diff --git a/gateway/platforms/base.py b/gateway/platforms/base.py
index a37240b4cc..5bb855b722 100644
--- a/gateway/platforms/base.py
+++ b/gateway/platforms/base.py
@@ -285,19 +285,24 @@ def should_bypass_proxy(target_hosts: str | list[str] | tuple[str, ...] | set[st
 
 def resolve_proxy_url(
     platform_env_var: str | None = None, *,
-    target_hosts: str | list[str] | tuple[str, ...] | set[str] | None = None) -> str | None:
-    """Proxy URL: *platform_env_var* (e.g. ``DISCORD_PROXY``) first, then HTTPS_PROXY /
-    HTTP_PROXY / ALL_PROXY (any case), then the macOS system proxy — the latter two only when
-    ``gateway.trust_env`` is true. None when nothing is found or NO_PROXY matches a target.
+    target_hosts: str | list[str] | tuple[str, ...] | set[str] | None = None,
+    configured: str | None = None) -> str | None:
+    """Proxy URL: *platform_env_var* (e.g. ``DISCORD_PROXY``) first, then the adapter's own YAML
+    value *configured* (``telegram.proxy_url``), then HTTPS_PROXY / HTTP_PROXY / ALL_PROXY (any
+    case), then the macOS system proxy — the latter two only when ``gateway.trust_env`` is true.
+    None when nothing is found or NO_PROXY matches a target.
 
     *platform_env_var* is a per-adapter, per-profile-configurable setting (each proxy URL can
     embed credentials, e.g. ``http://user:pass@host``) so it is read scope-aware: under a
     secondary multiplex profile it comes from that profile's own ``.env``, not the shared
-    process env another profile's ``TELEGRAM_PROXY``/``DISCORD_PROXY``/etc. may hold. The
-    generic ``HTTPS_PROXY``/``HTTP_PROXY``/``ALL_PROXY`` fallback stays a raw process-env read —
-    those are OS/system-level network settings, not a per-profile Hermes concept."""
+    process env another profile's ``TELEGRAM_PROXY``/``DISCORD_PROXY``/etc. may hold; the YAML
+    value is the same profile's, so a secondary keeps its configured route without any env
+    bridge (#108440). The generic ``HTTPS_PROXY``/``HTTP_PROXY``/``ALL_PROXY`` fallback stays a raw
+    process-env read — those are OS/system-level network settings, not a per-profile Hermes concept."""
     from gateway.platforms._shared import get_scoped_secret as _get_scoped_proxy_var
     value = (_get_scoped_proxy_var(platform_env_var, "") or "").strip() if platform_env_var else ""
+    if not value:
+        value = str(configured or "").strip()
     if not value:
         if not gateway_trust_env():  # only the explicit per-platform var is honored
             return None
diff --git a/plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py b/plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py
index b1adc6f248..a10ef88b06 100644
--- a/plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py
+++ b/plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py
@@ -2797,7 +2797,9 @@ class TelegramAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
                 fallback_ips = list(SEED_FALLBACK_IPS)
             else:
                 logger.info("[%s] Auto-discovered Telegram fallback IPs: %s", self.name, ", ".join(fallback_ips))
-        proxy_url = resolve_proxy_url("TELEGRAM_PROXY", target_hosts=["api.telegram.org", *fallback_ips])
+        proxy_url = resolve_proxy_url(
+            "TELEGRAM_PROXY", target_hosts=["api.telegram.org", *fallback_ips],
+            configured=self.config.extra.get("proxy_url"))
 
         def _pair(general_httpx: dict, updates_httpx: dict, **extra) -> tuple:
             return (HTTPXRequest(**request_kwargs, **extra, httpx_kwargs=general_httpx),
@@ -6563,6 +6565,8 @@ def _apply_yaml_config(yaml_cfg: dict, telegram_cfg: dict) -> dict | None:
         _bridge_gate(key, env, telegram_cfg.get(key), seed_extra=seed)
     _bridge_lower("reactions", "TELEGRAM_REACTIONS")
     if "proxy_url" in telegram_cfg:
+        # Seeded into extra so ``_build_ptb_requests`` keeps a secondary's route without the env bridge.
+        extras.setdefault("proxy_url", str(telegram_cfg["proxy_url"]).strip())
         _set_env("TELEGRAM_PROXY", str(telegram_cfg["proxy_url"]).strip())
     _telegram_extra = telegram_cfg.get("extra") if isinstance(telegram_cfg.get("extra"), dict) else {}
     _telegram_rtm = telegram_cfg["reply_to_mode"] if "reply_to_mode" in telegram_cfg else _telegram_extra.get("reply_to_mode")
diff --git a/tests/gateway/test_telegram_polling_progress.py b/tests/gateway/test_telegram_polling_progress.py
index a2176d108d..681c9bdd22 100644
--- a/tests/gateway/test_telegram_polling_progress.py
+++ b/tests/gateway/test_telegram_polling_progress.py
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ async def test_fallback_disabled_excludes_configured_ips_from_proxy_targets(monk
 
     proxy_targets = []
 
-    def resolve_proxy(_env_name, *, target_hosts):
+    def resolve_proxy(_env_name, *, target_hosts, configured=None):
         proxy_targets.append(list(target_hosts))
         return "http://127.0.0.1:8080"