What actions trigger the cooldown period?

Actions that DO trigger cooldown:

1. Catching any wild Pokemon (including those from Incense, Lures & Meltan Boxes).
2. Accidentally dropping a Pokeball on the catch screen.
3. Feeding a berry to a wild Pokemon or raid boss.
4. Spinning a PokeStop (even if bag is full or at spin limit).
5. Placing a defender Pokemon in a Gym.
6. Healing a Gym defender with a berry (only if you are near the Gym).
7. Battling the defenders of a Gym.
8. Having a Pokemon flee from you.
9. Using a Gotcha or Pokeball Plus spin PokeStops or catch Pokemon for you.

If you are on cooldown: Performing any of the above actions will reset the cooldown timer. If you are away from where you are on cooldown at, it WILL also result in a softban!

Actions that DO NOT trigger cooldown:

1. Teleporting to a new location.
2. Encountering a wild Pokemon.
3. Healing a Gym defender with a berry (only if you are far away from the Gym).
4. Obtaining your free Raid Pass by clicking on a Gym (do not spin it).
5. Autowalking (no catching or spinning).
6. Hatching Eggs.
7. Claiming quest and weekly rewards.
8. Catching a reward Pokemon from quests.
9. Speed raiding.
10. Sending and opening Gifts.
11. Using items on Pokemon (potions, revives, TMs, evolution items).
12. Unlocking secondary moves on a Pokemon.
13. Evolving a Pokemon.
14. Powering-up a Pokemon.
15. Transferring a Pokemon (deleting it).
16. Transferring a Pokemon to your Nintendo Switch.
17. Trading a Pokemon.
18. Taking pictures of Pokemon.
19. Changing your Buddy Pokemon.
20. Gaining Buddy candies from walking.
21. Using an Incense, Lucky Egg or Starpiece.
22. Deleting items from your bag.
23. Player-vs-Player (PvP) battles.
24. Team leader training (battling Blanche, Candela or Spark).
25. Placing a Lure or Special Lure on a PokeStop.
26. Purchasing Pokecoins and items from the shop.
27. Changing your avatar's appearance.
28. Encountering and catching photobombing Pokemon ( Smeargle, Party Hat Pikachu, etc).

• What is the cooldown period for spoofing?
• How do you hunt shundos / shinies?
• What is a ‘shundo’ in Pokemon GO?
• How do you do speed raiding?
• Which Pokemon can nest / migrate?