diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/bot-message-context.test-harness.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/bot-message-context.test-harness.ts
index 3980d62ff4d..08f2e5ddc5a 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/bot-message-context.test-harness.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/bot-message-context.test-harness.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export async function buildTelegramMessageContextForTest(
       },
     } as never,
     cfg: (params.cfg ?? baseTelegramMessageContextConfig) as never,
+    loadFreshConfig: () => (params.cfg ?? baseTelegramMessageContextConfig) as never,
     account: { accountId: params.accountId ?? "default" } as never,
     historyLimit: 0,
     groupHistories: new Map(),
diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/bot-message-context.thread-binding.test.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/bot-message-context.thread-binding.test.ts
index cd264f0a386..790eda40ad3 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/bot-message-context.thread-binding.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/bot-message-context.thread-binding.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { beforeAll, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { buildTelegramMessageContextForTest } from "./bot-message-context.test-harness.js";
 
 const recordInboundSessionMock = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined));
 const resolveTelegramConversationRouteMock = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn());
@@ -19,8 +20,6 @@ vi.mock("./conversation-route.js", async (importOriginal) => {
   };
 });
 
-let buildTelegramMessageContextForTest: typeof import("./bot-message-context.test-harness.js").buildTelegramMessageContextForTest;
-
 function createBoundRoute(params: { accountId: string; sessionKey: string; agentId: string }) {
   return {
     configuredBinding: null,
@@ -38,12 +37,6 @@ function createBoundRoute(params: { accountId: string; sessionKey: string; agent
 }
 
 describe("buildTelegramMessageContext thread binding override", () => {
-  beforeAll(async () => {
-    vi.resetModules();
-    ({ buildTelegramMessageContextForTest } =
-      await import("./bot-message-context.test-harness.js"));
-  });
-
   beforeEach(() => {
     recordInboundSessionMock.mockClear();
     resolveTelegramConversationRouteMock.mockReset();
diff --git a/test/fixtures/test-timings.channels.json b/test/fixtures/test-timings.channels.json
index 99359c44436..98829087708 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/test-timings.channels.json
+++ b/test/fixtures/test-timings.channels.json
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@
       "durationMs": 20
     },
     "extensions/telegram/src/bot-message-context.implicit-mention.test.ts": {
-      "durationMs": 20
+      "durationMs": 13300
     },
     "extensions/telegram/src/action-runtime.test.ts": {
       "durationMs": 19