Wait step

Parameters

A wait step pauses a flow's execution for a specified time. The flow resumes after the time elapses. You can specify a relative duration or an absolute end time as a timestamp.

A wait step contains the following parameters:

• (Required) type: A value of 'wait' defines the step as a wait step.
• (Required) name: The name of the step.
• (Optional) duration: The relative wait time in seconds. This can be a constant or a parameter from the input. For example, 10 specifies a wait of 10 seconds. $.sleep specifies that the wait time is the value of the sleep key in the input. You must specify either duration or timestamp, but not both.
• (Optional) timestamp: The absolute end time for the wait. The format must be RFC3339. This can be a constant or a parameter from the input. For example, 2019-05-02T15:04:05Z specifies a wait until 15:04:05 UTC on May 2, 2019. If the specified time is in the past, the wait step ends immediately.
  Note The maximum wait time is 2 days.
• (Optional) end: Specifies whether to continue to the subsequent steps after the current step is complete.
• (Optional) inputMappings: The input mapping.
• (Optional) outputMappings: The output mapping. This step does not generate data, so its $local is empty.

Examples

• Wait for 20 seconds

  version: v1
  type: flow
  steps:
    - type: wait
      name: wait20s
      duration: 20           

• Wait for a duration determined by the input

  version: v1
  type: flow
  steps:
    - type: wait
      name: custom_wait
      duration: $.wait            

• Wait until an absolute time

  version: v1
  type: flow
  steps:
    - type: wait
      name: wait20s
      timestamp: 2019-05-02T15:04:05Z            

• Wait until an absolute time determined by the input

  version: v1
  type: flow
  steps:
    - type: wait
      name: custom_wait
      timestamp: $.wait_timestamp