From c065d432f0a4933ca8968a813e9a6790113338c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: OpenClaw Agent <openclaw@local>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 17:31:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] telegram: treat message_id as explicit delete input

---
 extensions/telegram/src/channel-actions.ts   |  3 ++-
 src/channels/plugins/actions/actions.test.ts | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/channel-actions.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/channel-actions.ts
index 26cf762fe77..460a34f4dbe 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/channel-actions.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/channel-actions.ts
@@ -216,7 +216,8 @@ export const telegramMessageActions: ChannelMessageActionAdapter = {
 
     if (action === "delete") {
       const chatId = readTelegramChatIdParam(params);
-      const hasMessageIdParam = Object.hasOwn(params, "messageId");
+      const hasMessageIdParam =
+        Object.hasOwn(params, "messageId") || Object.hasOwn(params, "message_id");
       const messageId = readTelegramMessageIdParam(params, { required: false });
       if (hasMessageIdParam && typeof messageId !== "number") {
         throw new Error("messageId must be a valid number for action=delete.");
diff --git a/src/channels/plugins/actions/actions.test.ts b/src/channels/plugins/actions/actions.test.ts
index b9e8f8fdb55..e8fa82b3fdd 100644
--- a/src/channels/plugins/actions/actions.test.ts
+++ b/src/channels/plugins/actions/actions.test.ts
@@ -892,6 +892,29 @@ describe("telegramMessageActions", () => {
     expect(handleTelegramAction).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it("rejects invalid snake_case delete message_id instead of falling back to topic deletion", async () => {
+    const cfg = telegramCfg();
+    const handleAction = telegramMessageActions.handleAction;
+    if (!handleAction) {
+      throw new Error("telegram handleAction unavailable");
+    }
+
+    await expect(
+      handleAction({
+        channel: "telegram",
+        action: "delete",
+        params: {
+          to: "-1001234567890",
+          message_id: "oops",
+          topicId: 271,
+        },
+        cfg,
+      }),
+    ).rejects.toThrow(/messageId must be a valid number for action=delete/i);
+
+    expect(handleTelegramAction).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
   it("rejects topic-delete when threadId/topicId is missing", async () => {
     const cfg = telegramCfg();
     const handleAction = telegramMessageActions.handleAction;