# \[RELEASED\] Countdown timer... but no auto start **URL:** \ **Category:** Features\ **Created:** [October 20, 2021, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.crowdpurr.com/t/released-countdown-timer-but-no-auto-start/225 "2021-10-20T19:43:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 10
**Author:** ![RossN](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.crowdpurr.com/rossn/32/74_2.png) [@RossN](https://community.crowdpurr.com/u/RossN)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://community.crowdpurr.com/t/released-countdown-timer-but-no-auto-start/225/10 "2022-09-28T21:43:31Z")
Good news, your **Auto-Start When Countdown Ends** feature request is now live! Released as part of [our 3.8.5 maintenance update](https://community.crowdpurr.com/t/official-version-updates/127/52). Some backstory - earlier I sort of said, “Eh, you can just cancel the countdown timer early, then turn off the timer, etc.” Well we started doing our own Crowdpurr Weekly Trivia Show ([check our Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/crowdpurr) if you want to play and win up to $100 each week _and_ see us rock our [new live streaming](https://www.crowdpurr.com/blog/real-time-streaming-in-crowdpurr-august-2022) - would appreciate a follow). It became immediately obvious this feature is needed. Because we like to have a long Countdown Timer too and within the first few weeks I didn’t stop the timer in enough time and it automatically started the game when it shouldn’t. It was a mess. So yes @dandeibert this feature was super-needed. And now you have it! And you can _skip_ any set timers now when starting an experience so you don’t have to unset them before starting the experience after the timer has run out. So cloning keeps your standard timers, etc. Check it out! And go to [crowd.live/thursday](https://www.crowd.live/thursday) to play our $100 Trivia Night game. Sign up now and we’ll send you an email or SMS text notification before the game starts each week. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.crowdpurr.com/t/released-countdown-timer-but-no-auto-start/225)._