Hey everyone! I’m working on a Telegram bot using Python and I’m stuck on something. The bot works fine for most things. I have a main menu with inline buttons that navigate to different pages correctly. But there’s this one specific button that’s giving me trouble. When I press it, the bot asks me to type in a first name. I type the name and hit enter, but then nothing happens at all. The bot just sits there like it never got my message. I’ve been searching online for hours and tried different solutions but none of them work. Has anyone dealt with this kind of issue before? I’m using Railway to host the bot if that matters. Really hoping someone can point me in the right direction here!
i had the same prob! make sure your bot is handling all user states correctly. if the button sets a new context, your input handler might not be picking it up. also, check logs to see if it’s even receiving the input!
Sounds like a conversation state issue. When your inline button asks for the name, the bot switches states but your message handler isn’t set up to catch text during that state. You need your message handler actively listening for text after the button press. If you’re using conversation handlers or state machines, make sure the input handler is registered for the current state. Also check your Railway webhook - hosting platforms sometimes drop certain message types. I’ve hit this before where button callbacks worked fine but follow-up text messages got ignored because of handler scope issues.
Same thing happened when I built my first Telegram bot. The problem was my message handler filtering - I’d set it up to only listen for specific commands or patterns, but after the button callback it wasn’t configured to accept plain text. What fixed it: I added a separate message handler specifically for that conversation state that accepts any text message. Also double-check your handler registration order - bots process handlers in the order they’re added. If you’ve got a catch-all handler registered before your specific text handler, it might intercept the message. One more thing - make sure your callback query gets answered properly with answerCallbackQuery. Otherwise the Telegram client might not transition correctly to accept text input.