# How many threads in wait and timed\_wait will cause the program to slow down

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**Created:** [January 24, 2024, 6:28am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-many-threads-in-wait-and-timed-wait-will-cause-the-program-to-slow-down/84677 "2024-01-24T06:28:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![cj3687\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/54ee81/32.png) [@cj3687\_L](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cj3687_L)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2024, 6:28am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-many-threads-in-wait-and-timed-wait-will-cause-the-program-to-slow-down/84677/1 "2024-01-24T06:28:53Z")

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What does this ring mean? How many threads in wait and timed\_wait will cause the program to slow down

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**Author:** ![Hayden\_Watson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/hayden_watson/32/48792_2.png) [@Hayden\_Watson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Hayden_Watson)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2024, 8:14am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-many-threads-in-wait-and-timed-wait-will-cause-the-program-to-slow-down/84677/2 "2024-01-24T08:14:54Z")

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If you look at the threads page in status, it might give some idea of what they all are.

Also do you happen to have a lot of scripts on your tags as value change events, these can cause some threading issues if they take too long to run

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2024, 10:33am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-many-threads-in-wait-and-timed-wait-will-cause-the-program-to-slow-down/84677/3 "2024-01-24T10:33:51Z")

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> [@cj3687\_L](#):
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> threads in wait and timed\_wait

These are idle states that have near **zero** effect on performance.