Understand Chat confirmations

Sending a draft#

The Send button in the draft editor is the confirmation. There is no second dialog and no card asking you to approve. Click it and the email goes out.

Once the send completes, Chat writes "I sent that draft." into the conversation. That message is the receipt.

Saving draft edits#

Draft edits autosave. The status label in the editor tells you where they stand: "Saving…", then "Draft saved", or "Autosave delayed" if a save failed. Chat does not post a chat message when a draft saves, so read the status label rather than waiting for a reply. See Edit and send drafts from Chat.

Staged actions#

When Chat stages an action, its reply describes the proposed change and tells you how to confirm or cancel it. Do not confirm until the target and change match your request.

Staged actions cover:

• sending a draft
• rewriting draft text
• calendar events and holds
• Gmail labels
• other supported Gmail message actions may be applied immediately or staged, depending on the action
• contact notes
• nurture changes
• settings changes
• background batches that include changes

For a single staged action, the reply tells you how to confirm or cancel it:

• "Reply confirm to apply it, or cancel to stop."
• "There is still a staged action pending. Reply confirm to apply it, or cancel to stop." if you moved on without answering.
• "A draft change is still staged. Reply confirm to apply it, or tell me to adjust or discard it." for a pending rewrite of draft text.

Reply "confirm" to run it. Reply "cancel" to drop it. For a staged draft rewrite you can also tell Chat what to change instead, and it restages the action with your correction.

Approve a background batch#

When a background batch includes changes, Chat lists the items it plans to change and asks you to approve the batch before it starts. Read the list, then click Confirm or reply confirm. Reply cancel to discard the staged batch. See Understand background tasks in Chat for what happens after approval.

Approve a temporary higher-volume request#

If a larger run reaches Chat’s hourly bulk-action safety limit, Chat may ask whether you want to temporarily allow a higher volume of actions. This permission lasts 10 minutes in that chat thread. It does not remove per-minute limits or the confirmations required for individual staged changes. Approve only if you still want the requested larger run; otherwise cancel or ask Chat to split the work into a smaller request.

If you are not sure something happened#

1. Read back through the thread for the receipt or the staged-action line.
2. For a send, check Gmail Sent.
3. For a draft, check Gmail Drafts or click Open in Gmail from the editor.

Chat does not send email silently. A draft sent from the editor requires Send; a staged send in the conversation requires your confirmation.