# Timer works in preview but not when piloting or running

**URL:** <https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/timer-works-in-preview-but-not-when-piloting-or-running/46533>\
**Category:** Pavlovia Surveys\
**Tags:** timing, online, pavlovia\
**Created:** [February 5, 2026, 4:03am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/timer-works-in-preview-but-not-when-piloting-or-running/46533 "2026-02-05T04:03:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![wakecarter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.psychopy.org/wakecarter/32/5753_2.png) [@wakecarter](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/wakecarter)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 1:47pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/timer-works-in-preview-but-not-when-piloting-or-running/46533/2 "2026-02-05T13:47:24Z")

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What survey version are you using?

> [@Timed Page not moving on](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/timed-page-not-moving-on/38121):
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> 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 …

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