diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/account-inspect.test.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/account-inspect.test.ts
index a76d4eafc41f..a92355a03538 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/account-inspect.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/account-inspect.test.ts
@@ -107,6 +107,27 @@ describe("inspectTelegramAccount SecretRef resolution", () => {
     expect(account.config.reactionLevel).toBe("ack");
   });
 
+  it("routes omitted-account inspection through the configured defaultAccount (#61012)", () => {
+    withEnv({ TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN: "123:env" }, () => {
+      const cfg: OpenClawConfig = {
+        channels: {
+          telegram: {
+            botToken: "123:channel",
+            defaultAccount: "ops",
+            accounts: {
+              ops: { botToken: "123:ops" },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      };
+
+      const account = inspectTelegramAccount({ cfg });
+      expect(account.accountId).toBe("ops");
+      expect(account.tokenSource).toBe("config");
+      expect(account.token).toBe("123:ops");
+    });
+  });
+
   it("blocks channel-token fallback for unknown scoped accounts in multi-account config", () => {
     const cfg: OpenClawConfig = {
       channels: {
diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/account-inspect.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/account-inspect.ts
index de8728f57801..54178bec3682 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/account-inspect.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/account-inspect.ts
@@ -252,8 +252,9 @@ export function inspectTelegramAccount(params: {
   accountId?: string | null;
   envToken?: string | null;
 }): InspectedTelegramAccount {
+  const resolvedAccountId = params.accountId ?? resolveDefaultTelegramAccountId(params.cfg);
   return resolveAccountWithDefaultFallback({
-    accountId: params.accountId,
+    accountId: resolvedAccountId,
     normalizeAccountId,
     resolvePrimary: (accountId) =>
       inspectTelegramAccountPrimary({
diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/reaction-level.test.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/reaction-level.test.ts
index a4a11f182387..8bbacc246392 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/reaction-level.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/reaction-level.test.ts
@@ -122,6 +122,24 @@ describe("resolveTelegramReactionLevel", () => {
     expectExtensiveFlags(result);
   });
 
+  it("resolves omitted-account reaction level from the configured defaultAccount (#61012)", () => {
+    const cfg: OpenClawConfig = {
+      channels: {
+        telegram: {
+          botToken: "tok-default",
+          reactionLevel: "off",
+          defaultAccount: "work",
+          accounts: {
+            work: { botToken: "tok-work", reactionLevel: "extensive" },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    };
+
+    const result = resolveTelegramReactionLevel({ cfg });
+    expectExtensiveFlags(result);
+  });
+
   it("falls back to global level when account has no reactionLevel", () => {
     const cfg: OpenClawConfig = {
       channels: {