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Activating / Deactivating Challenges

The platform supports deactivating challenges, in which mode the challenge becomes read only for the contestants. A challenge once deactivated may be activated again.

All challenges are active by default when they are published. When a challenge is deactivated contestants will

  • see that the challenge is deactivated in the challenge page
  • be able to view the challenge, description, hints etc.
  • not be able to submit their flags
  • not be view attachments
  • not be open deployments

Deactivating/Activating a Single Challenge​

To deactivate/activate a single challenge -

  1. Go to the challenge editor page of the challenge to be deactivated (accessible via the edit challenge button or directly via /challenge/<id>/edit path)
  2. Go to the Settings tab and you will find the Control Centre section.
  3. In the Control Centre you will find the Is Active setting switch, which you can toggle to deactivate/activate the challenge.
  4. Click on the save button at the end of the section to apply the changes.

Deactivating / Activating Challenges in Bulk​

The platform also supports activating / deactivating a list of challenges in bulk. To do this, follow the below steps -

  1. Go the Manage Challenges page, either using the navigation (Manage -> Challenges) or through the path - /admin/manage/challenges/.
  2. Select the challenges you want to activate/deactivate by clicking on the checkbox at the left side (beginning) of each challenge row in the table, and selecting them.
  3. Once one or more challenge is selected, you will see a bar on the top of the table, and on the right side of that actions topbar, you will see a dropdown. Choose Activate or Deactivate as the option and click on go.