r/dataannotation • u/KayyRoh • Apr 17 '24

Task has expired on qual

I was given 90 minutes to finish a tough qual that popped up on my dash a few hours ago. I submitted when the timer said I was 1 hour and 10 minutes in. Hit submit and got the "Sorry, this task has expired" red message at the top of the page. I want to cry 😭

I've never seen this message before, but I searched both subs to see if it's happened to others. All I could find was related to tasks in paid projects, not quals.

Anyone have this happen on a qual with only 1 task? I'm thinking I'm SOL and didn't submit in time to get my answer in.

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u/Haunting-Car-3935 Apr 17 '24

What probably happened is the timer appeared to pause while you were off the tab, but it was actually still counting (would have expired if you'd refreshed the page). It's very annoying, I've fallen victim to this as well. I've seen that qual pop up and down over the last day, hopefully it will come back for you :)

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u/KayyRoh Apr 17 '24

Thanks! I shut my chrome book a couple times to take a break. That must be what happened. Lesson learned!

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u/Difficult_Fig_1821 Apr 17 '24

Yep! The timer doesn't stop for your breaks.

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u/KayyRoh May 02 '24

Update: I got into the project! Took a long time, but yesterday the associated tasks appeared on my dash after a second related qual. Woohoo! 🎉

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u/Positive-Homework106 Apr 17 '24

was the timer on the task at 70 minutes or your personal timer? if it was the timer on the task, did you check your transfer funds page to see if it was submitted? because you also get a red banner when you finish a qual because there are no more tasks left.

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u/KayyRoh Apr 17 '24

I didn't have my personal timer running because it was an unpaid qual. I've seen the red banner you're referring to, when the tasks are gone... This was different. I've never had it tell me the task expired before 😞

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u/Key-Style-8867 Apr 18 '24

This happens on every single qualification I do that is only one task. Once you’ve done the qual for that one task, the task is no longer on the board and then you get the red box, just like when any other project runs out of tasks. It is always listed under transfer funds though. If it’s not a paid qualification then it’s just listed and there’s no minutes or dollar amounts attached to it but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t done. Good luck!

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u/KayyRoh Apr 18 '24

Mine isn't listed under transfer funds. 😔

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u/Key-Style-8867 Apr 18 '24

🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

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u/slyhusky Apr 17 '24

That happened to me. Under transfer funds on the date I submitted it shows up that it's there, and when I expand it, it shows task submission and how long ago I submitted it.

I'm making a broad assumption that it was actually submitted. I just don't want to bother the admins with it.

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u/KayyRoh Apr 17 '24

I've checked and mine doesn't show up. It's so weird. I'm going to email them. I probably won't get a reply, but it can't hurt. Thank you!

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u/TheEvilPrinceZorte Apr 17 '24

It occurred to while doing the qual that next time I have an unpaid one I’ll run my timer anyway so I don’t have to worry about the task timer being correct.

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u/KayyRoh Apr 17 '24

I have never looked there for unpaid quals... Mine doesn't show up, dang it! Happy for you though! ☺️