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Continue a Submission

Start a new run from where an earlier one stopped.

Last updated October 17, 2026

When a result is ready you can click Continue to start a new run that picks up from the final population of the earlier run. This is useful when:

  • You want to keep running for more generations after seeing the chart.
  • You want to tweak one parameter (mutation rate, for example) and let the search keep going from a good place.
  • You want to branch off a public result that someone shared with you, without losing the original.

What Gets Carried Over

The new submission inherits:

  • The final population of the parent run, used as the starting population for the new run.
  • The same fitness function and most of the parameters.

What you can change before you press Submit:

  • Number of generations.
  • Mutation rate, crossover type, and the other algorithm parameters that do not affect the gene shape.
  • The result name.

What you cannot change (because it would invalidate the carried-over population):

  • Number of genes.
  • Gene type.

For the quick submissions that are already built, some other restrictions apply. For example, you cannot edit the fitness function.

Each continued submission stores a link back to the parent result. On the new result page you will see Continued from so the chain stays clear. You can continue a continued result as many times as you like.

How Credits Work for a Continue

A continue is a new submission. It is billed exactly like a fresh run: the credits charged depend on how much CPU and memory the new run consumes. The parent run is not re-billed.

Read more in Credits.

Continuing from a Public Result

When a shared result permits continuation and is accessible to you, Continue creates a new run in your account. The original stays untouched. Cross-account continuation cannot copy private data attachments and is blocked when those files are required.

Preparation Tools and Attachments

LEGA chat and submission drafts belong to new-submission forms, not the Continue dialog. Continuing your own submission copies its current private data attachments into the new run and checks storage quota again. See Custom Data Attachments.

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