Wait

The wait step pauses workflow execution for a specified duration before continuing to the next step.

Use the following parameters to configure a wait step:

Parameter	Required	Description
`name`	Yes	Unique step identifier
`type`	Yes	Step type - must be `wait`
`with.duration`	Yes	Duration to wait before continuing (for example, `"5s"`)

		steps:
  - name: waitStep
    type: wait
    with:
      duration: "5s"
		
	

Duration format

The supported units are:

Weeks: w
Days: d
Hours: h
Minutes: m
Seconds: s
Milliseconds: ms

Duration strings must follow the following format rules:

Units must be in descending order: 1w2d3h4m5s6ms
Each unit can only appear once
No spaces between number and unit
Positive integer values only (no decimals, commas, negative values, or zero)

		duration: "1w"
duration: "2d12h"
duration: "1d"
duration: "1h30m"
duration: "1h"
duration: "5m30s"
duration: "2m"
duration: "30s"
duration: "2s500ms"
duration: "500ms"
duration: "1w3d5h20m10s"
		
	

Examples

Wait for 10 seconds:

		steps:
  - name: delay
    type: wait
    with:
      duration: "10s"
		
	

Wait for one minute after the API call completes:

		steps:
  - name: api-call
    type: http
    on-failure:
      retry:
        max-attempts: 3
        delay: "5s"

  - name: wait-before-next
    type: wait
    with:
      duration: "1m"
		
	

Wait for one day:

		steps:
  - name: wait-one-day
    type: wait
    with:
      duration: "1d"
		
	