Three messages mean the chat backend is not answering right now.
The assistant is temporarily unavailable. Please try again.
The assistant is not available right now. Please try again later.
Could not generate a draft. Please try again.
None of these indicate a problem with your account, and none of them consume a chat from your daily allowance. Retry once. If the second attempt fails too, do not keep hammering it: check status and come back later.
What is safe to retry
Everything. The Agent creates artefacts only when it explicitly says so, and an interrupted chat leaves nothing half-created. If it had already saved a list or started an export before failing, that object exists and is visible on Lists or Exports, and retrying the chat does not duplicate it.
What to use meanwhile
- People search with the filter panel does everything the Agent does for search, counts and previews.
- Lists and Exports work independently of the chat surface entirely.
- Your own connected agent over MCP runs on a different path and is usually unaffected.
Other chat messages
Job not found or expired.
A long-running chat job was picked up after its result window closed, usually after leaving the tab overnight. Ask again in a fresh message.
Empty message
Last message must be from the user.
Interface-level validation, typically from a double submit. Re-send the message.