Maliciously altered animations can trigger bugs upon rendering. Go to > Data and Storage . Scroll down to Autoplay Media and disable GIFs and Videos . 3. Restrict Who Can Add You to Groups

To summarize:

| Bug Category | Description & Impact | | :--- | :--- | | | A known issue caused client crashes when users joined groups where "Send messages" and "Send media" permissions were disabled, forcing the app to close immediately on Windows or macOS. | | Text & Input Parsing | Several parsing errors have led to crashes. For instance, editing a message with Cyrillic characters caused the macOS client to crash with an exception, and sending an oversized message payload could trigger a denial-of-service. | | Media Processing | Similar to the major sticker bug, other media-processing flaws could cause severe crashes. One issue involved a channel scroll causing a “bad memory access” crash, often resolved by clearing the app's cache. | | Right-Click Context Menus | A common source of instability came from the right-click context menu. Reports detailed that right-clicking on certain messages in a group would consistently crash the Telegram Desktop client. | | Account Switching & General Use | Unexpected behavior has also been a cause. Swinging between multiple accounts on Telegram Desktop sometimes caused a crash. A notable update (Version 6.6) caused the app to close every time a user opened any chat, forcing users to revert to an older version. |

Go to Settings > Apps > Telegram > Storage > Clear Cache .

Ensure your Android or iOS is fully updated to avoid compatibility issues.

Affected users often exhibit:

Telegram is not alone in facing this issue; nearly every major messaging platform has suffered from similar exploits: