# Computer goes on standby or shuts down during trade?

**URL:** <https://bisq.community/t/computer-goes-on-standby-or-shuts-down-during-trade/10327>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [January 29, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/computer-goes-on-standby-or-shuts-down-during-trade/10327 "2021-01-29T17:25:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![lpinoc](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/lpinoc/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@lpinoc](https://bisq.community/u/lpinoc)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/computer-goes-on-standby-or-shuts-down-during-trade/10327/1 "2021-01-29T17:25:25Z")

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question in title. I know you’re supposed to leave computer on, but what happens if if goes on standby or shuts down in the middle of a trade? thx

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**Author:** ![Pazza](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/pazza/32/2703_2.png) [@Pazza](https://bisq.community/u/Pazza)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 11:51pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/computer-goes-on-standby-or-shuts-down-during-trade/10327/2 "2021-01-29T23:51:01Z")

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Your computer does not need to be on all the time.

If your computer crashes or shuts down for example your offers will go offline till you restart.

Any open trades will still be in progress so you just need to log back in to complete any necessary steps.

I think when Bisq is running the computer generally does not go into standby. See: [Give option to disable standby/sleep/hibernate mode · Issue #358 · bisq-network/bisq · GitHub](https://github.com/bisq-network/bisq/issues/358)