From 634cec5ba936b0158afc6b0aa9c19e4a1596b6a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tulir Asokan <tulir@maunium.net>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:43:37 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] tomatrix: avoid multipart messages

---
 pkg/connector/tomatrix.go | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pkg/connector/tomatrix.go b/pkg/connector/tomatrix.go
index 8ef70d00..63121582 100644
--- a/pkg/connector/tomatrix.go
+++ b/pkg/connector/tomatrix.go
@@ -199,6 +199,11 @@ func (tc *TelegramClient) convertToMatrix(
 	if mediaPart != nil {
 		hasher.Write(mediaHashID)
 		cm.Parts = append(cm.Parts, mediaPart)
+		// Force stickers into images if there is a caption (usually there shouldn't be)
+		if mediaPart.Type == event.EventSticker && len(cm.Parts) == 2 {
+			mediaPart.Type = event.EventMessage
+			mediaPart.Content.MsgType = event.MsgImage
+		}
 		cm.MergeCaption()
 
 		contentURI = mediaPart.Content.URL
@@ -252,6 +257,12 @@ func (tc *TelegramClient) convertToMatrix(
 			log.Warn().Type("reply_to", replyTo).Msg("unhandled reply to type")
 		}
 	}
+	if len(cm.Parts) > 1 {
+		log.Warn().Int("part_count", len(cm.Parts)).Msg("Message has multiple parts")
+		for i, part := range cm.Parts[1:] {
+			part.ID = networkid.PartID(strconv.Itoa(i + 1))
+		}
+	}
 
 	if ttl, ok := msg.GetTTLPeriod(); ok && disappearingSetting == nil {
 		cm.Disappear = database.DisappearingSetting{