# Delay function

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/delay-function/41834>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [May 10, 2022, 10:51pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delay-function/41834 "2022-05-10T22:51:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Wander\_Ferreira](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/wander_ferreira/32/26408_2.png) [@Wander\_Ferreira](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Wander_Ferreira)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 10:51pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delay-function/41834/1 "2022-05-10T22:51:07Z")

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We need a Delay function to allow time for action flows to run. Depending on the situation, one stream of action runs over the other and this has caused problems.

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**Author:** ![kyleheney](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/kyleheney/32/41173_2.png) [@kyleheney](https://community.glideapps.com/u/kyleheney)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 11:23pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delay-function/41834/2 "2022-05-10T23:23:06Z")

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> [@Wait Action](https://community.glideapps.com/t/wait-action/23794):
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> An action that I believe would be very useful would be a waiting action, this action exists in several types of programming, and they are very useful. Example: Wait 5 seconds to do an action.

Duplicate of this.

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**Author:** ![kyleheney](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/kyleheney/32/41173_2.png) [@kyleheney](https://community.glideapps.com/u/kyleheney)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 11:23pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delay-function/41834/3 "2022-05-10T23:23:19Z")

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