diff --git a/packages/client/src/methods/updates.ts b/packages/client/src/methods/updates.ts
index 049dd3e2..8b3a139b 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/methods/updates.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/methods/updates.ts
@@ -14,12 +14,7 @@ import { ChatsIndex, UsersIndex } from '../types'
 
 const debug = require('debug')('mtcute:upds')
 
-// i tried to implement updates seq, but that thing seems to be
-// broken on the server side, lol (see https://t.me/teispam/1199, ru)
-// tldr server sends multiple `updates` with the same seq, and that seq
-// is also larger than the seq in the initial updates.getState response
-
-// also code in this file is very bad, thanks to Telegram's awesome updates mechanism
+// code in this file is very bad, thanks to Telegram's awesome updates mechanism
 
 // @extension
 interface UpdatesState {
@@ -30,7 +25,8 @@ interface UpdatesState {
     // every time session is loaded & saved.
     _pts: number
     _date: number
-    // _seq: number
+    _seq: number
+
     _cpts: Record<number, number>
     _cptsMod: Record<number, number>
 }
@@ -59,12 +55,12 @@ export async function _fetchUpdatesState(this: TelegramClient): Promise<void> {
     const state = await this.call({ _: 'updates.getState' })
     this._pts = state.pts
     this._date = state.date
-    // this._seq = state.seq
+    this._seq = state.seq
     debug(
-        'loaded initial state: pts=%d, date=%d', // , seq=%d',
+        'loaded initial state: pts=%d, date=%d, seq=%d',
         state.pts,
-        state.date
-        // state.seq
+        state.date,
+        state.seq
     )
 }
 
@@ -78,7 +74,7 @@ export async function _loadStorage(this: TelegramClient): Promise<void> {
     if (state) {
         this._pts = state[0]
         this._date = state[1]
-        // this._seq = state[2]
+        this._seq = state[2]
     }
     // if no state, don't bother initializing properties
     // since that means that there is no authorization,
@@ -100,7 +96,7 @@ export async function _saveStorage(this: TelegramClient): Promise<void> {
     try {
         // before any authorization pts will be undefined
         if (this._pts !== undefined) {
-            await this.storage.setCommonPts([this._pts, this._date]) // , this._seq])
+            await this.storage.setCommonPts([this._pts, this._date, this._seq])
             await this.storage.setManyChannelPts(this._cptsMod)
             this._cptsMod = {}
         }
@@ -422,22 +418,25 @@ export function _handleUpdate(
                     break
                 case 'updates':
                 case 'updatesCombined': {
-                    // const seqStart =
-                    //     update._ === 'updatesCombined'
-                    //         ? update.seqStart
-                    //         : update.seq
-                    // const nextLocalSeq = this._seq + 1
-                    //
-                    // debug('received %s (seq_start=%d, seq_end=%d)', update._, seqStart, update.seq)
-                    //
-                    // if (nextLocalSeq > seqStart)
-                    //     // "the updates were already applied, and must be ignored"
-                    //     return
-                    // if (nextLocalSeq < seqStart)
-                    //     // "there's an updates gap that must be filled"
-                    //     // loading difference will also load any updates contained
-                    //     // in this update, so we discard it
-                    //     return await _loadDifference.call(this)
+                    const seqStart =
+                        update._ === 'updatesCombined'
+                            ? update.seqStart
+                            : update.seq
+                    if (seqStart !== 0) {
+                        // https://t.me/tdlibchat/5843
+                        const nextLocalSeq = this._seq + 1
+
+                        debug('received %s (seq_start=%d, seq_end=%d)', update._, seqStart, update.seq)
+
+                        if (nextLocalSeq > seqStart)
+                            // "the updates were already applied, and must be ignored"
+                            return
+                        if (nextLocalSeq < seqStart)
+                            // "there's an updates gap that must be filled"
+                            // loading difference will also load any updates contained
+                            // in this update, so we discard it
+                            return await _loadDifference.call(this)
+                    }
 
                     await this._cachePeersFrom(update)
                     const { users, chats } = createUsersChatsIndex(update)
@@ -513,7 +512,7 @@ export function _handleUpdate(
                     }
 
                     if (!isDummyUpdates(update)) {
-                        // this._seq = update.seq
+                        this._seq = update.seq
                         this._date = update.date
                     }
                     break
diff --git a/packages/core/src/storage/abstract.ts b/packages/core/src/storage/abstract.ts
index f8bb89db..7a0a6482 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/storage/abstract.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/storage/abstract.ts
@@ -103,17 +103,17 @@ export interface ITelegramStorage {
     getPeerByPhone(phone: string): MaybeAsync<tl.TypeInputPeer | null>
 
     /**
-     * Get common `pts` and `date` values (if available)
+     * Get common `pts`, `date` and `seq` values (if available)
      */
-    getCommonPts(): MaybeAsync<[number, number] | null>
+    getCommonPts(): MaybeAsync<[number, number, number] | null>
     /**
      * Get channel `pts` value
      */
     getChannelPts(entityId: number): MaybeAsync<number | null>
     /**
-     * Set common `pts` and `date` values
+     * Set common `pts`, `date` and `seq` values
      */
-    setCommonPts(val: [number, number]): MaybeAsync<void>
+    setCommonPts(val: [number, number, number]): MaybeAsync<void>
     /**
      * Set channels `pts` values in batch.
      * Storage is supposed to replace stored channel `pts` values
diff --git a/packages/core/src/storage/memory.ts b/packages/core/src/storage/memory.ts
index 3d4536d4..8ec8b4fd 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/storage/memory.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/storage/memory.ts
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ interface MemorySessionState {
     // username -> peer id
     usernameIndex: Record<string, number>
 
-    // common pts, date
-    gpts: [number, number] | null
+    // common pts, date, seq
+    gpts: [number, number, number] | null
     // channel pts
     pts: Record<number, number>
 
@@ -208,11 +208,11 @@ export class MemoryStorage implements ITelegramStorage {
         return this._state.pts[entityId] ?? null
     }
 
-    setCommonPts(val: [number, number]): void {
+    setCommonPts(val: [number, number, number]): void {
         this._state.gpts = val
     }
 
-    getCommonPts(): [number, number] | null {
+    getCommonPts(): [number, number, number] | null {
         return this._state.gpts ?? null
     }
 }