# Understanding Delays - When does the Workflow Capture Data

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/understanding-delays-when-does-the-workflow-capture-data/74027>\
**Category:** Lists, Lead Scoring & Workflows\
**Tags:** workflows\
**Created:** [January 30, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/understanding-delays-when-does-the-workflow-capture-data/74027 "2023-01-30T14:57:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![EBirdsall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5ac83/32.png) [@EBirdsall](https://community.hubspot.com/u/EBirdsall)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/understanding-delays-when-does-the-workflow-capture-data/74027/1 "2023-01-30T14:57:11Z")

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Lets say I have a workflow that runs when a Deal is Closed.  
The workflow grabs the Deal Type, Deal Owner, and a few other fields and then sends them to an external source using a Custom Code block with an HTTP Post request…  
The first step of this workflow is a “Delay 10 Minutes”  
Lets say a Deal is Closed at 08:00 and has a Deal Owner of “Bob Smith”. But at 08:04, an employee updates the Deal Owner to “Mary Simmons.”  
At 08:10 (when the “Delay 10 Minutes” has been completed), which Deal owner will get sent to the rest of the steps in my workflow?

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**Author:** ![karstenkoehler](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/karstenkoehler/32/68554_2.png) [@karstenkoehler](https://community.hubspot.com/u/karstenkoehler)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/understanding-delays-when-does-the-workflow-capture-data/74027/2 "2023-01-30T15:05:00Z")

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Hi @EBirdsall,

It’s Mary - by default, workflow actions always look up the latest value of a contact’s property, not the value that triggered the workflow.

Best regards!

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**Author:** ![EBirdsall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5ac83/32.png) [@EBirdsall](https://community.hubspot.com/u/EBirdsall)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/understanding-delays-when-does-the-workflow-capture-data/74027/3 "2023-02-01T14:40:53Z")

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Thank you Karsten. I was hoping this was the answer!