diff --git a/model/model-impl/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/model/impl/scripting/helpers/OperationsHelper.java b/model/model-impl/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/model/impl/scripting/helpers/OperationsHelper.java
index 0ec2ca461ee..3e5ea21c3bb 100644
--- a/model/model-impl/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/model/impl/scripting/helpers/OperationsHelper.java
+++ b/model/model-impl/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/model/impl/scripting/helpers/OperationsHelper.java
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ public void recordEnd(ExecutionContext context, ObjectType objectType, long star
                         context.getTask(), objectType);
             }
             if (context.getTask() != null) {
-                context.getTask().setProgress(context.getTask().getProgress() + 1);
+                context.getTask().incrementProgressAndStoreStatsIfNeeded();
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/samples/tasks/bulk-actions/script-objects-delay.xml b/samples/tasks/bulk-actions/script-objects-delay.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..327116bf228
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/tasks/bulk-actions/script-objects-delay.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright (c) 2010-2019 Evolveum
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<objects xmlns="http://midpoint.evolveum.com/xml/ns/public/common/common-3"
+         xmlns:c="http://midpoint.evolveum.com/xml/ns/public/common/common-3"
+         xmlns:q="http://prism.evolveum.com/xml/ns/public/query-3"
+         xmlns:t="http://prism.evolveum.com/xml/ns/public/types-3"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+
+    <task>
+        <name>Waits on each object</name>
+		<extension>
+            <scext:executeScript xmlns:scext="http://midpoint.evolveum.com/xml/ns/public/model/scripting/extension-3">
+                <s:search xmlns:s="http://midpoint.evolveum.com/xml/ns/public/model/scripting-3">
+                    <s:type>ObjectType</s:type>
+                    <s:action>
+                        <s:type>execute-script</s:type>
+                        <s:parameter>
+                            <s:name>script</s:name>
+                            <c:value xsi:type="c:ScriptExpressionEvaluatorType">
+                                <c:code>
+                                    log.info('Waiting on: {}', input)
+                                    Thread.sleep(15000)
+                                    log.info('Done waiting on: {}', input)
+                                </c:code>
+                            </c:value>
+                        </s:parameter>
+                    </s:action>
+                </s:search>
+            </scext:executeScript>
+		</extension>
+        <ownerRef oid="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002"/>
+        <executionStatus>runnable</executionStatus>
+
+        <category>BulkActions</category>
+        <handlerUri>http://midpoint.evolveum.com/xml/ns/public/model/scripting/handler-3</handlerUri>
+        <recurrence>single</recurrence>
+    </task>
+
+</objects>