[Python] Telegram Bot: Users removed by bot/admin land in "Removed Users" list and can't...

I'm building a Telegram bot using python-telegram-bot to manage group membership based on subscription status. When a user's subscription expires, the bot removes them from the group using ban_chat_member (optionally followed by unban_chat_member for a "kick" effect).

Problem: After removal, users appear in the "Removed Users" list in group settings. Telegram shows "Removed by + Name of Admin (Bot)". So in the end the function of a kick is not there and its going for a perma ban. Even after manually unbanning, these users cannot rejoin the group via invite links, and get instant banned again. Sometimes manual removal works, sometimes it doesn't.



async def remove_users_from_group(bot, user_ids):
for user_id in user_ids:
try:
await bot.ban_chat_member(CHANNEL_ID, user_id, until_date=int(datetime.now(timezone.utc).timestamp()) + 30)
await bot.unban_chat_member(CHANNEL_ID, user_id)
logging.info(f"User {user_id} temp remove. (Kick).")
except Exception as e:
logging.error(f"Error while removing the user. {user_id}: {e}")


What’s the problem like? Is there a solution?

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