# Is there still a use case for the "Encrypts PM if available" checkbox in automation script options?

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**Category:** UX
**Tags:** encrypt, automation
**Created:** [4 בינואר,‏ 2026,‏ 11:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-still-a-use-case-for-the-encrypts-pm-if-available-checkbox-in-automation-script-options/392664 "2026-01-04T23:46:34Z")
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### Author: ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [5 בינואר,‏ 2026,‏ 9:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-still-a-use-case-for-the-encrypts-pm-if-available-checkbox-in-automation-script-options/392664/2 "2026-01-05T21:53:28Z")

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It does appear to be leftover, looks like there are several references on the backend too… the good news is that there’s no immediate harm in having it there, it always falls back to sending the PM. We should clean it up though.

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