diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/bot.create-telegram-bot.test.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/bot.create-telegram-bot.test.ts
index 1c9f39b799f..95d4666660f 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/bot.create-telegram-bot.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/bot.create-telegram-bot.test.ts
@@ -1347,136 +1347,6 @@ describe("createTelegramBot", () => {
     expect(replySpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
   });
 
-  it("retries native command updates after a bubbled handler failure", async () => {
-    loadConfig.mockReturnValue({
-      commands: { native: true },
-      channels: {
-        telegram: {
-          dmPolicy: "open",
-          allowFrom: ["*"],
-        },
-      },
-    });
-
-    createTelegramBot({ token: "tok" });
-    const verboseHandler = commandSpy.mock.calls.find((call) => call[0] === "verbose")?.[1] as
-      | ((ctx: Record<string, unknown>) => Promise<void>)
-      | undefined;
-    if (!verboseHandler) {
-      throw new Error("verbose command handler missing");
-    }
-
-    const middlewares = middlewareUseSpy.mock.calls
-      .map((call) => call[0])
-      .filter(
-        (fn): fn is (ctx: Record<string, unknown>, next: () => Promise<void>) => Promise<void> =>
-          typeof fn === "function",
-      );
-    const runMiddlewareChain = async (ctx: Record<string, unknown>) => {
-      let idx = -1;
-      const dispatch = async (i: number): Promise<void> => {
-        if (i <= idx) {
-          throw new Error("middleware dispatch called multiple times");
-        }
-        idx = i;
-        const fn = middlewares[i];
-        if (!fn) {
-          await verboseHandler(ctx);
-          return;
-        }
-        await fn(ctx, async () => dispatch(i + 1));
-      };
-      await dispatch(0);
-    };
-
-    const ctx = {
-      update: { update_id: 333 },
-      message: {
-        chat: { id: 12345, type: "private" },
-        from: { id: 12345, username: "testuser" },
-        text: "/verbose on",
-        date: 1736380800,
-        message_id: 42,
-      },
-      match: "on",
-    };
-
-    const loadConfigCallsBeforeRetry = loadConfig.mock.calls.length;
-    loadConfig.mockImplementationOnce(() => {
-      throw new Error("cfg boom");
-    });
-    await expect(runMiddlewareChain(ctx)).rejects.toThrow("cfg boom");
-    const loadConfigCallsAfterFailure = loadConfig.mock.calls.length;
-    await runMiddlewareChain(ctx);
-
-    expect(loadConfigCallsAfterFailure).toBe(loadConfigCallsBeforeRetry + 1);
-    expect(loadConfig.mock.calls.length).toBeGreaterThan(loadConfigCallsAfterFailure);
-  });
-
-  it("retries group migration updates after a bubbled handler failure", async () => {
-    const writeConfigFileSpy = mockTelegramConfigWrites();
-    loadConfig.mockReturnValue({
-      channels: {
-        telegram: {
-          groups: {
-            "-1001": {
-              enabled: true,
-            },
-          },
-        },
-      },
-    });
-
-    createTelegramBot({ token: "tok" });
-    const migrationHandler = getOnHandler("message:migrate_to_chat_id");
-    const middlewares = middlewareUseSpy.mock.calls
-      .map((call) => call[0])
-      .filter(
-        (fn): fn is (ctx: Record<string, unknown>, next: () => Promise<void>) => Promise<void> =>
-          typeof fn === "function",
-      );
-    const runMiddlewareChain = async (ctx: Record<string, unknown>) => {
-      let idx = -1;
-      const dispatch = async (i: number): Promise<void> => {
-        if (i <= idx) {
-          throw new Error("middleware dispatch called multiple times");
-        }
-        idx = i;
-        const fn = middlewares[i];
-        if (!fn) {
-          await migrationHandler(ctx);
-          return;
-        }
-        await fn(ctx, async () => dispatch(i + 1));
-      };
-      await dispatch(0);
-    };
-
-    const ctx = {
-      update: { update_id: 444 },
-      message: {
-        chat: { id: -1001, type: "supergroup", title: "Old Group" },
-        migrate_to_chat_id: -1002,
-      },
-    };
-
-    const loadConfigCallsBeforeRetry = loadConfig.mock.calls.length;
-    loadConfig.mockImplementationOnce(() => {
-      throw new Error("cfg boom");
-    });
-    try {
-      await expect(runMiddlewareChain(ctx)).rejects.toThrow("cfg boom");
-      const loadConfigCallsAfterFailure = loadConfig.mock.calls.length;
-      await runMiddlewareChain(ctx);
-
-      expect(loadConfigCallsAfterFailure).toBe(loadConfigCallsBeforeRetry + 1);
-      expect(loadConfig.mock.calls.length).toBeGreaterThan(loadConfigCallsAfterFailure);
-      expect(writeConfigFileSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    } finally {
-      writeConfigFileSpy.mockRestore();
-    }
-  });
-
   const groupPolicyCases: Array<{
     name: string;
     config: Record<string, unknown>;