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Instagram DMs reach Meta Business Suite but not ManyChat — Inbox stays at 0

  • September 1, 2026
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wouter

Hi everyone,

I’m having an account-specific Instagram message delivery issue with @coachdm.ai.

Incoming DMs arrive normally in Instagram and in Meta Business Suite Inbox, but the exact same messages never appear in ManyChat. The ManyChat Inbox stays at 0 conversations, so my Default Reply and other DM automations never trigger.

What I already checked:

  • Instagram account is connected to ManyChat
  • @coachdm.ai is a professional Instagram account
  • ManyChat has permission to manage/access Instagram messages
  • Instagram permissions have been refreshed successfully
  • Default Reply is LIVE
  • Inbox Behavior is set to “Any message starts a conversation”
  • I disconnected/reconnected the Instagram account
  • New test DMs arrive correctly in Meta Business Suite
  • Conversation Routing has also been checked

The important part:

I connected another Instagram account to ManyChat with essentially the same setup, and incoming DMs appear in ManyChat normally.

So this seems to be specific to @coachdm.ai, rather than a general ManyChat setup or plan issue.

Has anyone experienced this where Meta receives the Instagram messaging events, but ManyChat receives nothing?

Could this be an Instagram messaging webhook/subscription issue for this specific IG asset? Is there any way to force ManyChat to re-subscribe the account to the Instagram messaging webhooks?

I have also opened a support ticket with ManyChat, but I’d love to know if anyone in the community has seen and fixed this before.

Thanks!

2 replies

wouter
  • Author
  • Up-and-comer
  • September 2, 2026

Hi Wouter,
 
Thank you for reaching out to us.

It's Aurora from the Manychat Support Team. I'm here to help you! 
 
I see here that you are having issues with DMs not being forwarded to Manychat Inbox. I'm sorry to hear it's giving you trouble.
 
We’ve received an important update from Meta confirming that, for the New Enhanced connection (which your account uses), having a Facebook Page linked to your Instagram account is required for it to function properly.
 
Could you please follow the steps below?
 

  • Go to Meta Business Suite → Settings → Accounts → Pages and make sure a Facebook Page is added there (if not, please add one).
  • Open your Instagram app → Edit Profile → Public business information and connect that same Facebook Page
  • Then go back to Manychat → Settings and click Refresh Permissions
  • Go back to Meta Business Suite → Settings → Accounts → Pages and send me a screenshot of this page as well.

 
Please go through the steps and let me know once you're done; I'll run a test on my end, and we'll take it from there!

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Kindest regards,

Aurora


wouter
  • Author
  • Up-and-comer
  • September 2, 2026

Works again! 


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  • September 2, 2026

I'm glad you got it sorted!