diff --git a/internal/channel/adapters/telegram/stream.go b/internal/channel/adapters/telegram/stream.go
index 93156d05..15acdfce 100644
--- a/internal/channel/adapters/telegram/stream.go
+++ b/internal/channel/adapters/telegram/stream.go
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/memohai/memoh/internal/channel"
 )
 
-const telegramStreamEditThrottle = 350 * time.Millisecond
+const telegramStreamEditThrottle = 250 * time.Millisecond
+
+var testEditFunc func(bot *tgbotapi.BotAPI, chatID int64, msgID int, text string, parseMode string) error
 
 type telegramOutboundStream struct {
 	adapter      *TelegramAdapter
@@ -91,8 +93,22 @@ func (s *telegramOutboundStream) editStreamMessage(ctx context.Context, text str
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := editTelegramMessageText(bot, chatID, msgID, text, s.parseMode); err != nil {
-		return err
+	editErr := error(nil)
+	if testEditFunc != nil {
+		editErr = testEditFunc(bot, chatID, msgID, text, s.parseMode)
+	} else {
+		editErr = editTelegramMessageText(bot, chatID, msgID, text, s.parseMode)
+	}
+	if editErr != nil {
+		if isTelegramTooManyRequests(editErr) {
+			if d := getTelegramRetryAfter(editErr); d > 0 {
+				s.mu.Lock()
+				s.lastEditedAt = time.Now().Add(d)
+				s.mu.Unlock()
+			}
+			return nil
+		}
+		return editErr
 	}
 	s.mu.Lock()
 	s.lastEdited = text
diff --git a/internal/channel/adapters/telegram/stream_test.go b/internal/channel/adapters/telegram/stream_test.go
index 56ea4032..5a7cda8b 100644
--- a/internal/channel/adapters/telegram/stream_test.go
+++ b/internal/channel/adapters/telegram/stream_test.go
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
+	tgbotapi "github.com/go-telegram-bot-api/telegram-bot-api/v5"
 	"github.com/memohai/memoh/internal/channel"
 )
 
@@ -117,3 +119,116 @@ func TestTelegramOutboundStream_CloseContextCanceled(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Close with canceled context should return context.Canceled: %v", err)
 	}
 }
+
+// Test editStreamMessage dedup: no API call when content equals lastEdited (avoids Telegram "message is not modified" error).
+func TestEditStreamMessage_NoEditWhenSameContent(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	adapter := NewTelegramAdapter(nil)
+	s := &telegramOutboundStream{
+		adapter:      adapter,
+		streamChatID: 1,
+		streamMsgID:  1,
+		lastEdited:   "hello",
+		lastEditedAt: time.Now().Add(-time.Minute),
+	}
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		text string
+	}{
+		{"exact same", "hello"},
+		{"trimmed same", "  hello  "},
+		{"leading space", " hello"},
+		{"trailing space", "hello "},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			err := s.editStreamMessage(ctx, tt.text)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("editStreamMessage(same content) should return nil to avoid duplicate edit API call: %v", err)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEditStreamMessage_NoEditWhenMessageNotSent(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	adapter := NewTelegramAdapter(nil)
+	s := &telegramOutboundStream{adapter: adapter, streamMsgID: 0}
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	err := s.editStreamMessage(ctx, "any")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("editStreamMessage when streamMsgID==0 should return nil: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEditStreamMessage_NoEditWhenThrottled(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	adapter := NewTelegramAdapter(nil)
+	s := &telegramOutboundStream{
+		adapter:      adapter,
+		streamChatID: 1,
+		streamMsgID:  1,
+		lastEdited:   "a",
+		lastEditedAt: time.Now(), // just now, within 350ms
+	}
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	err := s.editStreamMessage(ctx, "ab")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("editStreamMessage within throttle window and no newline should skip edit and return nil: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEditStreamMessage_429SetsBackoffAndReturnsNil(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	adapter := NewTelegramAdapter(nil)
+	before := time.Now().Add(-time.Minute)
+	s := &telegramOutboundStream{
+		adapter:      adapter,
+		cfg:          channel.ChannelConfig{ID: "test", Credentials: map[string]any{"bot_token": "fake"}},
+		streamChatID: 1,
+		streamMsgID:  1,
+		lastEdited:   "a",
+		lastEditedAt: before,
+	}
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	origGetBot := getOrCreateBotForTest
+	origEdit := testEditFunc
+	getOrCreateBotForTest = func(_ *TelegramAdapter, _, _ string) (*tgbotapi.BotAPI, error) {
+		return &tgbotapi.BotAPI{Token: "fake"}, nil
+	}
+	testEditFunc = func(*tgbotapi.BotAPI, int64, int, string, string) error {
+		return tgbotapi.Error{
+			Code:               429,
+			Message:            "Too Many Requests",
+			ResponseParameters: tgbotapi.ResponseParameters{RetryAfter: 2},
+		}
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		getOrCreateBotForTest = origGetBot
+		testEditFunc = origEdit
+	}()
+
+	err := s.editStreamMessage(ctx, "b")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("editStreamMessage on 429 should return nil (backoff): %v", err)
+	}
+	s.mu.Lock()
+	lastEdited := s.lastEdited
+	lastEditedAt := s.lastEditedAt
+	s.mu.Unlock()
+	if lastEdited != "a" {
+		t.Fatalf("on 429 lastEdited should remain unchanged: got %q", lastEdited)
+	}
+	if !lastEditedAt.After(before) {
+		t.Fatalf("on 429 lastEditedAt should be pushed forward for backoff: got %v", lastEditedAt)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/channel/adapters/telegram/telegram.go b/internal/channel/adapters/telegram/telegram.go
index 1c1544de..77f2dd48 100644
--- a/internal/channel/adapters/telegram/telegram.go
+++ b/internal/channel/adapters/telegram/telegram.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package telegram
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
 	"strconv"
@@ -37,7 +38,12 @@ func NewTelegramAdapter(log *slog.Logger) *TelegramAdapter {
 	return adapter
 }
 
+var getOrCreateBotForTest func(a *TelegramAdapter, token, configID string) (*tgbotapi.BotAPI, error)
+
 func (a *TelegramAdapter) getOrCreateBot(token, configID string) (*tgbotapi.BotAPI, error) {
+	if getOrCreateBotForTest != nil {
+		return getOrCreateBotForTest(a, token, configID)
+	}
 	a.mu.RLock()
 	bot, ok := a.bots[token]
 	a.mu.RUnlock()
@@ -446,16 +452,74 @@ func sendTelegramTextReturnMessage(bot *tgbotapi.BotAPI, target string, text str
 	return chatID, messageID, nil
 }
 
+var (
+	sendEditForTest func(bot *tgbotapi.BotAPI, edit tgbotapi.EditMessageTextConfig) error
+	sleepForTest    func(time.Duration)
+)
+
 func editTelegramMessageText(bot *tgbotapi.BotAPI, chatID int64, messageID int, text string, parseMode string) error {
 	if len(text) > telegramMaxMessageLength {
 		text = text[:telegramMaxMessageLength-3] + "..."
 	}
 	edit := tgbotapi.NewEditMessageText(chatID, messageID, text)
 	edit.ParseMode = parseMode
-	_, err := bot.Send(edit)
+	send := sendEditForTest
+	if send == nil {
+		send = func(b *tgbotapi.BotAPI, e tgbotapi.EditMessageTextConfig) error { _, err := b.Send(e); return err }
+	}
+	sleep := sleepForTest
+	if sleep == nil {
+		sleep = time.Sleep
+	}
+	err := send(bot, edit)
+	if err != nil && isTelegramMessageNotModified(err) {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if err != nil && isTelegramTooManyRequests(err) {
+		if d := getTelegramRetryAfter(err); d > 0 {
+			sleep(d)
+			err = send(bot, edit)
+			if err != nil && isTelegramMessageNotModified(err) {
+				return nil
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	return err
 }
 
+func isTelegramMessageNotModified(err error) bool {
+	if err == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	var apiErr tgbotapi.Error
+	if errors.As(err, &apiErr) {
+		return apiErr.Code == 400 && strings.Contains(apiErr.Message, "message is not modified")
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func isTelegramTooManyRequests(err error) bool {
+	if err == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	var apiErr tgbotapi.Error
+	if errors.As(err, &apiErr) {
+		return apiErr.Code == 429
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func getTelegramRetryAfter(err error) time.Duration {
+	if err == nil {
+		return 0
+	}
+	var apiErr tgbotapi.Error
+	if errors.As(err, &apiErr) && apiErr.RetryAfter > 0 {
+		return time.Duration(apiErr.RetryAfter) * time.Second
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
 func sendTelegramAttachment(bot *tgbotapi.BotAPI, target string, att channel.Attachment, caption string, replyTo int, parseMode string) error {
 	urlRef := strings.TrimSpace(att.URL)
 	keyRef := strings.TrimSpace(att.PlatformKey)
diff --git a/internal/channel/adapters/telegram/telegram_test.go b/internal/channel/adapters/telegram/telegram_test.go
index b3c4ca46..8101ca7a 100644
--- a/internal/channel/adapters/telegram/telegram_test.go
+++ b/internal/channel/adapters/telegram/telegram_test.go
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ package telegram
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	tgbotapi "github.com/go-telegram-bot-api/telegram-bot-api/v5"
 	"github.com/memohai/memoh/internal/channel"
@@ -304,3 +306,109 @@ func TestTelegramAdapter_NormalizeAndResolve(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("ResolveTarget: %s", target)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestIsTelegramMessageNotModified(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	// Exact production error from Telegram API (editMessageText when content unchanged).
+	const productionMessageNotModified = "Bad Request: message is not modified: specified new message content and reply markup are exactly the same as a current content and reply markup of the message"
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		err  error
+		want bool
+	}{
+		{"nil", nil, false},
+		{"plain error", fmt.Errorf("network error"), false},
+		{"other api error", tgbotapi.Error{Code: 400, Message: "Bad Request: chat not found"}, false},
+		{"message is not modified", tgbotapi.Error{Code: 400, Message: productionMessageNotModified}, true},
+		{"production exact", tgbotapi.Error{Code: 400, Message: productionMessageNotModified}, true},
+		{"same text but code 500", tgbotapi.Error{Code: 500, Message: "message is not modified"}, false},
+		{"wrapped same", fmt.Errorf("wrapped: %w", tgbotapi.Error{Code: 400, Message: "Bad Request: message is not modified"}), true},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := isTelegramMessageNotModified(tt.err)
+			if got != tt.want {
+				t.Fatalf("isTelegramMessageNotModified() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestIsTelegramTooManyRequests(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		err  error
+		want bool
+	}{
+		{"nil", nil, false},
+		{"429", tgbotapi.Error{Code: 429, Message: "Too Many Requests"}, true},
+		{"400", tgbotapi.Error{Code: 400, Message: "Bad Request"}, false},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := isTelegramTooManyRequests(tt.err)
+			if got != tt.want {
+				t.Fatalf("isTelegramTooManyRequests() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetTelegramRetryAfter(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		err  error
+		want time.Duration
+	}{
+		{"nil", nil, 0},
+		{"no retry_after", tgbotapi.Error{Code: 429, Message: "Too Many Requests"}, 0},
+		{"retry_after 2", tgbotapi.Error{Code: 429, Message: "Too Many Requests", ResponseParameters: tgbotapi.ResponseParameters{RetryAfter: 2}}, 2 * time.Second},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := getTelegramRetryAfter(tt.err)
+			if got != tt.want {
+				t.Fatalf("getTelegramRetryAfter() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEditTelegramMessageText_429RetryThenSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	var sendCalls int
+	origSend := sendEditForTest
+	origSleep := sleepForTest
+	sendEditForTest = func(_ *tgbotapi.BotAPI, _ tgbotapi.EditMessageTextConfig) error {
+		sendCalls++
+		if sendCalls == 1 {
+			return tgbotapi.Error{
+				Code:               429,
+				Message:            "Too Many Requests",
+				ResponseParameters: tgbotapi.ResponseParameters{RetryAfter: 1},
+			}
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+	sleepForTest = func(time.Duration) {}
+	defer func() {
+		sendEditForTest = origSend
+		sleepForTest = origSleep
+	}()
+
+	bot := &tgbotapi.BotAPI{Token: "test"}
+	err := editTelegramMessageText(bot, 1, 1, "hi", "")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("editTelegramMessageText after 429 retry should return nil: %v", err)
+	}
+	if sendCalls != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("send should be called twice (first 429, then retry): got %d", sendCalls)
+	}
+}