# Zone inactive for x minutes doesn't work with variable... How to troubleshoot

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**Tags:** flow, homey-pro\
**Created:** [May 9, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/zone-inactive-for-x-minutes-doesnt-work-with-variable-how-to-troubleshoot/109598 "2024-05-09T14:19:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/zone-inactive-for-x-minutes-doesnt-work-with-variable-how-to-troubleshoot/109598/6 "2024-05-09T15:38:36Z")

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> [@DJG3](#):
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> Despite being an integer, I would receive a “time is not valid” error, or the likes of.

There’s more what goes unnoticed, unless you add an error tag in a log card (the Simple Log app is very nice)  
Like when the timeline or push notifications gets flooded by flows, it gets rate limited (read: disabled) for 24h

 ![Screenshot_20240509-173419_Firefox](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/e/2/e2db9f94543c2d0759d60895ad679b87870e902c.jpeg)

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Btw, the pre-Pro23 models did not have a free value input field for the zone inactive for … minutes card, so Athom ‘forgot’ to add a warning so it seems for this card @ Pro23

 ![Screenshot_20240509-173616_Firefox](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/3/f/3f26ff9c6e27c68116de645a0419a904976c95fe.jpeg)

This rudimental dropdown list values were also a reason to me to use Chronograph’s more flexible time values (any number of seconds/minutes/hours/days goes)

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