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title: Stop and continue
description: Stop Ysra mid-task, pick the work up again, and what happens when the app is closed or loses its connection while a thread is running.
---

## Stop

Choose **Stop** in the message box, or press ++cmd+period++ (++ctrl+period++ on
Windows and Linux). ++esc++ also stops when you're not typing.

The button turns to **Stopping…** while I wind down, which takes a few seconds.

![Stop pressed: the thread is winding down](../assets/screens/desktop/stop-stopping.webp){ width="1440" height="994" }
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Stopping keeps the work so far.
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Then the thread says:

```text
Stopped safely. The candidate and evidence are preserved.
```

Nothing is thrown away. You can **Continue**, ask for something different, or
[undo](undo.md) what was changed.

You rarely need to stop to change direction: just type. I pick a steer up at
the next safe point.

## Close the app while I'm working

I can only work on a folder while Ysra is open on the computer that has it. If
you quit, I pause. When you open the thread again:

```text
I paused because Ysra was closed on this folder. Continue when you're ready and
I'll pick up where I stopped.
```

Choose **Continue**. I carry on from the same place; nothing is repeated.

On Windows and Linux, closing the window keeps Ysra running in the tray, so
threads keep working. Choose **Quit Ysra** from the tray to stop it.

## Lose the connection

If your connection drops, the folder chip reads **Reconnecting to this
folder…** and I keep trying for ten minutes. After that it reads **I can't see
this folder · retry**; click it to reconnect.

## Go back to an earlier point

**Rewind…** on a finished task returns the folder to how it was at an earlier
point in the conversation. I ask first.