# BFD3.5 Unauthorizes All Licenses Every 1-3 Days

**URL:** https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/bfd3-5-unauthorizes-all-licenses-every-1-3-days/9591
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [November 24, 2025, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/bfd3-5-unauthorizes-all-licenses-every-1-3-days/9591 "2025-11-24T20:30:00Z")
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### Author: ![cosmicgem](https://forum.bfddrums.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/958977/32.png) [@cosmicgem](https://forum.bfddrums.com/u/cosmicgem)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2025, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/bfd3-5-unauthorizes-all-licenses-every-1-3-days/9591/1 "2025-11-24T20:30:00Z")

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I’ve been using BFD3 for a while and I like using it, but every few days it deactivates and I have to keep authorizing it, and I usually need to authorize it 8 times, rescan/delete content paths, close my DAW, and sometimes reinstall all the content to get it to work. Will I really have to deal with this every time I use BFD? It’s really affecting my work hours because I have to spend so much time troubleshooting almost every day. I’m on Sequoia M4 Max.

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### Author: ![Steve63](https://forum.bfddrums.com/user_avatar/forum.bfddrums.com/steve63/32/10_2.png) [@Steve63](https://forum.bfddrums.com/u/Steve63)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2025, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/bfd3-5-unauthorizes-all-licenses-every-1-3-days/9591/2 "2025-11-24T21:29:27Z")

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I suspect the issue might be to with Sequoia.

It should re-license every 90 days but I have had times when it’s done it prematurely.

Steve

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### Author: ![cosmicgem](https://forum.bfddrums.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/958977/32.png) [@cosmicgem](https://forum.bfddrums.com/u/cosmicgem)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2025, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/bfd3-5-unauthorizes-all-licenses-every-1-3-days/9591/3 "2025-11-24T21:43:48Z")

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Yeah, I wonder if other Sequoia users are having the same issue.

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### Author: ![Fender\_Bender](https://forum.bfddrums.com/user_avatar/forum.bfddrums.com/fender_bender/32/1036_2.png) [@Fender\_Bender](https://forum.bfddrums.com/u/Fender_Bender)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2025, 12:03am UTC](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/bfd3-5-unauthorizes-all-licenses-every-1-3-days/9591/4 "2025-11-25T00:03:31Z")

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Some one in another post mentioned that if you disable your internet before opening BFD3, it will not trigger the authorization process. Once opened, you can turn your internet back on. Kind of a pain, but a doable workaround if it actually works.

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### Author: ![Steve63](https://forum.bfddrums.com/user_avatar/forum.bfddrums.com/steve63/32/10_2.png) [@Steve63](https://forum.bfddrums.com/u/Steve63)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/bfd3-5-unauthorizes-all-licenses-every-1-3-days/9591/5 "2025-11-26T18:15:15Z")

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It does actually work.

Steve