Get when your recipient read your outgoing message in a private chat. Returns null/Not read yet if unread. Errors if the other side disabled read receipts (YOUR_PRIVACY_RESTRICTED / USER_PRIVACY_RESTRICTED).
AI agents call telegram-get-outbox-read-date to retrieve information from MCP-Telegram without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This is a data retrieval operation that queries metadata about message read receipts. While it only reads information, the severity is elevated to 'medium' because: (1) it operates within a userbot context with full account access, (2) inferring read receipts can reveal behavioral patterns and user activity timing that may be privacy-sensitive, and (3) systematic use could profile contacts' online behavior.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves message read status data ('Get when your recipient read your outgoing message') without modifying, deleting, or executing actions. Returns read timestamps or null for unread messages.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access telegram-get-outbox-read-date gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and MCP-Telegram, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for telegram-get-outbox-read-date:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"telegram-get-outbox-read-date": {}
}
}telegram-get-outbox-read-date is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get when your recipient read your outgoing message in a private chat. Returns null/Not read yet if unread. Errors if the other side disabled read receipts (YOUR_PRIVACY_RESTRICTED / USER_PRIVACY_RESTRICTED). It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP-Telegram MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP-Telegram MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for telegram-get-outbox-read-date: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches MCP-Telegram. Nothing to install.
telegram-get-outbox-read-date is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the telegram-get-outbox-read-date rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for telegram-get-outbox-read-date. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
telegram-get-outbox-read-date is provided by the MCP-Telegram MCP server (mcp-telegram/mcp-telegram). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from MCP-Telegram, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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