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Customer Care Windows

Meta limits when businesses can message customers. Kazenly surfaces those limits in the chat pane with banners, placeholders, and Expired status — there is no live countdown on open threads.

ChannelFree-text windowAfter windowFull expiry
WhatsApp~24h after last customer messageUtility template or internal noteExpired at 24h (default)
Instagram~24h after last customer messageHuman Agent text (assigned agent, up to 7 days)Expired at 7 days

Articles​

IDTitleStatus
9.1WhatsApp 24-Hour Window✅ Published
9.2Instagram 24-Hour Window and Human Agent✅ Published
9.3How a Conversation Expires✅ Published
9.4Your Chat Will Expire Shortly✅ Published

Chapter 9 complete. Next: Kazenly Automations (chapter 10).

See also: Sending Messages (chapter 8) · Working Expired Threads (5.4) · Open, Pending, Queued, Expired (2.3).