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

# Managing trackers

> Run trackers on demand, read the run timeline, and pause, edit, or archive a tracker.

Once a tracker exists, you manage it from its card on the Trackers page or from its detail page. If you haven't created one yet, start with the [Trackers overview](/trackers/overview).

## Run a tracker now

Click **Run Now** — in the tracker page header, or from the **...** menu on the tracker's card — to trigger an immediate run without waiting for the schedule. You'll see a "Story generation triggered" confirmation, a **Running** row appears in the timeline, and the page updates automatically as results come in.

Runs happen in the background and can take a few minutes. If nothing appears right away, check the run row's status before retrying — the run may still be in progress, or it may have finished with nothing new to report (see **Skipped** below).

Scheduled trackers run automatically at their configured time; runs fire on the hour and half-hour in the tracker's timezone, which is why schedule times are offered in 30-minute increments.

## The run timeline

The tracker page shows a reverse-chronological feed grouped by day ("Today", "Yesterday", and dates). Each run appears as a row with a status pill:

| Status      | Meaning                                                              |
| ----------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Running** | The run is in progress.                                              |
| **Success** | The run completed and produced one or more stories.                  |
| **Partial** | Some topics succeeded and some failed.                               |
| **Skipped** | The run finished without new content. Hover the pill for the reason. |
| **Failed**  | The run produced nothing. Hover the pill for the reason.             |

Stories produced by a run appear as clickable items in the same feed.

<Note>
  **Skipped is not an error.** It means the run found no genuinely new material for the period — either no new topics surfaced, or every candidate overlapped with stories the tracker already published. Deduplication is working as intended. If a tracker skips often, try broadening the topic, adding sources, or lowering the frequency.
</Note>

## Pause and resume

**Pause** (from the **...** menu) stops scheduled runs; the tracker's status pill changes from **Active** (green) to **Paused** (grey), and it won't generate stories until resumed. **Resume** re-activates it, and it picks up again on its next scheduled run.

## Edit a tracker

Choose **Edit** from the **...** menu on a card or the tracker page. The form is the same as creation — name, topic, frequency, and sources — and the **Update** button enables once you change something.

Organization admins can also convert a tracker between personal and organization scope while editing. Conversion changes who can see every story the tracker has ever generated, in both directions:

* **To organization:** every story it has generated becomes visible to everyone in your organization.
* **To personal:** organization-wide access is removed from every story it has generated.

A warning banner in the form spells out the consequence before you confirm. Story visibility always matches the tracker's scope.

## Archive and restore

**Archive** moves a tracker to the **Archived** tab after a confirmation dialog. Archived trackers stop running but keep their history.

<Warning>
  Archived trackers are permanently deleted after 30 days. Until then, you can bring one back with **Restore** from the archived card's menu.
</Warning>

## Tracker limits

The number of trackers you can create depends on your organization's plan. When you reach the limit, creating another tracker shows an upgrade dialog ("You're tracking as much as this plan allows"). Archive trackers you no longer need, or contact your Merciv representative about your plan.

## Permissions

* You can only run, edit, pause, or archive trackers you own. Personal trackers are private to their creator.
* Organization trackers can be managed only by organization admins.

See [Sharing and permissions](/getting-started/sharing-and-permissions) for how story visibility works across the platform.