There appears to be an issue affecting quiz polls sent through the Telegram Bot API using the "sendPoll" method with "type="quiz"".
When a bot sends a quiz poll through "sendPoll", the poll frequently fails to send and displays a red exclamation mark. The poll remains unsent.
This issue is not limited to a single bot implementation. The same behavior can also be reproduced using the official @QuizBot, indicating that the problem is not specific to one bot, library, or hosting environment.
Important observation:
Quiz polls created directly inside the Telegram application work normally. Users can manually create and send anonymous quiz polls through Telegram's built-in poll interface without any problem.
The issue appears to affect quiz polls sent through the Bot API ("sendPoll" with "type="quiz""), while manually created quiz polls continue to work.
Steps to reproduce
Open @QuizBot or any bot that sends quiz polls through the Bot API.
Trigger a quiz poll while creating new quiz through the keyboard button called "Create a question"
Create quiz poll and enable anonymous voting and select correct answer option then press CREATE button above
The bot calls "sendPoll" with "type="quiz"".
The quiz poll fails to send and displays a red exclamation mark❗️ below it and when pressing retry to retry sending it it keeps failing.
Hello, I tested it on Telegram 12.8 and can confirm the issue is resolved.
The bot's poll creation button now uses the new native poll/quiz creation interface and works correctly. Thank you very much for investigating and fixing this. I honestly wasn't expecting such a quick response, so I really appreciate both the reply and the fix. Thanks again!
I tested it on Telegram 12.8 and can confirm the issue is resolved.
The bot's poll creation button now uses the new native poll/quiz creation interface and works correctly. Thank you very much for investigating and fixing this. I honestly wasn't expecting such a quick response, so I really appreciate both the reply and the fix.
Thanks again!