diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/bot/delivery.resolve-media-retry.test.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/bot/delivery.resolve-media-retry.test.ts
index 86d6e608dce..f54d62abe67 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/bot/delivery.resolve-media-retry.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/bot/delivery.resolve-media-retry.test.ts
@@ -200,15 +200,71 @@ describe("resolveMedia getFile retry", () => {
     },
   );
 
-  it("does not catch errors from fetchRemoteMedia (only getFile is retried)", async () => {
+  it("retries fetchRemoteMedia on transient network failure and succeeds", async () => {
     const getFile = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ file_path: "voice/file_0.oga" });
-    fetchRemoteMedia.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("download failed"));
+    fetchRemoteMedia
+      .mockRejectedValueOnce(new MockMediaFetchError("fetch_failed", "Network request failed"))
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce({
+        buffer: Buffer.from("audio"),
+        contentType: "audio/ogg",
+        fileName: "file_0.oga",
+      });
+    saveMediaBuffer.mockResolvedValueOnce({
+      path: "/tmp/file_0.oga",
+      contentType: "audio/ogg",
+    });
+
+    const promise = resolveMedia(makeCtx("voice", getFile), MAX_MEDIA_BYTES, BOT_TOKEN);
+    await flushRetryTimers();
+    const result = await promise;
+
+    expect(getFile).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(fetchRemoteMedia).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(result).toEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining({ path: "/tmp/file_0.oga", placeholder: "<media:audio>" }),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("does not retry fetchRemoteMedia on permanent http_error", async () => {
+    const getFile = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ file_path: "voice/file_0.oga" });
+    fetchRemoteMedia.mockRejectedValueOnce(
+      new MockMediaFetchError("http_error", "HTTP 404 Not Found"),
+    );
 
     await expect(
       resolveMedia(makeCtx("voice", getFile), MAX_MEDIA_BYTES, BOT_TOKEN),
-    ).rejects.toThrow("download failed");
+    ).rejects.toThrow("HTTP 404 Not Found");
 
     expect(getFile).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(fetchRemoteMedia).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it("does not retry fetchRemoteMedia on max_bytes policy violation", async () => {
+    const getFile = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ file_path: "video/large.mp4" });
+    fetchRemoteMedia.mockRejectedValueOnce(
+      new MockMediaFetchError("max_bytes", "File exceeds maximum size"),
+    );
+
+    await expect(
+      resolveMedia(makeCtx("video", getFile), MAX_MEDIA_BYTES, BOT_TOKEN),
+    ).rejects.toThrow("File exceeds maximum size");
+
+    expect(getFile).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(fetchRemoteMedia).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it("throws after fetchRemoteMedia exhausts retries on persistent network failure", async () => {
+    const getFile = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ file_path: "voice/file_0.oga" });
+    fetchRemoteMedia.mockRejectedValue(
+      new MockMediaFetchError("fetch_failed", "Network request failed"),
+    );
+
+    const promise = resolveMedia(makeCtx("voice", getFile), MAX_MEDIA_BYTES, BOT_TOKEN);
+    await flushRetryTimers();
+
+    await expect(promise).rejects.toThrow("Network request failed");
+    expect(getFile).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(fetchRemoteMedia).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
   });
 
   it("does not retry 'file is too big' error (400 Bad Request) and returns null", async () => {
diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/bot/delivery.resolve-media.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/bot/delivery.resolve-media.ts
index 2e552529dec..d096a1beb05 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/bot/delivery.resolve-media.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/bot/delivery.resolve-media.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import path from "node:path";
 import { GrammyError } from "grammy";
 import { formatErrorMessage } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/infra-runtime";
 import { retryAsync } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/infra-runtime";
-import { fetchRemoteMedia } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/media-runtime";
+import { fetchRemoteMedia, MediaFetchError } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/media-runtime";
 import { saveMediaBuffer } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/media-runtime";
 import { logVerbose, warn } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/runtime-env";
 import {
@@ -60,6 +60,27 @@ function isRetryableGetFileError(err: unknown): boolean {
   return true;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Returns true if the download error is a transient network error that should be retried.
+ * Returns false for permanent errors like HTTP 4xx, max_bytes policy violations.
+ */
+function isRetryableDownloadError(err: unknown): boolean {
+  if (err instanceof MediaFetchError) {
+    // Only retry transient fetch failures (network issues, timeouts, connection drops).
+    // Do not retry HTTP errors (4xx, 5xx) or policy violations (max_bytes).
+    return err.code === "fetch_failed";
+  }
+  // For non-MediaFetchError, check if it looks like a transient network error.
+  const msg = formatErrorMessage(err).toLowerCase();
+  return (
+    msg.includes("fetch failed") ||
+    msg.includes("network") ||
+    msg.includes("econnreset") ||
+    msg.includes("etimedout") ||
+    msg.includes("econnrefused")
+  );
+}
+
 function resolveMediaFileRef(msg: TelegramContext["message"]) {
   return (
     msg.photo?.[msg.photo.length - 1] ??
@@ -149,16 +170,29 @@ async function downloadAndSaveTelegramFile(params: {
   }
   const apiBase = resolveTelegramApiBase(params.apiRoot);
   const url = `${apiBase}/file/bot${params.token}/${params.filePath}`;
-  const fetched = await fetchRemoteMedia({
-    url,
-    fetchImpl: params.transport.sourceFetch,
-    dispatcherAttempts: params.transport.dispatcherAttempts,
-    shouldRetryFetchError: shouldRetryTelegramTransportFallback,
-    filePathHint: params.filePath,
-    maxBytes: params.maxBytes,
-    readIdleTimeoutMs: TELEGRAM_DOWNLOAD_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MS,
-    ssrfPolicy: buildTelegramMediaSsrfPolicy(params.apiRoot),
-  });
+  const fetched = await retryAsync(
+    () =>
+      fetchRemoteMedia({
+        url,
+        fetchImpl: params.transport.sourceFetch,
+        dispatcherAttempts: params.transport.dispatcherAttempts,
+        shouldRetryFetchError: shouldRetryTelegramTransportFallback,
+        filePathHint: params.filePath,
+        maxBytes: params.maxBytes,
+        readIdleTimeoutMs: TELEGRAM_DOWNLOAD_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MS,
+        ssrfPolicy: buildTelegramMediaSsrfPolicy(params.apiRoot),
+      }),
+    {
+      attempts: 3,
+      minDelayMs: 500,
+      maxDelayMs: 2000,
+      jitter: 0.2,
+      label: "telegram:downloadFile",
+      shouldRetry: isRetryableDownloadError,
+      onRetry: ({ attempt, maxAttempts }) =>
+        logVerbose(`telegram: file download retry ${attempt}/${maxAttempts}`),
+    },
+  );
   const originalName = params.telegramFileName ?? fetched.fileName ?? params.filePath;
   return saveMediaBuffer(
     fetched.buffer,