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Error
Application error

16027: Participant to be whispered is on hold

Twilio Voice DocumentationVoice

Description

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This error occurs when you try to add a coaching participant to a conference participant who is currently on hold. A participant on hold is not available to be whispered to until that participant rejoins the active conference.

Possible causes

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  • The participant identified in callSidToCoach is on hold.
  • The participant identified by the TwiML coach target is on hold.
  • Your application tried to enable coaching before the participant rejoined the active conference.
  • Take the target participant off hold by updating the participant and setting hold to false before you add the coach.
  • Confirm the CallSid you use for coaching belongs to a participant who is still connected to the same active conference.
  • Verify that your application is targeting the correct conference and the correct participant before you enable coaching.
  • If you use <Conference> with the coach attribute, make sure the participant you want to whisper to is an active participant and not on hold.

Additional resources

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