diff --git a/files/ansible-playbooks/afterupgrade_check.yml b/files/ansible-playbooks/afterupgrade_check.yml
index 941d6a2..a85de61 100644
--- a/files/ansible-playbooks/afterupgrade_check.yml
+++ b/files/ansible-playbooks/afterupgrade_check.yml
@@ -231,44 +231,6 @@
       register: rmq_j_success
       changed_when: (rmq_j_success.json is defined) and (rmq_j_success.json.routed | default(false) | bool)
 
-    # NEW: send a control tag to clean up device state on success
-    - name: Build cleanup control payload (update_cleanup_success)
-      when: journal_success_payload is defined
-      delegate_to: localhost
-      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-        control_cleanup_payload:
-          inscope_device: "{{ ansible_hostname | default(inventory_hostname) }}"
-          task_name: "update_cleanup_success"
-
-    - name: Publish cleanup control message to control queue
-      when: control_cleanup_payload is defined
-      delegate_to: localhost
-      ansible.builtin.uri:
-        url: "http://{{ rmq_host }}:{{ rmq_port }}/api/exchanges/{{ rmq_vhost | urlencode }}/{{ rmq_exchange | urlencode }}/publish"
-        method: POST
-        user: "{{ rmq_user }}"
-        password: "{{ rmq_pass }}"
-        force_basic_auth: true
-        status_code: 200
-        headers:
-          content-type: "application/json"
-        body_format: json
-        body:
-          properties:
-            content_type: "application/json"
-          routing_key: "{{ control_queue }}"
-          payload: "{{ control_cleanup_payload | to_json }}"
-          payload_encoding: "string"
-      register: rmq_cleanup_success
-      changed_when: (rmq_cleanup_success.json is defined) and (rmq_cleanup_success.json.routed | default(false) | bool)
-
-    - name: Success | Pause before NetBox wrapup custom fields
-      ansible.builtin.pause:
-        seconds: 1
-      delegate_to: localhost
-      changed_when: false
-      when: journal_success_payload is defined
-
     - name: Success | Publish action_state done
       when: journal_success_payload is defined
       delegate_to: localhost
@@ -374,6 +336,46 @@
           payload_encoding: "string"
       changed_when: false
 
+    - name: Success | Pause before NetBox wrapup custom fields
+      ansible.builtin.pause:
+        seconds: 3
+      delegate_to: localhost
+      changed_when: false
+      when: journal_success_payload is defined
+      
+    # NEW: send a control tag to clean up device state on success
+    - name: Build cleanup control payload (update_cleanup_success)
+      when: journal_success_payload is defined
+      delegate_to: localhost
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        control_cleanup_payload:
+          inscope_device: "{{ ansible_hostname | default(inventory_hostname) }}"
+          task_name: "update_cleanup_success"
+
+
+    - name: Publish cleanup control message to control queue
+      when: control_cleanup_payload is defined
+      delegate_to: localhost
+      ansible.builtin.uri:
+        url: "http://{{ rmq_host }}:{{ rmq_port }}/api/exchanges/{{ rmq_vhost | urlencode }}/{{ rmq_exchange | urlencode }}/publish"
+        method: POST
+        user: "{{ rmq_user }}"
+        password: "{{ rmq_pass }}"
+        force_basic_auth: true
+        status_code: 200
+        headers:
+          content-type: "application/json"
+        body_format: json
+        body:
+          properties:
+            content_type: "application/json"
+          routing_key: "{{ control_queue }}"
+          payload: "{{ control_cleanup_payload | to_json }}"
+          payload_encoding: "string"
+      register: rmq_cleanup_success
+      changed_when: (rmq_cleanup_success.json is defined) and (rmq_cleanup_success.json.routed | default(false) | bool)
+
+
     # Mismatch: reachable & banner read, but not equal to target_version
     - name: Build mismatch journal payload
       when: nc_probe.rc == 0 and banner_probe.rc == 0 and not (version_match | bool)