Bot API 9.2

Direct Messages in Channels
• Introduced Channel Direct Messages Chats, allowing bots to send and detect Direct Messages in channels they manage.
• Bots can now identify direct messages chats and their parent channel.
• Bots now additionally receive topic metadata for direct messages.

Suggested Posts
• Introduced full support for Suggested Posts in channels, unlocking granular automations via bots with sufficient rights.
• Bots can now detect, send, approve and decline suggested posts, with detailed price and date options.
• All relevant service messages are supported – including approvals, errors, declines, successful payments and refunds.

Checklists
• Bots can now reply directly to individual checklist tasks.

Gifts
• Gifts can now expose their publisher chat for attribution.

• And more, see the full changelog for details:

https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#august-15-2025