# Issues with the “then do” section of sound blocks

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/issues-with-the-then-do-section-of-sound-blocks/3528134>\
**Category:** Issues / Bugs\
**Tags:** help\
**Created:** [February 1, 2025, 4:14am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/issues-with-the-then-do-section-of-sound-blocks/3528134 "2025-02-01T04:14:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![godtap](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/godtap/32/181507_2.png) [@godtap](https://community.thunkable.com/u/godtap)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 4:14am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/issues-with-the-then-do-section-of-sound-blocks/3528134/1 "2025-02-01T04:14:57Z")

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Hi all. It’s been a while that I have seen this issue. Was hoping it would be fixed by now. The “then do” part of the Play Sound block does not wait for the sound to finish playing before it executes. Here’s a link to a simple project to demonstrate the issue: [Thunkable](https://x.thunkable.com/copy/7b63c3b1fba548df6906ffea8d2563ed)

 ![Screenshot 2025-01-31 231207](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/f/1/f1402ce2d3cff937ac1e2e085c9781dc0e17874d.png)  
 ![Screenshot 2025-01-31 231151](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/2/5/258e9d0b17ba248b579fbd06e2e8a40d4dccf6dd.png)  
The second label should not say “Finished playing!” until the end of the sound is how it used to be. I see there was a previous report of this issue in 2022 ([Issues with the “then do” section of sound blocks. [Aug 2022]](https://community.thunkable.com/t/issues-with-the-then-do-section-of-sound-blocks-aug-2022/1989089)) that was not resolved. However I do remember it working at some point in 2023. Thanks for your help and resolution.

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**Author:** ![brianl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brianl](https://community.thunkable.com/u/brianl)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/issues-with-the-then-do-section-of-sound-blocks/3528134/2 "2025-02-03T19:53:16Z")

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I imagine that it actually is working how it is intended now. I can double-check this with an engineer, but once block plays the sounds, block finished it’s “action”. Once it plays, then it does the next thing. If you want to know when the block finished or execute actions after the sounds, use [this block](https://docs.thunkable.com/snap-to-place/sound#ends).

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**Author:** ![godtap](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/godtap/32/181507_2.png) [@godtap](https://community.thunkable.com/u/godtap)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/issues-with-the-then-do-section-of-sound-blocks/3528134/3 "2025-02-03T21:52:39Z")

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Hi Brian. Thank you for responding. It’s actually not working as intended (“then do”). It actually fires right as the audio is playing. However I did just discover the block that you shared above and it works so I guess that is the solution for now. And it’s noted here. Peace and blessings!