Ask HN: Can you update your YC application after the deadline?

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With YC now accepting late applications, the answer is yes, but it is unclear if doing so will get it tagged as "late". Any clues?

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If you edit your application now it gets transformed into a late application, so I would not recommend it. I suppose I should add some kind of warning in case people try that.

Edit: Don't worry if you submitted your application a little after the deadline. We don't switch over precisely at 10pm. Unless it actually said "Late" at the top of the application page, it wasn't treated as late.

oops! I innocently edited my app after the deadline (I added a posterous video). I spoke with you over email and made the deadline - please dont count this mistake against me!

Yours is ok.

I had submitted the application before the deadline, but clicked on the "Edit Late App" link afterwards out of curiosity.

I did not make any changes or click on the Submit Late App button. Did my app get converted into a Late App?

Is there any way to know if our applications were successfully submitted / received?

If you clicked on the submit button and it was replaced by some text saying thanks, then it was.

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