On July 4, Telegram’s gift purchase API began returning 500 Internal Server Errors for new gifts and 400 Bad Request responses with the code STARGIFT_USAGE_LIMITED to prevent bulk purchases and ensure fair access.

Official reports later confirmed the issue was a technical outage—not an intentional restriction—affecting bots and userbots between 18:10 and 19:35 UTC. Telegram’s team has since resolved the glitch and restored normal API operations.

source: Telegram Info Channel

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