> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.allocait.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Price freshness

> What each freshness label means and what shows when a price is missing.

Home, Positions, Compliance and Watchlists each show a freshness label, a tag that says how old the page's prices are. The label reads the age of the price, with one exception: **Market closed** also reads whether the US market is shut.

| Label | Meaning |
| - | - |
| **Latest quote** | The price was updated within the last minute. |
| **Delayed** | The price is between 1 and 15 minutes old. |
| **Stale** | The price is 15 minutes old or older. |
| **Market closed** | The US market is shut and the price was written at or after its last close, so nothing is late. The page shows no age beside it. |
| **Price age unknown** | Allocait has no timestamp for the price, for example on a symbol you added a moment ago that hasn't received a quote yet. |

## Reading the label

**Market closed** appears only when every symbol on the page follows the US session. A page with a crypto or forex pair, which trades outside stock market hours, reads **Stale** once its price is 15 minutes old. A price written before the last close also reads **Stale**.

The app shows the age beside the other labels, such as "3m ago". When a page summarizes several symbols, the oldest price sets the label, so one stale holding makes the whole view read **Stale**.

## When prices aren't available

If Allocait can't get a fresher quote, the app keeps showing the last one it has and lets it age from **Latest quote** to **Delayed** to **Stale**. It doesn't invent a price.

Adding a symbol while prices are unavailable can fail with "Price temporarily unavailable. Try again shortly." Wait a moment and add it again. If you check many symbols in quick succession, the app asks you to wait before checking more.

## Next steps

> [card] [App prices](https://docs.allocait.app/concepts/app-prices.md)
>
> How the app keeps quotes current.

> [card] [Prices](https://docs.allocait.app/concepts/prices.md)
>
> What an agent supplies.


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