# Add notification when house building is idle (and why)

**URL:** <https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/add-notification-when-house-building-is-idle-and-why/22653>\
**Category:** Implemented Suggestions\
**Created:** [June 6, 2016, 10:47am UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/add-notification-when-house-building-is-idle-and-why/22653 "2016-06-06T10:47:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ChickenNuggers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e7dd6/32.png) [@ChickenNuggers](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/ChickenNuggers)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 10:47am UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/add-notification-when-house-building-is-idle-and-why/22653/1 "2016-06-06T10:47:13Z")

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So I just spent 30 minutes trying to figure out why my workers weren’t working on a house when I just pulled up the command console and `ib`'d a piece of it. Turns out that piece had an error and the game never actually told me. There should be a notification system for when things like this happen, and describe where the bottleneck is.

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**Author:** ![Thomas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/thomas/32/65468_2.png) [@Thomas](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Thomas)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 10:54am UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/add-notification-when-house-building-is-idle-and-why/22653/2 "2016-06-06T10:54:16Z")

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As far as I remember the streams this feature is planned for the upcomming alpha.

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**Author:** ![8BitCrab](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/8bitcrab/32/48512_2.png) [@8BitCrab](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/8BitCrab)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 2:45pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/add-notification-when-house-building-is-idle-and-why/22653/3 "2016-06-06T14:45:55Z")

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as @Thomas said, recently in a stream @sdee (i think it was Stephanie) mentioned that they want to add a feature like this, but it will take a _lot_ of work and time to get it working.

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**Author:** ![ChickenNuggers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e7dd6/32.png) [@ChickenNuggers](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/ChickenNuggers)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/add-notification-when-house-building-is-idle-and-why/22653/4 "2016-06-07T02:42:38Z")

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> [@Alpha 17 arrives on steam latest!](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/alpha-17-arrives-on-steam-latest/22671/1):
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> Have town keep track of buildings that are stuck because their materials do not exist in the world.

This is an excellent plus to this!