On iOS Telegram no longer shows preview of TikTok videos

[djlukic]

Checklist

• I am reporting an issue in existing functionality that does not work as intended
• I've searched for existing GitHub issues

Description

Describe the issue that you are experiencing

Since a month or two ago Telegram can no longer show a preview of TikTok videos. Link stays in a form of link and does not expand to preview. This is not a case with other messengers such as Signal that can preview TikTok videos just fine.

Expected Behavior

Tell us what should happen

It should show a preview of the video.

Actual Behavior

Tell us what happens instead

Steps to Reproduce

1. Share a TikTok video as a link
2. Paste into Telegram chat
3. It does not show a preview.

Environment

Device: iPhone 15 Pro

iOS version: 26.4

App version: 12.6.1