Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may refrain from transmitting channel state information (CSI) if the CSI is configured to be transmitted during an inactive discontinuous reception (DRX) duration. The UE may determine that the CSI is configured to be transmitted during the inactive DRX duration based on determining that some or all of the configured time slot for transmitting the CSI occurs while the UE is operating in the inactive DRX duration. The UE may transmit feedback information, such as an acknowledgement (ACK), whether or not the UE drops the CSI.