diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/bot-message-context.reactions.test.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/bot-message-context.reactions.test.ts
index 5e8968ef571..fbc5f3ddfaa 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/bot-message-context.reactions.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/bot-message-context.reactions.test.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,52 @@ describe("buildTelegramMessageContext reactions", () => {
     inboundBodyMock.mockClear();
   });
 
+  it("does not create ack or status reactions for room events", async () => {
+    const setMessageReaction = vi.fn(async () => undefined);
+    const { createStatusReactionController } = createStatusReactionControllerStub();
+
+    const ctx = await buildTelegramMessageContextForTest({
+      message: {
+        message_id: 12,
+        chat: { id: -1001234567890, type: "group", title: "Ops" },
+        date: 1_700_000_000,
+        text: "hello",
+        from: { id: 42, first_name: "Alice" },
+      },
+      cfg: {
+        agents: {
+          defaults: { model: "anthropic/claude-opus-4-5", workspace: "/tmp/openclaw" },
+        },
+        channels: {
+          telegram: {
+            groupPolicy: "open",
+            groups: { "*": { requireMention: false } },
+          },
+        },
+        messages: {
+          ackReaction: "👀",
+          groupChat: { mentionPatterns: [] },
+          statusReactions: { enabled: true },
+        },
+      },
+      ackReactionScope: "all",
+      botApi: { setMessageReaction },
+      runtime: { createStatusReactionController },
+      resolveGroupActivation: () => false,
+      resolveGroupRequireMention: () => false,
+      resolveTelegramGroupConfig: () => ({
+        groupConfig: { requireMention: false },
+        topicConfig: undefined,
+      }),
+    });
+
+    expect(ctx?.ctxPayload.InboundTurnKind).toBe("room_event");
+    expect(ctx?.ackReactionPromise).toBeNull();
+    expect(ctx?.statusReactionController).toBeNull();
+    expect(createStatusReactionController).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(setMessageReaction).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
   it("does not create status reactions when the ack gate blocks an unmentioned group message", async () => {
     const setMessageReaction = vi.fn(async () => undefined);
     const { createStatusReactionController } = createStatusReactionControllerStub();
diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/bot-message-context.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/bot-message-context.ts
index 017bbb59507..a8f7eebc333 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/bot-message-context.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/bot-message-context.ts
@@ -475,6 +475,45 @@ export const buildTelegramMessageContext = async ({
     return null;
   }
 
+  const { ctxPayload, skillFilter, turn } = await buildTelegramInboundContextPayload({
+    cfg,
+    primaryCtx,
+    msg,
+    allMedia,
+    replyMedia,
+    replyChain,
+    promptContext,
+    isGroup,
+    isForum,
+    chatId,
+    senderId,
+    senderUsername,
+    resolvedThreadId,
+    dmThreadId,
+    threadSpec,
+    route,
+    rawBody: bodyResult.rawBody,
+    bodyText: bodyResult.bodyText,
+    historyKey: bodyResult.historyKey ?? "",
+    historyLimit,
+    groupHistories,
+    groupConfig,
+    topicConfig,
+    stickerCacheHit: bodyResult.stickerCacheHit,
+    effectiveWasMentioned: bodyResult.effectiveWasMentioned,
+    hasControlCommand: bodyResult.hasControlCommand,
+    ...(bodyResult.audioTranscribedMediaIndex !== undefined
+      ? { audioTranscribedMediaIndex: bodyResult.audioTranscribedMediaIndex }
+      : {}),
+    locationData: bodyResult.locationData,
+    options,
+    dmAllowFrom: dmAllow.allowFrom,
+    effectiveGroupAllow,
+    commandAuthorized: bodyResult.commandAuthorized,
+    topicName,
+    sessionRuntime,
+  });
+  const canShowStatusReaction = ctxPayload.InboundTurnKind !== "room_event";
   const ackReaction = resolveAckReaction(cfg, route.agentId, {
     channel: "telegram",
     accountId: account.accountId,
@@ -483,6 +522,7 @@ export const buildTelegramMessageContext = async ({
     ackReaction && isTelegramSupportedReactionEmoji(ackReaction) ? ackReaction : undefined;
   const removeAckAfterReply = cfg.messages?.removeAckAfterReply ?? false;
   const shouldSendAckReaction = Boolean(
+    canShowStatusReaction &&
     ackReaction &&
     shouldAckReactionGate({
       scope: ackReactionScope,
@@ -577,45 +617,6 @@ export const buildTelegramMessageContext = async ({
         )
       : null;
 
-  const { ctxPayload, skillFilter, turn } = await buildTelegramInboundContextPayload({
-    cfg,
-    primaryCtx,
-    msg,
-    allMedia,
-    replyMedia,
-    replyChain,
-    promptContext,
-    isGroup,
-    isForum,
-    chatId,
-    senderId,
-    senderUsername,
-    resolvedThreadId,
-    dmThreadId,
-    threadSpec,
-    route,
-    rawBody: bodyResult.rawBody,
-    bodyText: bodyResult.bodyText,
-    historyKey: bodyResult.historyKey ?? "",
-    historyLimit,
-    groupHistories,
-    groupConfig,
-    topicConfig,
-    stickerCacheHit: bodyResult.stickerCacheHit,
-    effectiveWasMentioned: bodyResult.effectiveWasMentioned,
-    hasControlCommand: bodyResult.hasControlCommand,
-    ...(bodyResult.audioTranscribedMediaIndex !== undefined
-      ? { audioTranscribedMediaIndex: bodyResult.audioTranscribedMediaIndex }
-      : {}),
-    locationData: bodyResult.locationData,
-    options,
-    dmAllowFrom: dmAllow.allowFrom,
-    effectiveGroupAllow,
-    commandAuthorized: bodyResult.commandAuthorized,
-    topicName,
-    sessionRuntime,
-  });
-
   return {
     ctxPayload,
     turn,
diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/bot-message-dispatch.test.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/bot-message-dispatch.test.ts
index 06334303a55..730291979ca 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/bot-message-dispatch.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/bot-message-dispatch.test.ts
@@ -1503,14 +1503,25 @@ describe("dispatchTelegramMessage draft streaming", () => {
     const groupHistories = new Map([
       [historyKey, [{ sender: "Alice", body: "side chatter", timestamp: 1 }]],
     ]);
-    dispatchReplyWithBufferedBlockDispatcher.mockResolvedValue({
-      queuedFinal: false,
-      counts: { block: 0, final: 0, tool: 0 },
-      sourceReplyDeliveryMode: "message_tool_only",
+    const statusReactionController = createStatusReactionController();
+    loadSessionStore.mockReturnValue({
+      "agent:main:telegram:group:-100123": { reasoningLevel: "stream" },
+    });
+    dispatchReplyWithBufferedBlockDispatcher.mockImplementation(async ({ replyOptions }) => {
+      await replyOptions?.onReasoningStream?.({ text: "<think>ambient reasoning</think>" });
+      await replyOptions?.onToolStart?.({ name: "exec", phase: "start" });
+      await replyOptions?.onCompactionStart?.();
+      await replyOptions?.onCompactionEnd?.();
+      return {
+        queuedFinal: false,
+        counts: { block: 0, final: 0, tool: 0 },
+        sourceReplyDeliveryMode: "message_tool_only",
+      };
     });
 
     await dispatchWithContext({
       context: createContext({
+        statusReactionController: statusReactionController as never,
         ctxPayload: {
           InboundTurnKind: "room_event",
           SessionKey: "agent:main:telegram:group:-100123",
@@ -1539,6 +1550,9 @@ describe("dispatchTelegramMessage draft streaming", () => {
         sourceReplyDeliveryMode?: string;
         suppressTyping?: boolean;
         allowProgressCallbacksWhenSourceDeliverySuppressed?: boolean;
+        onReasoningStream?: unknown;
+        onCompactionStart?: unknown;
+        onCompactionEnd?: unknown;
       };
     };
     expect(dispatchParams.replyOptions?.sourceReplyDeliveryMode).toBe("message_tool_only");
@@ -1546,7 +1560,13 @@ describe("dispatchTelegramMessage draft streaming", () => {
     expect(dispatchParams.replyOptions?.allowProgressCallbacksWhenSourceDeliverySuppressed).toBe(
       false,
     );
+    expect(dispatchParams.replyOptions?.onReasoningStream).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(dispatchParams.replyOptions?.onCompactionStart).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(dispatchParams.replyOptions?.onCompactionEnd).toBeUndefined();
     expect(createTelegramDraftStream).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(statusReactionController.setTool).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(statusReactionController.setCompacting).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(statusReactionController.setThinking).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(deliverReplies).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(groupHistories.get(historyKey)).toHaveLength(1);
   });
diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/bot-message-dispatch.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/bot-message-dispatch.ts
index 6ea4043d384..4d3ffa473b0 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/bot-message-dispatch.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/bot-message-dispatch.ts
@@ -403,8 +403,10 @@ export const dispatchTelegramMessage = async ({
     ackReactionPromise,
     reactionApi,
     removeAckAfterReply,
-    statusReactionController,
+    statusReactionController: rawStatusReactionController,
   } = context;
+  const isRoomEvent = ctxPayload.InboundTurnKind === "room_event";
+  const statusReactionController = isRoomEvent ? null : rawStatusReactionController;
   const statusReactionTiming = {
     ...DEFAULT_TIMING,
     ...cfg.messages?.statusReactions?.timing,
@@ -480,7 +482,6 @@ export const dispatchTelegramMessage = async ({
   const accountBlockStreamingEnabled =
     resolveChannelStreamingBlockEnabled(telegramCfg) ??
     cfg.agents?.defaults?.blockStreamingDefault === "on";
-  const isRoomEvent = ctxPayload.InboundTurnKind === "room_event";
   const resolvedReasoningLevel = resolveTelegramReasoningLevel({
     cfg,
     sessionKey: ctxPayload.SessionKey,
@@ -542,7 +543,7 @@ export const dispatchTelegramMessage = async ({
     !hasTelegramQuoteReply &&
     !accountBlockStreamingEnabled &&
     !forceBlockStreamingForReasoning;
-  const canStreamReasoningDraft = streamReasoningDraft;
+  const canStreamReasoningDraft = !isRoomEvent && streamReasoningDraft;
   const draftReplyToMessageId =
     replyToMode !== "off" && typeof msg.message_id === "number"
       ? (replyQuoteMessageId ?? msg.message_id)