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The Wait step lets you add a fixed time period between two steps. This is useful for scheduling follow-up actions, spacing out notifications, or waiting for some process to complete. For instance, you could add a 3 day wait after a “user row inserted” trigger to send an email three days after a signup. To add a Wait step, click the ”+” placeholder node in the builder or the ”+” button on any connection between two steps. Then click “Wait step”. From there, you can specify a duration and unit of time for the run to wait before proceeding to the next step.
Wait Example
Note: The Wait step passes through the same input data to subsequent steps after the delay. It’s designed solely to pause the workflow’s execution without transforming the data.

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Dynamic waits (coming soon)

Soon, you’ll be able to add dynamic waits to your workflows: instead of using a fixed delay, you can set the wait duration based on input data—for example, by running a SQL query to determine the wait time (e.g., “wait until 1 month before the expiry date”). This makes your scheduling even more flexible.

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