# Derailing two days in a row **URL:** \ **Category:** Bugabee\ **Created:** [May 27, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/derailing-two-days-in-a-row/10377 "2022-05-27T18:42:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![katriel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/katriel/32/3473_2.png) [@katriel](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/katriel)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/derailing-two-days-in-a-row/10377/1 "2022-05-27T18:42:56Z")
I have several every day goals (and - _shudder_ - do-zero goals) with no days of mercy. My understanding is that if I derail two days in a row, the charge for the second derailment won’t actually go through. Is that right? If so, is it perceived as a bug to fix? From my user point of view it is a bug, because I start to feel like I get a free day of mercy. Yesterday I derailed on my various-forbidden-distractions-after-bedtime goal. I sorta feel like, ooh, I’m allowed to goof off after bedtime tonight because the derailment isn’t for real. ---
**Author:** ![dreev](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/dreev/32/4311_2.png) [@dreev](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/dreev)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2022, 5:31am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/derailing-two-days-in-a-row/10377/2 "2022-05-28T05:31:16Z")
Beautiful potential bug report! (Have I mentioned lately that our bug bounty is stickers? DM me to claim them!) I think the original idea was to suppress any new derailment charge if the goal already derailed within the last 24 hours. If it’s been exactly 24 hours though – and if you’ve explicitly set your post-derail respite (previously known as “days of mercy”) to zero – then you’re right, that charge shouldn’t be suppressed! I actually believe it wouldn’t be but now I’m not sure myself. You say “your understanding” – is that something we’ve said or something you’ve observed with your own Beeminder goals? Thanks again for asking about this! ---
**Author:** ![katriel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/katriel/32/3473_2.png) [@katriel](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/katriel)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2022, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/derailing-two-days-in-a-row/10377/3 "2022-05-28T12:04:54Z")
Thanks, Danny! > [@dreev](#): > > You say “your understanding” – is that something we’ve said or something you’ve observed with your own Beeminder goals? I meant the former. Nicky told me: > To clarify, you can only have one charge pending at a time, so for just over 24 hours after you’ve been charged (or longer if we delay a charge), you can’t be charged again. So right now there is a $90 charge pending, and until that goes through, you can’t be charged again. Now I have looked at my financial records a little. It confirms that at least once I was not charged for a derailment the day following another derailment (katriel/bedtime, around May 1 give or take a day). ---
**Author:** ![dreev](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/dreev/32/4311_2.png) [@dreev](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/dreev)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2022, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/derailing-two-days-in-a-row/10377/4 "2022-05-28T22:54:44Z")
Ah, thanks for confirming! If @shanaqui said it then I don’t doubt it. And I agree that it’s being overzealous in suppressing charges. At the very least we could change that “just over 24 hours” to “strictly within 24 hours”. Now @bee will probably tell me how much easier said than done that is, but this is really good to have started the conversation. Thank you again! ---
**Author:** ![katriel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/katriel/32/3473_2.png) [@katriel](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/katriel)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/derailing-two-days-in-a-row/10377/5 "2022-06-11T16:50:55Z")
Just noting I think you lost another $60 from this today, unless the problem is fixed. If so I’d like to know too! ---
**Author:** ![katriel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/katriel/32/3473_2.png) [@katriel](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/katriel)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/derailing-two-days-in-a-row/10377/6 "2022-09-26T12:18:23Z")
Any update on this? The uncertainty of “maybe Beeminder has fixed this and I’ll get charged if I derail” is less motivating than “I know this is fixed and I’ll get charged if I derail” ---
**Author:** ![shanaqui](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/shanaqui/32/3513_2.png) [@shanaqui](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/shanaqui)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/derailing-two-days-in-a-row/10377/7 "2022-09-26T13:30:09Z")
As far as I’m aware, nothing has changed at this time – that is to say, if a charge is currently pending, then you will not be charged again, and charges are not processed until after your next deadline. Therefore you can’t be charged two days in a row. ---
**Author:** ![katriel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/katriel/32/3473_2.png) [@katriel](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/katriel)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2023, 11:36am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/derailing-two-days-in-a-row/10377/8 "2023-09-17T11:36:33Z")
I saw someone liked one of the posts here. This problem is now fixed. (Sorry I couldn’t find the link quickly)