diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/channel.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/channel.ts
index c3c30531b02f..b3d411f5b4a1 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/channel.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/channel.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ import { resolveTelegramReactionLevel } from "./reaction-level.js";
 import { resolveTelegramStartupProbeTimeoutMs } from "./request-timeouts.js";
 import { getTelegramRuntime } from "./runtime.js";
 import { telegramSecurityAdapter } from "./security.js";
+import { loadTelegramSendModule } from "./send-runtime.js";
 import {
   resolveTelegramSessionConversation,
   resolveTelegramSessionTarget,
@@ -92,7 +93,6 @@ import { withTelegramStartupProbeSlot } from "./startup-probe-limiter.js";
 import { detectTelegramLegacyStateMigrations } from "./state-migrations.js";
 import { collectTelegramStatusIssues } from "./status-issues.js";
 import { parseTelegramTarget } from "./targets.js";
-import { loadTelegramSendModule } from "./send-runtime.js";
 import {
   createTelegramThreadBindingManager,
   setTelegramThreadBindingIdleTimeoutBySessionKey,
@@ -833,6 +833,7 @@ export const telegramPlugin = createChatChannelPlugin({
       targetResolver: {
         looksLikeId: looksLikeTelegramTargetId,
         hint: "<chatId>",
+        reservedLiterals: ["current", "self", "this", "me"],
       },
     },
     resolver: {
diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/session-route.test.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/session-route.test.ts
index eeb39b6613bf..e366449d23de 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/session-route.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/session-route.test.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@ import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import { telegramPlugin } from "./channel.js";
 
 describe("telegram session route", () => {
+  it("declares reserved session literals as non-destination targets", () => {
+    expect(telegramPlugin.messaging?.targetResolver?.reservedLiterals).toEqual([
+      "current",
+      "self",
+      "this",
+      "me",
+    ]);
+  });
+
   it("scopes direct topic session suffixes by chat id", async () => {
     const route = await telegramPlugin.messaging?.resolveOutboundSessionRoute?.({
       cfg: {},
diff --git a/src/channels/plugins/contracts/test-helpers/surface-contract-suite.ts b/src/channels/plugins/contracts/test-helpers/surface-contract-suite.ts
index 212b0e311751..ff4df8d95a34 100644
--- a/src/channels/plugins/contracts/test-helpers/surface-contract-suite.ts
+++ b/src/channels/plugins/contracts/test-helpers/surface-contract-suite.ts
@@ -92,6 +92,14 @@ export function expectChannelSurfaceContract(params: {
         expect(typeof messaging.targetResolver.hint).toBe("string");
         expect(messaging.targetResolver.hint.trim()).not.toBe("");
       }
+      if (messaging.targetResolver.reservedLiterals !== undefined) {
+        expect(Array.isArray(messaging.targetResolver.reservedLiterals)).toBe(true);
+        expect(
+          messaging.targetResolver.reservedLiterals.every(
+            (value) => typeof value === "string" && value.trim(),
+          ),
+        ).toBe(true);
+      }
       if (messaging.targetResolver.resolveTarget) {
         expect(typeof messaging.targetResolver.resolveTarget).toBe("function");
       }