# Edit a live campaign

Which changes are safe while a Victoria AI campaign has leads in progress, and why adding or deleting steps can shift leads.

You can edit a campaign while it runs, and every edit applies right away. Some edits are safe at any time; others can make leads already in the sequence skip or repeat a step.

## Why adding or deleting steps shifts leads

Each lead in a campaign remembers its place as a step number, such as "next step: 4". It doesn't remember which message that was. If you insert or delete a step before a lead's position, step 4 becomes a different message, so the lead skips one step or gets one twice.

When the campaign is active or has leads, the **Sequence** tab shows "Leads are already moving through this sequence." and the delete confirmation repeats the warning.

## Safe edits to a live campaign

These don't move anyone:

- **Change a step's text**: subject, body, message or connection note. The next lead to reach the step gets the new text.
- **Change a step's wait**: a lead already waiting keeps the date it was given when its previous step sent. Leads that reach the step later use the new wait.
- **Add steps at the end** of the sequence or the end of a branch. Leads still in progress continue onto them. Leads already marked complete don't restart.
- **Edit an AI Personalization field**: its instructions, fallback and sources apply to the next value written.
- **Change work hours, daily limits or the Appointment Setter** settings.

## Risky edits to a live campaign

Avoid these once leads are in progress, or accept that some leads will skip or repeat a step:

- inserting a step in the middle of the sequence or a branch;
- deleting a step before the end;
- deleting a **Connection Request** or **If/Then Branch**, which also deletes every step inside the branches;
- turning off A/B testing, which deletes Variation B (leads on B continue on A from the same step number).

To change the structure of a running campaign safely, duplicate it, build the new structure in the copy, and put new leads there. See [Pause, duplicate or archive a campaign](https://docs.versionseven.ai/help/pause-duplicate-archive).

## Change senders on a live campaign

Removing an account in **Settings → Connected Accounts** on an active campaign asks you to confirm. Leads already assigned to that account stop moving until you add it back; they aren't handed to another sender. Adding an account is safe; it picks up leads that haven't been assigned yet.

## When the sequence changed somewhere else

If the AI Sales Copilot or another browser tab changes the sequence while you're editing, the **Sequence** tab says so. Your edits are kept and replace the other change, or you can select **Use the other version instead**.

If you see **Save failed** or "Sequence not saved", make any edit to try again.