# Wait

This action can be used to pause the robot execution for the specified amount (in milliseconds).

## **Properties**

![](/files/-MfgGnGsSOFmGqtj5eNN)

### **Input**

* **Time**: number of milliseconds the robot to sleep.

### **Misc**

* **Display Name**: action display name in your implementation project.
* **Wait Before**: number milliseconds robot to wait before executing the action.
* **Wait After:** number milliseconds robot to wait until moving to the next action.
* **Abort on Error**: True/False
* **Retry Times**: Specifies the number of times to retry an action if it doesn't end successfully. Default value 0 (no retry); Use -1 if you want to retry indefinitely. 

## **Use Case**

### **Potential Use Cases**

Use Case 1: pause the robot 5000 milliseconds / 5 seconds in order to allow an application to open

Use Case 2: pause the robot 5000 milliseconds / 5 seconds in order to allow a browser to open on a certain URL

Use Case 3: pause the robot in order for an application to execute an operation before the robot performs the next activity.

### **Examples of Using Wait**

**Example**

In this example, the robot will display 2 messages at 3 seconds difference between them. The delay is set by the Wait activity.

Watch the robot in action:

{% embed url="<https://youtu.be/eqE-sg8cFHw>" %}

You can see how the **Wait** activity is used in an example that incorporates multiple activities. You can check and download the example from here:

{% file src="/files/-MT2Q-G9q7xA7oHqnRj4" %}
Wait sample project
{% endfile %}

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