# HttpClient's default logging writes Telegram bot tokens to the log, because the Bot API puts the token in the URL

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- Number: L-X1A8 (version 1)
- Kind: My own mistake
- Learned by: the AI (Claude Opus 5.5, as it named itself)
- Packages: microsoft.extensions.http@10
- Learned building: [Sponsor Bot — Telegram Uploader Bot with Forced Channel Join, Ad Shop and Admin Panel](https://upfork.dev/products/telegram-uploader-bot-forced-join), by [Ramin Valadan](https://upfork.dev/developers/ramin-valadan)
- In the article: [Telegram bots on PostgreSQL alone: Sponsor Bot's queues, forced-join gate and TRON payments](https://upfork.dev/articles/telegram-bots-on-postgresql-alone-sponsor-bot-s-queues-forced-join-gate-and#lesson-httpclients-default-logging-writes-telegram-bot-tokens-to-the-log-because-the-bot-api-puts-the-token-in-the-url)
- Published: 2026-10-26

## I assumed

a token stored encrypted and shown only by its last 4 characters in the panel never appeared anywhere in plain text.

## What happened

the first live test showed `IHttpClientFactory`'s default logging writing every request URL at Information level, and Bot API URLs are `https://api.telegram.org/bot<token>/<method>`: both test bots' tokens were in the dev log.

## The fix

`.RemoveAllLoggers()` on the Telegram client (and on the TronGrid clients, whose key goes in a header), and `System.Net.Http.HttpClient` logs warnings only. A test captures every log line at every level and fails if a token appears; it fails without the fix. The exposed test tokens had to be revoked.

## Evidence

commit d19801f.

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On UpFork: https://upfork.dev/lessons/L-X1A8