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# How "Alert Mode" & "Alert until I update" work ?

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A price alert can notify you **once**, or keep reminding you. Two settings on the **Add / Edit price alert** screen decide that:

* **Alert Mode** — how often the alert repeats **while the price still meets your condition**.
* **Alert until I update** — keep notifying **even after the price moves back**, until you stop the alert yourself.

They are two different ideas and they are never used at the same time: when "Alert until I update" is on, Alert Mode is not used and the app hides it.

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*With "Alert until I update" off, Alert Mode is visible and controls how often the alert repeats.*

### Where to find them

Open **Add Alert** (price alert) or tap an existing price alert to edit it, then scroll to the bottom, under the **Under / Over** blocks:

```
Alert until I update   [ off ]
Alert Mode                 [ 30s ▾ ]
```

* **Alert until I update** is a switch. It belongs to the whole alert (both directions share it).
* **Alert Mode** is a dropdown. Turning the switch **on** hides the whole Alert Mode row, because it no longer has any effect.

### Alert Mode

Choose one of:

|     |    |    |    |    |     |     |     |    |
| --- | -- | -- | -- | -- | --- | --- | --- | -- |
| 30s | 1m | 2m | 3m | 5m | 10m | 15m | 30m | 1h |

Default for a new alert is **30s**.

How it works:

1. The price reaches your target → you get the **first** notification right away.
2. As long as the price **keeps** meeting the condition, you get another notification every *Alert Mode* interval.
3. As soon as the price **no longer** meets the condition, the alert **resets** — the repeating stops, and the next time it triggers you get a notification immediately again.

So Alert Mode is a "do not spam me" setting, not a delay: the first notification is never delayed.

#### Example — Alert when price over 2600, Alert Mode = 5m

| Time  | Price  | What happens                                          |
| ----- | ------ | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| 10:00 | 2600.4 | ✅ notification (first time above target)              |
| 10:02 | 2601.0 | silent — still inside the 5 minute window             |
| 10:05 | 2602.3 | ✅ notification (5 minutes passed, price still over)   |
| 10:07 | 2599.1 | silent — condition no longer met, the alert resets    |
| 10:08 | 2600.8 | ✅ notification right away (fresh trigger, no waiting) |

### Alert until I update

Turn it on when you must **not** miss the event — for example price touching a level while you are asleep, or while your phone is in your pocket.

Once the price hits your target:

* You get the first notification as usual.
* The alert **latches**: it keeps notifying you **even after the price moves back** away from your target.
* It only stops when **you** stop it: turn the alert off, edit and save it, or delete it.

The notification also tells you the price of the **moment it triggered**, so a reminder that arrives later is still readable:

```
Alarm Over 2600 - triggered at 2600.4
```

#### How often does it remind me ?

* Reminders come about every **30s**.
* After roughly 20 reminders the gap can grow step by step, up to a maximum of **5 minutes**, so a latched alert you never opened does not drain the battery all day.

#### One direction only

"Alert until I update" works in **one direction at a time**. Under and Over become a pair:

* Turning **Under** on turns **Over** off, and the other way around.
* The app shows: *"Alert until I update works in one direction at a time."*
* The same rule applies to the on/off switches on the alert list.

Reason: the latch is stored for the whole alert. If both directions were allowed, the direction that triggered second could never report its own trigger price correctly.

#### How to stop it

| Action                                     | Result                                                                       |
| ------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Switch the alert **off** on the alert list | Reminders stop, and the latch is cleared — switching it back on starts fresh |
| Open the alert and **save** it             | Latch cleared, alert armed again                                             |
| **Delete** the alert                       | Gone, of course                                                              |
| Price moves back                           | **Nothing** — this is exactly what the option is for                         |

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*With the switch on, Alert Mode disappears and only one direction stays enabled.*

### Rules and limits

* Both settings belong to **price alerts**. Indicator alerts have their own settings.
* Alert Mode applies **per alert**, not per direction: Under and Over of the same alert share it.
* Alert Mode is **never** used while "Alert until I update" is on. Turning the switch back off brings your Alert Mode choice back exactly as it was.
* Turning the alert off and on again always re-arms a latched alert — it will not notify you again until the price reaches the target once more.
* A latched alert keeps its state when you close the app or restart the phone.
* The list of Alert Mode intervals comes from the server, so it can change without a new app version. If you saved an alert with an interval that is no longer offered, edit the alert and pick a new one.

### Good to know

* Not sure which one you want? Use **Alert Mode** for "tell me while it is happening", and **Alert until I update** for "tell me until I have seen it".
* If you want two directions **and** the never-stop behaviour, create two separate alerts, each with one direction and the switch on.
* A quiet alert is not a broken alert: with Alert Mode, silence means the price left your target zone — look at the reset rule above before reporting a problem.