Telegram on iOS crashes when browsing stickers or gifs longer than 30 second
If you open the sticker/gif panel when entering a message, flip, twist, rotate, no matter how, but view them, 15-20 seconds - the application crashes. Steps to reproduce Entering a message; Click on the…
This is not a minor annoyance. It blocks a core workflow—starting a chat or a call—from the profile screen. Shipping updates that repeatedly break basic accessibility is unacceptable and shows a disregard for blind users. With each new update, accessibility seems to get worse, not better, and it honestly feels like these scenarios aren’t being tested at all.
Especially for blind Premium subscribers who pay for Telegram, this is unfair. We’re paying customers and we do not deserve to deal with regressions that make essential parts of the app unusable. Please stop shipping accessibility regressions, restore proper focusable controls with correct labels and actions, and take accessibility QA seriously. Until this is fixed, the profile screen is effectively unusable for us.
We strongly urge Telegram to address these accessibility regressions. Restoring proper focusable controls with correct labels and actions is crucial, and we hope the upcoming updates prioritize accessibility and test these scenarios thoroughly.