Photos app not uploading

I made edits to my Photos app, such as deleting some photos and creating an album but the Photos app is not uploading the changes to icloud.  At the bottom of Photos in the photos view it says last updated as this morning (3 hours ago) and I made the edits 2 hours ago. 
Any thoughts on why Photos app is not updating?  Is it not designed to update as changes are made and only infrequently?

I Solved the problem I was having with Photos for Mac being hung up on "updating". Simoly sign off from iCloud (within system preferences on the Mac) and then sign back in.  immediately my photos started the (slow) process of uploading with feedback that something was happening. About 6 hours later all was synced across devices. I even tried testing incremental changes to Mac photos and device photos and all changes were immediately recognized across devices.

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