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Customer: Apex DigitalProduct: MS Teams Integration

MS Teams Auto-Answer fails to respond in public channels

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Reported
12 Sep 2026, 09:15
Updated
12 Sep 2026, 14:40

Investigation summary

Issue description

MS Teams Auto-Answer fails to respond in public channels while still working in some private channels. Investigation is ongoing. Channel permissions or bot membership may still need to be ruled out. Engineering escalatio…

Expected behaviour

Auto-Answer should respond consistently in configured public and private Microsoft Teams channels.

Actual behaviour

Auto-Answer fails to respond in public channels while continuing to respond in some private channels.

  • Confirmed the issue is reported in public channels.
  • Compared behaviour with a private channel that still responds.
  • Asked whether bot permissions differ by channel type.
  • Requested Teams activity / webhook samples for a failing public-channel attempt.

Escalation recommendation

CONTINUE INVESTIGATION
  • Production impact
  • Customer-reported severity
  • AI-assessed severity
  • Intermittent reproduction
  • Troubleshooting documented

Human decision

Continue investigation
Decided by
Support Engineer
Decided
12 Sep 2026, 14:40
Rationale
Further channel permission and configuration checks are required before engineering escalation.