# Zone inactive for x minutes triggers, while there is motion, leaving me in the dark

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**Created:** [May 10, 2024, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/zone-inactive-for-x-minutes-triggers-while-there-is-motion-leaving-me-in-the-dark/109657 "2024-05-10T13:58:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rrrr](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rrrr/32/629_2.png) [@Rrrr](https://community.homey.app/u/Rrrr)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 11:49pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/zone-inactive-for-x-minutes-triggers-while-there-is-motion-leaving-me-in-the-dark/109657/36 "2024-05-10T23:49:10Z")

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Here are my measurements. I do not see where Homey fails (but I do not have the issue).  
Homey: HP2023  
Measurements are approximate.

Sensor: **Hue motion sensor on Matter**  
I did this three times.  
Test 1: 4% CPU load. Memory usage around 440MB  
Test 2: 2% CPU load. Memory usage around 440MB  
Test 3: 2% CPU load. Memory usage around 440MB

Results: Test 1/Test 2/Test 3  
Tested with both Simple flows and Advanced flows.

1. Zone activity is 71/79/159ms after sensor motion arrives to Homey. This is the time it takes for Homey to process.
2. Motion sensor turns to inactive after 10s. Zone inactivity is 109/150/108ms later.
3. Zone inactive for 1 min is set after 1 minute and 2ms/7ms/5ms: this is a very short time as there is no sensor processing, just the zone timer.

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/b/7/b7416078c728db1661f225967e921298bb0c84cf.png)

For comparison (very similar):  
Sensor: **Hue motion sensor on Philips Hue app**

1. Zone activity is 95/78/127ms after sensor motion arrives to Homey.
2. Zone inactivity is 98/95/84ms after the sensor inactivity.
3. Zone inactive for 1 min is set after 1 minute and 4ms/3ms/4ms

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