From 9c6aa6960254c3b4942bc3763520a758d6a7198e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ProofOfConcept <poc@bcachefs.org>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2026 20:43:15 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix telegram showing as disconnected when no channels yet

---
 src/thalamus/channels.rs | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/thalamus/channels.rs b/src/thalamus/channels.rs
index 45594ec..09b1d4f 100644
--- a/src/thalamus/channels.rs
+++ b/src/thalamus/channels.rs
@@ -389,7 +389,8 @@ async fn fetch_all_channels_inner() -> Vec<(String, bool, u32)> {
         let sock = channels_dir.join(format!("{}.sock", daemon_name));
         let channels = query_one_daemon(&sock).await;
         if channels.is_empty() {
-            result.push((daemon_name, false, 0));
+            // Daemon is running but has no channels yet (e.g. telegram with no messages)
+            result.push((daemon_name, true, 0));
         } else {
             result.extend(channels);
         }