Ability to lock pot until a certain amount is met

[Ordog]

Locked pots used to be amazing but some people (openly as well) misused and abused the feature which resulted in the minority ruining it for the majority.

As a results locked pots have hardly any friction now until Monzo re-evaluate the whole feature. It has been in this state for a long time.

Here is Monzos explanation and you can then read up on the response from the community too:

We’re tweaking how locked pots work

You might remember a few months ago we launched a nice little feature to let you lock Pots for a set period of time. Back then, we said… If you still want to remove the money, you can chat to us in the app and we’ll help. But if you just want to try it out, please pick a short time frame so you can access your money again quickly! You’ve told us you really like the feature, but that talking to us every time you want to unlock early is a pain (both for you to have to wait and for us to cope w…