Can't send messages / red circle appears?

This may be caused by:

  • Rate limit triggered: Kimi has a conversation cap within certain time windows. Sending messages too frequently may prevent further interaction. Wait 2–3 hours before trying again, and manage your conversation frequency.
  • Poor network conditions: Weak signal or an unstable connection may prevent messages from being sent. Switch to a different network and retry.

Conversation exceeds 200,000 words?

The single-conversation context limit is approximately 128K tokens (~200,000 words). Once this limit is reached, the model can no longer accept new input.

Recommended actions:

  1. Start a new conversation: Copy the key conclusions or outline from the original conversation into a new one to continue.
  2. Generate a handoff document: Ask Kimi to "summarize and generate a handoff document," then paste it into a new conversation as the initial context — this saves tokens while preserving information.

Note: Deleting messages within the same conversation does not free up the context window. Start a new conversation instead.

Thinking models consume more tokens for reasoning, resulting in a smaller effective context limit. When working with long documents, prefer K2 over K2-Thinking.

Seeing "let's talk about something else" ?

This prompt indicates that the current content has triggered a safety policy and the topic cannot continue. Simply type a new topic to resume the conversation — no waiting required.

If you believe the content was not in violation, click "👎" to submit feedback and help us improve our safety policies.

Seeing "Kimi is a bit tired"?

This means too many users are online and compute resources are under heavy load — a peak-hour rate limit. Wait 1–2 minutes and try again.

To reduce wait times, consider subscribing to a membership plan for priority access to dedicated compute resources.

Can't download PPT/Word/Excel?

The Kimi chat window itself does not generate downloadable Office files:

File TypeWhere to Generate
SlidesGo to Kimi Slides — supports online generation and download
Word/ExcelUse Agent mode