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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!