From 08725270e208be3f96575bce5f9fdf48503db292 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 19:22:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] perf: honor low timeout budgets in health telegram probes

---
 src/commands/health.ts | 2 +-
 src/telegram/probe.ts  | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/commands/health.ts b/src/commands/health.ts
index 99b3613ab38..88b65948edf 100644
--- a/src/commands/health.ts
+++ b/src/commands/health.ts
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ export async function getHealthSnapshot(params?: {
     buildSessionSummary(resolveStorePath(cfg.session?.store, { agentId: defaultAgentId }));
 
   const start = Date.now();
-  const cappedTimeout = Math.max(1000, timeoutMs ?? DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS);
+  const cappedTimeout = timeoutMs === undefined ? DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS : Math.max(50, timeoutMs);
   const doProbe = params?.probe !== false;
   const channels: Record<string, ChannelHealthSummary> = {};
   const channelOrder = listChannelPlugins().map((plugin) => plugin.id);
diff --git a/src/telegram/probe.ts b/src/telegram/probe.ts
index c4d4001852c..cc65f987f5e 100644
--- a/src/telegram/probe.ts
+++ b/src/telegram/probe.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export async function probeTelegram(
   const started = Date.now();
   const fetcher = proxyUrl ? makeProxyFetch(proxyUrl) : fetch;
   const base = `${TELEGRAM_API_BASE}/bot${token}`;
+  const retryDelayMs = Math.max(50, Math.min(1000, timeoutMs));
 
   const result: TelegramProbe = {
     ok: false,
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ export async function probeTelegram(
       } catch (err) {
         fetchError = err;
         if (i < 2) {
-          await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 1000));
+          await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, retryDelayMs));
         }
       }
     }