howto deal with the Open Signal on your phone to keep your account active Banner authored by about:privacy's avatar about:privacy
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4. The Signal Desktop window should show up and a small notification confirming the captcha should appear on the bottom left of the window. 4. The Signal Desktop window should show up and a small notification confirming the captcha should appear on the bottom left of the window.
5. Pending messages should end up being sent. You may be asked to solve a Captcha again… Sometimes restarting Signal Desktop helps as well. 5. Pending messages should end up being sent. You may be asked to solve a Captcha again… Sometimes restarting Signal Desktop helps as well.
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### Banner: _Open Signal on your phone to keep your account active_
1. If a Banner with _Open Signal on your phone to keep your account active_ appears, you need to connect your primary device's Signal with the Internet in order to prevent Signal Desktop from being unlinked.
2. If your primary device is Android or iOS, follow [these instructions](https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/9021007554074-Open-Signal-on-your-phone-to-keep-your-account-active). If your primary device is signal-cli, follow [these instructions](../Signal/Registration-and-Provisioning-via-signal-cli#every-now-and-then-receiving-messages-with-signal-cli).
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