# Feature request: pause derail reminders for a goal you know will derail **URL:** \ **Category:** Bugabee\ **Created:** [March 31, 2020, 8:40am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/feature-request-pause-derail-reminders-for-a-goal-you-know-will-derail/6513 "2020-03-31T08:40:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![phi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/phi/32/2586_2.png) [@phi](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/phi)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 11:51am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/feature-request-pause-derail-reminders-for-a-goal-you-know-will-derail/6513/2 "2020-03-31T11:51:07Z")
Indeed, this is a very old feature request. Search for “Cry Uncle” in the forums if you want to know more. Related threads: > [@Feature request: Derail or Archive Straight Away](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/feature-request-derail-or-archive-straight-away/391): > > Continuing the discussion from [Remove Archive/Quit goal akrasia limit](http://forum.beeminder.com/t/remove-archive-quit-goal-akrasia-limit/276/7): Based on an email to @giles & @dreev: A red graph is in-your-face and demands to be resolved, cognitively speaking. The ideal way of resolving it is to do the committed-to thing. The worst way (for all concerned) is to lie to the graph. My preference is to have an Uncle! button, behind which are several options. derail me now. It’s an emergency day, I’m not going to do the thing, so take my pledge and get the graph out… > [@Beeminder API: Reminders settings](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/beeminder-api-reminders-settings/293): > > Is there API access to any of the reminders tab settings? I couldn’t find anything in the API Documentation I was trying to see if I could implement my email reminder safe days limit idea using API calls. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/feature-request-pause-derail-reminders-for-a-goal-you-know-will-derail/6513)._