Delay Action Step

The delay step allows you to pause the execution of a workflow for a specified amount of time. This is useful when you need to wait for a certain amount of time before executing the next step in the workflow.

Delay Output

await step.delay('delay', () => {
  return {
    unit: 'days',
    amount: 1,
  };
});

Delay Result

const { duration } = await step.delay('delay-1-week', resolver);

Step Outputs

amount · number · required

This combined with the unit field determines the amount of time to digest events for.

unit · Enum: 'seconds', 'minutes', 'hours', 'days', 'weeks', 'months' · required

The measurement unit for the amount field.

Step Result

duration · number

The duration of the delay in milliseconds.