From d58d3faa70ba1e39f0e217bb537e7852273dfcb9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Caron <lead2gold@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 22:14:00 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] messageReplyOption only present if thread_key specified

---
 apprise/plugins/google_chat.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/apprise/plugins/google_chat.py b/apprise/plugins/google_chat.py
index 60031e8e..e7d99c33 100644
--- a/apprise/plugins/google_chat.py
+++ b/apprise/plugins/google_chat.py
@@ -220,10 +220,13 @@ class NotifyGoogleChat(NotifyBase):
             # Prepare our URL Parameters
             "token": self.webhook_token,
             "key": self.webhook_key,
-            "messageReplyOption" : "REPLY_MESSAGE_FALLBACK_TO_NEW_THREAD",
         }
 
         if self.thread_key:
+            params.update({
+                "messageReplyOption": "REPLY_MESSAGE_FALLBACK_TO_NEW_THREAD",
+            })
+
             payload.update({
                 "thread": {
                     "thread_key": self.thread_key,