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On the intercom landing page, we have some pinned articles. If you open the pinned article, and try to tap the "X" button, it will not close the article. However, swiping down will still allow you to close that article. This behavior only occurs on iOS - it does not occur on Android.Some notes:If you go from the landing page and select the "Help" to go to the collection of articles (rather than the pinned article on the landing page), then those articles CAN be closed via the "X" button. This behavior occurred on the latest react native SDK version, 19.1.2 We checked and found we had to regress to 19.0.3 to resolve the problem - however we cannot use this older version, otherwise we will lose the iOS 26 changes.

Hello. I encountered two issues during implementation in the web app:1. After updating the language via language_override, the intercom language is updated, with the exception of the block for composing a new message (the language changes within this block).To change the language of this block, you need to completely reinitialize the connection via shutdown and boot. This works the same in both demo and user mode.   Also, if we were initialized in our application as a demo user and did an update upon login with user_id, user_hash, and other user data, then the user's message history is not loaded, although his name is displayed and if we write an intercom message, it comes from this user. This can also only be solved by a complete reinitialization via shutdown and boot.

Hi. Creating a new topic as the existing ones about this are quite old.I’m new to Intercom (used HubSpot before). My customer support team used to receive all messages on MS Teams. I see that Intercom doesn’t have an out-of-the box integration with Teams. Is there any 3rd party solution for this or has anyone achieved this in a relatively simple way?Thanks!

We’re hoping to gain insight into how other customers are forecasting handle time, particularly when using Intercom data. We've noticed discrepancies in the handle time metrics reported by Intercom that don’t align with the structure of our operations.Typically, I export the raw data and filter out outliers manually. However, we continue to see a significant number of conversations with unusually long handle times that lack a clear explanation. This inconsistency makes it difficult to trust the accuracy of the reports.We’re looking for a better approach—either a clearer understanding of how Intercom calculates handle time behind the scenes, or alternative methods for forecasting handle time more reliably using Intercom data.Thank you in advance for any guidance or shared experiences!

Hi,I am trying to use Custom Objects to show the orders of a users that message us, either through email or whatsapp. I created the custom object Order with the relevant attributes. I then created an external reference in People and Conversations, referencing Order via a one to many relationship. Then I created a webhook that triggers when a conversation is created or a reply is given. The webhook calls a service that posts to /custom_object_instances/OrderWe post an external_id and custom_attributes according to https://developers.intercom.com/docs/references/rest-api/api.intercom.io/custom-object-instances/createcustomobjectinstances -d '{ "external_id": "123", "external_created_at": 1392036272, "external_updated_at": 1392036272

Hi everyone 👋We’re building a Canvas App Sheet for a live Intercom Messenger integration. Our goal is to let logged-in users view and update profile data — specifically values like First Name, Last Name, Primary Chapter, and SpotMe_Id — all of which are being passed into Intercom via a custom embed snippet.✅ These custom attributes show correctly on the user profile inside Intercom.🚫 But when the Canvas App loads via /sheet, the contact.custom_attributes payload does not include these fields (we checked with full logging of req.body). We tried accessing them via: jsconst contact = req.body.contact || req.body.context?.contact || {}; const attrs = contact.custom_attributes || {}; Even though we can see the correct attributes in Intercom, attrs only contains empty/default values

We’re looking for a way to mass import our knowledge base articles from Zoho Desk into Intercom. What’s the best way to accomplish this? 

Hello everyone, I encountered a strange issue while testing user flows for a mobile video editor, similar to the capcut apk tools I've been using. sometimes it takes a long time for the Intercom widget to appear when the app loads larger media files, or it appears after everything else has finished loading.Has anyone else observed that Intercom behaves strangely when handling large files or a lot of ui changes? Is there a better way to queue events to ensure smooth operation, or do you think this is just a performance hiccup? I'd be interested in learning how others have dealt with it.

Hi Support,We are investigating an issue with our Salesforce integration where data is not persisting for new users, specifically regarding a race condition between the Salesforce Sync and the JS SDK boot method.Our Setup: Integration: Official Salesforce App. Matching Logic: We currently match on Email. User Creation: Users are created via the JS SDK (Intercom('boot')) when they first log into our portal. The Scenario: Time T1: A Contact is updated in Salesforce. A mapped custom field (salesforce_resource_access) is populated. Time T1 + 5 min: The Salesforce Integration triggers a sync. Note: At this moment, no User exists in Intercom with this email address.

We’re Intercom customers and we need to build a variation of the checklist on our own page, not inside the Messenger widget. I assumed the most obvious solution would be to consume an API that returns these checklists, similar to how it works with articles. Do we have anything like that? I couldn’t find it in the documentation.This is very important for us!

We are experiencing an issue with the Intercom Android Mobile SDK. The issue is that the in-app message notifications appear underneath the navigation bar at the bottom of the screen, as opposed to sitting directly above the navigation icons.Our app currently uses the SDK version 17.1.1 – however we have been able to reproduce the issue even on the latest version of the SDK (17.3.0). The release notes for 17.2.0 indicate the issue was resolved.  Upon further investigation, it appears the issue stems from the fact our app still uses AppCompatActivity as our base

Hi all, I am working on a feature attempting to automate the creation of few contacts in our workspace by hitting the post endpoint for `{intercom_api_url}/contacts`.My current data body looks like:{ email: providerData.providerEmail, name: providerData.providerName, phone: providerData.providerPhoneNumber, // These custom attributes throw an error in intercom when added. custom_attributes: { Is_provider: true, // provider_start_date: new Date().toDateString(), }, }Although the Is_provider custom attribute exists in the test workspace, my call keeps throwing me a 400 error with Bad Request.Please help with understanding why this is happening and if possible a potential fix. This would allow us to onboard a lot more contacts very quickly.

Hello!Has anyone run into this error when using the Intercom Expo plugin (@intercom/intercom-react-native@9.1.1) with an app.config.ts setup?PluginError: Package "@intercom/intercom-react-native" does not contain a valid config plugin.Learn more: https://docs.expo.dev/guides/config-plugins/#creating-a-pluginUnexpected token 'typeof'SyntaxError: Unexpected token 'typeof' at compileSourceTextModule (node:internal/modules/esm/utils:344:16) at ModuleLoader.moduleStrategy (node:internal/modules/esm/translators:105:18) at ModuleLoader.#translate (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:534:12)Not sure if this is an issue with the way the plugin is authored or how Expo expects config plugins to behave in a .ts setup.Would appreciate any insight or workarounds others may have found!

Is there a way to log an activity labeled Intercom Ticket with the details - similar to that of the current Intercom Conversation event.  Currently we can see any/all activity by KNOWN contacts, which is what we were hoping to see for the tickets -named differently of course and would allow us to build workflows based on these activity events in HUBSPOT. This would allow transparency across the business to see these insights without creating duplicate tickets, which I do see can actually be done based on this article in the community if there are specific workflows and teams that would be working in HubSpot vs. Intercom.  However for our business, we were planning to have all support/service and escalation processes handled via Intercom.  Is this something that can be done, if so how and what is the best practice here?