# SFC Stopping State linger time

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sfc-stopping-state-linger-time/27490>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [August 15, 2019, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sfc-stopping-state-linger-time/27490 "2019-08-15T19:11:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![kevin.deyoung](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.deyoung/32/9558_2.png) [@kevin.deyoung](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kevin.deyoung)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2019, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sfc-stopping-state-linger-time/27490/1 "2019-08-15T19:11:11Z")

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When an SFC encounters its End it enters the “Stopping” state and remains in that state for 10 seconds. Is there a way to shorten or eliminate that period of time?

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2019, 7:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sfc-stopping-state-linger-time/27490/2 "2019-08-15T19:13:20Z")

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Turns out this is configurable via a system property named `ignition.sfc.statusremovaldelay`.

You can add `-Dignition.sfc.statusremovaldelay=0` to ignition.conf in the additional parameters section to set it to 0.

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**Author:** ![kevin.deyoung](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.deyoung/32/9558_2.png) [@kevin.deyoung](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kevin.deyoung)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sfc-stopping-state-linger-time/27490/3 "2019-08-15T19:51:19Z")

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Thanks for the quick reply. I added the line at the end of the Ignition.conf file just as it is shown “-Dignition.sfc.statusremovaldelay=0” and no change in the linger after restarting the Ignition Gateway service?

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2019, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sfc-stopping-state-linger-time/27490/4 "2019-08-15T19:56:10Z")

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Not at the end, there’s a section with a comment “Java Additional Parameters”.

You’d choose the next available number and the full line would something like:

```auto
wrapper.java.additional.2=-Dignition.sfc.statusremovaldelay=0

```

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**Author:** ![kevin.deyoung](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.deyoung/32/9558_2.png) [@kevin.deyoung](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kevin.deyoung)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2019, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sfc-stopping-state-linger-time/27490/5 "2019-08-15T20:26:44Z")

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Works great. Thanks again.