# Character repeats the same message regardless of input **URL:** \ **Category:** Character Intelligence\ **Tags:** conversation-issues, question\ **Created:** [October 22, 2025, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/character-repeats-the-same-message-regardless-of-input/5344 "2025-10-22T17:53:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Noc](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forum.convai.com/noc/32/5802_2.png) [@Noc](https://forum.convai.com/u/Noc)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/character-repeats-the-same-message-regardless-of-input/5344/1 "2025-10-22T17:53:59Z")
![Screenshot 2025-10-22 at 10.51.55 AM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/uploads/convai/original/2X/f/f80827ba3f702ee7cfc7098f36b74d07d0845f42.png) ![Screenshot 2025-10-22 at 10.52.03 AM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/uploads/convai/original/2X/6/6b578d96a5f9d4190b615685792e6707c957a60c.png) ![Screenshot 2025-10-22 at 10.52.14 AM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/uploads/convai/original/2X/b/bf81e20f190a438bf85fffb368a14014a95ec275.png) Character ID: b7e09ee8-69a7-11f0-b345-42010a7be01f ---
**Author:** ![Stav\_Cohen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forum.convai.com/stav_cohen/32/2883_2.png) [@Stav\_Cohen](https://forum.convai.com/u/Stav_Cohen)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/character-repeats-the-same-message-regardless-of-input/5344/2 "2025-10-22T18:57:02Z")
It happens to me too very disturbing. ---
**Author:** ![K3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forum.convai.com/k3/32/2611_2.png) [@K3](https://forum.convai.com/u/K3)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/character-repeats-the-same-message-regardless-of-input/5344/3 "2025-10-29T19:30:42Z")
Does it work as expected when Narrative Design is disabled? ---
**Author:** ![Noc](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forum.convai.com/noc/32/5802_2.png) [@Noc](https://forum.convai.com/u/Noc)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 10:47pm UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/character-repeats-the-same-message-regardless-of-input/5344/4 "2025-10-29T22:47:07Z")
This fixed it on the conv.ai dashboard for this character. We will try in-app later. Why does this fix it? And what are the downsides of disabling Narrative Design? ---
**Author:** ![Kamal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forum.convai.com/kamal/32/2808_2.png) [@Kamal](https://forum.convai.com/u/Kamal)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 7:48am UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/character-repeats-the-same-message-regardless-of-input/5344/5 "2025-10-31T07:48:56Z")
Hello There! I am Kamal from the LLM Team. @Noc you have the narrative design set something like ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/uploads/convai/original/2X/c/c7d8863d66315c05c4208d10fad6da3532a10d2c.png) after the “welcome speech” section, create an idle section to which the character needs to transition. If your character stays in the welcome speech section always then it will keep on repating the instructions that you have written. create a new idle section, after your first section, put the objective as “Talk to the user” or something generic, your character will start working normally. Let me know if this works for you. Thanks for your patience! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/uploads/convai/original/1X/e60ef96aa7334c5ccf6682f6c6dbc20fcfa96b49.png) [@system](https://forum.convai.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2025, 7:49am UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/character-repeats-the-same-message-regardless-of-input/5344/6 "2025-11-30T07:49:54Z")
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