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A deck did not finish

What to do when a build stops or some slides keep their placeholder text, and what happens to your credits.

Available on Free, Pro, and BusinessUpdated November 8, 2026

Sometimes a build stops halfway, for example when the connection drops or the tab was closed. Nothing is lost: the slides already made stay in the deck.

Steps

  1. 1Look at the row under the prompt: it shows how far the build got, for example 7 of 26 slides.
  2. 2Click its Try again to go on from there.
  3. 3If nothing could be built, the slide area says The slides could not be built with a Try again button.
  4. 4If a few slides keep their placeholder text, ask the AI to write them, for example "write this slide".
  5. 5Still stuck? Write to us with the presentation's title and the time.

Credits: A slide that failed is not charged: when a request gets no answer, its credit goes back.

Good to know

  • One deck is built at a time. Another one waits with Waiting to Build and starts when the first is done.
  • Stop building ends a build on purpose; what was written stays.
  • Keep the tab open while a deck is built.
  • At the day's limit of requests, the message says when it opens again.

Troubleshooting

  • A deck did not finish
  • An upload does not work
  • The export looks different
  • Contact support
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