Guide: Re-run a check, and the check history
This page: https://commentwatchdog.com/help/post-cleanup/re-run-a-check-and-the-check-history
Topic: Post cleanup and tasks
Time: about 2 minutes
Who can do it: Anyone on your team
Author: https://anantgupta.xyz (Anant Gupta, founder of CommentWatchDog)
Start in the app: https://app.commentwatchdog.com/en/tools
Result when done: You can judge a post again after changing your rules, and compare it with what you saw before.
Context: A check is a snapshot of what your rules thought at that moment. When the rules change, or when AI checks were unavailable, run it again. Every run is kept, so you can look at an older one.

Before you start:
1. A re-run costs credits again, because every comment is judged again.
2. The comments themselves are not refetched by a re-run; Refresh does that.
3. Older checks stay available and are labelled with their time.

Steps:
Step 1 of 3: Refresh first if the post is still live.
Where: Refresh, above the comments. It pulls in comments posted since you last loaded the post, so the check covers them too.
Link: https://app.commentwatchdog.com/en/tools (Open post cleanup)
Screenshot: https://commentwatchdog.com/media/shots/cleanup-loaded.en.webp (Refresh, on a loaded post.)
Screenshot: https://commentwatchdog.com/media/shots/cleanup-phone-loaded.en.webp (The same on a phone.)
You should see: The count grows by whatever arrived since the last load.

Step 2 of 3: Re-run the check.
Where: Re-run check, beside it. It judges every loaded comment again with the rules as they are now.
Screenshot: https://commentwatchdog.com/media/shots/cleanup-loaded.en.webp (Check comments again.)
Screenshot: https://commentwatchdog.com/media/shots/cleanup-phone-loaded.en.webp (The same on a phone.)
You should see: A new set of labels and a new flagged count.

Step 3 of 3: Look at an earlier check.
Where: Check history, on the post. Each past check is listed with its time and how many it flagged; opening one shows the post as it was judged then.
Screenshot: https://commentwatchdog.com/media/shots/cleanup-loaded.en.webp (Check history.)
Screenshot: https://commentwatchdog.com/media/shots/cleanup-phone-loaded.en.webp (The same on a phone.)
You should see: The earlier verdicts, and Back to latest to return.

If something is off:
Problem: The re-run flagged fewer comments
Fix: You loosened a rule, or the earlier run had AI available and this one did not. The history lets you compare.
Problem: Re-run is not available
Fix: A cleanup is running on this post. It becomes available when that finishes.
Problem: I do not want to spend credits again
Fix: Look at the last check in the history instead; it costs nothing to read.

Common questions:
Question: Does re-running a check cost credits again?
Answer: Yes. A re-run judges every loaded comment again with the rules as they are now, so it counts one credit per comment again.
Question: Does Refresh also re-check the new comments?
Answer: No. Refresh pulls in comments posted since you last loaded the post; Re-run check, beside it, is what judges them. Refresh first, then re-run, so the check covers the new comments too.
Question: Are old checks deleted after a while?
Answer: No. Every run is kept and labelled with its time. Check history on the post lists each one with how many it flagged, and Back to latest returns you to the current check.

Related guides:
- Check comments against your rules: https://commentwatchdog.com/help/post-cleanup/check-comments-against-your-rules
- When the AI is unavailable: https://commentwatchdog.com/help/moderation-rules/when-the-ai-is-unavailable
- What a cleanup costs, and the credit paywall: https://commentwatchdog.com/help/post-cleanup/what-a-cleanup-costs-and-the-credit-paywall

Plain text of this guide: https://commentwatchdog.com/help/post-cleanup/re-run-a-check-and-the-check-history.md
All guides for assistants: https://commentwatchdog.com/help/llms.txt