# Locking Sequences **URL:** \ **Category:** Flame Questions\ **Tags:** sequence\ **Created:** [November 24, 2025, 10:57pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/locking-sequences/13823 "2025-11-24T22:57:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hengy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@Hengy](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Hengy)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2025, 10:57pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/locking-sequences/13823/1 "2025-11-24T22:57:32Z")
I think I posted this a long time ago. Flame still doesn’t completely lock a sequence from alteration. Whenever using Batch, I always have it automatically return the clip to the sequence I’m working on. If I’ve got a locked sequence and re render a Batch that is also in that same sequence, it will replace it. Not something I would expect from a locked sequence. ---
**Author:** ![philm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/philm/32/9286_2.png) [@philm](https://forum.logik.tv/u/philm)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2025, 11:01pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/locking-sequences/13823/2 "2025-11-24T23:01:55Z")
@Hengy - Sometimes an openclip versioning workflow is better than this render-replace workflow. Painful news. Change is hard and all that. ---
**Author:** ![Hengy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@Hengy](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Hengy)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/locking-sequences/13823/3 "2025-11-25T15:26:37Z")
Does locking a Sequence also lock the open clip shot, preventing any updating? ---
**Author:** ![philm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/philm/32/9286_2.png) [@philm](https://forum.logik.tv/u/philm)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/locking-sequences/13823/4 "2025-11-25T16:01:36Z")
You can enable or disable the replace function for open clips. ---
**Author:** ![Hengy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@Hengy](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Hengy)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2025, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/locking-sequences/13823/5 "2025-11-25T17:11:17Z")
I always use replace, so I would guess it would have the same issue. ---
**Author:** ![philm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/philm/32/9286_2.png) [@philm](https://forum.logik.tv/u/philm)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/locking-sequences/13823/6 "2025-11-25T17:20:22Z")
well, not really - with ‘managed media’ the replace function is very useful, but openclip segments are versionable in your timeline anyway - this was all functioning well before ‘replace’ was a thing. let’s say that I publish my shots sequence; i open one of the shot batch groups, my initial write node is set to replace so when i create my first render the open clip version gets updated on the timeline. now i disable replace. i render version 1 or version 2 (depending on whether i start at v000 - ugh - alien concept!!!) now my timeline has the capability to version that segment up - but it doesn’t happen automatically. moreover, if i use the option to update my version, a bold white outline appears around the new segment indicating there has been a change and this UI element will not go away until i explicitly perform a review. i can show you if you want - but it won’t be by recording a video and posting it - i have my own struggles these days with other activities. ---
**Author:** ![philm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/philm/32/9286_2.png) [@philm](https://forum.logik.tv/u/philm)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2025, 5:39pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/locking-sequences/13823/7 "2025-11-25T17:39:40Z")
I think there was a way of working where you could leave a sequence in a library and then enable a pref to lock the libraries. i never ever used that. protection mode or something?