# Webhook events not sequential

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/webhook-events-not-sequential/98554>\
**Category:** APIs & Integrations\
**Tags:** professional\
**Created:** [January 24, 2024, 2:01pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/webhook-events-not-sequential/98554 "2024-01-24T14:01:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![PAgoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@PAgoma](https://community.hubspot.com/u/PAgoma)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2024, 2:01pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/webhook-events-not-sequential/98554/1 "2024-01-24T14:01:24Z")

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I wonder if it is possible to get the events from the webhook in sequential order, it’s so unpredictable most times and I get events for property change before I get the event to create a contact, or I get the event for association change before the event to create a contact or company. This makes it difficult to use the data coming from HubSpot.

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**Author:** ![Jaycee\_Lewis](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/jaycee_lewis/32/61352_2.png) [@Jaycee\_Lewis](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Jaycee_Lewis)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2024, 10:33pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/webhook-events-not-sequential/98554/2 "2024-01-24T22:33:42Z")

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Hi, @PAgoma 👋 thanks for your question. You have noted a limitation of how HubSpot webhooks function. I If you have a moment, adding your suggestion to the [Ideas Community](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/HubSpot-Ideas/idb-p/HubSpot_Ideas) and getting some upvotes will be very helpful in getting your suggestion in front of the Product team.

You’ll need to look at other options on your end such as:

- Implement a queuing system on your server where you can temporarily store the incoming webhook event. Then you can sort before by processing
- Modifying your webhook handling logic to account for out-of-order events
- Make a call to the corresponding endpoint as a double-check mechanism before applying changes based on webhook events

Best,

Jaycee
