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OpenClaw: Telegram Send Chain Can Stall for ~500 Seconds Because Client Timeouts Are Missing

Telegram methods without client timeouts can leave a request stalled. Because sends are serialized through sendChain, one stall blocks later messages behind it.

📋 Issue Summary

Telegram methods without client timeouts can leave a request stalled. Because sends are serialized through sendChain, one stall blocks later messages behind it.

One Stalled Call Blocks the Queue

Telegram methods without client timeouts can leave a request stalled. Because sends are serialized through sendChain, one stall blocks later messages behind it.

~500-Second Channel-Wide Delay

The default wait can reach roughly 500 seconds. This is not a single-message inconvenience: it is a prolonged delivery outage for every queued send on that channel.

Why Timeout Boundaries Matter

Client timeouts, isolated retries, and visible failure states prevent an upstream dependency from turning one stuck request into a queue-wide reliability incident.

Managed Delivery Reliability

A managed platform should bound channel calls, isolate failed work, and preserve delivery observability rather than allowing a serialized chain to stall silently.

⚠️ Critical Assessment

P1 — A single stalled Telegram method can park the serialized send chain for roughly the default 500-second timeout, creating a channel-wide reliability failure.

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Methodology & Sources

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Last updated: June 30, 2026. Published by the gobii.reviews Editorial Team.