What a Stale Location Means
A stale location is the last known point, not a current claim. STALKR derives live, stale, and unknown state from the last successful timestamp.
Steps
- Open the member details and check the last update time.
- Ask the member to confirm Live, permission, battery, and connectivity.
How this works
Presence is derived from the last successful timestamp, so live, stale, and unknown are statements about data age rather than about the person. STALKR labels the difference instead of drawing an old point as though it were current.
There is no low-signal alert to wait for. Presence degrades on the member card, and reading that timestamp is the check — nothing will notify you that someone went quiet.
A member can be stale because they went Dark, lost connectivity, ran out of battery, had location permission revoked, or was suspended by the operating system. The label cannot tell you which.
What happens next
The saved change appears in the relevant map, library, or sharing scope when the service confirms it.
Common problems
- A stale marker is the last delivered point, not a current position.
- Nothing raises an alert when a member goes stale; the member card is where it shows.
Questions this answers
- Why is my friend stale?
- How old is this location?
- Why isn't someone moving?
- Will STALKR warn me if a member goes quiet?