# Pause Alarm Notifcation Pipeline while shelved

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pause-alarm-notifcation-pipeline-while-shelved/50248>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [August 24, 2021, 10:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pause-alarm-notifcation-pipeline-while-shelved/50248 "2021-08-24T22:11:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![jeff1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4af34b/32.png) [@jeff1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jeff1)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 10:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pause-alarm-notifcation-pipeline-while-shelved/50248/1 "2021-08-24T22:11:51Z")

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I am attempting to “pause” an alarm notification pipeline while the alarm is shelved, then resume. This is what I tried:

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Once the alarm is shelved it seems to drop out of the pipeline. The only dropout condition is “Acknowledgement”. What should I try to achieve this?

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**Author:** ![jeff1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4af34b/32.png) [@jeff1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jeff1)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pause-alarm-notifcation-pipeline-while-shelved/50248/2 "2021-09-08T19:18:30Z")

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I needed to add a small (5 sec) delay to the expression block loop. The infinite loop was breaking things.