Work item in waiting status incase of multiple approvers

Hi Experts,
We have a scenrio where in the work item needs to be sent to multiple approvers.
We have multi line container element which contains all the approvers. We have assined this container element using the expression option for the agent .
we have made the task as general task and we do not have any requested start maintained for this work item.
However we are facing a problem. Work item is always in waiting status. What might be the issue? In our case when i check the work flow log, for these work items there are three approvers, however SBWP inbox is appearing only for one approver and remaining two approvers do not have any Icon against their name.
I have checked the approvers ID's and all of them are active in the system.
Can you please help me to resolve this issue?
Regards,
Madhu

Hello,
I would look at the workitem in SWIA, proceed as if you were going to change the container elements (ie click on the workitem number, Edit > Change) and see what options are available to you.
"Resubmit: You can have a work item resubmitted to you for processing at a later date. To do this, choose Resubmit and then enter the date on which you want to receive the work item."
Let us know what you find.
Edited to add: I tried it myself, a "End resubmission" button appears when you click on the Waiting step in the workflow log.
regards
Rick Bakker
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