What a great tip to remove the paddle!

My sourdough "fell" when I tried making it in the bread machine (tasted great, but not very pretty!).

I know my starter was good, as was my yeast.

It's possible the dough was a little wet, but I'm wondering if it overproofed? The machine I am using has a default "knock down"/"punch down" knead between rise 1 and rise 2. I omitted it, but should I have left this step in? If so, for how long?

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