From f0851bd728c3a227b54c592edfbf12fd0c5b8c62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Manuel Mr. X" <123715579+mdm108@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 9 May 2026 06:37:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add Telegram channel footer link

---
 components/page-footer/Support.tsx | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
 data/ui.yml                        |  1 +
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/components/page-footer/Support.tsx b/components/page-footer/Support.tsx
index 3e5f7e22cbfc..8bbafec10b35 100644
--- a/components/page-footer/Support.tsx
+++ b/components/page-footer/Support.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-import { PeopleIcon, CommentDiscussionIcon } from '@primer/octicons-react'
+import { PeopleIcon, CommentDiscussionIcon, PaperAirplaneIcon } from '@primer/octicons-react'
 
 import { useTranslation } from 'components/hooks/useTranslation'
 import { useMainContext } from 'components/context/MainContext'
 
+const TELEGRAM_CHANNEL_URL = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_TELEGRAM_CHANNEL_URL || 'https://t.me/github'
+
 export const Support = () => {
   const { t } = useTranslation('support')
   const { communityRedirect } = useMainContext()
@@ -20,7 +22,7 @@ export const Support = () => {
           {Object.keys(communityRedirect).length === 0 ? t`ask_community` : communityRedirect.name}
         </a>
       </div>
-      <div>
+      <div className="mb-2">
         <a
           id="contact-us"
           href="https://support.github.com/contact"
@@ -30,6 +32,18 @@ export const Support = () => {
           {t`contact_support`}
         </a>
       </div>
+      <div>
+        <a
+          id="join-telegram-channel"
+          href={TELEGRAM_CHANNEL_URL}
+          className="Link—secondary text-bold"
+          target="_blank"
+          rel="noopener noreferrer"
+        >
+          <PaperAirplaneIcon size="small" className="octicon mr-1" />
+          {t`join_telegram_channel`}
+        </a>
+      </div>
     </div>
   )
 }
diff --git a/data/ui.yml b/data/ui.yml
index 3cfe3eaf0db8..d4f9d4056ce7 100644
--- a/data/ui.yml
+++ b/data/ui.yml
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ support:
   still_need_help: Still need help?
   contact_support: Contact support
   ask_community: Ask the GitHub community
+  join_telegram_channel: Join Telegram channel
 survey:
   able_to_find: Did this doc help you?
   yes: Yes