Telegram channel plugin: incoming messages not delivered to session

Description

The Telegram channel plugin (plugin:telegram@claude-plugins-official v0.0.1) successfully sends outgoing messages via the reply tool, but incoming messages from Telegram never arrive in the Claude Code session.

Environment

• OS: Windows 11 (IoT Enterprise LTSC 2024, 10.0.26100)
• Claude Code: latest
• Plugin: plugin:telegram@claude-plugins-official (v0.0.1)
• Launch command: claude --channels plugin:telegram@claude-plugins-official

Steps to Reproduce

1. Configure bot token in ~/.claude/channels/telegram/.env
2. Start session: claude --channels plugin:telegram@claude-plugins-official
3. Complete pairing (user sends code to bot, approve via /telegram:access pair <code>)
4. Pairing succeeds — sender added to allowFrom in access.json
5. Send a message to the bot from Telegram

Expected Behavior

Incoming Telegram messages should appear as channel events in the Claude Code session.

Actual Behavior

• Outgoing messages work fine (reply tool sends successfully, user receives them in Telegram)
• Incoming messages are never delivered to the session
• No errors visible
• Restarted the session 4 times — no change

Configuration

access.json after successful pairing:

{
  "dmPolicy": "pairing",
  "allowFrom": ["<senderId>"],
  "groups": {},
  "pending": {}
}

Bot token is set in .env. Approved directory exists with sender file.

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