> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.dfine.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Safety

> Auto-stop limits that end a stream on their own, so nothing keeps running unattended.

A live stream that nobody is watching still costs bandwidth, and it keeps showing whatever is on your timeline. These two limits end a session on their own when you are no longer there.

<Frame>
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/dfineiogmbh/zlcU0511cdZKxIb3/images/desktop/app-settings-safety.jpg?fit=max&auto=format&n=zlcU0511cdZKxIb3&q=85&s=212e228b5ed7d154d5e1e60e84588268" alt="The Safety tab with the two auto-stop limits, both switched off" width="3456" height="1944" data-path="images/desktop/app-settings-safety.jpg" />
</Frame>

Both limits are off by default. Each one has its own switch, and its slider stays locked until you turn the switch on.

## Auto-stop after

Ends the stream once it has been live for the **Run time** you set, between 1 and 24 hours, 8 by default. This catches the session you started in the morning and forgot after the review call ended.

Pick a value slightly above your longest realistic session. Set it too tight and it will cut you off mid-sentence.

## Auto-stop when source is gone

Ends the stream when your editing application stops sending for the **Away for** time you set, between 1 and 60 minutes, 10 by default. This is the one that catches a crashed Premiere, a closed laptop lid, or a quit Resolve.

<Note>
  A paused timeline does not count as gone. As long as the plugin stays connected, the stream holds the last picture and this limit does not run. A host that stops its output while it sits in the background does count as gone, so the clock starts even though the application is still open.
</Note>

The default of ten minutes works for most people. Long enough to survive a brief hiccup, short enough that a forgotten session does not run all night.

## Saving

Click **Save**. The limits apply to the next stream you start, not to one that is already running.
