Botframework-sdk: Telegram bot doesn't respond in group chats
When using the telegram channel, my bot responds to private messages, but when in a group he doesn't respond, even when mentioned.
/setjoingroups is enabled, and so is /setprivacy, and it is not an inline bot.
TexAgg
All 18 comments
Verified this is an issue. I've reached out to Telegram for assistance.
eanders-MS
on 17 May 2016
@TexAgg We've deployed a fix, can you retry? Additionally, Telegram recently made changes to the way bots and privacy work in group chat. Latest behavior summarized here:
https://core.telegram.org/bots#privacy-mode
https://core.telegram.org/bots/faq#what-messages-will-my-bot-get
eanders-MS
on 18 May 2016
Yes it works! Thank you!
TexAgg
on 18 May 2016
For me it still doesn't work. I've updated the bot connector in VS via nuget package manager to v1.1.0 but my bot still doesn't respond in group chats (telegram).
yss14
on 8 Jun 2016
@yss14 Is privacy mode enabled for your Telegram bot? (It is enabled by default). If enabled, your bot won't receive all group chat messages, only direct messages.
eanders-MS
on 8 Jun 2016
@eanders-MS Thanks, worked for me :)
yss14
on 14 Jun 2016
My bot has privacy mode enabled. It's receiving group messages that starts with '/' but it's not receiving messages that mention him by the @UserName. It's part of the same issue?
hvilela
on 17 Mar 2017
@hvilela I am facing the same issue. Any workarounds?
sagarpomal
on 2 May 2017
@hvilela did you manage to make it respond to mentions of its name?
nazreen
on 1 Oct 2017
my bot responds to group interactions with private replies... :/
Niko-La
on 31 Dec 2017
my bot is not responding on on groups using @botname. But getting response if put / then @botname
any workaround for this issue?
lakshykar
on 11 Feb 2018
my bot is not responding on on groups using @botName. But getting response if put / then @botName
any workaround for this issue?
when @botName, there should be an array of entities in the message body. And one entry of the array is text_entity, which is your bot name. By checking the entities array, the bot can then response correctly.
telemedotio
on 12 Nov 2018
ReplayKeyboardMarkup doesn't work in group chats :(
nekitkee
on 26 Dec 2018
I'm not sure it is a related issue but...
My bot responts to group message with a greeting message(in the group chat) that displays keyboard commands. However, when I select a command it responds on the privat chat and not in the group.
Did someone experience something similar and know how to solve it?
RobertaDelrio
on 2 Apr 2020
@RobertaDelrio Do you use in response destination chat_id or user_id? (first is correct)
nekitkee
on 2 Apr 2020
It is chat_id.
However, I think the problem is related to the use of the InlineKeyboard.
RobertaDelrio
on 2 Apr 2020
Folks! I have the same issue! My bot is not working in the group! Any ideas?
StarCanada
on 15 Apr 2020
How to give BOT access to send message without making it admin? I have privacy enabled
DharmarajX24
on 12 May 2020
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My bot has privacy mode enabled. It's receiving group messages that starts with '/' but it's not receiving messages that mention him by the @UserName. It's part of the same issue?