Telegram Streaming Defaults

Telegram streaming on by default

New Telegram setups now get live streaming previews out of the box. You see the assistant's response appear word-by-word instead of waiting for the full message.

What changed

• channels.telegram.streaming defaults to partial (was off)
• Private DMs use sendMessageDraft for smoother preview streaming
• Reasoning and answer preview lanes stay separate — cleaner output

When streaming isn't available

If the Telegram client doesn't support native drafts, OpenClaw falls back to message-edit preview: it sends a placeholder and updates it as tokens arrive. Still faster than waiting for the full response.

Disabling streaming

If you prefer the old behavior (wait for full message), set:

{
  "channels": {
    "telegram": {
      "streaming": "off"
    }
  }
}

Voice note mention gating

Optional disableAudioPreflight on group/topic config lets you skip mention-detection preflight for inbound voice notes when you want text-only mention checks.