diff --git a/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json b/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json
index f5430793..a38a6a41 100644
--- a/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json
+++ b/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
       "name": "claudeclaw",
       "source": "./",
       "description": "Cron-like daemon that runs Claude prompts on a schedule",
-      "version": "1.0.40",
+      "version": "1.0.41",
       "keywords": [
         "cron",
         "heartbeat",
diff --git a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index 2688e3ab..e2be5931 100644
--- a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "name": "claudeclaw",
-  "version": "1.0.40",
+  "version": "1.0.41",
   "description": "Cron-like daemon that runs Claude prompts on a schedule"
 }
diff --git a/src/commands/telegram.ts b/src/commands/telegram.ts
index fd7584cd..c38bb2bf 100644
--- a/src/commands/telegram.ts
+++ b/src/commands/telegram.ts
@@ -1449,9 +1449,13 @@ async function handleMessage(message: TelegramMessage): Promise<void> {
     let streamMsgId: number | null = null;
     let hadToolLines = false;
     if (busy) {
-      await sendMessage(config.token, chatId, "Claude is busy — try again in a moment, or use /fork for a quick parallel task.", threadId);
-      return;
-    } else {
+      // Don't drop the message — queue it behind the in-flight run. runUserMessage
+      // routes through enqueue(), which serializes per-thread (keyed by sessionKey),
+      // so messages from this chat run in order instead of being silently lost.
+      // Let the user know it's waiting rather than pretending nothing happened.
+      await sendMessage(config.token, chatId, "⏳ Claude is busy — your message is queued and will run after the current one finishes. Use /fork for a quick parallel task, or /kill to cancel what's running.", threadId);
+    }
+    {
       const stream = makeStreamCallback(config.token, chatId, threadId, { verbose });
       result = await runUserMessage("telegram", prefixedPrompt, sessionKey, undefined, stream.onChunk, stream.onToolEvent, modelOverride);
       const streamResult = await stream.waitForStreamMsg();