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Yannick_Malins
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Jul 17, 2024

Users on iOS can't write to group chat with a bot


Hi all, I'm seeing some strange behaviour with the Teams iOS app when trying to interact with bots in 1-1 group chats . I've tried with multiple iPhones, all updated to the latest Teams version. The same issue does not appear on Android and Web/Desktop flavours of Teams. Has anyone seen this issue before? I couldn't find anything in the knowledge base

Setup:

A group chat with two participants: one bot, one user

Behaviour on web/desktop:
User sees both participants of the group chat, user can send messages in the group chat
 

 

 


Behaviour on Android:
User can send messages in the group chat
 
Behaviour on iOS (last tested with 6.13.1):
User does not see the bot in the participants of the group chat:
 
 

 

 


User cannot send messages in the group chat:

 

 


(also notice the bot, which is correctly named "Symlabs9 - Symphony" in the messages on web/desktop, is shown as "Unknown User" on iOS)

it seems Teams iOS is not counting the bot as a user? which would explain why the bot doesn't appear in the member list, and why the error about needing more than one person in the room is shown?

 
    • Meghana-MSFT's avatar
      Meghana-MSFT
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      Yannick_Malins - We checked this at our and we are able to access the bot properly in iOS. Bot name is also properly displayed.

       

       

       

      • Yannick_Malins's avatar
        Yannick_Malins
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        Meghana-MSFT sorry I was not clear enough in the initial description - this happens for group chats ("chatType": "group") that contain just the user and the bot  - see my screenshot from Teams desktop. In your test you are adding bots to an IM

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