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rachael
Conversationalist
May 31, 2026

Creating drafts in response to customer's last inbound message

  • May 31, 2026
  • 5 replies
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We have an automatic out-of-office reply switched on in Front for any inbound customer service enquiries. When a customer emails in, that auto-reply becomes the most recent message on the thread.

When our AI agent then drafts a response, the Front connector replies to the latest message — which is our own out-of-office, not the customer's email. Because it's replying to our own outbound message, the draft has no recipient and no subject line, so it can't be sent.

The fix we're asking for: have create_draft reply to the customer's last inbound message (not just the latest message of any kind) — or give us a way to point it at the customer's message directly. Any of those would let the draft inherit the right recipient and subject.

    5 replies

    Javier - Developer Relations
    Community Manager
    June 1, 2026

    Hi ​@rachael - thanks for writing in about this. I’ve noted it to the team for discussion. 

    Javier - Front Developer Relations
    Javier - Developer Relations
    Community Manager
    June 1, 2026

    FYI there is a known issue with drafts that is removing the subject line, From fields, and signatures. However, the ability to reply to the last inbound message may still be necessary despite those near fixes.

    Javier - Front Developer Relations
    Javier - Developer Relations
    Community Manager
    June 12, 2026

    Hi ​@rachael,

    You should now be able to ask your AI agent to draft a response to the last inbound message. Can you let us know if this works for you to get around drafting responses to the auto-replies? The recipient and subject line issues should also have been fixed.

     



     

     

    Javier - Front Developer Relations
    rachael
    rachaelAuthor
    Conversationalist
    June 13, 2026

    Yes - this is working now - thank you! 

    rachael
    rachaelAuthor
    Conversationalist
    June 13, 2026

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