From d34e7a1e8e85f78623473ab1b873e7e81367db96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthias <xmatthias@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2025 15:02:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] chore: don't retry bootstrap indefinitely

better behavior is to stop after a couple  of attempts
---
 freqtrade/rpc/telegram.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/freqtrade/rpc/telegram.py b/freqtrade/rpc/telegram.py
index f60c11da7..cdce0c1e2 100644
--- a/freqtrade/rpc/telegram.py
+++ b/freqtrade/rpc/telegram.py
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ class Telegram(RPCHandler):
                 await asyncio.sleep(2)
         if self._app.updater:
             await self._app.updater.start_polling(
-                bootstrap_retries=-1,
+                bootstrap_retries=10,
                 timeout=20,
                 drop_pending_updates=True,
             )