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Good morning,I’m curious if anyone has any insight...  I work for a small school district and about 11 years ago I signed up to Freshdesk’s Sprout plan.  It was, at the time, 3 agents free “for life.”  Which, thanks to the Wayback machine…Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20130811230239/http://freshdesk.com/pricing/free-support-software Turns out, that fit the bill for me and my two colleagues and, 11 years later, we remain three and continue to use and love Freshdesk to support our teachers. I received an email yesterday stating that “Effective November 15, 2024, we will reduce the number of agent licenses included in the Freshdesk Free Plan from ten to two.”  I’m assuming I’m getting this email because I’m technically on the free plan, but when I check my dashboard, it still shows that I’m on a “classic” plan with only three seats available to me, not ten. My question is, does this apply to us?    We never had 10 available agents, it’s always been three “forever.”  I know companies

Is anyone else able to shed light on the non profit pricing options with Freshdesk?They have a whole web page Helpdesk Software for Non-Profit Organizations - Freshdesk | Freshworks about how they help NPO’s and offer discounts yet I get when it tells you to complete the form you end up with someone from sales calling you.Initially they seemed shocked I was even asking for discount, then came back with a fairly minimal discount for a high subscription compared to many other offerings. We want to use Freshdesk as we have some experience of it but not so sure on the non profit support?  

Hi, This is the most basic question I think. How do I configure emails/replies to be sent to who ever sent an email? right now people are sending emails but there are not getting replies with the ticket number. 

Hey there, I’ve been experiencing problems while logging in to FreshDesk via Firefox ( 99.0.1 ). When my agent tries to login it just reloads the login page. No problems occur when logging in with Edge. Here’s what I tried to solve the problem:Deleting Cookies and History (did not help)complete new installation of Firefox (worked for 24 h)Changing the role of the agent (worked for 24 h) Here’s the real mystery: We have a Log-in-again-after-24-hours-policy in FreshDesk. 24 hours after Using the “Change role” way we experienced the same problems again.But changing the role did not help us this time.Resetting the password did not help, either.Of course deleting cookies and history neither.But this time it was not just a reload of the login page but we got this: First this screenAnd when we tried to login with the correct password Is there anyone out there experiencing the same problems or can give me any idea what to try next? Thank you in advance! Ulf

When allocating a ticket to an internal group (using the shared ownership feature) you can use that group’s automatic assignment rules to pick a suitable agent - just like when a new ticket is created.  However if the group includes collaborators this breaks down because collaborators cannot set their availability.It almost seems like it *should* be possible, because they have a checkbox in the dashboard when you look at available agents.  However, if you check their box it has no effect (unlike with full agents) and is cleared again if you refresh - so it looks like the UI is the same for agents/collaborators alike, but there’s no field to be set for collaborators.I think I could work around this with some home-grown automations, but I’m sure this would put more load on the Freshdesk server than doing it natively using the facilities already in place.  Is there any reason why collaborators cannot have availability, or perhaps a setting I’ve missed which means they can?

Hi Freshworks Community,From my experience, teams avoid disruption when they treat migration as a structured process, not a single technical event.  Here are a couple of practical approaches to help your team migrate smoothly: 1. Plan early and prepare your dataStart planning well in advance. Use this time to clean up outdated records, review workflows, and define what data truly needs to move. 2. Involve your support team earlyPrep work isn’t only technical. Support agents work with tickets every day, so involving them during setup gives them visibility into how the new system works. This helps them understand the “why” behind workflows and troubleshoot issues faster after launch. 3. Communicate internally and define escalation pathsKeep teams aligned on timelines and clearly assign responsibility for technical and customer-facing issues. 4. Train your team by roleProvide role-specific training for agents, admins, and managers to reduce friction after go-live. 5. Test thoroughly befor

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Hello, I’m looking for assistance to resolve a login issue. When attempting to login with an occasional agent using a password I created(not SSO) I receive the error “This page isn’t working right now. URL redirected you too many times.” I have no problem when using a Full time agent using SSO. Please let me know what might be causing the issue. Thank you,Jonathan  

Hi Good day,I already toggle off the Google Login from the Security, Default Login Method. But still appearing on the login support portal page. Is it possible to remove  "CONTINUE WITH GOOGLE" Thank you in advance.

I am on a free trial and i keep getting this error, what am i doing wrong?Error: Ember Data Request GET /api/_/collaboration/threads returned a 404 Payload (application/json) [object Object] It always shows up when i view tickets. Thanks all  

I'm trying to set up an automation in Freshdesk that sends follow-up emails to customers based on the ticket status (e.g., when it's in "Pending" or "Waiting on Customer").Has anyone successfully implemented this? I’d love to see your automation rule examples or best practices for managing this kind of workflow efficiently.Also, any tips on avoiding duplicate follow-ups would be great!Thanks in advance

Does anyone have the list of default permissions for the “Agent” and “Supervisor” roles? We don’t want our agents to be able to delete tickets. 

Hi,I cannot setup Freshdesk app.It does not recognise the url (copied and pasted from working desktop). It will not send a reminder. “unable to send a reminder at this time”. It has been saying that for 12 hours.Brand new Lenovo tab M8.  Android 13.Any ideas please? 

Our organization has different email addresses and AzureAD UPNs.For example: UPN=name@example.com,  mail=name@example2.comAt this time, when we create a request via email, the SSO account is not tied to the ticket.Freshdesk allows to define multiple email addresses for customer field.Can I link multiple email addresses in SAML?

This is going to be a little bit rant-y, but I’m very frustrated with Freshdesk Support. I have submitted 2 different support tickets to Freshdesk support requesting help with a variety of issues over the last 7 days and have currently heard nothing on either one. This is particularly frustrating because on day 5 I resubmitted the first ticket to freshsales support instead and received multiple responses plus a resolution within 24 hours. Presumably these are two different team of people who are likely working completely remote from each other but the Freshdesk support is frankly bordering on embarrassing at this point. Not to mention I now have a third open ticket that appears to be intended for an internal sales agent to reach out to us and try to up-sell or otherwise “close the upgrade” in our plan. I can’t tell if whoever is running that support is clueless or what is going on but if our company wasn’t so set on using Freshdesk this would definitely be enough to get us to consider

Hi, I have a setup where multiple agents are all using the same project email address. Still, we do want to make a distinction between the agents and assign tickets to specific agents. However, it seems that every agent needs to have a separate email address inside Freshdesk. Is there a way to solve this and use the same email address for multiple agents?thank you,Roger Leenders

We have a group that consists of 20 agents and half work an early shift and the other work a late shift. How do we incorporate having the SLA follow and early and late shifts?if I could apply two different business hours to one group, that would be ideal but I don’t think that’s possible. I can’t be the only person that has this issue. Is there a work around?

Can anyone provide me C# APi  code to create ticket .i need to know   what is basic need to create freshdesk ticket 

What causes the error?

HiI’m a Freshdesk ‘newbie’. We are using the platform as a helpdesk to manage some contract creation with our various clients. It’s useful to keep the audit trail of all the dialogue, search for past work etc. My question is actually simple. I have set up freshdesk to send notification emails to my preferred email address. I would prefer to manage the ticket dialogue with the customer via email, rather than login to the web URL.Is there a way that I can have a two-way dialogue via email (outlook) and the emails all drop into the ticket audit trail?If not, does Freshdesk have a desktop app that I can use to manage the tickets, rather than login to the web url?ThanksMark

My FreshDesk account is warning me that my service will be interrupted as it exceeds the limit of 2 agents, but, I only have one agent on the account. The screengrab below shows the message informing me about the 2 agent limit on the same page that lists all of the agents I have set up, and there is only one agent set up.  

Can I change or specify the language setting when a customer logs in via SSO from AzureAD?

Hello, A while ago, we noticed that a Freshdesk account was automatically created for an external supplier that had been CC'd in a ticket by a customer. The account creation was triggered by his e-mail response. After reading stop account auto creation and reaching out to Freshdesk support, I have concluded that this is expected behavior by design.However, I'm wondering, is automatically storing personal data (name and e-mail) for a customer's external supplier GDPR compliant?If I look at the legal text found in the EU journal, chapter II, article 5, six possible grounds for lawfully processing personal data are listed, of which at least one should apply. To summarise: The subject has given consent Processing is necessary for performing a contract Processing is necessary to comply with legal obligations Processing is necessary to protect vital interests Processing is necessary to carry out a task in public interest Processing is necessary for the legitimite interest of the controller o

 Hello everyone.I am getting an error when I try to create a new agent. “The agent could not be saved. Please try again." There are 2 agents in the system together with the administrator. Why is that?