# Why hasn't this goal auto-ratcheted?

**URL:** <https://forum.beeminder.com/t/why-hasnt-this-goal-auto-ratcheted/10831>\
**Category:** Bugabee\
**Created:** [February 19, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/why-hasnt-this-goal-auto-ratcheted/10831 "2023-02-19T17:44:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![narthur](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/narthur/32/5113_2.png) [@narthur](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/narthur)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/why-hasnt-this-goal-auto-ratcheted/10831/1 "2023-02-19T17:44:19Z")

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[This goal](https://www.beeminder.com/narthur/cpap-check) has auto-ratcheting set to 35 days.

![Screenshot 2023-02-19 at 12.44.06 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/beeminder/original/2X/7/7f7a9d15631016ffbe3c03e2ef35baf44074259c.png)

Currently it has more than 50 days due to several recent datapoints:

 ![Screenshot 2023-02-19 at 12.43.37 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/beeminder/original/2X/0/0c48a38241e1c3e10b6fa47210089a2d31ab0587.png)

Why hasn’t it yet ratcheted down to 35 days?

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**Author:** ![adamwolf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/adamwolf/32/484_2.png) [@adamwolf](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/adamwolf)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/why-hasnt-this-goal-auto-ratcheted/10831/2 "2023-02-19T18:01:22Z")

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Iirc, autoratcheting happens at deadline time rather than with each datapoint.

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**Author:** ![narthur](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/narthur/32/5113_2.png) [@narthur](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/narthur)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/why-hasnt-this-goal-auto-ratcheted/10831/3 "2023-02-19T18:29:08Z")

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Yeah, I think your right. My feeling was that it already had enough buffer to ratchet prior to the deadline, but I guess I could be wrong about that.

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**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:** [February 19, 2023, 10:50pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/why-hasnt-this-goal-auto-ratcheted/10831/4 "2023-02-19T22:50:58Z")

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> [@adamwolf](#):
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> Iirc, autoratcheting happens at deadline time rather than with each datapoint.

This is correct! So I would guess that the datapoints squeaked in and hadn’t yet put you over that limit. But let us know if it doesn’t work after your next deadline!

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**Author:** ![narthur](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/narthur/32/5113_2.png) [@narthur](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/narthur)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 12:38pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/why-hasnt-this-goal-auto-ratcheted/10831/5 "2023-02-20T12:38:10Z")

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@shanaqui thanks for the confirmation on that! Just checked this morning and it still hasn’t ratcheted. 🤔 What should I try next to debug it?

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**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:** [February 20, 2023, 12:45pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/why-hasnt-this-goal-auto-ratcheted/10831/6 "2023-02-20T12:45:18Z")

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Hmm, can you email us about it? Then I can put it in @bee’s queue to take a closer look. On first glance, I can’t figure it out, unless it’s confused by weekends off and refusing to ratchet because of the flat spot… but I don’t _think_ that should be happening. 🤔