# Subbscribing to \`bars\` does not give me minute updates, nor accurate data

**URL:** <https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/subbscribing-to-bars-does-not-give-me-minute-updates-nor-accurate-data/8885>\
**Category:** Getting Started with Alpaca\
**Created:** [March 21, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/subbscribing-to-bars-does-not-give-me-minute-updates-nor-accurate-data/8885 "2022-03-21T15:12:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![greenleaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@greenleaf](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/greenleaf)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/subbscribing-to-bars-does-not-give-me-minute-updates-nor-accurate-data/8885/1 "2022-03-21T15:12:14Z")

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I’m trying the Python API, by creating a stream and subscribing using `stream.subscribe_bars(...)`. I am definitely not getting minute data, but rather a few intermittent updates that do not represent correct values. At the same time I am doing the same with another service I am testing, and on that one I am getting accurate data updated every second.

Is this some error on my part, or is this just how Alpaca is?