# How quickly are notifications sent?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-quickly-are-notifications-sent/223384>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [April 5, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-quickly-are-notifications-sent/223384 "2022-04-05T17:44:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![itsbhanusharma](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/itsbhanusharma/32/180717_2.png) [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 2:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-quickly-are-notifications-sent/223384/8 "2022-04-06T02:22:57Z")

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You were off by 5 minutes (50%) which is due to the fact that email processing and delivery takes anywhere from 30 seconds to 3 minutes these days. In some exceptional cases it could be hours before an email arrives.

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