diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d2a17fd0711..10627da1ac1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 
 ### Fixes
 
+- Telegram/streaming: keep partial preview streaming enabled for plain reply-to replies, disabling drafts only for real native quote excerpts that require Telegram quote parameters. Fixes #73505. Thanks @choury.
 - Config: log the "newer OpenClaw" version warning once per process instead of once per config snapshot read. (#75927) Thanks @romneyda.
 - Telegram/message actions: treat benign delete-message 400s as no-op warnings instead of runtime errors, so stale or already-removed messages do not create noisy delete failures. Fixes #73726. Thanks @Avicennasis.
 - Telegram: split long default markdown sends and media follow-up text into safe HTML chunks, so outbound messages over Telegram's limit no longer fail as one oversized Bot API request. Fixes #75868. Thanks @zhengsx.
diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/bot-message-dispatch.test.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/bot-message-dispatch.test.ts
index 7c92ac2e0d4..66f1ca6342e 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/bot-message-dispatch.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/bot-message-dispatch.test.ts
@@ -479,7 +479,9 @@ describe("dispatchTelegramMessage draft streaming", () => {
     );
   });
 
-  it("passes native quote candidates for current message replies", async () => {
+  it("keeps answer draft preview for current message replies with native quote candidates", async () => {
+    const draftStream = createDraftStream();
+    createTelegramDraftStream.mockReturnValue(draftStream);
     dispatchReplyWithBufferedBlockDispatcher.mockImplementation(async ({ dispatcherOptions }) => {
       await dispatcherOptions.deliver({ text: "Hello", replyToId: "1001" }, { kind: "final" });
       return { queuedFinal: true };
@@ -499,7 +501,11 @@ describe("dispatchTelegramMessage draft streaming", () => {
       }),
     });
 
-    expect(createTelegramDraftStream).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(createTelegramDraftStream).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        replyToMessageId: 1001,
+      }),
+    );
     expect(deliverReplies).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       expect.objectContaining({
         replies: [expect.objectContaining({ replyToId: "1001" })],
diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/bot-message-dispatch.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/bot-message-dispatch.ts
index 13a0b2384b7..75543013506 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/bot-message-dispatch.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/bot-message-dispatch.ts
@@ -396,11 +396,10 @@ export const dispatchTelegramMessage = async ({
       );
     }
   }
-  const hasNativeQuoteReply =
-    replyToMode !== "off" && Object.keys(replyQuoteByMessageId).length > 0;
+  const hasTelegramQuoteReply = replyToMode !== "off" && replyQuoteText != null;
   const canStreamAnswerDraft =
     previewStreamingEnabled &&
-    !hasNativeQuoteReply &&
+    !hasTelegramQuoteReply &&
     !accountBlockStreamingEnabled &&
     !forceBlockStreamingForReasoning;
   const canStreamReasoningDraft = streamReasoningDraft;