python-telegram-bot · Vamp1reAchao · Aug 13, 2026 · harshil21 · Aug 13, 2026 · harshil21
diff --git a/changes/unreleased/rate-limit-args-zero.toml b/changes/unreleased/rate-limit-args-zero.toml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+bugfixes = "Respect an explicit rate_limit_args=0 in AIORateLimiter"
diff --git a/src/telegram/ext/_aioratelimiter.py b/src/telegram/ext/_aioratelimiter.py
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ async def process_request(
                 retries to be made in case of a :exc:`~telegram.error.RetryAfter` exception.
                 Defaults to :paramref:`AIORateLimiter.max_retries`.
         """
-        max_retries = rate_limit_args or self._max_retries
+        max_retries = self._max_retries if rate_limit_args is None else rate_limit_args
 
         group: int | str | bool = False
         chat: bool = False

diff --git a/tests/ext/test_ratelimiter.py b/tests/ext/test_ratelimiter.py
@@ -238,6 +238,19 @@ async def test_max_retries(self, bot, max_retries):
         delays = [j - i for i, j in itertools.pairwise(times)]
         assert delays == pytest.approx([1.1 for _ in range(max_retries)], rel=0.05)
 
+    async def test_rate_limit_args_zero_overrides_default_max_retries(self, bot):
+        bot = ExtBot(
+            token=bot.token,
+            request=self.CountRequest(retry_after=1),
+            rate_limiter=AIORateLimiter(
+                max_retries=1, overall_max_rate=0, group_max_rate=0
+            ),
+        )
+        with pytest.raises(RetryAfter):
+            await bot.get_me(rate_limit_args=0)
+
+        assert TestAIORateLimiter.count == 1
+
     async def test_delay_all_pending_on_retry(self, bot):
         # Makes sure that a RetryAfter blocks *all* pending requests
         bot = ExtBot(
@@ -344,7 +357,6 @@ async def test_rate_limiting_no_chat_id(self, bot):
                 assert all(task.done() for task in non_chat_tasks.values())
                 assert all(task.done() for task in chat_tasks.values())
         finally:
-            # cleanup
             await asyncio.gather(*non_chat_tasks.values(), *chat_tasks.values())
             TestAIORateLimiter.count = 0
             TestAIORateLimiter.call_times = []
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		bugfixes = "Respect an explicit rate_limit_args=0 in AIORateLimiter"
harshil21 Aug 13, 2026 Copy link Copy Markdown Member Choose a reason for hiding this comment The reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more. The file is missing a few more attributes, can you look at the other .tomls and update this?