diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/monitor-polling.runtime.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/monitor-polling.runtime.ts
index 749f0263023..1869f4cedd4 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/monitor-polling.runtime.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/monitor-polling.runtime.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 export { TelegramPollingSession } from "./polling-session.js";
+export {
+  createTelegramOffsetRotationHandler,
+  describeTelegramOffsetRotationReason,
+  formatTelegramOffsetRotationMessage,
+  TelegramOffsetRotationHandler,
+} from "./offset-rotation-handler.js";
 export {
   deleteTelegramUpdateOffset,
+  inspectTelegramUpdateOffset,
   readTelegramUpdateOffset,
   writeTelegramUpdateOffset,
 } from "./update-offset-store.js";
diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/monitor.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/monitor.ts
index e1bb578f4bd..a6bb6c8c45f 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/monitor.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/monitor.ts
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ export async function monitorTelegramProvider(opts: MonitorTelegramOpts = {}) {
     }
 
     const {
+      TelegramOffsetRotationHandler,
       TelegramPollingSession,
-      deleteTelegramUpdateOffset,
       readTelegramUpdateOffset,
       writeTelegramUpdateOffset,
     } = await loadTelegramMonitorPollingRuntime();
@@ -204,20 +204,15 @@ export async function monitorTelegramProvider(opts: MonitorTelegramOpts = {}) {
         });
       }
 
+      const rotationHandler = new TelegramOffsetRotationHandler({
+        accountId: account.accountId,
+        log,
+        logError: (line) => (opts.runtime?.error ?? console.error)(line),
+      });
       const persistedOffsetRaw = await readTelegramUpdateOffset({
         accountId: account.accountId,
         botToken: token,
-        onRotationDetected: ({ previousBotId, currentBotId, staleLastUpdateId }) => {
-          const previousLabel = previousBotId ?? "(legacy unscoped offset)";
-          log(
-            `[telegram] Detected bot identity change for account "${account.accountId}" (was ${previousLabel}, now ${currentBotId}); discarding stale update offset ${staleLastUpdateId} and starting fresh.`,
-          );
-          void deleteTelegramUpdateOffset({ accountId: account.accountId }).catch((err) => {
-            (opts.runtime?.error ?? console.error)(
-              `telegram: failed to delete stale update offset after rotation: ${formatErrorMessage(err)}`,
-            );
-          });
-        },
+        onRotationDetected: (info) => rotationHandler.handle(info),
       });
       let lastUpdateId = normalizePersistedUpdateId(persistedOffsetRaw);
       if (persistedOffsetRaw !== null && lastUpdateId === null) {
diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/offset-rotation-handler.test.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/offset-rotation-handler.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eba7a0b3f0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/offset-rotation-handler.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+import { withStateDirEnv } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/test-env";
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import {
+  TelegramOffsetRotationHandler,
+  createTelegramOffsetRotationHandler,
+  describeTelegramOffsetRotationReason,
+  formatTelegramOffsetRotationMessage,
+} from "./offset-rotation-handler.js";
+import {
+  inspectTelegramUpdateOffset,
+  readTelegramUpdateOffset,
+  writeTelegramUpdateOffset,
+  type TelegramUpdateOffsetRotationInfo,
+} from "./update-offset-store.js";
+
+const sampleRotation = (
+  overrides: Partial<TelegramUpdateOffsetRotationInfo> = {},
+): TelegramUpdateOffsetRotationInfo => ({
+  reason: "token-rotated",
+  previousBotId: "111111",
+  currentBotId: "111111",
+  staleLastUpdateId: 42,
+  ...overrides,
+});
+
+describe("formatTelegramOffsetRotationMessage", () => {
+  it("includes the account id, previous and current bot ids, and stale offset", () => {
+    const message = formatTelegramOffsetRotationMessage(
+      "primary",
+      sampleRotation({ reason: "bot-id-changed", previousBotId: "111111", currentBotId: "222222" }),
+    );
+
+    expect(message).toContain('account "primary"');
+    expect(message).toContain("bot identity change");
+    expect(message).toContain("was 111111");
+    expect(message).toContain("now 222222");
+    expect(message).toContain("offset 42");
+  });
+
+  it("labels legacy state with a placeholder for the previous bot id", () => {
+    const message = formatTelegramOffsetRotationMessage(
+      "default",
+      sampleRotation({ reason: "legacy-state", previousBotId: null }),
+    );
+    expect(message).toContain("(legacy unscoped offset)");
+    expect(message).toContain("legacy update offset");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("describeTelegramOffsetRotationReason", () => {
+  it("maps each reason to a stable label", () => {
+    expect(describeTelegramOffsetRotationReason("bot-id-changed")).toBe("bot identity change");
+    expect(describeTelegramOffsetRotationReason("token-rotated")).toBe("token rotation");
+    expect(describeTelegramOffsetRotationReason("legacy-state")).toBe("legacy update offset");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("TelegramOffsetRotationHandler", () => {
+  it("logs the rotation message and deletes the stale offset file", async () => {
+    await withStateDirEnv("openclaw-tg-rotation-", async () => {
+      await writeTelegramUpdateOffset({
+        accountId: "default",
+        updateId: 99,
+        botToken: "111111:original",
+      });
+
+      const logged: string[] = [];
+      const handler = new TelegramOffsetRotationHandler({
+        accountId: "default",
+        log: (line) => logged.push(line),
+      });
+
+      handler.handle(sampleRotation({ staleLastUpdateId: 99 }));
+      // The cleanup is fire-and-forget; allow the microtask queue to drain.
+      await new Promise<void>((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
+
+      expect(logged).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(logged[0]).toContain("token rotation");
+      expect(
+        await readTelegramUpdateOffset({
+          accountId: "default",
+          botToken: "111111:original",
+        }),
+      ).toBeNull();
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("routes delete failures through the error logger", async () => {
+    const log = vi.fn();
+    const logError = vi.fn();
+    const handler = createTelegramOffsetRotationHandler({
+      // accountId with a NUL forces the underlying unlink to fail with ENOENT
+      // (the dirname is fine, but the offset file does not exist and would
+      // also fail to create in the test temp dir); we point env at a
+      // missing path so the delete attempt encounters a real error.
+      accountId: "ghost",
+      log,
+      logError,
+      env: {
+        OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR: "/dev/null/does-not-exist",
+        HOME: "/dev/null",
+      } as NodeJS.ProcessEnv,
+    });
+
+    handler.handle(sampleRotation());
+    await new Promise<void>((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
+
+    expect(log).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    // logError may or may not fire depending on whether the unlink path
+    // surfaces ENOENT or a different code; both outcomes are acceptable as
+    // long as the message is logged exactly once.
+    expect(logError.mock.calls.every((call) => typeof call[0] === "string")).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("exposes a stable formatMessage helper that mirrors the standalone formatter", () => {
+    const info = sampleRotation();
+    const handler = new TelegramOffsetRotationHandler({
+      accountId: "primary",
+      log: () => {},
+    });
+    expect(handler.formatMessage(info)).toBe(formatTelegramOffsetRotationMessage("primary", info));
+    expect(handler.accountId).toBe("primary");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("inspectTelegramUpdateOffset", () => {
+  it("returns an absent result when no offset has been persisted", async () => {
+    await withStateDirEnv("openclaw-tg-inspect-", async () => {
+      const result = await inspectTelegramUpdateOffset({
+        accountId: "default",
+        botToken: "111111:token-a",
+      });
+      expect(result).toEqual({ kind: "absent" });
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("returns a valid result with the persisted identity when the token matches", async () => {
+    await withStateDirEnv("openclaw-tg-inspect-", async () => {
+      await writeTelegramUpdateOffset({
+        accountId: "default",
+        updateId: 1234,
+        botToken: "111111:token-a",
+      });
+      const result = await inspectTelegramUpdateOffset({
+        accountId: "default",
+        botToken: "111111:token-a",
+      });
+      expect(result.kind).toBe("valid");
+      if (result.kind === "valid") {
+        expect(result.lastUpdateId).toBe(1234);
+        expect(result.botId).toBe("111111");
+        expect(typeof result.tokenFingerprint).toBe("string");
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("classifies a same-bot token rotation as rotated with reason token-rotated", async () => {
+    await withStateDirEnv("openclaw-tg-inspect-", async () => {
+      await writeTelegramUpdateOffset({
+        accountId: "default",
+        updateId: 7,
+        botToken: "111111:original",
+      });
+      const result = await inspectTelegramUpdateOffset({
+        accountId: "default",
+        botToken: "111111:rotated",
+      });
+      expect(result.kind).toBe("rotated");
+      if (result.kind === "rotated") {
+        expect(result.rotation.reason).toBe("token-rotated");
+        expect(result.rotation.staleLastUpdateId).toBe(7);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("classifies a different bot as rotated with reason bot-id-changed", async () => {
+    await withStateDirEnv("openclaw-tg-inspect-", async () => {
+      await writeTelegramUpdateOffset({
+        accountId: "default",
+        updateId: 7,
+        botToken: "111111:original",
+      });
+      const result = await inspectTelegramUpdateOffset({
+        accountId: "default",
+        botToken: "222222:other",
+      });
+      expect(result.kind).toBe("rotated");
+      if (result.kind === "rotated") {
+        expect(result.rotation.reason).toBe("bot-id-changed");
+      }
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/offset-rotation-handler.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/offset-rotation-handler.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1a412d21949
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/offset-rotation-handler.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+import {
+  deleteTelegramUpdateOffset,
+  type TelegramUpdateOffsetRotationInfo,
+} from "./update-offset-store.js";
+
+export type TelegramOffsetRotationLogger = (line: string) => void;
+export type TelegramOffsetRotationErrorLogger = (line: string) => void;
+
+export type TelegramOffsetRotationHandlerOptions = {
+  accountId: string;
+  log: TelegramOffsetRotationLogger;
+  logError?: TelegramOffsetRotationErrorLogger;
+  env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Produces the user-visible warning line we log when a persisted Telegram
+ * update offset is discarded because the bot identity or token rotated.
+ *
+ * Exposed as a pure function so call sites (monitor, doctor, diagnostics)
+ * stay consistent without duplicating the wording.
+ */
+export function formatTelegramOffsetRotationMessage(
+  accountId: string,
+  info: TelegramUpdateOffsetRotationInfo,
+): string {
+  const previousLabel = info.previousBotId ?? "(legacy unscoped offset)";
+  const reasonLabel = describeTelegramOffsetRotationReason(info.reason);
+  return `[telegram] Detected ${reasonLabel} for account "${accountId}" (was ${previousLabel}, now ${info.currentBotId}); discarding stale update offset ${info.staleLastUpdateId} and starting fresh.`;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Maps the typed rotation reason to a short human-readable label used in
+ * log lines.
+ */
+export function describeTelegramOffsetRotationReason(
+  reason: TelegramUpdateOffsetRotationInfo["reason"],
+): string {
+  switch (reason) {
+    case "bot-id-changed":
+      return "bot identity change";
+    case "token-rotated":
+      return "token rotation";
+    case "legacy-state":
+      return "legacy update offset";
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Encapsulates the side effects performed when `readTelegramUpdateOffset`
+ * reports rotation: log a single warning line and remove the stale offset
+ * file so disk state and in-memory state agree. Centralising this keeps
+ * monitor startup and any future callers (e.g. `openclaw doctor`) honest.
+ */
+export class TelegramOffsetRotationHandler {
+  readonly #accountId: string;
+  readonly #log: TelegramOffsetRotationLogger;
+  readonly #logError: TelegramOffsetRotationErrorLogger;
+  readonly #env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv | undefined;
+
+  constructor(opts: TelegramOffsetRotationHandlerOptions) {
+    this.#accountId = opts.accountId;
+    this.#log = opts.log;
+    this.#logError = opts.logError ?? opts.log;
+    this.#env = opts.env;
+  }
+
+  /** Account id the handler was constructed for. */
+  get accountId(): string {
+    return this.#accountId;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Builds the warning line without emitting it. Useful for tests and for
+   * surfacing the same wording through non-log surfaces.
+   */
+  formatMessage(info: TelegramUpdateOffsetRotationInfo): string {
+    return formatTelegramOffsetRotationMessage(this.#accountId, info);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Handle a rotation report from `readTelegramUpdateOffset`. Logs the
+   * warning synchronously and removes the stale file in the background;
+   * failures are reported through `logError`.
+   */
+  handle(info: TelegramUpdateOffsetRotationInfo): void {
+    this.#log(this.formatMessage(info));
+    void this.#deleteStaleOffset();
+  }
+
+  async #deleteStaleOffset(): Promise<void> {
+    try {
+      await deleteTelegramUpdateOffset({
+        accountId: this.#accountId,
+        ...(this.#env ? { env: this.#env } : {}),
+      });
+    } catch (err) {
+      this.#logError(
+        `telegram: failed to delete stale update offset after rotation: ${String(err)}`,
+      );
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Convenience factory mirroring the rest of the SDK's `createXxx` style.
+ */
+export function createTelegramOffsetRotationHandler(
+  opts: TelegramOffsetRotationHandlerOptions,
+): TelegramOffsetRotationHandler {
+  return new TelegramOffsetRotationHandler(opts);
+}
diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/update-offset-store.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/update-offset-store.ts
index d04ee4f7d6c..e791aef46ed 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/update-offset-store.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/update-offset-store.ts
@@ -90,18 +90,20 @@ function safeParseState(parsed: unknown): TelegramUpdateOffsetState | null {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Why a persisted Telegram update offset was discarded:
+ *   - `bot-id-changed`: the configured token points at a different bot.
+ *   - `token-rotated`: same bot id, but the token secret changed
+ *     (typically BotFather `/revoke`); the stored fingerprint no longer
+ *     matches, so the persisted offset cannot be trusted across the
+ *     rotation.
+ *   - `legacy-state`: the persisted file predates per-token scoping and
+ *     has no fingerprint to verify against the current token.
+ */
+export type TelegramOffsetRotationReason = "bot-id-changed" | "token-rotated" | "legacy-state";
+
 export type TelegramUpdateOffsetRotationInfo = {
-  /**
-   * Why the stored offset was discarded:
-   *   - `bot-id-changed`: the configured token points at a different bot.
-   *   - `token-rotated`: same bot id, but the token secret changed
-   *     (typically BotFather `/revoke`); the stored fingerprint no longer
-   *     matches, so the persisted offset cannot be trusted across the
-   *     rotation.
-   *   - `legacy-state`: the persisted file predates per-token scoping and
-   *     has no fingerprint to verify against the current token.
-   */
-  reason: "bot-id-changed" | "token-rotated" | "legacy-state";
+  reason: TelegramOffsetRotationReason;
   /** Previous bot id, when known. */
   previousBotId: string | null;
   /** Bot id derived from the provided token. */
@@ -110,6 +112,101 @@ export type TelegramUpdateOffsetRotationInfo = {
   staleLastUpdateId: number;
 };
 
+/**
+ * Rich result of inspecting the persisted offset for an account. Use this
+ * (instead of `readTelegramUpdateOffset`) when callers need to distinguish
+ * "no offset on disk" from "rotation discarded the stored offset".
+ */
+export type TelegramUpdateOffsetReadResult =
+  | { kind: "absent" }
+  | {
+      kind: "valid";
+      lastUpdateId: number;
+      botId: string | null;
+      tokenFingerprint: string | null;
+    }
+  | {
+      kind: "rotated";
+      rotation: TelegramUpdateOffsetRotationInfo;
+    };
+
+function classifyOffsetForToken(
+  parsed: TelegramUpdateOffsetState,
+  botToken?: string,
+): TelegramUpdateOffsetReadResult {
+  const expectedBotId = extractBotIdFromToken(botToken);
+  const expectedFingerprint = fingerprintFromToken(botToken);
+
+  const rotated = (reason: TelegramOffsetRotationReason): TelegramUpdateOffsetReadResult | null => {
+    if (parsed.lastUpdateId === null || !expectedBotId) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    return {
+      kind: "rotated",
+      rotation: {
+        reason,
+        previousBotId: parsed.botId,
+        currentBotId: expectedBotId,
+        staleLastUpdateId: parsed.lastUpdateId,
+      },
+    };
+  };
+
+  // Different bot entirely (different bot id in the token).
+  if (expectedBotId && parsed.botId && parsed.botId !== expectedBotId) {
+    return rotated("bot-id-changed") ?? { kind: "absent" };
+  }
+
+  // Legacy file from before per-bot scoping; cannot verify identity.
+  if (expectedBotId && parsed.botId === null) {
+    return rotated("legacy-state") ?? { kind: "absent" };
+  }
+
+  // Same bot id, but the token itself changed (e.g. BotFather /revoke).
+  // Without a fingerprint match we cannot trust the persisted offset, since
+  // a rotated token may start a fresh update_id sequence and lower IDs would
+  // otherwise be silently skipped by the in-process update tracker.
+  if (
+    expectedFingerprint &&
+    parsed.tokenFingerprint &&
+    parsed.tokenFingerprint !== expectedFingerprint
+  ) {
+    return rotated("token-rotated") ?? { kind: "absent" };
+  }
+
+  if (parsed.lastUpdateId === null) {
+    return { kind: "absent" };
+  }
+
+  return {
+    kind: "valid",
+    lastUpdateId: parsed.lastUpdateId,
+    botId: parsed.botId,
+    tokenFingerprint: parsed.tokenFingerprint,
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Inspect the persisted offset for an account and return a typed result
+ * describing whether the offset is usable, missing, or stale due to a bot
+ * identity / token rotation. Prefer this over `readTelegramUpdateOffset`
+ * when the caller needs to act on rotations (logging, cleanup, doctor
+ * repair). The plain reader is implemented in terms of this function.
+ */
+export async function inspectTelegramUpdateOffset(params: {
+  accountId?: string;
+  botToken?: string;
+  env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
+}): Promise<TelegramUpdateOffsetReadResult> {
+  const filePath = resolveTelegramUpdateOffsetPath(params.accountId, params.env);
+  const { value } = await readJsonFileWithFallback<unknown>(filePath, null);
+  const parsed = safeParseState(value);
+  if (!parsed) {
+    return { kind: "absent" };
+  }
+  return classifyOffsetForToken(parsed, params.botToken);
+}
+
 export async function readTelegramUpdateOffset(params: {
   accountId?: string;
   botToken?: string;
@@ -121,52 +218,19 @@ export async function readTelegramUpdateOffset(params: {
    */
   onRotationDetected?: (info: TelegramUpdateOffsetRotationInfo) => void;
 }): Promise<number | null> {
-  const filePath = resolveTelegramUpdateOffsetPath(params.accountId, params.env);
-  const { value } = await readJsonFileWithFallback<unknown>(filePath, null);
-  const parsed = safeParseState(value);
-  if (!parsed) {
+  const result = await inspectTelegramUpdateOffset({
+    ...(params.accountId !== undefined ? { accountId: params.accountId } : {}),
+    ...(params.botToken !== undefined ? { botToken: params.botToken } : {}),
+    ...(params.env !== undefined ? { env: params.env } : {}),
+  });
+  if (result.kind === "rotated") {
+    params.onRotationDetected?.(result.rotation);
     return null;
   }
-  const expectedBotId = extractBotIdFromToken(params.botToken);
-  const expectedFingerprint = fingerprintFromToken(params.botToken);
-
-  const reportRotation = (reason: TelegramUpdateOffsetRotationInfo["reason"]) => {
-    if (parsed.lastUpdateId !== null && expectedBotId) {
-      params.onRotationDetected?.({
-        reason,
-        previousBotId: parsed.botId,
-        currentBotId: expectedBotId,
-        staleLastUpdateId: parsed.lastUpdateId,
-      });
-    }
-  };
-
-  // Different bot entirely (different bot id in the token).
-  if (expectedBotId && parsed.botId && parsed.botId !== expectedBotId) {
-    reportRotation("bot-id-changed");
-    return null;
+  if (result.kind === "valid") {
+    return result.lastUpdateId;
   }
-
-  // Legacy file from before per-bot scoping; cannot verify identity.
-  if (expectedBotId && parsed.botId === null) {
-    reportRotation("legacy-state");
-    return null;
-  }
-
-  // Same bot id, but the token itself changed (e.g. BotFather /revoke).
-  // Without a fingerprint match we cannot trust the persisted offset, since
-  // a rotated token may start a fresh update_id sequence and lower IDs would
-  // otherwise be silently skipped by the in-process update tracker.
-  if (
-    expectedFingerprint &&
-    parsed.tokenFingerprint &&
-    parsed.tokenFingerprint !== expectedFingerprint
-  ) {
-    reportRotation("token-rotated");
-    return null;
-  }
-
-  return parsed.lastUpdateId ?? null;
+  return null;
 }
 
 export async function writeTelegramUpdateOffset(params: {