fix: allow telegram prefixes/topics for inline buttons (#1072) — thanks @danielz1z

Co-authored-by: danielz1z <danielz1z@users.noreply.github.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 - Plugins: add zip installs and `--link` to avoid copying local paths.
 
 ### Fixes
+- Telegram: accept tg/group/telegram prefixes + topic targets for inline button validation. (#1072) — thanks @danielz1z.
 - Sub-agents: normalize announce delivery origin + queue bucketing by accountId to keep multi-account routing stable. (#1061, #1058) — thanks @adam91holt.
 - Sessions: include deliveryContext in sessions.list and reuse normalized delivery routing for announce/restart fallbacks. (#1058)
 - Sessions: propagate deliveryContext into last-route updates to keep account/channel routing stable. (#1058)

src/telegram/inline-buttons.test.ts

@@ -19,6 +19,16 @@ describe("resolveTelegramTargetChatType", () => {
     expect(resolveTelegramTargetChatType("TELEGRAM:5232990709")).toBe("direct");
   });
 
+  it("handles tg/group prefixes and topic suffixes", () => {
+    expect(resolveTelegramTargetChatType("tg:5232990709")).toBe("direct");
+    expect(resolveTelegramTargetChatType("group:-123456789")).toBe("group");
+    expect(resolveTelegramTargetChatType("telegram:group:-1001234567890")).toBe("group");
+    expect(resolveTelegramTargetChatType("telegram:group:-1001234567890:topic:456")).toBe(
+      "group",
+    );
+    expect(resolveTelegramTargetChatType("-1001234567890:456")).toBe("group");
+  });
+
   it("returns 'unknown' for usernames", () => {
     expect(resolveTelegramTargetChatType("@username")).toBe("unknown");
     expect(resolveTelegramTargetChatType("telegram:@username")).toBe("unknown");

src/telegram/inline-buttons.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { ClawdbotConfig } from "../config/config.js";
 import type { TelegramInlineButtonsScope } from "../config/types.telegram.js";
 import { listTelegramAccountIds, resolveTelegramAccount } from "./accounts.js";
+import { parseTelegramTarget } from "./targets.js";
 
 const DEFAULT_INLINE_BUTTONS_SCOPE: TelegramInlineButtonsScope = "allowlist";
 
@@ -61,14 +62,12 @@ export function isTelegramInlineButtonsEnabled(params: {
 }
 
 export function resolveTelegramTargetChatType(target: string): "direct" | "group" | "unknown" {
-  let trimmed = target.trim();
+  if (!target.trim()) return "unknown";
-  if (!trimmed) return "unknown";
+  const parsed = parseTelegramTarget(target);
-  // Strip telegram: prefix added by normalizeTelegramMessagingTarget
+  const chatId = parsed.chatId.trim();
-  if (trimmed.toLowerCase().startsWith("telegram:")) {
+  if (!chatId) return "unknown";
-    trimmed = trimmed.slice("telegram:".length).trim();
+  if (/^-?\d+$/.test(chatId)) {
-  }
+    return chatId.startsWith("-") ? "group" : "direct";
-  if (/^-?\d+$/.test(trimmed)) {
-    return trimmed.startsWith("-") ? "group" : "direct";
   }
   return "unknown";
 }