diff --git a/examples/01-minimal/example.py b/examples/01-minimal/example.py
index 06ddbb8f..2e11f5df 100644
--- a/examples/01-minimal/example.py
+++ b/examples/01-minimal/example.py
@@ -1,7 +1,83 @@
+import logging
 import kopf
+import dataclasses
+
+
+# @kopf.on.login()
+# def delayed_k3s(**_):
+#     conn = kopf.login_via_pykube(logger=logging.getLogger('xxx'))
+#     if conn:
+#         return dataclasses.replace(conn, server=conn.server.rsplit(':', 1)[0] + ':11223')
 
 
 @kopf.on.create('kopfexamples')
-def create_fn(spec, **kwargs):
-    print(f"And here we are! Creating: {spec}")
-    return {'message': 'hello world'}  # will be the new status
+@kopf.on.update('kopfexamples')
+def create_fn(meta, spec, reason, logger, **kwargs):
+    rv = meta.get('resourceVersion')
+    logger.warning(f">>> {rv=} And here we are! {reason=}: {spec}")
+
+
+# @kopf.on.create('kopfexamples')
+# def create_fn2(spec, **kwargs):
+#     print(f"And here we are! Creating2: {spec}")
+
+"""
+=======================================================================================================================
+Trigger with (delete the object first!):
+$ kubectl apply -f examples/obj.yaml && sleep 1 && kubectl patch -f examples/obj.yaml --type merge -p '{"spec": {"field": 2}}'
+=======================================================================================================================
+
+The timeline of a misbehaving operator (with an artificial latency of 3 seconds):
+
+         /-- kubectl creates an object (state a=s0)
+         | ... sleep 1s
+         |    /-- kubectl patches the spec.field with the patch "p1", creates state "b"=s0+p1
+         |    |      /-- Kopf patches with annotations (state c=s0+p1+p2)
+         |    |      |    /-- Kopf patches with annotations (the same state d=s0+p1+p2+p3, d==c)
+         ↓    ↓      |    |
+----+-//-aaaaabbbbbbbcccccdddddddddddddddddd--> which state is stored in kubernetes
+         ↓    ↓      ↑↓   ↑↓
+         |    |      ||   |\----3s----\
+         |    |      |\---+3s----\    |
+         |    \----3s+---\|      |    |
+         \----3s----\|   ||      |    |
+                    ↓↑   ↓↑      ↓    ↓
+----+-//------------aaaaabbbbbbbbcccccdddddd--> which state is seen by the operator
+    ↓               ↓↑   ↓↑      ↓    ↓
+    |               ||   ||      |    \-- Kopf gets the state "d"=s0+p1+p2+p3, sees the annotations, goes idle.
+    |               ||   ||      \-- Kopf gets the state "c"=s0+p1+p2, sees the annotations, goes idle.
+    |               ||   ||
+    |               ||   |\-- Kopf reacts, executes handlers (2ND TIME), adds annotations with a patch (p3)
+    |               ||   \-- Kopf gets the state "b"=s0+p1 with NO annotations of "p2" yet.
+    |               ||       !BUG!: "c"=s0+p1+p2 is not seen yet, though "c"/"p2" exists by now!
+    |               ||
+    |               |\-- Kopf reacts, executes handlers (1ST TIME), adds annotations with a patch (p2)
+    |               \-- Kopf gets a watch-event (state a)
+    \-- Kopf starts watching the resource
+
+A fix with consistency tracking (with an artificial latency of 3 seconds):
+
+         /-- kubectl creates an object (state a=s0)
+         | ... sleep 1s
+         |    /-- kubectl patches the spec.field with the patch "p1", creates state "b"=s0+p1
+         |    |      /-- Kopf patches with annotations (state c=s0+p1+p2)
+         ↓    ↓      |
+----+-//-aaaaabbbbbbbccccccccccccccccccc-> which state is stored in kubernetes
+         ↓    ↓      ↑↓
+         |    |      |\----3s----\
+         |    \----3s+---\       |
+         \----3s----\|   |       |
+                    ↓↑   ↓       ↓ 
+----+-//------------aaaaabbbbbbbbcccccc-> which state is seen by the operator
+    ↓               ↓↑⇶⇶⇶⇶⇶⇶⇶⇶⇶⇶⇶⇶↓  Kopf's own patch "p2" enables the consistency expectation for 5s OR version "c"
+    |               ||   |       |
+    |               ||   |       \-- Kopf gets a consistent state "c"=s0+p1+p2 as expected, thus goes idle.
+    |               ||   |
+    |               ||   \-- Kopf executes ONLY the low-level handlers over the state "b"=s0+p1.
+    |               ||   \~~~~~~⨳ inconsistency mode: wait until a new event (then discard it) OR timeout (then process it) 
+    |               ||
+    |               |\-- Kopf reacts, executes handlers, adds annotations with a patch (p2)
+    |               \-- Kopf gets a watch-event (state a)
+    \-- Kopf starts watching the resource
+
+"""
diff --git a/kopf/_core/reactor/processing.py b/kopf/_core/reactor/processing.py
index 6ee9cef4..7f5dd50f 100644
--- a/kopf/_core/reactor/processing.py
+++ b/kopf/_core/reactor/processing.py
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ async def process_resource_causes(
     # If the wait exceeds its time and no new consistent events arrive, then fake the consistency.
     # However, if a patch is accumulated by now, skip waiting and apply it instantly (by exiting).
     # In that case, we are guaranteed to be inconsistent, so also skip the state-dependent handlers.
+    unslept: Optional[float] = None
     consistency_is_required = changing_cause is not None
     consistency_is_achieved = consistency_time is None  # i.e. preexisting consistency
     if consistency_is_required and not consistency_is_achieved and not patch and consistency_time:
@@ -316,6 +317,8 @@ async def process_resource_causes(
         consistency_is_achieved = unslept is None  # "woke up" vs. "timed out"
     if consistency_is_required and not consistency_is_achieved:
         changing_cause = None  # exit to PATCHing and/or re-iterating over new events.
+    rv = raw_event.get('object', {}).get('metadata', {}).get('resourceVersion')
+    local_logger.debug(f'>>> {rv=} {consistency_is_required=} {consistency_is_achieved=} {unslept=} {changing_cause=}')
 
     # Now, the consistency is either pre-proven (by receiving or not expecting any resource version)
     # or implied (by exceeding the allowed consistency-waiting timeout while getting no new events).
diff --git a/kopf/_core/reactor/queueing.py b/kopf/_core/reactor/queueing.py
index ff9fc94d..58faa64b 100644
--- a/kopf/_core/reactor/queueing.py
+++ b/kopf/_core/reactor/queueing.py
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ def exception_handler(exc: BaseException) -> None:
                                    exception_handler=exception_handler)
     streams: Streams = {}
 
+    loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
     try:
         # Either use the existing object's queue, or create a new one together with the per-object job.
         # "Fire-and-forget": we do not wait for the result; the job destroys itself when it is fully done.
@@ -192,12 +193,21 @@ def exception_handler(exc: BaseException) -> None:
             if isinstance(raw_event, watching.Bookmark):
                 continue
 
+            # TODO: REMOVE: only for debugging!
+            rv = raw_event.get('object', {}).get('metadata', {}).get('resourceVersion')
+            fld = raw_event.get('object', {}).get('spec', {}).get('field')
+            knd = raw_event.get('object', {}).get('kind')
+            nam = raw_event.get('object', {}).get('metadata', {}).get('name')
+            logger.debug(f'STREAM GOT {knd=} {nam=} {rv=} // {fld=} ')
+
             # Multiplex the raw events to per-resource workers/queues. Start the new ones if needed.
             key: ObjectRef = (resource, get_uid(raw_event))
             try:
                 # Feed the worker, as fast as possible, no extra activities.
-                streams[key].pressure.set()  # interrupt current sleeps, if any.
-                await streams[key].backlog.put(raw_event)
+                loop.call_later(3.0, streams[key].pressure.set)
+                loop.call_later(3.0, streams[key].backlog.put_nowait, raw_event)
+                # streams[key].pressure.set()  # interrupt current sleeps, if any.
+                # await streams[key].backlog.put(raw_event)
             except KeyError:
 
                 # Block the operator's readiness for individual resource's index handlers.
@@ -211,8 +221,10 @@ def exception_handler(exc: BaseException) -> None:
 
                 # Start the worker, and feed it initially. Starting can be moderately slow.
                 streams[key] = Stream(backlog=asyncio.Queue(), pressure=asyncio.Event())
-                streams[key].pressure.set()  # interrupt current sleeps, if any.
-                await streams[key].backlog.put(raw_event)
+                # streams[key].pressure.set()  # interrupt current sleeps, if any.
+                # await streams[key].backlog.put(raw_event)
+                loop.call_later(3.0, streams[key].pressure.set)
+                loop.call_later(3.0, streams[key].backlog.put_nowait, raw_event)
                 await scheduler.spawn(
                     name=f'worker for {key}',
                     coro=worker(
@@ -316,6 +328,13 @@ async def worker(
             if isinstance(raw_event, EOS):
                 break  # out of the worker.
 
+            # TODO: REMOVE: only for debugging!
+            rv = raw_event.get('object', {}).get('metadata', {}).get('resourceVersion')
+            fld = raw_event.get('object', {}).get('spec', {}).get('field')
+            knd = raw_event.get('object', {}).get('kind')
+            nam = raw_event.get('object', {}).get('metadata', {}).get('name')
+            logger.debug(f'QUEUED GOT {knd=} {nam=} {rv=} exp={expected_version!r} // {fld=} ')
+
             # Keep track of the resource's consistency for high-level (state-dependent) handlers.
             # See `settings.persistence.consistency_timeout` for the explanation of consistency.
             if expected_version is not None and expected_version == get_version(raw_event):