# Getting action\_listen for followup\_action value even after adding a followup action

**URL:** <https://forum.rasa.com/t/getting-action-listen-for-followup-action-value-even-after-adding-a-followup-action/1087>\
**Category:** Rasa Open Source\
**Created:** [September 13, 2018, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/getting-action-listen-for-followup-action-value-even-after-adding-a-followup-action/1087 "2018-09-13T12:47:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![NikhilBansal21](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/nikhilbansal21/32/418_2.png) [@NikhilBansal21](https://forum.rasa.com/u/NikhilBansal21)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2018, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/getting-action-listen-for-followup-action-value-even-after-adding-a-followup-action/1087/1 "2018-09-13T12:47:04Z")

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Hi,

I followed the docs -

> [http://rasa.com/docs/core/api/events/#force-a-followup-action](http://rasa.com/docs/core/api/events/#force-a-followup-action)

and added custom action like this -

> class ActionResetPass(Action):
> 
> def apply\_to(self, tracker):
> 
> ```
> tracker.trigger_follow_up_action(self.ActionEmployeeCodeInput)
> 
> ```

Now according to the docs i should get my next action name in **followup\_ action** value but that is not happening rather i am getting **action\_listen** instead!

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**Author:** ![akelad](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/akelad/32/69_2.png) [@akelad](https://forum.rasa.com/u/akelad)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/getting-action-listen-for-followup-action-value-even-after-adding-a-followup-action/1087/2 "2018-09-14T16:01:48Z")

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this should be called in your actions `run` method

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**Author:** ![akelad](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/akelad/32/69_2.png) [@akelad](https://forum.rasa.com/u/akelad)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/getting-action-listen-for-followup-action-value-even-after-adding-a-followup-action/1087/3 "2018-09-14T16:02:40Z")

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here’s a guide on how to write custom actions, you should only need to define the `name()` and `run()` methods

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**Author:** ![NikhilBansal21](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/nikhilbansal21/32/418_2.png) [@NikhilBansal21](https://forum.rasa.com/u/NikhilBansal21)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2018, 7:38am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/getting-action-listen-for-followup-action-value-even-after-adding-a-followup-action/1087/4 "2018-09-17T07:38:42Z")

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you mean to say that i will have to add this -

> tracker.trigger\_follow\_up\_action(self.ActionEmployeeCodeInput)

in my class run method?

my action server is displaying error on doing that

![image](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/images/transparent.png)

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**Author:** ![akelad](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/akelad/32/69_2.png) [@akelad](https://forum.rasa.com/u/akelad)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2018, 11:09am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/getting-action-listen-for-followup-action-value-even-after-adding-a-followup-action/1087/5 "2018-09-17T11:09:22Z")

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`tracker.trigger_followup_action()` i belive it’s called

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**Author:** ![NikhilBansal21](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/nikhilbansal21/32/418_2.png) [@NikhilBansal21](https://forum.rasa.com/u/NikhilBansal21)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2018, 11:11am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/getting-action-listen-for-followup-action-value-even-after-adding-a-followup-action/1087/6 "2018-09-17T11:11:22Z")

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so their should be correction in docs

> [https://rasa.com/docs/core/api/events/#force-a-followup-action](https://rasa.com/docs/core/api/events/#force-a-followup-action)

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**Author:** ![NikhilBansal21](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/nikhilbansal21/32/418_2.png) [@NikhilBansal21](https://forum.rasa.com/u/NikhilBansal21)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2018, 11:20am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/getting-action-listen-for-followup-action-value-even-after-adding-a-followup-action/1087/7 "2018-09-17T11:20:15Z")

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changing that also did not made any diff getting same error from action server

> ```
> tracker.trigger_followup_action(self.ActionEmployeeCodeInput)
> 
> ```
> 
> AttributeError: ‘Tracker’ object has no attribute ‘trigger\_followup\_action’ 127.0.0.1 - - [2018-09-17 16:48:41] “POST /webhook HTTP/1.1” 500 412 0.000000

my code is this -

> class ActionResetPass(Action): def name(self): return ‘next\_action\_ask\_user\_empID’
> 
> def run(self, dispatcher, tracker, domain):
> 
> ```
> tracker.trigger_followup_action(self.ActionEmployeeCodeInput)
>   
> response ="Pls provide with your employee code"
> 
> dispatcher.utter_message(response)
> 
> ```

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**Author:** ![akelad](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/akelad/32/69_2.png) [@akelad](https://forum.rasa.com/u/akelad)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/getting-action-listen-for-followup-action-value-even-after-adding-a-followup-action/1087/8 "2018-09-18T16:05:20Z")

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Oops actually sorry, if you’re triggering a followup action from the action server, you should return a `FollowupAction("action_name")` event

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**Author:** ![NikhilBansal21](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/nikhilbansal21/32/418_2.png) [@NikhilBansal21](https://forum.rasa.com/u/NikhilBansal21)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 5:23am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/getting-action-listen-for-followup-action-value-even-after-adding-a-followup-action/1087/9 "2018-09-19T05:23:31Z")

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nothing of this sort is mentioned in docs… So i have to pass **FollowupAction(“action\_name”)** in **return** like we do for slot setting… am i right?

for instance -

> return [SlotSet(‘mobNum’,mobNum),FollowupAction(“action\_name”)]

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**Author:** ![akelad](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/akelad/32/69_2.png) [@akelad](https://forum.rasa.com/u/akelad)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/getting-action-listen-for-followup-action-value-even-after-adding-a-followup-action/1087/10 "2018-09-19T16:24:25Z")

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yes, it’s mentioned here: [https://rasa.com/docs/core/api/events/#force-a-followup-action](https://rasa.com/docs/core/api/events/#force-a-followup-action)

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**Author:** ![pnandhini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/85f322/32.png) [@pnandhini](https://forum.rasa.com/u/pnandhini)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 8:43am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/getting-action-listen-for-followup-action-value-even-after-adding-a-followup-action/1087/11 "2019-03-04T08:43:11Z")

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Does this followup action work for you? When I try to execute FollowupAction(“enter\_name”), it is getting executed but then default\_fallback\_action is getting predicted before its goes to “Action\_listen”. As I am not getting much from forum, I am trying to debug the code to find the process steps. If you have any updates on this, pls do share. Thnk you.

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**Author:** ![pnandhini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/85f322/32.png) [@pnandhini](https://forum.rasa.com/u/pnandhini)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 10:39am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/getting-action-listen-for-followup-action-value-even-after-adding-a-followup-action/1087/12 "2019-03-06T10:39:59Z")

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Never mind. Its working as expected.

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**Author:** ![EllisonFord](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/ellisonford/32/5274_2.png) [@EllisonFord](https://forum.rasa.com/u/EllisonFord)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2019, 12:25am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/getting-action-listen-for-followup-action-value-even-after-adding-a-followup-action/1087/13 "2019-11-02T00:25:57Z")

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How did you fix it? I’m having some similar trouble right now ☹

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**Author:** ![gonesbuyo](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/gonesbuyo/32/4956_2.png) [@gonesbuyo](https://forum.rasa.com/u/gonesbuyo)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/getting-action-listen-for-followup-action-value-even-after-adding-a-followup-action/1087/14 "2019-11-06T16:49:17Z")

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@pnandhini yes, how did you fix it?@EllisonFord did you managed to fix it?

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**Author:** ![EllisonFord](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/ellisonford/32/5274_2.png) [@EllisonFord](https://forum.rasa.com/u/EllisonFord)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/getting-action-listen-for-followup-action-value-even-after-adding-a-followup-action/1087/15 "2019-11-08T19:47:03Z")

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I just changed the training policy until I got one that didn’t mess up. I had to remove the KerasPolicy. Hope it works for you as well.

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**Author:** ![argideritzalpea](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/argideritzalpea/32/7528_2.png) [@argideritzalpea](https://forum.rasa.com/u/argideritzalpea)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 1:06am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/getting-action-listen-for-followup-action-value-even-after-adding-a-followup-action/1087/16 "2020-05-04T01:06:08Z")

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I use a custom action function to decompose a multi-intent to its respective intents’ actions. However, enqueuing multiple FollowupActions in this custom action does not lead to execution of all FollowupActions. It seems that the first Followup action is properly acted upon, but other policies interrupt subsequently queued FollowupActions:

Here is an action for a multi-intent that is supposed to enqueue other actions:

```auto
class ActionMulti_VC_CT(Action):

    def name(self):
        return "action_VC_CT"

    def run(self, dispatcher, tracker, domain):

        intent = tracker.latest_message['intent'].get('name')
        list_of_actions = routeMultiIntent(intent)

        if len(list_of_actions) > 0:
            return [FollowupAction(x) for x in list_of_actions]
        else:
            return [FollowupAction("action_default_fallback")]

```

When it is triggered, the tracker correctly prints that two followup actions are registered for the particular multi-intent `inform_partyVehics+inform_peopleCount`:

`2020-05-04 00:39:50 DEBUG rasa.core.processor - Action 'action_PV_PC' ended with events '[<rasa.core.events.FollowupAction object at 0x7f2c242c05d0>, <rasa.core.events.FollowupAction object at 0x7f2c24242c50>]'. `

(these followup actions are `action_inform_partyVehics` and `action_inform_peopleCount`):

However, as you can see, the bot only does the first FollowupAction:

```auto
Your input -> 3 adult and 2 kids. 2 cars                                                                                                                          
2020-05-04 00:39:50 DEBUG rasa.core.tracker_store - Recreating tracker for id 'c21e2c7a4d2640489471956fc08795e6'
2020-05-04 00:39:50 DEBUG rasa.core.processor - Received user message '3 adult and 2 kids. 2 cars' with intent '{'name': 'inform_partyVehics+inform_peopleCount', 'confidence': 0.5743247866630554}' and entities '[{'entity': 'number_people', 'start': 0, 'end': 1, 'extractor': 'DIETClassifier', 'value': '3'}, {'entity': 'number_people', 'start': 12, 'end': 13, 'extractor': 'DIETClassifier', 'value': '2'}, {'entity': 'number', 'start': 20, 'end': 21, 'extractor': 'DIETClassifier', 'value': '2'}, {'start': 0, 'end': 1, 'text': '3', 'value': 3, 'confidence': 1.0, 'additional_info': {'value': 3, 'type': 'value'}, 'entity': 'number', 'extractor': 'DucklingHTTPExtractor'}, {'start': 12, 'end': 13, 'text': '2', 'value': 2, 'confidence': 1.0, 'additional_info': {'value': 2, 'type': 'value'}, 'entity': 'number', 'extractor': 'DucklingHTTPExtractor'}, {'start': 20, 'end': 21, 'text': '2', 'value': 2, 'confidence': 1.0, 'additional_info': {'value': 2, 'type': 'value'}, 'entity': 'number', 'extractor': 'DucklingHTTPExtractor'}]'
2020-05-04 00:39:50 DEBUG rasa.core.processor - Current slot values: 
	age: None
	can_use_spacy: None
	countTime: 2020-05-04T12:00:00.000-07:00
	current_api: None
	data_stored: None
	entity_extractor: None
	feedback_message: None
	feedback_value: None
	howLong: None
	language: None
	name: None
	nlu_part: None
	onboarding: None
	package_manager: None
	partyVehics: None
	peopleCount: 3
	problem_description: None
	product: None
	requested_slot: partyVehics
	returnStatus: restart
	search_results: None
	seenBefore: False
	seenPastDay: None
	shown_privacy: None
	source: None
	step: None
	suggestion: None
	trailVisits: None
	unknown_nlu_part: None
	unknown_product: None
	vehicleCount: 7
	yearBorn: None
	zipCode: None
2020-05-04 00:39:50 DEBUG rasa.core.processor - Logged UserUtterance - tracker now has 204 events.
2020-05-04 00:39:50 DEBUG rasa.core.policies.memoization - Current tracker state [{'prev_action_listen': 1.0, 'intent_hello': 1.0}, {'prev_action_setDefaultSlotValues': 1.0, 'intent_hello': 1.0}, {'prev_utter_hello': 1.0, 'intent_hello': 1.0}, {'prev_count_episode': 1.0, 'active_form_count_episode': 1.0, 'intent_hello': 1.0, 'slot_returnStatus_2': 1.0}, {'prev_action_listen': 1.0, 'active_form_count_episode': 1.0, 'entity_number_people': 1.0, 'intent_inform_partyVehics+inform_peopleCount': 1.0, 'entity_number': 1.0, 'slot_returnStatus_2': 1.0}]
2020-05-04 00:39:50 DEBUG rasa.core.policies.memoization - There is no memorised next action
2020-05-04 00:39:50 DEBUG rasa.core.policies.mapping_policy - The predicted intent 'inform_partyVehics+inform_peopleCount' is mapped to action 'action_PV_PC' in the domain.
2020-05-04 00:39:50 DEBUG rasa.core.policies.form_policy - There is an active form 'count_episode'
2020-05-04 00:39:50 DEBUG rasa.core.policies.fallback - NLU confidence threshold met, confidence of fallback action set to core threshold (0.3).
2020-05-04 00:39:50 DEBUG rasa.core.policies.ensemble - Predicted next action using policy_2_MappingPolicy
2020-05-04 00:39:50 DEBUG rasa.core.processor - Predicted next action 'action_PV_PC' with confidence 1.00.
2020-05-04 00:39:50 DEBUG rasa.core.actions.action - Calling action endpoint to run action 'action_PV_PC'.
2020-05-04 00:39:50 DEBUG rasa.core.processor - Action 'action_PV_PC' ended with events '[<rasa.core.events.FollowupAction object at 0x7f2c242c05d0>, <rasa.core.events.FollowupAction object at 0x7f2c24242c50>]'.
2020-05-04 00:39:50 DEBUG rasa.core.processor - Current slot values: 
	age: None
	can_use_spacy: None
	countTime: 2020-05-04T12:00:00.000-07:00
	current_api: None
	data_stored: None
	entity_extractor: None
	feedback_message: None
	feedback_value: None
	howLong: None
	language: None
	name: None
	nlu_part: None
	onboarding: None
	package_manager: None
	partyVehics: None
	peopleCount: 3
	problem_description: None
	product: None
	requested_slot: partyVehics
	returnStatus: restart
	search_results: None
	seenBefore: False
	seenPastDay: None
	shown_privacy: None
	source: None
	step: None
	suggestion: None
	trailVisits: None
	unknown_nlu_part: None
	unknown_product: None
	vehicleCount: 7
	yearBorn: None
	zipCode: None
2020-05-04 00:39:50 DEBUG rasa.core.processor - Predicted next action 'action_inform_peopleCount' with confidence 1.00.
2020-05-04 00:39:50 DEBUG rasa.core.actions.action - Calling action endpoint to run action 'action_inform_peopleCount'.
2020-05-04 00:39:50 DEBUG rasa.core.processor - Action 'action_inform_peopleCount' ended with events '[<rasa.core.events.SlotSet object at 0x7f2c24018a50>]'.
2020-05-04 00:39:50 DEBUG rasa.core.processor - Current slot values: 
	age: None
	can_use_spacy: None
	countTime: 2020-05-04T12:00:00.000-07:00
	current_api: None
	data_stored: None
	entity_extractor: None
	feedback_message: None
	feedback_value: None
	howLong: None
	language: None
	name: None
	nlu_part: None
	onboarding: None
	package_manager: None
	partyVehics: None
	peopleCount: 3
	problem_description: None
	product: None
	requested_slot: partyVehics
	returnStatus: restart
	search_results: None
	seenBefore: False
	seenPastDay: None
	shown_privacy: None
	source: None
	step: None
	suggestion: None
	trailVisits: None
	unknown_nlu_part: None
	unknown_product: None
	vehicleCount: 7
	yearBorn: None
	zipCode: None
2020-05-04 00:39:50 DEBUG rasa.core.policies.memoization - Current tracker state [None, {}, {'prev_action_listen': 1.0, 'intent_hello': 1.0}, {'prev_action_setDefaultSlotValues': 1.0, 'intent_hello': 1.0}, {'prev_utter_hello': 1.0, 'intent_hello': 1.0}]
2020-05-04 00:39:50 DEBUG rasa.core.policies.memoization - There is a memorised next action 'count_episode'
2020-05-04 00:39:50 DEBUG rasa.core.policies.mapping_policy - There is no mapped action for the predicted intent, 'inform_partyVehics+inform_peopleCount'.
2020-05-04 00:39:50 DEBUG rasa.core.policies.form_policy - There is an active form 'count_episode'
2020-05-04 00:39:50 DEBUG rasa.core.policies.fallback - NLU confidence threshold met, confidence of fallback action set to core threshold (0.3).
2020-05-04 00:39:50 DEBUG rasa.core.policies.ensemble - Predicted next action using policy_0_MemoizationPolicy
2020-05-04 00:39:50 DEBUG rasa.core.processor - Predicted next action 'count_episode' with confidence 1.00.
2020-05-04 00:39:50 DEBUG rasa.core.actions.action - Calling action endpoint to run action 'count_episode'.
2020-05-04 00:39:50 DEBUG rasa.core.processor - Action 'count_episode' ended with events '[BotUttered('How many vehicles did your party bring to the trailhead today?', {"elements": null, "quick_replies": null, "buttons": null, "attachment": null, "image": null, "custom": null}, {"countTime": "2020-05-04T12:00:00.000-07:00", "peopleCount": "3", "requested_slot": "partyVehics", "returnStatus": "restart", "vehicleCount": 7}, 1588552790.6476474), <rasa.core.events.SlotSet object at 0x7f2c24172290>]'.
2020-05-04 00:39:50 DEBUG rasa.core.processor - Current slot values: 
	age: None
	can_use_spacy: None
	countTime: 2020-05-04T12:00:00.000-07:00
	current_api: None
	data_stored: None
	entity_extractor: None
	feedback_message: None
	feedback_value: None
	howLong: None
	language: None
	name: None
	nlu_part: None
	onboarding: None
	package_manager: None
	partyVehics: None
	peopleCount: 3
	problem_description: None
	product: None
	requested_slot: partyVehics
	returnStatus: restart
	search_results: None
	seenBefore: False
	seenPastDay: None
	shown_privacy: None
	source: None
	step: None
	suggestion: None
	trailVisits: None
	unknown_nlu_part: None
	unknown_product: None
	vehicleCount: 7
	yearBorn: None
	zipCode: None
2020-05-04 00:39:50 DEBUG rasa.core.policies.memoization - Current tracker state [None, {}, {'prev_action_listen': 1.0, 'intent_hello': 1.0}, {'prev_action_setDefaultSlotValues': 1.0, 'intent_hello': 1.0}, {'prev_utter_hello': 1.0, 'intent_hello': 1.0}]
2020-05-04 00:39:50 DEBUG rasa.core.policies.memoization - There is a memorised next action 'count_episode'
2020-05-04 00:39:50 DEBUG rasa.core.policies.mapping_policy - There is no mapped action for the predicted intent, 'inform_partyVehics+inform_peopleCount'.
2020-05-04 00:39:50 DEBUG rasa.core.policies.form_policy - There is an active form 'count_episode'
2020-05-04 00:39:50 DEBUG rasa.core.policies.fallback - NLU confidence threshold met, confidence of fallback action set to core threshold (0.3).
2020-05-04 00:39:50 DEBUG rasa.core.policies.ensemble - Predicted next action using policy_3_FormPolicy
2020-05-04 00:39:50 DEBUG rasa.core.processor - Predicted next action 'action_listen' with confidence 1.00.
2020-05-04 00:39:50 DEBUG rasa.core.processor - Action 'action_listen' ended with events '[]'.
2020-05-04 00:39:50 DEBUG rasa.core.lock_store - Deleted lock for conversation 'c21e2c7a4d2640489471956fc08795e6'.

```

After the first `action_inform_peopleCount` is executed, the second followup action is nowhere to be seen, and the line `2020-05-04 00:39:50 DEBUG rasa.core.policies.memoization - There is a memorised next action 'count_episode'` occurs.

How can you execute multiple enqueued followup actions?

This is the first “nested” action that is called as a FollowupAction:

```auto
class ActionStorePartyVehics(Action):
    """Stores the number of vehicles in a party in a slot"""

    def name(self):
        return "action_inform_partyVehics"

    def run(self, dispatcher, tracker, domain):

        intent = tracker.latest_message['intent'].get('name')
        partyVehics = next(tracker.get_latest_entity_values('number_vehic'), None)

        if not partyVehics:
            partyVehics = next(tracker.get_latest_entity_values('number'), None)

        if partyVehics:
            return [SlotSet('partyVehics', partyVehics)]
        elif intent in ["skip_please", "deny"]:
            return [SlotSet('partyVehics', "SKIPPED"), FollowupAction("action_skip_please")]
        else:
            return [SlotSet('partyVehics', tracker.latest_message.get('text'))]

```

Is the return statement in the action’s `run()` overwriting previously scheduled events? If so, how do I get around this and allow one multi-intent to call its respective component intents’ actions?

Related: [Bug when returning multiple FollowupAction events in action](http://forum.rasa.com/t/bug-when-returning-multiple-followupaction-events-in-action/9052/5)

Thanks

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**Author:** ![akelad](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/akelad/32/69_2.png) [@akelad](https://forum.rasa.com/u/akelad)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 10:49am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/getting-action-listen-for-followup-action-value-even-after-adding-a-followup-action/1087/17 "2020-05-07T10:49:28Z")

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Hi @argideritzalpea, this isn’t a bug, it’s intentional that there can only be one `FollowUpAction()`. Can I ask why you’re not handling this in your stories instead? That’s the recommended way, otherwise your tracker history might get confusing quickly

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**Author:** ![picardtseng](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@picardtseng](https://forum.rasa.com/u/picardtseng)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 8:26am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/getting-action-listen-for-followup-action-value-even-after-adding-a-followup-action/1087/18 "2020-12-28T08:26:15Z")

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Hello! Is that doable that initialize a tracker object and trigger an custom action with trigger\_followup\_action() “out side” the action server?

The project I am working on initializes the agent(by loading the models) in an independent python program. Have to find out a way to trigger the intention/action directly in that program.