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Christine Z
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Christine ZEmployee
posted in Messenger
Feedback Needed! Customizing the Start Conversation Button in the Messenger

Hi everyone 👋 Soon you’ll be able to change the phrase used in the start conversation button on the Messenger Home screen via a drop down of options. We’d love to get your feedback on if these choices resonate and if you have suggestions you’d like to add. Right now we’re considering Send us a message, Ask a question, Chat with us, Talk to us, Contact us, and Start a conversation.    Just let me know in a comment below! PS - this first iteration won’t support a free text input, just a selection of pre-canned options.  Thanks, Christine 

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Roman PylypenkoNew Participant
asked in Messenger
Chat preview

Hey guys!I did setup a flow called “Convert trial users into paying customers” it looks fine but I want to have the following: See my welcome message & preview buttons on the bottom right corner right away before people click on the chat window itself to open it, How to do this? When i open a chat, i’m in an empty conversation, i need to click “Back” and open the conversation with AI agent to make it work. How do i make it chat with AI agent right away? Can i sync Intercom with HubSpot to send automated emails & submit forms?

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Markus FNew Participant
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React error #185 triggered by Intercom Messenger script

Hi Intercom team,We’re experiencing a React crash that appears to originate inside the Intercom Messenger widget. The error is: Error: Minified React error #185Stack trace points into this script:at Messenger.componentDidUpdate (https://js.intercomcdn.com/app-modern.4b8f9f21.js)at https://js.intercomcdn.com/vendor-modern.50137b6e.jsCould you confirm if this is a known issue?Thanks, Markus

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Nur Nahid
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YuriNew Participant
asked in Messenger
Is it possible to start a Zoom video session right from the chat conversation?

I would like the ability to kick off a zoom session from an Intercom conversation, and have Zoom automatically create a meeting id, set the meeting subject based on the client's name and put the invite into the chat. Right now I kick off client zoom sessions, based on Intercom conversations, by hand, using by personal meeting id, and locating a previously recorded session (if I ever need to review it) is difficult, because all recorded zoom sessions are called "Personal Meeting Room".

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HBQNew Participant
asked in Messenger
Issue: Intercom showNewMessages fails on first call, works only from second time

Hi Intercom Support Team,From the past few days, I’ve noticed what seems to be a bug in Intercom. Previously everything was working fine, but now I consistently see the following issue:After successfully initializing Intercom in my app, the first call to showNewMessage(message) never pre-populates the message in the chat window. Even if I wait a few minutes after initialization, the first call does not fill in the content.Only on the second call to showNewMessage(message) does the message appear as expected.For example, in Chrome DevTools, if I run:Intercom('showNewMessage', 'pre-populated message comes here'); The first attempt fails, and the second attempt succeeds.This behavior is new — previously the first call worked correctly. Could you please help investigate this and let me know if it’s a known issue or if there is a fix planned?Thanks a lot for your support!Best regards,HBQ

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Mark WalkerNew Participant
asked in Messenger
A coexistence strategy for the Messenger/Fin and first party AI chat tools

My company is developing its own conversational AI feature. Our tool will be trained on the data that our users have in our product and help them answer questions about it or do analysis on it.We are now working on how we will have two chat tools co-exist in our product. Aside from making it clear to users which tool to use for which type of question, we’re working on a real estate problem. We can use the available launcher location setting to move the launcher to the left, to make room for our first party tool on the right. Though because the information density in our product is loaded to the left, we would rather have the launcher be pinned to the left edge of our chat tool. So two chat tools lined up next to each other on the right. It is not clear from the documentation about the custom launcher that we can accomplish this. https://www.intercom.com/help/en/articles/2894-create-a-custom-launcherDoes anyone have experience creating a custom launcher that could lend any advice about

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shohzodbekNew Participant
asked in Messenger
intercom error rendered on the page

periodically i see this error on the bottom of my page Error: Minified React error #185; visit https://reactjs.org/docs/error-decoder.html?invariant=185 for the full message or use the non-minified dev environment for full errors and additional helpful warnings. at au (https://js.intercomcdn.com/vendor-modern.50137b6e.js:2:324482) at Object.enqueueSetState (https://js.intercomcdn.com/vendor-modern.50137b6e.js:2:291102) at y.setState (https://js.intercomcdn.com/vendor-modern.50137b6e.js:2:395212) at Messenger.componentDidUpdate (https://js.intercomcdn.com/app-modern.4b8f9f21.js:178:69929) at Sl (https://js.intercomcdn.com/vendor-modern.50137b6e.js:2:322483) at kl (https://js.intercomcdn.com/vendor-modern.50137b6e.js:2:322169) at wl (https://js.intercomcdn.com/vendor-modern.50137b6e.js:2:321713) at https://js.intercomcdn.com/vendor-modern.50137b6e.js:2:333376 at xu (https://js.intercomcdn.com/vendor-modern.50137b6e.js:2:333878) at fu (https://js.intercomcdn.

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Nicolette Godlove
Nicolette GodloveConnector
asked in Messenger
Back-office tickets not auto assigning to creator

When we link a back-office ticket to an open conversation that we are working on, it does not automatically assign that ticket to the user who created it and is in charge of completion. This often leads to the ticket being left “unassigned” which poses a lot of issues and then manual clean up for our team. It would be ideal for the back-office ticket to auto-assign the user who created it to avoid it becoming unassigned and then us having to clean up the unassigned folder often.

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Steeve Cayla
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Phuong HUYNHNew Participant
asked in Messenger
Issues with the Intercom Messenger in Vietnam

Hi, I cannot connect to my admin account in Vietnam. My company is based in France. I have made a research and understand that I need to change the Javascript code into api_base: 'https://[your app ID].intercom-messenger.com' Could you please confirm to me if this is still working as a workaround? If yes, can you show me how to change the Javascript code with screenshots, it would be much easier from my side? Because after doing this, I still cannot load Intercom.If this solution is not working anymore, would it be possible to have another solution on this please? Thank you for your help!Kind regards,Phuong

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davidliNew Participant
asked in Messenger
New Conversation widget is not visible in the Home

I added a “New Converstation” widget in Home but it is not visible to the visitorsOnly “search for help” widget is visible.“New Converstation” widget should be added under “search for help” widget.How can i fix this issue? 

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Joseph S.
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Mimi12New Participant
asked in Messenger
Creating Zendesk Tickets at the end of a conversation is impossible

Hi,I created data connector to connect Intercom to Zendesk and tested it. It creates a Zendesk ticket at that testing phase. Then I created a workflow where I trigger the Zendesk data connector if the customer requests talking to a human and offer to add Name and Email. There are two paths: first path (A, when selected, tells the requester that a ticket was created and second path (B) in case the ticket creation has failed.In the preview, it shows that path A was selected and a ticket was created (without receiving concretely a ticket on Zendesk but this is fine since it is preview). When I make live test, it shows always path B i.e. connection to Zendesk has failed. There are no logs shown in the Intercom account. It is impossible to debug I contacted you since last Friday to get human assistance and I followed all the instructions then silent radio for 24 hours.  We are paying a lot of money for a service not working as announced and with no assistance. On our way to cancel subscript

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Aleksei O
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Nicolette Godlove
Nicolette GodloveConnector
asked in Messenger
Auto-updating of user when CC'ing/Forwarding to another person.

When we send a conversation response to someone other than the original user listed on the conversation, it will change the linked user to the conversation. Example, we are in a conversation with a user and need to confirm something with the client relative to this conversation but we do not want the original user included in our query to the client. It will auto-link the users instead of allowing us to easily change who we are sending to. Additionally, we won’t want the user to see the conversation details to the client but it appears to show all. We don’t want to use linked tickets because we need to have the client see the conversation thread in order to provide the necessary guidance relative to our query.

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Jacques Reynolds
Intercom Team
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Lasse Hammer PriebeNew Participant
asked in Messenger
Issue when presenting Intercom (latest SDK version) from app in darkmode on iOS

We have an issue that affects users ability to read their own messages in Intercom (SDK 18.8.1) on iOS. I was told by Intercom support that this is expected behaviour due to a product limitation and that I had to submit my request/idea here instead of contacting support.So here it is. Our customers are contacting us about low contrast text (dark gray on black background) in the latest SDK version on iOS, making it almost impossible to read their own messages.Idea: look into a fix for this so that we don’t have to tell our users to turn off darkmode on their devices.Thanks!Example: (text in the black bubble says “test test” but almost impossible to read) 

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Esteban GonzálezNew Participant
asked in Messenger
Duplicate/Triplicate Messages on Instagram

Hello!I´m experiencing the following issue. When I send a message, or reply to a message to certain Instagram accounts (only happens with IG), sometimes that message is sent 1 or 2 extra times. This represents a very poor experience for our clients and is very confusing and annoying when having a conversation.Hope someone can help.

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James KaneNew Participant
asked in Messenger
Message "Not Sent" error in messager prevents future messages

Hi all! I have a workflow built out where clients can select one of two options or type a message to fin. We have have multiple clients get stuck when selecting an option and getting a “Not Sent” error (see image). They are then blocked from sending a message. If the assistant option was selected, the next phase of the workflow does not allow a message to fin, but the new options from that phase are not available to the user. This may be anecdotal, but we have only seen it with clients in Germany so far. Any ideas what is causing this and how to prevent it? 

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Aleksei O
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trevon_ocNew Participant
asked in Messenger
403 Forbidden: Workspace Suspended

After I complete the information to sign-up for a new account I am redirected to a “403 Forbidden: Workspace Suspended” page. 

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mateusz.leszkiewicz
Intercom Team
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Hitesh BijjaNew Participant
asked in Messenger
Intercom Messenger issue

Hi everyone,We’re currently facing an issue where the Intercom Messenger is not loading as expected in our application. This seems to affect desktop , and we haven’t been able to identify a consistent cause yet. We’ve already checked for any custom CSS or JS conflicts, but the problem persists. Tried installing using multiple methods .We came across a few older threads with similar concerns, but no concrete solutions were shared. If anyone has faced this recently or has any insights on possible fixes or workarounds, we’d truly appreciate your input.Thanks in advance for your help and support!Best,Hitesh

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mateusz.leszkiewicz
Intercom Team
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Roland PakNew Participant
asked in Messenger
How to make the intercom draggable?

In desktop screen, the intercom looks good but in mobile screen, it blocks the important button like button, text…How can I fix it? 

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Justin TNew Participant
asked in Messenger
How do I change the URL for the "Reply in our Messenger" button?

May I know how to configure the URL for Reply in our Messenger button? Currently it is not working for me when merchants click on that button.

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Vinicius RibeiroNew Participant
asked in Messenger
Problem with chat on mobile

We're experiencing an issue where some users are unable to access the chat on mobile.We're using the Flutter SDK in our app. We've already verified that the affected users are correctly registered in our database, and the ID information is being passed properly. Interestingly, the chat is working fine for other users.How can we resolve this issue?  

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Intercom Team
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Mor CohenNew Participant
asked in Messenger
In app chat installation- identity verification

Hello, I’m trying to install the in app chat to my SaaS product. We send both email and user id, but the user id is the only thing intercom is taking. Here’s the initiation code:window.Intercom?.('boot', { api_base: 'https://api-iam.intercom.io', app_id: 'lv2etfg0', name: email, email, user_id: userId user_hash: intercomIdentityVerification?.userIdHash }); Ideally I would like to get also the email address, since just the user id doesn’t help me recognize who is the user. Please assist! 

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Sarah WuNew Participant
posted in Messenger
Users unable to close messenger chat

We have Intercom installed in our web-based app but lately 20% of our users are experiencing issues with being unable to close the chat - there is no 'x' or down arrow appearing in their window. Even if it shows the down arrow, clicking it will not close the chat. The only way to get it working again is by refreshing the page.Has anyone else encountered this problem and found a permanent fix?

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Rodrigo M12Connector
asked in Messenger
How can I pass the conversation id automatically to the end users?

Dear community. I'm opening this thread to have the following checked. I want to use the conversations ids as protocols ids, and I want to pass this id automatically whenever the end-user opens a new chat with my team. I have set a custom bot (from new conversations) and I tried to find the conversation id on the following list:  But I wasn't able to find this option. Could someone give me a workaround for this? Whenever my end-user opens a new conversation, I need to pass this id automatically Your help is much appreciated. Thank you very much!Kind regards,Rodrigo.

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Thinh TranNew Participant
asked in Messenger
Duplicate contact when apply Intercom messenger

We've integrated Intercom Messenger into our web application, using JWTs for authenticated users.The backend flow is designed to find or create an Intercom contact for each user. If a contact doesn't exist, it's created with:{  "user_id": "intercomContactId",  "name": "our_user_email",  "email": "our_user_email",  "external_id": "userId_in_our_system"}This data is then included in the JWT sent to the frontend. The problem is that after several frontend reloads, Intercom creates multiple new contacts with the same user information. 

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Jacques Reynolds
Intercom Team
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Ruben LechugaNew Participant
asked in Messenger
In the web interface, how can I hide the three-dot button option for downloading the transcript?

Is there a way, perhaps using CSS, to hide the three-dots menu button for downloading the transcript?Thanks you

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