# How to respond to silence in my Rasa chatbot?

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**Category:** Rasa Open Source\
**Created:** [January 17, 2024, 11:57am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/how-to-respond-to-silence-in-my-rasa-chatbot/60793 "2024-01-17T11:57:09Z")\
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I have written a scenario for my chatbot (using checkpoints). However, when tell nothing (there is just silence), my chatbot answers using an utterance that supposed to be used in the middle of the scenario. I guess the reason for that is – Rasa just randomly chosing an answer. Am I right?

What are any proper ways to handle silence in my chatbot?

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