Delay Node: Pause a Flow Before the Next Step

Sometimes the best move is to wait a beat. The Delay node pauses the flow for a set amount of time before moving on — handy for spacing out messages so the conversation feels human instead of like a wall of texts.

Setup

Add the node → enter a duration → pick seconds, minutes, hours or days → connect to the next step.

The node reads back what you set — Wait 1 minutes and continue — so you can check a flow’s timing without opening every node.

Delay duration: a number, and one of seconds, minutes, hours or days

Use this for

• Waiting before a follow-up message
• Breaking up multi-step convos so they don’t feel like spam
• Delaying a promo or reminder to a better moment

Nothing downstream runs until the delay finishes — then the flow picks up right where it left off.

Pro Tip

A few seconds between two messages is usually enough to stop them landing as one block. Save hours and days for follow-ups, where the point is to come back later rather than to look human.