# My bot can't send a "whisp"

**URL:** <https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/my-bot-cant-send-a-whisp/21481>\
**Category:** Chat and IRC\
**Created:** [June 14, 2019, 10:50am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/my-bot-cant-send-a-whisp/21481 "2019-06-14T10:50:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![BarryCarlyon](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/barrycarlyon/32/253_2.png) [@BarryCarlyon](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/BarryCarlyon)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/my-bot-cant-send-a-whisp/21481/2 "2019-06-14T14:42:05Z")

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This is a duplicate of

> [@Unable to have my bot send whispers](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/unable-to-have-my-bot-send-whispers/21120):
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> As of today, my bot is unable to send whispers. Yesterday I experienced no issues. My bot replied to my commands properly. And now, out of nowhere, I am getting this NOTICE after attempting to whisper: full\_message: @msg-id=whisper\_restricted;target-user-id=94714716 :tmi.twitch.tv NOTICE #cubiedev :Your settings prevent you from sending this whisper. tags: {'msg-id': 'whisper\_restricted', 'target-user-id': '94714716'} command: tmi.twitch.tv NOTICE #cubiedev use…

TLDR due to spambots on Twitch if you encounter this error you need to be a known bot

> [@Unable to have my bot send whispers](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/unable-to-have-my-bot-send-whispers/21120/4):
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> [https://dev.twitch.tv/limit-increase/](https://dev.twitch.tv/limit-increase/) is the page where you would submit a bot verification request. In case that link ever changes, the process should be described here: [https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/irc/guide/#known-and-verified-bots](https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/irc/guide/#known-and-verified-bots)

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