diff --git a/packages/core/src/highlevel/updates/manager.ts b/packages/core/src/highlevel/updates/manager.ts
index c79b3e5e..01c60aa5 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/highlevel/updates/manager.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/highlevel/updates/manager.ts
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ export class UpdatesManager {
 
     private _onCatchingUp: (catchingUp: boolean) => void = () => {}
 
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-types
+    private _channelPtsLimit: Extract<UpdatesManagerParams['channelPtsLimit'], Function>
+
     auth?: CurrentUserInfo | null // todo: do we need a local copy?
     keepAliveInterval?: NodeJS.Timeout
 
@@ -160,6 +163,17 @@ export class UpdatesManager {
         this.log = client.log.create('updates')
         this.catchUpOnStart = params.catchUp ?? false
         this.noDispatchEnabled = !params.disableNoDispatch
+
+        if (params.channelPtsLimit) {
+            if (typeof params.channelPtsLimit === 'function') {
+                this._channelPtsLimit = params.channelPtsLimit
+            } else {
+                const limit = params.channelPtsLimit
+                this._channelPtsLimit = () => limit
+            }
+        } else {
+            this._channelPtsLimit = () => (this.auth?.isBot ? 100000 : 100)
+        }
     }
 
     setHandler(handler: RawUpdateHandler): void {
@@ -815,7 +829,7 @@ export class UpdatesManager {
 
         // to make TS happy
         let pts = _pts
-        let limit = this.auth?.isBot ? 100000 : 100
+        let limit = this._channelPtsLimit(channelId)
 
         if (pts <= 0) {
             pts = 1
@@ -834,7 +848,11 @@ export class UpdatesManager {
                 filter: { _: 'channelMessagesFilterEmpty' },
             })
 
-            if (diff.timeout) lastTimeout = diff.timeout
+            if (diff.timeout) {
+                lastTimeout = this.params.overrideOpenChatTimeout ?
+                    this.params.overrideOpenChatTimeout(diff) :
+                    diff.timeout
+            }
 
             if (diff._ === 'updates.channelDifferenceEmpty') {
                 log.debug('getChannelDifference (cid = %d) returned channelDifferenceEmpty', channelId)
@@ -848,25 +866,29 @@ export class UpdatesManager {
                     pts = diff.dialog.pts!
                 }
 
-                log.warn(
-                    'getChannelDifference (cid = %d) returned channelDifferenceTooLong. new pts: %d, recent msgs: %d',
-                    channelId,
-                    pts,
-                    diff.messages.length,
-                )
-
-                diff.messages.forEach((message) => {
-                    log.debug(
-                        'processing message %d (%s) from TooLong diff for channel %d',
-                        message.id,
-                        message._,
+                if (this.params.onChannelTooLong) {
+                    this.params.onChannelTooLong(channelId, diff)
+                } else {
+                    log.warn(
+                        'getChannelDifference (cid = %d) returned channelDifferenceTooLong. new pts: %d, recent msgs: %d',
                         channelId,
+                        pts,
+                        diff.messages.length,
                     )
 
-                    if (message._ === 'messageEmpty') return
+                    diff.messages.forEach((message) => {
+                        log.debug(
+                            'processing message %d (%s) from TooLong diff for channel %d',
+                            message.id,
+                            message._,
+                            channelId,
+                        )
 
-                    pendingUnorderedUpdates.pushBack(toPendingUpdate(messageToUpdate(message), peers, true))
-                })
+                        if (message._ === 'messageEmpty') return
+
+                        pendingUnorderedUpdates.pushBack(toPendingUpdate(messageToUpdate(message), peers, true))
+                    })
+                }
                 break
             }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/highlevel/updates/types.ts b/packages/core/src/highlevel/updates/types.ts
index 95b688d2..aa37336d 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/highlevel/updates/types.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/highlevel/updates/types.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { PeersIndex } from '../types/peers/peers-index.js'
 export type RawUpdateHandler = (upd: tl.TypeUpdate, peers: PeersIndex) => void
 
 /**
- * Parameters for {@link enableUpdatesProcessing}
+ * Parameters for the updates manager
  */
 export interface UpdatesManagerParams {
     /**
@@ -44,6 +44,44 @@ export interface UpdatesManagerParams {
      */
     disableNoDispatch?: boolean
 
+    /**
+     * **ADVANCED**
+     *
+     * PTS limit for `getChannelDifference` requests (max. 100000).
+     * When there are more updates than this limit, the library will
+     * skip some of them.
+     * According to the [official docs](https://core.telegram.org/method/updates.getChannelDifference),
+     * "Ordinary (non-bot) users are supposed to pass `10-100`", so passing >100
+     * for users may lead to issues.
+     *
+     * @default 100 for users, 100000 for bots
+     */
+    channelPtsLimit?: number | ((channelId: number) => number)
+
+    /**
+     * **ADVANCED**
+     *
+     * Whenever an `updates.channelDifferenceTooLong` is received,
+     * the library isn't able to efficiently handle it on its own,
+     * and will call this function for you to handle it instead.
+     *
+     * [See docs](https://core.telegram.org/constructor/updates.channelDifferenceTooLong)
+     */
+    onChannelTooLong?: (channelId: number, update: tl.updates.RawChannelDifferenceTooLong) => void
+
+    /**
+     * **ADVANCED**
+     *
+     * When `openChat` method is used on a client, the library will
+     * set up a timer to periodically fetch the new updates.
+     * By default, it will respect the value provided by the server,
+     * but it some cases you may want to override it (e.g. decrease it to
+     * poll more often and potentially get updates faster).
+     *
+     * The returned value is treated as seconds.
+     */
+    overrideOpenChatTimeout?: (upd: tl.updates.TypeChannelDifference) => number
+
     /**
      * Whether to catch up with missed updates when starting updates loop.
      *