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WorkflowsOverview
The Delay step pauses a workflow for a fixed amount of time before running the next step. This is useful for scenarios like adding jitter between requests to avoid hitting an integration’s rate limits, or waiting a few hours before sending a follow-up email. To add a Delay to your workflow, click the ”+” button in the Workflow Editor and choose Delay from the sidebar. Then, specify how long the workflow should wait before continuing.
Configuring a Delay
A Delay step takes two parameters:- Value: how long to wait, as a number. This can be a static value or a dynamic variable referencing data from a previous step.
- Unit: the unit of time for the value: Seconds, Minutes, Hours, or Days.
Note: When using Test Step or Test Workflow, Delay steps do not pause for the configured amount of time — they immediately continue the test execution.
Viewing delayed executions
While a workflow execution is paused on a Delay step, it appears with a Waiting status on the Monitoring page. Once the delay elapses, execution resumes automatically with the next step in the workflow.Billing
Delay steps do not count as tasks. The maximum delay you can configure depends on your billing plan:| Plan | Maximum delay |
|---|---|
| Trial | 30 days |
| Pro | 30 days |
| Enterprise | 366 days |