# Events not sent to a specific smartapp?

**URL:** <https://community.smartthings.com/t/events-not-sent-to-a-specific-smartapp/2813>\
**Category:** SmartApps & Automations\
**Created:** [June 22, 2014, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/events-not-sent-to-a-specific-smartapp/2813 "2014-06-22T16:13:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![minollo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@minollo](https://community.smartthings.com/u/minollo)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/events-not-sent-to-a-specific-smartapp/2813/1 "2014-06-22T16:13:25Z")

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I have created a new little app to work as a timer for my pool pump; it works fine controlling the pump switch, but it doesn’t seem to be properly notified about events.

The app does…

subscribe(app, appTouch)

…as several other apps I have; appTouch immediately does a log.debug before a few other things:

```
def appTouch(evt) {
    log.debug "appTouch: $evt, $settings"
    ...

```

…but in my logs I never see the appTouch handler being called - even if I can see the touch listed as an app event:

_22 Jun 2014 14:53:54 APP touch Pool Pump Timer was touched_

Other apps I have do exactly the same thing, and they seem to be working fine.

I also tried subscribing the same app to device events (like to a switch going on or off), but the app seems to be oblivious to those events as well…

I’m a little puzzled about why this smartapp is behaving this way, as I don’t see any difference with several others I have running properly; has anyone else seen a similar behavior?

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**Author:** ![tslagle13](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/user_avatar/community.smartthings.com/tslagle13/32/16380_2.png) [@tslagle13](https://community.smartthings.com/u/tslagle13)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/events-not-sent-to-a-specific-smartapp/2813/2 "2014-06-22T16:56:57Z")

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> [@Smart apps not working tonight?](http://community.smartthings.com/t/smart-apps-not-working-tonight/2803/16):
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> This right here is the kicker. I am OK with things breaking because we cannot expect them not to. But there needs to be a system in place (that works) to alarm the more technically inclined of an issue. [Status.Smartthings.com](http://Status.Smartthings.com) has never been useful for me as it seems to be updated by a person and is not automated. An automated system with up down status, message queue statuses, and status of then link between S3 and Smartthings would be great! This could be an amazon issue for all we know but with out us knowing we, by default, blame SmartThings. The more information us developers and technical people have the better. If we know what’s going on we won’t flame the message boards;) Because of the lack of information I have removed my hue lights as a part of my own troubleshooting and…

Check this thread out. Seems Smartthings is having some issues.

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**Author:** ![minollo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@minollo](https://community.smartthings.com/u/minollo)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 5:50pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/events-not-sent-to-a-specific-smartapp/2813/3 "2014-06-22T17:50:13Z")

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Thanks; I went through it (admittedly, after I posted…); it may well be related, even if I wonder why that behavior seems to affect a specific (new) smartapp for me, rather than existing ones…

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**Author:** ![scottinpollock](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/user_avatar/community.smartthings.com/scottinpollock/32/67273_2.png) [@scottinpollock](https://community.smartthings.com/u/scottinpollock)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/events-not-sent-to-a-specific-smartapp/2813/4 "2014-06-22T18:34:28Z")

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Take a look at [this](http://status.smartthings.com/).

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**Author:** ![minollo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@minollo](https://community.smartthings.com/u/minollo)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 7:06pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/events-not-sent-to-a-specific-smartapp/2813/5 "2014-06-22T19:06:14Z")

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Yep; and it’s all working now; thanks!