# A call transfer was not done, but we sent the transfer

**URL:** <https://community.retellai.com/t/a-call-transfer-was-not-done-but-we-sent-the-transfer/2646>\
**Category:** Support Help\
**Tags:** bug\
**Created:** [May 8, 2026, 6:27pm UTC](https://community.retellai.com/t/a-call-transfer-was-not-done-but-we-sent-the-transfer/2646 "2026-05-08T18:27:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![emilia](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex008/user_avatar/community.retellai.com/emilia/32/1721_2.png) [@emilia](https://community.retellai.com/u/emilia)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 6:27pm UTC](https://community.retellai.com/t/a-call-transfer-was-not-done-but-we-sent-the-transfer/2646/1 "2026-05-08T18:27:06Z")

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Hi everyone! please help.  
call\_631e600e9057d627b3e1368ba84: In this call we did a transfer and in the log below you’ll see that we send the ‘transfer\_number’ not empty, so the call should have been transferred, but else, it keeps in call for more than 40s before the user hangs up.

```markdown
2026-05-08 17:14:09.500 call_631e600e9057d627b3e1368ba84 info: Latency for response_id: 5 - e2e: 2432 asr: 164 llm: 1921 tts: 238
2026-05-08 17:14:09.613 call_631e600e9057d627b3e1368ba84 verbose: Current response Id: 5 Received Response: {
  response_type: 'response',
  response_id: 5,
  content: '',
  content_complete: true,
  end_call: false,
  transfer_number: '+12185274084',
  digit_to_press: null
}
2026-05-08 17:14:09.886 call_631e600e9057d627b3e1368ba84 verbose: Sending updates (transcript trimmed to last 2 utterances): {
  transcript: [
    { role: 'user', content: 'Please. ', words: [Array] },
    {
      role: 'agent',
      content: 'Thanks ',
      words: [Array],
      metadata: [Object]
    }
  ],
  interaction_type: 'update_only'
}

```

Just as an example, in this other call it worked: call\_820aaab2731fece1c9b2de0268c and we did the same but this has a log the other one does not have: 2026-05-08 17:34:35.002 call\_820aaab2731fece1c9b2de0268c info: Calling tool: transfer\_call. So we don’t understand what happened in the first call that did not worked.

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**Author:** ![mark1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex008/user_avatar/community.retellai.com/mark1/32/2524_2.png) [@mark1](https://community.retellai.com/u/mark1)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 6:45pm UTC](https://community.retellai.com/t/a-call-transfer-was-not-done-but-we-sent-the-transfer/2646/2 "2026-05-08T18:45:18Z")

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Hello @emilia

Thanks for sharing the call ids. I’ve escalated this to our team for further review.

We’ll update you as soon as we hear back.

Best regards

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**Author:** ![mark1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex008/user_avatar/community.retellai.com/mark1/32/2524_2.png) [@mark1](https://community.retellai.com/u/mark1)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2026, 1:02pm UTC](https://community.retellai.com/t/a-call-transfer-was-not-done-but-we-sent-the-transfer/2646/3 "2026-05-09T13:02:20Z")

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Hey @emilia

Team traced call\_631e600e9057d627b3e1368ba84 against the public log and the custom-LLM handler. The transfer was lost due to a timing race in the response stream.

Recommended fix on your custom LLM (api.getpuppeteer.ai/llm-websocket):

- Emit `transfer_number` earlier in the stream — ideally on the very first content chunk of the transfer response, or on a frame that also carries content. Don’t put it only on a trailing empty frame after a long farewell sentence.
- Keep the farewell preceding the transfer short (or omit it). The longer TTS plays after `transfer_number` is captured, the larger the window for a turn flip + new `response_required` to wipe out the pending transfer.

Thank You