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DanielO
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7 days ago
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Long Duration Meetings - extend limit from 8 hours to 12

For decades, we have been using GoToMeeting to help us monitor live field operations using screensharing with clients, and conference calling with both clients and the field operators. These operations last for days at a time, and we have staff and clients swapping out every 12 hours or so as their shifts end. 

We used to be able to run a GoToMeeting for days at a time, and just hand over control to a new organizer at shift change. Can we go back to having meetings last for extended periods please?

For daytime only jobs, we used to be able to have a meeting restart daily smoothly as well.

 

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  • KateG's avatar
    KateG
    GoTo Manager
    5 days ago

    DanielO​ Thanks for taking a look at GoTo Assist. 

    The team has no current plans to extend the meeting time, but I'm leaving this as an idea where others can comment and vote. 

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    KateG
    GoTo Manager
    5 days ago
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  • I read through the features of GoToAssist and it isn't a match for what we need. Could we at least get the window extended to 12 hours so we can run them for the length of a work shift? 

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    KateG
    GoTo Manager
    5 days ago

    Hi DanielO​ Thanks for getting back to me. I spoke with the team. 

    GoToMeeting was never officially designed or supported for continuous, multi-day sessions, and in the past, these long-running meetings sometimes worked only by chance. Recently, we’ve updated our system to proactively end sessions after their maximum duration (8 hours). This change helps reduce the number of forgotten or abandoned meetings, while also significantly simplifying backend operations—allowing us to maintain security, manage server loads, and keep recording file sizes reasonable.

    At this time, there are no plans to support extended meeting sessions beyond the current limit.

    If your use case involves needing access to a computer over long periods (even when no one is present), you might find our GoToAssist unattended access helpful. It offers unattended support and allows you to connect to a machine at any time, which works well for many customers with similar needs.

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    DanielO
    New Member
    5 days ago

    From what I am hearing from my team it is 8 to 12 hours.

  • KateG's avatar
    KateG
    GoTo Manager
    7 days ago

    Hi DanielO​ 

    Welcome to the Community. I'm going to follow up with the product team to see what may have changed and if it's possible to extend the maximum duration. 

    I took a peek at your support case and see you were told that there is an 8 hour maximum, is this what you are seeing now? How long would you ideally like the meetings to stay open? 

    Thanks