I am trying to get a fix for the telegram restricted channels.

The issue is at the end of Telegram, and not with the bot. Once I get a fix for it, it will be applied.

Edit: Update finished. See next message
Bot will go down for a quick update. It should fix the latest telegram issues.

The bot is up again. The issue fixes forwarding issues for channels with restricted forwarding.

Please let me know if there are any other issues.

Bot will go down for an update.

Estimated down time: 5 minutes

The bot is up again.

This update fixes the issues people were facing in adding INCOMING/OUTGOING chats.

Please let me know in case you are facing any issues.

For the people for whom INCOMING and OUTGOING chats can still not be added, please wait for some time before this issue gets resolved.

Please do not message in the group again about this issue

Bot going down for an update to fix the issue for users facing issues in adding incoming and outgoing chats.

Estimated downtime: 5 minutes

The bot is up again.

The update fixes issues faced by users who were not able to add incoming or outgoing chats to their config.

If your forwarding isn't working, please remove your INCOMING & OUTGOING chats, add them again and restart.

The bot will go down for an update at 5 PM IST (11:30 AM UTC).

This update will ad a much requested feature: "Forwarded from" header to the message can be enabled in the settings

The bot is up again.

New update:
Now you can use /should_forward command to change the modes of forwarding between "COPYING" and "FORWARDING".

Forwarding mode forwards the messages with "Forwarded from" header as well.

Please let me know if you face any issues.

Is @AutoForwarderHelpBot working for you?
Send

/start

command to @AutoForwarderHelpBot and check if it replies for you right now.

Please vote with 👍 or 👎 to let me know.

In case it is not working for you, please also test if @FileStreamingBot replies when you send

/start

@Auto_Forwarder_Bot will go down for an update today at 6:15 PM IST (12:45 PM UTC).

This update will improve bot performance for all the users, specially paid membership users.

The bot is up again.

This update will improve bot performance for all the users, specially paid membership users.

Please give me your feedback in the group about the latest deployment.

Downtime was about 10 minutes

New Update:

Note: You may have to /authorize once again. If you receive a message that forwarding could not be started, then please check if forwarding is working. You can ignore that message
1. Big news 🥳 - Media forwarding from forward restricted channels should work now (still not 100% reliable though).
2. If a grouped album of media is received in forward restricted channel, media will be forwarded one-by-one. This will be improved soon.
3. The problem with "Mobile number already in use" should be fixed now
4. Your forwarding will be stopped when your subscription changes (from member to free user or vice versa).
5. The /work command works better now, almost the same as /restart
Let me know if there are any issues

The bot will go down for a few minutes for a resource upgrade.

Estimated downtime: 5 minutes

The bot is back online.

This update increased the resources for premium members.
The bot will work faster, with less delay in every action.

Please let me know in case you are facing any issues

Downtime was about 5 minutes

Here is a tutorial video of how to purchase membership of @auto_forwarder_bot

Membership bot: @AutoForwarderHelpBot

Points to note:
1. After payment, wait to reach the payment confirmation page.
2. Click on the message button "Start using premium bot" to activate your subscription.

Watch the video in full to see all the things in action.

Timestamps:
1. Features and pricing explanation - 0:50
2. Using @AutoForwarderHelpBot - 1:45
3. Pricing of Basic plan - 2:14
4. Pricing of Pro plan - 2:33
5. Pricing of Super Premium plan - 3:15
6. How to pay - 4:12
7. How to pay for people from outside India - 4:43
8. How to pay for people from India - 7:27
9. Payment confirmation page - 9:28

Bot will go down for a quick update.

Expected downtime: 10 minutes

Update finished

The bot is up again.

This update features a lot of bug fixes:
1. Copying forward restricted media will get more reliable now.
2. Replying, editing, and deleting will improve
3. Better handling of flood waits by telegram
4. Better infra for premium users.

A bug was introduced in the last update which caused the bot to not reply to free users.

It has been fixed now.
Please let me know if there are any issues