[External Validation] release/release.telegram_bot_live - bot-ops

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External Validation Work Item

• Work item: external-work.8606485836475224
• Domain: release
• Category: release.telegram_bot_live
• Owner: bot-ops
• Priority: P0
• Occurrences: external.0184dd662fbb6799, external.04ddae3ef6399941, external.1427e1c3b086625a, external.1a533a66e9677ea3, external.24fc962e463dbf51, external.3586b58af484ada7, external.452b3186afb094ac, external.4ce2a200a82a867a, external.4ff868d4d11a0e36, external.506cd01d1896271b, external.5c0e84dfb2e5ffd1, external.5ea0342322c7f603, external.63415f8381ec4d6a, external.702d25a4f103eac2, external.71b3510303e3c82b, external.73b08dda356d7d57, external.7726310f1e522732, external.78e3add79d1226d2, external.7faa46a43b962924, external.92dd65c2a38e4552, external.988ccc2d6c81864f, external.c6e4b885d81eaff2, external.cc1551175323e004, external.cc7a65d26c978ff6

Required Credentials

• Bot webhook or polling access
• FATE_BOT_TOKEN
• Telegram Bot network access
• Telegram Bot token
• redacted chat test context

Required Evidence

• Bot token redacted in output
• Telegram getMe live smoke passed

Operator Commands

• bash scripts/external-validation-proof-ref-gate.sh --work-queue-json <work-queue-json> --evidence-json <proof-ref-bundle-json> --output-json <proof-ref-gate-json>
• bash scripts/live-bot-smoke.sh # requires FATE_BOT_TOKEN loaded from secret store
• bash scripts/live-release-gate.sh --run-live-bot --output-json <live-release-gate-json>
• bash scripts/live-release-gate.sh --run-live-bot --output-json <path> # requires FATE_BOT_TOKEN loaded from secret store
• bash scripts/production-readiness.sh --require-live-bot

Proof Ref Template

• Pattern: evidence://external-validation/release-telegram-bot-live/<run-id>
• Artifact hash: sha256:<64 lowercase hex artifact digest>
• Verification command: bash scripts/external-validation-proof-ref-gate.sh --work-queue-json <work-queue-json> --evidence-json <proof-ref-bundle-json> --output-json <proof-ref-gate-json>

Blocking Items

• category_live_evidence_missing
• category_live_pending
• proof_ref_missing
• stale_owner_pending

Closure Condition

Telegram Bot accepts a redacted live smoke request and returns the same report contract as API/Web.

Non-Claims

• This issue does not prove live validation has passed.
• Do not paste token, secret, DSN, endpoint URL, chat id, user input, report body or production logs.