fix: keep telegram tool progress without preview (#71825) (thanks @VACInc)

* fix(telegram): keep default tool progress without preview

* fix: keep telegram tool progress without preview (#71825) (thanks @VACInc)

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Co-authored-by: VACInc <3279061+VACInc@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Ayaan Zaidi <hi@obviy.us>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Agents/Claude CLI: apply the configured 1M context window override to eligible Claude CLI Opus and Sonnet models when `context1m` is enabled. (#70863) Thanks @bidadh.
 - Models/status: report fresh Claude CLI native auth instead of stale stored `anthropic:claude-cli` profile expiry when local credentials are current. Fixes #71256. (#71332) Thanks @matthiasjanke and @neeravmakwana.
 - CLI backends: compact OpenClaw transcripts after over-budget CLI turns and reseed fresh CLI sessions from the compacted transcript instead of stale external resume state. Fixes #68329. (#71916) Thanks @obviyus.
+- Telegram: keep default tool progress messages visible when answer preview streaming is disabled. (#71825) Thanks @VACInc.
 
 ## 2026.4.24
 

extensions/telegram/src/bot-message-dispatch.test.ts

@@ -765,6 +765,25 @@ describe("dispatchTelegramMessage draft streaming", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it("keeps default tool progress messages when answer preview streaming is off", async () => {
+    dispatchReplyWithBufferedBlockDispatcher.mockImplementation(async ({ replyOptions }) => {
+      await replyOptions?.onToolStart?.({ name: "exec", phase: "start" });
+      await replyOptions?.onItemEvent?.({ progressText: "exec ls ~/Desktop" });
+      return { queuedFinal: false };
+    });
+
+    await dispatchWithContext({ context: createContext(), streamMode: "off" });
+
+    expect(createTelegramDraftStream).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(dispatchReplyWithBufferedBlockDispatcher).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        replyOptions: expect.objectContaining({
+          suppressDefaultToolProgressMessages: false,
+        }),
+      }),
+    );
+  });
+
   it("keeps Telegram tool progress links inside code formatting", async () => {
     const draftStream = createDraftStream();
     createTelegramDraftStream.mockReturnValue(draftStream);

extensions/telegram/src/bot-message-dispatch.ts

@@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@ export const dispatchTelegramMessage = async ({
                   previewToolProgressLines = [];
                 })
             : undefined,
-          suppressDefaultToolProgressMessages: true,
+          suppressDefaultToolProgressMessages: Boolean(answerLane.stream),
           onToolStart: async (payload) => {
             const toolName = payload.name?.trim();
             if (statusReactionController && toolName) {