The Messages cluster (0x0097) is a Matter cluster that Allows sending text messages to a device for presentation to the user, with acknowledgement and confirmation responses.. It defines 2 commands and 2 attributes and is mandatory for 3 device types.

Last updated 13 Jun 2026

Messages 0x0097

Application Cluster

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Introduced in: Matter 1.3

Devices: 0

Allows sending text messages to a device for presentation to the user, with acknowledgement and confirmation responses.

Spec History

This cluster's ClusterRevision across the Matter releases it has shipped in. Click a version to inspect the cluster as it existed in that release.

Matter 1.3 rev 3 Matter 1.4 rev 3 Matter 1.5 rev 3 Matter master rev 3

Attributes 2

Commands 2

Features 4

Code	Name	Type	Flags
0x0000	Messages	array
0x0001	ActiveMessageIDs	array

Code	Name	Direction	Parameters
0x00	PresentMessagesRequest Upon receipt, this SHALL cause the message in the passed fields to be appended to the Messages attribute.	client→server	`MessageID`: octet_string, `Priority`: MessagePriorityEnum, `MessageControl`: MessageControlBitmap, `StartTime`: epoch_s, `Duration`: int64u, `MessageText`: long_char_string, `Responses`: MessageResponseOptionStruct
0x01	CancelMessagesRequest This command will cancel the message IDs specified.	client→server	`MessageIDs`: octet_string