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The expiration sets how long participants have to respond to each run. Windy uses it to time reminders. When it passes, the run closes and Windmill prepares results for the owners.

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Choose an expiration

You can choose 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours, 6 hours, 12 hours, 1 day, 2 days, 3 days, 4 days, 5 days, 1 week, or 2 weeks. No expiration is available only in Settings, when you edit the Schedule or the Expiration. With no expiration, runs stay open and Windy does not send a deadline reminder.

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Defaults

  • New pulse: No expiration until you launch it.
  • Send now: 3 days. Send now requires an expiration.
  • Schedule for later: 1 day. Choose an expiration before you select Schedule pulse.
  • Calendar event, before the event: There is no expiration setting. Responses close at the Report delivery time before the meeting. See Schedule types.

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How deadlines work for each run

Each participant’s deadline starts when their run is sent. For example, with a 3-day expiration, a run sent on Monday at 9 AM closes on Thursday at 9 AM. With Local employee time, people in different time zones get the run at different moments. So their deadlines are also different. Participants see the deadline as a due date on the web form and in their to-dos.

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When a run closes

  • Reminders stop. Windy does not send more reminders for that run.
  • Status changes. People who did not submit show as Overdue in the run’s participant list. Their to-do shows as past due.
  • Results go to owners. Windmill prepares a summary and sends it to owners and any other report recipients. See Notifications.
  • Later runs continue. For a scheduled pulse, the next run starts at its scheduled time.

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Late answers

Windmill does not block answers after a run closes. Windy still accepts answers in Slack, and people can still submit on the web form. Past-due to-dos stay in the list for 14 days after the deadline. Reports sent when the run closed do not include answers that arrive later.

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One-time pulses

A one-time pulse changes to Completed after its run expires. A completed pulse can no longer be edited. If the pulse has no expiration, it does not complete on its own.

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Close a run early

There is no button to close a run early. You can:

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FAQs

Yes. Windmill does not reject late answers. Windy accepts them in Slack, and the web form still works. Reports sent before the answer arrived do not include it.
Yes. Go to Settings > Expiration and select Edit expiration. Then choose the runs to update. See Change expiration.