# Follower endpoint delayed by several hours

**URL:** <https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/follower-endpoint-delayed-by-several-hours/2293>\
**Category:** API\
**Created:** [May 23, 2015, 2:28pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/follower-endpoint-delayed-by-several-hours/2293 "2015-05-23T14:28:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![moocat](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/moocat/32/116_2.png) [@moocat](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/moocat)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 2:28pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/follower-endpoint-delayed-by-several-hours/2293/1 "2015-05-23T14:28:24Z")

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EDIT: This is due to a bug, see [[Bug] API JSON-dates returned as San-fran timezone instead of GMT](https://discuss.dev.twitch.tv/t/bug-api-json-dates-returned-as-san-fran-timezone-instead-of-gmt/2296)

The /channels/:channel/follow endpoint is currently delayed by several hours.  
I believe this issue started yesterday, 22.05.

To test:

1. Follow a channel
2. Navigate to endpoint
3. Wait for 1-5 minutes and see that it’s still not in the follow list.

If you check the follower list for live big channels you’ll also see that the last follower was ages ago, which makes no sense as people follow all the time.

This is breaking all the follower notifiers.

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**Author:** ![Langeh](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/langeh/32/477_2.png) [@Langeh](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/Langeh)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 4:06pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/follower-endpoint-delayed-by-several-hours/2293/2 "2015-05-23T16:06:18Z")

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I’m noticing this issue as well. My follower notifications ceased functioning sometime yesterday afternoon, and new follows don’t seem to be showing up in the results as expected.

EDIT: Sometime in the last 30 minutes or so, follower notifications seem to have started working again.

EDIT 2: Things seem to be inconsistent, getting more reports that follower notifications are no longer working.

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**Author:** ![DeezjaVu](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/deezjavu/32/436_2.png) [@DeezjaVu](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/DeezjaVu)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2015, 7:19pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/follower-endpoint-delayed-by-several-hours/2293/4 "2015-05-24T19:19:56Z")

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What I’m seeing is that the follow endpoint works (the list is updated with latest followers), but the timestamp is off by 5 hours.

I created a ticket here:

> <https://github.com/justintv/Twitch-API/issues/390>
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> https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/channels/:channel/follows
> The list of returned obje…cts does not contain the correct timestamp (created\_at is off by 5 hours).
> 
> FIX ASAP plz.

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**Author:** ![xangold](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/xangold/32/527_2.png) [@xangold](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/xangold)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2015, 11:57pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/follower-endpoint-delayed-by-several-hours/2293/5 "2015-05-26T23:57:45Z")

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This is now fixed. Thanks for the reports.

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**Author:** ![system](https://d2opxh93rbxzdn.cloudfront.net/original/2X/0/05909729875cce3b53e59d5561c4d23bb14948fc.png) [@system](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 11:58pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/follower-endpoint-delayed-by-several-hours/2293/6 "2015-06-25T23:58:32Z")

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Closed on June 25, 2015, 11:58pm UTC

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