diff --git a/src/infra/channel-summary.test.ts b/src/infra/channel-summary.test.ts
index 1a16bdc53b6..91079168602 100644
--- a/src/infra/channel-summary.test.ts
+++ b/src/infra/channel-summary.test.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,64 @@ function makeSlackHttpSummaryPlugin(): ChannelPlugin {
   };
 }
 
+function makeTelegramSummaryPlugin(params: {
+  enabled: boolean;
+  configured: boolean;
+  linked?: boolean;
+  authAgeMs?: number;
+  allowFrom?: string[];
+}): ChannelPlugin {
+  return {
+    id: "telegram",
+    meta: {
+      id: "telegram",
+      label: "Telegram",
+      selectionLabel: "Telegram",
+      docsPath: "/channels/telegram",
+      blurb: "test",
+    },
+    capabilities: { chatTypes: ["direct"] },
+    config: {
+      listAccountIds: () => ["primary"],
+      defaultAccountId: () => "primary",
+      inspectAccount: () => ({
+        accountId: "primary",
+        name: "Main Bot",
+        enabled: params.enabled,
+        configured: params.configured,
+        linked: params.linked,
+        allowFrom: params.allowFrom ?? [],
+        dmPolicy: "mutuals",
+        tokenSource: "env",
+      }),
+      resolveAccount: () => ({
+        accountId: "primary",
+        name: "Main Bot",
+        enabled: params.enabled,
+        configured: params.configured,
+        linked: params.linked,
+        allowFrom: params.allowFrom ?? [],
+        dmPolicy: "mutuals",
+        tokenSource: "env",
+      }),
+      isConfigured: (account) => Boolean((account as { configured?: boolean }).configured),
+      isEnabled: (account) => Boolean((account as { enabled?: boolean }).enabled),
+      formatAllowFrom: () => ["alice", "bob", "carol"],
+    },
+    status: {
+      buildChannelSummary: async () => ({
+        linked: params.linked,
+        configured: params.configured,
+        authAgeMs: params.authAgeMs,
+        self: { e164: "+15551234567" },
+      }),
+    },
+    actions: {
+      listActions: () => ["send"],
+    },
+  };
+}
+
 describe("buildChannelSummary", () => {
   it("preserves Slack HTTP signing-secret unavailable state from source config", async () => {
     vi.mocked(listChannelPlugins).mockReturnValue([makeSlackHttpSummaryPlugin()]);
@@ -81,4 +139,37 @@ describe("buildChannelSummary", () => {
       "  - primary (Primary) (bot:config, signing:config, secret unavailable in this command path)",
     );
   });
+
+  it("shows disabled status without configured account detail lines", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(listChannelPlugins).mockReturnValue([
+      makeTelegramSummaryPlugin({ enabled: false, configured: false }),
+    ]);
+
+    const lines = await buildChannelSummary({ channels: {} } as never, {
+      colorize: false,
+      includeAllowFrom: true,
+    });
+
+    expect(lines).toEqual(["Telegram: disabled +15551234567"]);
+  });
+
+  it("includes linked summary metadata and truncates allow-from details", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(listChannelPlugins).mockReturnValue([
+      makeTelegramSummaryPlugin({
+        enabled: true,
+        configured: true,
+        linked: true,
+        authAgeMs: 300_000,
+        allowFrom: ["alice", "bob", "carol"],
+      }),
+    ]);
+
+    const lines = await buildChannelSummary({ channels: {} } as never, {
+      colorize: false,
+      includeAllowFrom: true,
+    });
+
+    expect(lines).toContain("Telegram: linked +15551234567 auth 5m ago");
+    expect(lines).toContain("  - primary (Main Bot) (dm:mutuals, token:env, allow:alice,bob)");
+  });
 });