No Artificial Time Limits

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Quoted from the provision's informative document, informative/guidelines/process-and-task-completion/avoid-deception/no-artificial-time-limits.md. It is the group's own procedure, not an editorial testing guide.

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• #936 COGA support for no artificial time limits open 0 comments · updated 2026-10-22

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Verbatim from guidelines/groups/process-and-task-completion/avoid-deception/no-artificial-time-limits.md · informative document: informative/guidelines/process-and-task-completion/avoid-deception/no-artificial-time-limits.md

The completion of a process does not include artificial time limits. 

:::except-when
* The time limit is essential.
:::

:::example
Essential time limits would include but are not limited to auctions, ticket sales, or timed exams.
:::