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delay

Pause a workflow for a specified amount of time

Facts

Schema.slack.functions.Delay

slack#/functions/delay

No additional scopes are required.

Required parameters

minutes_to_delay

Schema.types.integer

·Required

Length of time (in minutes) to wait before proceeding. Maximum allowed value is 10080 minutes (7 days).

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Delay a workflow for some amount of time. Good things come to those who wait.

const delayStep = ExampleWorkflow.addStep(
  Schema.slack.functions.Delay,
  {
    minutes_to_delay: 12,
  },
);