Daily Check-Ins & the 3-Day Window

You have 72 hours to log data, check in, or make corrections before a protocol day locks permanently.

The Daily Check-In

Each day with an active protocol, your dashboard shows a “Reflect on Today” prompt. Tapping it opens the attestation sheet where you can confirm whether you completed each self-reported rule for the day.

If your protocol contains only hard fact rules (auto-evaluated from your health data), the check-in may not be necessary — those days can pass or fail automatically without any input from you. But if your protocol includes attestation rules, the check-in is how you record your answer.

The 3-Day Rolling Window

Every protocol day stays open for 72 hours after the day ends. This is your window to log data, check in on attestations, or let retroactive health data sync.

A concrete example: You work out Monday morning. Your Apple Watch data syncs Monday evening. Your hard fact rule auto-evaluates when the data arrives. You have until Thursday to attest any manual rules for Monday. On Thursday, Monday’s results lock permanently.

The window applies to everything: nutrition log corrections, late HealthKit syncs, attestation confirmations, and skips.

Why 72 Hours?

Three days is the practical limit of human memory for “did I do the thing?” Beyond that window, self-reports become unreliable — you are no longer remembering, you are guessing.

The 72-hour window balances two competing needs. Flexibility: life happens, data syncs late, you forget to check in before bed. Integrity: the record should reflect reality, not be revised indefinitely with the benefit of hindsight.

What Happens When the Window Closes

Each night at 4 AM UTC, the system locks protocol days that have passed the 72-hour boundary. For any pending attestation rules that were never completed, the status changes to void.

Locked days are immutable. No further changes — no late attestations, no retroactive skips, no corrections.

Skipping a Day

If you cannot or do not want to complete a protocol day, you can skip it. Skips draw from your skip budget (roughly 10% of your protocol duration, rounded down).

Skipped days count as adherent in your final adherence percentage. This is deliberate — using a skip is an honest acknowledgment that today was not the day, not a failure of commitment.

Consecutive skip limit: You cannot skip more than 3 days in a row, regardless of remaining budget. After 3 consecutive skips, the next day must be a pass, fail, or void.

What Is “Void”?

A voided day means no evaluation was possible. The most common cause is an attestation that was never submitted before the 3-day window closed. Void can also occur when health data is unavailable — if your Apple Watch did not sync, there is no sleep data to evaluate.

Void days are excluded from your adherence calculation entirely. They do not count as a pass or a fail. The system does not penalize you for data it could not collect.

What this means for you: If you forget to check in, the worst outcome is a void — not a fail. Your adherence percentage is calculated from the days where evaluation was actually possible. The 3-day window and void status work together to ensure that the record is honest without being punitive.

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