diff --git a/src/Infrastructure/BotSharp.Abstraction/Crontab/Models/TaskWaitArgs.cs b/src/Infrastructure/BotSharp.Abstraction/Crontab/Models/TaskWaitArgs.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9eb728542
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Infrastructure/BotSharp.Abstraction/Crontab/Models/TaskWaitArgs.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace BotSharp.Abstraction.Crontab.Models;
+
+public class TaskWaitArgs
+{
+
+    [JsonPropertyName("delay_time")]
+    public int DelayTime { get; set; }
+}
diff --git a/src/Infrastructure/BotSharp.Core.Crontab/BotSharp.Core.Crontab.csproj b/src/Infrastructure/BotSharp.Core.Crontab/BotSharp.Core.Crontab.csproj
index ff6c2368a..f406ac977 100644
--- a/src/Infrastructure/BotSharp.Core.Crontab/BotSharp.Core.Crontab.csproj
+++ b/src/Infrastructure/BotSharp.Core.Crontab/BotSharp.Core.Crontab.csproj
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Content Include="data\agents\6745151e-6d46-4a02-8de4-1c4f21c7da95\functions\util-crontab-task_wait.json">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </Content>
     <Content Include="data\agents\6745151e-6d46-4a02-8de4-1c4f21c7da95\functions\util-crontab-schedule_task.json">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </Content>
diff --git a/src/Infrastructure/BotSharp.Core.Crontab/Functions/TaskWaitFn.cs b/src/Infrastructure/BotSharp.Core.Crontab/Functions/TaskWaitFn.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0fb68dc94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Infrastructure/BotSharp.Core.Crontab/Functions/TaskWaitFn.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+using BotSharp.Core.Crontab.Hooks;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace BotSharp.Core.Crontab.Functions;
+
+public class TaskWaitFn : IFunctionCallback
+{
+    public string Name => $"{CrontabUtilityHook.PREFIX}task_wait";
+
+    private readonly ILogger<TaskWaitFn> _logger;
+    public TaskWaitFn(ILogger<TaskWaitFn> logger)
+    {
+        _logger = logger;
+    }
+    public async Task<bool> Execute(RoleDialogModel message)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            var args = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<TaskWaitArgs>(message.FunctionArgs);
+            if (args != null && args.DelayTime > 0)
+            {
+                await Task.Delay(args.DelayTime * 1000);
+            }
+            message.Content = "wait task completed";
+        }
+        catch (JsonException jsonEx)
+        {
+            message.Content = "Invalid function arguments format.";
+            _logger.LogError(jsonEx, "Json deserialization failed.");
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            message.Content = "Unable to perform delay task";
+            _logger.LogError(ex, "crontab wait task failed.");
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Infrastructure/BotSharp.Core.Crontab/Hooks/CrontabUtilityHook.cs b/src/Infrastructure/BotSharp.Core.Crontab/Hooks/CrontabUtilityHook.cs
index ed150861a..7fed754a9 100644
--- a/src/Infrastructure/BotSharp.Core.Crontab/Hooks/CrontabUtilityHook.cs
+++ b/src/Infrastructure/BotSharp.Core.Crontab/Hooks/CrontabUtilityHook.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ public class CrontabUtilityHook : IAgentUtilityHook
 {
     public const string PREFIX = "util-crontab-";
     private const string SCHEDULE_TASK_FN = $"{PREFIX}schedule_task";
-    
+    private const string TASK_WAIT_FN = $"{PREFIX}task_wait";
+
     public void AddUtilities(List<AgentUtility> utilities)
     {
         var items = new List<AgentUtility>
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ public void AddUtilities(List<AgentUtility> utilities)
             new AgentUtility
             {
                 Name = UtilityName.ScheduleTask,
-                Functions = [new(SCHEDULE_TASK_FN)],
+                Functions = [new(SCHEDULE_TASK_FN), new(TASK_WAIT_FN)],
                 Templates = [new($"{SCHEDULE_TASK_FN}.fn")]
             }
         };
diff --git a/src/Infrastructure/BotSharp.Core.Crontab/data/agents/6745151e-6d46-4a02-8de4-1c4f21c7da95/functions/util-crontab-task_wait.json b/src/Infrastructure/BotSharp.Core.Crontab/data/agents/6745151e-6d46-4a02-8de4-1c4f21c7da95/functions/util-crontab-task_wait.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b3ddd1672
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Infrastructure/BotSharp.Core.Crontab/data/agents/6745151e-6d46-4a02-8de4-1c4f21c7da95/functions/util-crontab-task_wait.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "name": "util-crontab-task_wait",
+  "description": "wait for a peroid of time then process",
+  "parameters": {
+    "type": "object",
+    "properties": {
+      "delay_time": {
+        "type": "number",
+        "description": "delay time in seconds"
+      }
+    },
+    "required": [
+      "delay_time"
+    ]
+  }
+}
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