eke? 
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I suspect that the word āekeā indicates a ātechnical passā where youāre right on the line at the goal date. i.e., you have husbanded your efforts, eked through, and avoided derailment. (Congratulations, btw!)
As I recall, thereās a weird edge condition at the target date where sometimes youāre below the line but it still counts the completed goal as a success. Zooming in, I think thereās a red triangle on that final day which, in an ongoing goal, normally would be labelled āeep!ā to indicate a beemergency.
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Yep, exactly right. I didnāt want to write a whole essay, so I made a humorous post of it. I was surprised though that it wasnāt documented anywhere.
I also learned that the second most infuriating Beeminder behaviour (to me) has a nameā¦ Iāve had goals end like this before, but I never noticed the notation on the graph before. It should be āfixedā IMO, instead of given a name. I donāt want technical passes or to eke by on a goal.
I can think of several scenarioās where important stuff just wouldnāt get done because of this. Goals leading up to an eke day just look wrong in the days before their end date as well (e.g. the due-by table and the text above the graph).
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