# When do whittle-down goals restart after derailing, and when do they archive themselves?

**URL:** <https://forum.beeminder.com/t/when-do-whittle-down-goals-restart-after-derailing-and-when-do-they-archive-themselves/7735>\
**Category:** Bugabee\
**Created:** [January 26, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/when-do-whittle-down-goals-restart-after-derailing-and-when-do-they-archive-themselves/7735 "2021-01-26T21:34:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![zedmango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c67d28/32.png) [@zedmango](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/zedmango)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/when-do-whittle-down-goals-restart-after-derailing-and-when-do-they-archive-themselves/7735/1 "2021-01-26T21:34:30Z")

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I have derailed on several whittle-down goals, with inconsistent outcomes. Sometimes, after I derail, the goal will automatically restart, but other times, it will archive itself, and I’ll have to restart it.

Also, when I try to restart it when that happens, I get an error like “Error restarting road!”

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**Author:** ![zedmango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c67d28/32.png) [@zedmango](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/zedmango)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/when-do-whittle-down-goals-restart-after-derailing-and-when-do-they-archive-themselves/7735/2 "2021-01-28T21:17:31Z")

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Just to add this problem just came up again with my email-w goal. It derailed, and then it archived itself!

And I can’t restart it! This is the error I get when I try ☹

 ![Screenshot_20210128-131935](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/beeminder/original/2X/0/050e85a37c4e783320aa82a910541d2a9b2ecc77.jpeg)