# How do deadlines, reminders and closing feedback work?

A deadline closes feedback on its own, or you can close it yourself with Disable comments.

A deadline closes feedback automatically. You can also close it yourself with **Disable comments**. A closed board stays open to read.

## Set a deadline

Open the board from [Feedback](/dashboard/feedback) in your workspace. A deadline is set from the board's actions menu.

1. Click **Board actions**, the three-dot button.
2. Click **Add deadline**. If the board already has a deadline, the item reads **Edit deadline**.
3. Pick a date and a time in the future. The time is read in your workspace's time zone.
4. Click **Save deadline**. When a deadline already exists, the button reads **Update deadline**.

Tarkle confirms with **Deadline saved**. The date picker does not allow past days, and times that have already passed today are not offered. If the time has passed by the time you click the button, Tarkle shows **Deadline must be in the future.** and saves nothing.

To remove a deadline, click **Edit deadline**, then click **Remove deadline**. Tarkle confirms with **Deadline removed**.

While the board is open, reviewers see one line under the comment box. It reads **Feedback closes in 3 days (Oct 22, 2026)** when a day or more is left, and the number of days is rounded up. In the last 24 hours it reads **Feedback closes today (Oct 22, 2026)**. Dates in this line are in UTC. Once the deadline has passed, the comment box is replaced by **Feedback closed on Oct 22, 2026**.

## Reminders

If a board has a deadline and comments are on, Tarkle emails reminders 24 hours and 1 hour before the deadline. A reminder job runs every 15 minutes, and each reminder goes out on the first run inside its window. If you set a deadline less than 24 hours away, the 24-hour reminder goes out on the next run. If it is less than an hour away, only the 1-hour reminder goes out.

The owner always gets these reminders. Reviewers who left a comment with an email address get them too, until they give a verdict. Team members who commented still get them after a verdict. Viewers who never commented, and comments without an email address, get no reminder. Anyone who has stopped Feedback emails is skipped. See [Which emails does Feedback send, and how do I stop them?](/help/feedback/feedback-emails).

When the deadline passes, the owner and the team members who commented on the board get an email that the board has closed. It goes out within 30 minutes after the deadline. Reviewers and viewers do not get it.

A board with **Disable comments** on gets no reminders, and that includes the closed email. Changing a deadline sends the reminders again.

## Close feedback yourself

Open the board, click **Board actions**, then click **Disable comments**. The item changes to **Enable comments**. Click it to open the board again.

Enable comments does not reopen a board whose deadline has passed, because the board stays closed while its deadline is in the past. To open it, click **Edit deadline**, then **Remove deadline**, or pick a later date and time and click **Update deadline**.

## What closing does

When a board is closed, by its deadline or by **Disable comments**:

- Nobody can add comments, replies or attachments, the owner and team members included.
- Team members can still change a comment's status and assign it. See [How do I manage comments: statuses, assignees and filters?](/help/feedback/feedback-statuses-assignees-filters).
- Reviewers cannot submit a review. A verdict already given stays on its comment as an **Approved** or **Requested changes** label.
- The board can still be opened and read. If **Allow downloads** is on, viewers can still download it. See [How do I let viewers download a board?](/help/feedback/feedback-allow-downloads).

## Limits

Only the owner, and team members with permission to edit files, can set, change or remove a deadline, or click **Disable comments** or **Enable comments**.

A deadline must be in the future. The dialog refuses a time that has already passed.

## Related articles

- [How do reviewers approve or request changes?](/help/feedback/feedback-approve-or-request-changes)
- [Which emails does Feedback send, and how do I stop them?](/help/feedback/feedback-emails)
- [How do I let viewers download a board?](/help/feedback/feedback-allow-downloads)

Source: https://tarkle.com/help/feedback/feedback-deadlines-and-closing