Clean-up client's __init__ and remove entity cache

Entity cache uses are removed. It was a source of ever-growing memory
usage that has to be reworked. This affects everything that tried to
obtain an input entity, input sender or input chat (such as the
SenderGetter or calls to _get_entity_pair). Input entities need to be
reworked in any case.

Its removal also affects the automatic cache of any raw API request.

Raise last error parameter is removed, and its behaviour made default.

The connection type parameter has been removed, since users really have
no need to change it.

A few more attributes have been made private, since users should not
mess with those.

readthedocs/misc/v2-migration-guide.rst

@@ -761,3 +761,13 @@ also mark read only supports single now. a list would just be max anyway.
 removed max id since it's not really of much use.
 
 client loop has been removed. embrace implicit loop as asyncio does now
+
+renamed some client params, and made other privates
+    timeout -> connect_timeout
+    connection_retries -> connect_retries
+    retry_delay -> connect_retry_delay
+
+sequential_updates is gone
+connection type is gone
+
+raise_last_call_error is now the default rather than ValueError

telethon/_client/auth.py

@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ async def sign_in(
     elif bot_token:
         request = _tl.fn.auth.ImportBotAuthorization(
             flags=0, bot_auth_token=bot_token,
-            api_id=self.api_id, api_hash=self.api_hash
+            api_id=self._api_id, api_hash=self._api_hash
         )
     else:
         raise ValueError('You must provide either phone and code, password, or bot_token.')
@@ -313,8 +313,6 @@ async def _update_session_state(self, user, save=True):
     Callback called whenever the login or sign up process completes.
     Returns the input user parameter.
     """
-    self._authorized = True
-
     state = await self(_tl.fn.updates.GetState())
     await _replace_session_state(
         self,
@@ -332,11 +330,11 @@ async def _update_session_state(self, user, save=True):
 
 async def _replace_session_state(self, *, save=True, **changes):
     new = dataclasses.replace(self._session_state, **changes)
-    await self.session.set_state(new)
+    await self._session.set_state(new)
     self._session_state = new
 
     if save:
-        await self.session.save()
+        await self._session.save()
 
 
 async def send_code_request(
@@ -354,7 +352,7 @@ async def send_code_request(
     else:
         try:
             result = await self(_tl.fn.auth.SendCode(
-                phone, self.api_id, self.api_hash, _tl.CodeSettings()))
+                phone, self._api_id, self._api_hash, _tl.CodeSettings()))
         except errors.AuthRestartError:
             return await self.send_code_request(phone)
 
@@ -377,7 +375,6 @@ async def log_out(self: 'TelegramClient') -> bool:
     except errors.RPCError:
         return False
 
-    self._authorized = False
     self._state_cache.reset()
 
     await self.disconnect()

telethon/_client/telegrambaseclient.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import dataclasses
 
 from .. import version, __name__ as __base_name__, _tl
 from .._crypto import rsa
-from .._misc import markdown, entitycache, statecache, enums, helpers
+from .._misc import markdown, statecache, enums, helpers
 from .._network import MTProtoSender, Connection, transports
 from .._sessions import Session, SQLiteSession, MemorySession
 from .._sessions.types import DataCenter, SessionState
@@ -71,33 +71,28 @@ def init(
         api_id: int,
         api_hash: str,
         *,
-        connection: 'typing.Type[Connection]' = (),
+        # Logging.
+        base_logger: typing.Union[str, logging.Logger] = None,
+        # Connection parameters.
         use_ipv6: bool = False,
         proxy: typing.Union[tuple, dict] = None,
         local_addr: typing.Union[str, tuple] = None,
-        timeout: int = 10,
-        request_retries: int = 5,
-        connection_retries: int = 5,
-        retry_delay: int = 1,
-        auto_reconnect: bool = True,
-        sequential_updates: bool = False,
-        flood_sleep_threshold: int = 60,
-        raise_last_call_error: bool = False,
         device_model: str = None,
         system_version: str = None,
         app_version: str = None,
         lang_code: str = 'en',
         system_lang_code: str = 'en',
-        base_logger: typing.Union[str, logging.Logger] = None,
+        # Nice-to-have.
-        receive_updates: bool = True
+        auto_reconnect: bool = True,
+        connect_timeout: int = 10,
+        connect_retries: int = 4,
+        connect_retry_delay: int = 1,
+        request_retries: int = 4,
+        flood_sleep_threshold: int = 60,
+        # Update handling.
+        receive_updates: bool = True,
 ):
-    if not api_id or not api_hash:
+    # Logging.
-        raise ValueError(
-            "Your API ID or Hash cannot be empty or None. "
-            "Refer to telethon.rtfd.io for more information.")
-
-    self._use_ipv6 = use_ipv6
-
     if isinstance(base_logger, str):
         base_logger = logging.getLogger(base_logger)
     elif not isinstance(base_logger, logging.Logger):
@@ -112,7 +107,7 @@ def init(
 
     self._log = _Loggers()
 
-    # Determine what session object we have
+    # Sessions.
     if isinstance(session, str) or session is None:
         try:
             session = SQLiteSession(session)
@@ -131,57 +126,38 @@ def init(
             'The given session must be a str or a Session instance.'
         )
 
-    self.flood_sleep_threshold = flood_sleep_threshold
+    self._session = session
-
+    # In-memory copy of the session's state to avoid a roundtrip as it contains commonly-accessed values.
-    # TODO Use AsyncClassWrapper(session)
-    # ChatGetter and SenderGetter can use the in-memory _entity_cache
-    # to avoid network access and the need for await in session files.
-    #
-    # The session files only wants the entities to persist
-    # them to disk, and to save additional useful information.
-    # TODO Session should probably return all cached
-    #      info of entities, not just the input versions
-    self.session = session
-
-    # Cache session data for convenient access
     self._session_state = None
-    self._all_dcs = None
-    self._state_cache = statecache.StateCache(None, self._log)
 
-    self._entity_cache = entitycache.EntityCache()
+    # Nice-to-have.
-    self.api_id = int(api_id)
+    self._request_retries = request_retries
-    self.api_hash = api_hash
+    self._connect_retries = connect_retries
+    self._connect_retry_delay = connect_retry_delay or 0
+    self._connect_timeout = connect_timeout
+    self.flood_sleep_threshold = flood_sleep_threshold
+    self._flood_waited_requests = {}  # prevent calls that would floodwait entirely
+    self._parse_mode = markdown
+
+    # Connection parameters.
+    if not api_id or not api_hash:
+        raise ValueError(
+            "Your API ID or Hash cannot be empty or None. "
+            "Refer to telethon.rtfd.io for more information.")
 
     if local_addr is not None:
         if use_ipv6 is False and ':' in local_addr:
-            raise TypeError(
+            raise TypeError('A local IPv6 address must only be used with `use_ipv6=True`.')
-                'A local IPv6 address must only be used with `use_ipv6=True`.'
-            )
         elif use_ipv6 is True and ':' not in local_addr:
-            raise TypeError(
+            raise TypeError('`use_ipv6=True` must only be used with a local IPv6 address.')
-                '`use_ipv6=True` must only be used with a local IPv6 address.'
-            )
 
-    self._raise_last_call_error = raise_last_call_error
+    self._transport = transports.Full()
-
+    self._use_ipv6 = use_ipv6
-    self._request_retries = request_retries
-    self._connection_retries = connection_retries
-    self._retry_delay = retry_delay or 0
-    self._proxy = proxy
     self._local_addr = local_addr
-    self._timeout = timeout
+    self._proxy = proxy
     self._auto_reconnect = auto_reconnect
-
+    self._api_id = int(api_id)
-    if connection == ():
+    self._api_hash = api_hash
-        # For now the current default remains TCP Full; may change to be "smart" if proxies are specified
-        connection = enums.ConnectionMode.FULL
-
-    self._transport = {
-        enums.ConnectionMode.FULL: transports.Full(),
-        enums.ConnectionMode.INTERMEDIATE: transports.Intermediate(),
-        enums.ConnectionMode.ABRIDGED: transports.Abridged(),
-    }[enums.ConnectionMode(connection)]
-    init_proxy = None
 
     # Used on connection. Capture the variables in a lambda since
     # exporting clients need to create this InvokeWithLayer.
@@ -196,7 +172,7 @@ def init(
     default_system_version = re.sub(r'-.+','',system.release)
 
     self._init_request = _tl.fn.InitConnection(
-        api_id=self.api_id,
+        api_id=self._api_id,
         device_model=device_model or default_device_model or 'Unknown',
         system_version=system_version or default_system_version or '1.0',
         app_version=app_version or self.__version__,
@@ -204,65 +180,26 @@ def init(
         system_lang_code=system_lang_code,
         lang_pack='',  # "langPacks are for official apps only"
         query=None,
-        proxy=init_proxy
+        proxy=None
     )
 
     self._sender = MTProtoSender(
         loggers=self._log,
-        retries=self._connection_retries,
+        retries=self._connect_retries,
-        delay=self._retry_delay,
+        delay=self._connect_retry_delay,
         auto_reconnect=self._auto_reconnect,
-        connect_timeout=self._timeout,
+        connect_timeout=self._connect_timeout,
         update_callback=self._handle_update,
         auto_reconnect_callback=self._handle_auto_reconnect
     )
 
-    # Remember flood-waited requests to avoid making them again
+    # Cache ``{dc_id: (_ExportState, MTProtoSender)}`` for all borrowed senders.
-    self._flood_waited_requests = {}
-
-    # Cache ``{dc_id: (_ExportState, MTProtoSender)}`` for all borrowed senders
     self._borrowed_senders = {}
     self._borrow_sender_lock = asyncio.Lock()
 
-    self._updates_handle = None
+    # Update handling.
-    self._last_request = time.time()
-    self._channel_pts = {}
     self._no_updates = not receive_updates
 
-    if sequential_updates:
-        self._updates_queue = asyncio.Queue()
-        self._dispatching_updates_queue = asyncio.Event()
-    else:
-        # Use a set of pending instead of a queue so we can properly
-        # terminate all pending updates on disconnect.
-        self._updates_queue = set()
-        self._dispatching_updates_queue = None
-
-    self._authorized = None  # None = unknown, False = no, True = yes
-
-    # Some further state for subclasses
-    self._event_builders = []
-
-    # Hack to workaround the fact Telegram may send album updates as
-    # different Updates when being sent from a different data center.
-    # {grouped_id: AlbumHack}
-    #
-    # FIXME: We don't bother cleaning this up because it's not really
-    #        worth it, albums are pretty rare and this only holds them
-    #        for a second at most.
-    self._albums = {}
-
-    # Default parse mode
-    self._parse_mode = markdown
-
-    # Some fields to easy signing in. Let {phone: hash} be
-    # a dictionary because the user may change their mind.
-    self._phone_code_hash = {}
-    self._phone = None
-    self._tos = None
-
-    # A place to store if channels are a megagroup or not (see `edit_admin`)
-    self._megagroup_cache = {}
 
 def get_flood_sleep_threshold(self):
     return self._flood_sleep_threshold
@@ -273,8 +210,8 @@ def set_flood_sleep_threshold(self, value):
 
 
 async def connect(self: 'TelegramClient') -> None:
-    self._all_dcs = {dc.id: dc for dc in await self.session.get_all_dc()}
+    self._all_dcs = {dc.id: dc for dc in await self._session.get_all_dc()}
-    self._session_state = await self.session.get_state()
+    self._session_state = await self._session.get_state()
 
     if self._session_state is None:
         try_fetch_user = False
@@ -347,7 +284,7 @@ async def connect(self: 'TelegramClient') -> None:
             self._all_dcs[dc.id] = DataCenter(dc.id, ip, None, dc.port, b'')
 
     for dc in self._all_dcs.values():
-        await self.session.insert_dc(dc)
+        await self._session.insert_dc(dc)
 
     if try_fetch_user:
         # If there was a previous session state, but the current user ID is 0, it means we've
@@ -357,7 +294,7 @@ async def connect(self: 'TelegramClient') -> None:
         if me:
             await self._update_session_state(me, save=False)
 
-    await self.session.save()
+    await self._session.save()
 
     self._updates_handle = asyncio.create_task(self._update_loop())
 

telethon/_client/telegramclient.py

@@ -2645,25 +2645,26 @@ class TelegramClient:
             api_id: int,
             api_hash: str,
             *,
-            connection: typing.Union[str, enums.ConnectionMode] = (),
+            # Logging.
+            base_logger: typing.Union[str, logging.Logger] = None,
+            # Connection parameters.
             use_ipv6: bool = False,
             proxy: typing.Union[tuple, dict] = None,
             local_addr: typing.Union[str, tuple] = None,
-            timeout: int = 10,
-            request_retries: int = 5,
-            connection_retries: int = 5,
-            retry_delay: int = 1,
-            auto_reconnect: bool = True,
-            sequential_updates: bool = False,
-            flood_sleep_threshold: int = 60,
-            raise_last_call_error: bool = False,
             device_model: str = None,
             system_version: str = None,
             app_version: str = None,
             lang_code: str = 'en',
             system_lang_code: str = 'en',
-            base_logger: typing.Union[str, logging.Logger] = None,
+            # Nice-to-have.
-            receive_updates: bool = True
+            auto_reconnect: bool = True,
+            connect_timeout: int = 10,
+            connect_retries: int = 4,
+            connect_retry_delay: int = 1,
+            request_retries: int = 4,
+            flood_sleep_threshold: int = 60,
+            # Update handling.
+            receive_updates: bool = True,
     ):
         telegrambaseclient.init(**locals())
 

telethon/_client/updates.py

@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ async def _update_loop(self: 'TelegramClient'):
         # Entities are not saved when they are inserted because this is a rather expensive
         # operation (default's sqlite3 takes ~0.1s to commit changes). Do it every minute
         # instead. No-op if there's nothing new.
-        await self.session.save()
+        await self._session.save()
 
         # We need to send some content-related request at least hourly
         # for Telegram to keep delivering updates, otherwise they will
@@ -231,33 +231,6 @@ async def _dispatch_queue_updates(self: 'TelegramClient'):
     self._dispatching_updates_queue.clear()
 
 async def _dispatch_update(self: 'TelegramClient', update, entities, others, channel_id, pts_date):
-    if entities:
-        rows = self._entity_cache.add(list(entities.values()))
-        if rows:
-            await self.session.insert_entities(rows)
-
-    if not self._entity_cache.ensure_cached(update):
-        # We could add a lock to not fetch the same pts twice if we are
-        # already fetching it. However this does not happen in practice,
-        # which makes sense, because different updates have different pts.
-        if self._state_cache.update(update, check_only=True):
-            # If the update doesn't have pts, fetching won't do anything.
-            # For example, UpdateUserStatus or UpdateChatUserTyping.
-            try:
-                await _get_difference(self, update, entities, channel_id, pts_date)
-            except OSError:
-                pass  # We were disconnected, that's okay
-            except RpcError:
-                # There's a high chance the request fails because we lack
-                # the channel. Because these "happen sporadically" (#1428)
-                # we should be okay (no flood waits) even if more occur.
-                pass
-            except ValueError:
-                # There is a chance that GetFullChannel and GetDifference
-                # inside the _get_difference() function will end up with
-                # ValueError("Request was unsuccessful N time(s)") for whatever reasons.
-                pass
-
     built = EventBuilderDict(self, update, entities, others)
 
     for builder, callback in self._event_builders:

telethon/_client/users.py

@@ -76,9 +76,6 @@ async def _call(self: 'TelegramClient', sender, request, ordered=False, flood_sl
                         exceptions.append(e)
                         results.append(None)
                         continue
-                    entities = self._entity_cache.add(result)
-                    if entities:
-                        await self.session.insert_entities(entities)
                     exceptions.append(None)
                     results.append(result)
                     request_index += 1
@@ -88,9 +85,6 @@ async def _call(self: 'TelegramClient', sender, request, ordered=False, flood_sl
                     return results
             else:
                 result = await future
-                entities = self._entity_cache.add(result)
-                if entities:
-                    await self.session.insert_entities(entities)
                 return result
         except ServerError as e:
             last_error = e
@@ -129,10 +123,7 @@ async def _call(self: 'TelegramClient', sender, request, ordered=False, flood_sl
                 raise
             await self._switch_dc(e.new_dc)
 
-    if self._raise_last_call_error and last_error is not None:
     raise last_error
-    raise ValueError('Request was unsuccessful {} time(s)'
-                        .format(attempt))
 
 
 async def get_me(self: 'TelegramClient', input_peer: bool = False) \
@@ -147,15 +138,12 @@ async def is_bot(self: 'TelegramClient') -> bool:
     return self._session_state.bot if self._session_state else False
 
 async def is_user_authorized(self: 'TelegramClient') -> bool:
-    if self._authorized is None:
     try:
         # Any request that requires authorization will work
         await self(_tl.fn.updates.GetState())
-            self._authorized = True
+        return True
     except RpcError:
-            self._authorized = False
+        return False
-
-    return self._authorized
 
 async def get_entity(
         self: 'TelegramClient',
@@ -236,14 +224,6 @@ async def get_input_entity(
     except TypeError:
         pass
 
-    # Next in priority is having a peer (or its ID) cached in-memory
-    try:
-        # 0x2d45687 == crc32(b'Peer')
-        if isinstance(peer, int) or peer.SUBCLASS_OF_ID == 0x2d45687:
-            return self._entity_cache[peer]
-    except (AttributeError, KeyError):
-        pass
-
     # Then come known strings that take precedence
     if peer in ('me', 'self'):
         return _tl.InputPeerSelf()
@@ -254,7 +234,7 @@ async def get_input_entity(
     except TypeError:
         pass
     else:
-        entity = await self.session.get_entity(None, peer_id)
+        entity = await self._session.get_entity(None, peer_id)
         if entity:
             if entity.ty in (Entity.USER, Entity.BOT):
                 return _tl.InputPeerUser(entity.id, entity.access_hash)

telethon/_events/album.py

@@ -165,8 +165,7 @@ class Album(EventBuilder):
 
         def _set_client(self, client):
             super()._set_client(client)
-            self._sender, self._input_sender = utils._get_entity_pair(
+            self._sender, self._input_sender = utils._get_entity_pair(self.sender_id, self._entities)
-                self.sender_id, self._entities, client._entity_cache)
 
             self.messages = [
                 _custom.Message._new(client, m, self._entities, None)

telethon/_events/callbackquery.py

@@ -166,8 +166,7 @@ class CallbackQuery(EventBuilder):
 
         def _set_client(self, client):
             super()._set_client(client)
-            self._sender, self._input_sender = utils._get_entity_pair(
+            self._sender, self._input_sender = utils._get_entity_pair(self.sender_id, self._entities)
-                self.sender_id, self._entities, client._entity_cache)
 
         @property
         def id(self):
@@ -223,9 +222,6 @@ class CallbackQuery(EventBuilder):
             self._input_sender = utils.get_input_peer(self._chat)
             if not getattr(self._input_sender, 'access_hash', True):
                 # getattr with True to handle the InputPeerSelf() case
-                try:
-                    self._input_sender = self._client._entity_cache[self._sender_id]
-                except KeyError:
                 m = await self.get_message()
                 if m:
                     self._sender = m._sender

telethon/_events/chataction.py

@@ -401,20 +401,13 @@ class ChatAction(EventBuilder):
             if self._input_users is None and self._user_ids:
                 self._input_users = []
                 for user_id in self._user_ids:
-                    # First try to get it from our entities
+                    # Try to get it from our entities
                     try:
                         self._input_users.append(utils.get_input_peer(self._entities[user_id]))
                         continue
                     except (KeyError, TypeError):
                         pass
 
-                    # If missing, try from the entity cache
-                    try:
-                        self._input_users.append(self._client._entity_cache[user_id])
-                        continue
-                    except KeyError:
-                        pass
-
             return self._input_users or []
 
         async def get_input_users(self):

telethon/_events/common.py

@@ -147,8 +147,7 @@ class EventCommon(ChatGetter, abc.ABC):
         # TODO Nuke
         self._client = client
         if self._chat_peer:
-            self._chat, self._input_chat = utils._get_entity_pair(
+            self._chat, self._input_chat = utils._get_entity_pair(self.chat_id, self._entities)
-                self.chat_id, self._entities, client._entity_cache)
         else:
             self._chat = self._input_chat = None
 

telethon/_events/inlinequery.py

@@ -98,8 +98,7 @@ class InlineQuery(EventBuilder):
 
         def _set_client(self, client):
             super()._set_client(client)
-            self._sender, self._input_sender = utils._get_entity_pair(
+            self._sender, self._input_sender = utils._get_entity_pair(self.sender_id, self._entities)
-                self.sender_id, self._entities, client._entity_cache)
 
         @property
         def id(self):

telethon/_events/userupdate.py

@@ -94,8 +94,7 @@ class UserUpdate(EventBuilder):
 
         def _set_client(self, client):
             super()._set_client(client)
-            self._sender, self._input_sender = utils._get_entity_pair(
+            self._sender, self._input_sender = utils._get_entity_pair(self.sender_id, self._entities)
-                self.sender_id, self._entities, client._entity_cache)
 
         @property
         def user(self):

telethon/_misc/utils.py

@@ -578,16 +578,12 @@ def get_input_group_call(call):
         _raise_cast_fail(call, 'InputGroupCall')
 
 
-def _get_entity_pair(entity_id, entities, cache,
+def _get_entity_pair(entity_id, entities,
                      get_input_peer=get_input_peer):
     """
     Returns ``(entity, input_entity)`` for the given entity ID.
     """
     entity = entities.get(entity_id)
-    try:
-        input_entity = cache[entity_id]
-    except KeyError:
-        # KeyError is unlikely, so another TypeError won't hurt
     try:
         input_entity = get_input_peer(entity)
     except TypeError:

telethon/types/_custom/chatgetter.py

@@ -64,12 +64,6 @@ class ChatGetter(abc.ABC):
         Note that this might not be available if the library doesn't
         have enough information available.
         """
-        if self._input_chat is None and self._chat_peer and self._client:
-            try:
-                self._input_chat = self._client._entity_cache[self._chat_peer]
-            except KeyError:
-                pass
-
         return self._input_chat
 
     async def get_input_chat(self):

telethon/types/_custom/draft.py

@@ -49,12 +49,6 @@ class Draft:
         """
         Input version of the entity.
         """
-        if not self._input_entity:
-            try:
-                self._input_entity = self._client._entity_cache[self._peer]
-            except KeyError:
-                pass
-
         return self._input_entity
 
     async def get_entity(self):

telethon/types/_custom/forward.py

@@ -35,13 +35,11 @@ class Forward(ChatGetter, SenderGetter):
             ty = helpers._entity_type(original.from_id)
             if ty == helpers._EntityType.USER:
                 sender_id = utils.get_peer_id(original.from_id)
-                sender, input_sender = utils._get_entity_pair(
+                sender, input_sender = utils._get_entity_pair(sender_id, entities)
-                    sender_id, entities, client._entity_cache)
 
             elif ty in (helpers._EntityType.CHAT, helpers._EntityType.CHANNEL):
                 peer = original.from_id
-                chat, input_chat = utils._get_entity_pair(
+                chat, input_chat = utils._get_entity_pair(utils.get_peer_id(peer), entities)
-                    utils.get_peer_id(peer), entities, client._entity_cache)
 
         # This call resets the client
         ChatGetter.__init__(self, peer, chat=chat, input_chat=input_chat)

telethon/types/_custom/message.py

@@ -435,20 +435,15 @@ class Message(ChatGetter, SenderGetter):
         if self.peer_id == _tl.PeerUser(client._session_state.user_id) and not self.fwd_from:
             self.out = True
 
-        cache = client._entity_cache
+        self._sender, self._input_sender = utils._get_entity_pair(self.sender_id, entities)
 
-        self._sender, self._input_sender = utils._get_entity_pair(
+        self._chat, self._input_chat = utils._get_entity_pair(self.chat_id, entities)
-            self.sender_id, entities, cache)
-
-        self._chat, self._input_chat = utils._get_entity_pair(
-            self.chat_id, entities, cache)
 
         if input_chat:  # This has priority
             self._input_chat = input_chat
 
         if self.via_bot_id:
-            self._via_bot, self._via_input_bot = utils._get_entity_pair(
+            self._via_bot, self._via_input_bot = utils._get_entity_pair(self.via_bot_id, entities)
-                self.via_bot_id, entities, cache)
 
         if self.fwd_from:
             self._forward = Forward(self._client, self.fwd_from, entities)
@@ -1339,9 +1334,6 @@ class Message(ChatGetter, SenderGetter):
                             raise ValueError('No input sender')
                         return bot
                     else:
-                        try:
-                            return self._client._entity_cache[self.via_bot_id]
-                        except KeyError:
                         raise ValueError('No input sender') from None
 
     def _document_by_attribute(self, kind, condition=None):

telethon/types/_custom/sendergetter.py

@@ -64,12 +64,6 @@ class SenderGetter(abc.ABC):
         Note that this might not be available if the library can't
         find the input chat, or if the message a broadcast on a channel.
         """
-        if self._input_sender is None and self._sender_id and self._client:
-            try:
-                self._input_sender = \
-                    self._client._entity_cache[self._sender_id]
-            except KeyError:
-                pass
         return self._input_sender
 
     async def get_input_sender(self):