How to Lock Feedback Submissions After the Due Date

Collecting feedback within a defined timeframe helps keep feedback relevant and keeps review cycles on schedule. Teamflect's Lock submissions after due date setting allows administrators to enforce feedback deadlines across the organization.
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Navigation: Admin Center → Feedback → Settings → Lock submissions after due date
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When feedback passes its due date, users can still open the form, but it becomes read-only. The Submit and Save as Draft buttons are removed, and an expiration message is displayed.
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The setting takes effect immediately across your organization. Any incomplete feedback that is already past its due date will be locked as soon as the setting is enabled.
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When a feedback request is locked, users can still open the form and review previously entered responses. However, they cannot edit or submit the feedback.
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If a user saved a draft before the due date, the draft is not deleted. It remains available in read-only mode while the feedback is locked.

The Submit and Save as Draft buttons are no longer displayed. Instead, users see a message indicating that the feedback has expired.
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Locked feedback is no longer actionable because users cannot submit it. Depending on where the feedback is displayed, it may be removed from Pending Actions or shown as expired.
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A feedback request is locked only when all of the following conditions are met:

The setting applies to:

Completed feedback is never affected.
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Disabling Lock submissions after due date immediately restores the previous behavior. Users can submit feedback after the due date again, and any saved drafts become editable. No responses or drafts are deleted when the setting is turned off.

The setting applies to your entire organization. There are no exceptions for specific feedback templates, review cycles, or departments.
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Feedback that has already been submitted is never locked or modified.
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Saved drafts remain available while feedback is locked. Users can view them, but they cannot edit or submit them.
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Standalone feedback due dates cannot be changed after the request is created. If a standalone feedback request becomes locked, the due date cannot be extended.

To allow late submissions again, an administrator must disable Lock submissions after due date.
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For 360 Feedback and 360 Feedback within Performance Reviews, extending the feedback due date automatically reopens previously locked feedback requests within that cycle.
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Manual reminder emails cannot be sent for feedback requests that are already locked.

No. Submitted feedback is never modified or locked.
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Yes. Users can view previously saved draft responses, but they cannot edit or submit them while the feedback is locked.
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No. Lock submissions after due date is an organization-wide setting and applies to all supported feedback types.
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No. Standalone feedback due dates cannot be extended after the request has been created. To allow late submissions again, an administrator must disable Lock submissions after due date.
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For 360 Feedback and 360 Feedback within Performance Reviews, extending the due date automatically reopens previously locked feedback requests within that cycle.
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Organizations running annual or quarterly review cycles can ensure feedback is submitted before review discussions begin. Once the deadline passes, additional submissions are prevented unless the due date is extended for supported 360 Feedback cycles.
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HR teams can enforce the same submission deadline across the organization, helping prevent late feedback from creating inconsistencies across review cycles.
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Because locked feedback can no longer be submitted, administrators can avoid sending reminders for feedback that is already past its deadline.