Delay

system/delay — Pause the workflow for up to 30 seconds before continuing the next step.

Where it appears

The Delay block lives in the Logic & control group of the Workflow Builder.

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
`delayMs`	text (supports references)	Yes	`5000`	Delay in milliseconds. Maximum 30000 (30 seconds). Accepts a number or a <NodeName.field> reference.

Inputs are the configurable fields above. The block produces these outputs:

Outputs

Reference an output downstream with <Delay.field>.

Name	Type	Description
`success`	boolean	Whether the delay completed
`delayMs`	number	Effective delay in milliseconds (clamped to 0–30000)

A minimal configuration for this block:

{
  "type": "system/delay",
  "config": {
    "delayMs": "5000"
  }
}

Required field (delayMs) must be set, or the block fails validation before it runs.