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# ActivityState.stale

The Live Activity content is out of date and needs an update.

```
case stale
```

## Discussion

The content of a Live Activity may become out of date before you can update it. For example, a person
may be in an area without a network connection, causing the Live Activity to not receive updates.
To tell people that they are looking at outdated Live Activity content, you can configure
a [`staleDate`](/documentation/ActivityKit/ActivityContent/staleDate) for your Live Activity. At the specified
date, the [`activityState`](/documentation/ActivityKit/Activity/activityState) changes to `stale` and you can
update the Live Activity to indicate that its content is out of date.

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