From 11d6a3f89257fd2114cef9ba15efa15543004240 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ayaan Zaidi <hi@obviy.us>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 17:51:48 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix(telegram): keep dm allow separate from group auth

---
 .../telegram/src/bot-message-context.ts       | 32 +++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/bot-message-context.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/bot-message-context.ts
index cff81c65481..3536806d4df 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/bot-message-context.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/bot-message-context.ts
@@ -262,23 +262,21 @@ export const buildTelegramMessageContext = async ({
     return null;
   }
   const groupAllowOverride = firstDefined(topicConfig?.allowFrom, groupConfig?.allowFrom);
-  const [dmAllow, expandedGroupAllowFrom] = await Promise.all([
-    resolveTelegramDmAllow({
-      cfg: freshCfg,
-      groupAllowOverride,
-      allowFrom,
-      accountId: account.accountId,
-      senderId,
-      storeAllowFrom,
-      dmPolicy: effectiveDmPolicy,
-    }),
-    expandTelegramAllowFromWithAccessGroups({
-      cfg: freshCfg,
-      allowFrom: groupAllowOverride ?? groupAllowFrom,
-      accountId: account.accountId,
-      senderId,
-    }),
-  ]);
+  const dmAllow = await resolveTelegramDmAllow({
+    cfg: freshCfg,
+    groupAllowOverride,
+    allowFrom,
+    accountId: account.accountId,
+    senderId,
+    storeAllowFrom,
+    dmPolicy: effectiveDmPolicy,
+  });
+  const expandedGroupAllowFrom = await expandTelegramAllowFromWithAccessGroups({
+    cfg: freshCfg,
+    allowFrom: groupAllowOverride ?? groupAllowFrom,
+    accountId: account.accountId,
+    senderId,
+  });
   const effectiveGroupAllow = normalizeAllowFrom(expandedGroupAllowFrom);
   const hasGroupAllowOverride = groupAllowOverride !== undefined;
   const senderUsername = msg.from?.username ?? "";