{
  "id": "bot.blocked_by_user",
  "category": "access",
  "summary": "The user has blocked the bot.",
  "match_any": [
    {
      "error_code": 403,
      "description_exact": "Forbidden: bot was blocked by the user"
    }
  ],
  "scope": {
    "method_examples": [
      "sendMessage"
    ],
    "exhaustive": false
  },
  "possible_causes": [
    "The recipient has blocked the bot."
  ],
  "diagnostic_limits": "The response establishes the current rejection, not that access can never be restored.",
  "evidence": [
    {
      "source": "server-10.3",
      "path": "telegram-bot-api/Client.cpp",
      "lines": [
        127,
        129
      ],
      "note": "USER_IS_BLOCKED changes both the code (to 403) and the description."
    }
  ],
  "example": {
    "method": "sendMessage",
    "response": {
      "ok": false,
      "error_code": 403,
      "description": "Forbidden: bot was blocked by the user"
    }
  },
  "evidence_level": "source_derived",
  "guidance": {
    "action": "suspend_sends_until_access_changes",
    "repeat_request": "after_access_change",
    "preconditions": [
      "Use application policy to track reachability and resume only when there is evidence that access changed."
    ]
  }
}
