# Unrecognized BridgeDistribution value “telegram”

**URL:** https://forum.torproject.org/t/unrecognized-bridgedistribution-value-telegram/21570
**Category:** Relay Operator
**Tags:** webtunnel, bridge
**Created:** [May 10, 2026, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/unrecognized-bridgedistribution-value-telegram/21570 "2026-05-10T14:30:26Z")
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### Author: ![lars-skuggi](https://forum.torproject.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/8baadc/32.png) [@lars-skuggi](https://forum.torproject.org/u/lars-skuggi)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2026, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/unrecognized-bridgedistribution-value-telegram/21570/1 "2026-05-10T14:30:26Z")

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Hi,

since latest tor update to 0.4.9.8 I see this strange message in the tor logs of my WebTunnel bridge:

`May 10 12:55:57 [scrubbed] Tor[986]: Unrecognized BridgeDistribution value “telegram”. I’ll assume you know what you are doing…`

I’m pretty sure I’ve never seen this before.

Interesting enough the website [metrics.torproject.org](http://metrics.torproject.org) lists the bridge like this:

```auto
Transport protocols 

webtunnel

 Bridge distribution mechanism 

telegram 

```

And `telegram` is a valid value for `BridgeDistribution` according to the documentation. So…what’s going on here?

Lars