diff --git a/internal/channel/adapters/telegram/telegram.go b/internal/channel/adapters/telegram/telegram.go
index b3e79e4a..f9ff2f0e 100644
--- a/internal/channel/adapters/telegram/telegram.go
+++ b/internal/channel/adapters/telegram/telegram.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	telegramMaxMessageLength        = 4096
 	telegramMediaGroupCollectWindow = 700 * time.Millisecond
+	telegramUpdateDedupeTTL         = 10 * time.Minute
 )
 
 var (
@@ -52,6 +53,8 @@ type TelegramAdapter struct {
 	fileEndpoints map[*tgbotapi.BotAPI]string // bot instance → file endpoint format string
 	assets        assetOpener
 	streamLimiter *rate.Limiter // global rate limiter for all streaming API calls
+	seenUpdatesMu sync.Mutex
+	seenUpdates   map[string]time.Time
 }
 
 // NewTelegramAdapter creates a TelegramAdapter with the given logger.
@@ -64,6 +67,7 @@ func NewTelegramAdapter(log *slog.Logger) *TelegramAdapter {
 		bots:          make(map[string]*tgbotapi.BotAPI),
 		fileEndpoints: make(map[*tgbotapi.BotAPI]string),
 		streamLimiter: rate.NewLimiter(rate.Every(time.Second), 3), // 1 req/s sustained, burst of 3
+		seenUpdates:   make(map[string]time.Time),
 	}
 	initTelegramBotLogger(adapter.logger)
 	return adapter
@@ -371,11 +375,20 @@ func (a *TelegramAdapter) Connect(ctx context.Context, cfg channel.ChannelConfig
 				if update.Message == nil {
 					continue
 				}
+				if a.seenTelegramUpdate(cfg.ID, update.UpdateID, time.Now()) {
+					if a.logger != nil {
+						a.logger.Debug("skip duplicate telegram update",
+							slog.String("config_id", cfg.ID),
+							slog.Int("update_id", update.UpdateID),
+						)
+					}
+					continue
+				}
 				if queueMediaGroup(update.Message) {
 					continue
 				}
 				flushMediaGroupsByChat(telegramChatID(update.Message))
-				msg, ok := a.buildTelegramInboundMessage(bot, cfg, update.Message)
+				msg, ok := a.buildTelegramInboundMessage(bot, cfg, update)
 				if !ok {
 					continue
 				}
@@ -437,14 +450,20 @@ func (a *TelegramAdapter) dispatchInbound(ctx context.Context, cfg channel.Chann
 	}()
 }
 
-func (a *TelegramAdapter) buildTelegramInboundMessage(bot *tgbotapi.BotAPI, cfg channel.ChannelConfig, raw *tgbotapi.Message) (channel.InboundMessage, bool) {
+func (a *TelegramAdapter) buildTelegramInboundMessage(bot *tgbotapi.BotAPI, cfg channel.ChannelConfig, update tgbotapi.Update) (channel.InboundMessage, bool) {
+	raw := update.Message
+	if raw == nil {
+		return channel.InboundMessage{}, false
+	}
 	text := strings.TrimSpace(raw.Text)
 	caption := strings.TrimSpace(raw.Caption)
 	if text == "" && caption != "" {
 		text = caption
 	}
 	attachments := a.collectTelegramAttachments(bot, raw)
-	return a.toInboundTelegramMessage(bot, cfg, raw, text, attachments, nil)
+	return a.toInboundTelegramMessage(bot, cfg, raw, text, attachments, map[string]any{
+		"update_id": update.UpdateID,
+	})
 }
 
 func (a *TelegramAdapter) buildTelegramMediaGroupInboundMessage(
@@ -506,6 +525,33 @@ func (a *TelegramAdapter) buildTelegramMediaGroupInboundMessage(
 	return a.toInboundTelegramMessage(bot, cfg, anchor, text, attachments, metadata)
 }
 
+func (a *TelegramAdapter) seenTelegramUpdate(configID string, updateID int, now time.Time) bool {
+	if a == nil || updateID <= 0 {
+		return false
+	}
+	key := strings.TrimSpace(configID) + ":" + strconv.Itoa(updateID)
+	if key == ":" {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	cutoff := now.Add(-telegramUpdateDedupeTTL)
+
+	a.seenUpdatesMu.Lock()
+	defer a.seenUpdatesMu.Unlock()
+
+	for seenKey, seenAt := range a.seenUpdates {
+		if seenAt.Before(cutoff) {
+			delete(a.seenUpdates, seenKey)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if _, exists := a.seenUpdates[key]; exists {
+		return true
+	}
+	a.seenUpdates[key] = now
+	return false
+}
+
 func (a *TelegramAdapter) toInboundTelegramMessage(
 	bot *tgbotapi.BotAPI,
 	_ channel.ChannelConfig,
diff --git a/internal/channel/adapters/telegram/telegram_test.go b/internal/channel/adapters/telegram/telegram_test.go
index e48f2024..70e01e92 100644
--- a/internal/channel/adapters/telegram/telegram_test.go
+++ b/internal/channel/adapters/telegram/telegram_test.go
@@ -258,6 +258,62 @@ func TestBuildTelegramMediaGroupInboundMessageAggregatesAttachments(t *testing.T
 	}
 }
 
+func TestBuildTelegramInboundMessageIncludesUpdateIDMetadata(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	adapter := NewTelegramAdapter(nil)
+	bot := &tgbotapi.BotAPI{
+		Token: "test",
+		Self:  tgbotapi.User{ID: 1001, UserName: "memohbot"},
+	}
+	update := tgbotapi.Update{
+		UpdateID: 777,
+		Message: &tgbotapi.Message{
+			MessageID: 101,
+			Date:      1710000000,
+			Text:      "hello",
+			Chat:      &tgbotapi.Chat{ID: 123, Type: "private"},
+			From:      &tgbotapi.User{ID: 10, UserName: "alice"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	inbound, ok := adapter.buildTelegramInboundMessage(bot, channel.ChannelConfig{}, update)
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatal("expected inbound message")
+	}
+	if got := inbound.Metadata["update_id"]; got != 777 {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected update_id metadata: %#v", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSeenTelegramUpdate(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	adapter := NewTelegramAdapter(nil)
+	now := time.Unix(1710000000, 0)
+
+	if adapter.seenTelegramUpdate("cfg-1", 42, now) {
+		t.Fatal("first update should not be treated as duplicate")
+	}
+	if !adapter.seenTelegramUpdate("cfg-1", 42, now.Add(time.Second)) {
+		t.Fatal("second update should be treated as duplicate")
+	}
+	if adapter.seenTelegramUpdate("cfg-2", 42, now.Add(time.Second)) {
+		t.Fatal("same update_id under different config should not collide")
+	}
+	if adapter.seenTelegramUpdate("cfg-1", 43, now.Add(time.Second)) {
+		t.Fatal("different update_id should not collide")
+	}
+	if adapter.seenTelegramUpdate("cfg-1", 0, now.Add(time.Second)) {
+		t.Fatal("zero update_id should bypass dedupe")
+	}
+
+	later := now.Add(telegramUpdateDedupeTTL + time.Second)
+	if adapter.seenTelegramUpdate("cfg-1", 42, later) {
+		t.Fatal("expired dedupe entry should be accepted again")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestIsTelegramMediaGroupForChat(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()