From 75e1339d4cdb32652e560eccc3930cc9264ac67b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Siddharth Balyan <52913345+alt-glitch@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 1 May 2026 15:21:56 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix(telegram): send seed message after creating DM topics
 (#18334)

Telegram's client does not display empty forum topics in the chat's
topic list. After createForumTopic succeeds, send a short pin message
into the new topic so it becomes immediately visible to the user.

Only fires for newly created topics (no thread_id in config yet).
Failure to send the seed is non-fatal (debug-logged, topic still works).
---
 gateway/platforms/telegram.py | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gateway/platforms/telegram.py b/gateway/platforms/telegram.py
index 3822cb72..cbee2539 100644
--- a/gateway/platforms/telegram.py
+++ b/gateway/platforms/telegram.py
@@ -761,6 +761,20 @@ class TelegramAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
                     # Persist thread_id to config so we don't recreate on next restart
                     self._persist_dm_topic_thread_id(int(chat_id), topic_name, thread_id)
 
+                    # Send a seed message so the topic is visible in Telegram's client.
+                    # Empty topics are hidden by the client UI until they contain a message.
+                    try:
+                        await self._bot.send_message(
+                            chat_id=int(chat_id),
+                            message_thread_id=thread_id,
+                            text=f"\U0001f4cc {topic_name}",
+                        )
+                    except Exception as seed_err:
+                        logger.debug(
+                            "[%s] Could not send seed message to topic '%s': %s",
+                            self.name, topic_name, seed_err,
+                        )
+
     async def connect(self) -> bool:
         """Connect to Telegram via polling or webhook.