# Misleading free plan shutdown timeline **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/misleading-free-plan-shutdown-timeline/400747 **Category:** UX **Tags:** free-plan **Created:** [April 16, 2026, 12:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/misleading-free-plan-shutdown-timeline/400747 "2026-04-16T00:47:05Z") **Posts on this page:** 3 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![darkpixlz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/darkpixlz/32/549896_2.png) [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz) #### Post date: [April 16, 2026, 12:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/misleading-free-plan-shutdown-timeline/400747/1 "2026-04-16T00:47:05Z")
I made a free site to test it a while back and got this email on Monday: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/d/d/9/dd95e310af82617b37ff12f921bde132a8b709a4.png) I went to check the site and it seems like it was already placed in readonly mode: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/d/d/3/dd35a4017209fc442a4357c51b5334deb16c2c35.png) As somebody who self-hosts I don’t need the site so it doesn’t matter but I feel like the email is misleading if it suggests I create activity but locks the site within 24 hours. ---
### Author: ![rishabh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rishabh/32/179446_2.png) [@rishabh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rishabh) #### Post date: [April 16, 2026, 12:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/misleading-free-plan-shutdown-timeline/400747/4 "2026-04-16T12:16:02Z")
Thank you for bringing this up, we want this to be clear so we’re looking into it and will come back to confirm! ---
### Author: ![ice.d](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ice.d/32/509515_2.png) [@ice.d](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ice.d) #### Post date: [April 17, 2026, 10:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/misleading-free-plan-shutdown-timeline/400747/5 "2026-04-17T22:43:29Z")
I got the email it was instantly taken down my first free forum