What is the maximum number of Verify attempts a user will receive? What is the maximum number of Verify attempts a user will receive?

What is the maximum number of Verify attempts a user will receive?

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Question

How many times will Vonage try to reach an end-user to verify them?

Applies To

  • Verify API
  • SMS
  • TTS

Answer

By default there should be at most three messages or calls received. The default flow is SMS-TTS-TTS, so the end user would receive one SMS, then if they haven't been confirmed as successful in entering their Verify code a Text-To-Speech (TTS) call is made to the same number, and if no code is Verified after this a final TTS call is made after which the Verify request will remain open until the request itself expires (for example, after the time set as the pin_expiry or until 5 minutes after the request was created).