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Recovery

Gameplay: timer expiry and background tab

Understand the fixed deadline when the timer reaches zero or the browser tab is hidden.

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Before you start

  • Start a timed round.

Steps

  1. Let the deadline pass

    When the configured duration ends, the round finishes and the result screen appears.

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  2. Return from a hidden tab

    The deadline continues while the tab is hidden. When the app becomes visible again, it reconciles the timer and finishes an expired round.

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What to expect

  • Backgrounding does not pause or extend the selected duration.

Other paths

Visual guide

Annotated screens

Each numbered note names the control or state marked on the screen.

Actual results view displayed when the real solo timer expires. This screenshot shows the expiry result; it does not simulate a device background scheduler.View full-size original annotated screen (new tab)
Annotated Random Adding screen.

What the numbered markers show