Escalation

Manage urgencies within your ORG to queue issues.

Tier escalation

Agents operate a triage during escalation so your team can handle customer problems the best way. Low urgency is always sent to Agent Desk to be solved automatically with runbooks or loops if you are on Humaner.

UrgencyTypical triggerTarget SLARoutes to
CriticalSafety, payment failure, stranded travellerUnder 5 minutesHuman Desk (real-time)
PriorityBilling dispute, logged-in user blockedUnder 2 hoursHuman Desk (async)
StandardPolicy or feature clarificationUnder 24 hoursHuman Desk (async)
LowKnown pattern, knowledge gap, repeat issueNo human queueAgent Desk

B2C vs B2B

Your audience influences the way escalation and ticketing works.

B2CB2B
Primary objectTicket / conversationLogged-in user, then conversation
InboxPeople by urgencyIdentified users by urgency
AI / Custom jobContain & resolve fastPersonalize; brief team with user context
MetricsVolume, CSAT, containmentResolution rate, deflection, content gaps
  1. 1

    Open Escalation

    https://app.humaner.io/dashboard/desk/escalation or per-agent under Agents → Escalation.

  2. 2

    Enable urgency

    Toggle Critical, Priority, Standard, and Low. Everything Low goes to Agent Desk.

  3. 3

    Set default assignees

    Route new tickets to the right team member or queue on creation.

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