Updating inline keyboard button text after user input in Telegram bot

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I’m working with the pyTelegramBotAPI library and I’m facing some problems changing the text of an inline button after the user provides some input. I want to update the button’s text once the user clicks on it and submits their information.

@bot.message_handler(commands=['menu'])
def show_menu(msg):
    keyboard = types.InlineKeyboardMarkup()
    login_btn = types.InlineKeyboardButton(text='Login', callback_data='login_pressed')
    keyboard.add(login_btn)
    bot.send_message(msg.chat.id, "Main menu:", reply_markup=keyboard)

def request_address(msg):
    keyboard = types.InlineKeyboardMarkup()
    return_btn = types.InlineKeyboardButton(text='← Return', callback_data='go_back_1')
    keyboard.add(return_btn)
    bot.edit_message_text(chat_id=msg.chat.id, message_id=msg.id, text='Please enter your wallet address', reply_markup=keyboard)
    bot.register_next_step_handler(msg, process_address)

def process_address(msg):
    keyboard = types.InlineKeyboardMarkup()
    back_btn = types.InlineKeyboardButton(text='← Go Back', callback_data='return_menu')
    keyboard.add(back_btn)
    response = bot.edit_message_text(chat_id=msg.chat.id, message_id=msg.id, text='Invalid wallet address format', reply_markup=keyboard)

@bot.callback_query_handler(func=lambda callback: callback.data)
def handle_buttons(callback):
    if callback.data == 'login_pressed':
        request_address(callback.message)

The error occurs when I attempt to update the message after the user submits their text. How can I correctly change the inline button after receiving the input?

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you’re editing the wrong message id. when users send text, it creates a new message with a different id. store the original message id from the inline keyboard and use that for editing - not msg.id from the user’s text message.

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Hit the same issue a few months ago. The problem is register_next_step_handler messes up the connection between your keyboard message and the user’s response. I fixed it by storing the message ID globally or in a user session dict right after sending the keyboard. Just do original_msg_id = bot.send_message(...).message_id then use that ID for editing later. You could also delete the old message and send a new one with updated buttons - sometimes that’s cleaner than trying to edit across different contexts. The pyTelegramBotAPI docs don’t explain this well but it’s a common trap when you mix inline keyboards with step handlers.

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This happens because you’re mixing up message IDs in your callback flow. When register_next_step_handler grabs user input, you’re trying to edit using the user’s text message ID instead of the original bot message that had the inline keyboard. I’ve hit this exact issue before. Here’s how to fix it: modify your request_address function to grab and store the callback message ID, then use that same ID in process_address. Or ditch register_next_step_handler completely and go with a state-based approach - track user states and handle all text input through one message handler. You’ll have way better control over message editing since you keep the original keyboard message reference the whole time.