diff --git a/src/telegram/send.caption-split.test.ts b/src/telegram/send.caption-split.test.ts
index 7911e289082..564f3138880 100644
--- a/src/telegram/send.caption-split.test.ts
+++ b/src/telegram/send.caption-split.test.ts
@@ -1,59 +1,16 @@
-import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import {
+  getTelegramSendTestMocks,
+  importTelegramSendModule,
+  installTelegramSendTestHooks,
+} from "./send.test-harness.js";
 
-const { botApi, botCtorSpy } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
-  botApi: {
-    sendMessage: vi.fn(),
-    sendPhoto: vi.fn(),
-  },
-  botCtorSpy: vi.fn(),
-}));
+installTelegramSendTestHooks();
 
-const { loadWebMedia } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
-  loadWebMedia: vi.fn(),
-}));
-
-vi.mock("../web/media.js", () => ({
-  loadWebMedia,
-}));
-
-vi.mock("grammy", () => ({
-  Bot: class {
-    api = botApi;
-    catch = vi.fn();
-    constructor(
-      public token: string,
-      public options?: {
-        client?: { fetch?: typeof fetch; timeoutSeconds?: number };
-      },
-    ) {
-      botCtorSpy(token, options);
-    }
-  },
-  InputFile: class {},
-}));
-
-const { loadConfig } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
-  loadConfig: vi.fn(() => ({})),
-}));
-vi.mock("../config/config.js", async (importOriginal) => {
-  const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import("../config/config.js")>();
-  return {
-    ...actual,
-    loadConfig,
-  };
-});
-
-import { sendMessageTelegram } from "./send.js";
+const { loadWebMedia } = getTelegramSendTestMocks();
+const { sendMessageTelegram } = await importTelegramSendModule();
 
 describe("sendMessageTelegram caption splitting", () => {
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    loadConfig.mockReturnValue({});
-    loadWebMedia.mockReset();
-    botApi.sendMessage.mockReset();
-    botApi.sendPhoto.mockReset();
-    botCtorSpy.mockReset();
-  });
-
   it("splits long captions into media + text messages when text exceeds 1024 chars", async () => {
     const chatId = "123";
     // Generate text longer than 1024 characters
diff --git a/src/telegram/send.returns-undefined-empty-input.test.ts b/src/telegram/send.returns-undefined-empty-input.test.ts
index b73a3292684..d0d9eb7cd47 100644
--- a/src/telegram/send.returns-undefined-empty-input.test.ts
+++ b/src/telegram/send.returns-undefined-empty-input.test.ts
@@ -1,50 +1,15 @@
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import {
+  getTelegramSendTestMocks,
+  importTelegramSendModule,
+  installTelegramSendTestHooks,
+} from "./send.test-harness.js";
 
-const { botApi, botCtorSpy } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
-  botApi: {
-    sendMessage: vi.fn(),
-    setMessageReaction: vi.fn(),
-    sendSticker: vi.fn(),
-  },
-  botCtorSpy: vi.fn(),
-}));
+installTelegramSendTestHooks();
 
-const { loadWebMedia } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
-  loadWebMedia: vi.fn(),
-}));
-
-vi.mock("../web/media.js", () => ({
-  loadWebMedia,
-}));
-
-vi.mock("grammy", () => ({
-  Bot: class {
-    api = botApi;
-    catch = vi.fn();
-    constructor(
-      public token: string,
-      public options?: {
-        client?: { fetch?: typeof fetch; timeoutSeconds?: number };
-      },
-    ) {
-      botCtorSpy(token, options);
-    }
-  },
-  InputFile: class {},
-}));
-
-const { loadConfig } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
-  loadConfig: vi.fn(() => ({})),
-}));
-vi.mock("../config/config.js", async (importOriginal) => {
-  const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import("../config/config.js")>();
-  return {
-    ...actual,
-    loadConfig,
-  };
-});
-
-import { buildInlineKeyboard, sendMessageTelegram, sendStickerTelegram } from "./send.js";
+const { botApi, botCtorSpy, loadConfig, loadWebMedia } = getTelegramSendTestMocks();
+const { buildInlineKeyboard, sendMessageTelegram, sendStickerTelegram } =
+  await importTelegramSendModule();
 
 describe("buildInlineKeyboard", () => {
   it("returns undefined for empty input", () => {
@@ -87,13 +52,6 @@ describe("buildInlineKeyboard", () => {
 });
 
 describe("sendMessageTelegram", () => {
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    loadConfig.mockReturnValue({});
-    loadWebMedia.mockReset();
-    botApi.sendMessage.mockReset();
-    botCtorSpy.mockReset();
-  });
-
   it("passes timeoutSeconds to grammY client when configured", async () => {
     loadConfig.mockReturnValue({
       channels: { telegram: { timeoutSeconds: 60 } },
diff --git a/src/telegram/send.test-harness.ts b/src/telegram/send.test-harness.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..79d05ded658
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/telegram/send.test-harness.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import { beforeEach, vi } from "vitest";
+
+const { botApi, botCtorSpy } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  botApi: {
+    sendMessage: vi.fn(),
+    sendPhoto: vi.fn(),
+    sendVideo: vi.fn(),
+    sendVideoNote: vi.fn(),
+    setMessageReaction: vi.fn(),
+    sendSticker: vi.fn(),
+  },
+  botCtorSpy: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+const { loadWebMedia } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  loadWebMedia: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+const { loadConfig } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  loadConfig: vi.fn(() => ({})),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("../web/media.js", () => ({
+  loadWebMedia,
+}));
+
+vi.mock("grammy", () => ({
+  Bot: class {
+    api = botApi;
+    catch = vi.fn();
+    constructor(
+      public token: string,
+      public options?: {
+        client?: { fetch?: typeof fetch; timeoutSeconds?: number };
+      },
+    ) {
+      botCtorSpy(token, options);
+    }
+  },
+  InputFile: class {},
+}));
+
+vi.mock("../config/config.js", async (importOriginal) => {
+  const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import("../config/config.js")>();
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    loadConfig,
+  };
+});
+
+export function getTelegramSendTestMocks() {
+  return { botApi, botCtorSpy, loadConfig, loadWebMedia };
+}
+
+export function installTelegramSendTestHooks() {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    loadConfig.mockReturnValue({});
+    loadWebMedia.mockReset();
+    botCtorSpy.mockReset();
+    for (const fn of Object.values(botApi)) {
+      fn.mockReset();
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+export async function importTelegramSendModule() {
+  return await import("./send.js");
+}
diff --git a/src/telegram/send.video-note.test.ts b/src/telegram/send.video-note.test.ts
index 6a42305f6a0..6924bad2170 100644
--- a/src/telegram/send.video-note.test.ts
+++ b/src/telegram/send.video-note.test.ts
@@ -1,61 +1,16 @@
-import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import {
+  getTelegramSendTestMocks,
+  importTelegramSendModule,
+  installTelegramSendTestHooks,
+} from "./send.test-harness.js";
 
-const { botApi, botCtorSpy } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
-  botApi: {
-    sendMessage: vi.fn(),
-    sendVideo: vi.fn(),
-    sendVideoNote: vi.fn(),
-  },
-  botCtorSpy: vi.fn(),
-}));
+installTelegramSendTestHooks();
 
-const { loadWebMedia } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
-  loadWebMedia: vi.fn(),
-}));
-
-vi.mock("../web/media.js", () => ({
-  loadWebMedia,
-}));
-
-vi.mock("grammy", () => ({
-  Bot: class {
-    api = botApi;
-    catch = vi.fn();
-    constructor(
-      public token: string,
-      public options?: {
-        client?: { fetch?: typeof fetch; timeoutSeconds?: number };
-      },
-    ) {
-      botCtorSpy(token, options);
-    }
-  },
-  InputFile: class {},
-}));
-
-const { loadConfig } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
-  loadConfig: vi.fn(() => ({})),
-}));
-vi.mock("../config/config.js", async (importOriginal) => {
-  const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import("../config/config.js")>();
-  return {
-    ...actual,
-    loadConfig,
-  };
-});
-
-import { sendMessageTelegram } from "./send.js";
+const { loadWebMedia } = getTelegramSendTestMocks();
+const { sendMessageTelegram } = await importTelegramSendModule();
 
 describe("sendMessageTelegram video notes", () => {
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    loadConfig.mockReturnValue({});
-    loadWebMedia.mockReset();
-    botApi.sendMessage.mockReset();
-    botApi.sendVideo.mockReset();
-    botApi.sendVideoNote.mockReset();
-    botCtorSpy.mockReset();
-  });
-
   it("sends video as video note when asVideoNote is true", async () => {
     const chatId = "123";
     const text = "ignored caption context"; // Should be sent separately