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Use when updating TL schema layer in mtcute, fetching new Telegram API schemas, or when user asks to update the layer/schema

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Update TL Layer

Update the Telegram TL schema by fetching from multiple sources, resolving conflicts, and generating code.

Workflow

Avoid wasting time and effort on reading the scripts to understand how they work, everything you need is listed below.

1. Dry run

cd packages/core && pnpm tsx scripts/tl/fetch-api.ts --dry-run

Parse the output. It contains:

  • SCHEMAS - available sources and their layers
  • LAYER - the final layer number
  • CONFLICTS - entries needing manual resolution (with numbered options)
  • DOCS - whether cached documentation is available

2. Resolve and run

Build flags from the dry-run output:

pnpm tsx scripts/tl/fetch-api.ts \
  --resolve entryName=N \    # 0=remove, 1+ = pick option from dry-run. repeat per conflict
  --docs cached|fresh \      # use cached docs if available, or force re-fetch

You should pass --docs fresh when one of the Core/Corefork/Blogfork schemas was updated, but the cached docs are still on an older layer.

3. Process diff

pnpm tsx scripts/tl/process-diff.ts

4. Check int53 overrides

This prints a structured summary of changes: added/removed/modified classes and methods, and a list of long fields that may need int53 overrides. Check if they represent user/channel/chat IDs or file sizes — those should be int53

If there are such long fields listed, present them to the user and run the scripts/tl/add-int53-overrides.ts script to add the override to the file like so:

# ! key is the entry name, array items are the fields that need to be overridden
echo '{"class":{"user":["bot_id"],"channel":["linked_id"]},"method":{"messages.getHistory":["offset_id"]}}' | pnpm tsx scripts/tl/add-int53-overrides.ts

Verify that there were no [warn] messages regarding the overrides you just added.

5. Generate code

pnpm run gen-tl

6. Update compat layer

If constructors changed ID or were removed, update packages/core/src/utils/binary/compat.ts:

  • Add new case entries in mapCompatObject and type-specific mappers for old constructor names (e.g. user_layer225)
  • Map old fields to new structure, filling in defaults for new required fields
  • If a constructor was removed, try to find the closest replacement, whenever possible

7. Update high-level types

Based on the diff, update these files for new/changed TL types:

New message actions: Add interfaces + switch cases in packages/core/src/highlevel/types/messages/message-action.ts (_messageActionFromTl). Also add new types to the MessageAction union.

New chat event actions: Add interfaces + switch cases in packages/core/src/highlevel/types/peers/chat-event/actions.ts (_actionFromTl). Also add new types to the ChatAction union.

New message fields: Update packages/core/src/highlevel/types/messages/message.ts (the Message class).

New user/chat fields: Update as needed:

  • packages/core/src/highlevel/types/peers/user.ts (User class, wraps user type)
  • packages/core/src/highlevel/types/peers/full-user.ts (FullUser class, wraps userFull type)
  • packages/core/src/highlevel/types/peers/chat.ts (Chat class, wraps chat, chatForbidden, channel, channelForbidden types)
  • packages/core/src/highlevel/types/peers/full-chat.ts (FullChat class, wraps chatFull and channelFull types)

8. Other follow-ups

Message-related updates: If Update-related types changed (including messageAction*, messageMedia*, messageReply*Header, messageForwardHeader, messageEntity*), update _fetchMissingPeers in the updates manager to handle new fields.

Peer-related updates: If user or channel changed, update service/peers.ts min-updating logic for new fields.

9. Verify

Note: all these tasks may take a long time, use timeout=5m for each to avoid issues

# typecheck and fix any type errors (note: workspace-wide `tsc` is broken, avoid using it, use `lint:tsc` script instead)
pnpm run -w lint:tsc

# run eslint, fix any remaining linting issues
pnpm run -w lint:ci --fix

# run tests
pnpm run -w test

10. Summary

  • Present the summary of changes in the schema to the user
  • Present your changes in the code to the user