Wait

The Wait block pauses your workflow for a specified amount of time before continuing to the next block. Use it to add delays between actions, respect API rate limits, or space out operations.

Configuration

Wait Amount

Enter the duration to pause execution:

Input: Positive number
Maximum: 600 seconds (10 minutes) or 10 minutes

Unit

Choose the time unit:

Seconds: For short, precise delays
Minutes: For longer pauses

Wait blocks can be cancelled by stopping the workflow. The maximum wait time is 10 minutes.

Outputs

<wait.waitDuration>: The wait duration in milliseconds
<wait.status>: Status of the wait ('waiting', 'completed', or 'cancelled')

Example Use Cases

API Rate Limiting - Stay within API rate limits between requests

API (Request 1) → Wait (2s) → API (Request 2)

Timed Notifications - Send follow-up messages after a delay

Function (Send Email) → Wait (5min) → Function (Follow-up)

Processing Delays - Wait for external system to complete processing

API (Trigger Job) → Wait (30s) → API (Check Status)

Best Practices

Keep waits reasonable: Use Wait for delays up to 10 minutes. For longer delays, consider scheduled workflows
Monitor execution time: Remember that waits extend total workflow duration

Common Questions

The maximum wait time is 600 seconds (10 minutes). You can specify the duration in either seconds or minutes.

Yes. Wait blocks are interruptible via workflow cancellation. If the workflow is stopped while a Wait block is active, the wait is cancelled and the status output will reflect 'cancelled'.

The wait is capped at 600 seconds. If you enter a value greater than 600 seconds (or greater than 10 minutes), it will be limited to the maximum allowed duration.

The Wait block performs a simple sleep for the configured duration. It does not actively consume compute resources during the wait, but the workflow execution remains open until the wait completes.

The Wait block outputs the wait duration in milliseconds (waitDuration) and a status string that indicates whether the wait is 'waiting', 'completed', or 'cancelled'.