---
type: User Story
title: "US-010: Handle inactivity and pending selections"
description: Replace absent or unconfirmed role holders using recently active eligible players.
status: backlog
---

# US-010: Handle inactivity and pending selections

As a **participant**, I want inactive central roles to be replaced fairly so that the game does not stall around absent players.

## Acceptance criteria

- [ ] A Tyrant or Vigilante who has not logged in for 48 unpaused hours loses the position.
- [ ] Random candidates are drawn from eligible opted-in players who logged in during the preceding 24 hours.
- [ ] The Tyrant is always excluded from Vigilante selection.
- [ ] A previous role holder is excluded when another eligible candidate exists and may be reused only as a fallback.
- [ ] Tyrant inactivity ends the reign, clears all assignments, and invokes normal random Tyrant succession followed by Vigilante selection.
- [ ] Vigilante inactivity clears Followers and rerolls only the Vigilante position.
- [ ] An offline randomly selected candidate must log in within 24 unpaused hours to confirm the assignment.
- [ ] An unconfirmed selection expires and rerolls automatically under the same eligibility rules.
- [ ] Selection remains vacant and retries periodically when no valid candidate exists.
- [ ] Candidate selection cannot assign conflicting roles or choose an opted-out player, including during concurrent joins and deaths.

## Related

- [Tyrant game state machine](../concepts/game-state-machine.md)
- [Inform players and manage participation](us-011-inform-and-manage-participation.md)