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Telegram Bot API · GET /{bot_token}/getMe · HTTP 404

Status: ✅ verified:server:prod · first seen 2026-10-24 · last confirmed 2026-10-27 · 252 confirmations from 2 vantages

A /bot<token>/ segment whose token lacks the <digits>:<secret> shape returns HTTP 404 "Not Found", the same answer as an unknown method, not 401.

What to do

  1. No client-side fix known (by design).

Dimensions

env: prod · plan: any · region: any · account_state: any

Evidence

Probe af:telegram:probe:invalid-token (declarative, source)

Observations: none from reporters yet.

Machine access

curl -s https://apifacts.dev/v0/check \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"target":{"method":"GET","url":"https://api.telegram.org/{bot_token}/getMe"},"error":{"status":404,"body_excerpt":"not found"}}'

YAML: facts/telegram/malformed-token-404.yaml

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