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Lockdown

A single checkbox that tightens your server when you're under active attack. Free feature.

What it does

While lockdown is enabled, Zippy Wall:

  • Blocks every message containing a URL. Allowlist is bypassed — emergency mode means no links, period.
  • Blocks posts from accounts younger than the configured age. Default 120 days, configurable per server.
  • Raises Discord verification level to Highest. Unverified accounts can't talk in your server until they meet Discord's phone-verified bar.

Exemptions still apply — server owners, Administrators, exempt users, and exempt roles can still post during lockdown. That's by design so your staff can coordinate cleanup.

When to use it

  • You're being raided right now and the automatic anti-raid burst detector didn't catch it (e.g. attackers paced their joins to stay under threshold).
  • You got mentioned in a hate-raid server and want to preemptively lock down for a few hours.
  • A scam-DM wave hit your members and they're posting phishing URLs back to chat.
  • You're going to sleep / closing the office and want a hands-off safer mode until morning.

Setting it up

  1. Open your server's Zippy Wall dashboard.
  2. Scroll to the Lockdown section at the bottom of the settings card.
  3. Pick a Lockdown Expiry:
    • Until Unchecked (default) — stays on until you manually uncheck and save.
    • 1 hour / 2 / 6 / 12 / 24 hours / 3 days — auto-expires.
  4. Pick a Min account age (defaults to 120 days).
  5. Check Enable lockdown.
  6. Click Save settings.

Lockdown also works in-Discord via /lockdown on [hours], /lockdown off, and /lockdown status. See slash commands.

Turning it off

Uncheck Enable lockdown and save. If you used a time-limited expiry it'll also turn off automatically at the expiry time.

Discord verification level does not auto-restore. After lockdown ends, the verification level stays at Highest until you change it manually in Server Settings → Safety Setup → Verification Level. This is intentional — most servers want to keep the higher bar after an attack.

Lockdown vs anti-raid: which fires first?

These are complementary, not competing:

  • Anti-raid is automatic — it detects join bursts and freezes the server briefly without you doing anything. Pro feature.
  • Lockdown is manual — you turn it on when you see the attack happening, or when anti-raid's thresholds wouldn't catch the specific pattern.

Both can be active simultaneously. They don't conflict.

Configure in your dashboard.