Doordash Driver App Pausing On Its Own

All experienced dashers know that when they want to pause their dash for whatever reason they may. During a shift, a dasher is given up to a total of 35 minutes of pausing time. It can all be at one time or it can split. If a dasher exceeds the 35 minute time limit they will lose their dashing schedule. It is a very simple and straight forward thing, but what happens when the Doordash app pauses you on its own? This is not a good thing. It is even worse when the dasher does not even know it happened because the Doordash app is in the background of their cell phone. I sometimes have to deal with this pausing problem, and it is very frustrating.

The Doordash app keeps pausing on its own

The Doordash app pausing on its own problem is an ongoing problem that a lot of dashers have had to deal with. It does not always happen, but it does happen frequently enough that the techs at Doordash really need to give a full effort in to fixing it. It is very annoying and frustrating for a dasher when they have to monitor that their dash is not being paused. There is enough to worry about, and this is not something that we should be expected to give attention to.

Why does the Doordash app keep pausing on its own?

Some dashers have said that their dash just pauses on its own without any other details. This gives me the impression that it just goes on a regular pause. When my Doordash app goes on pause, the Doordash app says:

We couldn't find your location, so you've been put on pause. Please ensure your GPS is working. Try moving to an area with better signal, or double check your location settings.

The reason that the Doordash app keeps pausing is because the Doordash techs need to figure out this glitch just like they need to figure out the so many other problems with the Doordash app. It is an ongoing problem that has been going on for a very long time. Before giving up and just taking it as a glitch that will not be fixed any time soon, a dasher will want to try to help themselves by doing some of the things below. It is no guarantee that these things will work, but a dasher will surely want to try these things. When I am having the Doordash app pausing on its own problem, usually nothing works for me, and I just have to deal with the problem, but it is always worth a try.

What to do when the Doordash app keeps pausing by itself?

Okay, when getting a message like this you are naturally going to want to check your location settings and make sure that they are on. This should never be off, unless a person did so themselves, but there is usually no reason to turn this off, and if a person did so they would know that they did it. When I first started getting this message, I would turn my location settings off and back on hoping that it would help. I never did, but it is always worth a try. You may be in a location where you are just getting a lousy Internet signal. If this is the case, you may need to move around. Drive away from where you are and see if it helps. Again, this never helped me.

You may also want to try to close the app and restart your phone. This many times will fix a lot of problems. Again, unfortunately with me this never helped the Doordash automatic pausing problem. Ending your dash and picking up a new schedule may help. Usually it does not do anything, but I did this a few times and it actually did help.It is like the schedule is corrupted or something. I don't know, I'm no tech, but as I have said, a couple of times it did help and you may want to try it.

What I usually do when my Doordash app keeps pausing by itself

I will usually just deal with it. When this problem is going on, I will still get Doordash calls although it does seem like I get way less calls than normal. I never work Doordash alone, so I always have another app or two on at the same time. I will most always be busy making a delivery for one app or the other, and if I am busy with calls from other apps I will just leave the Doordash app on pause for a while. If I am not currently on any calls, and Doordash pauses me, I will immediately get off pause.

I have wrote to the reps at Doordash about the problem, and they of course do not know anything except for the scripts that Doordash supplies them with. In all honesty it is pretty pointless contacting them. The problem is not the location settings on a dasher's phone. If this was the case I would not get calls from all the other apps while sitting at the same spot that Doordash is telling I may have a bad Internet connection or that I am having location setting problems. The problem is not on our side, the Doordash app pausing on its own problem is all on Doordash side.