# Workflow jobs not started in timely manner

**URL:** <https://discuss.circleci.com/t/workflow-jobs-not-started-in-timely-manner/17158>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Tags:** performance, workflow\
**Created:** [October 5, 2017, 12:52pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/workflow-jobs-not-started-in-timely-manner/17158 "2017-10-05T12:52:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/ain/32/8529_2.png) [@ain](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/ain)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 12:52pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/workflow-jobs-not-started-in-timely-manner/17158/1 "2017-10-05T12:52:19Z")

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We’ve seen **extremely slow workflows** today. Instead of what took ~20m yesterday, we’ve seen 1h 6m today.

The reason seems to be in scheduling, separate jobs take similar amount of time, but jobs stay in the pipe for too long and are not started.

Workflow in discussion was `ddebb1d8-b01d-4de3-9389-464ab1c999bf`.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/original/3X/5/1/511608acda8e85906e15909b57bd0a46c1dbe291.png) [@system](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 11:35am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/workflow-jobs-not-started-in-timely-manner/17158/2 "2018-06-18T11:35:13Z")

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