[Python] Not receiving message updates in a particular telegram channel

I'm not receiving message updates in a particular telegram channel ( using my pyrogram script )

• Yes the channel ID is correct
• Yes I've tried using both the channel username and changing to the channel ID
• Yes my userbot( my account) is a member of the channel
• Yes I can manually forward messages from the source channel to my destination channel
• No the channel doesn't have "protected content" or "restrict forwarding" turned on

What I've tried:

• Edited my script so I can get a "new message received" for all messages in my account
• It updates me for everyother messages received in many other channels groups and private messages except the main channel I'm particularly interested in

What I want:

• To get a "New message received" from that particular channel as seen in my program
• Or to be able to extract a url from the message and / or forward the message

But all of those can't work if I don't even get the message received update

Pyrogram version 2.0.106 Python 3.12.10 This my code:

from pyrogram import Client, filters
from pyrogram.errors import RPCError

app = Client("my_account") # my_account.session already initiated

# TEMPORARILY REMOVE THE FILTERS.CHAT()
@app.on_message() # No filter here so I can listen to everything

async def debug_handler(client, message):
chat_id = message.chat.id if message.chat else "No Chat"
chat_title = message.chat.title if message.chat and message.chat.title else "No Title"

print('')
print(f"--- New Message Received ---")
print(f"Message ID: {message.id}")
print(f"Chat ID: {chat_id}")
print(f"Chat Title: {chat_title}")
print(f"From User: {message.from_user.username if message.from_user else 'N/A'}")
print(f"Message Text: {message.text[:50] if message.text else 'N/A'}...") # Print first 50 chars
print(f"Is from main: {message.chat and message.chat.id == -1001234567890}") #
print(f"--------------------------")
print('')

# Now, try to forward ONLY if it's from the target channel
target_channel_id = -1001234567890 # Replace with the actual numeric ID of my target/source channel

if message.chat and message.chat.id == target_channel_id:
try:
await message.forward("@xyz")
print(f"DEBUG: Successfully attempted to forward message {message.id} to @xyz.") # @xyz an example of my destination channel

except RPCError as e:
print(f"DEBUG: RPCError during forwarding message {message.id}: {e}")

except Exception as e:
print(f"DEBUG: Unexpected error during forwarding message {message.id}: {e}")

else:
print("DEBUG: Message not from target channel, skipping forward.")

app.run()


When I run this code, I get the expected "New message received, chat ID etc " for every other message coming in my account

Except the main channel I'm targeting

( * The many prints in my code is for ease of debugging so I can find out if and at what stage my code is having problems interacting with the channel

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