test: update whatsapp reply quote assertions

# Conflicts:
#	src/telegram/bot.ts

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased — 2025-12-23
+
+### Fixes
+- Telegram/WhatsApp: native replies now target the original inbound message; reply context is captured in `ReplyTo*` fields for templates. (Thanks @joshp123 for the PR and follow-up question.)
+
 ## 2.0.0-beta2 — 2025-12-21
 
 Second beta focused on bundled gateway packaging, skills management, onboarding polish, and provider reliability.

docs/surface.md

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Updated: 2025-12-07
 Goal: make replies deterministic per channel while keeping one shared context for direct chats.
 
 - **Surfaces** (channel labels): `whatsapp`, `webchat`, `telegram`, `voice`, etc. Add `Surface` to inbound `MsgContext` so templates/agents can log which channel a turn came from. Routing is fixed: replies go back to the origin surface; the model doesn’t choose.
+- **Reply context (optional):** inbound replies may include `ReplyToId`, `ReplyToBody`, and `ReplyToSender` so templates can surface the quoted context when needed.
 - **Canonical direct session:** All direct chats collapse into the single `main` session by default (no config needed). Groups stay `group:<jid>`, so they remain isolated.
 - **Session store:** Keys are resolved via `resolveSessionKey(scope, ctx, mainKey)`; the agent JSONL path lives under `~/.clawdis/sessions/<SessionId>.jsonl`.
 - **WebChat:** Always attaches to `main`, loads the full session transcript so desktop reflects cross-surface history, and writes new turns back to the same session.

docs/telegram.md

@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ Status: ready for bot-mode use with grammY (long-polling by default; webhook sup
 - Sees only messages sent after it’s added to a chat; no pre-history access.
 - Cannot DM users first; they must initiate. Channels are receive-only unless the bot is an admin poster.
 - File size caps follow Telegram Bot API (up to 2 GB for documents; smaller for some media types).
-- Typing indicators (`sendChatAction`) supported; inline reply/threading supported where Telegram allows.
+- Typing indicators (`sendChatAction`) supported; outbound replies are sent as native replies to the triggering message (threaded where Telegram allows).
 
 ## Planned implementation details
 - Library: grammY is the only client for send + gateway (fetch fallback removed); grammY throttler is enabled by default to stay under Bot API limits.
-- Inbound normalization: maps Bot API updates to `MsgContext` with `Surface: "telegram"`, `ChatType: direct|group`, `SenderName`, `MediaPath`/`MediaType` when attachments arrive, and `Timestamp`; groups require @bot mention by default.
+- Inbound normalization: maps Bot API updates to `MsgContext` with `Surface: "telegram"`, `ChatType: direct|group`, `SenderName`, `MediaPath`/`MediaType` when attachments arrive, `Timestamp`, and reply-to metadata (`ReplyToId`, `ReplyToBody`, `ReplyToSender`) when the user replies; groups require @bot mention by default.
 - Outbound: text and media (photo/video/audio/document) with optional caption; chunked to limits. Typing cue sent best-effort.
 - Config: `TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN` env or `telegram.botToken` required; `telegram.requireMention`, `telegram.allowFrom`, `telegram.mediaMaxMb`, `telegram.proxy`, `telegram.webhookSecret`, `telegram.webhookUrl`, `telegram.webhookPath` supported.
 

src/auto-reply/templating.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ export type MsgContext = {
   From?: string;
   To?: string;
   MessageSid?: string;
+  ReplyToId?: string;
+  ReplyToBody?: string;
+  ReplyToSender?: string;
   MediaPath?: string;
   MediaUrl?: string;
   MediaType?: string;

src/telegram/bot.test.ts

@@ -6,13 +6,16 @@ const useSpy = vi.fn();
 const onSpy = vi.fn();
 const stopSpy = vi.fn();
 const sendChatActionSpy = vi.fn();
+const sendMessageSpy = vi.fn(async () => ({ message_id: 77 }));
 type ApiStub = {
   config: { use: (arg: unknown) => void };
   sendChatAction: typeof sendChatActionSpy;
+  sendMessage: typeof sendMessageSpy;
 };
 const apiStub: ApiStub = {
   config: { use: useSpy },
   sendChatAction: sendChatActionSpy,
+  sendMessage: sendMessageSpy,
 };
 
 vi.mock("grammy", () => ({
@@ -107,4 +110,70 @@ describe("createTelegramBot", () => {
 
     expect(sendChatActionSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(42, "typing");
   });
+
+  it("includes reply-to context when a Telegram reply is received", async () => {
+    onSpy.mockReset();
+    sendMessageSpy.mockReset();
+    const replySpy = replyModule.__replySpy as unknown as ReturnType<
+      typeof vi.fn
+    >;
+    replySpy.mockReset();
+
+    createTelegramBot({ token: "tok" });
+    const handler = onSpy.mock.calls[0][1] as (
+      ctx: Record<string, unknown>,
+    ) => Promise<void>;
+
+    await handler({
+      message: {
+        chat: { id: 7, type: "private" },
+        text: "Sure, see below",
+        date: 1736380800,
+        reply_to_message: {
+          message_id: 9001,
+          text: "Can you summarize this?",
+          from: { first_name: "Ada" },
+        },
+      },
+      me: { username: "clawdis_bot" },
+      getFile: async () => ({ download: async () => new Uint8Array() }),
+    });
+
+    expect(replySpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    const payload = replySpy.mock.calls[0][0];
+    expect(payload.Body).not.toContain("Reply to Ada: Can you summarize this?");
+    expect(payload.ReplyToId).toBe("9001");
+    expect(payload.ReplyToBody).toBe("Can you summarize this?");
+    expect(payload.ReplyToSender).toBe("Ada");
+  });
+
+  it("sends replies as native replies without chaining", async () => {
+    onSpy.mockReset();
+    sendMessageSpy.mockReset();
+    const replySpy = replyModule.__replySpy as unknown as ReturnType<
+      typeof vi.fn
+    >;
+    replySpy.mockReset();
+    replySpy.mockResolvedValue({ text: "a".repeat(4500) });
+
+    createTelegramBot({ token: "tok" });
+    const handler = onSpy.mock.calls[0][1] as (
+      ctx: Record<string, unknown>,
+    ) => Promise<void>;
+    await handler({
+      message: {
+        chat: { id: 5, type: "private" },
+        text: "hi",
+        date: 1736380800,
+        message_id: 101,
+      },
+      me: { username: "clawdis_bot" },
+      getFile: async () => ({ download: async () => new Uint8Array() }),
+    });
+
+    expect(sendMessageSpy.mock.calls.length).toBeGreaterThan(1);
+    for (const call of sendMessageSpy.mock.calls) {
+      expect(call[2]?.reply_to_message_id).toBe(101);
+    }
+  });
 });

src/telegram/bot.ts

@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ import { getReplyFromConfig } from "../auto-reply/reply.js";
 import type { ReplyPayload } from "../auto-reply/types.js";
 import { loadConfig } from "../config/config.js";
 import { resolveStorePath, updateLastRoute } from "../config/sessions.js";
-import { danger, logVerbose } from "../globals.js";
+import { danger, isVerbose, logVerbose } from "../globals.js";
-import { formatErrorMessage } from "../infra/errors.js";
 import { getChildLogger } from "../logging.js";
 import { mediaKindFromMime } from "../media/constants.js";
 import { detectMime } from "../media/mime.js";
@@ -117,6 +116,7 @@ export function createTelegramBot(opts: TelegramBotOptions) {
         opts.token,
         opts.proxyFetch,
       );
+      const replyTarget = describeReplyTarget(msg);
       const rawBody = (
         msg.text ??
         msg.caption ??
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ export function createTelegramBot(opts: TelegramBotOptions) {
         ""
       ).trim();
       if (!rawBody) return;
-
       const body = formatAgentEnvelope({
         surface: "Telegram",
         from: isGroup
@@ -143,12 +142,22 @@ export function createTelegramBot(opts: TelegramBotOptions) {
         SenderName: buildSenderName(msg),
         Surface: "telegram",
         MessageSid: String(msg.message_id),
+        ReplyToId: replyTarget?.id,
+        ReplyToBody: replyTarget?.body,
+        ReplyToSender: replyTarget?.sender,
         Timestamp: msg.date ? msg.date * 1000 : undefined,
         MediaPath: media?.path,
         MediaType: media?.contentType,
         MediaUrl: media?.path,
       };
 
+      if (replyTarget && isVerbose()) {
+        const preview = replyTarget.body.replace(/\s+/g, " ").slice(0, 120);
+        logVerbose(
+          `telegram reply-context: replyToId=${replyTarget.id} replyToSender=${replyTarget.sender} replyToBody="${preview}"`,
+        );
+      }
+
       if (!isGroup) {
         const sessionCfg = cfg.inbound?.session;
         const mainKey = (sessionCfg?.mainKey ?? "main").trim() || "main";
@@ -161,7 +170,7 @@ export function createTelegramBot(opts: TelegramBotOptions) {
         });
       }
 
-      if (logVerbose()) {
+      if (isVerbose()) {
         const preview = body.slice(0, 200).replace(/\n/g, "\\n");
         logVerbose(
           `telegram inbound: chatId=${chatId} from=${ctxPayload.From} len=${body.length} preview="${preview}"`,
@@ -186,6 +195,7 @@ export function createTelegramBot(opts: TelegramBotOptions) {
         token: opts.token,
         runtime,
         bot,
+        replyToMessageId: msg.message_id,
       });
     } catch (err) {
       runtime.error?.(danger(`Telegram handler failed: ${String(err)}`));
@@ -208,8 +218,10 @@ async function deliverReplies(params: {
   token: string;
   runtime: RuntimeEnv;
   bot: Bot;
+  replyToMessageId?: number;
 }) {
   const { replies, chatId, runtime, bot } = params;
+  const replyTarget = params.replyToMessageId;
   for (const reply of replies) {
     if (!reply?.text && !reply?.mediaUrl && !(reply?.mediaUrls?.length ?? 0)) {
       runtime.error?.(danger("Telegram reply missing text/media"));
@@ -220,9 +232,14 @@ async function deliverReplies(params: {
       : reply.mediaUrl
         ? [reply.mediaUrl]
         : [];
+    if (replyTarget && isVerbose()) {
+      logVerbose(
+        `telegram reply-send: chatId=${chatId} replyToMessageId=${replyTarget} kind=${mediaList.length ? "media" : "text"}`,
+      );
+    }
     if (mediaList.length === 0) {
       for (const chunk of chunkText(reply.text || "", 4000)) {
-        await sendTelegramText(bot, chatId, chunk, runtime);
+        await sendTelegramText(bot, chatId, chunk, runtime, replyTarget);
       }
       continue;
     }
@@ -234,14 +251,18 @@ async function deliverReplies(params: {
       const file = new InputFile(media.buffer, media.fileName ?? "file");
       const caption = first ? (reply.text ?? undefined) : undefined;
       first = false;
+      const replyOpts = replyTarget ? { reply_to_message_id: replyTarget } : {};
       if (kind === "image") {
-        await bot.api.sendPhoto(chatId, file, { caption });
+        await bot.api.sendPhoto(chatId, file, { caption, ...replyOpts });
       } else if (kind === "video") {
-        await bot.api.sendVideo(chatId, file, { caption });
+        await bot.api.sendVideo(chatId, file, { caption, ...replyOpts });
       } else if (kind === "audio") {
-        await bot.api.sendAudio(chatId, file, { caption });
+        await bot.api.sendAudio(chatId, file, { caption, ...replyOpts });
       } else {
-        await bot.api.sendDocument(chatId, file, { caption });
+        await bot.api.sendDocument(chatId, file, {
+          caption,
+          ...replyOpts,
+        });
       }
     }
   }
@@ -338,18 +359,47 @@ async function sendTelegramText(
   chatId: string,
   text: string,
   runtime: RuntimeEnv,
-) {
+  replyToMessageId?: number,
+): Promise<number | undefined> {
   try {
-    await bot.api.sendMessage(chatId, text, { parse_mode: "Markdown" });
+    const res = await bot.api.sendMessage(chatId, text, {
+      parse_mode: "Markdown",
+      reply_to_message_id: replyToMessageId,
+    });
+    return res.message_id;
   } catch (err) {
-    const errText = formatErrorMessage(err);
+    if (PARSE_ERR_RE.test(String(err ?? ""))) {
-    if (PARSE_ERR_RE.test(errText)) {
       runtime.log?.(
-        `telegram markdown parse failed; retrying without formatting: ${errText}`,
+        `telegram markdown parse failed; retrying without formatting: ${String(
+          err,
+        )}`,
       );
-      await bot.api.sendMessage(chatId, text);
+      const res = await bot.api.sendMessage(chatId, text, {
-      return;
+        reply_to_message_id: replyToMessageId,
+      });
+      return res.message_id;
     }
     throw err;
   }
 }
+
+function describeReplyTarget(msg: TelegramMessage) {
+  const reply = msg.reply_to_message as TelegramMessage | undefined;
+  if (!reply) return null;
+  const replyBody = (reply.text ?? reply.caption ?? "").trim();
+  let body = replyBody;
+  if (!body) {
+    if (reply.photo) body = "<media:image>";
+    else if (reply.video) body = "<media:video>";
+    else if (reply.audio || reply.voice) body = "<media:audio>";
+    else if (reply.document) body = "<media:document>";
+  }
+  if (!body) return null;
+  const sender = buildSenderName(reply);
+  const senderLabel = sender ? `${sender}` : "unknown sender";
+  return {
+    id: reply.message_id ? String(reply.message_id) : undefined,
+    sender: senderLabel,
+    body,
+  };
+}

src/web/auto-reply.test.ts

@@ -1751,6 +1751,47 @@ describe("web auto-reply", () => {
     expect(callArg?.Body).toContain("hello");
   });
 
+  it("forwards reply-to context to resolver", async () => {
+    let capturedOnMessage:
+      | ((msg: import("./inbound.js").WebInboundMessage) => Promise<void>)
+      | undefined;
+    const listenerFactory = async (opts: {
+      onMessage: (
+        msg: import("./inbound.js").WebInboundMessage,
+      ) => Promise<void>;
+    }) => {
+      capturedOnMessage = opts.onMessage;
+      return { close: vi.fn() };
+    };
+
+    const resolver = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ text: "reply" });
+
+    await monitorWebProvider(false, listenerFactory, false, resolver);
+    expect(capturedOnMessage).toBeDefined();
+
+    await capturedOnMessage?.({
+      body: "hello",
+      from: "+1555",
+      to: "+2666",
+      id: "msg1",
+      replyToId: "q1",
+      replyToBody: "original",
+      replyToSender: "+1999",
+      sendComposing: vi.fn(),
+      reply: vi.fn(),
+      sendMedia: vi.fn(),
+    });
+
+    const callArg = resolver.mock.calls[0]?.[0] as {
+      ReplyToId?: string;
+      ReplyToBody?: string;
+      ReplyToSender?: string;
+    };
+    expect(callArg.ReplyToId).toBe("q1");
+    expect(callArg.ReplyToBody).toBe("original");
+    expect(callArg.ReplyToSender).toBe("+1999");
+  });
+
   it("applies responsePrefix to regular replies", async () => {
     setLoadConfigMock(() => ({
       inbound: {

src/web/auto-reply.ts

@@ -1107,6 +1107,9 @@ export async function monitorWebProvider(
           From: msg.from,
           To: msg.to,
           MessageSid: msg.id,
+          ReplyToId: msg.replyToId,
+          ReplyToBody: msg.replyToBody,
+          ReplyToSender: msg.replyToSender,
           MediaPath: msg.mediaPath,
           MediaUrl: msg.mediaUrl,
           MediaType: msg.mediaType,

src/web/inbound.ts

@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ export type WebInboundMessage = {
   senderJid?: string;
   senderE164?: string;
   senderName?: string;
+  replyToId?: string;
+  replyToBody?: string;
+  replyToSender?: string;
   groupSubject?: string;
   groupParticipants?: string[];
   mentionedJids?: string[];
@@ -187,6 +190,9 @@ export async function monitorWebInbox(options: {
         body = extractMediaPlaceholder(msg.message ?? undefined);
         if (!body) continue;
       }
+      const replyContext = describeReplyContext(
+        msg.message as proto.IMessage | undefined,
+      );
       let mediaPath: string | undefined;
       let mediaType: string | undefined;
       try {
@@ -211,10 +217,10 @@ export async function monitorWebInbox(options: {
         }
       };
       const reply = async (text: string) => {
-        await sock.sendMessage(chatJid, { text });
+        await sock.sendMessage(chatJid, { text }, { quoted: msg });
       };
       const sendMedia = async (payload: AnyMessageContent) => {
-        await sock.sendMessage(chatJid, payload);
+        await sock.sendMessage(chatJid, payload, { quoted: msg });
       };
       const timestamp = msg.messageTimestamp
         ? Number(msg.messageTimestamp) * 1000
@@ -249,6 +255,9 @@ export async function monitorWebInbox(options: {
             senderJid: participantJid,
             senderE164: senderE164 ?? undefined,
             senderName,
+            replyToId: replyContext?.id,
+            replyToBody: replyContext?.body,
+            replyToSender: replyContext?.sender,
             groupSubject,
             groupParticipants,
             mentionedJids: mentionedJids ?? undefined,
@@ -443,6 +452,36 @@ export function extractMediaPlaceholder(
   return undefined;
 }
 
+function describeReplyContext(rawMessage: proto.IMessage | undefined): {
+  id?: string;
+  body: string;
+  sender: string;
+} | null {
+  const message = unwrapMessage(rawMessage);
+  if (!message) return null;
+  const contextInfo =
+    message.extendedTextMessage?.contextInfo ??
+    message.imageMessage?.contextInfo ??
+    message.videoMessage?.contextInfo ??
+    message.documentMessage?.contextInfo ??
+    message.audioMessage?.contextInfo ??
+    message.stickerMessage?.contextInfo ??
+    message.buttonsResponseMessage?.contextInfo ??
+    message.listResponseMessage?.contextInfo;
+  const quoted = contextInfo?.quotedMessage as proto.IMessage | undefined;
+  if (!quoted) return null;
+  const body = extractText(quoted) ?? extractMediaPlaceholder(quoted);
+  if (!body) return null;
+  const senderJid = contextInfo?.participant ?? undefined;
+  const senderE164 = senderJid ? jidToE164(senderJid) ?? senderJid : undefined;
+  const sender = senderE164 ?? "unknown sender";
+  return {
+    id: contextInfo?.stanzaId ? String(contextInfo.stanzaId) : undefined,
+    body,
+    sender,
+  };
+}
+
 async function downloadInboundMedia(
   msg: proto.IWebMessageInfo,
   sock: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof createWaSocket>>,

src/web/monitor-inbox.test.ts

@@ -107,9 +107,15 @@ describe("web monitor inbox", () => {
       "composing",
       "999@s.whatsapp.net",
     );
-    expect(sock.sendMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith("999@s.whatsapp.net", {
+    expect(sock.sendMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      text: "pong",
+      "999@s.whatsapp.net",
-    });
+      { text: "pong" },
+      {
+        quoted: expect.objectContaining({
+          key: expect.objectContaining({ id: "abc" }),
+        }),
+      },
+    );
 
     await listener.close();
   });
@@ -151,6 +157,57 @@ describe("web monitor inbox", () => {
     await listener.close();
   });
 
+  it("captures reply context from quoted messages", async () => {
+    const onMessage = vi.fn(async (msg) => {
+      await msg.reply("pong");
+    });
+
+    const listener = await monitorWebInbox({ verbose: false, onMessage });
+    const sock = await createWaSocket();
+    const upsert = {
+      type: "notify",
+      messages: [
+        {
+          key: { id: "abc", fromMe: false, remoteJid: "999@s.whatsapp.net" },
+          message: {
+            extendedTextMessage: {
+              text: "reply",
+              contextInfo: {
+                stanzaId: "q1",
+                participant: "111@s.whatsapp.net",
+                quotedMessage: { conversation: "original" },
+              },
+            },
+          },
+          messageTimestamp: 1_700_000_000,
+          pushName: "Tester",
+        },
+      ],
+    };
+
+    sock.ev.emit("messages.upsert", upsert);
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
+
+    expect(onMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        replyToId: "q1",
+        replyToBody: "original",
+        replyToSender: "+111",
+      }),
+    );
+    expect(sock.sendMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      "999@s.whatsapp.net",
+      { text: "pong" },
+      {
+        quoted: expect.objectContaining({
+          key: expect.objectContaining({ id: "abc" }),
+        }),
+      },
+    );
+
+    await listener.close();
+  });
+
   it("captures media path for image messages", async () => {
     const onMessage = vi.fn();
     const listener = await monitorWebInbox({ verbose: false, onMessage });