# Wait card not working properly

**URL:** https://community.homey.app/t/wait-card-not-working-properly/144707
**Category:** Flows
**Created:** [October 29, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/wait-card-not-working-properly/144707 "2025-10-29T21:20:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![B3rt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/b3rt/32/9435_2.png) [@B3rt](https://community.homey.app/u/B3rt)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/wait-card-not-working-properly/144707/1 "2025-10-29T21:20:06Z")

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Why is the following wait card not working as expected:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/4/0/40f58d40f6cfa1cc9cd3c4484ea04bc6add5149e.png)

I would expect that it wil wait randomly between 11 and 15 minutes before the flow continues, but when I look into the logs it does not, it waits randomly between 1 and 15 minutes.

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### Author: ![SingKT](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/singkt/32/173226_2.png) [@SingKT](https://community.homey.app/u/SingKT)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2025, 10:09pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/wait-card-not-working-properly/144707/2 "2025-10-29T22:09:39Z")

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Have you reported that already to Athom?

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### Author: ![DirkG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dirkg/32/118897_2.png) [@DirkG](https://community.homey.app/u/DirkG)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/wait-card-not-working-properly/144707/3 "2025-10-30T14:45:08Z")

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I tested the delay card **once (!)** with the following test flow:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/d/7/d77bd022cb733bcec0e9b8d128a9d381500eb5c1.png)

And this is the result:

 ![IMG_1401](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/5/2/52e5586120f63c1750a141b0a7c08efe020489dd.jpeg)

13 minutes and 9 seconds  
(HP23 v12.9.0-rc.5)

After running one test, I can’t confirm the problem. But I’ll test the flow a second and third time and report the results.

**Test 2**

 ![IMG_1402](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/0/f/0f595f6a6cf6883f6d626117db51e92aac4962ae.jpeg)

15 minutes and 20 seconds, so 20 seconds too long  
(HP23 v12.9.0-rc.5)

**Test 3**

 ![IMG_1403](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/e/9/e94b7c8b788e2043e205b40cb40b42827581d486.jpeg)

14 minutes and 0 seconds  
(HP23 v12.9.0-rc.9)

**Test 4**

 ![IMG_1404](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/4/2/422d4cee53881a775b9c58bbaeceb29acc35a0b8.jpeg)

14 minutes and 14 seconds  
(HP23 v12.9.0-rc.9)

**Conclusion**  
After doing 4 tests, I can’t agree with what you’re observing.

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And after running the 4 tests, I may have found the problem in your flow. Can you please share the hole flow?  
It would be possible that the delay card is started several times in a row, because there are a total of 4 connections (see screenshot).

 ![image-2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/c/6/c6a5334af524c1b146ac87c277d235f48ec40494.png)

If the delay card is triggered the first time, an internal timer with 11 - 15 min is started. If the delay card is triggered a second time while the internal timer is still running and reaches e.g. already 10 min, a second internal timer with 11 - 15 min is started. The first timer will not be stopped or even deleted!  
So after starting the second timer, it only takes about 1-5 minutes (the remaining time of the first timer) until the first timer expires and the flow continues.

I hope I have explained it in a way that is reasonably understandable.