diff --git a/internal/telegram/client.go b/internal/telegram/client.go
index 95750db..79c0bef 100644
--- a/internal/telegram/client.go
+++ b/internal/telegram/client.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 
 type Client struct {
 	baseURL        string
+	token          string
 	httpClient     *http.Client
 	requestTimeout time.Duration
 }
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ func IsTerminalSendError(err error) bool {
 func NewClient(token string, timeout time.Duration) *Client {
 	return &Client{
 		baseURL:        "https://api.telegram.org/bot" + token,
+		token:          token,
 		httpClient:     &http.Client{},
 		requestTimeout: timeout,
 	}
@@ -124,6 +126,20 @@ func (c *Client) SendText(ctx context.Context, chatID int64, threadID *int, text
 	return c.postJSON(ctx, "/sendMessage", payload, &result, c.requestTimeout)
 }
 
+// redactToken returns an error whose message has the bot token replaced with a
+// placeholder. It leaves the error untouched when no token is set or the token
+// does not appear in the message, so typed errors are preserved where possible.
+func (c *Client) redactToken(err error) error {
+	if err == nil || c.token == "" {
+		return err
+	}
+	msg := err.Error()
+	if !strings.Contains(msg, c.token) {
+		return err
+	}
+	return errors.New(strings.ReplaceAll(msg, c.token, "<redacted>"))
+}
+
 func (c *Client) longPollRequestTimeout(timeoutSeconds int) time.Duration {
 	telegramWait := time.Duration(timeoutSeconds) * time.Second
 	if telegramWait < 0 {
@@ -160,7 +176,10 @@ func (c *Client) postJSON(ctx context.Context, path string, payload any, target
 	}
 	res, err := httpClient.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		// Transport errors are *url.Error and embed the full request URL,
+		// which contains the bot token. Strip it before the error propagates
+		// to logs.
+		return c.redactToken(err)
 	}
 	defer res.Body.Close()
 
diff --git a/internal/telegram/client_test.go b/internal/telegram/client_test.go
index 4ab9280..c6c916a 100644
--- a/internal/telegram/client_test.go
+++ b/internal/telegram/client_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -168,6 +169,28 @@ func TestSendTextRejectsNonSuccessHTTPStatusEvenWhenEnvelopeOK(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestTransportErrorRedactsBotToken(t *testing.T) {
+	const token = "123456:super-secret-token"
+	// Port 0 is reserved and never listens, forcing a transport-level dial
+	// error whose *url.Error message embeds the token-bearing URL.
+	client := &Client{
+		baseURL:        "http://127.0.0.1:0/bot" + token,
+		token:          token,
+		httpClient:     &http.Client{},
+		requestTimeout: time.Second,
+	}
+	err := client.SendText(context.Background(), 123, nil, "hello")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected transport error, got nil")
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(err.Error(), token) {
+		t.Fatalf("error leaked bot token: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "<redacted>") {
+		t.Fatalf("error missing redaction placeholder: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestNewClientUsesConfiguredTimeoutForOrdinaryRequests(t *testing.T) {
 	client := NewClient("token", 10*time.Second)
 	if client.requestTimeout != 10*time.Second {