# Events not processing or extensively delayed (multiple rules engines) **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [September 25, 2017, 6:58am UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/events-not-processing-or-extensively-delayed-multiple-rules-engines/99837 "2017-09-25T06:58:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![JDRoberts](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/user_avatar/community.smartthings.com/jdroberts/32/56577_2.png) [@JDRoberts](https://community.smartthings.com/u/JDRoberts)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/events-not-processing-or-extensively-delayed-multiple-rules-engines/99837/4 "2017-09-25T16:49:03Z")
This person reported a delay of several hours: > [@Slow or non-responsive things](https://community.smartthings.com/t/slow-or-non-responsive-things/99784): > > For a while, my SmartThings setup has been working great - it’s not a big system, perhaps a little over a dozen things under control, with some automation. Most devices are the GE zwave switches and dimmers. Recently, it’s all started to fall apart. Devices are slow to respond - tap them in the app and it may take seconds or minutes for the devices to respond. A few days back, I stopped waiting and tapped the wall switch and went to bed. The next day, I checked the notifications tab, and the switch off event was recorded three hours later. I’ll go to work on the system, and the switches will respond OK. AT the end of the day, I’ll tap the “good night” automation and the lights will remain on, sometimes responding with 1-2 minutes, some not at all. I don’t know what tools I have ava… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.smartthings.com/t/events-not-processing-or-extensively-delayed-multiple-rules-engines/99837)._