Glossary

What is Collision Detection?

Preventing two agents from replying to the same conversation simultaneously.

Definition

Collision detection is a feature that alerts agents when another team member is viewing or typing in the same conversation. It prevents duplicate or conflicting responses to the same customer.

How it works

Collision detection typically shows real-time indicators like 'Agent X is typing' or 'Agent Y is viewing this conversation.' Advanced implementations auto-lock conversations when an agent starts composing a reply and release the lock after a timeout.

In Lodgestory

Lodgestory's unified inbox includes real-time collision detection with visual indicators and optional conversation locking.

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