Chapter 4 · Reminders

Why a reminder was not sent

Updated August 28, 2026

When a reminder does not go out, the reason is written down. Cobbi does not retry in silence and does not delete anything: the send is marked as skipped, with its reason right next to it.

See it in three steps

  1. Open the charge from Charges.
  2. Look at its reminders: the one that did not go out shows as skipped, with the reason on the same row.
  3. Fix what the reason says. The next reminder goes out on its own, at the hour you set.
A charge's Contacts: when the next reminder goes out and which one did not, with its reason

The nine reasons you will see

Your customer asked to stop

They replied STOP on WhatsApp and we stopped writing. It is final and cannot be undone from Cobbi. The charge stays open and you can still reach them another way.

The charge is disputed

Someone marked it as "I do not owe that". A disputed charge is never scheduled and nothing is sent, and that is on purpose: you settle it first, then you collect. Clear the dispute and reminders resume.

The customer has no mobile number

With no valid mobile there is nowhere to write. Add it on the customer, with the country code.

Your plan ran out of reminders

Every plan includes a number of active charges per month. When they run out, reminders stop going out. Buy an extra pack or move up a plan. Receipts and the alerts you get do not use that quota.

The number is paused

It is our WhatsApp number that is paused, not your account. It happens when WhatsApp throttles sending for a while. Nothing to do on your side: the reminder resumes when the number does.

The amount is below your minimum

You set the amount from which a reminder is worth it. Anything below is skipped. You change that minimum in Settings.

Too many messages this week

There is a cap of messages per customer per week, two by default. It is what keeps a reminder from turning into harassment, especially when the same customer owes you five invoices. You can change it in Settings.

The charge is no longer open

It is paid, voided, or it belongs to an installment plan that already closed. We do not remind what is not owed.

No message ever reached that phone

More than one went out and none shows as delivered: the number is wrong or your customer blocked the chat. The remaining reminders are skipped while that holds, so your number stays healthy for all your other customers. Check the mobile number on the customer's card; if it starts receiving again, the rest go out on their own.

If the reason does not match what you see, check what your customer receives.

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