# What happens to your codes if you stop paying (Help)

URL: https://qrdx.dev/docs/help/account-and-billing/never-hostage
Source: https://github.com/bucharitesh/qrdx/blob/main/apps/docs/content/docs/help/account-and-billing/never-hostage.mdx

The Never-Hostage Guarantee. Codes keep redirecting after a downgrade, a failed payment or a cancellation.

Your printed codes are safe. That's the [Never-Hostage Guarantee](https://qrdx.dev/guarantee), and it applies on every plan, Free included.

## What we promise [#what-we-promise]

- **Static codes are free forever.** They hold your content directly and never expire.
- **Dynamic codes keep redirecting** after a downgrade, a failed payment or a cancellation.
- **No pausing and no ads.** We never pause your codes over billing, and never send your scanners through a QRdx page.
- **Limits only stop new things.** Existing codes and pages keep working, and you can still change where codes point.
- **Export everything.** Download your codes, scans and responses on every plan.
- **12 months' notice** if QRdx ever shuts down, with a path to run the open-source app yourself.

## What keeps working after a downgrade [#what-keeps-working-after-a-downgrade]

- Every dynamic code and every page.
- Routing rules, passwords, schedules and pixels you already saved.
- Custom domains you already verified.

## What changes [#what-changes]

- You can't create new codes or pages beyond the new plan's limits.
- Scan history shows only what your new plan includes. Nothing is deleted.
- Free pages show the "Made with QRdx" footer again.
- Forms stop taking responses once the monthly limit is reached.
- Uploads over your storage limit are blocked.

## What does stop a code [#what-does-stop-a-code]

Only things you choose: pausing, an end date, a scan limit, archiving or deleting it. QRdx can also turn off a code that's used for abuse.