# Programs are timing out too quickly

**URL:** <https://forum.code.org/t/programs-are-timing-out-too-quickly/36227>\
**Category:** Course F\
**Created:** [April 25, 2022, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/programs-are-timing-out-too-quickly/36227 "2022-04-25T16:09:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![rodney.carver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@rodney.carver](https://forum.code.org/u/rodney.carver)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2022, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/programs-are-timing-out-too-quickly/36227/1 "2022-04-25T16:09:35Z")

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Students are working specifically on Lesson 8, which requires user interaction, but some of their programs are ending too soon due to the timer. How can we kill the timer or pause it indefinitely?  
Specifically: At one point, the program asks the user to press up for “yes” or down for “no” but the program ends before the user can answer that part.

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**Author:** ![smorgan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@smorgan](https://forum.code.org/u/smorgan)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/programs-are-timing-out-too-quickly/36227/2 "2023-10-05T13:58:02Z")

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I’d like to know the answer to this as well!

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**Author:** ![cswotek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@cswotek](https://forum.code.org/u/cswotek)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/programs-are-timing-out-too-quickly/36227/3 "2025-01-16T17:50:07Z")

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Did we ever get a fix for this??