openclaw - 💡(How to fix) Fix [Bug]: Telegram progress mode tool progress preview not working in forum topics

Bug type

Behavior bug

Beta release blocker

No

Summary

Telegram progress mode tool progress draft message never appears in forum topics; final answer is delivered directly without any intermediate edit state.

Steps to reproduce

1. Set up OpenClaw 2026.5.27 with a Telegram bot in a forum supergroup (topic threads enabled)
2. Configure with default
3. Send a message that triggers a tool call (e.g., "what time is it" → calls )
4. Observe: Tool executes, final answer appears as a regular message — no progress draft ever shown

Expected behavior

When a tool executes, a progress draft message should appear in the Telegram forum topic showing the tool name/status. This draft should be edited () as progress updates come in, then cleared on completion and replaced with the final answer as a normal message.

Actual behavior

No progress draft message appears. Tools execute in the background, then the final answer appears directly as a regular message — with no intermediate editing state visible.

OpenClaw version

2026.5.27 (27ae826)

Operating system

Linux 6.8.0-117-generic (x64)

Install method

npm global

Model

minimax-portal/MiniMax-M2.7

Provider / routing chain

openclaw → minimax

Logs, screenshots, and evidence

Configuration used:

No editMessageText failures appear in logs. The hypothesis is that silently fails (Telegram returns no error but the edit is not applied) in forum topic context, causing OpenClaw to fall back to normal message delivery.

Workaround: Use — text streaming works correctly; only the progress draft (edit-based) functionality is affected.

Impact and severity

• Affected: Telegram group users in forum topics
• Severity: Annoying (blocks workflow visibility into tool execution)
• Frequency: 100% (every tool call in forum topic context)
• Consequence: Users cannot see tool progress in forum topics; final answers arrive without context

Additional information

Last known good: unknown (this is a new setup in forum topic mode) Root cause hypothesis: Telegram API silently fails in forum topic contexts because bot's edit rights are not correctly resolved for topic-scoped messages, or the reference does not resolve correctly for the edit operation within a thread.