Bug Description

In Telegram forum groups (topics enabled), /model falls back to text output instead of showing the interactive inline-keyboard picker.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open a Telegram forum group with topics enabled
2. Send /model in any topic (including General)
3. Observe: text list is returned instead of interactive picker

Expected Behavior

interactive picker shown

Actual Behavior

just text output of models

Affected Component

Gateway (Telegram/Discord/Slack/WhatsApp)

Messaging Platform (if gateway-related)

Telegram

Debug Report

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    conversation content, tool outputs, and file paths)

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Operating System

Mac OS 26.3.1

Python Version

Python 3.14.4

Hermes Version

0.10

Additional Logs / Traceback (optional)

Root Cause Analysis (optional)

send_model_picker() (line 1315 in gateway/platforms/telegram.py) passes message_thread_id directly:
message_thread_id=int(thread_id) if thread_id else None,
Every other send method in the adapter uses _message_thread_id_for_send(), which converts the General topic sentinel "1" to None. Without this conversion, Telegram receives message_thread_id=1 for the General topic and rejects it with "Message thread not found" — since there's no actual forum topic with ID 1.

The gateway error log confirms:
WARNING gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] send_model_picker failed: Message thread not found

Proposed Fix (optional)

Two-line change in send_model_picker():

Line 1309: use existing helper instead of raw metadata access

thread_id = self._metadata_thread_id(metadata)

Line 1315: route through _message_thread_id_for_send like every other method

message_thread_id=self._message_thread_id_for_send(thread_id),

Are you willing to submit a PR for this?

• I'd like to fix this myself and submit a PR