{
  "id": "chat.group_deleted",
  "category": "access",
  "summary": "Telegram reports that the group chat was deleted.",
  "match_any": [
    {
      "error_code": 403,
      "description_exact": "Forbidden: the group chat was deleted"
    }
  ],
  "scope": {
    "method_examples": [
      "sendMessage",
      "getChatAdministrators"
    ],
    "exhaustive": false
  },
  "possible_causes": [
    "The basic group is inactive and has no recorded supergroup replacement in this access check."
  ],
  "diagnostic_limits": "This signature is distinct from group migration and does not supply a replacement chat identifier.",
  "evidence": [
    {
      "source": "server-10.3",
      "path": "telegram-bot-api/Client.cpp",
      "lines": [
        8814,
        8829
      ],
      "note": "The inactive-group branch distinguishes a recorded migration from the deleted-group response."
    }
  ],
  "example": {
    "method": "sendMessage",
    "response": {
      "ok": false,
      "error_code": 403,
      "description": "Forbidden: the group chat was deleted"
    }
  },
  "evidence_level": "source_derived",
  "guidance": {
    "action": "retire_or_review_chat_target",
    "repeat_request": "after_relevant_change",
    "preconditions": [
      "Review the stored target and stop repeated sends; use a replacement only when it is independently established."
    ]
  }
}