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Verify your message was successfully sent

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import RefreshIcon from "~icons/fa/refresh"; import TimesCircleIcon from "~icons/fa/times-circle";

When you send a message, it first goes to a Zulip server, and then the Zulip server sends it out to all the recipients.

Sometimes there can be delays if your device is on a poor network connection. Zulip lets you know when your message successfully reaches the server.

Verify that a message reached the Zulip server

Look for a timestamp (like 4:53) on the right side of the message. If you see a timestamp, the message successfully reached the server.

You can see what a message without a timestamp looks like by disconnecting your computer from the internet, and sending a message.

When to resend

By default, Zulip will try to resend the message when it is re-connected to the internet.

If Zulip gives up (or if the Zulip server returns an error), it will add two red icons (<RefreshIcon /> <TimesCircleIcon />) to the right side of the message. If you don't see the red icons, there is no need to resend.

If you do see the red icons, you can either

  • Click resend (<RefreshIcon />) to attempt a resend.
  • Click cancel (<TimesCircleIcon />) to delete the message.
  • Reload the page to cancel all the messages with red icons.