Workflow not exiting

If a workflow is not exiting when expected the reason might be one of the below causes.

1. A state has transitions but none can be executed.  Eg If conditions for all transitions are false the workflow will stay in the actual state
2. There are event triggers that have not occurred yet.  Eg the record is being edited and the workflow has transitions or actions in the current state that trigger late (such as before submit).  This also includes button triggers.
3. The workflow has scheduled triggers (there is at least one transition  with "Transition on" set to "Scheduled") .