Updated 2026-07-11
Scheduled access is TimeLock's signature feature: mark an item as openable only during defined windows, and outside them it is cryptographically un-openable — even by you.
Not a UI rule
When you attach a schedule, the item's key gets a second wrap layer held by the server. Your client alone can no longer decrypt the item; during an open window, the server removes its layer as part of your unlock, and your keys do the rest. Two things stay true at once:
- Outside the window, even the legitimate owner's client cannot decrypt the item.
- At any time, the server (and anyone who steals its database and its wrap key) still cannot decrypt anything — the server's layer gates time, never content.
The server clock is authoritative
Changing your computer's clock does nothing: window evaluation happens server-side. This also means opening a scheduled item requires being online during its window.
Countdown and previews
Every scheduled item shows a countdown to its next opening and a preview of the next five open windows, so there are no surprises about when a secret becomes available.
What scheduling does not do
It controls when the app reveals a secret — not your memory. Once revealed in a window, a secret can be copied or remembered like any other information. See the security page for the full honest threat model.