Deadline branch not Terminated

I am facing a strange situation where the deadline branmch does not get terminated on completion of the particular activity step. I have an activity step which sends across mails every 5 days. Suppose on the 6th day the approval is done the 2nd escalation mails as well as 3rd escalation mail is sent on 10th as well as 15th day. Please note that SWU3 is properly configured. I think there is some settings or configureation I need to do.
Thanks
Arghadip

Hi Argha,
"Suppose on the 6th day the approval is done the 2nd escalation mails as well as 3rd escalation mail is sent on 10th as well as 15th day"
                         Check if the condition is checked for approval before sending mail for your defined escalation management in workflow.
Regards
Snehasish

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