Privacy & safety · Keeping your files safe
Could an automatic rule move a file I'm still working on?
Short answer: Rules only act on items older than the age you set, and global floor sliders can raise that minimum. Smart Quiet Hours also holds automatic actions while you're active, on low battery or in a meeting.
Rules act only on things older than the age you set for each rule, and the global floor sliders in Settings → Rules can raise that minimum for every rule so nothing brand-new is moved by accident.
Automatic actions also follow Quiet Hours: in Smart mode they hold off while you're active, while the battery is low, or while your camera or microphone is in use. Before a move, apps using files in the folder are detected and asked to quit gracefully rather than forced.