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automation setting not working

  • April 6, 2026
  • 3 comments
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Olawale Onasanya

i created an automation which is not working because when i commented yesterday on my pinned instagram post, i didn't see any automated reply 

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rodrigo_silvano
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Hey ​@Olawale Onasanya 

Can you refresh your permissions on Manychat and Meta?

Check here how to do it: https://help.manychat.com/hc/en-us/articles/14281308423452-Instagram-automation-troubleshooting

 

If after that it doesn’t work, please share with us a screenshot of your automation.


Devtrest
  • Smooth talker
  • April 6, 2026

Most likely, this is just a testing issue.

On Instagram comment automations, if you comment from the same account again on the same post, the automation may not fire again. So testing with your own account on your pinned post often makes it look broken.

Try this:

  1. Test with a different Instagram account
  2. Use a new comment with the right keyword
  3. Make sure the automation is Live
  4. In ManyChat, click Refresh Permissions
  5. In Instagram, make sure Allow access to messages is turned on

So the short answer is:
it may not be broken you may just be re-testing on the same post/account.
Test with another account first.


samiur
  • Up-and-comer
  • April 6, 2026

@Olawale Onasanya - try with another post. If you have created the comment to dm flow, allow the flow to trigger on any post and put a test keyword (test123) and then try to comment on your any other post to check it. Please use another IG account to comment on your post.