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# Bring Your Own Bot for Messaging Release Notes

This section describes recent changes that have been made to this guide. To see the latest feature updates for Bring Your Own Bot (BYOB), visit [Bring Your Own Bot release notes](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_messaging_byob.htm).

## Updates for Summer ’26

- Published the Bring Your Own Bot for Messaging guide with the initial integration workflow. See [Get Started](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/service/messaging-byob/guide/get-started.md) and [Integrate Your Bot with Service Cloud](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/service/messaging-byob/guide/integrate-your-bot.md).
- Added [Bring Your Own Bot Setup Entities](/docs/service/interaction-service-api/references/interaction-service-reference/byob-setup-entities.html) documentation, including `ExtConvParticipantIntegDef` and `ExternalConversationBotDef`.
- Added BYOB sample payloads to the following Interaction Service APIs:
  - [Send a Message Through a Chatbot](/docs/service/interaction-service-api/references/interaction-service-reference/api-conversationEntry-post.html), including typing started and typing stopped indicators.
  - [Retrieve Conversation Entries](/docs/service/interaction-service-api/references/interaction-service-reference/api-conversationEntry-get.html).
  - [Update an AgentWork Record](/docs/service/interaction-service-api/references/interaction-service-reference/api-agentWork-patch.html) for bot Accept, Decline, and Close actions.
  - [Route a Conversation](/docs/service/interaction-service-api/references/interaction-service-reference/api-route.html) for BYOB Initial routing with flow and Transfer to queue scenarios.
  - [Register Capabilities](/docs/service/interaction-service-api/references/interaction-service-reference/api-capabilities.html) for `StaticContentMessage`, `ChoicesResponseMessage`, and `FormResponseMessage`.