Glossary

Time to resolution (TTR)

Updated November 10, 2026

Definition

Time to resolution: The time from a customer's first message in a request until the request is marked solved, often measured in business hours and excluding time spent waiting on the customer.

Also called TTR, resolution time, time to resolve.

First response time tells you how quickly customers hear back; time to resolution tells you how quickly their problem goes away. A team can be excellent at one and poor at the other.

Decide whether time spent waiting on the customer counts. Most teams pause the clock while a request is waiting on the customer, so TTR reflects the team’s work rather than the customer’s inbox. Like FRT, report it as a percentile, and split it by priority, because a password reset and a production incident don’t belong in the same average.

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