responding
2. I don't know how to check if it still gets the updates
3. I don't know what u mean by reaching the API
4. Which servers should I ping?
5. I don't know how to use curl to check the API's answer
4) ping api.telegram.org 5) curl https://api.telegram.org/bot<token>/getMe
{"ok":true,"result":{"id":1450996414,"is_bot":true,"first_name":"\u0631\u0648\u0628\u0627\u062a \u0635\u0631\u0627\u0641\u06cc \u06a9\u06cc\u0647\u0627\u0646","username":"Kayexbot","can_join_groups":false,"can_read_all_group_messages":false,"supports_inline_queries":false}}
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