Upload handler.py

app/telegram/handler.py

@@ -100,12 +100,16 @@ class TelegramHandler:
 
     def _send_message(self, chat_id: int, text: str) -> None:
         if not self.bot_token:
+            print("ERROR: BOT_TOKEN is totally empty or missing in environment variables!")
             return
         try:
-            requests.post(
+            print(f"Attempting to send message to {chat_id}...")
+            response = requests.post(
                 f"https://api.telegram.org/bot{self.bot_token}/sendMessage",
                 json={"chat_id": chat_id, "text": text, "parse_mode": "HTML"},
                 timeout=20,
             )
-        except requests.RequestException:
-            return
+            print(f"Telegram API Response: HTTP {response.status_code} - {response.text}")
+            response.raise_for_status()
+        except requests.RequestException as e:
+            print(f"Telegram Request Failed: {e}")