# Routine trigger delays

**URL:** <https://community.smartthings.com/t/routine-trigger-delays/309570>\
**Category:** Devices & Integrations\
**Created:** [May 23, 2026, 9:23pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/routine-trigger-delays/309570 "2026-05-23T21:23:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![homeagain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bcef8e/32.png) [@homeagain](https://community.smartthings.com/u/homeagain)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2026, 9:23pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/routine-trigger-delays/309570/1 "2026-05-23T21:23:22Z")

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I have two sets of blinds that are triggered with routines and scenes. One is local and one so is cloud based. when triggered by the same drivers, one of the blinds consistently opens / closes about 30 seconds later than the other one. While not a huge deal, I’m curious why this is happening and if there is a way to minimize this?

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**Author:** ![TapioX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90ced4/32.png) [@TapioX](https://community.smartthings.com/u/TapioX)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 10:04am UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/routine-trigger-delays/309570/2 "2026-05-24T10:04:12Z")

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SmartThings distributes routines that run at the same minute evenly over the minute.  
They don’t run right at the beginning of the minute.

I now have a routine that runs every 30 minutes and it runs at the 33th second.

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**Author:** ![homeagain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bcef8e/32.png) [@homeagain](https://community.smartthings.com/u/homeagain)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/routine-trigger-delays/309570/3 "2026-05-24T15:12:54Z")

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Interesting, but it still doesn’t explain why one is always first. Does this apply to scenes (manual routines) as well as automatic routines? If this was causing the issue, wouldn’t I still seem them firing together or one of them randomly fire earlier than the other?

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**Author:** ![TapioX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90ced4/32.png) [@TapioX](https://community.smartthings.com/u/TapioX)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/routine-trigger-delays/309570/4 "2026-05-24T15:52:34Z")

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> [@TapioX](#):
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> SmartThings distributes routines that run at the same minute evenly over the minute.  
> They don’t run right at the beginning of the minute.
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> I now have a routine that runs every 30 minutes and it runs at the 33th second.

These delays are not random. SmartThings sets the execution time (in seconds) for the routine and the execution time is the same each time it is run.

> [@homeagain](#):
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> Does this apply to scenes (manual routines)

These are executed immediately.