diff --git a/apps/api/src/app/events/e2e/trigger-event.e2e.ts b/apps/api/src/app/events/e2e/trigger-event.e2e.ts
index c6c9c79227d..28286cac47b 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/app/events/e2e/trigger-event.e2e.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/app/events/e2e/trigger-event.e2e.ts
@@ -159,6 +159,78 @@ describe(`Trigger event - ${eventTriggerPath} (POST)`, function () {
       expect(executionDetails.length).to.equal(1);
     });
 
+    it('should filter a delay that is the first step in the workflow', async function () {
+      template = await session.createTemplate({
+        steps: [
+          {
+            type: StepTypeEnum.DELAY,
+            content: '',
+            metadata: {
+              unit: DigestUnitEnum.SECONDS,
+              amount: 2,
+              type: DelayTypeEnum.REGULAR,
+            },
+            filters: [
+              {
+                isNegated: false,
+                type: 'GROUP',
+                value: FieldLogicalOperatorEnum.AND,
+                children: [
+                  {
+                    on: FilterPartTypeEnum.PAYLOAD,
+                    operator: FieldOperatorEnum.IS_DEFINED,
+                    field: 'exclude',
+                    value: '',
+                  },
+                ],
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+          {
+            type: StepTypeEnum.EMAIL,
+            name: 'Message Name',
+            subject: 'Test email subject',
+            content: [{ type: EmailBlockTypeEnum.TEXT, content: 'This is a sample text block' }],
+          },
+        ],
+      });
+
+      await axiosInstance.post(
+        `${session.serverUrl}${eventTriggerPath}`,
+        {
+          name: template.triggers[0].identifier,
+          to: [subscriber.subscriberId],
+          payload: {
+            customVar: 'Testing of User Name',
+          },
+        },
+        {
+          headers: {
+            authorization: `ApiKey ${session.apiKey}`,
+          },
+        }
+      );
+
+      await session.awaitRunningJobs(template?._id, true, 0);
+
+      const messagesAfter = await messageRepository.find({
+        _environmentId: session.environment._id,
+        _subscriberId: subscriber._id,
+        channel: StepTypeEnum.EMAIL,
+      });
+
+      expect(messagesAfter.length).to.equal(1);
+
+      const executionDetails = await executionDetailsRepository.find({
+        _environmentId: session.environment._id,
+        _notificationTemplateId: template?._id,
+        channel: StepTypeEnum.DELAY,
+        detail: DetailEnum.FILTER_STEPS,
+      });
+
+      expect(executionDetails.length).to.equal(1);
+    });
+
     it('should filter digest step', async function () {
       const firstStepUuid = uuid();
       template = await session.createTemplate({
diff --git a/apps/worker/src/app/workflow/usecases/queue-next-job/queue-next-job.usecase.ts b/apps/worker/src/app/workflow/usecases/queue-next-job/queue-next-job.usecase.ts
index 580e45e96e7..537e346501d 100644
--- a/apps/worker/src/app/workflow/usecases/queue-next-job/queue-next-job.usecase.ts
+++ b/apps/worker/src/app/workflow/usecases/queue-next-job/queue-next-job.usecase.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,12 @@
 import { forwardRef, Inject, Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { JobEntity, JobRepository } from '@novu/dal';
-import { AddJob, ConditionsFilter, ConditionsFilterCommand, InstrumentUsecase } from '@novu/application-generic';
+import { AddJob, InstrumentUsecase } from '@novu/application-generic';
 
 import { QueueNextJobCommand } from './queue-next-job.command';
-import { StepTypeEnum } from '@novu/shared';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class QueueNextJob {
-  constructor(
-    private jobRepository: JobRepository,
-    @Inject(forwardRef(() => AddJob)) private addJobUsecase: AddJob,
-    private conditionsFilter: ConditionsFilter
-  ) {}
+  constructor(private jobRepository: JobRepository, @Inject(forwardRef(() => AddJob)) private addJobUsecase: AddJob) {}
 
   @InstrumentUsecase()
   public async execute(command: QueueNextJobCommand): Promise<JobEntity | undefined> {
@@ -24,29 +19,12 @@ export class QueueNextJob {
       return;
     }
 
-    let filtered = false;
-
-    if ([StepTypeEnum.DELAY, StepTypeEnum.DIGEST].includes(job.type as StepTypeEnum)) {
-      const shouldRun = await this.conditionsFilter.filter(
-        ConditionsFilterCommand.create({
-          filters: job.step.filters || [],
-          environmentId: command.environmentId,
-          organizationId: command.organizationId,
-          userId: command.userId,
-          job,
-        })
-      );
-
-      filtered = !shouldRun.passed;
-    }
-
     await this.addJobUsecase.execute({
       userId: job._userId,
       environmentId: job._environmentId,
       organizationId: command.organizationId,
       jobId: job._id,
       job,
-      filtered,
     });
 
     return job;
diff --git a/packages/application-generic/src/usecases/add-job/add-job.command.ts b/packages/application-generic/src/usecases/add-job/add-job.command.ts
index 7ac6932b12b..561ac800870 100644
--- a/packages/application-generic/src/usecases/add-job/add-job.command.ts
+++ b/packages/application-generic/src/usecases/add-job/add-job.command.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { IsDefined, IsOptional } from 'class-validator';
+import { IsDefined } from 'class-validator';
 import { JobEntity } from '@novu/dal';
 
-import { EnvironmentWithUserCommand } from '../../commands/project.command';
+import { EnvironmentWithUserCommand } from '../../commands';
 
 export class AddJobCommand extends EnvironmentWithUserCommand {
   @IsDefined()
@@ -9,7 +9,4 @@ export class AddJobCommand extends EnvironmentWithUserCommand {
 
   @IsDefined()
   job: JobEntity;
-
-  @IsOptional()
-  filtered?: boolean;
 }
diff --git a/packages/application-generic/src/usecases/add-job/add-job.usecase.ts b/packages/application-generic/src/usecases/add-job/add-job.usecase.ts
index 0ec29f232ce..20f2b9e77f9 100644
--- a/packages/application-generic/src/usecases/add-job/add-job.usecase.ts
+++ b/packages/application-generic/src/usecases/add-job/add-job.usecase.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ import { AddDelayJob } from './add-delay-job.usecase';
 import { MergeOrCreateDigestCommand } from './merge-or-create-digest.command';
 import { MergeOrCreateDigest } from './merge-or-create-digest.usecase';
 import { AddJobCommand } from './add-job.command';
-import { DetailEnum } from '../../usecases';
+import {
+  ConditionsFilter,
+  ConditionsFilterCommand,
+  DetailEnum,
+} from '../../usecases';
 import {
   CalculateDelayService,
   JobsOptions,
@@ -42,7 +46,9 @@ export class AddJob {
     private mergeOrCreateDigestUsecase: MergeOrCreateDigest,
     private addDelayJob: AddDelayJob,
     @Inject(forwardRef(() => CalculateDelayService))
-    private calculateDelayService: CalculateDelayService
+    private calculateDelayService: CalculateDelayService,
+    @Inject(forwardRef(() => ConditionsFilter))
+    private conditionsFilter: ConditionsFilter
   ) {}
 
   @InstrumentUsecase()
@@ -66,6 +72,26 @@ export class AddJob {
       LOG_CONTEXT
     );
 
+    let filtered = false;
+
+    if (
+      [StepTypeEnum.DELAY, StepTypeEnum.DIGEST].includes(
+        job.type as StepTypeEnum
+      )
+    ) {
+      const shouldRun = await this.conditionsFilter.filter(
+        ConditionsFilterCommand.create({
+          filters: job.step.filters || [],
+          environmentId: command.environmentId,
+          organizationId: command.organizationId,
+          userId: command.userId,
+          job,
+        })
+      );
+
+      filtered = !shouldRun.passed;
+    }
+
     let digestAmount: number | undefined;
     let digestCreationResult: DigestCreationResultEnum | undefined;
     if (job.type === StepTypeEnum.DIGEST) {
@@ -78,7 +104,7 @@ export class AddJob {
       Logger.debug(`Digest step amount is: ${digestAmount}`, LOG_CONTEXT);
 
       digestCreationResult = await this.mergeOrCreateDigestUsecase.execute(
-        MergeOrCreateDigestCommand.create({ job, filtered: command.filtered })
+        MergeOrCreateDigestCommand.create({ job, filtered })
       );
 
       if (digestCreationResult === DigestCreationResultEnum.MERGED) {
@@ -150,9 +176,9 @@ export class AddJob {
       })
     );
 
-    const delay = command.filtered ? 0 : digestAmount ?? delayAmount;
+    const delay = filtered ? 0 : digestAmount ?? delayAmount;
 
-    if ((digestAmount || delayAmount) && command.filtered) {
+    if ((digestAmount || delayAmount) && filtered) {
       Logger.verbose(
         `Delay for job ${job._id} will be 0 because job was filtered`,
         LOG_CONTEXT