Telegram Bot Deployment Issue

Good afternoon,

I'm unable to launch my Telegram bot, even though the integration between GitHub and Railway services completed successfully. The green button is showing as active. I'm a beginner and want to understand what the error might be. The integration was successful and I've verified that the token is correct.

Based on your description, here are some common issues to check since your integration and token are correct:

Common Railway Deployment Issues

Build vs. Runtime

• Railway may show green (successful build) but the bot could fail during runtime. Check the deployment logs in Railway for runtime errors.

Environment Variables

• Ensure your bot token is set as an environment variable in Railway's settings, not just in your local .env file.

• Variable name should match what your code expects (e.g., BOT_TOKEN or TELEGRAM_TOKEN).

Start Command

• Verify Railway knows how to start your bot. Check if you have a Procfile or if the start command is configured in Railway settings.

• For Python bots: should be something like python main.py or python bot.py.

Dependencies

• Confirm requirements.txt includes all necessary packages (aiogram, python-dotenv, etc.).

Port Configuration

• If Railway expects your app to listen on a port, but your bot doesn't serve HTTP, this can cause issues. Telegram bots using polling don't need ports.

Check your Railway logs first—they'll show the specific error causing the bot to fail.