# Instant derails always surprise me

**URL:** <https://forum.beeminder.com/t/instant-derails-always-surprise-me/2402>\
**Category:** Bugabee\
**Created:** [August 7, 2016, 10:31am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/instant-derails-always-surprise-me/2402 "2016-08-07T10:31:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![drtall](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/drtall/32/1341_2.png) [@drtall](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/drtall)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/instant-derails-always-surprise-me/2402/3 "2016-08-07T16:42:30Z")

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> [@Why don't I derail?](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/why-dont-i-derail/1903/2):
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> The fundamental rule is that Beeminder derails your goal if there are two consecutive days in the red.

The fact that most derails happen on a deadline boundary creates an illusion that the rule is something other than the above. But Beeminder is in fact continuously watching all of your goals and will derail them whenever there’s two consecutive days in the red.

> [@drmaciver](#):
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> Well I guess my concrete proposal is “derails should always happen on deadline boundaries”

I agree 100%

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