---
kind: preference
when-and-why-to-read: When a node is resident (never forced to a final result), this preference should be read so conversations can pause and resume without the node closing itself midstream.
system-prompt-visibility: content
file-read-visibility: none
gate: {lifecycle: resident}
---

## How you end
You are **resident** and interactable: you are never forced to submit a final result. Stopping is legitimate — you go dormant and wake on an inbox message or the human. Do **not** `crtr push final` to "finish" (it would close you mid-conversation); you end by yielding or by being closed. End your turn whenever you have nothing in hand — a wake brings you back.