Start, progress, cancel

What happens after "Start" is pressed on the set-up screen.

Start

Confirm the cost estimate → "Start" → Slima:

1. Swaps the workspace to the progress view for this run
2. Starts running

(There's no separate "In progress" list — the run shows up in the Reading History tab on the left once it finishes.)

Progress page

Shows:

• Progress bar + percentage
• Status grid — each chosen reader (then, if you included the editor, each editor dimension) lights up one by one as it finishes, with a completed / total counter
• A fixed "Estimated 2-5 minutes" note
• A small ✕ button to cancel

You can leave

The progress view updates by polling while the tab stays open:

• Switch to another book and write
• Keep the tab open and the bar keeps moving

Note: the in-page progress relies on the tab staying open — if you close it, the bar stops updating. There's no completion notification (no desktop alert, email, or red dot); just reopen the work later and the finished report will be waiting in the Reading History tab.

Cancel a reading

On the progress view, the small ✕ button stops the run immediately:

• No confirmation prompt — it aborts right away
• It returns you to the set-up screen
• No partial report is kept

Failed / stuck

Rare but possible: a run fails (rate limit, timeout, etc.). The progress view then shows the error message and a Back link:

• Back returns you to the set-up screen
• To try again, re-run from the set-up screen (a fresh run, from the start)
• Multiple failures → use Report a bug or Contact support from inside Slima

Related

• Readings list
• Report structure