I've created a bot that initial target is sending photos to it, after photos are sent im doing some operations in db, user always send photos in a bundle from files so they dont get compressed.

i've created a handler that is run, for every photo and in that handler im creating a timer that runs a ProcessPhoto function after 20 sec, if another photo comes it resets the timer and so on.

Is there a way to count the files sent from the user in a bundle, so if a user sends 100 photos i can delete the user_state and give him a warning spam message at the very start so i dont permit telegram uploading the photos and wasting time and resources?

if message.document.file_name.lower().endswith(
                ('jpg', 'png', 'jpeg', 'svg', 'heif', 'heic', 'tiff', 'tif', 'webp')):

            print(message.media_group_id)

            if(user_states[message.chat.id]['izvestuvanjePrikacuvanjeFajl']) == 0:
                user_states[message.chat.id]['izvestuvanjePrikacuvanjeFajl'] = 1

                bot_message = bot.send_message(message.chat.id,
                                               'We are adding your files please wait....')
                user_states[message.chat.id]['sent_message_ids'].add((message.chat.id, bot_message.message_id))



            user_states[message.chat.id]['sent_message_ids'].add((message.chat.id, message.id))
            file_id = message.document.file_id

            file_info = bot.get_file(file_id)
            downloaded_file = bot.download_file(file_info.file_path)



            # Prepare file data for processing
            timestamp = datetime.now().strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M%S%f')[:-3]
            file_data = {'data': downloaded_file, 'path': save_path, 'name': f"{timestamp}.jpg"}

            user_file_buffers[chat_id]['files'].append(file_data)

            if user_file_buffers[chat_id]['timer']:
                user_file_buffers[chat_id]['timer'].cancel()

            file_count = len(user_file_buffers[chat_id]['files'])





            # if(file_count > 90):
            #     bot_message = bot.send_message(message.chat.id,
            #                                    'too much files')
            #     user_states[message.chat.id]['sent_message_ids'].add((message.chat.id, bot_message.message_id))
            #
            #     if user_file_buffers[chat_id]['timer']:
            #         user_file_buffers[chat_id]['timer'].cancel()
            #         user_file_buffers[chat_id]['timer'] = None  # Clear the timer reference
            #
            #         # Delete user state and clean up
            #     funkcijaBrisenje(user_states[message.chat.id]['sent_message_ids'])
            #     del user_states[message.chat.id]
            #     del user_file_buffers[chat_id]  # Also clear the file buffer for safety
            #
            #     return  # Exit function to prevent further execution

            if(file_count < 60):
                timer_duration = max(2.0, min(10.0, file_count * 1.5))
            else:
                timer_duration = max(2.0, min(20.0, file_count * 1.5))


            print(timer_duration)









            user_file_buffers[chat_id]['timer'] = Timer(timer_duration, process_user_files, [chat_id, message])

            user_file_buffers[chat_id]['timer'].start()