ANET Troubleshooting & Escalation Guide
CATEGORY 1: SYSTEM FOUNDATIONS
1.1 – ANET Overview & Operating Model
Troubleshoot Internally
Misunderstanding of the non-emergency scope
Incorrect expectations about automation replacing dispatch
Staff confusion about conversational vs menu behavior
Misinterpretation of safety bias
These are training or policy alignment issues.
Elevate to Support If
The system behaves outside the documented safety model
Intent routing appears to bypass safety unexpectedly
Guardrails fail to activate when clearly required
1.2 – Safety Model & Escalation Logic
Troubleshoot Internally
Single safety escalation
Policy disagreement about over-transfer
Staff concerns about conservative behavior
Misinterpretation of the safety transfer reason
Elevate to Support If
Repeated safety escalations without trigger language
Escalation fails to trigger when obvious risk language is present
Sudden spike in safety transfers without configuration changes
Safety override appears inconsistent across similar calls
CATEGORY 2: CONFIGURATION & CONTROL
2.1 – Intents & Scenario Design
Troubleshoot Internally
Intent misclassification
Overlapping intents
Conditional logic errors
Questions asked out of order
Unnecessary transfers due to action selection
Review:
Intent mapping
Example utterances
Action configuration
Elevate to Support If
Intent classification fails across multiple clearly similar calls
Confidence scoring appears broken
System ignores configured intent rules
Changes do not persist after saving configuration
2.2 – Actions & Outcome Configuration
Troubleshoot Internally
Incorrect transfer number
Missing fallback configuration
Misaligned default action
Unexpected transfer during business hours
Validate:
Action settings
Time-based routing
Fallback logic
Elevate to Support If
Transfers route correctly in config but fail live
Calls terminate unexpectedly without configured action
Guardrails override properly configured action without visible trigger
2.3 – Time-Based Routing & Feature Controls
Troubleshoot Internally
Incorrect business hour routing
Holiday misrouting
Feature flag accidentally enabled/disabled
Unexpected automation after-hours
Validate:
Schedule boundaries
Time zone settings
Feature flag states
Elevate to Support If
Routing ignores correct schedule settings
Time blocks behave inconsistently
Feature flag changes do not apply
Multiple time-triggered failures across intents
CATEGORY 3: VOICE & LANGUAGE PROCESSING
3.1 – Speech Processing & Conversational Stack
Troubleshoot Internally
Minor transcription errors
Occasional barge-in interruption
Single LLM delay
Thinking indicator confusion
Review:
Transcript
Timeline
Retry events
Elevate to Support If
Repeated agent_failure transfers
Widespread STT mishearing across many calls
Multiple LLM timeouts in short window
Barge-in instability across calls
Provider outages suspected
3.2 – Language Handling & Switching
Troubleshoot Internally
Single incorrect language detection
Caller confusion during switch
Occasional unsupported language transfer
Review:
Language detection thresholds
Switch cap settings
Transcript language consistency
Elevate to Support If
Oscillation between languages repeatedly
Auto-detection misfires across multiple calls
Stack partially switches (STT changes but TTS does not)
Language change tool fails to execute
CATEGORY 4: CALL ROUTING & TRANSFERS
4.1 – Transfer Types & Routing Logic
Troubleshoot Internally
Single unexpected transfer
Time-based routing confusion
Intent-based transfer misunderstood
Jurisdiction rule misapplied
Validate:
Intent action
Transfer number
Time logic
Location verification
Elevate to Support If
Repeated unknown transfer reasons
Agent_failure spike
Safety escalation spike without clear trigger
Transfers routing to wrong number despite correct config
Transfer loops not caused by telephony misconfiguration
4.2 – Call Lifecycle & Duration Controls
Troubleshoot Internally
Single duration-cap transfer
One-time timeout
Minor retry event
Review:
Timeline
Duration thresholds
Retry limits
Elevate to Support If
Frequent duration-cap transfers
Retry loops
Early timeouts across multiple calls
Calls ending abruptly without clear lifecycle event
CATEGORY 5: TELEPHONY & DEPLOYMENT
5.1 – Telephony Architecture & Call Forwarding
Troubleshoot Internally (Admin + IT)
Forwarding rule incorrect
Return line misconfigured
Caller ID mismatch
Looping caused by PBX routing
Adjacent PSAP number incorrect
Validate:
Carrier forwarding
Dedicated return line
No forwarding on return line
End-to-end test calls
Elevate to Support If
Clean telephony configuration but transfer fails
Calls disappear mid-transfer
No call reaches ANET despite correct forwarding
Repeated fallback transfers without telephony explanation
Telephony must be validated internally before escalation.
CATEGORY 6: INTEGRATIONS
6.1 – CAD Integration & CFS Workflows
Troubleshoot Internally
Missing required field
Incorrect field mapping
Misaligned incident category
Draft fallback expected but misunderstood
Validate:
Field mapping
Required field list
Workflow mode (Automated vs Suggested)
CAD availability
Elevate to Support If
Repeated failed submissions with correct fields
CAD submission succeeds but data corrupted
Status in Triage does not match CAD record
Integration works intermittently
API authentication errors
Provide:
Call IDs
Timestamps
Error messages
CAD record examples
6.2 – Future Integrations
Troubleshoot Internally
Field mismatch
Authentication credential expired
Feature flag misalignment
Elevate to Support If
Integration returns structured errors repeatedly
Data loss suspected
External system rejects properly formatted payload
Unexpected duplicate submissions
CATEGORY 7: MONITORING & OVERSIGHT
7.1 – Dashboard & Triage
Troubleshoot Internally
Single anomaly
One unusual transfer
One low score
Status misunderstood
Use:
Transcript review
Timeline review
Score correlation
Elevate to Support If
Repeated anomalies of same type
Dashboard status inconsistent with Triage
Timeline missing expected events
Data not populating
7.2 – Analytics
Troubleshoot Internally
Minor daily fluctuation
One-day spike
Seasonal volume shift
Compare:
Weekly trends
Prior periods
Elevate to Support If
Analytics data missing
Metrics inconsistent with Triage data
Large unexplained trend change without config changes
Data aggregation delays persist
7.3 – Scoring, Tags & Observability
Troubleshoot Internally
Single low score
Individual mis-tag
Slight score fluctuation
Review:
Transcript
Transfer reason
Intent clarity
Elevate to Support If
Score category appears broken across many calls
Tags applied incorrectly across patterns
Scoring logic not aligning with transcript
No scoring generated
Escalation Rule of Thumb
Escalate to Support when:
The issue is repeated
The issue crosses multiple calls
The issue contradicts documented configuration
The issue cannot be explained by telephony or configuration
The issue suggests provider instability
Data integrity may be affected
Do not escalate:
Isolated calls
Policy disagreements
Training issues
Expected safety behavior
