Plan states: trial, grace and locked
What each plan state means and what keeps working if you don't pay in time.
Updated: October 22, 2026
Your platform plan moves through several states. Your current subscribers keep their access in every one of them.
States
- Trial. 7 days free when you start, every feature included.
- Active. The plan is paid and running.
- Grace. The period ended without payment. For 3 more days everything works as on an active plan, and the main bot reminds you to pay.
- Locked. Grace is over and the account is paused.
What changes when locked
- Sales stop. The bot sells access neither to new buyers nor as a renewal of one-off subscriptions: the Renew button replies "Payments are temporarily paused."
- Moderation is paused. Filters and penalties in your groups stop until you pay for a plan.
- You can't add new bots or plans.
What keeps working
- Current subscribers stay in the chat until their paid term ends.
- Stars auto-renewals keep being charged, because Telegram itself runs them.
- Removal on expiry works as usual, so members who didn't pay leave on time.
Related: pay for your plan · buyers see "temporarily unavailable".