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# Incomplete Handover Alerts

StageMic can warn the operator when advancing from a scene with handovers that have not been marked completed.

This is optional. Leave it disabled if your crew do not use completion tracking.

## Enabling alerts

In **Production setup**, enable:

**Alert me about handovers not marked complete**

The setting is off by default. It is saved in autosave and `.mic` show files, so it travels with the show.

## When an alert is triggered

StageMic checks the scene being left when the new scene is immediately after it in production order.

This applies to scene changes made through:

* **Next scene →**.
* The current-scene dropdown.
* OSC, including specific scene messages.

For example, moving from the third scene to the fourth checks for pending handovers in the third scene.

The check uses scene order, not the numbers or words in scene names. Moving from `Opening` to the next scene, `The Station`, qualifies in the same way.

## When an alert is not triggered

StageMic does not send an incomplete-handover alert when:

* Selecting a scene for the first time.
* Selecting the current scene again.
* Moving backwards.
* Jumping forward by more than one scene.

This avoids treating navigation and resynchronisation as normal scene advancement.

## What the operator sees

If handovers remain pending, StageMic:

* Sends a silent operating-system notification.
* Shows a dismissible warning inside the editor.

The warning groups the pending handovers from the scene being left, using actor names where available.

Scene advancement continues immediately. The notification does not open a confirmation dialog or take focus, and backstage displays move to the new scene.

## What a warning means

An alert means a handover was **not marked completed**.

It does not prove that the physical change was missed. Cast/crew may have completed the change without ticking it.

Confirm the situation with the crew before taking action.

## Correcting completion status

Use **Backstage swaps** on the controlling computer to correct an individual handover’s status, including one from a previous scene.

Dismissing the warning does not mark its handovers completed.

## Notification settings

Operating-system notification permissions and Focus or Do Not Disturb settings can affect whether the notification appears.

If you rely on these alerts, allow StageMic notifications and configure your computer’s notification settings before the performance.

Test notification delivery on the computer you will use for the show.

## Before each performance

If you use alerts:

1. Confirm that the setting is enabled for the show.
2. Reset all completions in Backstage swaps.
3. Check that backstage devices are connected.
4. Make sure the cast/crew know how and when to mark handovers completed.
5. Test a pending handover and a normal one-scene advance during setup.

See [Handover Completion](/handover-completion) for the completion workflow.


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