From f032ade9c80897db37ca9bfe6cfdf6f7c6aa8d56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vignesh Natarajan <vigneshnatarajan92@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2026 18:57:02 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix (telegram): return webhook timeout responses to prevent
 retry storms

---
 src/telegram/webhook.ts | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/telegram/webhook.ts b/src/telegram/webhook.ts
index a23f0aa30a..259fa4c7ab 100644
--- a/src/telegram/webhook.ts
+++ b/src/telegram/webhook.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { createTelegramBot } from "./bot.js";
 
 const TELEGRAM_WEBHOOK_MAX_BODY_BYTES = 1024 * 1024;
 const TELEGRAM_WEBHOOK_BODY_TIMEOUT_MS = 30_000;
+const TELEGRAM_WEBHOOK_CALLBACK_TIMEOUT_MS = 10_000;
 
 export async function startTelegramWebhook(opts: {
   token: string;
@@ -56,6 +57,8 @@ export async function startTelegramWebhook(opts: {
   });
   const handler = webhookCallback(bot, "http", {
     secretToken: secret,
+    onTimeout: "return",
+    timeoutMilliseconds: TELEGRAM_WEBHOOK_CALLBACK_TIMEOUT_MS,
   });
 
   if (diagnosticsEnabled) {