Main Telegram bot not polling — only account bot polls
Setup: Two Telegram bots on Raspi 5 (arm64), OpenClaw 2026.2.14. Default bot = main agent. Account bot = secondary agent under channels.telegram.accounts.<name>.
Problem: Only the account (secondary) bot polls Telegram. The default/main bot does NOT start its polling loop.
- getMe on main bot token works fine
- getUpdates shows unprocessed messages piling up - openclaw doctor only shows the account bot as active - Outbound messages via message tool work (bot can send DMs), but inbound DMs are never received
- Gateway restart and update to 2026.2.14 didn't help Config (redacted):
Problem: Only the account (secondary) bot polls Telegram. The default/main bot does NOT start its polling loop.
- getMe on main bot token works fine
- getUpdates shows unprocessed messages piling up - openclaw doctor only shows the account bot as active - Outbound messages via message tool work (bot can send DMs), but inbound DMs are never received
- Gateway restart and update to 2026.2.14 didn't help Config (redacted):
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