from "grammy";
@@ -426,10 +433,16 @@ export function createTelegramBot(opts: TelegramBotOptions) {
 
     const sendTyping = async () => {
       try {
+        // In forums, the General topic has no message_thread_id in updates,
+        // but sendChatAction requires one to show typing.
+        const typingThreadId =
+          isForum && messageThreadId == null
+            ? TELEGRAM_GENERAL_TOPIC_ID
+            : messageThreadId;
         await bot.api.sendChatAction(
           chatId,
           "typing",
-          buildTelegramThreadParams(messageThreadId),
+          buildTelegramThreadParams(typingThreadId),
         );
       } catch (err) {
         logVerbose(