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For questions about the bounty system, which allows users to spend some of their reputation in order to draw more attention to a question.
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What happens to bounty points that are not awarded?
If your answer was given in the bounty period and it has earned 2 upvotes but it was not accepted, then after the bounty period has ended + 24 hours, you will receive half of the bounty. … If you did not receive more than 2 upvotes, then the bounty will not be awarded.
More info about the bounty system can be found:
How does the bounty system work? …
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How should we deal with bounty questions that are confirmed bugs?
Moderators nor senior community members cannot close and mark this question as off-topic since it has a bounty on it.
Moderators can refund the bounty and then close if required. … Should these "bounty-bug" questions remain open? Maybe leave open until the question is resolved or bounty period expires?
How should we deal with this situation? …
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Why is there no refund on bounty, when the question is not answered at all?
Indeed, on Meta Stackoverflow this is described in detail and I'm quoting directly since it is succinct:
A bounty is not a guarantee. … If you got refunded, then you could keep
your question on the Featured tab forever, which really reduces the
benefit that placing a bounty has in the first place. …
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Bounty on a low-quality answer when there is an own high-quality answer
You are under no obligation to award the bounty that was placed. You can just let it lapse. … The auto-emails and prompts Stack Exchange makes are just for information - just to remind you that the bounty period is coming to an end and for you to make a decision if any of the answers actually helped …