Telegram CJK rich message rendering fixes

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These issues and pull requests address garbled or overlapping CJK character rendering in Telegram rich messages, including fallback handling, opt-out configuration options, and separate gating for draft previews.

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  • #50222 fix(telegram): avoid rich messages for CJK text (#47653)

    merged to main

    files: plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py, tests/gateway/test_telegram_rich_messages.py

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    • plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py
      @@ -1048,6 +1048,16 @@ def _bot_supports_rich(self) -> bool:
               r"int|prod|sqrt|lim|infty|begin\{(?:equation|align|matrix|cases)\}))",
               re.IGNORECASE | re.DOTALL,
           )
      +    _RICH_CJK_RE = re.compile(
      +        "["
      +        "\u3040-\u30ff"  # Hiragana, Katakana
      +        "\u3400-\u4dbf"  # CJK Extension A
      +        "\u4e00-\u9fff"  # CJK Unified Ideographs
      +        "\uac00-\ud7af"  # Hangul syllables
      +        "\uf900-\ufaff"  # CJK Compatibility Ideographs
      +        "\U00020000-\U000323af"  # CJK extensions and compatibility supplement
      +        "]"
      +    )
       
           def _has_telegram_desktop_details_math_crash_shape(self, content: str) -> bool:
               """Return True for rich-message details+math content that crashes TDesktop.
      @@ -1065,6 +1075,16 @@ def _has_telegram_desktop_details_math_crash_shape(self, content: str) -> bool:
                       return True
               return False
       
      +    def _has_telegram_desktop_cjk_rich_garble_shape(self, content: str) -> bool:
      +        """Return True for CJK content that current TDesktop rich drafts garble.
      +
      +        Telegram Mac/Desktop Bot API 10.1 rich-message rendering currently
      +        leaves overlapping draft/overlay glyph artifacts for CJK text (#47653).
      +        The legacy MarkdownV2 path renders the same text cleanly, so skip rich
      +        delivery up front until affected clients age out.
      +        """
      +        return bool(content and self._RICH_CJK_RE.search(content))
      +
           def _needs_rich_rendering(self, content: str) -> bool:
               """Return True for markdown constructs that the legacy path degrades.
       
      @@ -1103,6 +1123,7 @@ def _rich_eligible(self, content: str) -> bool:
                   and content.strip()
                   and self._needs_rich_rendering(content)
                   and not self._has_telegram_desktop_details_math_crash_shape(content)
      +            and not self._has_telegram_desktop_cjk_rich_garble_shape(content)
                   and self._content_fits_rich_limits(content)
                   and self._bot_supports_rich()
               )
      @@ -1424,6 +1445,7 @@ def _should_attempt_rich_draft(self, content: str) -> bool:
                   and content
                   and content.strip()
                   and not self._has_telegram_desktop_details_math_crash_shape(content)
      +            and not self._has_telegram_desktop_cjk_rich_garble_shape(content)
                   and self._content_fits_rich_limits(content)
                   and self._bot_supports_rich()
               )
    • tests/gateway/test_telegram_rich_messages.py
      @@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
       # Content exercising rich-only constructs: a heading, a real Markdown table,
       # and a task list. Pipes / brackets must survive untouched into the payload.
       RICH_CONTENT = "## Results\n\n| Case | Status |\n|---|---|\n| rich | ✅ |\n\n- [x] table renders"
      +CJK_RICH_CONTENT = "## 持仓\n\n| 项目 | 状态 |\n|---|---|\n| 早盘 | 正常 |"
      +ASTRAL_CJK_RICH_CONTENT = "## Rare Han\n\n| glyph | status |\n|---|---|\n| \U00030000 | ok |"
       DANGEROUS_DETAILS_MATH = (
           "<details><summary>Complex proof</summary>\n\n"
           "$$\\sum_{i=1}^{n} i = \\frac{n(n+1)}{2}$$\n\n"
      @@ -159,6 +161,28 @@ async def test_math_outside_details_still_uses_rich_send():
           bot.send_message.assert_not_called()
       
       
      [redacted:email]
      +async def test_cjk_rich_content_skips_rich_send_to_avoid_tdesktop_garble():
      +    adapter = _make_adapter()
      +
      +    result = await adapter.send("12345", CJK_RICH_CONTENT)
      +
      +    assert result.success is True
      +    adapter._bot.do_api_request.assert_not_called()
      +    adapter._bot.send_message.assert_awaited_once()
      +
      +
      [redacted:email]
      +async def test_astral_cjk_rich_content_skips_rich_send_to_avoid_tdesktop_garble():
      +    adapter = _make_adapter()
      +
      +    result = await adapter.send("12345", ASTRAL_CJK_RICH_CONTENT)
      +
      +    assert result.success is True
      +    adapter._bot.do_api_request.assert_not_called()
      +    adapter._bot.send_message.assert_awaited_once()
      +
      +
       @pytest.mark.asyncio
       async def test_rich_messages_opt_out_uses_legacy_send_path():
           adapter = _make_adapter(extra={"rich_messages": False})
      @@ -281,13 +305,15 @@ async def test_oversized_content_skips_rich_and_chunks():
       async def test_rich_limit_is_characters_not_bytes():
           """Telegram's rich limit is UTF-8 characters, not encoded bytes."""
           adapter = _make_adapter()
      -    # Rich-eligible (table) so the content takes the rich path; the CJK body
      -    # is 20k chars / 60k UTF-8 bytes — over the byte count, under the char cap.
      -    cjk = "| a | b |\n|---|---|\n" + "测" * 20000  # 20k chars, ~60k UTF-8 bytes
      -    assert len(cjk.encode("utf-8")) > TelegramAdapter.RICH_MESSAGE_MAX_BYTES
      -    assert len(cjk) <= TelegramAdapter.RICH_MESSAGE_MAX_CHARS
      +    # Rich-eligible (table) so the content takes the rich path; the accented
      +    # body is 20k chars / 40k UTF-8 bytes — over the byte count, under the
      +    # character cap. CJK is intentionally avoided here because affected
      +    # Telegram Desktop clients render CJK rich drafts incorrectly.
      +    accented = "| a | b |\n|---|---|\n" + "é" * 20000
      +    assert len(accented.encode("utf-8")) > TelegramAdapter.RICH_MESSAGE_MAX_BYTES
      +    assert len(accented) <= TelegramAdapter.RICH_MESSAGE_MAX_CHARS
       
      -    result = await adapter.send("12345", cjk)
      +    result = await adapter.send("12345", accented)
       
           assert result.success is True
           bot = adapter._bot
      @@ -528,6 +554,18 @@ async def test_rich_draft_happy_path_sends_raw_markdown():
           adapter._bot.send_message_draft.assert_not_called()
       
       
      [redacted:email]
      +async def test_cjk_rich_content_skips_rich_draft_to_avoid_tdesktop_garble():
      +    adapter = _make_adapter()
      +    adapter._bot.do_api_request = AsyncMock(return_value=True)
      +
      +    result = await adapter.send_draft("12345", draft_id=7, content=CJK_RICH_CONTENT)
      +
      +    assert result.success is True
      +    adapter._bot.do_api_request.assert_not_called()
      +    adapter._bot.send_message_draft.assert_awaited_once()
      +
      +
       @pytest.mark.asyncio
       async def test_rich_draft_capability_failure_falls_back_and_latches_off():
           adapter = _make_adapter()
      @@ -673,6 +711,19 @@ async def test_finalize_edit_plain_content_stays_legacy():
           adapter._bot.edit_message_text.assert_awaited()
       
       
      [redacted:email]
      +async def test_finalize_edit_cjk_rich_content_stays_legacy_to_avoid_tdesktop_garble():
      +    adapter = _make_adapter()
      +
      +    result = await adapter.edit_message(
      +        "12345", "555", CJK_RICH_CONTENT, finalize=True,
      +    )
      +
      +    assert result.success is True
      +    adapter._bot.do_api_request.assert_not_called()
      +    adapter._bot.edit_message_text.assert_awaited_once()
      +
      +
       @pytest.mark.asyncio
       async def test_finalize_edit_rich_capability_error_falls_back_to_legacy():
           """A capability error on the rich edit latches rich off and falls back to
  • #111831 fix(telegram): CJK content can opt in to native rich messages (salvage #56155)

    merged to main

    files: cli-config.yaml.example, contributors/emails/[redacted:email], hermes_cli/config_defaults.py, plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py, tests/gateway/test_telegram_rich_messages.py, website/docs/user-guide/messaging/telegram.md, website/i18n/zh-Hans/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/user-guide/messaging/telegram.md

3 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 2 · merged via another change 1

  • #47681 fix(telegram): avoid rich messages for CJK text · merged via another change → #50222, #47653
  • #62448 feat(telegram): add config option to disable CJK rich-message guard · done elsewhere → 7e42fc3, #111831, #56155, #47653
  • #85197 fix(telegram): make CJK rich-message gate opt-out via extra.rich_cjk · done elsewhere → 7e42fc3, #111831, #56155, #47653
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#47653Bug: Mac Telegram Rich Messages render CJK characters as garbled overlapping symbols
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