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In order to know, which languages are available in Intercom I am used to going toThe list: https://developers.intercom.com/docs/references/rest-api/api.intercom.io/articles/article#path=translated_contentAnd by extracting the translated_content[language] I get a list of all the language codes possible. I am using this to validate our internal list of languages we use! But what if Intercom ever adds a new language? Is there an endpoint I could use to fetch the available languages?

I know there is no native integration to use intercom to respond to Amazon or eBay messages, but is there any third party addon that enables this?

Hey everyone,I’ve been reading a bit about how search engines are evolving, and I’m curious — how much does actual user engagement (like time on page, clicks, bounce rate) affect rankings these days?I’m not asking about tools or backlinks, just wondering if engagement metrics are becoming more of a signal for SEO than traditional methods. Would love to hear what others think or if anyone’s seen changes from this.Thanks!

When fetching conversations via the Conversations API (GET /conversations/{id}), I’ve noticed a difference between WhatsApp images and WhatsApp audio messages. Image messages include full attachments data (URL, content_type, filesize, etc.). Audio messages, however, show attachments: [], even though the Intercom Inbox UI displays an audio clip. The only extra field is external_id with a WhatsApp wamid, but no file URL or metadata. Example audio part:{ "part_type": "comment", "body": "<p>Sent an audio clip</p>", "attachments": [], "external_id": "whatsapp:wamid...." } How can this be resolved?

I would like to connect Intecom to MS co-pilot via an MCP server. MS co-pilot is the only LLM we are allowed to work with at our company. I want to use co-pilot to analyse our conversations and make custom reports I can't make in the reports section. Ive seen the integration → data connector section, but that seems to be the other way around, get data from another system to use in intercom, but I want to use the data in intercom in co-pilot. Anyone can help me here? During the community hour the said this was possible. 

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.

Hey folks! I’m trying to report what share (or at least total counts) of Solved conversations were closed after 1 reply, 2 replies, and ≥3 replies for a given date range. What’s the exact Intercom chart setup to do this?What I’ve tried:Replies to close a conversation with Median/Average/Sum. Workable but without counts option, it is difficult to reach the actual percentage of solved conversations based on the number of replies used. Closed on first contact rate. I believe this measures “one teammate replied,” not “closed in 1 reply.” so, not really something to rely on.Could someone share any finding, insights or experience calculating this? Or suggest the best workaround.Thanks!

Does anyone have a solid work around to export reports, including all the charts, as they appear in Intercom? I'd like to share these with internal stakeholders who don't have access to Intercom.Currently, only function is to download the underline data or screenshot the report 😅 - where is I really just want to send the report to stakeholders.

Hello,I work on a platform and they are using intercom for their live support chat. I am using for several months and it worked perfectly. But now for over a week, it keeps loading here:  I’ve talked with them via email and even they’re shocked. They don’t know what’s wrong, neither do I. I’ve cleared cache, relogged in, and changed browser, nothing worked. Can anybody please help me out in this regard? Thanks in advance!

Hi Intercom team,After updating our app to Intercom iOS SDK 19.2.1, several developers on our team started facing issues where Swift methods (like loginUser(with:), logout(), etc.) are no longer properly inferred or recognized by the compiler.Details Integration: Swift Package Manager (official repo intercom-ios-sp) Project type: Pure Swift (no Objective-C bridging) Issue: For some developers, Xcode shows only Objective-C versions of methods (e.g. loginUserWithUserAttributes:success:failure:). Error: Cannot infer type of function call or No exact matches in call to function 'loginUser' Behavior: Happens inconsistently across machines — some developers see the correct Swift interface and can compile fine, others cannot. We already tried: Clearing DerivedData & SPM caches Re-adding the Intercom package Confirmed same SDK version (19.2.1) Still, the issue reappears randomly on some environments  ObservationWhen we “Jump to Definition,” for working setups i

Hi all, we use the Stripe integration from the Intercom App store, and I’ve found some cases in which not all of the Stripe data is populated when a subscription is created. Looking at the affected record in Stripe, I can see the event logs that reference data sent to Intercom but there are no errors present and the request body matches other Intercom users that DO have the subscription data. Is there any logging from the Stripe app in the Intercom marketplace where we can try and troubleshoot this? The best answer I got from Fin was “turn it on and off again” which might be the solution, but I’m hesitate to try that given how central this integration is to us. 

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?

I am facing problems while trying to create an account on intercom, the error 403 forbidden appears, it shows that my workspace is suspended, but I have respected all the policies.

Hello everyone,I’m Darshan Hiranandani, I’ve been working on an API that allows me to create articles with titles and main content. So far, I’ve been able to create articles successfully, but I’m facing a challenge when it comes to uploading images or attachments to these articles.I know some platforms like Intercom have hosting services that allow you to upload and store attachments, but I’m not sure if they offer something similar for direct image uploads.Can anyone share their experience or suggestions on how to upload images or attachments via REST API? Any help or ideas on how to handle this would be greatly appreciated!Thanks in advance!RegardsDarshan Hiranandani

I own an iOS application that supports Teacher - student lessons. So I need a 1:1 chat where the student can be connected directly with the teacher and the teacher will only see their open chats with students that have started conversations with them. I did some quick prototyping on iOS and I see I can pretty easily set it up where the student can open up a global message queue (Messages Space) but how can I limit their scope to a particular conversation? Is that available in the iOS SDK or will I have to reach for some admin routes? 

Hello everyone,I’m Darshan Hiranandani, working on an application that has thousands of users, and I need to regularly create and update these users in Intercom, at least once a week. The problem is that the current Contacts API doesn't fully support bulk updates and comes with some significant limitations:It requires my app to track whether a contact already exists before performing a POST or PUT request. The API rate limits are very restrictive, especially for medium-sized user bases (166 requests per 10 seconds). It also requires storing the Intercom ID for updates, which isn’t ideal since my app uses an external ID for users. Additionally, the manual import process requires mapping each attribute, which is cumbersome and prone to errors.Given these constraints, I’m looking for a better approach or solution to enable bulk creation and updating of users in Intercom. Has anyone worked around these issues or found a better solution for handling bulk user operations?Would love to hear y

Hi there! We’re using the JavaScript implementation for web as followed on the docs, and we have some users reporting that they are either seeing a semi-colon added on the upper-right corner of the screen, or a full side panel that’s being injected when the “Need help?” badge is being shown. Please see the attached photos for a visual reference.Is this a bug that you are already on track or have a fix for? We’ve tried trying this to a simple page without any components, but it doesn’t seem to fix the issue. Any intel on this would be very helpful. Thanks!  

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.

I know the default survey uses emojis with hover-over text labels, but it seems like our customers might not be understanding the difference between each rating (see attached image). It’s starting to impact our metrics a bit.I’d really like to keep using Intercom’s native CSAT tool for reporting and widgets, but I’m wondering: Is there any way to customize the default emoji options (e.g., swap them out or show the text labels instead)? Or do we know if there’s already a product request or feature idea out there for that? Also related question, is it possible to tweak how CSAT is calculated in our instance? For example, could we have “OK” responses count as positive? A lot of our users are parents or older family members, and based on some past examples, “OK” seems to represent a satisfied response rather than a neutral or negative one.

Hello,I’m looking for any possible ways we might be able to create a Hubspot Ticket from within Intercom.Our use case is this: our Support Team directly supports our customers via chat and email in Intercom. If an issue is identified that requires Engineering help, we create a Ticket in Hubspot for Engineering to pick up.I’m looking for solution so that our Support Reps don’t have to keep a tab open in Hubspot to manually create tickets.Any possible ways to do this?

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.

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, "custom_attributes": { "order_number": "ORDER-12345", "total_amount": 99.99 }Now the documentation does not say anything about how to link the Order to People.Fin says, you need to put a customer property inside custom_attributes, fi

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 like Member, or Global.We’ve verified: intercomSettings in the embed includes the attributes (they appear in the user profile) We’re using open_mode: "conversation" in our Canvas App button App is launched