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Test Your Facebook Messenger Channel
Test your Facebook Messenger channel to ensure that it’s working the way you expect. Using a sandbox is optional, but a good idea.
Required Editions
| View supported editions. | |
This article applies to:
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Standard and Enhanced Facebook Messenger channels |
This article doesn’t apply to:
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Enhanced In-App Chat, Enhanced Web Chat v1, Enhanced Web Chat v2, Enhanced WhatsApp, Standard and Enhanced SMS, Enhanced Apple Messages for Business, Enhanced LINE, and Bring Your Own Channel |
| User Permissions Needed | |
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| To send and receive messages in Messaging: | View Setup and Configuration |
| To end Messaging sessions: | End Messaging Session |
Important Standard Facebook Messenger channels were retired on February 14, 2026.
To avoid service interruptions, upgrade your standard Facebook Messenger channels to
enhanced channels now. Enhanced Facebook Messenger offers many of the standard Facebook Messenger features you love
plus session transfers, interactive messaging components, and AI agent support. See Upgrading from Standard to Enhanced Messaging.
We recommend creating a separate Facebook page for testing purposes that you associate with a sandbox. This way, even after your channel is live in production, you can use your sandbox to test further changes.
A Facebook page can technically be associated with messaging channels in more than one Salesforce org. However, we don’t recommend linking the same Facebook page to both your sandbox and production orgs. Doing so can lead to duplicate auto-responses and a confusing customer experience.
| Action | Instructions |
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| (Optional) Set up Messaging in your sandbox. |
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| Test your channel in sandbox or production. |
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| (Optional) Switch from sandbox to production. | See Moving Messaging Data Between Sandbox and Production. |
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