---
schema_version: "newruntime-reader-dossiers-v1"
type: "reader_dossier"
slug: "telegrambot"
kind: "link_preview"
operator: "Telegram"
researched_at: "2026-10-23"
confidence: "medium"
json_url: "https://newruntime.com/readers/telegrambot.json"
canonical_url: "https://newruntime.com/readers/telegrambot/"
---

# TelegramBot

> Telegram's fetcher that retrieves a shared URL to build link previews (and Instant View) in Telegram chats and channels.

## Dossier

- Kind: Link previewers
- Operator: Telegram (https://telegram.org/)
- Documentation: none found
- robots.txt tokens: TelegramBot
- Feeds: link preview
- Respects robots.txt: Not documented. No official Telegram doc; third-party directories disagree on robots.txt behaviour.
- Verification: No published method
- Labels matched in our logs: telegrambot

## Why it matters to New Runtime (our interpretation)

A New Runtime link was posted in Telegram (our own channel or someone else's chat); a distribution signal tied to our main surface.

## Observed behaviour

- Baseline 2026-10-23 (93-day window): 70 requests on 2 days; first seen 2026-09-11, last seen 2026-09-14; Dormant.
- Live numbers: https://newruntime.com/bot-traffic-history.json and https://newruntime.com/crawler-journeys.json

## Sources

- https://knownagents.com/agents/telegrambot

Identity: A family name is what a client claims in its user agent. It is verified only when its request came from the operator's published IP ranges or passed forward-confirmed reverse DNS, as reported per family in /crawler-journeys.json. Anyone can claim any name.

All dossiers: https://newruntime.com/readers.md