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title: "Form Expiration and Auto Resume"
slug: "form-expiration-and-auto-resume"
description: "This document explains and demonstrates the Expiration and Auto Resume Form properties. Adjusting these settings will set up a flow to assign itself to the user for later completion, after a set amount of time, and then  determine when the session will end after that task resumes. "
tags: ["Timing", "Outcomes"]
updated: 2026-07-01T19:43:13Z
published: 2026-07-01T19:43:13Z
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# Form Expiration and Auto Resume

## Overview

The **Expiration** and **Auto Resume** Form properties allow Forms to be suspended, tasked for continuation, and automatically resolved with specified Flow outcomes.

To define an expiration or auto-resumption delay for a Form, in the Flow Designer, go to the **Properties** panel and configure the Form's expiration in the **Auto Resume** section auto-resumption settings.

#### Configuring Form Timeout

A Form's timeout setting, the **Keep Active Time Span** setting, resides in the Properties of its parent Flow accessible via the Flow Designer. InSession Forms timeout after thirty minutes of inactivity by default, but this may be further configured.

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## Example

This Flow will consist of a Form with an auto-resume delay of 10 seconds and an auto-resume expiration of 20 seconds. If a user opens a Form but remains idle for a period of 10 seconds, the Form will be assigned to the current user to be completed later. If the resulting Assignment is not handled within another 20 seconds, the auto-resume period will expire, and the Flow will be completed along its sole outcome path.

1. Create a Flow and place a **Show Form** step in the workspace.
2. In the **Properties** panel of the Show Form step, under **Auto Resume**, select the **Make Auto Resume** checkbox set to true. When this checkbox is selected, additional options display.
3. Under the **Make Auto Resume Delay** section, find controls for configuring the duration and type of delay, which will produce an auto-resume save point.
4. Select **Constant** in the **Make Auto Resume Delay** section in the **Mapping Type** drop-down list. In the **Value** section, enter "10" in the **Seconds** field.
5. In the **Expiration** section, select the **Auto Resume Expires** checkbox. When this checkbox is selected, additional options display below it. Additionally, a new path appears on the Form in the workspace: **Auto Resume Timeout**.
6. In the **Expire Type** drop-down list, select an option that determines when the auto-resume duration expires. Leave the default value, **FollowOutcomePath**, indicating that an expired Form will automatically follow the Flow's selected outcome path.
7. Select **Constant** in the **Expiration** section in the Mapping Type drop-down list. In the **Value** section, enter "20" in the **Seconds** field. This means the user has 20 seconds to complete and submit the Form.
8. Connect the **Auto Resume Timeout** outcome path to the **End Step**. Save and close the Flow Designer.![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/image-1780432388608.png)

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## Debug

1. Select the Flow thumbnail and select **Run > Run Flow** from its **Action** menu.
2. After the Form has been idle for 10 seconds, a notification will be received that the task of completing the Form has been assigned. If the Form is not complete and submitted in 20 seconds, the Form's auto-resume expiration will expire. The Flow will then follow the **Auto Resume Timeout** path to the **End Step**, completing the Flow.
3. Navigate to the Inbox in the Design Studio; when the Flow is complete, the assignment will be removed from the Inbox.![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/image-1782934981738.png)