What Skipping a Cycle Week Does
Skipping a cycle week tells Gaia to remove a week from the active rotation of a cycle menu. Use it when a week of service is being cancelled or replaced — for example, a holiday week, an unexpected closure, or a one-off custom week where you don't want the cycle's next pattern to land. When you skip a week, Gaia:
Removes all menu offerings for that week.
Pushes the current cycle week forward to the following week, so the cycle pattern resumes after the skipped date range.
Republishes production records going forward to align with the skipped week.
Skipping is only available on cycle menus. Standard (non-cycle) menus don't have this action — for a standard menu, simply disable service for those days from the daily menu.
How to Skip a Cycle Week
Open the menu plan in the Menus view.
Navigate to the cycle week you want to skip.
Open the tools menu on the week and select Skip cycle week.
In the Skip Cycle Week confirmation dialog, review what's about to happen, then click Confirm.
Once confirmed, the offerings for that week are removed and the cycle pattern shifts. Any production records for downstream weeks are republished to keep them aligned with the new pattern.
Undoing a Skipped Cycle Week
If you skip a week by mistake or change your mind, you can reverse the action:
Open the same week in the menu plan view.
Open the tools menu and select Undo skip cycle week.
The cycle pattern is restored as if the skip had never happened, and the week's offerings are reinstated.
When to Use This vs. Other Options
Disable Service for a day: Use when only certain days within a week are non-service (e.g., a single holiday). The week stays on cycle.
Skip Cycle Week: Use when the whole week shouldn't follow the cycle pattern — typically a closure, vacation week, or custom one-off.
Going Off-Cycle (This Week Only): Use when you want to keep serving that week but change the menu without affecting other cycle weeks. See Cycle Menus: Managing Changes After Publishing.