# Idle\_timeout triggers during a pause **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [November 18, 2024, 3:04pm UTC](https://klipper.discourse.group/t/idle-timeout-triggers-during-a-pause/20122 "2024-11-18T15:04:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Murdo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@Murdo](https://klipper.discourse.group/u/Murdo)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 3:04pm UTC](https://klipper.discourse.group/t/idle-timeout-triggers-during-a-pause/20122/1 "2024-11-18T15:04:49Z")
### Basic Information: Printer Model: doesn’t matter MCU / Printerboard: doesn’t matter Host / SBC doesn’t matter klippy.log doesn’t matter ### Describe your issue: After recent updates, idle\_timeout is triggered even during a pause in printing. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOfBrian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/klipper.discourse.group/lifeofbrian/32/2380_2.png) [@LifeOfBrian](https://klipper.discourse.group/u/LifeOfBrian)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://klipper.discourse.group/t/idle-timeout-triggers-during-a-pause/20122/2 "2024-11-18T15:23:47Z")
How do you know, that nothing really matters here? What updates are you referring to? Please upload your latest klippy.log as requested by the template you changed. ---
**Author:** ![Sineos](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/klipper.discourse.group/sineos/32/18_2.png) [@Sineos](https://klipper.discourse.group/u/Sineos)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://klipper.discourse.group/t/idle-timeout-triggers-during-a-pause/20122/3 "2024-11-18T15:29:54Z")
1. Please follow [How-To Ask for Help](https://klipper.discourse.group/t/how-to-ask-for-help/6327/1) 2. `idle_timeout` has been triggered during PAUSE ever since Klipper existed 3. Refer to [GitHub - mainsail-crew/mainsail-config: Mainsail klipper macros and settings](https://github.com/mainsail-crew/mainsail-config?tab=readme-ov-file#new-feature-change-idle_timeout-when-going-in-pause) ---
**Author:** ![Murdo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@Murdo](https://klipper.discourse.group/u/Murdo)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://klipper.discourse.group/t/idle-timeout-triggers-during-a-pause/20122/4 "2024-11-18T15:40:24Z")
> [@Sineos](#): > > `idle_timeout` has been triggered during PAUSE ever since Klipper existed It’s strange but I didn’t notice this before. Ok - you can think of this as a future request. I don’t think it’s normal when pause = idle It seems to me that idle\_timeout is needed “just in case” if, for example, you manually turned on the heating of a hotend or table and it turned off after a while for safety, or after printing, turn off unnecessary things (backlights, etc.). But during the pause it is extremely strange. ---
**Author:** ![EddyMI3D](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/klipper.discourse.group/eddymi3d/32/1981_2.png) [@EddyMI3D](https://klipper.discourse.group/u/EddyMI3D)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://klipper.discourse.group/t/idle-timeout-triggers-during-a-pause/20122/5 "2024-11-18T16:08:39Z")
> [@Murdo](#): > > But during the pause it is extremely strange. When the pause gets way too long it can become as dangerous as a thermal runaway. ---
**Author:** ![3dcase](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/klipper.discourse.group/3dcase/32/7797_2.png) [@3dcase](https://klipper.discourse.group/u/3dcase)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://klipper.discourse.group/t/idle-timeout-triggers-during-a-pause/20122/6 "2024-11-18T17:00:41Z")
I had a question that related to this in this post [How to pause during the night? - #9 by olhev](https://klipper.discourse.group/t/how-to-pause-during-the-night/19977/9) I followed @sineos advice and I now use my special pause to give me longer time. This idle timeout is a safety feature that you should heed and not try to find a way around, rather work with it and and leave the original intention of the idle timeout as it is. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/klipper/original/1X/64419bf2aac6639e6ef5cef200dcd456b0a01ac3.png) [@system](https://klipper.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://klipper.discourse.group/t/idle-timeout-triggers-during-a-pause/20122/7 "2025-01-17T17:01:28Z")
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