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Escalation Guard

Standardize escalations with required context, clean notes, and routing tags.

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Developer

ASA Labs LLC

About this app

Escalation Guard helps support teams submit cleaner, more complete escalations from the Zendesk ticket sidebar. Agents choose an escalation type, complete the required context, and submit a formatted internal note. Routing tags make it easier for admins to route work with Zendesk triggers, views, and automations.

What agents can do

  • Choose the right escalation type

  • Complete required context before submitting

  • Submit a consistent, readable internal note

  • Apply routing tags automatically

What admins can configure

  • Escalation templates and their order

  • Required and optional fields

  • Text, long text, dropdown, number, and checkbox fields

  • Routing tags

  • Optional Zendesk ticket field mapping (Pro)

  • Template import and export (Pro)

Starter templates cover manager escalations, billing or refund exceptions, product issues, account access or security reviews, customer complaints, and executive escalations. Admins can customize them to match their team's process.

Lite plan

  • 1 active escalation flow

  • Up to 5 fields

  • 1 routing tag

  • Required field validation

  • Formatted internal note generation

Pro plan

  • Unlimited escalation templates and fields

  • Multiple routing tags

  • Custom template configuration

  • Optional Zendesk ticket field mapping

  • Template import and export

Data & privacy

Escalation Guard runs inside Zendesk. It accesses the current ticket ID to update the correct ticket, reads escalation templates stored in the app's Zendesk settings, and uses the escalation details entered by the agent to create the internal note. It writes the completed internal note and routing tags back to the ticket and, for Pro when configured, writes mapped custom field values. This Zendesk data is used only to perform the requested escalation workflow and is not stored by ASA Labs.

Escalation Guard sends limited product telemetry to ASA Labs using a random app-specific installation identifier, app version, plan, and aggregate configuration counts. ASA Labs does not collect Zendesk subdomains, ticket IDs or content, customer or requester data, agent identity, template or field content, routing-tag values, mapped-field IDs or values, or internal note text through telemetry.

Full privacy policy: https://asa-labs.com/privacy/escalation-guard/

App details

How to install

  1. Install Escalation Guard from the Zendesk Marketplace.

  2. Once installed, click the Escalation Guard icon in the Zendesk left nav to open the Template Builder.

  3. Choose a starter template or create a custom one.

  4. Configure required fields and routing tags.

  5. Click Save template. Agents will see Escalation Guard on all tickets immediately.

  6. Optional: build Zendesk triggers on escalationguard tags to route tickets to the right group automatically.

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Plans and pricing

Lite

Never pay a thing

Standardize one common escalation path with required fields, one routing tag, and a clean internal note. Best for teams that want agents to submit better manager escalations without extra setup.

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Pro

Free 14-day trial, then $3.00 per agent, per month

Unlock unlimited escalation templates, unlimited fields, multiple routing tags, field mapping, and import/export. Best for teams managing escalations across support, billing, product, security, and leadership.

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