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When will a question be closed in Stack Overflow, i.e. transform from "on hold" to "closed"?

I searched about it on Meta and found five days as the answer; but this question has been on hold for almost a week.

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    That's weird...
    – michaelb958--GoFundMonica
    Jul 9, 2013 at 12:42
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    5... business days?
    – Old Checkmark
    Jul 9, 2013 at 12:42
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    I thought it was 5 days as well. Maybe 6-8...days?
    – tombull89
    Jul 9, 2013 at 12:46
  • I'd say check it again tomorrow. Remember the time period will be from the time it was put On Hold, not the time it was actually asked in the first place, so I'd guess we've got another few hours or so until it is fully closed.
    – JonW
    Jul 9, 2013 at 12:52
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    @Jonw It was put on hold at 2013-07-02 16:55:44Z; it is now 2013-07-09 ~12:53:30Z.
    – michaelb958--GoFundMonica
    Jul 9, 2013 at 12:53
  • Fixed ;-)
    – Shadow Wizard Is Sad And Angry
    Jul 9, 2013 at 13:06
  • @michaelb958, it's not a bug, it's a feature
    – Azik
    Jul 9, 2013 at 13:08
  • I'd give it 6-8 weeks
    – Cole Tobin
    Jul 9, 2013 at 19:12

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Questions remain [on-hold] for 7 days.

This is something that can be changed per-site, though they are all defaulting to 7 days at the moment.

Update: The "on hold" period was briefly set to 7 days, but it has been changed back to 5 days, which was the original intent. This time period is set to match the window during which an edit by the OP sends an "on hold" question to the reopen review queue.

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    Is this documented somewhere?
    – juergen d
    Jul 9, 2013 at 13:00
  • so, it's not a bug.then why can't you add the tag status-by-design?
    – Azik
    Jul 9, 2013 at 13:00
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    @Azik i think he will do it after 2013-07-09 16:55:44Z. Then are the 7 days over.
    – Jehof
    Jul 9, 2013 at 13:03
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    Hmmm, in this case the Help Center sections should be updated to reflect this (currently it says 5 days)
    – Old Checkmark
    Jul 9, 2013 at 13:10
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    @Azik technically, the question title is asking a simple question: "How long?" There is no status-bydesign needed here, since the answer is: 7 days. Now, the body of the question does challenge the meta answer (and by extension the help center), and perhaps the title (and even tags) should be updated to reflect that it is a bug in the documentation, not a bug that a question has been on hold longer than 5 days.
    – Aaron Bertrand Staff
    Jul 9, 2013 at 13:10
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    @doubleDown, good catch
    – Azik
    Jul 9, 2013 at 13:12
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    ... @Azik or support?
    – m0sa StaffMod
    Jul 9, 2013 at 13:13
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    @juergen Yes, here
    – user206222
    Jul 9, 2013 at 15:08

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