Pause an Alfy program

To pause an Alfy program, an Alfy admin opens the … menu on the program card in the web dashboard, clicks Pause and chooses to skip rounds until they resume it or until a date. A paused program keeps its channels, members and settings, so it picks up exactly where it left off. It's the best way to take a break for the holidays, a busy quarter or a reorg.

Pause or delete?#

To skip a single round, you can also move the next round to a later date.

Pause a program#

Step 1: Open the Pause window#

Open the web dashboard, switch to Admin and open the Settings tab. On the program card, click the … menu, then Pause.

Step 2: Choose how long#

The window, titled Pause followed by the program's name, shows its next round. Under Skip rounds:, pick:

• Until I resume it: no rounds run until an admin resumes the program.
• Until a date: pick the round Alfy resumes on. Only the program's round days can be picked, and the round on that day runs normally.

A summary tells you which rounds will be skipped, for example "The round on Nov 17 will be skipped. Alfy resumes on Nov 24."

Step 3: Click Pause program#

Click Pause program. The program card now shows Paused or Paused until the resume date, with a Resume button.

Resume a program or change the date#

• Resume now: click Resume on the program card. Alfy confirms that the program is running again and shows its next round.
• Change the resume date: click the … menu, then Change resume date, pick another option and click Save.

A program paused until a date resumes on its own on that round.

What people see while a program is paused#

• No rounds run, so nobody gets matched in that program.
• In Slack, Alfy's Home tab shows ⏸️ paused or ⏸️ paused until the date next to the program's schedule. In Microsoft Teams, the settings dialog shows the same.
• In the dashboard's Rounds tab, the paused program's upcoming round isn't listed. If every program is paused, the tab says so.

Programs with a fixed meeting time#

A program with a fixed meeting time follows a recurring calendar invite, so it can't be paused. To skip rounds, the meeting's organizer deletes those occurrences from their calendar, and Alfy skips each round whose meeting was deleted. Delete the occurrences only, not the whole series.

FAQ#

Do people stay in a paused program?#

Yes. The program keeps its channels and members. Anyone who joins a program channel while it's paused is matched when it resumes.

Can I delete a paused program?#

Yes. When you delete a program that isn't paused, Alfy suggests Pause instead, since pausing keeps everything. See rename or delete a program.

Can I pause only one person?#

Yes, but people do that themselves: they can snooze Alfy for a while, and admins can exclude people from a program.