diff --git a/lib/tasks/cognigy/index.js b/lib/tasks/cognigy/index.js
index d0289a6d..4d2cb6ae 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/cognigy/index.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/cognigy/index.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ const {TaskName, TaskPreconditions} = require('../../utils/constants');
 const makeTask = require('../make_task');
 const { SocketClient } = require('@cognigy/socket-client');
 const SpeechConfig = require('./speech-config');
+const { IoTThingsGraph } = require('aws-sdk');
 
 const parseGallery = (obj = {}) => {
   const {_default} = obj;
@@ -46,6 +47,8 @@ class Cognigy extends Task {
     this.actionHook = this.data?.actionHook;
     this.data = this.data.data || {};
     this.prompts = [];
+    this.retry = {};
+    this.timeoutCount = 0;
   }
 
   get name() { return TaskName.Cognigy; }
@@ -80,6 +83,7 @@ class Cognigy extends Task {
 
       /* set event handlers and start transcribing */
       this.on('transcription', this._onTranscription.bind(this, cs, ep));
+      this.on('dtmf-collected', this._onDtmf.bind(this, cs, ep));
       this.on('timeout', this._onTimeout.bind(this, cs, ep));
       this.on('error', this._onError.bind(this, cs, ep));
 
@@ -132,9 +136,11 @@ class Cognigy extends Task {
     this.notifyTaskDone();
   }
 
-  _makeGatherTask(prompt) {
-    const config = this.config.makeGatherTaskConfig(prompt);
-    const gather = makeTask(this.logger, {gather: config}, this);
+  _makeGatherTask({textPrompt, urlPrompt}) {
+    const config = this.config.makeGatherTaskConfig({textPrompt, urlPrompt});
+    const {retry, ...rest} = config;
+    this.retry = retry;
+    const gather = makeTask(this.logger, {gather: rest}, this);
     return gather;
   }
 
@@ -148,7 +154,6 @@ class Cognigy extends Task {
         voice: 'default'
       }
     };
-    this.logger.debug({opts}, 'constructing a nested say object');
     const say = makeTask(this.logger, {say: opts}, this);
     return say;
   }
@@ -165,7 +170,7 @@ class Cognigy extends Task {
     if (this.prompts.length) {
       const text = this.prompts.join('.');
       if (text && !this.killed) {
-        this.gatherTask = this._makeGatherTask(text);
+        this.gatherTask = this._makeGatherTask({textPrompt: text});
         this.gatherTask.exec(cs, ep, this)
           .catch((err) => this.logger.info({err}, 'Cognigy gather task returned error'));
       }
@@ -230,18 +235,45 @@ class Cognigy extends Task {
       this.notifyTaskDone();
     }
   }
+
+  _onDtmf(cs, ep, evt) {
+    this.logger.info({evt}, 'got dtmf');
+
+    /* send dtmf to bot */
+    try {
+      if (this.client && this.client.connected) {
+        this.client.sendMessage(evt.digits);
+      }
+      else {
+        this.logger.info('Cognigy_onTranscription - not sending user dtmf as bot is disconnected');
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      this.logger.error({err}, '_onDtmf: Error sending user dtmf to Cognigy - ending task');
+      this.performAction({cognigyResult: 'socketError'});
+      this.reportedFinalAction = true;
+      this.notifyTaskDone();
+    }
+  }
   _onError(cs, ep, err) {
-    this.logger.debug({err}, 'Cognigy: got error');
+    this.logger.info({err}, 'Cognigy: got error');
     if (!this.hasReportedFinalAction) this.performAction({cognigyResult: 'error', err});
     this.reportedFinalAction = true;
     this.notifyTaskDone();
   }
 
   _onTimeout(cs, ep, evt) {
-    this.logger.debug({evt}, 'Cognigy: got timeout');
-    if (!this.hasReportedFinalAction) this.performAction({cognigyResult: 'timeout'});
-    this.reportedFinalAction = true;
-    this.notifyTaskDone();
+    const {noInputRetries, noInputSpeech, noInputUrl} = this.retry;
+    this.logger.debug({evt, retry: this.retry}, 'Cognigy: got timeout');
+    if (noInputRetries && this.timeoutCount++ < noInputRetries) {
+      this.gatherTask = this._makeGatherTask({textPrompt: noInputSpeech, urlPrompt: noInputUrl});
+      this.gatherTask.exec(cs, ep, this)
+        .catch((err) => this.logger.info({err}, 'Cognigy gather task returned error'));
+    }
+    else {
+      if (!this.hasReportedFinalAction) this.performAction({cognigyResult: 'timeout'});
+      this.reportedFinalAction = true;
+      this.notifyTaskDone();
+    }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/tasks/cognigy/speech-config.js b/lib/tasks/cognigy/speech-config.js
index b50da9f7..a802beb9 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/cognigy/speech-config.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/cognigy/speech-config.js
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ const Emitter = require('events');
 
 const hasKeys = (obj) => typeof obj === 'object' && Object.keys(obj) > 0;
 
+const stripNulls = (obj) => {
+  Object.keys(obj).forEach((k) => (obj[k] === null || typeof obj[k] === 'undefined') && delete obj[k]);
+  return obj;
+};
+
 class SpeechConfig extends Emitter {
   constructor({logger, ep, opts = {}}) {
     super();
@@ -19,7 +24,7 @@ class SpeechConfig extends Emitter {
     this.logger.debug({opts, sessionLevel: this.sessionConfig, turnLevel: this.turnConfig}, 'SpeechConfig updated');
   }
 
-  makeGatherTaskConfig(prompt) {
+  makeGatherTaskConfig({textPrompt, urlPrompt}) {
     const opts = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(this.sessionConfig || {}));
     const nextTurnKeys = Object.keys(this.turnConfig || {});
     const newKeys = nextTurnKeys.filter((k) => !(k in opts));
@@ -42,26 +47,43 @@ class SpeechConfig extends Emitter {
     /* bargein settings */
     const bargein = opts.bargein || {};
     const speechBargein = Array.isArray(bargein.enable) && bargein.enable.includes('speech');
+    const dtmfBargein = Array.isArray(bargein.enable) && bargein.enable.includes('dtmf');
     const minBargeinWordCount = speechBargein ? (bargein.minWordCount || 1) : 0;
+    const {interDigitTimeout=0, maxDigits, minDigits=1, submitDigit} = (opts.dtmf || {});
+    const {noInputTimeout, noInputRetries, noInputSpeech, noInputUrl} = (opts.user || {});
     const sayConfig = {
-      text: prompt,
+      text: textPrompt,
       synthesizer: opts.synthesizer
     };
+    const playConfig = {
+      url: urlPrompt
+    };
     const config = {
       input,
       listenDuringPrompt: speechBargein,
       bargein: speechBargein,
       minBargeinWordCount,
+      dtmfBargein,
+      minDigits,
+      maxDigits,
+      interDigitTimeout,
+      finishOnKey: submitDigit,
       recognizer: opts?.recognizer,
-      timeout: opts?.user?.noInputTimeout || 0,
-      say: sayConfig
+      timeout: noInputTimeout,
+      retry : {
+        noInputRetries,
+        noInputSpeech,
+        noInputUrl  
+      }
     };
 
-    this.logger.debug({config}, 'Congigy SpeechConfig:_makeGatherTask config');
+    const final = stripNulls(config);
 
     /* turn config can now be emptied for next turn of conversation */
     this.turnConfig = {};
-    return config;
+    return textPrompt ?
+      {...final, say: sayConfig} :
+      {...final, play: playConfig};
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/tasks/gather.js b/lib/tasks/gather.js
index 1d08c6e8..a38ca293 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gather.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/gather.js
@@ -16,14 +16,15 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
     this.preconditions = TaskPreconditions.Endpoint;
 
     [
-      'finishOnKey', 'hints', 'input', 'numDigits',
-      'partialResultHook', 'bargein',
+      'finishOnKey', 'hints', 'input', 'numDigits', 'minDigits', 'maxDigits',
+      'interDigitTimeout', 'submitDigit', 'partialResultHook', 'bargein', 'dtmfBargein',
+      'retries', 'retryPromptTts', 'retryPromptUrl',
       'speechTimeout', 'timeout', 'say', 'play'
     ].forEach((k) => this[k] = this.data[k]);
     this.listenDuringPrompt = this.data.listenDuringPrompt === false ? false : true;
     this.minBargeinWordCount = this.data.minBargeinWordCount || 1;
     this.timeout = (this.timeout || 15) * 1000;
-    this.interim = this.partialResultCallback;
+    this.interim = this.partialResultCallback || this.bargein;
     if (this.data.recognizer) {
       const recognizer = this.data.recognizer;
       this.vendor = recognizer.vendor;
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
           .catch(() => {/*already logged error */});
       }
 
-      if (this.input.includes('digits')) {
+      if (this.input.includes('digits') || this.dtmfBargein) {
         ep.on('dtmf', this._onDtmf.bind(this, cs, ep));
       }
 
@@ -145,12 +146,28 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
 
   _onDtmf(cs, ep, evt) {
     this.logger.debug(evt, 'TaskGather:_onDtmf');
-    if (evt.dtmf === this.finishOnKey) this._resolve('dtmf-terminator-key');
+    clearTimeout(this.interDigitTimer);
+    let resolved = false;
+    if (this.dtmfBargein) this._killAudio(cs);
+    if (evt.dtmf === this.finishOnKey) {
+      resolved = true;
+      this._resolve('dtmf-terminator-key');
+    }
     else {
       this.digitBuffer += evt.dtmf;
-      if (this.digitBuffer.length === this.numDigits) this._resolve('dtmf-num-digits');
+      const len = this.digitBuffer.length;
+      if (len === this.numDigits || len === this.maxDigits) {
+        resolved = true;
+        this._resolve('dtmf-num-digits');
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (!resolved && this.interDigitTimeout > 0 && this.digitBuffer.length >= this.minDigits) {
+      /* start interDigitTimer */
+      const ms = this.interDigitTimeout * 1000;
+      this.logger.debug(`starting interdigit timer of ${ms}`);
+      this.interDigitTimer = setTimeout(() => this._resolve('dtmf-interdigit-timeout'), ms);
     }
-    this._killAudio(cs);
   }
 
   async _initSpeech(cs, ep) {
@@ -216,7 +233,7 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
     ep.startTranscription({
       vendor: this.vendor,
       locale: this.language,
-      interim: this.partialResultCallback || this.bargein,
+      interim: this.interim,
     }).catch((err) => {
       const {writeAlerts, AlertType} = this.cs.srf.locals;
       this.logger.error(err, 'TaskGather:_startTranscribing error');
@@ -280,7 +297,7 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
               transcript: evt.Text
             }
           ]
-        };
+        }
       }
     }
     if (evt.is_final) this._resolve('speech', evt);
@@ -318,7 +335,8 @@ class TaskGather extends Task {
 
     this._clearTimer();
     if (reason.startsWith('dtmf')) {
-      await this.performAction({digits: this.digitBuffer, reason: 'dtmfDetected'});
+      if (this.parentTask) this.parentTask.emit('dtmf-collected', {reason, digits: this.digitBuffer});
+      else await this.performAction({digits: this.digitBuffer, reason: 'dtmfDetected'});
     }
     else if (reason.startsWith('speech')) {
       if (this.parentTask) this.parentTask.emit('transcription', evt);
diff --git a/lib/tasks/specs.json b/lib/tasks/specs.json
index d454a6e5..81a55196 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/specs.json
+++ b/lib/tasks/specs.json
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@
       "listenDuringPrompt": "boolean",
       "bargein": "boolean",
       "minBargeinWordCount": "number",
+      "dtmfBargein": "boolean",
+      "minDigits": "number",
+      "maxDigits": "number",
+      "interDigitTimeout": "number",
       "timeout": "number",
       "recognizer": "#recognizer",
       "play": "#play",