Service Incident - August 13, 2025 - All pods | AI Agents - AI Agent delays Zendesk Service Notifications
https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/9594339646362-Service-Incident-August-13-2025-All-pods-AI-Agents-AI-Agent-delays
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Key Changes: 1. Support added auto-detection for sender authentication using ARC (Authenticated Received Chain) headers, increased the number of recent emails imported by the Gmail connector from 50 to 300, and added new import functionality for the Exchange Connector to import the 300 most recent emails. 2. Zendesk Workflow Management (WFM) now allows exporting a structured CSV of agent activity timelines directly from the Agent Activity page, and when grouping by organization in reports, users will see clearer distinctions between actual organizations, non-ticket activity, and data with no associated organization.
View Full Release NotesThis fundamentally changes how you'll manage third-party integrations.
Internal Note β’ recentlyThe Zendesk ecosystem has seen a flurry of updates and announcements over the past three weeks, with a clear focus on AI-powered features and integrations. The company is pushing hard to scale its outcome-based pricing and leverage AI to drive KPI gains for customers, as evidenced by the integration of GPT-5 and the introduction of intelligent triage for voice calls. However, this push for innovation has been accompanied by a series of service incidents, including access issues and 5xx errors, highlighting the need for Zendesk to maintain stability and reliability as it expands its capabilities. For Zendesk professionals, this means navigating a rapidly evolving landscape, where the promise of AI-driven efficiency must be balanced with the realities of managing a complex, mission-critical platform.
https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/9594339646362-Service-Incident-August-13-2025-All-pods-AI-Agents-AI-Agent-delays
4 days ago
Nico's Commentary
We've got some focused and niche updates this week. ARC still has experimental status with the IEFT (RFC history here) but Zendesk handles a huge quantity of email so implementing features seen in the wild is important.
It's feeling like Zendesk QA (FKA Klaus) is not a priority. A long time ago I did a QA implementation project and evaluated a bunch of tools and I'm sure the competition aren't sitting still. The Tallinn office are recruiting engineers (see) so we will be keeping a close eye on the future of this product.
Tangential but I wrote some notes on the design of the gradients you see on this page and there's a demo gradient comparison tool if you want to play!