# Kill switch before travel

Before travel or extended offline time, pause or revoke agent spend access (empty sleeve / revoke connectors / lower ceilings) so a stuck session cannot place while you cannot review — pair with empty-sleeve-overnight, revoke-connectors-when-idle, fund-session-ceiling, and session-time-box. Agent Lane does not place trades or invent broker UI.

Canonical HTML: https://agentlane.net/guides/kill-switch-before-travel/

## Answer first

Before travel or extended offline: empty/park the sleeve, revoke or disconnect spend connectors, and lower or zero the session ceiling so a stuck session cannot place while you cannot review.

## Why leaving spend live while traveling is the failure mode

- **Review only works while someone watches** — funded sleeve beside live connectors is spendable in transit or offline.
- **Stale grants survive departure** — retry, scheduled job, or shared-box handoff can still place.
- **“I’ll handle it when I land”** — tomorrow’s refill left sitting is still spendable tonight.

## What it means

1. Travel / extended offline trigger → kill switch before you go.
2. Empty or park — [empty-sleeve-overnight.md](./empty-sleeve-overnight.md).
3. Revoke spend connectors — [revoke-connectors-when-idle.md](./revoke-connectors-when-idle.md).
4. Lower or zero the ceiling — [fund-session-ceiling.md](./fund-session-ceiling.md).
5. Prefer time-box already ended — [session-time-box.md](./session-time-box.md).
6. Do not invent broker kill-switch UI.

## Shield stack

1. [dedicated-agent-wallet.md](./dedicated-agent-wallet.md) + caps / [fund-session-ceiling.md](./fund-session-ceiling.md).
2. [session-time-box.md](./session-time-box.md) — hard end before departure.
3. [empty-sleeve-overnight.md](./empty-sleeve-overnight.md) — cash park.
4. [revoke-connectors-when-idle.md](./revoke-connectors-when-idle.md) — close grant path.
5. Kill switch before travel (this page) — travel/offline composite.
6. Incident → [revoke-before-debug.md](./revoke-before-debug.md).

## How to kill switch before travel

1. End the live run; honor [session-time-box.md](./session-time-box.md).
2. Write [receipt-log-after-session.md](./receipt-log-after-session.md) if anything placed.
3. Empty/park — [empty-sleeve-overnight.md](./empty-sleeve-overnight.md).
4. Revoke connectors — [revoke-connectors-when-idle.md](./revoke-connectors-when-idle.md).
5. Lower or zero ceiling — [fund-session-ceiling.md](./fund-session-ceiling.md).
6. Lock apps; return with rotate-if-needed → [one-connector-at-a-time.md](./one-connector-at-a-time.md) → fund ceiling → review on.

## Practical checklist

- Pre-travel: stop → receipt → empty → revoke → lower ceiling → lock.
- No hotel top-up left sitting.
- Return: rotate if needed → one connector → fund only ceiling → review on.
- Shared-box pass when others use the machine.

Related: [Flatten all before connector revoke](./flatten-all-before-connector-revoke.md), [separate-funding-from-trading-wallet.md](./separate-funding-from-trading-wallet.md), [empty-sleeve-overnight.md](./empty-sleeve-overnight.md, [no-overnight-margin-without-go.md](./no-overnight-margin-without-go.md)), [revoke-connectors-when-idle.md](./revoke-connectors-when-idle.md), [fund-session-ceiling.md](./fund-session-ceiling.md), [session-time-box.md](./session-time-box.md), [rotate-before-raise-balance.md](./rotate-before-raise-balance.md), [revoke-before-debug.md](./revoke-before-debug.md), [flatten-before-news-unknown.md](./flatten-before-news-unknown.md).

## FAQ

**What does kill switch before travel mean?**
Before travel/offline: empty sleeve + revoke connectors + lower/zero ceiling so a stuck session cannot place while you cannot review.

**Do I invent a broker kill-switch UI?**
No. Use empty/park, disconnect/revoke the product already exposes, and ceilings you control. Agent Lane does not invent UI.

**Return order?**
Rotate if needed → one connector → fund only ceiling → review on. Misfire while away → revoke before you debug first.

## Sources

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- Related shelf: https://agentlane.net/resources/
- Site index: https://agentlane.net/llms.txt

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