Make sure your configuration sets

firstMessage

to a string (not

true

) and explicitly sets

firstMessageMode

to

"assistant-speaks-first"

for the assistant to speak first. Here’s an example:

json
{
  "firstMessage": "שלום! איך אפשר לעזור?",
  "firstMessageMode": "assistant-speaks-first"
}

Update your assistant config accordingly and test again. [See documentation for details.](https://docs.vapi.ai/api-reference/assistants/create-assistant) Source: - [Create Assistant – Vapi Docs](https://docs.vapi.ai/api-reference/assistants/create-assistant)

Hey! To help track down this issue, could you share: - The call ID - When exactly this happened (the timestamp) - What response you expected to get - What response you actually got instead This would really help us figure out what went wrong!