Delay Action: wait N { seconds, minutes, etc. } before running the next step

[dylburger]

To make this useful, the delay couldn't count against the execution time limit. The workflow would have to suspend during the delay, and resume when the delay is done.

[dylburger]

Note - you can use the Pipedream task scheduler to schedule a message to be emitted from a source at any time (up to 1 year). This isn't a replacement for delay functionality, but it can help in many similar cases.

[dylburger]

This has been released! See our built-in Delay actions to pause a workflow with no code, or see the docs on $.flow.delay to see how to delay workflows programmatically in Node.js!

[johndbritton]

@dylburger You probably want to update this doc that points to this issue saying the delay feature is not implemented: https://pipedream.com/docs/examples/waiting-to-execute-next-step-of-workflow/

[mroy-seedbox]

I landed here from that documentation as well! 👆

[dylburger]

@johndbritton @mroy-seedbox sorry for the late reply, thanks for the note. I'll remove that doc since the core delay docs are at https://pipedream.com/docs/code/nodejs/delay/#using-flow-delay now

[mroy-seedbox]

@dylburger FYI: I found that link when looking at which triggers were available from Pipedream: