Toggling forum option is shown for broadcast groups

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#31,337 opened on Sep 18, 2026 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Assessment

Difficulty: 2/5
Estimated time: 1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness: 72/100

Issue type: Bug
Clarity: Clearly specified
Activity status: Active
Tech stack: cpp
Domain: desktop

Research direction

Reproduce the issue in Telegram Desktop 7.1.5 by opening settings for an owned broadcast group and checking the topics option. Trace the settings UI entry point for the topics option and the group-type check, then verify that the option is absent for broadcast groups and that other group types remain unaffected.

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Description

bug

Steps to reproduce

Open settings for a broadcast group you are an owner of
Scroll down to the topics option and check if it exists

Expected behaviour

The option is not shown for broadcast groups

Actual behaviour

The option is shown for broadcast groups, and enabling it shows an an error "CHAT_GIGAGROUP_UNALLOWED"

Operating system

Fedora workstation 44 GNOME

Version of Telegram Desktop

7.1.5

Installation source

Flatpak

Crash ID

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