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## What's new

- **Stale drafts.** A grant's `Advanced Settings` has a `Stale drafts` group. Turn it on to remind
  applicants after a number of days without an edit, remind them again up to a maximum, and, if you
  choose, withdraw the draft a further number of days after the first reminder. `Withdraw when
  unanswered` does the same for an Information Request nobody has answered. Every setting is off
  until you turn it on, and you can change them after the round is published. See
  [Remind and withdraw stale drafts](/administrator/funding-rounds/stale-applications).
- **A countdown for the applicant.** Seven days before a withdrawal, the applicant's draft shows the
  date and the reason, and saving a change keeps it. See
  [Applying for a grant](/applicant/applying-for-a-grant).
- **History.** An application withdrawn this way shows `Withdrawn automatically` with the reason,
  and no person named.