End or Extend a QCLF Live Broadcast

Live Broadcast uses QCLF’s shared planned-end, grace, extension, and authoritative End lifecycle. Host media is temporary transport layered over that lifecycle and is shut down when the Broadcast ends.

An extension changes the Broadcast’s server-authoritative effective end; explicit End moves immediately into ending/archiving rather than waiting for the remaining planned/grace time.

Extend During the Grace Prompt

  1. When the effective end is reached, wait for the shared grace prompt.
  2. As the Host or an authorized live moderator, choose an allowed extension—5, 15, or 30 minutes by default.
  3. Submit the extension before the grace deadline expires.
  4. Confirm effective_end moves forward and the grace deadline clears until the new end is reached.

End the Broadcast Now

  1. Use End Live Broadcast as the exact Host or an authorized live moderator.
  2. QCLF first deactivates Host Live and attempts managed-room cleanup.
  3. The live session becomes ending, records actual_end plus host/moderator end reason, and the Topic becomes archiving.
  4. QCLF immediately attempts archive conversion; unfinished work remains retryable by the archive task/path.

Grace Expiry Uses the Same Destination

If no extension or explicit End is chosen, the shared lifecycle can end the session when the bounded grace expires. Regardless of the end path, the temporary media must not keep the Broadcast authoritative after the live session has ended.

Moderator End Is Audited

When someone other than the exact Host ends/extends through authorized moderation, QCLF records the corresponding moderation/audit action; moderator End can also generate the dedicated Host notification.

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