Hello again! One of my students is trying to program an online survey where one of the pages is timed (a 2 minute countdown which auto-advances). Testing things out, I can get the timer to work fine in the preview (see screenshot below) but when I pilot or run it, it sits on the page without the timer & without autoadvancing once the time has passed. [image] The JSON for the affected block is below - any suggestions are much appreciated! Thank you! -Alison { “title”: “block_1”, “pages”: [ { “name”: “page1”, “title”: “Strengths and Weaknesses”, “description”: "Please start describing your strengths and then move on to your weaknesses. The clock will tell you how much time you have left, if you finish early just wait until the clock reaches zero ", “navigationButtonsVisibility”: “hide”, “timeLimit”: 13, “elements”: [ { “type”: “comment”, “name”: “question1”, “title”: “List your strengths” }, { “type”: “comment”, “name”: “question2”, “title”: “List your Weaknesses” } ] } ], “showNavigationButtons”: “none”, “showTitle”: false, “showTimer”: true, “timeLimit”: 15, “timerInfoMode”: “survey” }

An initial fix has just been deployed. Timers are currently working, but without an option to hide them.

What survey version are you using? [image] Timed Page not moving on Pavlovia Surveys Hello Pavolvia Survey Community, I’m creating a survey assessing cognitive functions (trying to adapt an online MoCA or MMSE questionnaire). For a certain page (one and only one), I need the page to be timed and move to the next one after 70 seconds. Therefore, I’ve specified this number in the dedicated frame : [image] Here is the Json code corresponding: { “name”: “letter_F”, “elements”: [ { “type”: “comment”, “name”: “Fluidity”, “title”: “Écrivez un maximum de mots commençant par …

I’m using version 2025.2.0. I already tried those recommendations in the post you shared - not requiring the response and making sure the timer is visible in the general survey doesn’t seem to help. I’ve also tried iterating on the settings - timing the page vs. timing the survey vs. both, changing the timer settings in the general survey settings and changing the timer settings just on the local page vs. both. It’s odd that the preview shows it working. This is happening on two of my computers on two networks as well as my student’s computer. Thank you for your help!

Encountering the exact same issue as well

I’ve put a timer set to 15s per page on my survey, but when I pilot or run the experiment the timer doesn’t show and it doesn’t auto-advance to the next page. what can I do about this? Pavlovia Survey 2025.2.0 [Screenshot 2026-03-22 at 10.46.00 AM]

I have the same problem. I need to use a timer for some pages of my experiment. It works in the preview, but when i try to run or pilot my study, it doesn’t work anymore. How can I solve this?

I made a survey in Pavlovia and used the “time limit to complete page” function, to manipulate time for some pages, but not all. When I preview this survey, everything works but when I try to run or pilot the survey, the time manipulation doesn’t work. I’m working with te version 2025.2.0, but also tried other versions and looked at the time limit demo on this platform. Is there anything I can do about this? Thank you in advance for answering my question [image] [image]

Has anyone found a solution for this problem? My lab is having this issue as well.

I’m sorry, but this does appear to be a bug in Pavlovia Surveys. I have an old demo where it works. Pavlovia Survey 2025.2.0 However, if I make a copy of that demo and save any edit it fails. Pavlovia Survey 2025.2.0 I’ll let the team know.

Oh - any bug fixes on this yet? Thanks Deborah.

Hello? Any bug fix on this??? We are having this same problem.

Timer works in preview but not when piloting or running

Online experiments Pavlovia Surveys

wakecarter February 5, 2026, 1:47pm 2

What survey version are you using?

Topic		Replies	Views
Timed Page not moving on Pavlovia Surveys timing , online , pavlovia	4	380	October 7, 2024
Timed questions on Pavlovia Survey Pavlovia Surveys	9	852	August 7, 2024
SurveyJS response time unit Online experiments timing , pavlovia	0	234	September 21, 2023
Survey Complete page markup not working when ran/ piloted Pavlovia Surveys pavlovia , survey	4	205	November 21, 2024
Pavlovia Surveys: Page-level timers and one-time random assignment without blocks/triggers? Pavlovia Surveys timing , randomization , pavlovia	78	1031	September 10, 2026

Timer works in preview but not when piloting or running

Related topics