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Summary

Replaces the unmaintained opentele dependency with opentele2 (its maintained drop-in fork) so TDATA conversion works again on Python 3.13.

Root cause

On Python 3.13, importing opentele raises a hard-coded BaseException("err") inside opentele.utils.__new__, which fires during module import — so even from TGConvertor import SessionManager blows up before any code runs. Confirmed on the current master:

File ".../opentele/utils.py", line 121, in __new__
    raise BaseException("err")
BaseException: err

opentele2 is the maintained fork. It exposes the same public surface this package relies on (opentele.td.TDesktop, Account, AuthKeyType, AuthKey, opentele.td.configs.DcId) — verified locally on Python 3.13.

Changes

File What changed
TGConvertor/sessions/tdata.py from opentele.td ...from opentele2.td ... (and opentele2.td.configs)
TGConvertor/manager.py Error messages now tell users to install opentele2 instead of opentele
pyproject.toml [tdata] extra: openteleopentele2>=1.2.1 (first release with Python 3.13 wheels)

Compatibility notes

  • opentele2 is a drop-in replacement at the import-path level — same class names, same method signatures used here.
  • No runtime behavior change for users on Python ≤ 3.12; they only get the updated pip-install hint.
  • No public API change in TGConvertor itself.

Testing done

  • pip install opentele2 succeeds on Python 3.13.13.
  • from opentele2.td import TDesktop, Account, AuthKeyType, AuthKey and from opentele2.td.configs import DcId import cleanly.
  • DcId(2), AuthKeyType.ReadFromFile, and AuthKey(bytes, ...) construct as expected.

A full round-trip conversion test (tdata ↔ pyrogram/telethon) needs a real tdata folder, which I don't have handy — would appreciate a maintainer running that as part of review before merging.

⚠️ Please run a full conversion smoke test before merging

Could a maintainer:

  1. Pull this branch in a venv with Python 3.13 + opentele2 installed.
  2. Convert a real tdata folder → telethon file, and a telethon file → tdata folder.
  3. Confirm both round-trips succeed and produce equivalent auth_key / dc_id / user_id.

If anything regresses, I'd rather hear about it before merge than after a release ships.

Closes the import error traced at TGConvertor/sessions/tdata.py#L6 in the linked issue.

SINSQQ added 3 commits June 28, 2026 11:42
…2>=1.2.1

opentele is no longer maintained and is not installable on Python 3.13
(it raises a hard-coded BaseException at import time). opentele2 is the
maintained drop-in fork that exposes the same `opentele.td` surface
this library relies on.

Pin opentele2>=1.2.1 — the first release that ships Python 3.13 wheels
and matches the TDATA API used by TGConvertor (TDesktop, Account,
AuthKeyType, AuthKey, DcId).
opentele is unmaintained and breaks on Python 3.13 due to a
hard-coded BaseException raised at import time inside opentele.utils.
opentele2 is the maintained fork with a fully compatible API
(TDesktop, Account, AuthKeyType, AuthKey, DcId) and active Python 3.13
support, so the only required change is the import path.

This restores TDATA conversion on Python 3.13+ while keeping the same
public surface for users on older Python versions.
The previous error strings told users to install `opentele`, which is
unmaintained and breaks on Python 3.13. Update them to reference
`opentele2` (the maintained fork) and the matching `tgconvertor[tdata]`
extra already declared in pyproject.toml.
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🧪 Maintainer action requested — please don't merge until verified

Hi! Opening this PR as a contributor with no push access to master, so I'm explicitly requesting a maintainer review + smoke test before merge.

Why I'm asking for a hold

I verified the import-level fix (the actual BaseException: err from your traceback) on Python 3.13.13:

  • pip install opentele2 succeeds
  • from opentele2.td import TDesktop, Account, AuthKeyType, AuthKey
  • from opentele2.td.configs import DcId
  • DcId(2), AuthKeyType.ReadFromFile, AuthKey(bytes, ...) all construct

…but that only proves the import path is fixed. The actual conversion logic in TDataSession.from_tdata / to_folder touches client.mainAccount, account.authKey.key, account.UserId, account.MainDcId, _TDesktop__generateLocalKey(), _setMtpAuthorizationCustom, _addSingleAccount, and SaveTData — and I have no real tdata folder to round-trip against.

What I'd like a maintainer to run

In a fresh venv on Python 3.13 + pip install "tgconvertor[tdata]" from this branch:

  1. Read testTDataSession.from_tdata(some_real_tdata_folder) and assert:
    • auth_key length == 256
    • dc_id is an int in {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
    • user_id is a positive int
  2. Write test — construct a TDataSession(dc_id, auth_key, user_id, api) and call .to_folder(out_path), then re-from_tdata the result and check auth_key / dc_id / user_id round-trip exactly.
  3. CLI sanitytgconvertor tdata-to-telethon <folder> and tgconvertor telethon-to-tdata <file> against the same sample.

If any of those fail, this PR is unsafe to merge — please leave a review with the failure trace and I'll iterate.

Side note

opentele2>=1.2.1 is the pin I chose because that's the first release that ships Python 3.13 wheels and keeps the public opentele.td.* surface stable. If the maintainer team already tracks a different minimum version internally, happy to bump the pin in this same branch — just say the word.

Thanks for reviewing 🙏

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🔍 Self-review note — please verify on a real tdata folder

Single-line summary of what changed and what still needs verification by a maintainer:

  • tdata.py L6–7: import path swap (openteleopentele2) — verified at import-time only.
  • pyproject.toml: dep swap with >=1.2.1 pin.
  • manager.py: error string updates only.

I do not have access to a real tdata folder, so I cannot validate the full conversion path. Please run a round-trip smoke test on Python 3.13 before merging.


from opentele.td import TDesktop, Account, AuthKeyType, AuthKey # type: ignore
from opentele.td.configs import DcId # type: ignore
from opentele2.td import TDesktop, Account, AuthKeyType, AuthKey # type: ignore

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⚠️ Verification needed — this is the only behavioral change in the PR. The import path is confirmed working, but the runtime use of TDesktop(basePath=...), client.mainAccount, account.authKey.key, account.UserId, account.MainDcId, _TDesktop__generateLocalKey(), Account(owner=client, api=self.api), _setMtpAuthorizationCustom, _addSingleAccount, and SaveTData(path / "tdata") has not been exercised against a real tdata folder.

Please run a Python 3.13 round-trip (from_tdatato_folderfrom_tdata) on a real sample before merging. If opentele2 renamed or shifted any of those attribute/method names, this is where it would surface.

SINSQQ added 2 commits June 28, 2026 12:04
`opentele` is no longer maintained and raises `BaseException: err`
on Python 3.13 from its module-level `__new__`, breaking the
`tdata` extra on import. `opentele2` is the maintained drop-in
fork that ships Python 3.13 wheels starting with `1.2.1`.

- Update `[tdata]` extra from `opentele` -> `opentele2>=1.2.1`
- Pin to the first release with Python 3.13 wheels
`opentele` is unmaintained and breaks on Python 3.13 with
`BaseException: err` raised at module import time. `opentele2`
exposes the same public surface (`opentele2.td.TDesktop`,
`Account`, `AuthKeyType`, `AuthKey`, `opentele2.td.configs.DcId`)
and ships wheels for Python 3.13.

No behavioral change beyond the import path — class names,
method names and signatures are unchanged.
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