Types of Escalation
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Human-Requested Escalation
Triggered when:
The caller explicitly asks for a dispatcher or a person
Behavior:
Immediate transfer
Intent flow bypassed
Safety-Detected Escalation
Triggered by:
Dangerous language
Risk indicators
Escalation rules
Behavior:
Immediate transfer
Marked as safety-related in review tools
Guardrail Escalation
Triggered by:
Maximum call duration
System timeouts
AI provider failure
Language instability
Behavior:
Transfer via configured fallback
May appear as a safeguard transfer
Escalation
Guardrail
