# Ability to close apps overnight when the station is offline **URL:** \ **Category:** Product Suggestions\ **Tags:** feature-request\ **Created:** [May 24, 2024, 8:17am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/ability-to-close-apps-overnight-when-the-station-is-offline/11556 "2024-05-24T08:17:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fabehe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tulip.co/fabehe/32/8196_2.png) [@Fabehe](https://community.tulip.co/u/Fabehe)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2024, 8:17am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/ability-to-close-apps-overnight-when-the-station-is-offline/11556/1 "2024-05-24T08:17:43Z")
Is there a way to make apps close automatically after a certain time, e.g. 10 hours, or switch to the “splash screen” when the player is closed? Unfortunately, this is not possible using the timer function, as it does not trigger when the player is not open. ---
**Author:** ![Preston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a587f6/32.png) [@Preston](https://community.tulip.co/u/Preston)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 2:11am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/ability-to-close-apps-overnight-when-the-station-is-offline/11556/2 "2024-05-29T02:11:50Z")
Hi Fabehe, If you navigate to [Settings \> Player \> Auto Logout](https://support.tulip.co/docs/configuring-your-tulip-account-settings#player), you’ll see a few options that may address your issue. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/agilemfg/original/2X/e/e216068f09ea3150764a257b6013c05b65393542.png) ---
**Author:** ![sebme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@sebme](https://community.tulip.co/u/sebme)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 8:02am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/ability-to-close-apps-overnight-when-the-station-is-offline/11556/3 "2024-05-29T08:02:46Z")
I think the automated logout behavior and what it actually means for any running app session in terms of completions and data integrity is not yet well documented. In fact, this is still raising an eyebrow here as well. ---
**Author:** ![jakerigos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tulip.co/jakerigos/32/6898_2.png) [@jakerigos](https://community.tulip.co/u/jakerigos)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/ability-to-close-apps-overnight-when-the-station-is-offline/11556/4 "2024-05-29T14:14:05Z")
Hi @sebme, Thank you for the recommendation - we will look to update the documentation around our logout behavior. Sincerely, Jake ---
**Author:** ![sebme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@sebme](https://community.tulip.co/u/sebme)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/ability-to-close-apps-overnight-when-the-station-is-offline/11556/5 "2024-05-29T14:32:02Z")
Hi @jakerigos, could you please share how it is working right now or when a more detailed explanation to this can be expected? ---
**Author:** ![jakerigos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tulip.co/jakerigos/32/6898_2.png) [@jakerigos](https://community.tulip.co/u/jakerigos)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 11:45am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/ability-to-close-apps-overnight-when-the-station-is-offline/11556/6 "2024-05-30T11:45:42Z")
Hi @sebme, I will work to get a detailed Knowledge Base article up/updated in the next few weeks. Sincerely, Jake ---
**Author:** ![danielpomeranz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tulip.co/danielpomeranz/32/9379_2.png) [@danielpomeranz](https://community.tulip.co/u/danielpomeranz)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 1:42pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/ability-to-close-apps-overnight-when-the-station-is-offline/11556/7 "2024-05-30T13:42:51Z")
@jakerigos Control here is significantly restrained by the fact that there is no way to trigger Tulip logic when a player goes offline or comes online. If we could set triggers to fire “On Station Online” or “On Station Offline”, we could very easily mitigate this issue with trigger logic. The best work around currently is to utilize 30 second timers to check for if it has been \> 10 hours of activity, but this is a pretty bad experience as operators who log in to the Tulip app will be able to use it normally for the first 30 seconds. > [@Logic When an App is Re-Opened](https://community.tulip.co/t/logic-when-an-app-is-re-opened/11387): > > Am I correct in understanding that there is no way to fire a trigger when a user re-opens an app on an offline station? Stations can be offline for days and when a user logs back in it will bring them exactly to where they were? None of these triggers will fire, correct? [image] If there is no way to do this, I can explain a bit more why it would be useful. Frequently applications utilize timer triggers to control events. EG after [period of time], force the user back to the homepage. However,… ---
**Author:** ![Fabehe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tulip.co/fabehe/32/8196_2.png) [@Fabehe](https://community.tulip.co/u/Fabehe)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 7:51am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/ability-to-close-apps-overnight-when-the-station-is-offline/11556/8 "2024-07-09T07:51:15Z")
Hi Preston, Thank you for your help. Unfortunately this does not work for my usecase. I would like to close only specific apps automatically. The background to this is that active players block table records and it is therefore not possible for example to delete data records. ---
**Author:** ![sebme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@sebme](https://community.tulip.co/u/sebme)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 8:05am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/ability-to-close-apps-overnight-when-the-station-is-offline/11556/9 "2024-07-15T08:05:17Z")
Hi Jake, any update on this? ---
**Author:** ![jakerigos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tulip.co/jakerigos/32/6898_2.png) [@jakerigos](https://community.tulip.co/u/jakerigos)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/ability-to-close-apps-overnight-when-the-station-is-offline/11556/10 "2024-07-17T13:26:42Z")
Hi @sebme, Thank you for the reminder, I checked with the team and tested and documented the behavior [here](https://support.tulip.co/docs/player-logout-behavior). Let me know if you have any additional questions. Sincerely, Jake ---
**Author:** ![sebme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@sebme](https://community.tulip.co/u/sebme)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/ability-to-close-apps-overnight-when-the-station-is-offline/11556/11 "2024-07-17T14:28:47Z")
@jakerigos Awesome, thank you. May I ask what is “validation mode” in this context? A “feature flag”? ---
**Author:** ![jakerigos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tulip.co/jakerigos/32/6898_2.png) [@jakerigos](https://community.tulip.co/u/jakerigos)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/ability-to-close-apps-overnight-when-the-station-is-offline/11556/12 "2024-07-17T14:50:36Z")
Hi @sebme, Validation Mode/GxP Mode is a set of features flag that are enabled for Regulated Customers. Read more [here](https://support.tulip.co/docs/a-summary-of-tulips-gxp-capabilities). I’ll update and link in the attached article! Sincerely, Jake ---
**Author:** ![jmlowden](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tulip.co/jmlowden/32/8645_2.png) [@jmlowden](https://community.tulip.co/u/jmlowden)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 2:27pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/ability-to-close-apps-overnight-when-the-station-is-offline/11556/13 "2026-04-14T14:27:13Z")
@jakerigos it is my understanding that the Validation Mode feature flag has been deprecated - can you update on how/where this behavior is managed in current release / LTS?