# Overlong learning status in FSRS

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**Created:** [January 23, 2025, 1:33pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/overlong-learning-status-in-fsrs/54770 "2025-01-23T13:33:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Joachim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/joachim/32/18497_2.png) [@Joachim](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Joachim)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 1:33pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/overlong-learning-status-in-fsrs/54770/1 "2025-01-23T13:33:43Z")

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FSRS doc says that the learning status of cards should not exceed a day. But what are the negative things that will happen when I leave a card in “red” state overnight anyway?

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**Author:** ![sorata](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/sorata/32/34115_2.png) [@sorata](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/sorata)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 1:43pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/overlong-learning-status-in-fsrs/54770/2 "2025-01-23T13:43:15Z")

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It’s fine to not review a learn card today and do it the next day instead. The reasoning behind the recommendation is mainly that it’s more efficient if you let FSRS control the intervals. (and there was the hard interval getting longer than good issue, but iirc that’s gone).

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**Author:** ![Expertium](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/expertium/32/24176_2.png) [@Expertium](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Expertium)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/overlong-learning-status-in-fsrs/54770/3 "2025-01-23T17:37:52Z")

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> [@sorata](#):
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> and there was the hard interval getting longer than good issue, but iirc that’s gone

No, that can still happen sometimes if your learning step is 2d or longer.

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**Author:** ![sorata](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/sorata/32/34115_2.png) [@sorata](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/sorata)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/overlong-learning-status-in-fsrs/54770/4 "2025-01-23T17:38:56Z")

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Huh, I thought dae didn’t reject the idea of enforcing a hard rule.

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**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 10:33am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/overlong-learning-status-in-fsrs/54770/5 "2025-01-24T10:33:49Z")

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I remember it being raised at one point. We have logic in the code that ensures hard\<good\<easy in the review case, but that doesn’t work when some buttons are learning steps and some are reviews. Ideally we’d handle this automatically, but if it requires the user to ignore a warning to trigger the behaviour, it doesn’t seem urgent.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 10:34am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/overlong-learning-status-in-fsrs/54770/6 "2025-02-23T10:34:34Z")

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Closed on February 23, 2025, 10:34am UTC

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