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title: 3004: the typing indicator could not be handed to the messaging channel; retry | API Docs
description: the typing indicator could not be handed to the messaging channel; retry
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the typing indicator could not be handed to the messaging channel; retry. This is an HTTP 502: a dependency we call failed.

## Troubleshooting

- Retry with exponential backoff: this is our failure, not your request’s.
- Quote `request_id` (and `trace_id` when present) if the failure persists.