# "Checked Out" campaigns - Intentional Delay?

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/checked-out-campaigns-intentional-delay/22956>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [March 8, 2022, 11:34am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/checked-out-campaigns-intentional-delay/22956 "2022-03-08T11:34:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![toby](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/toby/32/6897_2.png) [@toby](https://forum.mautic.org/u/toby)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 11:34am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/checked-out-campaigns-intentional-delay/22956/1 "2022-03-08T11:34:04Z")

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Hi all,  
Sometimes someone at my organisation will try to open a Campaign/Email/etc and be told that it is “Checked out” by someone else.

I’ve noticed that this can happen even when Person B is no longer logged in or active.

I can’t work out if:

1. Clicking “Save and Close” doesn’t remove the Checked Out block
2. Timing out doesn’t remove the Checked Out block

Any ideas if this is intentional and/or a bug?

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**Author:** ![serendipitytech](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/serendipitytech/32/13359_2.png) [@serendipitytech](https://forum.mautic.org/u/serendipitytech)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 2:06am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/checked-out-campaigns-intentional-delay/22956/2 "2025-03-08T02:06:33Z")

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I’m seeing the same thing with my setup  
Mautic 5.2.2  
PHP Version 8.3.14  
MySQL 8.0.36-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

I’m assuming this is happening if the user never logs out, and what I’m seeing is that returning even days later to the same browser window isn’t asking for a new login. So perhaps there’s a session timeout setting somewhere?