---
title: "Send typing indicator"
method: POST
path: "/v1/inbox/conversations/{conversationId}/typing"
tags: ["Messages"]
---

# Send typing indicator

`POST /v1/inbox/conversations/{conversationId}/typing`

Show a typing indicator in a conversation. Platform support:
- Facebook Messenger: Shows "Page is typing..." for 20 seconds
- Instagram: Shows "typing..." to the recipient (works for both Instagram Login and Facebook Login accounts). The recipient must be signed in to Instagram to see it.
- Telegram: Shows "Bot is typing..." for 5 seconds
- WhatsApp: Shows "typing..." for up to 25 seconds. Requires a recent inbound message in the conversation (Meta references the inbound message id) and also marks that message as read as a side-effect.
- All others: Returns 200 but no-op (platform doesn't support it)

Typing indicators are best-effort. The endpoint always returns 200 even if the platform call fails; `success` reports whether a typing indicator was actually sent to the platform (`false` on unsupported platforms or when the platform call failed).

## Path parameters

- `conversationId` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `accountId` string, required — Account ID

## Response `200`

Typing indicator sent (or no-op on unsupported platforms)

- object
  - `success` boolean

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — Inbox addon required
- `404` — Account or conversation not found

## Changes

- **2026-09-16** `3e6ddf2a99ea` — 1 info
  - added the optional property `details/budgetScope` to the response with the `400` status
- **2026-09-15** `0dba7d004d75` — 2 info
  - added the optional property `details/quotaExhausted` to the response with the `400` status
  - added the optional property `details/quotaScope` to the response with the `400` status

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/zernio/apis/zernio-api/changes/v1/inbox/conversations/:conversationId/typing/post.md)

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