# What will happen if I leave a page before it completes the programmed blocks?

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**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Tags:** beginner\
**Created:** [August 15, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/what-will-happen-if-i-leave-a-page-before-it-completes-the-programmed-blocks/2545926 "2023-08-15T16:35:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![dhanushan48608nkfw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/fbc32d/32.png) [@dhanushan48608nkfw](https://community.thunkable.com/u/dhanushan48608nkfw)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/what-will-happen-if-i-leave-a-page-before-it-completes-the-programmed-blocks/2545926/1 "2023-08-15T16:35:23Z")

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One of my app’s page has a lot of blocks to finish before navigate to the next page. But that page is already exist in the bottom tab navigator. What will happen if a user clicks and go to the 2nd page before the 1st page completes it’s work?

Will it be still working in the background? If not, How can I make it run in the background? Cuz I want to make it feels faster app for my user. I don’t want to make them feel that the app is slower.

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**Author:** ![matt\_conroy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/matt_conroy/32/150843_2.png) [@matt\_conroy](https://community.thunkable.com/u/matt_conroy)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/what-will-happen-if-i-leave-a-page-before-it-completes-the-programmed-blocks/2545926/2 "2023-08-17T14:18:14Z")

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Hi @dhanushan48608nkfw, thanks for reaching out. Currently, if you user leaves the screen, any previous functions or blocks will not continue working in the background while the user is on a different screen.

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**Author:** ![fedegarcia30hzc97a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b38774/32.png) [@fedegarcia30hzc97a](https://community.thunkable.com/u/fedegarcia30hzc97a)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/what-will-happen-if-i-leave-a-page-before-it-completes-the-programmed-blocks/2545926/3 "2023-08-17T19:30:59Z")

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Hi

What would happen for asynchronous calls just as writting to a Airtable cell? If we have a “navigate to” block after a setCell call….I guess the setCell will still complete the process correct?

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**Author:** ![dhanushan48608nkfw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/fbc32d/32.png) [@dhanushan48608nkfw](https://community.thunkable.com/u/dhanushan48608nkfw)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 9:46am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/what-will-happen-if-i-leave-a-page-before-it-completes-the-programmed-blocks/2545926/4 "2023-08-18T09:46:38Z")

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Thank you for your respond, How to make a block running in the background so the user can experience a faster app?

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**Author:** ![matt\_conroy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/matt_conroy/32/150843_2.png) [@matt\_conroy](https://community.thunkable.com/u/matt_conroy)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/what-will-happen-if-i-leave-a-page-before-it-completes-the-programmed-blocks/2545926/5 "2023-08-18T15:51:58Z")

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Hi there, the blocks won’t run in the background if you are on another screen. Unfortunately, this is just not something Thunkable apps are capable of at this time.

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**Author:** ![dhanushan48608nkfw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/fbc32d/32.png) [@dhanushan48608nkfw](https://community.thunkable.com/u/dhanushan48608nkfw)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/what-will-happen-if-i-leave-a-page-before-it-completes-the-programmed-blocks/2545926/6 "2023-08-18T16:04:04Z")

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That’s a pity, Thanks for your respond. I hope It’ll be available in the future

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/0/f/0f59f292712368bce16ff80133ae10de8a6f27e8.png) [@system](https://community.thunkable.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/what-will-happen-if-i-leave-a-page-before-it-completes-the-programmed-blocks/2545926/7 "2023-11-16T16:04:14Z")

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