Expression support to determine time delays at run time.

[kunalkrishna1111]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
There are scenarios where we need to hold the next task execution based on certain input at runtime which comes from the previous tasks. Currently we don't have that capability in Zeebe.

Describe the solution you'd like
Camunda has this support https://docs.camunda.org/manual/7.11/reference/bpmn20/events/timer-events/#expressions
Somewhat similar is needed in Zeebe also.

Describe alternatives you've considered
There are no alternatives to this

Additional context
Somewhat similar to this as in Camunda

Add any other context or screenshots about the feature request here.

[andylholloway]

Hi
+1 for this feature.

Is this feature on the road map?

Alternatively is there a workaround? Some workarounds I have seen involve using a ServiceTask, but if the workflow requires several timers this solution doesn't scale.

Camunda BPMN has a ScriptTask and ServiceTask that can be used to execute code are there any plans to introduce the ScriptTask to Zeebe or extend the ServiceTask in Zeebe so it can execute code?

Thanks
Andy

[saig0]

Hi @andylholloway,

good news. This feature is on the roadmap (#3799) 🎈
We will work on it very soon. Hopefully, it will be in the next release 0.23.0 that is scheduled for beginning of April.