# Request arbitration with unresponsive mediator

**URL:** <https://bisq.community/t/request-arbitration-with-unresponsive-mediator/9155>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [March 27, 2020, 9:20am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/request-arbitration-with-unresponsive-mediator/9155 "2020-03-27T09:20:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![DrFredPhD](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/drfredphd/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@DrFredPhD](https://bisq.community/u/DrFredPhD)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 9:20am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/request-arbitration-with-unresponsive-mediator/9155/1 "2020-03-27T09:20:36Z")

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Is there any way to open arbitration after the waiting time has passed if the mediator does not make a decision? It seems there is no way in the GUI. I know about ctrl-o but this seems it would try find a different mediator and I would like to know if there is a way to now broadcast the timelock tx and begin arbitration since it is now well overdue.

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**Author:** ![huey](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/huey/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@huey](https://bisq.community/u/huey)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 12:35pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/request-arbitration-with-unresponsive-mediator/9155/2 "2020-03-27T12:35:47Z")

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There doesn’t seem to be. Please reach out to the mediator on the [Bisq Keybase team](https://keybase.io/team/bisq) if you can’t communicate with them on the Bisq software chat.

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**Author:** ![DrFredPhD](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/drfredphd/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@DrFredPhD](https://bisq.community/u/DrFredPhD)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/request-arbitration-with-unresponsive-mediator/9155/3 "2020-03-27T17:12:26Z")

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Seems to be a pretty obvious design flaw if that’s the case

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**Author:** ![huey](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/huey/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@huey](https://bisq.community/u/huey)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 1:15pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/request-arbitration-with-unresponsive-mediator/9155/4 "2020-03-30T13:15:15Z")

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[I went a head and created a Github issue for it.](https://github.com/bisq-network/bisq/issues/4101)