# updateUserTyping

The user is preparing a message; typing, recording, uploading, etc. This update is valid for 6 seconds. If no further updates of this kind are received after 6 seconds, it should be considered that the user stopped doing whatever they were doing

```tl
updateUserTyping#2a17bf5c flags:# user_id:long top_msg_id:flags.0?int action:SendMessageAction = Update;
```

### Parameters

| Name | Type | Description |
| --- | :---: | --- |
| **flags** | [\#](/type/%23) | Flags, see [TL conditional fields](/mtproto/TL-combinators.md#conditional-fields) |
| **user\_id** | [long](/type/long.md) | User id |
| **top\_msg\_id** | [flags](/mtproto/TL-combinators.md#conditional-fields).0?[int](/type/int.md) | If set, this notification was sent within a [bot forum topic »](/api/forum.md#bot-forums). |
| **action** | [SendMessageAction](/type/SendMessageAction.md) | Action type |

### Type
[Update](/type/Update.md)

### Related pages

#### [Forum topics](/api/forum.md)
Telegram allows creating forums with multiple distinct topi