diff --git a/src/discord/send.permissions.ts b/src/discord/send.permissions.ts
index a360622f35d..ae09e4c29fe 100644
--- a/src/discord/send.permissions.ts
+++ b/src/discord/send.permissions.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import { normalizeDiscordToken } from "./token.js";
 const PERMISSION_ENTRIES = Object.entries(PermissionFlagsBits).filter(
   ([, value]) => typeof value === "bigint",
 );
+const ALL_PERMISSIONS = PERMISSION_ENTRIES.reduce((acc, [, value]) => acc | value, 0n);
+const ADMINISTRATOR_BIT = PermissionFlagsBits.Administrator;
 
 type DiscordClientOpts = {
   token?: string;
@@ -68,6 +70,10 @@ function bitfieldToPermissions(bitfield: bigint) {
     .toSorted();
 }
 
+function hasAdministrator(bitfield: bigint) {
+  return (bitfield & ADMINISTRATOR_BIT) === ADMINISTRATOR_BIT;
+}
+
 export function isThreadChannelType(channelType?: number) {
   return (
     channelType === ChannelType.GuildNewsThread ||
@@ -121,6 +127,17 @@ export async function fetchChannelPermissionsDiscord(
     }
   }
 
+  if (hasAdministrator(base)) {
+    return {
+      channelId,
+      guildId,
+      permissions: bitfieldToPermissions(ALL_PERMISSIONS),
+      raw: ALL_PERMISSIONS.toString(),
+      isDm: false,
+      channelType,
+    };
+  }
+
   let permissions = base;
   const overwrites =
     "permission_overwrites" in channel ? (channel.permission_overwrites ?? []) : [];
diff --git a/src/discord/send.sends-basic-channel-messages.test.ts b/src/discord/send.sends-basic-channel-messages.test.ts
index a649822adee..1e2ddeaf39c 100644
--- a/src/discord/send.sends-basic-channel-messages.test.ts
+++ b/src/discord/send.sends-basic-channel-messages.test.ts
@@ -447,6 +447,34 @@ describe("fetchChannelPermissionsDiscord", () => {
     expect(res.permissions).toContain("SendMessages");
     expect(res.isDm).toBe(false);
   });
+
+  it("treats Administrator as all permissions despite overwrites", async () => {
+    const { rest, getMock } = makeRest();
+    getMock
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce({
+        id: "chan1",
+        guild_id: "guild1",
+        permission_overwrites: [
+          {
+            id: "guild1",
+            deny: PermissionFlagsBits.ViewChannel.toString(),
+            allow: "0",
+          },
+        ],
+      })
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce({ id: "bot1" })
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce({
+        id: "guild1",
+        roles: [{ id: "guild1", permissions: PermissionFlagsBits.Administrator.toString() }],
+      })
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce({ roles: [] });
+    const res = await fetchChannelPermissionsDiscord("chan1", {
+      rest,
+      token: "t",
+    });
+    expect(res.permissions).toContain("Administrator");
+    expect(res.permissions).toContain("ViewChannel");
+  });
 });
 
 describe("readMessagesDiscord", () => {