{"version":"2.1.236","anchor":"idle-subscriptions-cannot-ride-a-structured-message","canonical_anchor":"idle-subscriptions-cannot-ride-a-structured-message","heading":"Idle subscriptions cannot ride a structured message","tier":"internal","area":"Cross-Session Messaging","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.236\/e\/idle-subscriptions-cannot-ride-a-structured-message","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.236","markdown":"### Idle subscriptions cannot ride a structured message\n\nAsking to be pinged when another session idles only works with plain text or no message.\n\n**What**\n\nAn idle subscription can accompany a plain-text message or stand alone with an empty message, but not a structured one. Bridge targets, did-scheme targets and messaging yourself are each refused with their own message.\n\n**Details**\n\n- Outcomes are recorded under a new telemetry name.\n- Unconditional inside the tool; which refusal you get depends on the target's address scheme.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`notify_when_idle cannot ride a structured message \\u2014 send plain text, or omit the message for a pure subscription`\n\n- Area: Cross-Session Messaging\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}