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Connection complete, but no messages go through.

  • April 7, 2026
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SGronqv

Hi everyone, I just got Manychat today and connected it to our Instagram business account successfully. I then created a “Welcome Followers” automation and turned it LIVE, but it won’t trigger/send messages. I’ve read multiple How-tos and gone around in circles with the AI chatbot. It seems like none of the suggested options to fix it appear to us. Here is what I have tried so far:

  • Refreshing the connection multiple times.
  • Made sure that “Allow Access To Messages” is turned ON in the Instagram app.
  • I’ve tried selecting Manychat in the Select a Default Routing App through the Facebook Business Page Settings, but it won’t appear in the drop down menu.
  • I’ve tried adding it to Conversation Routing in Business Suite - Manychat is listed under Integrations - Connected Apps, but it does NOT show up under Integrations - Conversation Routing, I also have no option of adding it - The page is blank with no buttons or menus.
  • Made sure that Manychat has permission to “Manage and access messages for the Instagram account”

Has anyone run into this issue or might have some thoughts how to fix it?

Would be super grateful to get this resolved.

Thnx,

Saga

1 reply

Fabio Gaulke
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  • April 8, 2026

Hi, ​@SGronqv!

 

That feature (DM to new followers) is still in Beta and full of bugs from Meta's side… even if you succeed with the connections and had it available to your IG account, some cases work fine, others work just for a portion of new followers and there are those like you… nothing works. 🫠

 

You could open a ticket to Manychat's support team take a look, but there's no guarantee that they will be able to make it work for you = How to get support from Manychat – Manychat Help