Reply with an out of hours message

Author: Michael Dance

Category: Automation Rules

Published: May 30, 2026

Last updated: June 27, 2026

Reading time: 1 min

You can automatically post an out of hours response to a ticket that has been opened when your closed by creating a Ticket Created automation rule.

Add the following conditions to your rule:

Field Operator Value Group
Within Business Hours Equals 0 Group 1
Has Employee Responses Equals 0 Group 2
Has Responses Equals 0 Group 3

Next, set the action type to Add Public Reply.

You can also add a custom message to let the customer know that you’re closed and you’ll get back to them when you’re back in the office.

Example:

Thanks for contacting Ticaga. 

We're currently closed. Our office is next open on {{next_open_time "D j M Y g:i A T"}}.
We'll get back to you within the business hours.

Opening Hours are:
{{business_hours_summary "line_break"}}