# How long? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [November 3, 2008, 5:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-long/21579 "2008-11-03T05:14:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 5:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-long/21579/1 "2008-11-03T05:14:38Z")
When you post a reply to someone’s question, how long does it take for your post to register? Have you waited 10 seconds? 20 seconds? 30 seconds? Longer than 30 seconds? What is it (and please don’t say “annoying”)? Is it PBS? Is it Car Talk? What the heck is going on? ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 5:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-long/21579/2 "2008-11-03T05:28:40Z")
On average, about 10 to 20 seconds but a number of times it can loiter into a few minutes or never. I have no idea what’s behind any problems. ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 11:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-long/21579/3 "2008-11-03T11:21:03Z")
Yea, I have noticed the same thing. I go back to my e-mail while it does its thing. I suspect it is doing some internal update or indexing, or something unrelated is running on the server, maybe unrelated, tying it up. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-long/21579/4 "2008-11-03T14:45:11Z")
It depends…Load of system…Network traffic…all have influences on how long it will take.