Telegram: preserve topic IDs in restart notifications (#1807)

Co-authored-by: hsrvc <hsrvc@users.noreply.github.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Status: unreleased.
 - Auth: show copyable Google auth URL after ASCII prompt. (#1787) Thanks @robbyczgw-cla.
 - Routing: precompile session key regexes. (#1697) Thanks @Ray0907.
 - TUI: avoid width overflow when rendering selection lists. (#1686) Thanks @mossein.
+- Telegram: keep topic IDs in restart sentinel notifications. (#1807) Thanks @hsrvc.
 
 ## 2026.1.24-3
 

src/agents/tools/sessions-send-helpers.ts

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export type AnnounceTarget = {
   channel: string;
   to: string;
   accountId?: string;
+  threadId?: string; // Forum topic/thread ID
 };
 
 export function resolveAnnounceTargetFromKey(sessionKey: string): AnnounceTarget | null {
@@ -22,7 +23,22 @@ export function resolveAnnounceTargetFromKey(sessionKey: string): AnnounceTarget
   if (parts.length < 3) return null;
   const [channelRaw, kind, ...rest] = parts;
   if (kind !== "group" && kind !== "channel") return null;
-  const id = rest.join(":").trim();
+
+  // Extract topic/thread ID from rest (supports both :topic: and :thread:)
+  // Telegram uses :topic:, other platforms use :thread:
+  let threadId: string | undefined;
+  const restJoined = rest.join(":");
+  const topicMatch = restJoined.match(/:topic:(\d+)$/);
+  const threadMatch = restJoined.match(/:thread:(\d+)$/);
+  const match = topicMatch || threadMatch;
+
+  if (match) {
+    threadId = match[1]; // Keep as string to match AgentCommandOpts.threadId
+  }
+
+  // Remove :topic:N or :thread:N suffix from ID for target
+  const id = match ? restJoined.replace(/:(topic|thread):\d+$/, "") : restJoined.trim();
+
   if (!id) return null;
   if (!channelRaw) return null;
   const normalizedChannel = normalizeAnyChannelId(channelRaw) ?? normalizeChatChannelId(channelRaw);
@@ -37,7 +53,11 @@ export function resolveAnnounceTargetFromKey(sessionKey: string): AnnounceTarget
   const normalized = normalizedChannel
     ? getChannelPlugin(normalizedChannel)?.messaging?.normalizeTarget?.(kindTarget)
     : undefined;
-  return { channel, to: normalized ?? kindTarget };
+  return {
+    channel,
+    to: normalized ?? kindTarget,
+    threadId,
+  };
 }
 
 export function buildAgentToAgentMessageContext(params: {

src/gateway/server-restart-sentinel.ts

@@ -28,11 +28,16 @@ export async function scheduleRestartSentinelWake(params: { deps: CliDeps }) {
     return;
   }
 
-  const threadMarker = ":thread:";
+  // Extract topic/thread ID from sessionKey (supports both :topic: and :thread:)
-  const threadIndex = sessionKey.lastIndexOf(threadMarker);
+  // Telegram uses :topic:, other platforms use :thread:
-  const baseSessionKey = threadIndex === -1 ? sessionKey : sessionKey.slice(0, threadIndex);
+  const topicIndex = sessionKey.lastIndexOf(":topic:");
+  const threadIndex = sessionKey.lastIndexOf(":thread:");
+  const markerIndex = Math.max(topicIndex, threadIndex);
+  const marker = topicIndex > threadIndex ? ":topic:" : ":thread:";
+
+  const baseSessionKey = markerIndex === -1 ? sessionKey : sessionKey.slice(0, markerIndex);
   const threadIdRaw =
-    threadIndex === -1 ? undefined : sessionKey.slice(threadIndex + threadMarker.length);
+    markerIndex === -1 ? undefined : sessionKey.slice(markerIndex + marker.length);
   const sessionThreadId = threadIdRaw?.trim() || undefined;
 
   const { cfg, entry } = loadSessionEntry(sessionKey);
@@ -42,7 +47,7 @@ export async function scheduleRestartSentinelWake(params: { deps: CliDeps }) {
   // Handles race condition where store wasn't flushed before restart
   const sentinelContext = payload.deliveryContext;
   let sessionDeliveryContext = deliveryContextFromSession(entry);
-  if (!sessionDeliveryContext && threadIndex !== -1 && baseSessionKey) {
+  if (!sessionDeliveryContext && markerIndex !== -1 && baseSessionKey) {
     const { entry: baseEntry } = loadSessionEntry(baseSessionKey);
     sessionDeliveryContext = deliveryContextFromSession(baseEntry);
   }
@@ -74,6 +79,7 @@ export async function scheduleRestartSentinelWake(params: { deps: CliDeps }) {
 
   const threadId =
     payload.threadId ??
+    parsedTarget?.threadId ?? // From resolveAnnounceTargetFromKey (extracts :topic:N)
     sessionThreadId ??
     (origin?.threadId != null ? String(origin.threadId) : undefined);