# The new Advanced Flow card to pause for input

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/the-new-advanced-flow-card-to-pause-for-input/148837>\
**Category:** Questions & Help\
**Tags:** advancedflow\
**Created:** [January 8, 2026, 5:48pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/the-new-advanced-flow-card-to-pause-for-input/148837 "2026-01-08T17:48:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/the-new-advanced-flow-card-to-pause-for-input/148837/3 "2026-01-08T18:49:23Z")

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If you would start a flow though a button on a virtual device (changing its state from false to true and v.v.) you might be able to determine which user pressed the button (and thus started the flow) using the following approach and monitor/watch the button state:

> [@\[FeatureRequest\] information of the user Who have change the state of a device,](https://community.homey.app/t/featurerequest-information-of-the-user-who-have-change-the-state-of-a-device/145811/2):
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> As an alternative, if you have a Homey Pro, then you can use the [Device Capabilities](https://homey.app/en-nl/app/nl.qluster-it.DeviceCapabilities/Device-Capabilities/) app to monitor/watch a specific ‘capability’, like the on/off toggle. When the watched capability changes the flowcard provides, among other tags, a tag that contains the user that initiated the change.

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