diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/bot-handlers.runtime.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/bot-handlers.runtime.ts
index 6f088b3e437..d3d90d382e8 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/bot-handlers.runtime.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/bot-handlers.runtime.ts
@@ -1017,6 +1017,7 @@ export const registerTelegramHandlers = ({
             fn: () =>
               bot.api.sendMessage(chatId, `⚠️ File too large. Maximum size is ${limitMb}MB.`, {
                 reply_to_message_id: msg.message_id,
+                allow_sending_without_reply: true,
               }),
           }).catch(() => {});
         }
@@ -1030,6 +1031,7 @@ export const registerTelegramHandlers = ({
         fn: () =>
           bot.api.sendMessage(chatId, "⚠️ Failed to download media. Please try again.", {
             reply_to_message_id: msg.message_id,
+            allow_sending_without_reply: true,
           }),
       }).catch(() => {});
       return;
diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/bot/delivery.send.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/bot/delivery.send.ts
index 9c0c6a77e10..c3768cf1b5d 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/bot/delivery.send.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/bot/delivery.send.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ export function buildTelegramSendParams(opts?: {
   const params: Record<string, unknown> = {};
   if (opts?.replyToMessageId) {
     params.reply_to_message_id = opts.replyToMessageId;
+    params.allow_sending_without_reply = true;
   }
   if (threadParams) {
     params.message_thread_id = threadParams.message_thread_id;
diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/draft-stream.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/draft-stream.ts
index 3cb2d4074f2..f79cc50c58e 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/draft-stream.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/draft-stream.ts
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ export function createTelegramDraftStream(params: {
   const threadParams = buildTelegramThreadParams(params.thread);
   const replyParams =
     params.replyToMessageId != null
-      ? { ...threadParams, reply_to_message_id: params.replyToMessageId }
+      ? { ...threadParams, reply_to_message_id: params.replyToMessageId, allow_sending_without_reply: true }
       : threadParams;
   const resolvedDraftApi = prefersDraftTransport
     ? resolveSendMessageDraftApi(params.api)
diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/send.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/send.ts
index 55f1d689359..74e5699a477 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/send.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/send.ts
@@ -394,9 +394,11 @@ function buildTelegramThreadReplyParams(params: {
       threadParams.reply_parameters = {
         message_id: replyToMessageId,
         quote: params.quoteText.trim(),
+        allow_sending_without_reply: true,
       };
     } else {
       threadParams.reply_to_message_id = replyToMessageId;
+      threadParams.allow_sending_without_reply = true;
     }
   }
   return threadParams;