# Agent starts conversation with complete nonsense

**URL:** <https://community.retellai.com/t/agent-starts-conversation-with-complete-nonsense/3168>\
**Category:** Support Help\
**Tags:** agent-performance\
**Created:** [June 23, 2026, 10:16pm UTC](https://community.retellai.com/t/agent-starts-conversation-with-complete-nonsense/3168 "2026-06-23T22:16:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![support4](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex008/user_avatar/community.retellai.com/support4/32/816_2.png) [@support4](https://community.retellai.com/u/support4)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2026, 10:16pm UTC](https://community.retellai.com/t/agent-starts-conversation-with-complete-nonsense/3168/1 "2026-06-23T22:16:48Z")

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On Random calls, the agent starts out with complete nonsense, rambling about various words, comments, etc that are not part of the script.

On the example below, it ran the outbound script on an incoming call. However, the output was jibberish.

agent\_6893945c8a05acd19c368c28df  
call\_7f9eeda6c62f91b9346639344f5

It has happened several times on other calls. Once it gets on track, it seems to be fine. I was not sure if the issue was in the recording or the actual call, but I think it’s the call itself.

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**Author:** ![admin22](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex008/user_avatar/community.retellai.com/admin22/32/1993_2.png) [@admin22](https://community.retellai.com/u/admin22)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2026, 3:14am UTC](https://community.retellai.com/t/agent-starts-conversation-with-complete-nonsense/3168/2 "2026-06-24T03:14:39Z")

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Is your first message static or a variable?,

I’ve replicated this in testing and that was due to me having a variable as the agents first message without populating it with any input.

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**Author:** ![Shah-Fazal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex008/user_avatar/community.retellai.com/shah-fazal/32/2522_2.png) [@Shah-Fazal](https://community.retellai.com/u/Shah-Fazal)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2026, 12:52pm UTC](https://community.retellai.com/t/agent-starts-conversation-with-complete-nonsense/3168/3 "2026-06-24T12:52:35Z")

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Hey @support4 Checking your Call with the team.

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**Author:** ![Shah-Fazal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex008/user_avatar/community.retellai.com/shah-fazal/32/2522_2.png) [@Shah-Fazal](https://community.retellai.com/u/Shah-Fazal)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2026, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.retellai.com/t/agent-starts-conversation-with-complete-nonsense/3168/4 "2026-06-25T17:45:05Z")

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Hey @support4 It should be fixed now.

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**Author:** ![TONNIC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex008/user_avatar/community.retellai.com/tonnic/32/131_2.png) [@TONNIC](https://community.retellai.com/u/TONNIC)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2026, 6:06pm UTC](https://community.retellai.com/t/agent-starts-conversation-with-complete-nonsense/3168/5 "2026-06-25T18:06:01Z")

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was this a system-wide issue? I would have presumed it was how the agent was setup, but if retell had to fix, what was the issue?