Amazon Connect does not link persistent chats automatically: the previous contact ID must be supplied, either as SourceContactId on StartChatContact or through the Create persistent contact association flow block, and only one of the two methods may be used.

Checked 2026-09-30

Vendor
Amazon Web Services
Product
Amazon Connect
Subsystem
chat
Deployment
multi-tenant
Region
not restricted
Release range
current as of 2026-09-30
Checked
2026-09-30

Sources

Cite this note

APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 30). Omnichannel routing and channel capacity: source note omnichannel-routing-concepts-aws-persist-not-auto. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/omnichannel-routing-concepts-aws-persist-not-auto

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-omnichannel-routing-concepts-aws-persist-not-auto,
  title  = {Omnichannel routing and channel capacity: source note omnichannel-routing-concepts-aws-persist-not-auto},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/omnichannel-routing-concepts-aws-persist-not-auto},
  note   = {Source note omnichannel-routing-concepts-aws-persist-not-auto, checked 2026-09-30}
}

Read in context