Zendesk Fails to Link Duplicate Tickets From the Same Person Using Different Emails
Zendesk only groups tickets from a matching requester identity, so when the same customer emails once from a personal address and later from a work address about the same issue, the tickets stay unlinked. Agents must manually notice matching subject lines to catch the duplication, adding avoidable support workload.
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