diff --git a/td/telegram/ContactsManager.cpp b/td/telegram/ContactsManager.cpp
index fb14d6886..9bf1e536d 100644
--- a/td/telegram/ContactsManager.cpp
+++ b/td/telegram/ContactsManager.cpp
@@ -4430,6 +4430,7 @@ void ContactsManager::User::store(StorerT &storer) const {
   bool has_flags2 = true;
   bool has_max_active_story_id = max_active_story_id.is_valid();
   bool has_max_read_story_id = max_read_story_id.is_valid();
+  bool has_max_active_story_id_next_reload_time = max_active_story_id_next_reload_time > Time::now();
   BEGIN_STORE_FLAGS();
   STORE_FLAG(is_received);
   STORE_FLAG(is_verified);
@@ -4469,6 +4470,7 @@ void ContactsManager::User::store(StorerT &storer) const {
     STORE_FLAG(has_stories);
     STORE_FLAG(has_max_active_story_id);
     STORE_FLAG(has_max_read_story_id);
+    STORE_FLAG(has_max_active_story_id_next_reload_time);
     END_STORE_FLAGS();
   }
   store(first_name, storer);
@@ -4510,6 +4512,9 @@ void ContactsManager::User::store(StorerT &storer) const {
   if (has_max_read_story_id) {
     store(max_read_story_id, storer);
   }
+  if (has_max_active_story_id_next_reload_time) {
+    store_time(max_active_story_id_next_reload_time, storer);
+  }
 }
 
 template <class ParserT>
@@ -4529,6 +4534,7 @@ void ContactsManager::User::parse(ParserT &parser) {
   bool has_flags2 = parser.version() >= static_cast<int32>(Version::AddUserFlags2);
   bool has_max_active_story_id = false;
   bool has_max_read_story_id = false;
+  bool has_max_active_story_id_next_reload_time = false;
   BEGIN_PARSE_FLAGS();
   PARSE_FLAG(is_received);
   PARSE_FLAG(is_verified);
@@ -4568,6 +4574,7 @@ void ContactsManager::User::parse(ParserT &parser) {
     PARSE_FLAG(has_stories);
     PARSE_FLAG(has_max_active_story_id);
     PARSE_FLAG(has_max_read_story_id);
+    PARSE_FLAG(has_max_active_story_id_next_reload_time);
     END_PARSE_FLAGS();
   }
   parse(first_name, parser);
@@ -4637,6 +4644,9 @@ void ContactsManager::User::parse(ParserT &parser) {
   if (has_max_read_story_id) {
     parse(max_read_story_id, parser);
   }
+  if (has_max_active_story_id_next_reload_time) {
+    parse_time(max_active_story_id_next_reload_time, parser);
+  }
 
   if (!check_utf8(first_name)) {
     LOG(ERROR) << "Have invalid first name \"" << first_name << '"';
@@ -13507,6 +13517,13 @@ void ContactsManager::on_update_user_has_stories(User *u, UserId user_id, bool h
     u->max_active_story_id = max_active_story_id;
     u->need_save_to_database = true;
   }
+  auto max_active_story_id_next_reload_time = Time::now() + MAX_ACTIVE_STORY_ID_RELOAD_TIME;
+  if (max_active_story_id_next_reload_time >
+      u->max_active_story_id_next_reload_time + MAX_ACTIVE_STORY_ID_RELOAD_TIME / 5) {
+    LOG(DEBUG) << "Change max_active_story_id_next_reload_time of " << user_id;
+    u->max_active_story_id_next_reload_time = max_active_story_id_next_reload_time;
+    u->need_save_to_database = true;
+  }
   if (!has_stories && !max_active_story_id.is_valid()) {
     CHECK(max_read_story_id == StoryId());
     if (u->max_read_story_id != StoryId()) {
diff --git a/td/telegram/ContactsManager.h b/td/telegram/ContactsManager.h
index 1ea776a74..4fd7e6070 100644
--- a/td/telegram/ContactsManager.h
+++ b/td/telegram/ContactsManager.h
@@ -759,6 +759,7 @@ class ContactsManager final : public Actor {
     int32 was_online = 0;
     int32 local_was_online = 0;
 
+    double max_active_story_id_next_reload_time = 0.0;
     StoryId max_active_story_id;
     StoryId max_read_story_id;
 
@@ -1174,7 +1175,8 @@ class ContactsManager final : public Actor {
   static constexpr size_t MAX_INVITE_LINK_TITLE_LENGTH = 32;  // server side limit
   static constexpr int32 MAX_GET_CHANNEL_PARTICIPANTS = 200;  // server side limit
 
-  static constexpr int32 CHANNEL_PARTICIPANT_CACHE_TIME = 1800;  // some reasonable limit
+  static constexpr int32 CHANNEL_PARTICIPANT_CACHE_TIME = 1800;   // some reasonable limit
+  static constexpr int32 MAX_ACTIVE_STORY_ID_RELOAD_TIME = 3600;  // some reasonable limit
 
   // the True fields aren't set for manually created telegram_api::user objects, therefore the flags must be used
   static constexpr int32 USER_FLAG_HAS_ACCESS_HASH = 1 << 0;