A method for wireless communications by a user equipment, UE , comprising: receiving , from a base station , downlink control information, DCI scheduling a physical downlink shared channel, PDSCH transmission in a first slot, the DCI including a feedback timing indicator indicating a first number of slots between the scheduled PDSCH transmission and a third slot for the UE to send hybrid automatic repeat request, HARQ feedback for the scheduled PDSCH transmission; receiving , from the base station, the PDSCH transmission in the first slot; processing the PDSCH transmission wherein processing comprises determining whether the first number of slots indicated by the feedback timing indicator is greater than or equal to a sum of a second number of slots from the first slot until a second slot in which a downlink preemption indication, DLPI is transmitted by the base station to the UE and a third number of slots for a processing time associated with the UE, the second slot being determined based on a periodicity associated with the DLPI; and based on the determination, buffering the PDSCH on receipt and waiting until the DLPI is received to decode the PDSCH transmission, when the first number of slots indicated by the feedback timing indicator is greater than or equal to the sum of the second number of slots and the third number of slots; or decoding the PDSCH transmission, after receiving the PDSCH transmission in the first slot, without waiting and accounting for the DLPI, when the first number of slots indicated by the feedback timing indicator is smaller than the sum of the second number of slots and the third number of slots. receiving , from a base station , downlink control information, DCI scheduling a physical downlink shared channel, PDSCH transmission in a first slot, the DCI including a feedback timing indicator indicating a first number of slots between the scheduled PDSCH transmission and a third slot for the UE to send hybrid automatic repeat request, HARQ feedback for the scheduled PDSCH transmission; receiving , from the base station, the PDSCH transmission in the first slot; processing the PDSCH transmission wherein processing comprises determining whether the first number of slots indicated by the feedback timing indicator is greater than or equal to a sum of a second number of slots from the first slot until a second slot in which a downlink preemption indication, DLPI is transmitted by the base station to the UE and a third number of slots for a processing time associated with the UE, the second slot being determined based on a periodicity associated with the DLPI; and based on the determination, buffering the PDSCH on receipt and waiting until the DLPI is received to decode the PDSCH transmission, when the first number of slots indicated by the feedback timing indicator is greater than or equal to the sum of the second number of slots and the third number of slots; or decoding the PDSCH transmission, after receiving the PDSCH transmission in the first slot, without waiting and accounting for the DLPI, when the first number of slots indicated by the feedback timing indicator is smaller than the sum of the second number of slots and the third number of slots. <EOS>