diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/bot-handlers.authorization.runtime.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/bot-handlers.authorization.runtime.ts
index fbc17cf569e0..05153bb7c973 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/bot-handlers.authorization.runtime.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/bot-handlers.authorization.runtime.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import {
   isTelegramCommandsAllowFromConfigured,
   resolveTelegramCommandAuthorization,
   resolveTelegramGroupAllowFromContext,
+  resolveTelegramMessageThreadSpec,
+  type TelegramThreadSpec,
 } from "./bot/helpers.js";
 import { enforceTelegramDmAccess, isTelegramDmAccessAllowed } from "./dm-access.js";
 import {
@@ -95,9 +97,8 @@ export function createTelegramHandlerAuthorizationRuntime({
     cfg: OpenClawConfig;
     chatId: number;
     isGroup: boolean;
-    isForum: boolean;
     senderId?: string;
-    messageThreadId?: number;
+    threadSpec: TelegramThreadSpec;
   }): Promise<TelegramEventAuthorizationContextValue> => {
     const authorizationCfg = params.cfg;
     const authorizationTelegramCfg = resolveTelegramAccount({
@@ -118,8 +119,7 @@ export function createTelegramHandlerAuthorizationRuntime({
       allowFrom: authorizationSettings.allowFrom,
       senderId: params.senderId,
       isGroup: params.isGroup,
-      isForum: params.isForum,
-      messageThreadId: params.messageThreadId,
+      threadSpec: params.threadSpec,
       groupAllowFrom: authorizationSettings.groupAllowFrom,
       readChannelAllowFromStore: telegramDeps.readChannelAllowFromStore,
       resolveTelegramGroupConfig,
@@ -312,7 +312,6 @@ export function createTelegramHandlerAuthorizationRuntime({
     chatId: number;
     isGroup: boolean;
     isForum: boolean;
-    messageThreadId?: number;
     senderId: string;
     senderUsername: string;
     requireConfiguredGroup: boolean;
@@ -323,9 +322,8 @@ export function createTelegramHandlerAuthorizationRuntime({
       cfg: authorizationCfg,
       chatId: params.chatId,
       isGroup: params.isGroup,
-      isForum: params.isForum,
       senderId: params.senderId,
-      messageThreadId: params.messageThreadId,
+      threadSpec: resolveTelegramMessageThreadSpec(params.msg, params.isForum),
     });
     const {
       dmPolicy,
diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/bot-handlers.callback.runtime.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/bot-handlers.callback.runtime.ts
index f16c14fbd874..e9670c45d455 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/bot-handlers.callback.runtime.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/bot-handlers.callback.runtime.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ import {
   isTelegramSpooledReplayUpdate,
   recordTelegramMessageProcessingResult,
 } from "./bot-processing-outcome.js";
-import { resolveTelegramForumFlag, withResolvedTelegramForumFlag } from "./bot/helpers.js";
+import {
+  resolveTelegramForumFlag,
+  resolveTelegramMessageThreadSpec,
+  withResolvedTelegramForumFlag,
+} from "./bot/helpers.js";
 import type { TelegramGetChat } from "./bot/types.js";
 import { getTelegramCallbackQueryAnswerPromise } from "./callback-query-answer-state.js";
 import { resolveTelegramInlineButtonsScope } from "./inline-buttons.js";
@@ -159,9 +163,8 @@ export function registerTelegramCallbackQueryHandler(
         cfg: authorizationCfg,
         chatId,
         isGroup,
-        isForum,
         senderId,
-        messageThreadId,
+        threadSpec: resolveTelegramMessageThreadSpec(callbackMessage, isForum),
       });
       const { resolvedThreadId, dmThreadId, storeAllowFrom, groupConfig } = eventAuthContext;
       const requireTopic = (groupConfig as { requireTopic?: boolean } | undefined)?.requireTopic;
diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/bot-handlers.message-events.runtime.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/bot-handlers.message-events.runtime.ts
index ac90d236a835..53ca6879766d 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/bot-handlers.message-events.runtime.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/bot-handlers.message-events.runtime.ts
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ export function registerTelegramMessageHandlers(
       chatId: normalizedMsg.chat.id,
       isGroup,
       isForum,
-      messageThreadId: normalizedMsg.message_thread_id,
       senderId: normalizedMsg.from?.id != null ? String(normalizedMsg.from.id) : "",
       senderUsername: normalizedMsg.from?.username ?? "",
       requireConfiguredGroup: params.requireConfiguredGroup,
@@ -164,7 +163,6 @@ export function registerTelegramMessageHandlers(
         chatId: event.chatId,
         isGroup: event.isGroup,
         isForum: event.isForum,
-        messageThreadId: event.messageThreadId,
         senderId: event.senderId,
         senderUsername: event.senderUsername,
         requireConfiguredGroup: event.requireConfiguredGroup,
diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/bot-handlers.message.runtime.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/bot-handlers.message.runtime.ts
index 9e1f69130b8b..0822f40250bc 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/bot-handlers.message.runtime.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/bot-handlers.message.runtime.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import {
   type TelegramSpooledReplayDeferredParticipant,
 } from "./bot-processing-outcome.js";
 import { resolveMedia } from "./bot/delivery.resolve-media.js";
-import { resolveTelegramForumThreadId } from "./bot/helpers.js";
+import { resolveTelegramMessageThreadSpec } from "./bot/helpers.js";
 import type { TelegramContext } from "./bot/types.js";
 import { resolveTelegramScopedGroupConfig } from "./group-config-helpers.js";
 import type { TelegramCachedMessageNode, TelegramReplyChainEntry } from "./message-cache.js";
@@ -272,13 +272,7 @@ export function createTelegramHandlerMessageRuntime({
       const replyChainNodes = await buildReplyChainForMessage(params.msg);
       const isGroupConversation =
         params.msg.chat.type === "group" || params.msg.chat.type === "supergroup";
-      const isForum =
-        params.msg.chat.type === "supergroup" &&
-        Boolean(params.msg.chat.is_forum || params.msg.is_topic_message);
-      const scopedThreadId = resolveTelegramForumThreadId({
-        isForum,
-        messageThreadId: params.msg.message_thread_id,
-      });
+      const scopedThreadId = resolveTelegramMessageThreadSpec(params.msg).id;
       const { groupConfig, topicConfig } = resolveTelegramScopedGroupConfig(
         runtimeTelegramCfg,
         params.msg.chat.id,
diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/bot-handlers.poll-answer.runtime.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/bot-handlers.poll-answer.runtime.ts
index 6eade2a481b9..336036d6a68f 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/bot-handlers.poll-answer.runtime.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/bot-handlers.poll-answer.runtime.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   isTelegramSpooledReplayUpdate,
   recordTelegramMessageProcessingResult,
 } from "./bot-processing-outcome.js";
+import { resolveTelegramThreadSpec } from "./bot/helpers.js";
 import { getPreparedTelegramPollAnswer } from "./poll-answer-context.js";
 import { findTelegramPollRegistryEntry, retireTelegramPollRegistryEntry } from "./poll-registry.js";
 
@@ -95,9 +96,12 @@ export function registerTelegramPollHandlers(
         cfg: authorizationCfg,
         chatId,
         isGroup,
-        isForum,
         senderId,
-        messageThreadId: entry.messageThreadId,
+        threadSpec: resolveTelegramThreadSpec({
+          isGroup,
+          isForum,
+          messageThreadId: entry.messageThreadId,
+        }),
       });
       const senderAuthorization = await authorizeTelegramEventSender({
         chatId,
diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/bot-handlers.reaction.runtime.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/bot-handlers.reaction.runtime.ts
index 93132af2bf50..b5472cd2b19f 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/bot-handlers.reaction.runtime.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/bot-handlers.reaction.runtime.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ import { resolveTelegramAccount } from "./accounts.js";
 import type { TelegramHandlerAuthorizationRuntime } from "./bot-handlers.authorization.runtime.js";
 import type { TelegramHandlerMessageRuntime } from "./bot-handlers.message.runtime.js";
 import type { RegisterTelegramHandlerParams } from "./bot-native-commands.js";
-import { buildTelegramGroupPeerId, buildTelegramParentPeer } from "./bot/helpers.js";
+import {
+  buildTelegramGroupPeerId,
+  buildTelegramParentPeer,
+  resolveTelegramThreadSpec,
+} from "./bot/helpers.js";
 import { resolveTelegramConversationRoute } from "./conversation-route.js";
 
 /** Stable operator-facing reason for a forum reaction dropped without a known topic. */
@@ -108,9 +112,12 @@ export function registerTelegramReactionHandler(
         cfg: authorizationCfg,
         chatId,
         isGroup,
-        isForum,
         senderId,
-        ...(cachedForumThreadId === undefined ? {} : { messageThreadId: cachedForumThreadId }),
+        threadSpec: resolveTelegramThreadSpec({
+          isGroup,
+          isForum,
+          messageThreadId: cachedForumThreadId,
+        }),
       });
       const senderAuthorization = await authorizeTelegramEventSender({
         chatId,
diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/bot.create-telegram-bot.test.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/bot.create-telegram-bot.test.ts
index d4618d3861f1..0b1fe1520e13 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/bot.create-telegram-bot.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/bot.create-telegram-bot.test.ts
@@ -3799,6 +3799,122 @@ describe("createTelegramBot", () => {
     expect(replySpy.mock.calls.at(1)?.[0].SessionKey).toContain("thread:124:99");
   });
 
+  it("authorizes and routes channel-DM messages with the canonical topic identity", async () => {
+    const chatId = -100123456700;
+    loadConfig.mockReturnValue({
+      agents: { list: [{ id: "channel-topic-agent" }] },
+      channels: {
+        telegram: {
+          groupPolicy: "allowlist",
+          groupAllowFrom: ["701"],
+          groups: {
+            [String(chatId)]: {
+              allowFrom: ["701"],
+              requireMention: false,
+              topics: {
+                "77": {
+                  agentId: "channel-topic-agent",
+                  allowFrom: ["700"],
+                  requireMention: false,
+                },
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    await dispatchMessage({
+      me: { id: 999, username: "openclaw_bot" },
+      message: {
+        chat: {
+          id: chatId,
+          type: "supergroup",
+          title: "Channel Inbox",
+          is_direct_messages: true,
+        },
+        from: { id: 700, first_name: "Ada" },
+        text: "route this topic",
+        date: 1736380800,
+        message_id: 7700,
+        direct_messages_topic: { topic_id: 77 },
+        message_thread_id: 999,
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(replySpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    const payload = requireValue(replySpy.mock.calls.at(0), "replySpy call")[0];
+    expect(payload.MessageThreadId).toBe(77);
+    expect(payload.OriginatingTo).toBe(`telegram:${chatId}:direct-topic:77`);
+    expect(payload.SessionKey).toContain("agent:channel-topic-agent:");
+    expect(payload.SessionKey).toContain(":topic:77");
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    {
+      name: "topic allows and base chat denies",
+      baseAllowFrom: ["701"],
+      topicAllowFrom: ["700"],
+      expectedCalls: 1,
+    },
+    {
+      name: "topic denies and base chat allows",
+      baseAllowFrom: ["700"],
+      topicAllowFrom: ["701"],
+      expectedCalls: 0,
+    },
+  ])("authorizes channel-DM callbacks from the canonical topic: $name", async (testCase) => {
+    const chatId = -100123456701;
+    const pluginHandler = vi.fn(async () => ({ handled: true }));
+    expect(
+      registerPluginInteractiveHandler("channel-topic-actions", {
+        channel: "telegram",
+        namespace: "channel-topic",
+        handler: pluginHandler,
+      }),
+    ).toEqual({ ok: true });
+    loadConfig.mockReturnValue({
+      channels: {
+        telegram: {
+          groupPolicy: "allowlist",
+          groupAllowFrom: testCase.baseAllowFrom,
+          groups: {
+            [String(chatId)]: {
+              allowFrom: testCase.baseAllowFrom,
+              topics: { "77": { allowFrom: testCase.topicAllowFrom } },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    createTelegramBot({ token: "tok" });
+    await getCallbackHandler()({
+      callbackQuery: {
+        id: `channel-topic-${testCase.expectedCalls}`,
+        data: "channel-topic:run",
+        from: { id: 700, first_name: "Ada" },
+        message: {
+          chat: {
+            id: chatId,
+            type: "supergroup",
+            title: "Channel Inbox",
+            is_direct_messages: true,
+          },
+          date: 1736380800,
+          message_id: 7701,
+          direct_messages_topic: { topic_id: 77 },
+          message_thread_id: 999,
+        },
+      },
+      me: { id: 999, username: "openclaw_bot" },
+      getFile: async () => ({ download: async () => new Uint8Array() }),
+    });
+
+    expect(pluginHandler).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(testCase.expectedCalls);
+    clearPluginInteractiveHandlers();
+  });
+
   it("routes non-default account DMs to the per-account fallback session without explicit bindings", async () => {
     loadConfig.mockReturnValue({
       channels: {
diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/bot.test.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/bot.test.ts
index 285a2b7f1dd4..93ed59094ce9 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/bot.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/bot.test.ts
@@ -4660,6 +4660,94 @@ describe("createTelegramBot", () => {
     expect(mediaFetch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it("uses refreshed channel-DM topic config for reply-media visibility", async () => {
+    mockTelegramConfig({
+      groupPolicy: "allowlist",
+      contextVisibility: "allowlist",
+      groups: {
+        "-1010": {
+          requireMention: false,
+          allowFrom: ["1", "2"],
+          topics: { "77": { allowFrom: ["1"], requireMention: false } },
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    const mediaFetch = vi.fn(
+      async () =>
+        new Response(new Uint8Array([0x89, 0x50, 0x4e, 0x47]), {
+          status: 200,
+          headers: { "content-type": "image/png" },
+        }),
+    );
+    const ssrfMock = mockPinnedHostnameResolution();
+    setTelegramPluginStateRuntimeForTests();
+
+    try {
+      const replyDelivered = waitForReplyCalls(1);
+      createTelegramBot({
+        token: "tok",
+        telegramTransport: makeTelegramTransport(mediaFetch as typeof fetch),
+      });
+      const handler = getOnHandler("message") as (ctx: Record<string, unknown>) => Promise<void>;
+      const chat = {
+        id: -1010,
+        type: "supergroup",
+        title: "Channel Inbox",
+        is_direct_messages: true,
+      };
+
+      await handler({
+        me: { id: 999, username: "openclaw_bot" },
+        getFile: getEmptyTelegramFile,
+        message: {
+          chat,
+          message_id: 103,
+          text: "explain this",
+          date: 1736380800,
+          from: { id: 1, is_bot: false, first_name: "Allowed" },
+          direct_messages_topic: { topic_id: 77 },
+          message_thread_id: 999,
+          reply_to_message: {
+            chat,
+            message_id: 102,
+            caption: "hidden image",
+            date: 1736380750,
+            from: { id: 2, is_bot: false, first_name: "Hidden" },
+            photo: [{ file_id: "hidden-channel-photo-1" }],
+          },
+        },
+      });
+      await replyDelivered;
+    } finally {
+      ssrfMock.mockRestore();
+      clearTelegramRuntime();
+      resetPluginStateStoreForTests();
+    }
+
+    expect(replySpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    const payload = mockMsgContextArg(
+      replySpy as unknown as MockCallSource,
+      0,
+      0,
+      "replySpy call",
+    ) as { ChannelStructuredContext?: unknown[] };
+    const [conversationContext] = requireArray(
+      payload.ChannelStructuredContext,
+      "structured context",
+    );
+    const contextRecord = requireRecord(conversationContext, "conversation context");
+    const contextPayload = requireRecord(contextRecord.payload, "conversation context payload");
+    const messages = requireArray(contextPayload.messages, "conversation context messages").map(
+      (message, index) => requireRecord(message, `conversation context message ${index + 1}`),
+    );
+    const hiddenMessage = messages.find((message) => message.message_id === "102");
+    expect(hiddenMessage?.media_ref).toBe("telegram:file/hidden-channel-photo-1");
+    expect(hiddenMessage?.media_path).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(getFileSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(mediaFetch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
   it.each([
     {
       name: "hydrates group reply media allowed through an option-level access group",
diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/message-cache.test.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/message-cache.test.ts
index d2cb1da45064..01e1df2e280c 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/message-cache.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/message-cache.test.ts
@@ -183,6 +183,43 @@ describe("telegram message cache", () => {
     }
   });
 
+  it("keeps an authoritative supplied thread ahead of conflicting root message metadata", async () => {
+    const { bucketKey, entries, store } = createMemoryStore();
+    const forum = { id: -1001, type: "supergroup", title: "QA", is_forum: true };
+    const ancestor = message(904, "Lin", {
+      chat: forum,
+      text: "Ancestor without its own thread metadata",
+    });
+    const reply = message(905, "Ada", {
+      chat: forum,
+      text: "Reply with embedded thread metadata",
+      message_thread_id: 88,
+      reply_to_message: ancestor,
+    });
+    const root = message(906, "Grace", {
+      chat: forum,
+      text: "Authoritative root",
+      message_thread_id: 999,
+      reply_to_message: reply,
+    });
+    const cache = cacheFor(bucketKey, store);
+
+    const recorded = await record(cache, root, {
+      chatId: -1001,
+      threadId: 77,
+      providerObservedThreadId: 77,
+    });
+
+    expect(recorded.threadId).toBe("77");
+    expect(resolveProviderObservedTelegramThreadId(recorded)).toBe(77);
+    expect((await get(cache, "905", { chatId: -1001 }))?.threadId).toBe("88");
+    expect((await get(cache, "904", { chatId: -1001 }))?.threadId).toBe("88");
+    const persistedRoot = Array.from(entries.values()).find(
+      (entry) => entry.sourceMessage.message_id === 906,
+    );
+    expect(persistedRoot?.threadId).toBe("77");
+  });
+
   it("does not resolve caller-only topic metadata as a provider-observed binding", async () => {
     const cache = createTelegramMessageCache();
     await record(
diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/message-cache.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/message-cache.ts
index 5befe048f02c..53d9ed8fdd96 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/message-cache.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/message-cache.ts
@@ -286,11 +286,15 @@ function normalizeMessageNodes(
     promptContextProjectionMarker?: TelegramPromptContextProjectionMarker,
     threadBinding?: TelegramMessageThreadBinding,
   ) => {
+    const embeddedThreadId = parseTelegramMessageThreadId(
+      (message as { message_thread_id?: unknown }).message_thread_id,
+    );
+    const inheritedThread = parseTelegramMessageThreadId(inheritedThreadId);
     const node = normalizeMessageNode(message, {
       threadId:
-        parseTelegramMessageThreadId(
-          (message as { message_thread_id?: unknown }).message_thread_id,
-        ) ?? inheritedThreadId,
+        mode === "authoritative"
+          ? (inheritedThread ?? embeddedThreadId)
+          : (embeddedThreadId ?? inheritedThread),
       ...(promptContextProjectionMarker ? { promptContextProjectionMarker } : {}),
       ...(threadBinding ? { threadBinding } : {}),
     });
diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/sequential-key.test.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/sequential-key.test.ts
index fe5e3ea9b554..aa1a9571d951 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/sequential-key.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/sequential-key.test.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ import { buildTelegramApprovalCallbackData } from "./approval-callback-data.js";
 import { buildTelegramQuestionCallbackData } from "./question-callback-data.js";
 import { getTelegramSequentialConstraints, getTelegramSequentialKey } from "./sequential-key.js";
 
-const mockChat = (chat: Pick<Chat, "id"> & Partial<Pick<Chat, "type" | "is_forum">>): Chat =>
-  chat as Chat;
+const mockChat = (
+  chat: Pick<Chat, "id"> & Partial<Pick<Chat, "type" | "is_forum" | "is_direct_messages">>,
+): Chat => chat as Chat;
 const mockMessage = (message: Pick<Message, "chat"> & Partial<Message>): Message =>
   ({
     message_id: 1,
@@ -55,6 +56,19 @@ describe("getTelegramSequentialKey", () => {
       },
       "telegram:123",
     ],
+    [
+      {
+        message: mockMessage({
+          chat: mockChat({ id: -100123, type: "supergroup", is_direct_messages: true }),
+          direct_messages_topic: {
+            topic_id: 77,
+            user: { id: 700, is_bot: false, first_name: "Ada" },
+          },
+          message_thread_id: 999,
+        }),
+      },
+      "telegram:-100123:topic:77",
+    ],
     [
       {
         message: mockMessage({
diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/sequential-key.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/sequential-key.ts
index d55f1d5b0024..73dbe5455886 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/sequential-key.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/sequential-key.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
   resolveTelegramBotHasTopicsEnabled,
   resolveTelegramForumThreadId,
   resolveTelegramMessageForumFlagHint,
+  resolveTelegramMessageThreadSpec,
   shouldUseTelegramDmThreadSession,
 } from "./bot/helpers.js";
 import { getPreparedTelegramPollAnswer } from "./poll-answer-context.js";
@@ -246,21 +247,16 @@ export function getTelegramSequentialKey(ctx: TelegramSequentialKeyContext): str
     }
     return "telegram:approval";
   }
-  const isGroup = msg?.chat?.type === "group" || msg?.chat?.type === "supergroup";
-  const messageThreadId = msg?.message_thread_id;
-  const isForum = resolveTelegramMessageForumFlagHint({
-    chatType: msg?.chat?.type,
-    isForum: msg?.chat?.is_forum,
-    isTopicMessage: msg?.is_topic_message,
-  });
-  const threadId = isGroup
-    ? resolveTelegramForumThreadId({ isForum, messageThreadId })
-    : shouldUseTelegramDmThreadSession({
-          dmThreadId: messageThreadId,
+  const threadSpec = msg ? resolveTelegramMessageThreadSpec(msg) : undefined;
+  const threadId =
+    threadSpec?.scope === "dm"
+      ? shouldUseTelegramDmThreadSession({
+          dmThreadId: threadSpec.id,
           botHasTopicsEnabled: resolveTelegramBotHasTopicsEnabled(ctx.me),
         })
-      ? messageThreadId
-      : undefined;
+        ? threadSpec.id
+        : undefined
+      : threadSpec?.id;
   if (typeof chatId === "number") {
     return threadId != null ? `telegram:${chatId}:topic:${threadId}` : `telegram:${chatId}`;
   }
diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/telegram-ingress-supersede-auth.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/telegram-ingress-supersede-auth.ts
index 847602a6aff4..59055e72035f 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/telegram-ingress-supersede-auth.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/telegram-ingress-supersede-auth.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 // Telegram plugin module owns supersede sender authorization policy.
+import type { Message } from "grammy/types";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/config-contracts";
 import { resolveTelegramDmAllow } from "./access-groups.js";
 import { mergeTelegramAccountConfig } from "./account-config.js";
 import {
   resolveTelegramCommandAuthorization,
   resolveTelegramGroupAllowFromContext,
-  resolveTelegramMessageForumFlagHint,
+  resolveTelegramMessageThreadSpec,
 } from "./bot/helpers.js";
 import { resolveTelegramScopedGroupConfig } from "./group-config-helpers.js";
 import { resolveTelegramCommandIngressAuthorization } from "./ingress.js";
@@ -14,11 +15,8 @@ type UpdateSenderFacts = {
   senderId: string;
   senderUsername?: string;
   chatId: number;
-  chatType?: string;
   isGroup: boolean;
-  isTopicMessage?: boolean;
-  isForum?: boolean;
-  messageThreadId?: number;
+  message: Message;
 };
 
 function extractUpdateSenderFacts(update: unknown): UpdateSenderFacts | null {
@@ -49,19 +47,8 @@ function extractUpdateSenderFacts(update: unknown): UpdateSenderFacts | null {
             senderId: String(fromObj.id),
             ...(typeof fromObj.username === "string" ? { senderUsername: fromObj.username } : {}),
             chatId: chat.id,
-            chatType,
             isGroup: chatType !== "private",
-            ...(typeof chat.is_forum === "boolean" ? { isForum: chat.is_forum } : {}),
-            ...(typeof (msg as { is_topic_message?: unknown }).is_topic_message === "boolean"
-              ? {
-                  isTopicMessage: (msg as { is_topic_message: boolean }).is_topic_message,
-                }
-              : {}),
-            ...(typeof (msg as { message_thread_id?: unknown }).message_thread_id === "number"
-              ? {
-                  messageThreadId: (msg as { message_thread_id: number }).message_thread_id,
-                }
-              : {}),
+            message: msg as Message,
           };
         }
       }
@@ -78,15 +65,8 @@ function extractUpdateSenderFacts(update: unknown): UpdateSenderFacts | null {
     senderId: String(from.id),
     ...(typeof from.username === "string" ? { senderUsername: from.username } : {}),
     chatId: chat.id,
-    chatType,
     isGroup: chatType !== "private",
-    ...(typeof chat.is_forum === "boolean" ? { isForum: chat.is_forum } : {}),
-    ...(typeof message.is_topic_message === "boolean"
-      ? { isTopicMessage: message.is_topic_message as boolean }
-      : {}),
-    ...(typeof message.message_thread_id === "number"
-      ? { messageThreadId: message.message_thread_id as number }
-      : {}),
+    message: message as unknown as Message,
   };
 }
 
@@ -132,13 +112,6 @@ export async function isTelegramSpooledUpdateSenderAuthorized(
   const dmPolicy = accountCfg.dmPolicy ?? "pairing";
   const allowFrom = accountCfg.allowFrom;
   const groupAllowFrom = accountCfg.groupAllowFrom ?? accountCfg.allowFrom;
-  const isForum =
-    resolveTelegramMessageForumFlagHint({
-      chatType: facts.chatType as "private" | "group" | "supergroup" | "channel" | undefined,
-      isForum: facts.isForum,
-      isTopicMessage: facts.isTopicMessage,
-    }) ?? false;
-
   const groupAllowContext = await resolveTelegramGroupAllowFromContext({
     cfg: auth.cfg,
     chatId: facts.chatId,
@@ -147,8 +120,7 @@ export async function isTelegramSpooledUpdateSenderAuthorized(
     allowFrom,
     senderId: facts.senderId,
     isGroup: facts.isGroup,
-    isForum,
-    messageThreadId: facts.messageThreadId,
+    threadSpec: resolveTelegramMessageThreadSpec(facts.message),
     groupAllowFrom,
     resolveTelegramGroupConfig: (chatId, messageThreadId, cfg) => {
       const telegramCfg = mergeTelegramAccountConfig(cfg, auth.accountId);
diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/telegram-ingress-supersede.test.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/telegram-ingress-supersede.test.ts
index b67ed969ab03..b0770d4cbf4f 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/telegram-ingress-supersede.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/telegram-ingress-supersede.test.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ function messageUpdate(params: {
   messageThreadId?: number;
   isTopicMessage?: boolean;
   isForum?: boolean;
+  isDirectMessages?: boolean;
+  directMessagesTopicId?: number;
   entities?: Array<{ type: string; offset: number; length: number }>;
 }) {
   return {
@@ -55,11 +57,17 @@ function messageUpdate(params: {
         id: params.chatId ?? Number(params.senderId),
         type: params.chatType ?? "private",
         ...(params.isForum !== undefined ? { is_forum: params.isForum } : {}),
+        ...(params.isDirectMessages !== undefined
+          ? { is_direct_messages: params.isDirectMessages }
+          : {}),
       },
       ...(params.messageThreadId !== undefined
         ? { message_thread_id: params.messageThreadId }
         : {}),
       ...(params.isTopicMessage !== undefined ? { is_topic_message: params.isTopicMessage } : {}),
+      ...(params.directMessagesTopicId !== undefined
+        ? { direct_messages_topic: { topic_id: params.directMessagesTopicId } }
+        : {}),
       ...(params.entities ? { entities: params.entities } : {}),
     },
   };
@@ -365,6 +373,56 @@ describe("telegram ingress supersede policy", () => {
     ).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  it.each([
+    {
+      name: "allows the topic sender when the base chat denies them",
+      baseAllowFrom: [STRANGER_ID],
+      topicAllowFrom: [OWNER_ID],
+      expected: true,
+    },
+    {
+      name: "denies the topic sender when the base chat allows them",
+      baseAllowFrom: [OWNER_ID],
+      topicAllowFrom: [STRANGER_ID],
+      expected: false,
+    },
+  ])("uses channel-DM topic authorization: $name", async (testCase) => {
+    const channelDmAuth = {
+      cfg: {
+        channels: {
+          telegram: {
+            groupPolicy: "allowlist",
+            groupAllowFrom: testCase.baseAllowFrom,
+            groups: {
+              "-1001": {
+                allowFrom: testCase.baseAllowFrom,
+                topics: { "77": { allowFrom: testCase.topicAllowFrom } },
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      } as OpenClawConfig,
+      accountId: "default",
+    };
+    const update = messageUpdate({
+      updateId: 2,
+      text: "stop",
+      senderId: OWNER_ID,
+      chatId: -1001,
+      chatType: "supergroup",
+      isDirectMessages: true,
+      directMessagesTopicId: 77,
+      messageThreadId: 999,
+    });
+
+    expect(
+      await createShouldSupersedeTelegramSpooledPending(channelDmAuth)(
+        record("2", update),
+        claim("1", messageUpdate({ updateId: 1, text: "prior", senderId: OWNER_ID })),
+      ),
+    ).toBe(testCase.expected);
+  });
+
   it("reuses ingress command gate for sender authorization", async () => {
     expect(
       await isTelegramSpooledUpdateSenderAuthorized(