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Salesforce Messaging Chat Widget “Not Sent” Error & Endless Loading
Sep 7, 2025
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Hello everyone. In this video we are
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going to see Salesforce messaging chat
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window loading issue or not sent error
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message on the Salesforce messaging for
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web chat window. Let's look at the issue
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first.
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This is my third party website. This is
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my GitHub website where I have hosted
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Salesforce messaging for web. So I got
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the code snippet from embedded service
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deployment. I hosted it in my GitHub
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site and I'm trying to initiate
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Salesforce messaging for web. It is
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still loading and it will keep on
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loading and then it is not allowing me
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to
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initiate the chat.
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If I try to see the error, I'm getting
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some 404 error and then I'm getting fail
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to load uh the resource from the server.
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So this is an issue. If I just refresh
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the page, I'm able to see the chat
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window is opened. And if I try to send a
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message like uh
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demo testing
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in sometime it will it is send it is uh
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throwing me an throwing me an error
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saying that not send sorry not sent if I
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want to resend the message I can click
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this resend. Even if I try resending
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I may get the same error. Let's see the
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possible uh reasons for this issue and
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how to troubleshoot and debug it so that
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we can resolve the issue.
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So here the main reason I'm getting this
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issue is recently
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I made a particular field in the
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messaging session object as required
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for so the the required field which I
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made was this language. This is a custom
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field. I created it and then I made it
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required.
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So whenever
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we make a field required in messaging
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session, we have to make sure that this
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particular field is populated
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or we can do
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hidden pre-hat and then we can pass the
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value whenever the chat is initiated so
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that the messaging session record is
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created with this
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field which is required.
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So make use of pre-hat field or hidden
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pre-hat so that the required fields are
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filled.
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One more thing where we have to see is
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we have to check on the messaging
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session whether we have any validation
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rules. If you create any validation
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rules make sure whenever the chat is
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initiated the validation rule is not
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getting fired. Same thing we have to
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check triggers and also we have to check
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flow triggers. So if you are having any
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validation in the before uh insert or
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before update uh on the messaging
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session object or entity then we have to
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make sure we are not uh stopping the
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chat to load. So these are all the
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things we have to check it on the
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messaging session. Why we have to check
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all these here are whenever the chat is
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initiated for Salesforce messaging for
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web it creates conversation record
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messaging session record messaging user
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record and other object records so that
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the chat is initiated and then it gets
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routed via omni channel. So there are so
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many entities that are crucial in
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loading the chat. So make sure whenever
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we touch uh these objects if you are
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making any development on float trigger
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validation rule or any custom fields
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creation with making it mandatory at the
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database level then we have to make sure
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the thorough testing is done so that it
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can be pushed to production. So the
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first thing is make sure we are not uh
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um stopping the chat window to load
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because of making some validation rules
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or uh flow or trigger validation or
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making a field required.
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So now since I fixed that uh field
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I'm going to start the chat. It is
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loading. I can see the chat window is uh
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loaded. Now if I send any message
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it says that it is sent. Previously it
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was showing as not sent. Let's see some
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additional things where we can debug and
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troubleshoot it. Let's say you didn't
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create any custom fields or any
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validation rule flow or trigger on this
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messaging session object and still you
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are facing the same issue. Then let's
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see the additional information which can
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be checked so that we can fix or resolve
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this issue.
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Okay. So the first cause we we saw the
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field is not required. Next is we also
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saw a validation rule. Next we also saw
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we are making sure that there are no
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flows or which is stopping. So here I
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don't have any flow triggers and also I
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don't have any triggers.
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Next is trigger. We uh concluded that.
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And next is we have to make sure storage
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limit is not exceeded. So go to storage
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usage
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in Salesforce setup and make sure you
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have
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the storage. It is only 19% used. So my
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storage limit is not exceeded. If the
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storage limit is exceeded then messaging
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session records and other uh related
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records like conversation messaging user
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records cannot be created. So it will
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not load the chat window. So make sure
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the storage is not exceeded. So this is
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the cost file. And uh one more important
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thing which we have to check is let's
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say you are using a third party website.
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in the third party website. Whenever you
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get the embedded service code uh
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snippet.
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So this is the code we put it on the
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third party website.
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So make sure this code snippet is not
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copied and pasted on the same page
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multiple times. This is one thing if you
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are using third party website. Let's say
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you are making use of messaging for web
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in your experience cloud site. In that
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case,
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make sure you are adding the embedded
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messaging
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on the footer.
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So this is the
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standard component which we add.
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So make sure you are adding it on the
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footer.
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If you have a strong business use case
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that it cannot be added on each and
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every page. It should be on a specific
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page then add it
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to the page uh level uh section and
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make sure you are not adding multiple
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times. So if you go to this page
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structure make sure in the whole page
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structure it should be added only once.
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If you add add it in the sidebar or if
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you add it in the content section, make
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sure you are not duplicating. If you add
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the same standard embedded messaging in
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content footer, sidebar and content and
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and or content header or on the sidebar
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featured section these duplicate
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embedded messaging and also if you are
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using XP uh third party website, if you
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are adding the same embedded service
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code uh snippet multiple times, the
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JavaScript will conflict which will
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prevent the chat window to load.
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So that is also one important thing we
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have to check.
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Please check the video description. In
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the video description I have shared my
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blog post. From the blog post you should
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be able to get the causes and also how
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to fix those causes. So if you are
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having some issue with cost 2 then you
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can check
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how to uh find or debug the issue so
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that you can easily resolve it.
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I hope it was helpful.
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Thank you for watching.
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