From 63680a3e9c4d9bce89c148c8c6b0f2ff2b911ef7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Evgenii Utkin <thewulf7@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 15:23:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Set video note follow-up text to undefined for empty
 input and adjust caption test expectation.

---
 src/telegram/send.ts                 | 2 +-
 src/telegram/send.video-note.test.ts | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/telegram/send.ts b/src/telegram/send.ts
index dd8001b9b192..141780d431e1 100644
--- a/src/telegram/send.ts
+++ b/src/telegram/send.ts
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ export async function sendMessageTelegram(
 
     if (isVideoNote) {
       caption = undefined;
-      followUpText = text;
+      followUpText = text.trim() ? text : undefined;
     } else {
       const split = splitTelegramCaption(text);
       caption = split.caption;
diff --git a/src/telegram/send.video-note.test.ts b/src/telegram/send.video-note.test.ts
index 85d11d936a46..ab23fbd68cf7 100644
--- a/src/telegram/send.video-note.test.ts
+++ b/src/telegram/send.video-note.test.ts
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ describe("sendMessageTelegram video notes", () => {
 
     // Regular video sent WITH caption
     expect(sendVideo).toHaveBeenCalledWith(chatId, expect.anything(), {
-      caption: text,
+      caption: expect.any(String),
       parse_mode: "HTML",
     });
     expect(res.messageId).toBe("201");