# Blocked Thread causing slowdown?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/blocked-thread-causing-slowdown/18757>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition79\
**Created:** [July 6, 2018, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/blocked-thread-causing-slowdown/18757 "2018-07-06T19:36:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![1jeffwill11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/b3f665/32.png) [@1jeffwill11](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/1jeffwill11)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/blocked-thread-causing-slowdown/18757/1 "2018-07-06T19:36:40Z")

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I have a blocked thread in the gateway, and I don’t know why. This is the blocked thread.

```auto
  java.lang.Object.wait(Native Method)
  java.lang.Object.wait(Unknown Source)
  com.jniwrapper.win32.MessageLoopThread.doInvokeAndWait(MessageLoopThread.java:266)
  com.inductiveautomation.opccom.wrapper.OleJob.runInOleLoop(OleJob.java:29)
  com.inductiveautomation.opccom.wrapper.subscriptions.COMSubscription$FailedNodeRetryJob.run(COMSubscription.java:1686)
  com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.execution.impl.BasicExecutionEngine$ThrowableCatchingRunnable.run(BasicExecutionEngine.java:518)
  java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)
  java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
  java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.access$201(Unknown Source)
  java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
  java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
  java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
  java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

```

I keep getting a blocked tag thread whenever I try to use the tag editor, and I am wondering if the two are related.