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Telegram bots commands do not work in group chat due to the @ mention – Telegram API

I have created and deployed a telegram bot which can perform some simple chat and analytics functions.

I have set a couple of / commands via botfathers /setcommands functionality and they all work fine.

However in group chats I have a problem, when I add the bot he works normally however the set commands that you can execute via the menu always include an @bot_name at the end of each command which invalidates them.

If I type in the command myself and remove the @mention, the commands work normally.

How can I tackle this issue, is it something I need to set in my code or in botfather?

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    if ($cmd == "/command" || $cmd == "/command@BOT_USERNAME") {
  // handle scenario
}
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    My suggestion is to modify your code and replace the '@your_bot' with an empty string '' from the command before processing it. That way you automatically handle both scenarios for each of the available commands.

    Sadly, Telegram had a bug once or twice where it wouldn’t register the @your_bot messages sent to it. Luckily that bug was live for a very short period of time.

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