Treat messages.affected* as updateDeleteMessages

client/src/telethon/_impl/mtproto/mtp/encrypted.py

@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ from ...tl.types import (
     UpdateShortSentMessage,
     UpdatesTooLong,
 )
+from ...tl.types.messages import (
+    AffectedFoundMessages,
+    AffectedHistory,
+    AffectedMessages,
+)
 from ..utils import (
     CONTAINER_MAX_LENGTH,
     CONTAINER_MAX_SIZE,
@@ -69,6 +74,9 @@ UPDATE_IDS = {
     UpdateShortMessage.constructor_id(),
     UpdateShortSentMessage.constructor_id(),
     UpdatesTooLong.constructor_id(),
+    AffectedFoundMessages.constructor_id(),
+    AffectedHistory.constructor_id(),
+    AffectedMessages.constructor_id(),
 }
 
 HEADER_LEN = 8 + 8  # salt, client_id

client/src/telethon/_impl/mtsender/sender.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import time
 from abc import ABC
 from asyncio import FIRST_COMPLETED, Event, Future
 from dataclasses import dataclass
-from typing import Generic, List, Optional, Protocol, Self, Tuple, TypeVar
+from typing import Generic, List, Optional, Protocol, Self, Tuple, Type, TypeVar
 
 from ..crypto import AuthKey
 from ..mtproto import (
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ from ..mtproto import (
 )
 from ..tl import Request as RemoteCall
 from ..tl.abcs import Updates
+from ..tl.core import Serializable
 from ..tl.mtproto.functions import ping_delay_disconnect
+from ..tl.types import UpdateDeleteMessages, UpdateShort
+from ..tl.types.messages import AffectedFoundMessages, AffectedHistory, AffectedMessages
 
 MAXIMUM_DATA = (1024 * 1024) + (8 * 1024)
 
@@ -315,12 +318,41 @@ class Sender:
             try:
                 u = Updates.from_bytes(update)
             except ValueError:
-                self._logger.warning(
+                cid = struct.unpack_from("I", update)[0]
-                    "failed to deserialize incoming update; make sure the session is not in use elsewhere: %s",
+                alt_classes: Tuple[Type[Serializable], ...] = (
-                    update.hex(),
+                    AffectedFoundMessages,
+                    AffectedHistory,
+                    AffectedMessages,
                 )
-            else:
+                for cls in alt_classes:
-                updates.append(u)
+                    if cid == cls.constructor_id():
+                        affected = cls.from_bytes(update)
+                        # mypy struggles with the types here quite a bit
+                        assert isinstance(
+                            affected,
+                            (
+                                AffectedFoundMessages,
+                                AffectedHistory,
+                                AffectedMessages,
+                            ),
+                        )
+                        u = UpdateShort(
+                            update=UpdateDeleteMessages(
+                                messages=[],
+                                pts=affected.pts,
+                                pts_count=affected.pts_count,
+                            ),
+                            date=0,
+                        )
+                        break
+                else:
+                    self._logger.warning(
+                        "failed to deserialize incoming update; make sure the session is not in use elsewhere: %s",
+                        update.hex(),
+                    )
+                    continue
+
+            updates.append(u)
 
         for msg_id, ret in result.rpc_results:
             for i, req in enumerate(self._requests):

client/src/telethon/_impl/session/message_box/defs.py

@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ class Gap(ValueError):
         return "Gap()"
 
 
+NO_DATE = 0  # used on adapted messages.affected* from lower layers
 NO_SEQ = 0
 
 NO_PTS = 0

client/src/telethon/_impl/session/message_box/messagebox.py

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from .defs import (
     ENTRY_ACCOUNT,
     ENTRY_SECRET,
     LOG_LEVEL_TRACE,
+    NO_DATE,
     NO_PTS,
     NO_SEQ,
     NO_UPDATES_TIMEOUT,
@@ -294,9 +295,10 @@ class MessageBox:
         if any_pts_applied:
             if __debug__:
                 self._trace("updating seq as local pts was updated too")
-            self.date = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(
+            if combined.date != NO_DATE:
-                combined.date, tz=datetime.timezone.utc
+                self.date = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(
-            )
+                    combined.date, tz=datetime.timezone.utc
+                )
             if combined.seq != NO_SEQ:
                 self.seq = combined.seq
 

client/src/telethon/_impl/tl/core/reader.py

@@ -82,9 +82,8 @@ class Reader:
         assert self._pos <= self._len
         cid = struct.unpack("<I", self._view[self._pos - 4 : self._pos])[0]
         ty = self._get_ty(cid)
-        if ty is None:
+        if ty is None or not issubclass(ty, cls):
-            raise ValueError(f"No type found for constructor ID: {cid:x}")
+            raise ValueError(f"No type found for constructor ID of {cls}: {cid:x}")
-        assert issubclass(ty, cls)
         return ty._read_from(self)