# How does the Retainer end?

> With a named internal owner in place, not a fading call.

Source: https://meshin.co/faq/how-does-the-retainer-end
Updated: 2026-09-15

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With a named internal owner in place, not a fading call. The decisions that got made are written down, not quietly dropped. The handover plan exists from the first month, not the last. A retainer running past two years would mean the design was wrong; the plan is written to end well before that.