# Suspending a higher priority Task

**URL:** <https://forums.freertos.org/t/suspending-a-higher-priority-task/3593>\
**Category:** Kernel\
**Created:** [March 16, 2015, 7:42am UTC](https://forums.freertos.org/t/suspending-a-higher-priority-task/3593 "2015-03-16T07:42:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![system](https://d2v6vdsk2p900z.cloudfront.net/original/1X/7fc8fdb729c645aab5b20282bbe34e57cb407be6.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.freertos.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 7:42am UTC](https://forums.freertos.org/t/suspending-a-higher-priority-task/3593/1 "2015-03-16T07:42:10Z")

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**[sanhardik](https://sourceforge.net/u/sanhardik/)** wrote on [Monday, March 16, 2015](https://sourceforge.net/p/freertos/discussion/382005/thread/a21cc045/#709e):

Dear All,  
We are trying a code on Atmel SAM D21 for FreeRTOS. We have defined 2  
tasks, one is a UART task that writes a string on the terminal and other  
one toggles a LED.  
The UART task has a higher priority than the LED task.  
When the UART task is suspended using vTaskSuspend(uart\_task\_handle), the  
LED task which has a lower priority doesnt execute.

Is this expected ?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![rtel](https://d3iykfbgfh8zhg.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.freertos.org/rtel/32/31_2.png) [@rtel](https://forums.freertos.org/u/rtel)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 10:11am UTC](https://forums.freertos.org/t/suspending-a-higher-priority-task/3593/2 "2015-03-16T10:11:26Z")

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**[rtel](https://sourceforge.net/u/rtel/)** wrote on [Monday, March 16, 2015](https://sourceforge.net/p/freertos/discussion/382005/thread/a21cc045/#627e):

Duplicate of previous post. Please see the answer in the previous post.